Chit Chat

[srev2004]

Ye lo civic sense


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[Ayan Barat]

I hope this is not a hilarious question.

Absolutely not; rather it's a very simple two step solution

Step 1: Stop asking random people on internet for medical advices. No one can understand what's exactly your problem, your skin type, sensitivity, tanning, some kind of side-effects may be...
Step 2: Visit a dermatologist.

As simple as it is.

 

[londonparistokyo]

Yes, We are running Plastic Molding plant!
DM for any details.

Do plastic water bottles in India contain BPA, BPS, phthalates, PFAS? The plastic bottles in India felt different to me than the ones in the USA..?

 

[Bleh]

@mods can we make an official logo for DFB of this?

 

[Ayan Barat]

@mods can we make an official logo for DFB of this?

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C'mon Bruh, our credibility is already iffy; doing this would mean that we're officially declaring ourselves as nothing more than a bunch of online trolls.

This plain ahh black and white "DFB" is better as it gives a degree of ambiguity.

For some we're just a bunch of keyboard warriors who think they know everything as they can name all the parts of a Tavor and for some we're so irrefutable that it's the last place they come to verify what they saw on Indian Defence Regurgitating Wing was indeed true or not...it's better to leave it like this only. Let people perceive the way they want

 

[arjuntank]

I believe Indian Americans start owning and training guns to save themselves and getiing citizenship

 

[vampyrbladez]

@mods can we make an official logo for DFB of this?

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Another idea for the patch.

 

[londonparistokyo]

I believe Indian Americans start owning and training guns to save themselves and getiing citizenship

Is gun ownership legal in India? I'm asking because I don't know. I think everybody should own a firearm

 

[Azaad]

Is gun ownership legal in India? I'm asking because I don't know. I think everybody should own a firearm

Can I ask you something if you don't mind ? When exactly did you settle abroad assuming your formative years were spent in India or were you born & raised abroad ?

 

[sameer]

Is gun ownership legal in India? I'm asking because I don't know. I think everybody should own a firearm

Yes, It is legal, but only for the Jews. There was an attack on Chadbad house in Mumbai back in 2008, after which the government made it legal for the jewish community to defend themselves with firearms.

 

[spindrift]

Is gun ownership legal in India? I'm asking because I don't know. I think everybody should own a firearm

Yes, and it is regulated by Arms Act 1959 and various arms rules.

 

[Tactical Doge]

I was watching Lakshay movie. Hits different when you are in your 20s and just might have missed out from joining the army. Honestly, feels extremely relatable when ya were aimless, had a breakup and found your purpose again.

Also folks can ya all help me a bit. I had applied for TGC Tech entry and I have been shortlisted. I have a SSB interview call in April. I never expected to be shortlisted because last year cutoff in my branch for TGC tech was way more than what I scored in gradution. This year I just scraped through the cutoff by 0.8 margin. Call it luck or whatever, I was extremely surprised to get the call letter. I was highly motivated to give my best for SSB but I realized I have a problem.

Here's the problem. Eyesight standards in TGC tech entry is myopia should be <-3.5D. I have -4.5D in both eyes. I could get a Lasik done but it requires to be done 6 months before SSB interview. 6 months that I don't have because my SSB is in April. This is my last chance because after that I will be ineligible due to age criteria.

So is there a way out of this?

6 months cooling off period applies to date of joining the academy as well
A batchmate of mine was found unfit in SMB, due to a hernia surgery, again unfit in AMB for the same reason, was made fit in RMB, coz the 6 months cooling off period would be long done before the date of joining the academy.

 

[londonparistokyo]

Can I ask you something if you don't mind ? When exactly did you settle abroad assuming your formative years were spent in India or were you born & raised abroad ?

I settled abroad when I was very very young. My formative years were not spent in India. Besides being ethnically Indian and a Hindu (practicing), I have very little actual connection to India. I care about India though, because as Indian I want India to be respected as a country and people.

 

[londonparistokyo]

Yes, It is legal, but only for the Jews. There was an attack on Chadbad house in Mumbai back in 2008, after which the government made it legal for the jewish community to defend themselves with firearms.

I thought this was somebody messing with me and then the second half took my mind for a loop. Is this true? Or high level trolling lol

 

[Azaad]

I settled abroad when I was very very young. My formative years were not spent in India. Besides being ethnically Indian and a Hindu (practicing), I have very little actual connection to India. I care about India though, because as Indian I want India to be respected as a country and people.

I think most of your views on India can now be understood of which the ones on Capt Vadakayil are the most distressing tbh . The others you have just explained or can be contextualised by us.

 

[londonparistokyo]

I think most of your views on India can now be understood of which the ones on Capt Vadakayil are the most distressing tbh . The others you have just explained or can be contextualised by us.

