And the good stuff.
1. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Australian-PM-likely-to-ink-uranium-deal-with-India/articleshow/41639836.cms
Local media POV.
For the Australian POV:
- businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/9/5/national-affairs/india-threat-no-one-abbott
- news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/india-australia-to-sign-nuclear-deal-as-abbott-visits-4
Note how the spineless KKKangress govt never commanded any respect from anyone - despite Mad-Moron Stink ("Manmohan Singh") going about desperately prostrating to everyone and even telling Britain that colonialism was good for India.
What about those thorium reserves in India that people said was near/at the Sri Rama Sethu site or something. Instead of selling that off, can't India try to be more autonomous using it? Or at least not sell it off? (I know less than nothing about nuclear materials and processing by the way, in case matters aren't that simple.)
2. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Narendra-Modis-Hindispeak-abroad-hits-its-mark-at-home/articleshow/41468974.cms
This is pure brilliance. Not only because Modi sets an example for Indians to be more comfortable with their native tongues, but for that other important reason: there is no need for representatives of 2 populations (and especially non-western, heathen populations), neither of which are native-English speakers, to speak in English with each other. Interpreters aplenty, give them employment. Also, E Asians are NOT all magically fluent in English (and even those characters in E Asian dramas who are supposed to be educated in English, be it Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, or Korean dramas) are played by actors who are not fluent and not comfortable with it, as is obvious from the few lines that dot these dramas. [They still sound attractive of course. It's a great plus-point that E Asians are fluent in their own languages and many protagonists don't speak English at all and are looked-down upon by the better-educated but always snobby and frequently evil antagonists for it. Great ode to heathenism.] To force S/E Asian dignitaries to speak English when they can be far more expressive and natural in their own language does an injustice to them, even as Hindu officials more fluent in their own tongue having to speak in English does an injustice to themselves. Modi's choice to speak an Indian tongue would allow his Japanese counterparts to speak theirs as well if they preferred to, promoting native languages all round.
Also, let's be honest, in Asia, whose ancestral language is English? No one. Why should heathen Asian officials give a hoot about English when conversing with each other? This is the opportunity to speak one's one language. Asian officials, when among themselves can relegate English to interpreters, where it belongs. And that seems to me to be exactly what Modi has done from his end: shown English its place in a setting of heathen Asians meeting each other.
Automatic audio translation is becoming possible as per Rajeev2004 (reminiscent of the Universal Translator in Star Trek!) and in the future it could be available for many of the world's languages, so everyday Asian populations can communicate with each other in their native tongues too, without interpreters.
Negative comments at TOI tried to argue that Modi should have spoken Gujarati and asked why he spoke Hindi. Obviously because, since he can speak both languages, he could pick the one understood by more Indians back home who may be watching a broadcast. And/or, even more likely: he picked Hindi to inspire Hindus back home to learn multiple Indian languages, not just their mother tongue, and to not be uncomfortable as an Indian in speaking the ancestral language of another Indian state. His speaking in Japanese may similarly have inspired who knows how many Indians to start learning Japanese.
The Rajeev2004 blog also had an entry on Modi playing the Taiko drums. Many Hindus are fans of Taiko drums and join classes. So Modi's drumming may inspire more Hindus in India to listen to (or learn) Taiko drumming and learn the Japanese traditions associated with it. (E.g. IIRC playing for days on end during some matsuris at Shinto Shrines.)
There's no fault to find with Modi's sense of business/improving the economy/raising prosperity, or his development vision (but build humanure toilets, not regular western ones that use up lots of water) or his feeling comfortable in being a Hindu and an Indian. Also, unlike Chinese officials who are all corrupt and care only about their own careers and not the people they are ruling - as according to Chinese citizens themselves - Modi looks toward the general welfare of his country (i.e. what people call nationalism) and not himself.
