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Awesome! Next, take up tunneling for all strategic roads that are exposed to enemy artillery fire! Off topic: With so much tunneling going on for Indian infrastructure (mountainous and urban infrastructure), I think there is a real need for manufacturing TBM's in India. The demand for TBM's is...

That's right! I have never seen so many jihadi apologists at the same time in PDF as when the news of Pathankot attacks was reported! Even those who I considered somewhat sane ones, turned out to be closet-jihadis!

Yup! It's a revolution going on in Free/Internet TV! Running OpenElec/Kodi on Raspberry Pi 2 and no buffering delays at all (almost)!

Don't forget Karnataka. I wouldn't be surprised if the highest representation is from Karnataka! Sometime back, Bhatkal was the only major place in Karnataka for these nut jobs to congregate, but alas the rot is far widespread than imagined. But then Karnataka is ruled by a truly "secular"...

It's really depressing to see Kejriwal turn to such theatrics at a huge cost to the taxpayer while doing nothing substantial on the ground. At one point, I had seriously thought that he would bring in an honest and clean brand politics in a highly tainted Indian political system or die trying...

Agreed for the technocrat part! And it would suit Modi's style of governance too! HRD/I&B/Commerce ministries are crying out loud for replacements by some technocrats. Personally, I would like to see Nilekani in some capacity in the I&B. And Arun Shourie in the Finance.

Not just that! By that standard, many developing countries have significantly huge shadow economies - especially India. But it doesn't mean much unless you are taking steps to bring all that shadow economy back into the official fold and find a way to account/tax it. That's where I think Modi's...

You could hardly say that the FREQUENT infiltrations that take place along the LoC as surprise incursions. In fact, the cover fire has been being provided just to distract the defenders away from the infiltrators. The trick is to make the defending BSF, "DEAF" to the cross-border fire by firing...

I thought the early winter snow (by making it impractical for infiltration attempts) was to be credited for the deafening silence along the areas prone to infiltration! If there is no infiltration, there is no cover fire and hence no need for retaliatory fire. IMHO, the real test for Modi will...

Saraswati river emerged from Sahyadri mountain range? :o: This! :tup: Nothing against reviving an ancient river but IMHO, it would be far more beneficial to the poor local farmers to utilize the scant resources to build small dams/check dams than to look for a lost river - considering that...

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What are you even talking about? You are not serious, are you? If you missed it, it was west Pakistanis that slaughtered hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of their own countrymen in the east (mainly the Bengali Hindus). Even today, the new country of Bangladesh is waiting for an official...

What about getting the the first stage glide like a shuttle to land on an airstrip? Wouldn't that be relatively fuel-economical and easier to control? Not sure if SpaceX intends to send humans and back with such a rocket landing.

So what if there is Jungle Raj, darkness, corruption, poverty or even hunger in Bihar? At least, they have a 100% secular coalition ruling them. As cold as it sounds, what else is news elsewhere? :pop:

Mate, these moves (Modi trying to lend legitimacy to NS by meeting him directly and bypassing the GHQ) are symbolic at best. Everybody knows that when it comes to crunch time, Pindi inserts itself in the middle while ejecting everybody else unceremoniously. Besides, let's not forget that NS is...

Mate, Modi already displayed his utter naivety by expecting Congress to co-operate with him for his GST/Land reform bills. Now, he has been made to eat humble pie by a party that didn't even qualify automatically for Leader of Opposition post. He displayed his naivety again by not pursuing the...

You are being sarcastic, right? I can't imagine a bigger 'nazraana' that Pakistanis or Jindals alone can offer than Indian businesses or corrupts in India can without even breaking a sweat. I suspect Modi, like many of his predecessors (ABV, MMS, IK Gujral), is after a 'Nobel' or an...

Obviously, you guys not only have irrefutable evidences of Indian involvement but also caught an Indian agent in the act, red-handed and established beyond doubt that it was India-sponsored? Wtf are you talking about? Get a grip! You come across as a sane poster, and yet talk like an illiterate...

Awesome feat! That's the US we have gotten used to see over the decades. Great to see it create history in space yet again! A noob question! Wouldn't it have been far easier and economical to just land it gently using giant parachutes? Or even just get it gliding on a runway just like the...

Well, that didn't stop them from selling sensitive military/radar tech to China against India's interests, did it? And even when the Israelis sold us critical weapons during Kargil, it was at unreasonably exorbitant (almost rip off) prices and the satellite imagery they sold of the area under...