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unmole
4y ago
Thanks!
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unmole
4y ago
Bengalis on both sides of the Radcliffe Line speak the same language and share some aspects of culture. But there are still subgroups within them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti_people From what I've been tol
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unmole
4y ago
It's probably because EbixCash isn't set up to handle remmitances by non-residents. Using a bank where you have an NRO account should allow you to remit upto 1 million USD.
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unmole
4y ago
Winthrop Sargeant's translation of is very accessible: https://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-Winthrop-Sargeant/dp/93...
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unmole
4y ago
Would you happen to know how difficult is it for a non-resident to open a personal bank account remotely?
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unmole
4y ago
There was a protest march in Mumbai against gun violence in the US. That was the only time I ever wanted to punch someone for expressing a political opinion in person.
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unmole
4y ago
> occupied Chechnya Interesting framing. Do you also refer to Donetsk and Luhansk under Ukranian authority as Occupied Donbass ?
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unmole
4y ago
> How about tweets that boost morale of their defence forces (well-produced propaganda videos, etc)? How about well-produced propaganda that targets people outside Ukraine and Russia? Why should a foreign military be allowed to influence
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unmole
4y ago
> That’s misleading framing. Your original claim was that the independence referendum results suggested Crimea wanted to stay in Ukraine and not Russia. I agree, that framing was misleading as they were never asked that question. > No
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4y ago
> Tweeting Praise for Putin Ally, Musk Wades In on Ukraine Again" The article is behind paywall, but the bit I could read says "The SpaceX Chief Executive Officer praised a snarky post by Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday about the U
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unmole
4y ago
Ha! From your surname I'm assuming you have some ties to India? There are companies that specialise in medical tourism but I wonder how feasible it would be for an individual who was completely unfamiliar with India.
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unmole
4y ago
> Elon Musk praised Russian state media propaganda outlets in texts, court documents show" From the article: > "Actually, I find their news quite entertaining," Musk continued, according to the filing. In a follow-up te
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4y ago
> One has to ignore voting at Ukraine’s independence suggesting the inhabitants at the time wished to be part of Ukraine and not Russia Yeah, no. The Independence referendum asked "Do you support the Act of Declaration of Independen
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unmole
4y ago
So, it's easier to rule Americans than Koreans?
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4y ago
There are states in India with a lower TFR than than states in the US.
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unmole
4y ago
Utah with a 55% Mormon population has a TFR of 1.92. While it's higher than the US average of 1.66, I don't think the assumption that they generally have a lot of kids holds.
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unmole
4y ago
> Somehow threads about India just devolve into ridiculous mudslinging like no other. White people clinging to tired old stereotypes. Indians are half to blame too, being over-sensitive and oddly conservative. There is an additional fact
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4y ago
Saudi Rials are essentially US Dollars in a different packaging. Three and three quarter Rials on top of each other in a trench coat would probably pass as a Dollar and no one would mind.
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unmole
4y ago
> Every post you've made here is so clealry stemming from emotion and the need to be defensive. Maybe put that aside and actually deal with facts and figures, and not perceived slights. Are you a shrink now? > No, they didn'
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4y ago
I don't think the cartoon is racist or offensive. I was trying to explain why some people found it distasteful. And stereotyping someone as elite is surely not the same thing as stereotyping someone as poor?
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4y ago
> Russia's space business will take a hit with the sanctions and that leaves the market open for a price competitive provider other than SpaceX? Surely, that also leaves the market open for an alternative to SpaceX for putting peopl
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4y ago
In response to a successful mission to Mars, the cartoonist decided to reach for a lazy stereotype of a farmer dragging his cow along.
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4y ago
> Instead, we have people jumping through hoops to deny things, and trying to provide links to disingenuously claim certain issues are not as serious as they are, or to try and falsely equivocate them to other countries like the US. On a
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4y ago
I'm being almost entirely facetious but for ~600 GBP one could fly to India, get excellent dental treatment and fly back.
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4y ago
> What comes to mind, just one big thing, is the rape culture. T Could it be that you are just plain ignorant?
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4y ago
> I won't bother responding further. Going by your comments, the level of discourse will probably improve.
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4y ago
> All you need to do is free people from having to make money, to meet basic needs. And people Will have children again. This meme needs to die. People in poorer countries have more children than people in rich countries. Within countrie
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4y ago
> Kura doesn’t mean curry, its closest English translation would be a stew FFS, no! A dry stir fry is called a podi kura , with podi meaning dry. A stew like curry would be called a pulusu kura . > Lastly, you take great pains to
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> That doesn’t mean the dish is “curry”. Is this supposed to be some metaphysical argument? The dish is literally chicken curry i.e. kodi kura .
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4y ago
> Indian regions don’t exist in isolation. Hyderabad existed as a politically and culturally separate entity. The ramifications of these historical distinctions play out in politics to this day. See Telangana statehood for an example. &g
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