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by naruvimama 7y ago
As an Indian I personally root for Huawei. If not for any other reason that Ericsson (70% just a decade ago) and co have had a monopoly for far too long. The only jobs that Ericsson brings to India are low end back office jobs and at the mo
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by naruvimama 7y ago
People are so comfortable pumping the environment air, water and soil with fertilizers, pestisides, antibiotics, plastic, smoke and toxic waste. We have wiped out large areas of forests, over produce and waste food. Why is that we have sudd
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by naruvimama 7y ago
That might actually be untrue. While India through out its history was ruled by countless small kingdoms, most of them were part of invisible empires and connected through marriage, alliance or principle. There were very few genocidal wars
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by naruvimama 7y ago
Granted that some of the regulations are legacy but some have a utility. And what makes you think advanced countries in Europe or the US is playing a fair game. In the case of Huawei, the minute a non-western company challenges the dominanc
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by naruvimama 7y ago
India has aggressive climate change commitments. It is setting long term expectations and providing guidelines to the biggest influencers [Uber/Ola]. It gives an indicator to the manufacturers, infra providers, service providers and th
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by naruvimama 7y ago
Why India Is Still A Colonial State | Sankrant Sanu | Srijan Talks https://youtu.be/uY-E-6KsVPg I am not prescribing a bloody revolution, a lot of ex-colonies have been through many such with no better outcome because colon
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by naruvimama 7y ago
When I say small government - I only meant that the government should lower regulations and simplify laws. In the case of India, I am even in favour of the government stepping in to help fledgling industries, either because the local indust
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by naruvimama 7y ago
Agree with you entirely. When the British left India, there was officially a transfer of power to the congress party. The first prime minister was appointed by the party. The constitution, the police, the bureaucracy and the court system wa
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by naruvimama 8y ago
If one has Anglo-Saxon family names like Smith, Farmer, Clark or the Germanic equivalent like Meyer, Schumacher etc, it is often the profession handed down father to son. In India this is termed the JATTI, and is considered the nearest equi
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by naruvimama 8y ago
The use of the word "low caste" is in quite mean considering "poor" would be more appropriate. Just as Black or Native American would be a poor substitute for poor american. Or Roma/Eskimo/Greenlander/Sami
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by naruvimama 8y ago
The western markets has already peaked and is therefore "forced" to go to China. While from a western point of view it feels alarming to loose their edge. From a Chinese point of view, why would they let anyone share a piece of th
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by naruvimama 8y ago
"where traditional religion includes a rigorous caste system" - The word caste originates from Portuguese. The Indian "caste" system was established by the British population survey and race scientists who wanted to divi
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by naruvimama 8y ago
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/personal-finance/... https://www.curbed.com/2017/10/18/16483194/catholic-church-g...
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by naruvimama 8y ago
Asian countries are seen as "soft" targets. It is a multibillion dollar business. The church hides behind the garb of being a minority representing about 3 percent in India, while actual numbers are estimated to be much higher. It
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by naruvimama 8y ago
In a world where state backed religions and religion backed states exists. Where the funds and man power set aside for religious expansion in the organised religions is more than the defence budgets of many countries. Censorship and reflect
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by naruvimama 8y ago
Perhaps, but how would you ever know if the govt controls the entire narrative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence , the amount collected by western countries are significantly more than what is needed for
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by naruvimama 8y ago
What can be even more dangerous is the role of "foreign agencies" funding violent protests and systemic training to naxels. What springs to mind is the "Arab springs" of how great nations were turned to hell holes. There
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by naruvimama 8y ago
Propaganda is no longer the monopoly of media houses. Journalists do not have much credibility either. Countries of Western Europe are missing in the map maybe only because the state holds the purse strings to the media through compulsory t
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by naruvimama 8y ago
"Margo" and "Neem paste" were the only big brand-name neem based products on sale in supermarkets until a few year ago. Now every MNC brand has a neem/turmeric variant. It is no secret that a lot of Pharma companies
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by naruvimama 9y ago
A movies has been made out of the aspirational eating out part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSt5_uw49Mc