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@pault76582444 @TheHost_ Paul t, you are a scholar and a gentleman.

@TheHost_ Being late consistently for something like this is their way of telling you my time is more important than yours, let them take the bus/ train / walk , fucking ungrateful power trip cunt .

I stopped giving my friend rides to work because she was late almost every single day. I finally told her calmly, “Megan, I can’t keep driving you to work anymore.” She looked genuinely shocked and asked, “Why not?” I said, “Because it’s starting to make me late too. I get ready, leave on time, and then I end up sitting there waiting for you.” She laughed a little and said, “It’s only a few minutes.” I told her, “Maybe to you.

@vhxp0ni You're mistaken. If it was hate, they would have said "Pls throw garba here." They clearly said," Please DON'T throw the garba here", and are even ready to fine people Rs.2000 for this. Gujaratis are emotional and quick to jump the gun. Arre Bhaiyo, Inhale...exhale.

hate against gujaratis has officially reached bangalore streets now

@ouchmytoe Ok Jamshed, you've convinced me. I'm now willing to kiss your wife as well. Happy now?

We live in a nice township in Chennai, and our neighbours are nice people… till the time they aren’t. Recently, when Rekha and I had gone for a morning walk, an elderly couple stopped us and accused me of cheating on Rekha. Nothing like a light allegation to warm up before your walk. We knew the couple - they lived on the second floor of the block right next to ours, and since we were also on the second floor, we had a direct line of sight into each other's living rooms. Basically, we don’t have neighbours. We have CCTV. Pointing at me, the old lady said, “This man here is not good for you. I have seen him with another woman.” Rekha gave me a stare. I shrugged my shoulders and said, “I promise… no! Also… I don’t even have that kind of energy.” My wife turned towards the lady and asked, “Where did you see him, aunty?” “In your own living room - he was holding her close, caressing her back, and also kissing her,” the lady continued. Now this angered me. If at all I was going to cheat, I knew it wouldn’t be in my house. I was smarter than that. I can bear all insults, but being considered dumb is unbearable. Rekha turned towards me and asked, “Is aunty saying the truth? Who is she, Rajan?” “I don’t know… let’s ask her,” I shot back. After all, she seemed to know more about this affair than I did. At this point, even I was curious to meet this woman. My neighbour aunty was unstoppable. “Yesterday, early in the morning, I saw your husband hugging a much younger woman in the living room.” This surprised Rekha. “Aunty, I was at home at that time. Besides the two of us, there was nobody in the house.” I stayed silent. Life has taught me that when you are being accused, it is best to limit your words. “But I saw him holding her close, caressing her hair, and even kissing her,” the aunty continued. Now I knew it was my time to step in. “Was it around 5:30 am yesterday?” “Yes, exactly! So you agree?” the old lady enquired. “Ohh aunty, you are mistaken. Rekha was stepping out for a walk, and I just hugged and kissed her for a bit before she left.” There was a bit of silence. A smile lit up Rekha’s face. Now it was my wife’s turn. She held the aunty’s hands and said, “The younger-looking lady you saw in our living room was me. Don’t worry - Rajan was just hugging and kissing me.” The aunty looked at us, clearly unconvinced. Then she got irritated for not having an impact. She started to leave, but not before muttering, “Liars! Which 50-year-old man kisses his own wife?!” As she walked away, her husband followed quietly behind her… like a man who had accepted his reality. Because clearly, in some houses… kissing your wife is a forgotten art.

@Neetivaan Shet up with bad mouthing India, and tell us when our Army will order MBDA ThunDart?

France literally showed a middle finger to Modi and said, nahi lenge tumhara Pinaka and they have now developed their own. This is how serious countries become sovereign

@BrigAnilShukla Who all came here because of the Rommel name?

Three officers. One family. One extraordinary legacy. While many speak of patriotism, some families live it across generations. Having three Indian Army officers from the same family is not just a coincidence it's a tradition of honour, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment to the nation. This is what a real legacy looks like.

Oh ok. Wat abt the 55 crore transferred to Pak, and for which Gandhi went on a Fast? Talk abt priorities!

@Vishwamitr36384 That Mirage looks so much like the first Tejas, 2001 flight, in white scheme...

This was the plane which he flew

I was going through my pictures and found this masterpiece 🙂

@AnchitGupta9 Yes, but actually No! Ha ha ha...That's classic!

