@MapOsnit Something people don't ask, what have the amricans given to pakistan or what structural changes their relations have had. Too much focus on rhetoric and tweets. Forget about speaking of IWT, they've even blocked UN designation of BLA. IMF loan is the only thing they've got
@_wonderland1187@Rayraybom76 Paper leaks have always been a reality, you are naive and deluded if you think they are new. What's changed is that nowadays leaks are more easily discovered. Esp at state levels, fair and foolproof exams were a rarity not the norm. Even now they are much worse than Central exams
@ChathamHouse@Chietigj@CHAsiaPacific@LowyInstitute Indian FP is right now the most pragmatic and realpolitikal as it has ever been since independence.A civilisational state can never become a rentier state like pakistan, or a vassal state like today's UK
@alpha_defense This month has been pretty interesting for them. PoJK is on fire, with protests and violence all over. Then there's planes being reportedly downed in Balochistan and PoJK. Karachi attack. Removed from central role in peace talks. Afghans and pakis doing strikes on each other.
@sreemoytalukdar@Pure_boat Oh really? If taking "bets" on R&D was so difficult, we wouldn't have had nukes, Agni series, the Space programme, SSBN's, Aircraft carriers, ICBM's, MIRV, Hypersonic protoypes etc. You can't afford to ignore R&D if you want sovereignty.
@sreemoytalukdar First step would be to recognise the depth of failure of the last 12 years. Second would be to ridicule not only the govt, MoD, and other orgs, but also quetsion the military afsar's stupidity and their marvel comics Requirements(Zorawar is a prime example)
@VikasSaraswat In today's age, social media virality is the main cause for people's outrage, instead of any objective or moral standard. As you say, that rape was much more problematic, given the accused's previous sheet and the crime. Internet's obsession with virality has made this worse
@addheeraj We are very good in shipbuilding capacities. Letting them rot away would even destroy that silver lining of our MIC, and ensure even more dependency on foreign imports. 20k crore in naval capex for a nation with our GDP and geography is treasonous
@KesariDhwaj Speaking of inconvenient data points, you become quiet on Zorawar Requirements being modified, or the requirements becoming childish "marvel comic" demands?
@sreemoytalukdar For all practical purposes, passport is the final, ultimate documentation you can get. You shouldn't have any problems with proving your citizenship barring extreme cases. People are getting hung up on technical legalese
@sreemoytalukdar Good news. Better to redesign Tejas Mk2 and AMCA both instead of remaining forever dependent on amrikan for the core of our jet programmes. But fully expect amrikans tk renege on the 404 as well if we don't pay this hagta
@addheeraj I still believe the biggest reason was the "reservation in danger" and consequently SC votes moving away. It was a constant in all the state switch major losses(RJ,MH,UP). It should account for 15-20 seat loss. The next biggest reason would be infighting and poor candidates
@addheeraj Selection, esp in Rajasthan and UP. Here, you have to understand candidate selection is about caste arithmetic as well. So by cutting V. K. Singh's ticket, you affect the entire Rajput vote in West UP. So both are directly connected. And Maharashtra had the toxic caste politics