When folks rush to pronounce x/y/z subcontinental cntry being "lost to India", they forget the enormous leverages we have and the finesse of our "regime management" capabilities;)

130bn goes in as income to a bunch of folks, a chunk of it in turn is deployed as savings (incl MFs). An argument of swapping consumption for savings isnt a grt one for a demand-constrained economy..

Sitting across the short side of the table too;) Given its highly unlikely India's doing any serious policymaking, this is quite ballsy public diplomacy across all aisles...

Stunning. Imagine this in a differently shaped formation on LAC. We will send up Rafales to counter them, while Strykers are sent to observe;)

Err, no. Indian Navy has actually been a beneficiary of capex spend in the last 4 yrs, cornering close to 40% of outlay, up frm <30%. Its abt prioritisation, not relative share..

A v large chunk will be promoters who have been selling their stock consistently for the last 2 yrs...

At some stage, the P28 ships will have their SAMs. Remarkable how 500mn/pop ships are operating sans a 20mn SAM or 10 mn/pop towed array sonar...

That right angled approach to/exit frm Sealink to worli continues to haunt traffic. Sins of the original sealink design, all to save a few fish...

Suez was the first mil campaign the British ran sans Indian support in 100 yrs. Showed up just how important India was to British power..

India's NSA just met the Russian president - "drifting apart"? Russia's trng Indian astronauts, India's 2nd SSBN w/Russian tech just got launched, next yr we will induct Chakra 3 SSN. Any drift is in the minds of american commentariat..

Good effort, yet so tacky in design and alrdy patches of trash visible. Too many riffraffs w/riffraff sensibilities is why India looks so shabby...

J&K had an exceptionalist statehood for 45 yrs, a state budget funded by (rest of) India's taxpayers, yet exploded in terror, cleansed out its hindus. A terror reign that held for decades, radiating out to Mumbai even. This grievance peddling is way past its sell-by date..

Trying to think, "extreme Left Wing" (= Pol Pot, Stalin, Mao, Kim Il Sung) cud be termed "reasonable"? ;)