Allied British or American soldiers of the world war were war criminals. They were not "fighting for free world". Raping millions of French and German women is not "fighting for free world". Dropping atomic bombs to kill 250K Japanese civilians is not "fighting for free world". Killing 80K civilians in one night in Dresden is not "fighting for free world". Starving millions of Indians to death just to stock up British food reserves is not "fighting for free world". US, UK and USSR were not fighting any holy war. They had a political objective of containing Germany before it became too powerful. Churchill, Stalin and Truman too were war criminals.
Only the natural justice of animal kingdom known as "justice of the victors" saved these allied soldiers from Nuremberg like trials. These Indian soldiers fighting for Britain were certainly not fighting for any "free world". They were desperate soldiers from a colonized nation, forced to fight a war they had nothing to do with. They shot their own starving countrymen who had been attempting to seize some food grains to fill the bellies of their children.
I appreciate the attempts to integrate but that doesn't mean Indians have to internalize and legitimize West's dirty wars.
In 1992, Enron, a prominent U.S. company, planned to establish a power plant in Dabhol, Maharashtra, with a proposed investment of $2 billion. However, fierce local opposition stalled the project, leading Enron to file a $600 million compensation lawsuit against the Indian government.
Under the Vajpayee government, Harish Salve, a distinguished Indian lawyer, was appointed to defend India’s interests in this high-stakes international arbitration.
Shockingly, P. Chidambaram, a prominent Congress leader, served as Enron’s legal counsel, advocating against India’s interests.
When the UPA government came to power in 2004, with Chidambaram as Finance Minister, he could no longer directly represent Enron but continued to provide legal advice, reportedly favouring the company.
In a stunning move, the UPA government removed Harish Salve from the case and appointed Khawar Qureshi, a UK-based lawyer of Pakistani origin, to represent India.
The decision to entrust a sensitive case involving billions in taxpayer money to a foreign lawyer with ties to Pakistan raised serious questions about the Congress-led government’s judgment and priorities.
Despite India’s strong position in the arbitration, the questionable decisions - Chidambaram’s prior ties to Enron and the appointment of Qureshi led to a predictable outcome: India lost the case.
The government was forced to pay substantial settlements of $800 million to Bechtel & General Electric, who had acquired Enron’s stakes after its bankruptcy. Additionally, Qureshi was paid exorbitant legal fees, further burdening Indian taxpayers.
Notably, Khawar Qureshi later represented Pakistan in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice, underscoring the irony of Congress’s choice.
And Guess who represented India - Harish Salve, who won the case and stayed the death sentence of Yadav, along with getting him consular access, only for a Fee of Rs 1.
This episode, often downplayed by the media, highlights a disturbing pattern of mismanagement and questionable loyalties under the Congress-led UPA.
Their handling of the Dabhol case reflects a legacy of decisions that prioritised foreign interests and compromised India’s sovereignty, leaving taxpayers to bear the cost of their failures.
Brits murdered 35 million of us, contrived 12 devastating famines, looted $45 trillion, reduced India to an opium economy, broke us in two, left us with a life expectancy of 32 years. But we survived.
India is beautiful because Indians are beautiful. Happy Independence Day! 🇮🇳
This place in Rainawari (Kashmir) is known as 'Batta Mazar'.
It literally means 'Graveyard of Brahmins'.
620 years ago, Muslims summoned Brahmins to this place and gave them two choices
1) Discard Janeu
2) Diε
Nobody discarded Janeu. They were all killεd. 37 kg of Janeu was collected from their dead bodies and burnt. Hence the name 'Batta Mazar'.
This is what Kashmiri Brahmins suffered in the hands of Kashmiri Muslims for 700 years.
But in the eyes of Indian state today, Kashmiri Brahmins are the 'oppressors' and Kashmiri Muslims are 'oppressed'.
It rewards Kashmiri Muslims with reservations while many exiled Kashmiri pandits still rot in tents and refugee camps.
This is India's reservation policy in a nutshell.
For India, @TheEconomist opines that Sharia law should be enforced alongside any Indian uniform civil codes.
For the UK, @TheEconomist opines that enforcing Sharia law alongside any British uniform civil codes "poses problems."
Rules for thee, but not for me? 🤔
Converted Christians in Kerala perform a Hindu dance, in Hindu attire, with Hindu traditional lamps and Hindu temple music, in a church. If you have rejected the religion of your forefathers and have accepted a foreign, inclusive ideology, then stick to your Latin, Syrian, American or European rituals. Why do you copy Hindu customs and traditions? Inferiority complex?
🇯🇵 Muslims on Reddit are complaining that "Japan is super racist and anti-Islamic".
For once I completely agree with Reddit. We are racist and anti-Islamic. Please don't come here. 🙇🏻♀️
In a supermarket in Amsterdam muslims don’t even hide their support for the Oct 7th massacre. These people should be arrested immediately and expelled out of The Netherlands with their whole family!
Picture from: @CIDI_nieuws
Dear non-Muslims, it is ok to be afraid of Islam. It has not been very kind to you for 1,400 years. There is no such thing as Islamophobia. It is a term invented by those who do not wish for anyone to scrutinize Islam. Carry on.
In 2006 , Pope Benedict XVI himself said St Thomas NEVER visited India! Surely the Pope can't be lying or wrong, no?!
This is a rumour spread by the local church and kept alive for centuries now! Used to convert gullible people!
High time such false propaganda is exposed!
Recent excavations in Gobichettipalayam place the arrival of Thomas at least 660 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, thereby placing Christians in India even earlier than what was fancied. Artefacts such as the old Apple Watch that Thomas used to wear strengthen this claim.
Malayalam cinema is all about:
- Muslim directors portraying Christianity and Hinduism negatively,
- Christian directors portraying Islam and Hinduism negatively, and
- Hindu directors portraying Hinduism negatively.
Jesus was there before Thomas. He spent the "missing years" in India. Thats where he came up with non dual/Advaitan ideas like, "I and the Father are one, The kingdom of God is within you, Before Abraham was, I am, Love your neighbor as yourself." Keep the CIA out of India.