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by Rudradev
Fri May 25, 2018 4:29 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

the hoarding is for a very long time some 70 years!! Plus remember, in EU/USA it only needs to run the treasury printing press to generate money and give to INC. A one hour run could be enough for INC and its Rai bahadurs. Haan bhai. That's exactly why weakening FCRA is so important. And Church/EJs...
by Rudradev
Fri May 25, 2018 4:23 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

I think we have to be careful with defining what we mean by "cash shortage" or "run dry of cash" when it comes to INC. Of course they have tons of money by the standards of people like you and me, or probably even of big corporations. But what they are embarking on is a very expensive proposition ev...
by Rudradev
Fri May 25, 2018 12:54 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Sure, please distribute widely :)
by Rudradev
Thu May 24, 2018 10:59 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

I think we need to connect a few dots. 1) INC has been running short of funds, as per several reports in mainstream media, and as suggested by many direct appeals for crowdfunding by their SM proxies. 2) INC desperately needs funds at this time, because without deep pockets, it really has no aukaat ...
by Rudradev
Wed May 23, 2018 9:45 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

I have always maintained that as a political force in India, Xtian communals are a million times more dangerous than Islamic communals. Even with all the C-systemic institutional and political bias constantly grinding in their favour for ~66 years, Islamic communals could not find a way to ensconce ...
by Rudradev
Wed May 23, 2018 7:36 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Fantastic piece of analysis from Twitter user @auldtimer. https://auldtimer.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/know-thyself/ Let us grade Narendra Modi’s supporters by the level of intensity of their support. What kind of people make up the most passionate support base of Narendra Modi? Please spare attention...
by Rudradev
Wed May 23, 2018 6:29 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

We are facing the full force of the Cambridge Analytica campaign now. Emboldened after Karnataka, key international patrons of CA-in-India (such as the Vatican) are openly showing their hands. But the worst, most dangerous (and hardest to counter) of the CA efforts has been the one to divide Hindus....
by Rudradev
Mon May 21, 2018 10:33 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

A good analysis from LordWalrus at OpIndia.com http://www.opindia.com/2018/05/the-core-needs-to-keep-the-faith/ Karnataka results have split the Right-Wing electorate vertically into two. While some claim that the defeat is a result of inaction on the Core Hindu agenda, others say it was merely a ca...
by Rudradev
Sun May 20, 2018 5:56 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Oh I certainly take their stated objectives at face value, and I admire those objectives. They are my objectives too. In fact, I would be very surprised if even one Modi/BJP voter can be found who does NOT share those objectives. Reclaiming temples, scrapping RTE, UCC, Ending 35A/370, an end to main...
by Rudradev
Sun May 20, 2018 3:24 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

The impulse to define oneself as belonging to a persecuted minority who knows better than all others... to complain that one's pet concerns are not being addressed fast enough to gratify one's quickly-defraying attention span and/or long-held commitment to principles... and then (lo and behold) to l...
by Rudradev
Sat May 19, 2018 5:53 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Rama Y garu, Powerful argument as always, but I think you are being too optimstic. In fact Modi sarkar and Indic resurgence has barely breached Wall #4 (Bureaucracy) at this time. Lots of resistance is still being encountered even there: witness the NPA/defaulter scam among many other things. This i...
by Rudradev
Thu May 17, 2018 4:28 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Slowly but surely, Modi Sarkar is getting there with the Core agenda. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-document-forced-religious-conversion-ngo-on-par-with-maoists/articleshow/49365288.cms BJP document ‘forced’ religious conversion, NGO on par with Maoists By Ravish ...
by Rudradev
Tue May 15, 2018 4:25 pm
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 584101

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

Interesting stuff afoot https://postcard.news/big-twist-in-karnataka-politics-not-just-15-congress-and-jd-s-mlas-are-in-talks-with-the-bjp-but-even-the-lingayat-leaders-from-congress-are-threatening-to-quit-the-party/ Big twist in Karnataka politics!!! Not just 15 Congress and JD (S) MLAs are in tal...
by Rudradev
Tue May 15, 2018 4:09 pm
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 584101

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

3. Despite all the noise dorkie and TimesNow were making during the election returns, it seems to me that neither the Lutyen media nor Pappu and his slaves are out. They have lived to fight another day. Has BJP remained 112+ the anti-Pappu feelings would have been a bit more visible among oppositio...
by Rudradev
Tue May 15, 2018 4:42 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 584101

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

BJP will lose for sure
by Rudradev
Tue May 15, 2018 4:08 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 584101

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

ECI website has (leads) BJP 55, INC 29, JDS 21
by Rudradev
Tue May 15, 2018 2:49 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 584101

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

Livemint: Cong leads in 17 seats. BJP in 7, JDS in 6.

This is headed for an INC sweep.
by Rudradev
Mon May 14, 2018 10:25 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

There is no "indic" constituency. How many citizens of India do you think actually define their identity in terms of "Indic", "Dharmic", or even "Hindu" primarily? My bet is that 99.999% of those we categorize as "Hindu" will identify first with region, mother-tongue, caste etc. To them "Hindu"/"Dha...
by Rudradev
Mon May 14, 2018 8:46 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

The bigger picture however may not be that bad. What we've seen in Gujarat and then Karnataka is that, at least in the bigger states, there is an anti- anti-incumbency trend in effect for the time being. Smaller states don't always follow the trend: we saw it hold up in Nagaland but not Tripura. Meg...
by Rudradev
Mon May 14, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Karnataka is gone. http://5forty3.in/gaze_articles.php?articalid=213 Dr. Praveen Patil predicts 91 seats to Bhajpa. 103 at the very maximum if ALL swing districts go their way. Which they won't. Urban areas, especially Bangalore, saw a pathetic turnout of voters. Rural areas, where people were motiv...
by Rudradev
Tue May 08, 2018 8:10 pm
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 584101

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

Look at this Wikipedia page for Karnataka Assembly Elections, 2018. Specifically the "Opinion Polls" section. A nice graphic has been made, using cherry-picked opinion polls to give the impression that Congress is winning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election,_2018 I...
by Rudradev
Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:31 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India)
Replies: 9
Views: 24349

OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India)

Hi all, My cousin has an OCI card which gives his address as his US address (which is on his US passport, and where he lives most of the time). He wants to change the address on his OCI card to be his parents' address in Mumbai. Any idea what it takes to do this, or if it is possible? Does he have t...
by Rudradev
Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:47 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2732183

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Not pointing fingers at anybody but I think an extremely dangerous trend is emerging in the very categorization of Indics into so-called "Core Voters" and "Vikas Voters". Whichever side one perceives oneself to be on, the real problem is that the sides EXIST. That we have willingly, readily, done th...
by Rudradev
Sun Mar 25, 2018 3:19 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3714293

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

It's very disheartening to see the hate for Hinduism and BJP/RSS in some of our lower caste brethren. I don't remember this being the case a couple of decades earlier but these days sometimes I see such hatred on my FB feed that boils my blood. And no matter how much I try to explain by facts, they...