Did HAL do better under IAF leadership? And would that work again? This is a fascinating question, but a difficult one to answer cleanly. My short answer is: yes, but actually no. It is broadly true that HAL performed better between 1947 and 1980 than it has since. It is also true that this period substantially overlaps with the era when HAL was led, or strongly influenced, by IAF leadership. That is a strong correlation. I am not convinced it is complete causation. In my view, four variables were at play: 1. The political situation 2. The economic situation 3. HAL leadership 4. The stage of evolution of the IAF itself 1947 to 1980: a favourable, if imperfect, context In the first three decades after independence, the IAF was a rapidly growing force. It went from 10 squadrons to around 40. India’s economy was weak, but the pressure to expand the IAF was real. Pakistan was becoming hostile and increasingly well armed. Politically elected leaders still exercised meaningful control over major decisions, whether or not one agrees with their judgement. On matters relating to HAL, that political leadership also relied heavily on the IAF. This created fertile ground for both IAF growth and HAL’s development. There were delays and poor decisions. But, overall, this was the period of HT-2, Vampire production in India, Gnat production, the HF-24 Marut, Avro, MiG-21 indigenisation, the Kiran, a functioning GTRE working on three engine programmes, and several other achievements. HAL was not perfect, but it was delivering, learning and building capability. IAF leadership acted as a hard taskmaster. It knew what the service needed and pushed HAL to deliver it. That discipline had value. But it also had a limitation. The IAF was good at ensuring HAL produced what was needed. It was less good at building or supporting deep design culture, long-cycle R&D capability, and institutionalised aeronautical thinking. I have spoken to IAF officers who served with HAL in that era, and they believe this was a real issue. The problem with under-investing in R&D culture and capability is that the consequences appear years, sometimes decades, later. From around 1980 onwards: the context changed. By the 1980s, the IAF was no longer a rapidly expanding force. It had broadly reached its peak at around 40 squadrons. When a highly pyramidal military organisation stops growing, the internal consequences are significant. Promotion flows slow down. Career expectations narrow. The number of disappointed people rises. Over time, this affects morale, effectiveness and institutional quality. Most critically, it can shift incentives towards protecting careers and employment rather than making difficult decisions. I have often argued at forums that we need a new template for managing a static military force. The old assumptions of continuous expansion no longer apply. This also affected procurement choices. Many analysts argue that India chose imports and therefore HAL suffered. I think that confuses the symptom with the cause. Imports became attractive partly because HAL was not delivering enough, fast enough, or credibly enough. And HAL’s weakening performance itself reflected the four factors becoming less favourable. This created a vicious, self-defeating cycle that continues. For the moment, leave aside the bad-faith arguments in this debate. Those existed in both periods. The economic context also mattered. We often underestimate how constrained India’s fiscal position and purchasing power were in the 1990s. Per capita income may have been higher than in the 1960s, and budgets may have been nominally larger, but the real ability to fund ambitious programmes remained limited. The political-administrative context also changed. Over time, bureaucratic control grew stronger, while political decision-making weakened. The world of "Yes Minister" was no longer satire. It was reality. HAL’s civilian leadership came from, and operated within, this system. Put all of this together, and the results are visible today. HAL became a large, complex, slow-moving institution. Turning it around is not just a matter of changing leadership. It is a much deeper institutional problem. So, would IAF leadership at HAL work again? It might help, but only partially. IAF leadership could act as a whip to ensure delivery timelines are met. It could sharpen accountability, reduce complacency and force better alignment between user needs and production priorities. That would be a win. But the larger challenge is design capability, R&D depth, programme management, supply chain maturity, talent, incentives, governance, political risk-taking, and the ability to run long-cycle aerospace programmes consistently. HAL’s future cannot be solved only by putting the IAF back in charge. In fact, the less optimistic view is that the alignment of these four factors today does not yet suggest a path to a durable solution. So the harder question is whether the conditions that allowed that model to work can be recreated. On that, I am far less certain. We are throwing money at problem (the only variable we have now), not realising it wont fix it!

@Dhichkyaaon I've also taken drinks with women on a few occasions, in Bangalore. They also used to go to supermarkets and had big butts. These days I'm interested in defence. Rockets, missile, nuclear bombs.

