A London bus in a Delhi shopping mall

15/5/2019

Stranger and stranger! I went today to the shopping malls and crowded market streets of Noida Sector 18, part of a city of a million plus which is now the eastern-most part of Delhi (though it's across the state border in Uttar Pradesh). It's a middle class area, largely prosperous but not on a par with the tree-lined elite colonies and housing developments of South Delhi and Gurgaon.

The mall I popped in to bore the name ...

.., but judging by the array of western shop names, there's not all that much of India in the place.

I popped into a coffee bar - Costa, of course - for a flat white, and ended up forking out 240 rupees (that's not far off £3). So some of the prices are more firangi than desi as well as the brands.

But the most remarkable sight was a London bus - OK, it was novelty for kids, but bearing the label 'LONDON BUS' - perambulating round the mall. And you could buy tickets for your 'bus' ride at a mock-up of a red London phone box.

It's amazing the way that these iconic London institutions have found a resonance in Uttar Pradesh!

Overwhelming the Sector 18 skyline is a vast new development - mall and offices, by the look of it - which is evidence of the investment still pouring into this part of India's capital. Cycle ricks still ply their trade in its shadow, reflecting the deeply uneven development India is undergoing.

On the streets, there's still the food carts and the mehndi stalls. This woman was doing something I'd never seen before - having mehndi applied to both hands at once.

I asked if there was to be a wedding in the family. No, the woman replied - it's my wedding anniversary!

Noida is a beneficiary of the most spectacularly successful of Delhi's innovations - the metro. It's cheap, clean (really!) and ultra-efficient - and Noida is now no more than half-an-hour from Connaught Place, the heart-beat of Delhi.

It's so much quicker than a London bus!

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samir sardana

12/2/2021 11:15:46

The Sikh Farmers have laid siege in Delhi

The Sikh Farmers have been conned,by the Brahmin/Bania vermins,of the GOI - just like their "Gurus" were conned by the Brahmin/Banias,500 years ago - to wage war,against the Mughals.

It took the Sikhs 73 years to awaken,and it is too late,as they have still NOT raised,the key issues. dindooohindoo

The Components of the Con of the Indian Farmers

The Indian Con Job

The GOI claims to have a MSP - a Minimum Support Price,for just 2 crops,in some states of India - with no minimum offtake per farmer,and with a cap,on the overall value,of procurement. This has been on for 73 years.

In the early years,India had a food shortage - so,the con workked.Then the surpluses began !

The aim of the GOI was to PUSH the farmers to OVERPRODUCE,with 3 benefits for the GOI and their cohorts

Sufficient Foodgrain Reserves

Sufficient foodgrains for PDS

Excess supply pressures on price reductions and reducing the bargaining capacity of farmers - which is ONLY to help the agri value chain

So if the farmers were to boycott farming,for 6 months,Global corn and wheat rates in CBOT will double,and the GOI will TRIPLE the MSP ! By overproducing,the farmers are only KILLING themselves - as higher stocks,no storage,interest on loans and poor quality etc.,increases the pressure on the farmers,to liquidate stocks and accept the quality grading system of the arhatiyas.

When a state in India has a AGRI shortfall it raises the MSP (As there is not enough procurement), and when farmers from o/s states come to dump their wheat - the state refuses to buy.The local farmers see the current MSP and then,overproduce in the next year - and then,the MSP is lowered by the State ! This comedy has been on,for decades.

In essence,India is a bankrupt nation and cannot do 100% purchases of EVEN 1 crop on MSP,in EVEN 1 state of India.

Such a simple fact - and the Sikhs COULD NOT understand this for 73 years ? This requires NOT intelligence or intellect.If the Sikhs were TRUE followers of Nanak,they would have known this 400 years ago.There is just NO MONEY or a MSP for EVEN 1 CROP IN INDIA !

The FCI Con Job

No one knows what stock FCI is holding ! There are 2 types of stocks with FCI.1 is in FCI godowns and the 2nd is in the stomach of rodents (who are also stored in FCI godowns - as permanent residents).If all goes well,2 rats can produce 1000 rats in 30 days.But the genius of the GOI is infinite - as it plans to export rat meat - and so,it is a form of integrated storage - from integrated farming to integrated storage !

No one knows the proximate quantity and quality of FCI Stocks - except the rats in the FCI godowns.

So the so called prime wheat purchases by arhatiyas,is diverted to the private market and the spurious and lower grade wheat is sold to FCi as prime.The sales to the private sector is at a premium (by the arhatiyas)

Similarly,when the PDS stocks reach the POS storage yards,the prime wheat is diverted to the private market and the 2nd grade wheat is procured from the arhatiyas and fed to the poor.It is said that the rats in the FCI godowns eat the BEST wheat and so,the Indian poor eat a grade lower than rats - but they are happy that they are getting anything at all.Perhaps it is time to feed Indians - rat meat.

The Quality Con Job

The poor farmers with a debt load are ripped off by the arhatiyas - in the grading system - to sell prime as offgrades.This rip off,is then,in part,transferred to the rich farmers whose offgrades are bought as prime,and the rest of the offgrades are palmed off to the FCI as prime or sold in the private markets.It is a single digit % of the FCI stocks and aggregate purchase,and the GOI neither the means nor the IQ to track it - but it is in the Billions of USD.

The Justification of the FCI Con Job

The GOI approves of this rip off as they say that economic value addition by the private sector is better than rats eating wheat and rice in FCI Godowns.And the tragedy is that they are right.

