EvilBuddha comments

Proteas allowed Australia to escape from 73-7.

If they lose this it will be because they did not go for the jugular during the crucial moments.

How about Canada?

The plane crashed on a medical college canteen when students were having lunch so the exact count of fatalities is still not certain.

Gujarat is a dry state so they can't blame it on a drunk pilot for sure.

Now if this were Punjab or Goa or Kerala or Tamil Nadu drunk pilot would have been the first thing to cross my mind.

The name of the mastermind is Aman Sharma.

There was a critically acclaimed Indian movie Mirch Masala in which a group of village belles defeat their oppressor who was holding them hostage by throwing chilli powder in his eyes.

The batting lineup is the weak link for the Proteas. Restricting Australia to 212 was an achievement but the advantage was blown away by their batsmen.

248 in 20 overs is what I used to make when playing the Cricket 97 PC game.

So much for the effort to modernize the game and appeal to folks with short attention spans.

Which cricket lover could possibly like this circus.

Dogs of War was considered a textbook for mercenaries who wanted to stage a coup in any tinpot African dictatorship.

Cry havoc and let slip a tribute for Frederick Forsyth.

Non-existent representation. Where are our “progressive” contingent on this?

Read my comment above, though I am hardly a progressive. You can check my comment history to know that I am a Trump supporter.

Where is the "representation" of Whites in Bollywood? Right, doesn't exist

Tom Alter, Bob Christo and Gavin Packard prove you wrong.

Though good to know that you care about Bollywood so much since even Indians don't take Bollywood seriously these days.

You are aware that Hindu PM Indira Ghandi

It's Gandhi, not Ghandi. Can't even get the spelling correct but that is still not the worst mistake in your comment.

ordered the destruction of the sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar

LOL. Indira Gandhi ordered the army into the Golden Temple to flush out Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Khalistani terrorist hiding in the temple.

Golden temple still stands and countless Hindus visit the shrine to pay their respects.

There are not that many Khalistanis in India today because Indian Sikhs have mostly forgotten and moved on from those days. The Khalistanis who still dream of their separate Sikh homeland are hiding in Brampton, Surrey, Abbotsford, Burnaby, Mississauga, Richmond and Delta.

Canada should honor their feelings and provide a separate Sikh nation to them on Canadian territory. The few American Sikhs who also dream of a Sikh state can go and join them. Though considering that Canada has still not recognized the genuine aspirations of French speakers in Quebec and given them their independence, I doubt the Canadian government which normally considers itself a champion of liberalism will be too kind to that idea.

GuruMick and John-San

Australia is not much better either when it comes to such things.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/27/firebombing-death-of-bus-driver-in-brisbane-could-have-been-avoided-with-better-decisions-coroner-finds

In any case, it's pretty rich of an American liberal to point fingers at India without knowing a thing about Indian culture and politics when it's quite clear that the US has it's own issues regarding minorities.

Not even the mainstream Hindu Indians in India are very sympathetic towards the Sikhs.

Yet another comment stemming out of ignorance.

Sikhs are considered a model minority by Hindus. Sikhism is a martial religion which was founded to protect Hindus from Islamic invaders, and most of the Hindus have no qualms in visiting the holiest Sikh shrines in India on pilgrimage.

India's previous Prime Minister was a Sikh, and Sikhs have reached top positions in India without relying on affirmative action.

Sikhs in the US have faced constant discrimination and backlash because they are mistaken for Muslims, and mainstream Americans (even those who claim to be liberal) have made no effort to understand the differences between Sikhs and Muslims.

The sad news is that they were celebrating IPL victory.

It's test matches that are really worth dying for.

The West Indies' day got off to a bad start when traffic problems meant they arrived at the ground late, delaying the start by 30 minutes.

England avoided the traffic by riding bikes

This is hilarious.

In India cricket matches never get delayed because of traffic, in fact the traffic will be stopped to allow cricketers to reach the stadium on time.

Congratulations to Joe Root on becoming the highest ODI run getter for England.

For me Japan is still no. 1.

I drive a Japanese car and grew up playing video games made in Japan.

I practice Japanese Buddhism so Japan holds the same significance for me that Vatican holds for Catholics, Israel for Jews or Mecca for Muslims.

Azad Balochistan

Canada accused India of violating their sovereignty but I guess they have bigger problems on their hands now. India was a soft target wasn't it.

Carney has tried to create distance from the previous Liberal regime. Former foreign minister Melanie Joly has been moved to industry minister, with Anita Anand replacing her.

This is somewhat promising because Anita Anand agrees with India's stance on Khalistanis hiding in Canada. Looks like Carney understands that Canada is having problems with 3 big countries - US, China and India at the same time so they need a reset in relations with India at least.

India has always treated Kashmir as a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan whereas Pakistan has sought to internationalise it with exaggerated rhetoric of human rights violations, while glossing over it's own treatment of ethnic and religious minorities.

This strategy worked as long as the US was fond of Pakistan for it's role in the fight against Communism during the Cold War, and for the war in Afghanistan. But even when Pakistan's duplicity became clear to the US, it's the progressives among the Democrats who keep on raking up the Kashmir issue internationally, egged on by Pakistani-Americans and supported by other American Muslims.

Trump wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize and Pakistan has recently credited the Trump administration with working out a ceasefire. But Trump being the businessman he is should be aware which country to choose between India and Pakistan.

That Buddha looks so serene.

Even EvilBuddha calms down on seeing the serenity and peace on the Buddha's face.

Turkey is providing drones to Pakistan and Israel is providing drone technology to India.

turkey will support Pakistan

Turkey will support Pakistan because it's a fellow Muslim nation, just like it supports Azerbaijan. No other reason.

India will support Greece and Armenia in that case. Oh, it's doing that already.

And further, India has friendly ties with many Muslim nations inspite of the BJPs rhetoric against Muslims (which I dont agree with BTW) which is more for domestic politics. Most Gulf nations as well as Iran are neutral between India and Pakistan.

@Banger

Let me rephrase Ho Chi Minh for you.

Pakistanis can boast about killing 3 Indians for every Pakistani killed. Even with those odds you will lose.

Geography is Pakistan's curse.

Pakistan's major population centers are a few hundred kms from the Indian border, whereas the major Indian population centers are spread out.

Pakistan will indulge in nuclear saber rattling whenever they get spooked. India survived and bounced back after 4-5 million people died during COVID, so it will survive a nuclear attack for sure.

I say, bring it on, my boy.

The stability instability paradox.

Both sides have nuclear weapons which makes large-scale war less likely, but small-scale skirmishes more likely, because each side assumes the other will not want to escalate.

Soviet Union fought the Nazis, suffering the highest casualties in World War 2 and the US and UK took the credit for liberating Europe.

More MAGA nonsense

Trump stopped military aid to Pakistan during his first term and Biden resumed it. Those are the facts.

Pakistan's military has been willing to carry out the dirty work of US and UK for decades. That's why the previous US administrations preferred Pakistan's military in power, also the reason why they supported the ouster of Imran Khan, a democratically elected leader whose politics thrived on the anti-American sentiment in Pakistan.

Dirty work including supplying arms to Ukraine.

https://theintercept.com/2023/09/17/pakistan-ukraine-arms-imf/

As to why the Biden administration needed Pakistan to supply arms to Ukraine when it was doing it itself is a matter of conjecture. It could be that the US did not want to be seen as encouraging the proliferation of certain things like say, chemical weapons but as I said it's all conjecture.

The accord will slash tariffs on imports of UK goods into India, including whisky

Indians drink too much Scotch already. American bourbon is what India should collectively switch to, as a mark of support for Kentucky and Tennessee, both red states.