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This guy is MAGA as per the above YT channel guy. 'nuff said.
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The WaPo is worried about the LIC allegedly investing $3.9 billion dollars equivalent in Adani companies at the direction of the Ministry of Finance.

It is seemingly not concerned at $550 billion provided by Japan and $350 billion provided by South Korea invested at the discretion of POTUS.
For instance, from the White House website, from July 2025:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/ ... -agreement
Japan will invest $550 billion directed by the United States to rebuild and expand core American industries......At President Trump’s direction, these funds will be targeted toward the revitalization of America’s strategic industrial base....
This difference in reaction to a hundred-fold bigger government corruption in the US, proudly proclaimed as an achievement on the website of the Chief Executive, in the home city of the Washington Post versus seemingly fake data corruption in India (if I understand the figures on the Modi 3.0 thread correctly) thousands of miles away is obviously because the people in the Indian Finance Ministry are deceitful, corrupt, largely non-Christian, brown people, while POTUS is a shining example of White American Christian High Character and Integrity.

My point is that even if the allegations about the LIC investing in Adani at the direction of the Ministry of Finance are true, when judged by current American standards set by President Trump, there is absolutely nothing wrong. In the US case it is revitalization of America's strategic industrial base, in India's case it is the creation of the strategic industrial base.
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trump is indeed a shining example of white american anglo saxon high character and integrity.


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https://x.com/Apurvasrani/status/1983212102765457457
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Breaking: Trump negotiates peace between Pandavas and Kauravas. #NobelPrizePending
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A_Gupta wrote: 28 Oct 2025 07:19 The WaPo is worried about the LIC allegedly investing $3.9 billion dollars equivalent in Adani companies at the direction of the Ministry of Finance.

It is seemingly not concerned at $550 billion provided by Japan and $350 billion provided by South Korea invested at the discretion of POTUS.
For instance, from the White House website, from July 2025:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/ ... -agreement
Japan will invest $550 billion directed by the United States to rebuild and expand core American industries......At President Trump’s direction, these funds will be targeted toward the revitalization of America’s strategic industrial base....
This difference in reaction to a hundred-fold bigger government corruption in the US, proudly proclaimed as an achievement on the website of the Chief Executive, in the home city of the Washington Post versus seemingly fake data corruption in India (if I understand the figures on the Modi 3.0 thread correctly) thousands of miles away is obviously because the people in the Indian Finance Ministry are deceitful, corrupt, largely non-Christian, brown people, while POTUS is a shining example of White American Christian High Character and Integrity.

My point is that even if the allegations about the LIC investing in Adani at the direction of the Ministry of Finance are true, when judged by current American standards set by President Trump, there is absolutely nothing wrong. In the US case it is revitalization of America's strategic industrial base, in India's case it is the creation of the strategic industrial base.





A_Gupta ji,

the hypocrisy of their vacuous article is lost on the editors at wapo



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uddu wrote: 29 Oct 2025 21:41 https://x.com/Apurvasrani/status/1983212102765457457
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Breaking: Trump negotiates peace between Pandavas and Kauravas. #NobelPrizePending
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The one I saw was the next step. "I'm going to end the war by threatening to impose tariffs".
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Lifted from the web:
Architects have pointed out fundamental issues with Trump's ballroom.

At an announced 90,000 sq ft, it is larger than 1.5 American football fields, including both end zones. This is larger than the largest existing ballroom in the world, at the Venetian in Las Vegas (85,000 sq ft).

With a supposed budget of $300 million, the cost per square foot would be $3,333, but no building costs anywhere near that. Even $1,000/sq ft is astronomical.

The ballroom is projected to accommodate 999 people, which comes out to 90 sq ft per guest. 20 sq feet per guest is quite roomy enough. 90 is absurd.

No detailed architectural drawings of the structure have been made available. The digital renderings are poorly coordinated -- exterior views do not match interior views, and the interior views show a room that is roughly 100' x 200' (only 20,000 sq ft) -- and look like cheap AI renderings.

