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by nonamechicken 5y ago
Unless I misunderstood, someone I know from one of these 2 states recently told me their grandparent wanted to be disposed of like that. They said their generation or their parents don't believe in such practices. According to the belo
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
While I agree that we shouldn't be seeing bodies in rivers, I am not entirely convinced if Covid and Spanish flu in India are comparable. The below links say bodies were found in many rivers, not just Ganga. "A report released by
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
I am guessing 'blocked_again' is from India, which means English is not their native language. Having to translate ones thoughts to a foreign language itself is hard, so I am with 'blocked_again' on this.
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
> The Indian state of Kerala would like to differ. Kerala chief minister who is a communist is coming to US for health care next week. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-chief-minister-...
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
I have been also wondering about this. My impression is that Tamil Nadu is much better in terms of health care compared to many Indian states. So, its strange that the parents are refusing to get tested. I am thinking that the parents are a
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
The dead body floating thing happened in 1 or 2 states. My understanding is that dumping the body in Ganges is a cultural thing in some towns in those states. Someone from there told me that the older generation wants their body to be throw
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
> instead of letting them die in a place where they can't even get a COVID test done. I find it hard to believe that they are unable to get tests. During the peaks, it may have been true. Outside of that, there was no shortage. And
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
I also appreciate your contribution. Unlike a lot of the so called NRIs, at least you chose to stay and do your part to make India better.
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
If they are worried about hospitals, please request them to go to any of the independent labs that does covid tests. These labs are not connected to hospitals, they get paid only for the test, so doesn't matter to them whether the pati
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
Regarding 'helped unify India as a nation', they are not the first. Referring to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN41DJLQmPk , India's map looked close to the present day multiple times in the past. Maurya Emp
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
What are the chances of someone with around 15 years of experience as an individual contributor & currently in a foreign country getting a job in software in India? My impression is that most of the Indian companies expect people above
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
I don't see them as academics, but rather propagandists. I am wondering what exactly does this study achieve? The sex selective abortion issue in India is not a new thing. It has been studied a lot since the last 30 years (one of the f
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
Obsidian in laptop -> OneDrive -> FolderSync in Android works fine as long as periodic sync is ok. Syncthing may be even easier, but I didn't try it since I am not sure if I can restrict it to LAN only.
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
While Obsidian may be proprietary, as long as the files follow standard markdown syntax, it can be opened in any markdown editor. I am currently using both Obsidian & Typora on the same workspace folder(I like Typora better for editing
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
Not trying to dismiss the issue here. But I find this part of the article really ironic: > Academics from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia projected the sex ratio at birth in 29 Indian states and union t
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
> In India, jobs are careers for life, and your employer is part of your personal brand. This has not been the case for at least the last 10+ years. I cant speak of the 'product' companies such as Microsoft, Google etc. But for
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by nonamechicken 5y ago
Indian Council of Medical Research announced today that Covaxin is effective against several variants including B.1.617 (double mutant variant identified in certain regions of India and several other countries), B.1.1.7 (UK variant), B.1.1.
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
I have been in USA and has experienced first hand the convenience of buying vegetables and fruits from the likes of Walmart or Target or Costco. They provide consistency in quality and price most of the time. I don't have to worry abou
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
thewire.in is not neutral and biased towards the left (Communism) according to here: https://www.quora.com/Is-Thewire-in-biased Just to give you some more context on why I am wary of trusting leftist sources: Communists &am
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
Would you be able to explain why the farmers don't like the new laws? I personally don't trust thewire.in either because as far as I understand, thewire.in is left wing. Just like I won't trust swarajamag or republictv.
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
Looks like fault lies partly with the government. Even though there are multiple crops with MSP, govt has been procuring only wheat & paddy in Punjab. This is according to an interview with an agricultural economist regarding the issues
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
That's a very good point. Thank you.
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
Sorry, I just copy pasted from another post of mine where we were talking about MSP. MSP means minimum support price. Its a guarantee from the government to the farmers that the government will buy the crop at a certain minimum price no mat
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
I share the same fear farmers have in regards to corporations taking over things. I have seen documentaries that talks about how chicken farmers are at the mercy of 3-5 corporate monopolies in USA. So I don't know if the Indian farmers
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
I am from Kerala, which is currently ruled by the communists. I see protesters getting lathi charged and water cannoned pretty much every month (pre covid). So, honestly I can't say the farmers were treated badly based on the image in
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
Did they actually attack? I haven't come across any news about that.
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
I share the same fear farmers have in regards to corporations taking over things. I have seen documentaries about how the 3-5 corporate monopolies in USA are abusing the chicken farmers. So I don't know if the Indian farmers fear about
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by nonamechicken 6y ago
>But the platform itself, I tend to see as a force of evil. Exactly my thoughts the last couple of weeks. I think world would be a much better place if platforms like Twitter or Facebook doesn't exist. All they are doing now is spre

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