My China concern faded after I realised that there are very few people in the establishment that will sell out to China while I estimate 1 in 1 journalists, 1 in 2 businessmen, 1 in 3 politicians, 1 in 4 bureaucrats, & 1 in 5 military officers appear to echo DC talking points.

The DINK and non-DINK communities both seem obsessed with proving how happy they are. But in reality, neither side can truly experience the other life long enough to compare! DINK couples keep showcasing the travel, luxury spends, freedom, peaceful weekends, spontaneous plans, and all the fun they’re having. People with kids keep saying things like “having a child changed my life” or “there’s no greater happiness than raising a kid.” And both sides oversimplify things. A DINK couple will never truly know the joy, attachment, and emotional depth that a child may bring into your life. At the same time, people with kids will never know what life would’ve felt like with complete freedom, fewer responsibilities, more sleep, more money, a meaningful career, and far less daily stress. I often hear parents say, “DINKs will realise in their 50s or 60s what a bad decision they made.” Maybe. But that’s not universally true. Not everyone derives meaning from having children just because you did! Similarly, DINKs often assume kids are just stress, expense, and loss of freedom without factoring in the good aspects that kids can bring into their lives. Also, having kids is not automatically a happy ending either. You could sacrifice 20–25 years of your life, money, sleep, mental peace, and still end up with a child who grows up entitled, irresponsible, emotionally distant, or simply doesn’t value what you did for them. Parenthood has upside. It also has risk. Same for DINK life. Freedom can feel amazing in your 30s and 40s. But for some, that same freedom may later feel like emptiness or loneliness. Finally, people almost always defend the decisions they’ve already made! A DINK couple in their late 40s or 50s can’t easily admit, even to themselves, that maybe it was the wrong decision. Similarly, once you have a kid and that child is in this world, you can’t exactly go around saying, “Having a kid was a mistake.” So both sides keep justifying their choices, because admitting otherwise feels like losing. Understand the pros and cons. Figure out what genuinely makes you happy. This is one of those irreversible life decisions. Once you choose, you eventually have to make peace with that path.

lol no. The answer is fairly straightforward. You poach indian talent from the big labs and pay them obscenely well and give them a blank cheque. Many countries have done this to establish local ecosystems across various industries. Solution is not to create a mission and put the very same folks who advocate not working at the model layer to lead it.

Remember that when a Chinese asked, "Where is India's Google, Microsoft, Facebook?" a smug boomer said "Akshually Google, Microsoft and Facebook are India's Google, Microsoft and Facebook". Wretched, subhuman, vile, corrupt, short sighted, animalistic, dogshit elites we have.

Economic opportunity was allocated through political connections, licenses, and patronage. Sanjay Gandhi is a perfect example. Despite having no experience in trade, industry, or automobile, he was fast-tracked to a license to produce what was envisioned as India's people's car.

May Lord Vishnu forgive me for having badmouthed and insulted this great Man during my childhood

I’ve had so many defenders of govt & armed forces not funding pvt sector R&D, expecting them to put own ₹₹ to develop for this bunch. Shamelessness. India's light tank Zorawar may face delays of up to 2 years as Army demands enhanced protection m.economictimes.com/news/def…

Indira: *Invades a treaty American ally* *Gets massive military build up with the help of USSR* *Conducts nuclear test* *America supplies food aid anyway* Top Ji: Yes saar we are good saar my fraaand saar thank you saar *gets tarrifed*

RAJNATH SINGH HAILS DRDO’S PROJECT KUSHA AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM AS S-400 RIVAL RATED FOR 400KM INTERCEPT RANGE

𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐅𝐓, 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 & 𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐃 Under the aegis of #EasternCommand, #BrahmastraCorps, in seamless coordination with #IAF, successfully conducted Exercise #POORVIAKASH-II, a high-tempo integrated operational airlift exercise. The exercise demonstrated seamless joint operational capabilities, rapid force deployment and effective air-land integration. It further enhanced joint force interoperability, reinforcing #OperationalReadiness and significantly boosting overall combat capability. #पूर्वी_कमान के तत्वावधान में #ब्रह्मास्त्र_कोर ने #IAF के साथ मिलकर #POORVIAKASH-II अभ्यास का सफल आयोजन किया। यह एक उच्च-गति एवं एकीकृत ऑपरेशनल एयरलिफ्ट अभ्यास था। अभ्यास के दौरान संयुक्त संचालन क्षमता, त्वरित तैनाती कौशल तथा वायु-थल तालमेल का प्रभावी प्रदर्शन किया गया। इस अभ्यास ने संयुक्त बलों के बीच बेहतर तालमेल और कार्यक्षमता को बढ़ावा देते हुए #OperationalReadiness तथा समग्र युद्धक क्षमता को और सुदृढ़ किया। #भारतीय_सेना #पूर्वी_कमान #IndianArmy #EasternCommand #CapabilityDevelopment #BrahmastraCorps #Jointness @adgpi @SpokespersonMoD @HQ_IDS_India @IAF_MCC @Indiannavy @IndiaCoastGuard @official_dgar @ProDefKolkata @HQ_DG_NCC @EAC_IAF @IN_EasternFleet @IN_HQENC Facebook - facebook.com/share/v/1CvDYG7… Instagram - instagram.com/p/DZfMt-XDyad/…

Why are we considering more S-400s then?

Absolutely scandalous that porkis: 1. Have more no of AEWACS than IAF 2. Have constituted Integrated Rocket force post Sindoor before us . 3. Placed more satellites in space than us in last 12 months 4. Have more no of Self propelled artillery than IA This is simply unacceptable and should force a massive churn, structural changes and even soft purges in Indian military & MoD

Between January 2025 and June 2026, Pakistan placed six Earth-observation satellites in orbit. For a space programme that managed nine launches in its first six decades, a former ISRO official has compared the new pace to a man with a walking disability outrunning Usain Bolt. The satellites are one layer of a machine Pakistan has rebuilt in the 12 months since Operation Sindoor. In August 2025 it stood up the Army Rocket Force Command, consolidating its conventional missiles under one operational authority. In November the constitution was amended to create the post of Chief of Defence Forces, occupied since December by Field Marshal Asim Munir. Brigadier Anil Raman of Takshashila has called this architecture by its right name. In contemporary South Asian crises, he writes, velocity counts for more than military power. Crises are settled politically in their opening hours — once Washington signals nuclear risk, the space for military action closes. That is why India keeps winning the fight and losing the crisis. India is the stronger power by a wide margin, but its decision-making is slow. Authorising the Sindoor strikes took nearly two weeks, and Pakistan spent that fortnight selling Washington its version. The remedy was on the table in 2021, when General Bipin Rawat proposed an Integrated Rocket Force. Five years on, it remains a proposal — while one of India's nuclear-armed adversaries has built its complete sensor-decision-shooter chain in 16 months. By @prakharkgupta. swarajyamag.com/defence/behi…

आज हमारी Armed Forces को जितनी जरूरत state-of-the-art equipment की है, उससे ज्यादा जरूरत इस बात की है, कि वो equipment, पर्याप्त संख्या में सही समय पर उपलब्ध हो जाएँ। युद्ध में सफलता केवल तकनीकी श्रेष्ठता से ensure नहीं होती; उसके लिए large-scale production capability भी उतनी ही महत्त्वपूर्ण होती है: RM