Tbh going to India was one of the most depressing experiences of my life. The way people on twitter and even parts of this forum describe India, I honestly expected a really nice country. I was instead just looking at garbage everywhere and people living in squalorous conditions, somehow thinking it's okay. Nobody really questioning it and just going about it like it's fine. It was legitimately upsetting. And hearing the infinite number of excuses people have for literally everything. It's just not acceptable to me. I don't understand it. I get that India has structural problems and all that but how, how can you guys be okay with it? I literally went to Badrinath and witnessed a police officer take a bribe to let somebody skip the line that I was in for 1 hour. At Kedarnath, the freaking mandir was closed so Advani could have it for a private function. The priests themselves asked for a bribe!

It was extremely upsetting. Very very sad.

Edit: Even the places where the bodies of our deceased are cremated, just disgusting condition. It was terrible. I was so sad, I felt really sad the whole time I was there.

 

[haldilal]

Its depreciated, you'll not get much

Ya'll Nibbiars we will sell it multiple times, and you will be in jail for conning, one arrow two aims.

 

[londonparistokyo]

Tbh going to India was one of the most depressing experiences of my life. The way people on twitter and even parts of this forum describe India, I honestly expected a really nice country. I was instead just looking at garbage everywhere and people living in squalorous conditions, somehow thinking it's okay. Nobody really questioning it and just going about it like it's fine. It was legitimately upsetting. And hearing the infinite number of excuses people have for literally everything. It's just not acceptable to me. I don't understand it. I get that India has structural problems and all that but how, how can you guys be okay with it? I literally went to Badrinath and witnessed a police officer take a bribe to let somebody skip the line that I was in for 1 hour. At Kedarnath, the freaking mandir was closed so Advani could have it for a private function. The priests themselves asked for a bribe!

It was extremely upsetting. Very very sad.

Edit: Even the places where the bodies of our deceased are cremated, just disgusting condition. It was terrible. I was so sad, I felt really sad the whole time I was there.

I said Advani but meant Ambani. Cannot edit post for some reason. Sorry

 

[Azaad]

Tbh going to India was one of the most depressing experiences of my life. The way people on twitter and even parts of this forum describe India, I honestly expected a really nice country. I was instead just looking at garbage everywhere and people living in squalorous conditions, somehow thinking it's okay. Nobody really questioning it and just going about it like it's fine. It was legitimately upsetting. And hearing the infinite number of excuses people have for literally everything. It's just not acceptable to me. I don't understand it. I get that India has structural problems and all that but how, how can you guys be okay with it? I literally went to Badrinath and witnessed a police officer take a bribe to let somebody skip the line that I was in for 1 hour. At Kedarnath, the freaking mandir was closed so Advani could have it for a private function. The priests themselves asked for a bribe!

It was extremely upsetting. Very very sad.

Edit: Even the places where the bodies of our deceased are cremated, just disgusting condition. It was terrible. I was so sad, I felt really sad the whole time I was there.

Many years ago I happened to read an interview with a foreign developmental economist ( whose name I forget ) who'd visited India at the invite of Ms Aruna Roy - a ex civil servant & activist ( you ought to read up about her ).

Apparently while being driven from the airport to their destination the car stopped at a signal where a hideously deformed beggar approached the car to ask for alms. Ms Roy casually slid the windows of the car up looking in another direction & made small talk with the said economist.

This greatly disturbed the economist who later on the trip confronted Ms Roy about this . She explained that there's so much poverty in India that if you really were to pay cognisance to every such instance you'd lose your sanity.

I'd put down the reactions of Indians here or outside the virtual world you've listed in your post mostly to this phenomenon. It's a kind of cognitive dissonance.

Is there a problem with poverty squalor etc in India ? Yes of course there is. It's far worse than what you think of it for in your trip to India you've merely scratched the surface. Is it going to get better ? Yes & no .

As long as we keep adding to our population without commensurately addressing the politics & economics of it , there are sections which'd do better & many who'd simply slip thru the cracks like it is worldwide & like it was with that person begging at the signal in the beginning of this post .

And yet there are vast areas across sectors , where India has done far better than what we were at the time of our Independence. I don't think even the worst critic of India will be able to dispute this fact if he's being honest with himself .

You may probably compare India of today with the situation in your country where you were raised or now reside or the west in general but let me point out the problem with this approach. You're merely seeing the end result or the pinnacle of achievement on the back of some serious issues which took generations to only tackle not solve & which have gone through pretty much the same trials & tribulations we're now enduring with much the same conditions , possibly better in some aspects , when they embarked on this journey.

For perspective have a look at what New York or Paris or London was in throughout the 19th century especially the poverty & squalor prevalent there then . I've named them as these were and are some of the most prominent cities in the world . If you check the issues they've faced then , you may well wonder what the situation would've been in other less prominent cities in the same country leave aside the rural areas. You'd see eerie parallels with a Mumbai or Delhi now , what to speak of the rest of the country.

This then requires a multi pronged approach to tackle the problem at hand & time which'd see a few generations go by before we even begin to get a grip over the problem. This isn't going to happen in mine or your lifetime by any stretch of imagination. Unfortunately , that's the sad truth & the long & short of it.