Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
A disclaimer: I am a patriotic Indian like most of you and believe 100% in the surgical strikes, their authenticity and outcomes and don’t demand any proof. Having got that out of the way let me express my reservations about their impact. In my humble opinion: Zero. The jehadis eliminated were in any case prepared to meet the celestial virgins; all we’ve done is advance the timing. Do these attacks hurt the Pakistani Army in any way? No. So they’ll tap into the seemingly endless supply of expendable morons from the madarsas. And it’ll be business as usual. India should aim to hurt the military establishment – either physically or financially if we want a change in their behavior. We need to get the crore commanders by the short curly instead of wasting ordnance on stupid jehadis.
A disclaimer: I am a patriotic Indian like most of you and believe 100% in the surgical strikes, their authenticity and outcomes and don’t demand any proof. Having got that out of the way let me express my reservations about their impact. In my humble opinion: Zero. The jehadis eliminated were in any case prepared to meet the celestial virgins; all we’ve done is advance the timing. Do these attacks hurt the Pakistani Army in any way? No. So they’ll tap into the seemingly endless supply of expendable morons from the madarsas. And it’ll be business as usual. India should aim to hurt the military establishment – either physically or financially if we want a change in their behavior. We need to get the crore commanders by the short curly instead of wasting ordnance on stupid jehadis.