So despite the mad rush to demolish the East Wing, the ballroom still appears to be in Trump's favorite phase -- "concepts of a plan." Which suggests the White House grounds are likely to resemble Gaza at least up through the end of his term.
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^^^ The US insurers presumably made their own business decisions to invest in Adani companies. The wisdom or lack thereof of investing in Adani companies is not the issue. The alleged scandal is that the LIC was not allowed to make its own business decisions, but was pressured by the Finance Ministry. This is allegedly the government favoring a particular capitalist.
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https://www.compactmag.com/article/the- ... inization/

Read the article above in full. Is the rise of Trump and MAGA movement a tortured response of American society to wokeism/feminism?
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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-as ... y-concerns

However, a clause requiring Malaysia to align itself with the US on matters of economic restrictions or sanctions against a third country has raised alarm bells on both sides of the political divide, with critics warning that it may threaten the country’s independence and longstanding neutrality stance.
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Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s behind a potential scientific brain drain.

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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/i-do-wi ... ty-9544854

This is like being Danish Kaneria is the Pak cricket team….

Trump for third term!
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It appears that the trump xi meeting did not go as well as the amrikis expected

All they saw was xi's very cold shoulder.

no readouts, no joint press conferences.

trumpwa departed very quietly


expect the trade + sanctions axe to fall heavily on India............ :mrgreen:



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https://x.com/KanwalSibal/status/1983795211458507211
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It is not clear whether he means testing new nuclear weapon delivery systems or nuclear weapon tests as such.

The latter would open up a Pandora’s box.

The CTBT allows non- explosive tests. He doesn’t have to announce this.

If he means underground nuclear tests then how would he justify strikes against Iran.

Putin has publicly stated more than once that if the US resumes testing, so will Russia.

China could well follow suit.

Is Trump unnerved because Russia unveiled Oreshnik and now Burevestnik?
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https://x.com/sougat18/status/1983598063521558644
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It’s Matter of Principle right? I’m confused. Please help out.

A week ago we had a whole outrage debate on visa denial of renowned scholar Francesca Orsini. It was all guns blazing article after article, TV Debates, etc.

Today, Washington has revoked the US visa of Africa’s first Nobel laureate, Nigerian author Wole Soyinka, and effectively banned him from entering the country. The US embassy in Nigeria has said it cannot comment on individual cases.

Potential Reason for Denial:
The noble laureate has called the US President Donald Trump “Idi Amin in white face”. Also, The Nobel laureate has previously held permanent residency in the US but renounced it in 2016, tearing up his green card in protest of President Donald Trump's election.

Now some of the renowned scholars of India who came in full support of Francesca Orsini I’ve couple of questions for them and the society in General:

1. Why is there is no outrage on this? He is Africa’s first noble laureate. Shouldn’t there be huge voice of concern and protest?

2. Is it because he is from an African nation? Or His skin complexion might not be convenient to support the cause or raise a protest?

3. He compared the current sitting US president to a dictator, hence does the USA Govt has the right to deny/revoke his Visa?

4. Should the USA Immigration authorities given exception/free pass since he is the Africa’s leading noble laureate. Right?

5. Since he has no relation to Indian scholarly work or may or may not travelled to India ever hence doesn’t makes sense to raise voice for this.

6. The issue is about US Visa hence doesn’t concern us. We can focus on our own business right?

So outrage will only occur when it suits one’s cause and it was never about principle.

Too much for Introspection. Selective Outrage only shows the hypocrisy of an individual or a group.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/arts ... icago.html
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Fears of Losing Parkland, and Gentrification
The center has not been welcomed by everyone on the South Side.

As early as 2018 a cohort of local park groups filed suits to keep the parkland — designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux— under public ownership. They did not succeed.

“We feel like if somebody doesn’t step up to protect parks and keep them open to the public, that the natural, easy road is that they will disappear over time,” said Van Bistrow, president of the Nichols Park Advisory Council, one of the plaintiffs. Mr. Bistrow now supports the project (“we’ve moved on,” he said.)

Dixon Romeo, the executive director of Southside Together, a local group that joined with more than a dozen others to push the Obama Foundation, the city and the University of Chicago to make binding agreements to help the community, said that rents in areas adjacent to the center have spiked. Developers, he said, have been buying up buildings, forcing out low-income tenants, and creating new luxury developments capitalizing on the center’s (and the Obamas’) prestige.

“How do we ensure that the city of Chicago does not let this be another case of something that was supposed to help Black folks actually hurt them?” Mr. Romeo asked.
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Some neighbors are excited for the benefits the center could bring. Carol Adams, a longtime resident of the South Side, said it would help shore up property values for those, like her, “who’ve been here for years, who paid and invested in our homes,” and later saw them devalued.

Mr. Obama said he believed that “the possibilities for residents of benefiting from what we’re doing will vastly outweigh some of the disruptions that happen whenever you start a big project like this.”

