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I hate to do this here, but I think the Chinese have done quite well by keeping religion out too.

Borrowing Henry Blofeld's famous words, happy birthday my dear old thing! @Joe Shearer

But on topic rabid Trump supporters are not much different from rabid sanghis (who happen to be Trump bhakts themselves :lol:)

Dada Red Indian is an offensive term too, I know you're most likely unaware. :)

Good post and I admire your optimism and hope that you're right. I'm not so optimistic myself. I find it hard to trust anything that comes out of this govt. I have never seen a govt that try to distract people like this govt has done. Even Modi himself tried to misled people with unsubstantiated...

Where did I make such a prediction? Demonetization was a worthless exercise which yielded hardly anything for the disruption and pain it caused. I stand by that statement. Don't put words or in this case numbers in my mouth. Funny how you conveniently ignored all the negatives I raised, no...

Have you seen China's volume? It's not just about the percentage point. China can't keep on growing at 10% forever, they had to slow down a bit at some point but in terms of pure volume they're still way ahead. Brazil and Russia's recession is not a positive thing on India, is it? They have...

I think it's unfair to call her just an Indian citizen and not an Indian. She was born in India to French parents and she could have easily opted for French citizenship if I'm not mistaken. But she didn't. She's much more an Indian than someone like Akshay Kumar who voluntarily gave up Indian...

I'm fully aware that it's monthly data. But if you consider the fact that post 2008 there was a massive global recession, and all the major western economies in the world took several years to stabilize, it's not a significant change. The global economy is doing better now compared to a few...

Hardly substantive,

I think you're right, that's what the IE article said too. http://indianexpress.com/article/religion/parsi-new-year-2017-navroze-mubarak-nowruz-navroz-august-india-celebrations-4800367/

I think Hindus are becoming more like Islamist jihadis under sanghi leadership. We are losing our soul which made Hinduism great. Hope this is just a temporary thing. Anyway I did find an article after googling for a bit, I think this answers my earlier question...

I have a naive question for @padamchen Why do Indian Parsis celebrate Nowruz on a different date than Iranians? I've taken part in Iranian Nowruz, and it starts at vernal equinox. Why is it different for you guys? BTW Nowruz mubarak :D

Stock market is one of the many indicators. Stock market fluctuates based on global liquidity too. Heck Pakistan has one of the best performing stock markets in Asia. But when you go down to the real indicators, like core sector growth, job growth, production growth, export growth etc it's not...

Yes if this poor performance continues people would eventually wise up but not before 2 complete terms. People are still basking in Modi euphoria.

It's never good to have that scenario. IMO 2014 elections were one of the healthiest elections in Indian history. An arrogant government was punished fair and square, purely due to its bad performance and corruptions. But in hindsight it also forced Modi to take unhealthy corrective measures to...

7.2% GDP growth means nothing if actual indicators are not good. Do you think it would have been 7.2% on the old series? I'm no economist but there was an instant jump in GDP numbers after they changed the base year. Let's be honest the economy doesn't feel like it's growing at over 7% and it...

I am not changing anything. Democracy with all its flaws is still better than the other options and I gladly accept people's verdict, but that doesn't mean that I can't criticize the govt. Congress ruled the country for 6 decades winning popular votes every single time. Following your logic, it...

Are you serious man? Even an 8th grader is smarter than that guy. He wouldn't even be a district level leader if it wasn't for his last name.

Not as long as Gandhis are ruling the roost. Opposition needs an alternative to that buffoon Rahul Gandhi. Surely, in a vast country like India there'd be a capable leader somewhere, beats me!