Bengaluru was called the pub capital of India before these “youngsters” were even born. In my early twenties I used to buy alcohol in big supermarkets, carrying it in those supermarket buTTis. Partying has always existed here, but reducing Bengaluru to partying, Indiranagar, HSR, Koramangala and traffic is what’s annoying everyone. There’s so much soul to this beautiful city and most people who have migrated don’t get it. Hence the annoyance. Nothing else.

@anon062002 So nice, a Coorg!

Brutal Mog

@pvsubramanyam Nope! No free ration.Open food halls, where people come, clean the place,do the dishes,and then get free meal. This way, they don't sell PDS rice to the Public,they don't starve, they work for their meal, they understand that "Free Stuff"is not desirable.

it is time that the govt reduced the rations to just 4 people per family. So a man with 4 wives and 20 children will get rations for just 4 people - Husband, wife and 2 children. Give food only to the Aadhar of the head of the family.

@jeigh9 @CorleoneJust Thnx for the heads up. Much appreciated. Perhaps, next time you could include pictures, so we, here in India, can get a better idea as we view your ol' wrinkled ass...

@CorleoneJust Married 29 years. I agree with all of these. The most underappreciated (and underpracticed) is #2. Seduce each other at least once a week, whether in the mood or not. Plan it. Look forward to it. And ladies, don't reject an offer so fast. The mood will follow if given time.

A retired sex therapist said: "The couples having the best sex after 15 years together all share these eight habits in common." They have nothing to do with positions, looks, or hormones. Here are the 8 habits....

@VinodDX9 All the idealism is fine: In real world, like the Mig 29 : Radar malfunctions, engine less life, spare parts, reliability. The last Mig-29K was deliverd in 2016, and Navy was calling for new tender in 2017, to replace brand new aircraft. Russian stuff are mostly lemons, sadly.

If Su-57 procurement is inevitable then: 1) don't procure in less than 6 sqn; in long term servicability matters 2) expect neither any critical ToT, nor high indigenousity 3) treat as another MRCA & not FGFA 4) must ensure no compromise in numbers of LCA Mk2 & AMCA

@protosphinx You're mistaken. The GDP exists because of this Truck. Customer has access to Mercedes/Bharat Benz and Volvo, but this one preferred as cheap, reliable and gets job done. Spare parts less costly, serviced on all highways of India.

This useless pre ww2 design, the companies that shamelessly keep making it, and the culture it perpetuates all have a net negative impact on GDP. Retire this broken old machine and replace it with something built for this century.

@kaskaide1 Not only that, Pakistan was ahead of India in submarines too. Pakistan's first submarine, and also SE Asia's first, was the PNS Ghazi. Y'know, the one that was sunk by the Indian Navy in the 1971 war...

People Might Not Know it But Pakistan is Actually Ahead of India in “MIRV” Technology. 🇵🇰Ababeel MIRV first test was Conducted in 2017. 🇮🇳Agni-V MIRV test was Conducted this year 2026 so India is much behind.

@kaaulo @Pivot2Centre Have joint venture "Tata Cummins"- needed tech at the time like 4 Valves/cyl, Common Rail,Twin stage turbos,etc. Heavy Tata trucks use 6 cyl Cummins and an Indigenous 4 cyl Revtron which is upto 200 hp. All truck makers like Mack and Fleetliner use Cummins, ZF gearboxes, etc.

@Forgefiresteel @Pivot2Centre So, why do they use Cummins Engine? Thank god for Daewoo purchase that made them change a small bit their design

TATA had a monopoly in trucks and buses. Ashok Leyland was a small player. TATA never invested much in tech for these vehicles. The chassis for the truck and the bus was same. The driver seat is uncomfortable. The blind spots are plenty and big. Tech wise, these are old. Kya bolenge

@JaidevJamwal I spotted your rubber hawai chappal, Bleddy local Hindoo! Pretending to be sophisticated Defence Analysis while actually lungi dancer!

Polite demands for more head scratches youtube.com/shorts/JGx0iUY…

@SimAnnealing The elements: FCR, TR, AA gun with 2000+ rpm, and a Portable SAM system. And Command and Control. Never forget Command and Control.

Why need Pantsir then? Elements exist domestically, already!

@India_Progress This leadership thing is actually damn important. Like once in 1000 years.

Forget TN. BJP hasnt found a leader properly in Telangana and even in Karnataka. Poor poor.