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by shripadk 7y ago
Look I'm not interested in portraying anything to Westerners. Whether it will darken India's image or not is not my worry. I'm here busting falsehood. If anyone tells me half a billion people shit on streets every single day
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by shripadk 7y ago
Exactly! Thanks for sharing your experience. What I am doing here is battling stereotypes. Nothing against Americans or anyone else here. It is the media that exaggerates stuff as they have to sell something. We just have to be wise enough
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https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-paradox-of-slum-t... Read it here. It is true and real. It is a big industry.
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by shripadk 7y ago
Well I'm an Indian and I do have an Indian accent. Not sure why that is bad. It's just an accent. Not something to be ashamed of. And if you find it funny then hey at least you got a good laugh! I don't find it offensive :D
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by shripadk 7y ago
It is exactly what it is. Poverty tourism. Tourists are deliberately taken to slums and poverty stricken places as that is what they wish to see. And no I don't blame the tourists alone. There is an entire industry that works around po
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by shripadk 7y ago
There are no "designated defecation streets". Stop bullshitting here. At least the poor in India aren't filled with the filth that some of you carry in your rotten minds.
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by shripadk 7y ago
Because his figures are as outdated as he is. You just joined the same bandwagon. ISRO launches rockets into space: Oh but the toilets and slums. News about a tech startup getting funding: Oh but the toilets and slums. We, in India, call yo
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by shripadk 7y ago
> And India only gained status after its Muslim rule I call big bullshit on this one. India had status on its own right. It was called Bharat, and before that Aryavarta and before that Jambudweepa. One of the many names of Ancient India.
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by shripadk 7y ago
I'll stick this here for anyone wanting to know the real history of EIC and not some fancy, all-so-rosy version presented by EIC apologists. As a constant reminder of the atrocities, plunder, destruction of culture and tradition carrie
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by shripadk 7y ago
> Modi's presence sure wouldn't make the lander land better. What if there are key decisions that need to be taken in some missions, in an emergency, would you want politicians looking over their shoulder ? Modi could have gone
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by shripadk 7y ago
> IMO leaders should let scientists focus in crunch time. What do you mean "focus"? The landing mission was not controlled by the scientists at all. The mission was taken over by the lander and was automated. The lander chose t
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by shripadk 7y ago
What a load of garbage. Seriously go consult some psychiatrist at the earliest.
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You are being disrespectful to the scientists who have been working on this project for 12 years with this asinine comment. Absolutely shameful and disgusting!
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by shripadk 7y ago
Makes sense! But I think Airtel is offering free Amazon Prime Membership to gain more market share. Does Jio need to do that since it has dominant market share already?
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by shripadk 7y ago
Jio already has JioTV (with 600+ channels) which is free with Jio recharge. I don't think Jio would be comfortable bringing on what would essentially be a competitor for its services and give it a cut when it already has a free offerin
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by shripadk 7y ago
For those interested, this video succinctly explains the entire Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhWK_pZrXl4
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by shripadk 7y ago
Exactly! I have never heard this bit about Hindus being anti-moon mining anywhere. On the contrary, we have always been fascinated by Space: be it in our scriptures or even modern day. I wonder where this misinformation stems from!
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India Could Be the First to Land on the Moon’s South Pole(youtube.com)
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by shripadk 7y ago
The poor aren't paying taxes in India. They are exempted from paying any tax. Taxation in India only begins if you are in the lower middle class. And even then, you only start by paying 5% Income Tax. If you take in deductions you can
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by shripadk 7y ago
> I'm not into Indian space endeavours but probably the money comes from poor taxpayers who would be way better off if they weren't plundered in the first place. If you don't know then it's best not to talk because it
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by shripadk 7y ago
If you want to keep going back in time why not go all the way back to Science that was founded in India and was taken and adopted by the West? How about we go all the way back to the numeral system (which originated from the Brahmi numerals
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by shripadk 7y ago
http://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-special/18-ind... EDIT: Since Hacker News won't allow me to post a reply. I am editing this post here. You misunderstood what he said. He said that "majority
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by shripadk 7y ago
Do you realise just how ridiculous you sound right now?
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by shripadk 7y ago
Yes you are right in a way. Lets put it into perspective: The total number of students who gave their 12th final board exams was 1.43 crore in 2017 ( https://www.india.com/education/board-examinations-2017-over... ). Tha
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by shripadk 7y ago
Ah sorry I meant to say 1% (I was thinking 0.01 in my head). Edited it. Thanks!
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by shripadk 7y ago
The difference is subtle. The difference is that you were called "smart" in the areas you showed interest in. That propelled you to improve further and always be ahead of your contemporaries. In her case (and many in China and Ind
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by shripadk 7y ago
Reminds me of what I wrote sometime back here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20131518 I can understand what she means when she talks about expectations. This is too common in China and India. It is difficult to
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by shripadk 7y ago
> I discovered this because my sister in law has a rare disease and she depends on a rare drug called syprine. Her drug costs went from 177.00 a month to $8000.00 a month where it hovered there for a year, then it went up to $43,354.73 a
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by shripadk 7y ago
I agree with all your points! Makes sense.
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by shripadk 7y ago
Then how do you propose companies market their products/services? You want us all to go back to pre-90s era where advertising was controlled by few media conglomerates who favoured only the giant corporations? Today, a mom-and-pop stor

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