Therefore rats in FCI godowns are better off than Indian farmers and Indisn consumers of wheat

The failure of "India"

India is a failed experiment.The Constitutional structure of India is being dismantled.The states have failed miserably on all counts.GST is proof of the fact that the GOI has reckoned after 73 years,that Indian states CANNOT manage their finances and their economies.

Draconian Indian Terror laws and census laws is proof that the entire legal and judicial architecture of India is obsolete

India is obsolete

The Sikh Gambit

If Sikhs had staged this protest with Aurangzeb,he would have listened,and the Sikh Gurus would have been alive.But Modi will not listeh.He kept the Kashmiris in cages for 1 YEAR AND ALSO THEIR LEADERS.

The 1st Gambit for the farmers is 26th January ! This is the vulnerability of Modi - if the farmers reach the venue !

After that, the advantage is for Modi.Thereafter,the Farmers have to RAISE THE COST for Modi.

Basically,Agri inf

12/2/2021 11:20:20

Basically,Agri infrastructure will be viable only,if farmers subsidy is lowered (as the money saved will do into the deficit and infrastructure),and land prices are reduced-as the GOI,has no money. THEREFORE,GOI will SCRAP THE MSP (100%),to wipe out farming in Punjab and Haryana,as there is enough rice,wheat and dals being grown in,or near states of PDS use,and Consumer use.So it makes no sense to grow it almost entirely,in 2 states (Punjab and Haryana),and spend money on dead freight and dead storage,by carting it to the states of usage.

It makes no sense to export wheat and rice,as there will be a huge price loss,and it will lower global food prices (and global food traders regularly bribe Indian politicians,to hold on to their stocks,and NOT to sell their stocks)

By scrapping MSP,"bulk no brain farming" (of rice and wheat) with huge gains TO LARGE FARMERS AND TRADERS,IN Punjab and Haryana,will stop.That will destroy farming and CRASH FARM LAND PRICES.Once Farm land prices crash ,cost of agri infra will REDUCE and make agri infra viable.Once Farming of Rice and what STOPS,all the subsidy down their agri-supply chain will be saved.

THAT IS Y THE GOI IS GOING TO DESTROY THE MANDI AND THE MSP.

The Solution

The Sikhs are juveniles and fools.Their future lies in Khalistan.India is a failed state.There are only 2 paths for India

1.Partition

2.Destruction of India and then Partition between Pakistan,China.Lanka,Kashmir,Bangladesh,Khalistan,Dalitistan,Dravidian state and a Muslim state

Other than a call to arms,if the Sikhs REALLY want to make the GOI - procure on MSP and withdraw the bills,they have to BOYCOTT farming for 6 months.In other words,they need to farm ONLY FOR SELF CONSUMPTION.No sales to the State or the private traders.Thereafer the Farm organisations in USA/Canada and UK can build positions on CBOT.That will offset the agri income loss for the striking farmers

12/2/2021 11:25:09

The Sikhs have hoisted the Khalsa Flag on the Red Fort DOME AND POLE on the 26th of January,2021 !

It is the Bastille day and the start of the Sikh Tahrir !

Hoisting the Khalsa Flag is an epochal juncture in Sikh History and a Turning Point.Red Fort is a symbol of colonisers and despots and tyrants – but it was built with gold,sweat and blood of poor Indians – and so,it deserves to exist – but under the Khalsa Flag,as the only Indian who made a global empire and ruled over much of current India – was a Sikh – Ranjit Singh !

THE RED FORT WAS AN IDOL WHICH SYMBOLISED THE SEAT OF THE DESPOTS AND TYRANTS – THE PRIDE OF THE TYRANTS !

The Sikh takeover of Red Fort !

It is time for the Diplomats in Delhi to pack up and exit India.Delhi is the place where a Romanian Diplomat was kidnapped and to date no one caught the culprits

Unarmed Sikhs on the “red alert security day”, for India (26th January) hijacked the RED FORT,and HOISTED their flag on the Red Fort Dome and Pole !

What would be the outcome on a normal day ? Of Course,security was stretched - but it was at an ALERT status

Indian INT had inputs on all the organisations and members and their cell numbers etc.,with 24X7 surveillance,drones,human int and jammers – AND STILL 100Os of farmers REACHED THE RED FORT !

Some walked and the minimum “break out time” to reach the Red Fort would be 30-45 minutes – and the worthless Indian state,did NOT EVEN have the ability to BREAK THE LOGISTICS SUPPLY CHAIN.

The Indian Nitwits did NOT EVEN think that a flag hoisting on RED FORT was possible – although it was announced by a Sikh Leader in USA.This is the pathetos of India.

The morons could NOT EVEN block the tractors on the way to the Red Fort ! Two 40 foot containers with 20 tons each placed in PARALLEL WOULD BLOCK THE TRACTORS for good. Instead the Indian bozos placed 1 empty container and no other container in parallel !

Of Course , the Sikhs would have WALKED TO RED FORT – but even there the Indian clowns COULD HAVE EASILY STOPPED 1000 people ! But the Indian clowns were outnumbered (although the drones would have been watching the crowd movement) !

The so called peace rallies by the Indian farmers and skirmishes with the police (on the 26th of January) – WERE ALL A DIVERSION to make the Indian State believe that the farmers were doing a token show !

The Diversion worked ! THE DISASTER !! dindooohindoo

Foreign Diplomats who think that the Indian State can take on the PLA and PRC,and fight a 2 front war with the PRC and Pakistan – have to 1st save themselves - by exiting India !

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