But he *needs* to do much more. That's what many Hindus voted him for. It's too late for Hindu rulers not to do something for protecting Hindu religion among *Hindus*. That is,
- he needs to put down the sexual jihad and rape jihad. Although even one case is too many, it is spiralling to staggering numbers, dwarfing what's happening to the Yezidi women. In Kerala alone, as per HK, and just in one month (June or July, IIRC), 200 Hindu women had been abudcted by islamania and requested help. Now consider all the cases in that month in that state that did not get a chance to contact anyone for help. And then consider all the other states, since the sexual jihad is happening all over the country now. So that even christomedia has been forced to mention it on occasion. E.g. 2 cases in Jharkhand, 2 cases in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar: 5 cases just in the last few days that the christomedia *TOI* chose to mention:
- even if Modi cannot be seen to be rebuilding a Sri Rama Kovil at Ayodhya - and I'm sure there are already many communistists and pseculars hoping for riots to create a frenzy - it needs to happen somehow. That KKKangressi who - as per the Rajeev2004 blog - invited Modi, immediately after the latter's election, to build the Rama temple: Modi should ask that *KKKangressi* to take charge of the project. After all, the KKKangressi suggested it, which essentially means he volunteered himself. The chance of islamic rioting and christocommunists raising hysteria about the matter will be less if it is not Modi, and any that happens will be in KKKangress' court, while Hindus will still get their Sri Rama Mandiram.
- the terror threat from christoislam is real. Development needs to be secondary to securing the safety of native traditions.
- temples are under serious threat and many are pushed to utter poverty by the christian govts' laws draining temple wealth into christoislam. This has to be reversed, not merely halted.
- protection of Hindu leaders: way too many have been murdered (and they cannot be replaced). Modi has done very little about it, but express condolences. TN cops only recently bothered to catch some islamaniac murderers behind some of these massacres. The culprits will probably be released when the political climate changes again, just as many islamic rape jihadists and gangrapists declare they are underage and let of the hook. E.g. see timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Girl-allegedly-abducted-in-Bihar-forcibly-converted-to-Islam/articleshow/41533216.cms and Mohammed Afroz, the islamic rapist-murderer of Jyoti Pandey, also got away scott-free for being underage with just 3 months in juvenile detention not even the original 3 year sentence.
- promoting Buddhism in India or Nepal - even if aimed at foreign tourists - is a Bad Plan (lots of historical Hindu rulers ended up strengthening Buddhism and hence promoted Buddhist missionising that way, and Hindus had to pay for it later and others were left to clean up the mess). And Indian Hindu officials (and Hindu laity) promoting Buddhism among E Asian nations should be forbidden.
- Need to protect cows and implement laws harshly punishing anyone harming them: Hindu-owned cows are deliberately being kidnapped by christoislamania and butchered. It is a deliberate attack on Hindu religion, which is why the laws to curtail this must be very deliberate as well.
- Etc.
1. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Australian-PM-likely-to-ink-uranium-deal-with-India/articleshow/41639836.cms
Local media POV.
For the Australian POV:
- businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/9/5/national-affairs/india-threat-no-one-abbott
- news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/india-australia-to-sign-nuclear-deal-as-abbott-visits-4
Quote:Updated: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:44:37 GMT | By Agence France-Presse
India, Australia to sign nuclear deal as Abbott visits
Australia's prime minister on Thursday hailed a uranium deal he is due to sign with India as a "sign of trust", following a long-standing ban on selling the fuel to the nuclear-armed nation amid proliferation fears.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks at the University of Mumbai, on September 4, 2014 - by Indranil Mukherjee
Tony Abbott is expected to sign the agreement allowing uranium sales to India when he meets the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a fellow conservative, in Delhi on Friday, during a visit aimed at boosting trade ties.
Australia, the world's third biggest uranium producer, had previously ruled out such exports to energy-starved India because it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
But Abbott said his government has now received the necessary commitments from New Delhi about only using the ore for its civilian nuclear programme.
