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Yea. Midnight's Children is the defining book of the era of Emergency.

He is on ventilator. Shame. I grew up reading his books. My fave was the underrated Haroun & the Sea of Stories and definitely enjoyed Midnight's Children. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/12/salman-rushdie-attacked-onstage-new-york

And China will not be able to stop the Americans.

It's also tradition. States like Maharashtra and Karnataka produce more cricketers. States like Tamil Nadu produce the best tennis players. Haryana has a strong weight lifting and wrestling tradition. Easier to build on a tradition.

Wow. Cruise ships. Never been done before.... Cutting edge stuff. Definitely deserves its own thread.

Fancy that considering over the years China has been the biggest American lackey. Didn't the Soviets once call the Chinese "the imperialists' court jester" in the United Nations?

Yes this was quite impressive. India would have a much larger haul of medals if shooting was there. It was supposed to be done in Chandigarh and added to medal tally but Xi uncle intervened with Covid

I meant in the 80s and 90s.

All of Europe except Germany have been in decline.

I mean unrestricted access to go anywhere and not having some military / ccp / Govt guy with the delegation

So those invited will have unfettered access to all of Xinjiang?

Such guided tours are optics, nothing else.

The Russians will be difficult to handle. The Chinese will just whine a lot and get back to work.

As much as I dislike the current dispensation, I am glad they got rid of Article 370. Imagine an American living in California not being able to buy land in Dakota. It was a ridiculous arrangement.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/law-and-order-situation-improves-in-kashmir-post-2019-abrogation-of-article-370-101659691527223.html With Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and JKP police led by DGP Dilbagh Singh putting up continuous pressure on the...

3 years since the abrogation of Article 370.

The Chinese are used to it.

They didn't in the Falklands War. On in the Suez. Let's see - Brits more likely to back down.