Off-Topic Chit-Chat

Many X accounts affliated to certain political movements within India have been disabled. Also, a few have been outed as being run from other countries (not restricted to BD). Fallout from yesterday. However, no significant dip in xenophobic memes and other misinformation floationg around. So if you were under the impression that your def X/twitter will improve; sadly not by that much.
 
Certain Turkish accounts have come to light. Since I have listed a few Pakistani accounts already, I will leave this one here as well. Clash Report is run by a Turk as has already been discussed a few times . This is a troll account that spread quite a fair bit of misinformation previously. Folks are already making threads and sharing entire list on reddit. You may check the information out over there.

 
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What's with this silly assumption among Indian defence enthusiast that we are somehow postponing our tests because of Chinese research vassals? Like when they were not there in IOR when we tested our missiles. I remember one being Parked in Sri Lanka yet we tested our missile a few years back. I'm not completely rejecting that their presence could impact our tests just that it's not the sole factor. There could be many reasons unknown to us whether technical or circumstantial behind postponing of these tests.
 
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It's not just the presence. It's also the proximity. While big vessels make headlines, the real challenge may not be in the news. Plus, chinese are mastering advanced tech and our defense ecosystem wasn't on edge either.

Ofcourse there could be other reasons too. But just as there could be other reasons, this could be a reason too. And this potential reason is what can be discussed among people who are not in the know hows
Look i get the point of discussion. It should happen. However I was kinda baffled at the stupid claims running around SM that Indian side is chickening out because of these vassals day by day. And somehow we should be somehow ashamed of not being able to stop such vassals. This is why posted this on offtopic.

The problem with this mindset is people don't realise the complexity of this problem. Infact China itself hasn't been able to find a solution to this. Just like us they get snooped by US, Japanese, Korean and Australian Maritime research vassals. And they can't do anything other than escorting them if they get too close to their EEZ. This also happens the opposite way, Chinese vaasals flock near Hawaii whenever US does any kind of tests. And the best US can do is the same. This happens because such research vassals have some immunity in international waters. Chinese haven't stopped their test in presence of US research vassals either tbh and vice versa..So that's why I don't buy presence of these vassals tends to be major factor behind postponing of such test anywhere whether that is in India, China or USA. Those do some play role but not to the level people are thinking. These vassals are a threat not because they are spying your missile tests but because they are mapping your backyard. I'm worried more about that than them taking some signatures of our missiles..
 
Look i get the point of discussion. It should happen. However I was kinda baffled at the stupid claims running around SM that Indian side is chickening out because of these vassals day by day. And somehow we should be somehow ashamed of not being able to stop such vassals. This is why posted this on offtopic.

The problem with this mindset is people don't realise the complexity of this problem. Infact China itself hasn't been able to find a solution to this. Just like us they get snooped by US, Japanese, Korean and Australian Maritime research vassals. And they can't do anything other than escorting them if they get too close to their EEZ. This also happens the opposite way, Chinese vaasals flock near Hawaii whenever US does any kind of tests. And the best US can do is the same. This happens because such research vassals have some immunity in international waters. Chinese haven't stopped their test in presence of US research vassals either tbh and vice versa..So that's why I don't buy presence of these vassals tends to be major factor behind postponing of such test anywhere whether that is in India, China or USA. Those do some play role but not to the level people are thinking. These vassals are a threat not because they are spying your missile tests but because they are mapping your backyard. I'm worried more about that than them taking some signatures of our missiles..
I was unaware of the latest trend going on SM these days 🤣. So is this the new hastag social sciences lesson of lavanya from South Delhi 🤣.

There are three types of accounts in that crowd.
a) bots/pak, bang based accounts.
B) Naxals. Who would leave no chance to fabricate lies and manipulate events to show india in bad light.
C) The ignorants who tends to get epiphany every weekend through one post or another.

So, don't stress. Plant a small reminder for ignorants to not be influenced by MMC and letting Bots make decisions for their life. Simple.


My point was only from strategic point of view. Not courage. As India has come long way from "chickening out". As I said our planners might even be checking chinese response too. Many things, including the storm and weather. Since we don't even know what the test was for.
 
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This 19 year old Brahmin lad Devavrat Mahesh Rekhe from Chattrapati Sambhaji Nagar district Maharashtra has equalled a 200 year old record.

He's recited 2000 shlokas of the Shukla Yajurveda from the Madhyandini Shakha for 50 continuous days without any error totally extempore as per tradition & without a break except for bare essentials repeating these verses 5 million times.



Here's Yogi Adityanath felicitating him & Modi congratulating him.
 


This 19 year old Brahmin lad Devavrat Mahesh Rekhe from Chattrapati Sambhaji Nagar district Maharashtra has equalled a 200 year old record.

He's recited 2000 shlokas of the Shukla Yajurveda from the Madhyandini Shakha for 50 continuous days without any error totally extempore as per tradition & without a break except for bare essentials repeating these verses 5 million times.



Here's Yogi Adityanath felicitating him & Modi congratulating him.
 
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Good God ! The scale of his achievement is astounding. He's actually recited those shlokas from start to finish & reversed the order for the same shloka going so far as to recite 500 shlokas from start to finish & then in reverse order.

He's given a good example of it with the famous Krishnaaye Vasudevaya Harye Parmatmane shloka.
 

Good God ! The scale of his achievement is astounding. He's actually recited those shlokas from start to finish & reversed the order for the same shloka going so far as to recite 500 shlokas from start to finish & then in reverse order.

He's given a good example of it with the famous Krishnaaye Vasudevaya Harye Parmatmane shloka.
An astounding achievement for such a young man. Hats off 🫡. Expanding upon this, I have long held the feeling that there is a reason why some cultures and some countries produce technologies, discoveries etc while some dont. Our own country is poorer than Mexico, Guatemala, ie Latin American countries and all SEA countries. But why is it we are way ahead of all of them when it comes to complex technologies such as nuclear, space, etc? Of course there are some exceptions in some sectors such as Brazil being ahead in aeronautical, but by and large we remain more technically capable than all of South America and SEA despite beinf poorer on a per capita basis.

Infact take even Israel, a nation of barely 10 million produces more technology and science than the entire 2 billion people Islamic world by a huge margin. Now coming to my main point, why do some countries and cultures produce more technology than others? Well we can see the inherent culture of those countries which has huge impact. In our own culture, knowledge is highly revered, there is a reason why we bow down to people more learned than us, whether it be pundits due to their superior knowledge in scripture or our teachers for imparting knowledge on us. The Jews who have given high importance to those who had mastered the Torah even apparently above those of them who had money, the East Asians who had a culture of gaining important positions through exams and hence studying, the Europeans who went through the enlightenment and renssaisnce which led them on the path of eventual dominance over the world in the technological front, even before which had Christian monks of the Church tasked with studying preserving and making new and old texts.

We can clearly see the cultures who are inherently more inclined towards knowledge are the ones who make serious effort to enhance their technical skills and contribute to the world. We are fortunate we belong to one such culture with a legacy of 5,000 years of doing the same. Most youth of our country are focused on how to climb the ladder through study and discipline. This young boy is a prime example of our civilisational legacy which has made us achieve whatever we have achieved.