"India has an absolutely impeccable non-proliferation record and India has been a model international citizen," he told reporters in Mumbai, on the first leg of a his two-day visit.
"India threatens no one, India is the friend to many, India is the world's emerging democratic superpower. This is an important sign of the mutual trust that exists between Australia and India."
India and Australia kick-started negotiations on uranium sales in 2012 after Canberra lifted a long-time ban on exporting the valuable ore to Delhi to meet its ambitious nuclear energy programme.
Both India and its neighbouring rival Pakistan are nuclear-armed, and along with Israel and North Korea are the only countries not signed up to the non-proliferation treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
Australia's nuclear cooperation agreement for peaceful power generation will potentially ramp up India's plans for more nuclear power stations, with only 20 small plants at present and a heavy dependency on coal.
India is struggling to produce enough power to meet rising demand amid its 1.2-billion strong population as its economy and vast middle-class expand. Nearly 400 million still without access to electricity, according to the World Bank, and crippling power cuts are common.
- 'Abundance of opportunities' -
At the start of his visit, Abbott told business leaders in Mumbai that there was an "abundance of opportunities" in India, where Modi swept to power in May promising to open up Asia's third-largest economy to foreign investment.
"The purpose of this trip, as far as Iââ¬â¢m concerned, is to acknowledge the importance of India in the wider world, acknowledge the importance of India to Australiaââ¬â¢s future," Abbott said.
After laying a wreath at a memorial for victims of the 2008 attacks on the city, he visiting Mumbai University to launch a scheme designed to get more Australians studying in the country.
(Ugh, with the escalation of love jihad in India, that's not advisable. Indian islamaniacs will go after western women more readily. Even locally where I reside, there have been attacks against western females by subcontinental islamaniacs.)
While about 40,000 Indians study in Australia each year, "regrettably right now there are just a few tens of Australian students studying in India," said Abbott.
"That must change and that will change as a result of the New Colombo Plan," he said, referring to the scholarship programme that will be rolled out across the Indo-Pacific region.
The premier also met Indian cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar and former Australian stars Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee, ahead of Australia's hosting of the World Cup next year.
Analyst and former Indian diplomat Neelam Deo said all eyes will be on the nuclear deal, which has been in the works for years and will boost future exports and heralds closer strategic ties.
"The signing of the deal removes one of the only challenges to closer ties between the countries in the region," Deo, director of Mumbai-based think-tank Gateway House, told AFP.
Sanjay Bhattacharya, Indian foreign ministry joint secretary, said on the eve of Abbott's arrival that "significant outcomes" were expected from the visit.
"For us, Australia is a major supplier of resources, particularly energy necessary for our development needs."
Australia's decision to overturn its ban on sales to India followed a landmark 2008 deal between Delhi and Washington for the United States to support India's civilian nuclear programme.
Note how the spineless KKKangress govt never commanded any respect from anyone - despite Mad-Moron Stink ("Manmohan Singh") going about desperately prostrating to everyone and even telling Britain that colonialism was good for India.
What about those thorium reserves in India that people said was near/at the Sri Rama Sethu site or something. Instead of selling that off, can't India try to be more autonomous using it? Or at least not sell it off? (I know less than nothing about nuclear materials and processing by the way, in case matters aren't that simple.)
2. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Narendra-Modis-Hindispeak-abroad-hits-its-mark-at-home/articleshow/41468974.cms
Quote:Narendra Modiââ¬â¢s Hindispeak abroad hits its mark at home
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Deeptiman Tiwary, TNN | Sep 2, 2014, 03.40AM IST
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a conference of reporters and businessmen in Japan in Hindi even as he continued his preference for the national language in bilateral talks with Japanese leaders. The last time an Indian leaderââ¬âAtal Bihari Vajpayee as foreign minister ââ¬â chose Hindi over English in an international conference in 1970s, it made waves. Modi's speech, say experts, may have more impact though in terms of assertion of Indian identity and promotion of Hindi in his own country.
