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- Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:23 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
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Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )
RM, that's correct. It was as if the entire male population was staring at us (I was the only adult male accompanying two women and two young girls) hungrily as we walked to and back from the place. It is hard to describe, but there were these little shack like places along the street and these bea...
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Indian Movies Thread
- Replies: 190
- Views: 321456
Re: Indian Movies Thread
IMO, Urdu is more expressive and easier when it comes to writing songs for Hindi Movies. Like Hindi, I claim complete ownership of Urdu too as this too is a Hindustani language. But like someone pointed out, Urdu has Islamic leanings and most of the analogy is driven from Islam. Have you read Munsh...
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Indian Movies Thread
- Replies: 190
- Views: 321456
Re: Indian Movies Thread
The upcoming movie "Thugs of Hindustan" Amir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, etc. is based on the novel written in 1839 "Confessions of a Thug" by Philips Meadows Tayler
Here is the original novel
http://www.empire.amdigital.co.uk/Docum ... lume%202/1
Here is the original novel
http://www.empire.amdigital.co.uk/Docum ... lume%202/1
- Thu May 31, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
- Wed May 23, 2018 5:50 pm
- Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
- Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
- Replies: 627
- Views: 617153
Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Most of the parties have no internal election and some dynastic leader at top appoint candidates. A candidate must be a popular leader of the area.
- Wed May 23, 2018 1:31 pm
- Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
- Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
- Replies: 627
- Views: 617153
Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc
What Indian election commission needs to do is mandatory elections inside each party to pick up candidate for each constituency. Just like primaries in USA about 3 months before general elections. Even better than USA that all general population can vote in any party for any candidate. That is the o...
- Wed May 23, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )
Looks like fake survey as they say "Results will be shared on May 26th" and they can share any type of resultsmanju wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 9:35 amVote on this survey
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/fou ... 274573.cms
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Please do your bit
- Tue May 22, 2018 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Indian Movies Thread
- Replies: 190
- Views: 321456
Re: Indian Movies Thread
Sampooran Singh Kalra aka Gulzar was born in british india. At that time everybody (including my parents and their siblings) learned to read/write in Urdu/Farsi till at least 5th Grade. I guess Gulzar was more fascinated with Urdu.
- Mon May 21, 2018 1:54 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
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How do you charge tax on what are effectively donations (langar)? You don't, the GST applies to packed food item's only. If you are buying loose atta dal and rice. No GST applies. But if you buy packaged atta dal and rice. The GST applies. That's the law. You can see how it can be used by rumour mo...
- Mon May 21, 2018 1:49 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )
How do you charge tax on what are effectively donations (langar)? You don't, the GST applies to packed food item's only. If you are buying loose atta dal and rice. No GST applies. But if you buy packaged atta dal and rice. The GST applies. That's the law. You can see how it can be used by rumour mo...
- Fri May 11, 2018 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Indian Movies Thread
- Replies: 190
- Views: 321456
Re: Indian Movies Thread
This movie is based on real story according to this news from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/That-spy-princess/article15446864.ece Harinder Sikka speaks to SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY about his debut novel based on the real-life story of an Indian Kashmiri spy It was du...
- Thu May 10, 2018 1:15 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )
Rahul Mehta wrt water problem, my trivial proposals since 1999 has been --- (a) UNIVERSAL water metering i.e. every water connection be agriculter or industry or commercial or charty like hospital or residential , should be METERED. (b) price should be decided by market as far as possible http://ww...
- Wed May 09, 2018 11:42 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
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schwa deletion is more pronounced(pun intended) in naarthie languages as compared to south.Which also results in spelling "mistakes" when typed as per shwa deleted pronounciation in english.Such mistakes however cant occur when same words are typed in the devnagari scripts as both pronounciations a...
- Wed May 09, 2018 11:39 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
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There can be only one pronunciation for every word not multiple as word originated from sound. I have never seen an islamic/arabic/russian/turkish/french/Pakistani etc whatever saints or religious figures names modified in English no matter how difficult to pronounce, why this kolaveri di for India...
- Tue May 08, 2018 6:25 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
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How is BJP doing in Karnatak ? Saar, a small nitpick. It is Karnataka . schwa deletion is more pronounced(pun intended) in naarthie languages as compared to south.Which also results in spelling "mistakes" when typed as per shwa deleted pronounciation in english.Such mistakes however cant occur when...
- Fri May 04, 2018 3:48 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Remembering the Independence martyrs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18201
Re: Remembering the Independence martyrs
Khudiram Bose https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Khudiram_Bose_1905_cropped.jpg/330px-Khudiram_Bose_1905_cropped.jpg Khudiram Bose Bengali: ক্ষুদিরাম বসু (aka Khudiram Bosu) (3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was an Indian Bengali revolutionary, one of the youngest revolutiona...
- Fri May 04, 2018 3:45 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Remembering the Independence martyrs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18201
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Rash Bihari Bose https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Rash_bihari_bose.jpg Rash Behari Bose Bengali: রাসবিহারী বসু Rashbihari Boshu; 25 May 1886 – 21 January 1945) was an Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj and was one of the key organisers of the Ghadar Mutiny and lat...
- Fri May 04, 2018 3:16 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Remembering the Independence martyrs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18201
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Lala Hardayal https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Lala_Har_Dayal_Young.jpg Lala Har Dayal (in Punjabi ਲਾਲਾ ਹਰਦਿਆਲ; 14 October 1884 in Delhi, India – 4 March 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an Indian nationalist revolutionary.[1] He was a polymath who turned down a career in t...
- Fri May 04, 2018 3:14 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Remembering the Independence martyrs
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- Views: 18201
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Vishnu Ganesh Pingle https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Vishnu_Ganesh_Pingle.jpg Vishnu Ganesh Pingle was an Indian revolutionary and a member of the Ghadar Party who was one of those executed in 1915 following the Lahore conspiracy trial for his role in the Ghadar conspiracy. Vishn...
- Fri May 04, 2018 3:11 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Remembering the Independence martyrs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18201
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Kartar_singh_sarabha.jpg Kartar Singh Sarabha Kartar Singh Sarabha was born on 24 May 1896 in Ludhiana, Punjab India into a Grewal Jat Sikh family in village Sarabha, district Ludhiana, Punjab. His father was Mangal Singh and his mother was Sahib ...
- Thu May 03, 2018 7:26 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Remembering the Independence martyrs
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Remembering the Independence martyrs
We need to keep these people in mind who gave up their lives and became inspiration to others to get free from the clutches of British empire. Madan Lal Dhingra https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Dhingra.jpg This is what he said on 17th of August 1909 in court before he was sentence...
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Indian Movies Thread
- Replies: 190
- Views: 321456
Re: Indian Movies Thread
How can you have the whole Mahabharat in 2 hours? You need a whole series of at least 5-6 movies.
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Indian Movies Thread
- Replies: 190
- Views: 321456
Re: Indian Movies Thread
has anybody seen this animated Mahabharat movie?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharat_(2013_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharat_(2013_film)
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 2:39 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888
Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )
...well, if the train of thought is that death penalty as a punishment for rape of minors may motivate the rapists to kill, how about adding death penalty if the rapist has killed the child (as happened in Kathua). Same logic would suggest that the rapist will now try to keep the child alive, there...
- Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:12 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
- Replies: 3268
- Views: 2847888