Recent content by Joe Shearer

LOL. So your big deal is one court case, in which the Kerala government was protesting the central government ban on borrowing further? as well as a variety of small incidents that seem to have stuck in your mind. As far as the risk of not paying back, did you even read Nilgiri's note (#1950...

Where did the man disappear?

That is a wonderful, cutting exposure, but are the facts true or not? Is the percapital GDP of Kerala not what it is said to be? Is the share of central taxes received back by Kerala not far less than the state contributes? You have raised some points about food self-sufficiency, and about the...

That was a relatively tolerant view, and takes into account the undoubtedly difficult task of calculating a 'State' GDP for the 26 different States. There are also, as you might well imagine, less tolerant views. The head of the statistical organisation that gathered much of the information...

How DARE you question Indian contributions to English? Don't you know that we gave the world zero? No, I mean.....don't you know that we invented zero and followed it up? I think that's what I mean.

Only for reference purposes, if there is an emergancy and someone needs to know if he/she is talking to a political biggie or just a citizen who can be pushed around.

It is difficult to keep up at the moment. I've given up trying.

So all progress means destroying the environment. And all progress means an advance fromm the previous 60 years. Are you aware of how the navy was built up, how the Andamans base was built up, how the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been protected ecologically, and saved from the disasters due...

Who was the moron Match Commissioner? So anything that doesn't tally with the brainless impulses of some uninformed people becomes a hit work? Whatever that expression stands for.

That is why I would, if planning Bangladesh defence against India, create robust, armour- and helo-killing infantry units (not divisions, brigades or smaller, ten company formations, very mobile, using a combination of ATVs (All Terrain Vehicles) on firm land (the western and northern...

LOL. I won't be alive to see it.

;) We could always simulate a clash.

The terrain. Those thrusts (there were three and half in 1971) that depended on armour failed. Those that were helicopter-based did brilliantly well. Anyone trying to attack with conventional forces is likely to come unstuck against a mobile, close-to-the-population light infantry, heavily armed...

That was a faintly irritating remark (faintly, faintly! calm down). There is no deadlock. It is an article of faith for Pakistan to reclaim those portions of Kashmir not presently in her control or that of China. Towards this end, they spend enormous numbers of lives recruiting, training and...

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