Modi had only recently addressed a gathering of Isro scientists in English betraying no problems with the language even if he is seen more comfortable in Hindi. Thus his choice of language in Japan looks more a deliberate attempt tugging at his political constituency at home. It's an effort to break down language-linked walls that has won the hearts of many in an aspirational India.
Commentator Santosh Desai said, "From an international perspective there is nothing significant about Modi's speech in Hindi. All world leaders speak in their mother tongue in bilaterals or international foras. But at home, he is breaking the presumptive hierarchy that existed earlier. It is indicative of a shift in power equation of people who run governance in India."
When Vajpayee spoke in UN general assembly in Hindi in 1977, it was seen by many as an Indian leader's expression of personal love for Hindi. However, India has changed much since then and is now a force to reckon with in a multipolar world due to its rising economic power. With that background when a PM speaks in Hindi at an international conference, it has more significance, say many.
Academic Pushpesh Pant, however, says Vajpayee's speech as the first such instance was as significant and historic. "But Modi's speech is significant on two aspects. First it shows that he is free from mental slavery (to the colonial legacy). Two, it has great potential to help Hindi at home. When the youth, in some ways besieged by the importance of learning English, hears its icon speaking in Hindi in a foreign country, it will embrace the language more freely. The humiliation heaped on Hindi by Nehru must change," says Pant.
Desai, however, says Modi was not promoting Hindi alone. "Modi does not give any particular currency to Hindi on the world stage. But it sets precedence for the local Indian language. Tomorrow there could be a prime minister from Tamil Nadu and he could speak in Tamil in a foreign country," says Desai.
This is pure brilliance. Not only because Modi sets an example for Indians to be more comfortable with their native tongues, but for that other important reason: there is no need for representatives of 2 populations (and especially non-western, heathen populations), neither of which are native-English speakers, to speak in English with each other. Interpreters aplenty, give them employment. Also, E Asians are NOT all magically fluent in English (and even those characters in E Asian dramas who are supposed to be educated in English, be it Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, or Korean dramas) are played by actors who are not fluent and not comfortable with it, as is obvious from the few lines that dot these dramas. [They still sound attractive of course. It's a great plus-point that E Asians are fluent in their own languages and many protagonists don't speak English at all and are looked-down upon by the better-educated but always snobby and frequently evil antagonists for it. Great ode to heathenism.] To force S/E Asian dignitaries to speak English when they can be far more expressive and natural in their own language does an injustice to them, even as Hindu officials more fluent in their own tongue having to speak in English does an injustice to themselves. Modi's choice to speak an Indian tongue would allow his Japanese counterparts to speak theirs as well if they preferred to, promoting native languages all round.
Also, let's be honest, in Asia, whose ancestral language is English? No one. Why should heathen Asian officials give a hoot about English when conversing with each other? This is the opportunity to speak one's one language. Asian officials, when among themselves can relegate English to interpreters, where it belongs. And that seems to me to be exactly what Modi has done from his end: shown English its place in a setting of heathen Asians meeting each other.
Automatic audio translation is becoming possible as per Rajeev2004 (reminiscent of the Universal Translator in Star Trek!) and in the future it could be available for many of the world's languages, so everyday Asian populations can communicate with each other in their native tongues too, without interpreters.
Negative comments at TOI tried to argue that Modi should have spoken Gujarati and asked why he spoke Hindi. Obviously because, since he can speak both languages, he could pick the one understood by more Indians back home who may be watching a broadcast. And/or, even more likely: he picked Hindi to inspire Hindus back home to learn multiple Indian languages, not just their mother tongue, and to not be uncomfortable as an Indian in speaking the ancestral language of another Indian state. His speaking in Japanese may similarly have inspired who knows how many Indians to start learning Japanese.
The Rajeev2004 blog also had an entry on Modi playing the Taiko drums. Many Hindus are fans of Taiko drums and join classes. So Modi's drumming may inspire more Hindus in India to listen to (or learn) Taiko drumming and learn the Japanese traditions associated with it. (E.g. IIRC playing for days on end during some matsuris at Shinto Shrines.)