Look, this is always a challenge, right?” Mr. Obama said. “I mean, yeah, people want investments in their community, because that creates economic opportunities.” But he acknowledged, “There’s always the potential for higher property values and the classic woes of gentrification.”
Look at Obama's priorities for the local kids in the Jackson Park area. This, coming from a man who had been to Harvard, of all places, is mindboggling. He was also supposed to be Science/Research/Education POTUS. It is also far from the real South Side (just a little north of the UChicago campus).
He reeled off some of the opportunities the center would create for young people in adjacent communities: collaborations with local schools and businesses, internships at nearby museums or with the center’s restaurants; meetings with sports executives; recording sessions between local kids and noted musicians.
Playing to the stereotype that AA kids have no ambitions beyond bussing the tables at restaurants, playing sports, or playing jazz/rap as a part of the bands at local bars.
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> This is allegedly the government favoring a particular capitalist.

I heard ot from various RSS folks who are high up in the organization that they feared that Modi ji would do this after becoming the PM. But then, RSS folks are the obverse of Medha Patkar types. The only difference is that RSS is also left, but slightly to the "right" of the xtist/mohammdan/cheen ke lenge azadi/nokku coolie/strident feminist cockoo far left.
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So despite the mad rush to demolish the East Wing, the ballroom still appears to be in Trump's favorite phase -- "concepts of a plan." Which suggests the White House grounds are likely to resemble Gaza at least up through the end of his term.
Here is a picture of Obama Library

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Horrible looking. Straight out of the USSR architecture book. Cost is upwards of $800 million. Obama's donors put up all the money. In case of the ballroom, Trump's donors are putting up the money.

Apples vs. apples.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Ob ... ial_Center
Opponents appealed the plans, but lost in a federal court.[116] They then appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in August 2021 refused to block the construction. Site construction began in August, and a formal groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 28, 2021.
For four years, residents of that area were complaining about road closures and traffic congestion due to construction. There is a video where old and young alike were interviewed. They seemed to be not that excited about architecture. It looks very brutalistic.
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CyberCorps talent pipeline buckles under Trump hiring freezes
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2 ... -top-story
Every January, an exclusive career fair in Washington, D.C. marks a pivotal moment for CyberCorps scholars. Hundreds of top students from across the country meet with dozens of federal agencies looking to hire talent at the event, which is required attendance for recipients.

Established in 2000, the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program provides college tuition and a stipend to awardees, who, in return, commit to working in a government cybersecurity role upon graduation. It’s backed by the Office of Personnel Management and National Science Foundation, the latter of which awards scholarships for up to three years of support for cybersecurity undergraduate and graduate participants, including PhD candidates.

The program has long been deemed a reliable pathway for cream-of-the-crop students to enter public service, namely those with the technical and policy chops who want to serve the nation through cyber means.

But an email issued in August of this year painted a different picture. Campus program heads were told that the upcoming annual career fair was cancelled, according to a copy viewed by Nextgov/FCW. Program events have now been made virtual for this year, though many of those have been fully cancelled, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

What unfolded is symptomatic of a larger problem: As the Trump administration has moved to shrink and restructure the federal workforce, the effects have spilled into one of the government’s few longstanding cyber talent pipelines.
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And
As cyber activity from U.S. adversaries and criminal hackers escalates, CyberCorps recruits hoped they would be spared from vast federal workforce changes carried out over the course of this year.

Instead, the opposite happened. Beginning as early as February, program recruits received cancellation notices for work offers at agencies like NASA, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Contract Management Agency, according to nearly a dozen emails viewed by Nextgov/FCW.

What’s worse for many students is the anticipation of crushing debt. Scholarship terms stipulate that graduates must secure a qualifying job approved by OPM within an 18-month window after completing their studies. If they don’t meet that deadline, their scholarship funding converts into a loan, obligating them to repay the full amount they received.

“I already have over $100k of undergrad debt. I don’t really feel keen on taking on another $150k that I hadn’t planned on and didn’t consent to,” said one student who is on track to earn an advanced cybersecurity degree from Indiana University in May 2026.

“I still believe in protecting critical infrastructure, obviously, but I don’t want to ever work for the government again,” they said. “As an American, I’m immensely embarrassed. I feel humiliated on behalf of everyone who works in this industry.”
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> CyberCorps talent pipeline buckles under Trump hiring freezes

Good. Less govt intrusion into private citizens' personal affairs. But naa, Dems would not like it ofc. They want tap everybody's phones since they believe everybody is a Russian agent.
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Jews are fighting for their survival
https://x.com/persianjewess/status/1983901942800884200
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In Brooklyn, Orthodox Jews have arranged for buses and shuttles to take masses to the polling booths to vote early for Cuomo.

