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Thank you for this most wonderful reply....I sure enjoyed reading it and getting your perspective on it. At larger level I find it quite fascinating that Turkic languages, along with Tungusic languages, Mongolian, Korean and Japanese are agglutinative....giving hint to some shared influences or...

I agree, there is no reason for Indonesia to exclusively go alone on some sanctions. Regular people on ground, its best left to them to watch, understand and criticize Burmese junta. If there is intense genuine popular pressure to do something stronger, then Indonesian govt can look at it...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/uttarakhand-tragedy-136-missing-to-be-declared-dead/articleshow/81163382.cms 68 bodies were recovered so far, 136 missing to be declared dead. It likely takes total final death toll to 204. Very sad, my deepest condolences to all their loved...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56163220 Canada's House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly to declare China's treatment of its Uighur minority population a genocide. The motion - which passed 266 to 0 - was supported by all opposition parties and a handful of lawmakers from the...

UK has also been ramping up their presence in the area lately. QE carrier will be making regular visits to the region and will be hosted by Japan regularly I've heard. As "quad" takes shape and strengthens, there likely will be increased presence by UK and France to make something like a...

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1700039 Successful Launches of VL-SRSAM Missile System Posted On: 22 FEB 2021 8:40PM by PIB Delhi Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successful launches of Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile...

Disclaimer: NSFW language present Gives you idea when there is no national identity per se, the cohesion/motivation comes from the espirit de corps almost exclusively Original vid (pretty much same thing, just without JT commentary etc.): CC-English available (and fairly good I checked)...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-arrests-journo-for-questioning-its-toll-in-galwan-clash/articleshow/81144023.cms uh oh some folks ventured outside the groupthink herd fencing....vely bad

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/navdex-2021-exhibitors-visitors-information/navdex-2021-news-official-online-show-daily/9729-navdex-2021-indian-navy-displays-veer-class-corvette-ins-pralaya.html Veer-class corvette INS Pralaya K91 displays at Abu Dhabi in the...

https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/idex-2021-paramount-agrees-indian-production-mbomb/ IDEX 2021: Paramount agrees Indian production for Mbombe 4 Paramount Group deepens cooperation with Indian partner Bharat Forge Ltd. The Mbombe 4 armoured vehicle from South Africa-based...

http://idrw.org/mahindra-unveils-its-latest-armoured-vehicles-at-idex-2021-in-abu-dhabi/

Great pics @Test7 @Philip the Arab et al. and updates etc, thanks and keep them coming.

It was the building/expansion of infra that played its role in China determining to make some scene/issue in the window earlier rather than later. It will just constrain them now more and more for them moving forward as India expands infra in the area. India wont stop what its doing and...

Well you have to remember they are upstream folks. They had lived most of their lives in a system where there was no state founded on religious-majoritarianism + partition. I made good friend with a Lahori during my earlier tenure in PDF....and I could see he still have huge amount of the...

Well I am a foreigner. Though I have indulged in some local-groupthink for the sake of it (esp to bash on some other groupthink mobs, to better understand how groupthink mechanics works in the region, having been largely removed from it much to Joe's bemusement)....the emperor's new clothes...

I understand...thats why I said there is large difference (and hindsight is 20/20)....but still there is stuff to take on board. What exactly prevented Pakistan from going secular route even after partitioning on islamic-majoritarianism principle? Jinnah himself had noted secular credentials...

Well I still think its relevant in a hindsight 20/20 way. I know its very different...but Turkey also had something of a violent turbulent partition from ottoman era to republic of turkey era (Shedding all manner of land and populations by both internal and external pressures and wars). But...

Good wrap up (for now) on the whole situation @#comcom

Yeah, though I think enough people finally understand now what scale is needed to pull off a 10% niche supply chain grab now (by big upfront incentive etc), given India has the market cap leverage now to harness and sink in (unlike before and it did the wishy washy, invest and then we will...

Timestamp ~ 10.30 talks about this part, fleshes it out etc Whole video is a good watch (might need putting aside any animus with hoodbhoy on other issues etc, and listen to whole thing, he brings up lot of good, poignant points overall) You see if you do not set up the ideology, founding...