There's no fault to find with Modi's sense of business/improving the economy/raising prosperity, or his development vision (but build humanure toilets, not regular western ones that use up lots of water) or his feeling comfortable in being a Hindu and an Indian. Also, unlike Chinese officials who are all corrupt and care only about their own careers and not the people they are ruling - as according to Chinese citizens themselves - Modi looks toward the general welfare of his country (i.e. what people call nationalism) and not himself.
But he *needs* to do much more. That's what many Hindus voted him for. It's too late for Hindu rulers not to do something for protecting Hindu religion among *Hindus*. That is,
- he needs to put down the sexual jihad and rape jihad. Although even one case is too many, it is spiralling to staggering numbers, dwarfing what's happening to the Yezidi women. In Kerala alone, as per HK, and just in one month (June or July, IIRC), 200 Hindu women had been abudcted by islamania and requested help. Now consider all the cases in that month in that state that did not get a chance to contact anyone for help. And then consider all the other states, since the sexual jihad is happening all over the country now. So that even christomedia has been forced to mention it on occasion. E.g. 2 cases in Jharkhand, 2 cases in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar: 5 cases just in the last few days that the christomedia *TOI* chose to mention:
- timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Love-Jihad-in-Madhya-Pradesh-Two-booked-for-forcing-wives-to-embrace-Islam/articleshow/41327699.cms
- timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Another-love-jihad-case-comes-to-light-in-Jharkhand/articleshow/41150754.cms (This after the case of Sportswoman/Shooter Tara Shahdeo)
- timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Girl-allegedly-abducted-in-Bihar-forcibly-converted-to-Islam/articleshow/41533216.cms
- even if Modi cannot be seen to be rebuilding a Sri Rama Kovil at Ayodhya - and I'm sure there are already many communistists and pseculars hoping for riots to create a frenzy - it needs to happen somehow. That KKKangressi who - as per the Rajeev2004 blog - invited Modi, immediately after the latter's election, to build the Rama temple: Modi should ask that *KKKangressi* to take charge of the project. After all, the KKKangressi suggested it, which essentially means he volunteered himself. The chance of islamic rioting and christocommunists raising hysteria about the matter will be less if it is not Modi, and any that happens will be in KKKangress' court, while Hindus will still get their Sri Rama Mandiram.
- the terror threat from christoislam is real. Development needs to be secondary to securing the safety of native traditions.
- temples are under serious threat and many are pushed to utter poverty by the christian govts' laws draining temple wealth into christoislam. This has to be reversed, not merely halted.
- protection of Hindu leaders: way too many have been murdered (and they cannot be replaced). Modi has done very little about it, but express condolences. TN cops only recently bothered to catch some islamaniac murderers behind some of these massacres. The culprits will probably be released when the political climate changes again, just as many islamic rape jihadists and gangrapists declare they are underage and let of the hook. E.g. see timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Girl-allegedly-abducted-in-Bihar-forcibly-converted-to-Islam/articleshow/41533216.cms and Mohammed Afroz, the islamic rapist-murderer of Jyoti Pandey, also got away scott-free for being underage with just 3 months in juvenile detention not even the original 3 year sentence.
- promoting Buddhism in India or Nepal - even if aimed at foreign tourists - is a Bad Plan (lots of historical Hindu rulers ended up strengthening Buddhism and hence promoted Buddhist missionising that way, and Hindus had to pay for it later and others were left to clean up the mess). And Indian Hindu officials (and Hindu laity) promoting Buddhism among E Asian nations should be forbidden.
- Need to protect cows and implement laws harshly punishing anyone harming them: Hindu-owned cows are deliberately being kidnapped by christoislamania and butchered. It is a deliberate attack on Hindu religion, which is why the laws to curtail this must be very deliberate as well.
- Etc.