'Everyone is unhappy with the lieutenant governor's administration, which is ignorant, high-handed, and inaccessible.'
'Xi is keen that the remaining three territories still outside the Chinese ambit -- Taiwan, Arunachal Pradesh, and the Senkaku Islands in the East Sea -- be absorbed by the Communist regime by the time the centenary of the revolution rolls around in 2049.'
'The implication of being adamant is to be arrogant. So yes, he is arrogant.'
'Mumbai's corroding infrastructure, Delhi's pollution, Bangalore's rain water drainage, Kolkata's electricity -- these are all real and serious life threatening situations.'
'If he were to drop even one nuclear weapon on Europe, it would start a nuclear war that would destroy everybody.'
'This cannot be credibly explained away by referring to a "technical glitch".'
'They are both very individualistic and have similar personalities.'
'There is a trust deficit between Delhi and Srinagar. It is there even today.'
'A threatened people should not be forcibly held in a place where their lives may be at risk.'
'It is obvious that this is both illegal and unconstitutional.'
'Viral infections rise in winter and better care needs to be taken in the next few months.'
'For the first time, all major countries are discovering India's indispensability to their own foreign policy interests.'
'What has the impact of 40 years of warfare in Afghanistan been on us?' 'Afghanistan is marginal to India's future.'
'The RSS ideology has been borrowed from fascism and is not borne out of Hinduism.' 'They want India to have one historical identity whereas India is a land full of divergence which goes in every direction.'
'They keep issuing statements to win a few rounds of applause.'
'Has any prime minister spent so much time in one state holding election rally after rally?'
'The Russian attack might be a wakeup call for Europe.'
'The government is using the agencies of the government to suppress the Opposition.'
'There were literally thousands of houses with cracks.' '40 percent of the town has been affected.'
'They forget that denial of basic rights has helped create a big political void which is adding to a deepening alienation.' 'This creates a fertile ground for extremist elements and targeted killings which we are witness to once again.'
'The greater the delay, the more the likelihood of crucial evidence being destroyed.'
'The threat of ceding space to China in Afghanistan appears to be one factor propelling our government to get a bit more active now.'
'...for three hours to the seven or eight of us who spoke at the meeting.' 'Talking together and allowing us to express our thoughts on these important issues is a good beginning.'
'If we go in the same direction as them, we cannot expect a different result from them.' 'Our fall is going to be very swift.' 'Within a decade, we can expect the situation to change for the worse.'
'Pakistan and the jihadis's capacities have been diminished because of increasing dominance of our security forces.'
'This is probably why the late General Bipin Rawat, who hails from the Garhwal Himalaya, said that the existing roads are fine with the army.'
'The expulsion of Kashmiri Pandits -- and all other non-Muslims -- is its clear objective.'
'Given the possibility that our unstable northern and western borders may become 'live' at short notice, any major systemic change which impacts combat effectiveness should be brought about in a cautious and progressive manner.'
'Our villagers used to go up to Finger 4 and Finger 6, but today the Chinese are there.' 'Since April 2020, Chinese troops have blocked Indian troops from reaching at least ten patrolling points running from the Depsang plains in the north to Pangong Tso lake in the south.'
'They will be able to ride over this immediate crisis and carry on, but they need to take corrective steps and these will have to be long term measures which must include working closely with state governments.'
'Why should our government opt for unproven technology that has been rejected by most countries across the globe?' 'Being dependent on any other nation to supply you seed for your good crops is another form of slavery.'
'The clean break between Russia and Europe that this foolish attack is creating may actually last long.' 'It will undermine Europe and benefit the US and China.'
'Cracks continue to appear in more and more houses.' 'We believe the government is not going to tell us the truth.'
'The day the power shifts, they will run across to the other side.'
'The US will not want to tangle with China landwards.' 'Nor will the US confront the Chinese navy seawards on India's account.'
'Pakistan has power -- they have the power of terrorism and the reluctance of the world to act against them.'
'He is not that crazy.' 'He is driven by a deep sense of Russian power have been diminished.'
'It is only when Beijing sees a country with an infirm political will such as India that it acts up as the PLA has done in eastern Ladakh.'
'Why wouldn't so strategically-minded an adversary, such as China, not militarily exploit to the maximum Indian timidity, stupidity, and cupidity all along the LAC and legitimate, as it has done so often in the past, the fait accompli of incremental territorial grabs which, by the way, is its strategy and policy as implemented on the ground?'
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