Somnath Mukherjee
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Veg/non-veg kerfuffle is inverse Hanlon at play. Guys w/bees in their bonnets abt "pure" are the type who dont discern between Makaibari first flush and Taj Mahal tea mixes😎.
Pure veg means, no meat. What's so difficult to comprehend? If you exclude onion and garlic that becomes Satvik. one above pure wool to pure lambswool, or indeed pure Cashmere. Or if you prefer the difference between Salmon Roe and Caspian Beluga.
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Operation Schrodinger's Cat! No one quite knows if its live or not, how many Rafales were downed (or not downed), China colluded (or didnt).
What does "Operation Sindoor still continues" mean?.
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The ans is but obviously no. Difference is 4tr vs 30tr. But the good news is, only a few can realistically emigrate, the number going down w/anti-immigration sentiments everywhere. .
The question this raises has been the same for a long time: Could Aravind Srinivas achieve his full potential without leaving India?.
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By the end of this series, Gambhir wud have lost 10 of the 15 tests he has helmed. 4 wins - 2 agnst BD.
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Myth👇. India's per-capita, in the 1700s, was half of European levels. Aggregate GDP was higher becoz of higher population. Enduring can on mughals is how India stagnated while Europe shot up thks to industrial revolution. .
An average Indian had been more well off and content in his standard of living than an average Englishman. Yet now runs a planned propaganda to distort history and show that the Mughals were plunderers. The entire video is available on YouTube for those interested in it to
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Yom Kippur war was rather successful for Israel. Yet the govt got qtn-ed by its polity, an enquiry commission sacked the entire mil-intel leadership. Its called democracy. .
India’s opposition will talk how India was isolated during OP Sindoor and will ask for proof of attacks , But will not talk about how isolated Pakistan is and how much damage was inflicted by Indian armed forces on Pakistan. Opposition cry about failed diplomacy but stay silent.
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6 more Rafale + 3 F35 = $70-80bn = 60-70% of IAF's capex budget over the next 10 yrs, assuming 10% growth. Mungeri Lal dreams were less audacious.
IAF sqn strength around 2030. IAF planning . 8 Rafale.13 Su-30.11 Tejas mk I.6 Tejas Mk II.3 F-35 / Su-57. Should be. 15 Su-30.4 Rafale .11 Tejas mk I.10 Tejas Mk II.2 AMCA.
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Even if this👇 is true (vv doubtful Xavi will come down to India's level), its good to have not broken the bank. Indian footballers are pathetic quality, no elite coach can mould them into World Cup level. Need better quality raw material first. .
🚨| 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: Barça legend Xavi had applied for the job of head coach of the Indian National Team, but they turned down the opportunity as they couldn't afford the financial terms of the deal. It was beyond their reach. [@MarcusMergulhao] #fcblive 🇮🇳
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7-8bn for screwdriver giri. For a domestic engine, 1000 cr. .
It's official!!. India's MoD: "Kaveri Derivative Engine (KDE), is the power plant for the remotely piloted strike aircraft (IUCAV aircraft). In this regard two projects have been sanctioned namely Flightworthy Kaveri Dry Engine Development with the cost of Rs 472.42 crore and
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"All bengali speakers are being rounded up"? I want wht he is smoking. .
All those who speak Bengali are not Bangladeshi. You cannot detain all Bengali speakers on suspicion of being Bangladeshi. To detain someone on suspicion of being a foreigner, you need an order from a tribunal. You cannot just round up people like cattle, just because the home.
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A world where all 3 fight for whtever reason is a really beautiful world. .
Watching Cambodia & Thailand fight over custody of ancient Hindu temples. Trying to imagine a world where Pakistan, Afghanistan & Iran fight over custody of ancient Hindu temples too. What a wonderful world.
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Right, and India's shipyards, managed by Navy (officers) are paragons of innovation and efficiency, eh? Chaps who cant write coherent SQRs for drones and assault rifles are tautological better candidates than "bloody civilians" for managing ostensibly tech cos;).
1/9.Time For IAF to take back the Control of HAL from Lethargic Civilian Bureaucracy. 🧵
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+100. Its bizarre that a democracy shd allow sharp edges of the state to function sans any democratic oversight. .
In 2011, 2019 & again in 2024 I had moved a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide a legal basis & Parliamentary oversight over our intelligence agencies. It is Called the - The Intelligence Services(Powers And Regulation ) Bill 2024 in its current avtar. The article below 👇🏾.
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Critique, chest-thumping and a push to the monetary policy czar - all in one fell swoop! He's a legend.
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During the Cold War, the western mainstream + Right made common cause w/islamists, esp in Af. Perhaps as a make-whole for its support to Israel. The western Left chafed at that. Today, the Left is a useful idiot footsoldier for global islamism;) Serves them right!.
Zohran Mamdani is obviously NOT a jihadist, and using such a charged term to describe him is both inaccurate and counterproductive. But the NYC mayoral candidate does represent a worrying de facto “red-green” alliance between socialists and Islamists. I wrote about it here:.
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This👇has been tried before, but new food delivery/q-comm cos wud have a ton more insights than previous gen efforts. An area ripe for PPP - a nationwide 102 service w/last mile being operated by pvt fleets, connected UPI-style to a common public platform.
A few months ago, Blinkit Ambulances started quietly in Gurugram with just 5 ambulances and a dream. What if emergency help could reach you in 10 minutes, just like groceries?. This is one of the hardest and the most resource intensive challenges we have ever taken up. But we are
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Anshul Kamboj is a throwback to the 1990s - bowlers like David Johnson and Dodda Ganesh, whose run-up wud be faster than their deliveries. Madanlal school of "fast" bowling😎.
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In India, they can remain on an Indian tarmac, unlike the Brits who had to keep their bird in India for 2 mths waiting for american technicians. .
IAF all set to acquire 3 squadrons of stealth fighters to maintain edge over adversaries. US F-35A Block 4 is the frontrunner. Only issue is IAF is demanding AIM-260 JATM to maintain edge against J-35 and PL-17/21 combo.
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Vegetarianism may be abt anythng, but this caste business is pure special interest grp interest-peddling. All "brahmins" are vegetarians, guess bengali brahmins dont exist (practically true, no caste in WB, but. )?;).
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The Mig21 crash beancount is the stupidest stat trotted out. IAF inducted 1200+ Mig21 - 400 crashed. IAF inducted 50-60 M2k - 13 have crashed till now. Similar ballpark? Yes - lots of other variables shd come in too (flying hrs, MTBF etc) - precisely why the beancount is stupid. .
As this article by @manupubby and many other eulogies get written for the #mig21 let us in tribute to this legendary aircraft also do some soul searching. As the @iafmcc finally retires the MiG-21 in September 2025, after 62 years in service, we must ask: why did it stay so.
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