They are calling it: “The Day of Our Future.”

Because they know if Zohran Mamdani wins, there is no future for Jews in NYC.
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More strain showing up due to rising interest rates. Ironic that a university known for its business school has fallen prey to spending over its available means. In this case, its unlikely that the university will shut down any time soon, but smaller universities will not be so lucky.

Colleges Face a Financial Reckoning. The University of Chicago Is Exhibit A.
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https://x.com/sankrant/status/1983945256346513490
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In the US now there are two factions: pro-Christian Right and pro-Islam Left.

Hindus are targets for both.
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https://x.com/mattooshashank/status/198 ... 17098?s=48

Mamdani playing Modi card with Khalistanis in NY
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The same mama who was welcomed at a Hindu temple?

If this community does not. Respect itself why should anyone else?
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Vayutuvan wrote: 27 Oct 2025 23:35
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This guy is MAGA as per the above YT channel guy. 'nuff said.
Added Later: Oh wait, this guy has a grand total of 99 followers. I reached 100 followers in a week. :twisted:

he is either a white supremacist maga/groyperor chinese /islamic troll. he prtends to be zionist but constantly posts nick fuentes etc and all the anti israel shit. posts pakee and anti indian propaganda.

there are many such psy-ops accounds that pit communities against each other. the india hate was carefully crafted by the islamists in social media over the years in which many pakee handles would even post anti islamic stuff just to plausibly sound white.
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Hindus are the target of Islamists, Christians and Communists.
And the fools go around bleating, “all religions are the same” stupidity.
uddu wrote: 31 Oct 2025 19:44 https://x.com/sankrant/status/1983945256346513490
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In the US now there are two factions: pro-Christian Right and pro-Islam Left.

Hindus are targets for both.
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uddu wrote: 31 Oct 2025 19:44 https://x.com/sankrant/status/1983945256346513490
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In the US now there are two factions: pro-Christian Right and pro-Islam Left.

Hindus are targets for both.
very simplistic. US has dozens of factions and would even put porkis to shame.

Among the Conservatives

- Libertarians (rand paul types )
- Religious xtians white supremacists- anti-semites and usually anti hindu - charlie kirk , TPUSA types.
- capitalist conservatives (usually pro-Hindu for most part or atleast neutral) - these are people the white nationalists allege are funded by AIPAC
- white wignats /groypers

among the in betweens
- neocon/neoliberal - these are the ones that want India to be vassal state and russia to be balkanized . they think they are cut above the rest and are as racist against the village white trash . usually pro-israel but will also do business with porkies. these are the establishment republicans/dems

among the libs
classical liberal: dunno if they exist. someone like gina raymundo or even tulsi when she was in dem.
various shades of progressives. these include mamdani /squad /aoc types. these are pro -islamist/anti israel/india etc

these are not mutually exclusive category ..


i see a concerted social media campaign to somehow engineer a wedge between the zionists/ and the yindoos where none exists there. both are hated by xtian nationalists/white supremacists/chicoms and the islamists
look up lates tucker interview with the nazi fuentes and u'll know what i mean

net net : most people hate us. a few don't . a few others are indifferent to us and will do business with us when interests coincide. we also are our own worst enemy . washing dirty landry etc.
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You threw your wife under the bus because you know for a fact that every time a Hindu in this administration posts a humble statement about anything regarding Hinduism they are met with a barrage of “demon worshipper” and “pagan idolator”.

You know that the Evangelicals are extreme religious nutcases. You know this. Those of us from non/Abrahamic paths are tired of the Evangelical base hounding us out of the GOP

Perhaps religion has no place in government. Christians can’t help but Evangelize, insult, and divide. Until religion is out of the political discourse I’m staying home as a voter. I was able to suck it up for a long time, but I’m done.

You’re just an Ohio Catholic hillbilly. Go away now.

https://x.com/sreemoytalukdar/status/19 ... 3556509812
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America is a Christian majority nation, and the minorities there must accept the majoritarian supremacy. That's the social contract. But it doesn't stop here.
Here's an American president issuing a warning to another sovereign country because "Christians are in danger."

