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by SSundar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:44 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Really? How is this supposed to work? Are Generals and Admirals going out to die so that their children are getting an education? This is funding for martyrs's children. The children of people who went out to die so the rest of us don't have to. First, sorry, I overlooked the part where it said the...
by SSundar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:08 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

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by SSundar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:38 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

ramesh wrote:
Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:26 pm
No discussion on blue on blue of milords...
You know something is brewing when the Congis have a press conference about this milord movement, don't you?

I wonder if MAD have begun moving things in the right direction by enlisting the support of the CJI.
by SSundar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:35 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

yeah...especially when they teach 3k > 10k I'll ignore the smart@ss personal comment. Since you lack common sense, let me elaborate. My point was that if a playschool charges 3k per month for nothing but playing with 1 year olds for 3-4 hours a day, fee for higher grades are much much higher. 10k a...
by SSundar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:10 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

SSundar, don't know how old you are. I am old enough to remember mid-late 80s and early 90s. Those were dark days. Kashmir and punjab burning, mandal changed the face of politics, those self immolation of frustrated youths, mumbai ruled by mafia, riots and 92 bomb blasts, smugglers running unabated...
by SSundar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:13 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

I am not discrediting modi by saying pvnr has done more good to this country. What PVNR has achieved under his leadership is monumental and way difficult to achieve by his successors. So yes lets stop comparison but lets not pretend modi has done better. I fully support PM Modi... and I also fully ...
by SSundar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:41 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Despite protests, defence ministry sticks to Rs 10,000 monthly cap on tuition, hostel fee for martyrs' children The defence ministry will stick to its recent decision to cap the educational expenses in the shape of tuition and hostel fees paid to children of martyrs and disabled soldiers to Rs 10,0...
by SSundar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:14 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Very timely article by R. Jagannathan. As Congress Woos Hindu Vote, Will BJP Head For Bankrupt Pseudo-Secular Politics? I think the BJP does need to increase reaching out to EJs and Peacefuls but not in the soft, defensive tone it is taking now. NaMo should come out hitting hard, clearly stating tha...
by SSundar
Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:53 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

What a tragedy. After thousands of years of culture there is no place on earth for hindus to practice our culture unapologetically without someone calling us communal and oppress our freedom under the name of secularism. We want to live in a land where the government promotes culture of this land, ...
by SSundar
Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:37 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
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Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

JihadiDi showing class, even if inadvertantly. There are those who might say this is "Indian" class, often with good reason, unfortunately. :( A London hotel I stayed in during a business trip sent me a revised bill adding upwards of 20 pounds a few days after I checked out. They said I took some f...
by SSundar
Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:06 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Making it easy to monetize Temple land is one thing but selling Temple land is quite another. Is Fadnavis an undercover EJ?
by SSundar
Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:36 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Chetak saar, nothing of those words is applicable to modi. His cabinet is full of people who suck upto or are hand in gloves with all NGO/BIF/Media etc. I personally feel terribly betrayed, but looking at twitter, I don't think I am the only person to feel so. Can't say there aren't many disappoint...
by SSundar
Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:30 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

vinod wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 6:04 pm
Didn't Rahul himself say he is a hardcore Brahmin? So, congis will remove him and replace with dalit leader?
Hey, but he did have roti and subzi at a Dalit's house once. That makes him an honorary Dalit.
by SSundar
Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:29 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Sundar, I disagree. BJP is any day much much more inclusive than the motley combination of elite western wannabes (tell me will one of those elites preaching to BJP about Dalit rights and Brahminism leave their Lutyen luxury abodes and come within one mile of Dalits?), jihadis, and "intellectual" D...
by SSundar
Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Indrad wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 3:49 pm
Media is trying to mix up dalit w Muslim
BJP shd try to break that .
BJP made a Dalit the President of India. But they cannot seem to get a strong and visible face as a Central Minister or Party functionary to show their own inclusiveness. This is a major weakness.
by SSundar
Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:45 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Indian Railways apparently painted two TN stations with heritage paintings - Velankanni (with Christian significance) and Kanchipuram (Hindu symbolism). Within days, several "Dalit" organizations converged on the Kanchipuram station and vandalized the paintings of Hindu saints with slogans asking fo...
by SSundar
Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:49 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

That article had a very sophomoric feel to it. Beginning of the end? Swarajya comes straight out to declare that the odds are against Modi in 2019. Its the economy, stupid, and all that. Ostensibly. Only. The Economy, Stupid: Why The NDA Faces A Rocky Road To Re-Election (Swarajya) Classic case of ...
by SSundar
Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:38 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

This is a dead give away from Pappu on who was behind this circus. And unusually harsh rhetoric too. This is where BJP might lose the plot. I will puke my gut out if in the TV 'debates' to follow, BJP spokesman are defensive. Instead go on the offensive and attack Pappu. I would say they should eve...
by SSundar
Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:20 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

chetak wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2017 3:54 pm
and TN continues with its great tradition of not finding a tamil leader for itself.
Well, most "Tamil" leaders seem to be well-versed in Tamil words insulting each other's mother as well as Modi's. So, we're good with what we get.
by SSundar
Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:51 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Looks like Ranji will join politics and contest all 234 assembly seats. Rajanikanth in person can may be contest an all 234 seats, but if he wins in any of them then there has to be re-elections on all the other 233 seats. Or else, he would have to identify winnable candidates (who also would stand...
by SSundar
Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:21 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

And expect a tacit (not open) alliance in TN for 2019 between BJP and Rajni. TN could contribute a majority of it's MPs to NDA via this alliance.
by SSundar
Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:18 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

Looks like Ranji will join politics and contest all 234 assembly seats. I suspect he will win big because people are sick of *DMK parties. I also suspect modi couldn’t convince him to join BJP ... I just hope he will join NDA though Make no mistake. This is very much a Modi play. BJP in TN oscillat...
by SSundar
Sat Dec 30, 2017 5:02 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

From Swati Chaturvedi's Twitter timeline above, she is pimping a Guardian article about a book she herself wrote to propagate the theory that Modi ordered a BJP troll army to abuse everyone criticizing him on SM. Some guy named Michael :roll: Safi who has been writing all bile against this governmen...
by SSundar
Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:58 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

I believe the Fadnavis couple's goose is cooked. They just don't know it yet. OMG, this is too important to be covered in 2 sentences.. eloborate, No? :) I am not claiming any chaiwala connection. We have consistently seen MAD jettison Chief Ministers when they become more of a liability to the par...
by SSundar
Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:51 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 1 (Oct 2017 - Mar 2018)
Replies: 4973
Views: 3839008

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - Oct 2017

I think we are conflating different things here. TN people's participation in religious activities is not lessening. Even the nominal ones in rural areas make sure they support their family deities and local temples. The urban ones that now have gotten past the lower maslow priorities are now patro...