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by arshyam
Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:50 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Posted this on the BRF elections thread (yes, there is one now!), sharing here as I don't see most regulars from here post on BRF. In TN, is there an anti-incumbency against AIADMK? Is Jayalalitha's fan-following still with AIADMK, or have her successors squandered her goodwill among her voters? Ant...
by arshyam
Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

I think it will saar. The average guy has a lot of respect for Modi, which would help in this election more than state gov elections. All Modi needs to do is to make the election about him and his govt's performance, people are receptive. But where are the campaigns? We go to polls in less than a we...
by arshyam
Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:39 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

From the Times Now survey, it seems clear that UP and TN are the battleground states. Everywhere else, BJP is ceding a little bit of ground which could be recovered once Modi steps in to campaign. Nearly 50% loss in UP and a near wipeout of AIADMK in TN will certainly hurt. Even though BJP/NDA was ...
by arshyam
Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:12 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Interesting that they mention Wg Cdr Abhinandan's MiG-21 being hit going down (GoI has actually not said why his aircraft went down), but conveniently skip mentioning his taking down an F-16 before that. The Week has to screw up an otherwise good article. I suppose their editors take the moral high ...
by arshyam
Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:13 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

^^ Finally..
by arshyam
Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:12 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Nukkad
Replies: 1356
Views: 1149062

Re: Nukkad

I read somewhere (must have been the parent forum onlee) that movie tickets in China are almost the same cost as in the US. Add the much larger population, one can understand the larger revenue numbers then..

In contrast, imagine if tickets in India were priced at $12, or ₹840 :shock:
by arshyam
Sun Mar 03, 2019 4:50 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Nukkad
Replies: 1356
Views: 1149062

Re: Nukkad

Now that you mentioned it, I checked book my show, and every multiplex theatre is running at least one show daily, with some of the larger ones running 3-4 shows. The one near my house is almost sold out. Damn!
by arshyam
Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:39 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Both Muzaffarabad and Bhimber (I think this was the other location) are in PoJK, which is technically Indian territory. So as such, the it is not in the foreign secretary's ambit to talk about these places. In fact, being our own territory, we don't need to talk to anybody about it, it is an interna...
by arshyam
Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:11 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Also Gus saar, your summary was very thorough. Much appreciated.
by arshyam
Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:10 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Sorry for the late reply, and thanks for sharing your observations. I am broadly in agreement.. Gus saar, what's your reading on the ground situation in TN? Saar, there is an undercurrent that is not obvious. While the Tamil nation types and the DK types who are in the evangelical-jehadi payroll are...
by arshyam
Sun Feb 24, 2019 2:29 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Nukkad
Replies: 1356
Views: 1149062

Re: Nukkad

Most newspapers have an e-paper option, which is a set of images of the printed paper.

You could also print an article/website using the browser print option, and save as PDF or some image format. It will not always be well formatted, but better than nothing. Failing which, screenshot always works.
by arshyam
Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:44 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Gus saar, what's your reading on the ground situation in TN?
by arshyam
Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:21 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Any body from TN, on the chances of NDA alliance. Will AIADMK pull their weight considering there is talk of huge anti incumbency against them? They have good prospects in kongu belt - 9 seats. These had kind of modi wave in last election. Rest of the state is doubtful. Might come third after ammk....
by arshyam
Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:41 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

TWITTER vs BJP 🔸BJP Supporters Claims of Discrimination by Twitter 🔸PC (Parliamentary Committee) Calls Twitter for Discussion 🔸Twitter Officials Refuse to Appear 🔸Parliamentary Committee Takes Very Serious Note, Appropriate Action on February 11, Confirms Anurag Thakur What actions can GoI take her...
by arshyam
Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:49 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Looks like the middle class vote is not going to step out during the election. This budget was widely expected to offer a few crumbs for them after waiting for years with bated breath, but no can do, apparently. All we got was a word of thanks, which costs nothing, and means even less. Modi is on hi...
by arshyam
Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:53 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

Agree with KL Dubey-ji. After 15 years in MP, can't have asked for more. Same goes for RJ - BJP put up a good performance, all things considered. It would be interesting to see what local issues swayed voters in RJ, MP was perhaps simply a desire for change. CG is troubling, sensitive state choosing...
by arshyam
Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:03 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )
Replies: 3128
Views: 4081643

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 3 (Oct 2018 - )

^^ That's Japan, right? They have no pretensions about being sickular, western universal values, etc. Their culture and traditions come first. Always. Anyone have a problem with that? Get lost onlee. Whereas we have to do something about hyooman rights in order to draw applause from some imaginary b...
by arshyam
Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:57 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Cricket
Replies: 752
Views: 723012

Re: Cricket

Hopefully, we'll salvage a draw for the last test at least. 3-1 to end the series..
by arshyam
Sat Sep 08, 2018 1:24 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2651550

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

Why are the commies and the urban naxals so quiet about this?? Shouldn't they have yelled bloody murder long before we even sat down for these talks?? There was this report on The Hindu: India now a junior ally of U.S.: CPI(M) CPI(M) criticises 2+2 dialogue. The Union government is surrendering Ind...
by arshyam
Mon Sep 03, 2018 4:03 pm
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: POLL THREAD: Has NaMo's BJP Govt Done Enough for Hindu Causes?
Replies: 74
Views: 117816

Re: POLL THREAD: Has NaMo's BJP Govt Done Enough for Hindu Causes?

^^ Tell him it is the same Modi trying to push expressways all over TN: 1. Chennai - Salem 2. Chennai - Bangalore 3. Minjur/Ennore port - Chittoor (to join the #2 e-way) 4. Salem - Coimbatore 8-lane highway (starting from end of #1 e-way up to Neelambur, near Tirupur, beyond which it is already 6-la...
by arshyam
Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:51 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Cricket
Replies: 752
Views: 723012

Re: Cricket

It's probably sacrilege to say this, but I am not too impressed with Kohli's captaincy. Sure, he is a great batsman, but captaining needs a different approach than weaving magic with the bat, which to his credit, he does consistently. We keep conceding runs in the 6th/7th wicket and give a respectab...
by arshyam
Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:34 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2651550

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

Sachin wrote:
Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:04 am
I don't think the courts are even hearing the case.
This is what Modi is up against, and people expect him to simply put people inside with a wave of his hand.
by arshyam
Sun Sep 02, 2018 4:39 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Cricket
Replies: 752
Views: 723012

Re: Cricket

Ironically, Ashwin's LBW was not even correct - the ball was showing as going down the leg, but we had no reviews left by then. Oh well.
by arshyam
Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:34 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Cricket
Replies: 752
Views: 723012

Re: Cricket

Not looking good - up to Rahane and Ashwin to see it through. Pant unnecessarily threw his wicket.
by arshyam
Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:05 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Cricket
Replies: 752
Views: 723012

Re: Cricket

^^ True that.