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Most of India, but with a major coffee pocket in the state of Karnataka (the one that contains Bangalore), and considerable support in the other southern states, but still with a strong dash of tea-affinity even in those four outside Karnataka.

Many thanks. 'theTankGuy' thinks my recent illness was a mild attack of COVID, and certainly the symptoms all point in that direction. I am left free of any overt trouble, but weak and listless, so must drop in from time to time for the coffee.

Fascinating. I am looking forward to reading @HTurk 's reaction to this.

You must know that I read this with mixed feelings, even though at some level, what you say does make sense - from a certain standpoint, and a certain point of view. I tire very easily these days - that nauseating encounter with a Sanghi took a toll - so perhaps I will respond to this with my...

Perhaps I could explain my own position on this, that varies, but does not contradict, what you have just proposed. A little later; need time to get well slowly.

I see that you have got into a corner. No point in torturing you. Continue believing whatever you want to believe in.

@Rajaraja Chola Don't you think it would be interesting to address the points raised by @HTurk? He is so clearly asking these questions with a very open mind, and with sympathetic curiousity. @OverTheHorizon Drawing your attention to this exchange, just in case you might want to chip in.

If you come to India, physically, and walk about one of its cities, preferably Mumbai, or New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bangalore, or even Kolkata or Chennai, you will learn very, very quickly exactly how complex and diverse is Indian society. Trust me, it is impossible to get even a clue about it...

Looking forward with a broad smile of anticipation to the answer. @Nilgiri is perhaps the only member who can comment with equal facility on south, north and east India, as well as on China, the southern part as well as the metropolitan north, and now, on contemporary north America. Kerala is a...

Stunning. We are so pitifully far from approaching even a superficial level of self-actualisation for our people.

Completely in agreement; definitely not for any kind of stealth operations. This weapon would stand out, to use Mr. Chappell's colourful piece of Strine, like a dog's balls.

I gather now that your intention is preventive, to avoid these weapons from reaching Kashmiri terrorist groups. That is something that will attract very broad support across a very wide spectrum of opinion. This includes, besides bully-boys and armchair generals in Delhi, and Ahmedabad, Nagpur...

May I cite this? This is such a balanced argument.

This is what you said, precisely, with no such distinction drawn as you have suggested above; what you are trying to do now is to sell your afterthought. No. Unscientific research, by untrained researchers, adopted by a government that has a declared purpose of guiding research to support its...

Just in case no one told you, ISRO doesn't do archaeology. Archaeologists don't do mapping analyses. The government being Hindutva is a fact. Are you also a Hindutva supporter? I would agree with you, but who am I to contradict the majority? My ideology? What is it? Is accepting academic...

I have read of two efforts in that direction, one in the US, referred to by others, perhaps by you, and one in a mathematics institute in Chennai. The measures demonstrated similarity with Tamil Brahmi, just as you have mentioned. I personally at the moment am sticking to the rut, but I see the...

Mapping is mapping - it shows that there were ancient channels in a particular location. What else does it prove, did you think about that? First, you need to learn to read and to comprehend what you have read. Let us take one example: a researcher finds that he is able to trace an ancient...

Let me repeat, ISRO has NO academic prowess. You don't seem to know what academic prowess is. It does not consist of a space research organisation making a finding about river channels; it consists of knowing the context, and of putting that information in context. For instance, the...

I sincerely hope NOT. We do not have the intelligence capability to run this kind of operation. It can only end badly.