That's what it takes to protect the faith. There are valuable lessons here to be learnt. For a country that is the land of Sanatan Dharma, it must show greater intent to protect the interests and safety of Hindus worldwide. Be it in Leicester or Dhaka. In Brampton or Lahore.
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Zelensky in touble
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After providing political cover for Zelensky for 3.5 years and dismissing all criticism as "Russian propaganda", Politico shifts the narrative ahead of Zelensky's downfall
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https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/19 ... 2213382159
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Kash Patel's FBI thwarted a planned terror attack today in Michigan.

This is what "Modern Michigan" looks like.

Ship them out or face it forever.

https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/19 ... 1158102097
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This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend. More details to come. Thanks to the men and women of FBI and law enforcement everywhere standing guard 24/7 and crushing our mission to defend the homeland.
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https://x.com/NewsAlgebraIND/status/1984159270577778796
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HUGE A lady with a bindi confronts JD Vance at an event.

JD VANCE : I hope my wife Usha will embrace Christianity in the future. There should be a drop in legal immigration.

LADY : Why she had to be Christian to prove her love for America?

CROWD: *Erupts*

LADY : "Why did you sell us a dream? You made us spend our youth, our wealth in this country and gave us a dream.

We worked hard and built our lives here. How can you, as Vice President, say people who came here legally should be sent away?"
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https://x.com/HinduAmerican/status/1984304542146613520
@HinduAmerican
With respect
@JDVance
, if your wife encouraged you to re-engage with your faith, why not reciprocate that and engage with Hinduism too?

If you did you may well learn that Hinduism doesn’t share the need to wish your spouse comes around to see things as you do in terms of religion. Hinduism is inherently inclusive and pluralistic in this way. We do not seek to convert anyone. We embrace the idea that there are multiple ways of conceiving of the Divine. Yet, there remains a compulsion, from some religious communities, to convert us to another way of thinking, that goes beyond mere dialog and sharing of differing opinions.

There is also a history of Christians denigrating Hindus, attempting to convert Hindus through sometimes unethical means. In recent months we’ve seen an outpouring of anti-Hindu sentiment online, often coming from explicitly Christian sources.

Both of these underpin the sentiment that your statements re your wife’s religious heritage are reflective of a belief that there is only one true path to salvation — a concept that Hinduism simply doesn’t have — and that path is through Christ.

Some of the most vocal voices in your base seem to not actually believe religious freedom — one of the core concepts this nation was founded upon, as you well know — should extend to Hindus.

You are the VP. It’s more than reasonable (and well within precedent) for a Christian public figure such as yourself to acknowledge the positive impact of Hinduism on Hindus and the rights of Hindus to practice.
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^classic hindu method of argument with facts and figures... What is the thought process here really? Do they think their detractors would say
thank you for this 3000 word post. I have read it thrice and all the accompanying million comments and now understand the depth to hinduism. I hereby recant my previous statements and repent for my line of thought
The most likely answer you're going to get for the above is to use proper defecation processes, but in english.

You know which non Abrahamic, non white culture is never considered by the Hindus who are in perpetual victimhood mode as being demonised and universally hated? Shintoism and the japanese culture. Most people globally are more vocal about preserving japanese culture than their own.

This is the rule of cool and the effect of the much maligned soft power.

Indian popular culture for all intents and purposes serves the lowest common denominator, the others left, consume culture of other civilisations

If the system that churns out most media caters to the subaltern, and their only wish is for cheap erotic titilations, novel ways of laundiyabaazi, masala action, then well that is what your culture will be known for the world over

Does not take a rocket surgeon to figure that out, the recourse though is not novel length xitter posts full of buthurt

*added later: does not help that our civic infra is not glitzy and chock full of led like the east asian countries... or even clean for that matter, in fact most our cities look like an after image for an apocalyptic level event. now indians have a remarkable philosophy of everything existing in harmony with nature, but they perhaps take it a tad too far with a near ubiquitous level presence of non bio-degradable plastic occupying every square inch of this land, or maybe it adds a bit of colour to the dreary greyish roads / footpaths (for those lucky few who have them); but as anyone who watches a river near a city choking on its merry way, carrying greyish-brown water and a strong sense of offal, and throttled with its banks full of plastic in total harmony with nature, in a land declaiming its worship of rivers at every turn, one is always struck with a sense of incongruity
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https://youtu.be/Coa7gIjnpts?si=oD1e7RS0ebAW2ClM
Why White women vote for Trump (YouTube)

Anyone to separate the gold from the dross?
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