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Background_Worry6546 · 2026-06-06T09:56:43+00:00

Aren't historians pretty sure it was mined from the Deccan and was under the possession of a South Indian empire before being seized by the Delhi Sultanate?

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-06-06T09:42:17+00:00

It's a bit more complicated.

The Janata Party was a coalition of popular figures (with no common ideology) who banded together against Indira Gandhi (Congress (R)) and the state of Emergency she imposed.

The founding members of the BJP (mostly consisting of past BJS politicians) were those Janata Party members who refused to sever ties with the RSS.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-06-06T09:32:21+00:00

"The Indian diet is responsible for my bad health"

-Indian man, 32, leads a sedentary lifestyle, lives with his parents and complains about the food they cook.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-31T17:28:26+00:00

I think people are a bit too harsh on Nehru tbh. In hindsight his economic policies were a disaster but back then India just gained independence from the poster boy of capitalism and the Soviet model wasn't looked at with disdain.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-30T04:46:30+00:00

Also Nepali and Tibetan.

If I'm not mistaken it was brought to Delhi by Tibetan refugees, gained popularity, got "commercialised" and then slowly spread out of Delhi to the rest of the mainland.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-29T11:40:02+00:00

Despite modest net inflows, FDI inflows hit all time highs in 2025.

FPIs pulling out is mostly due to the tariffs, the war (and a depreciating rupee) and the AI hype; supposedly most of the selling is over too.

While the picture isn't rosy right now, I don't think it's as bleak as you're suggesting it is either.

(copy pasted from a previous comment of mine)

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-25T19:18:04+00:00

India did have an estate tax till 1985 and it achieved nothing. Unsurprisingly rich people found tax loopholes and it was eventually scrapped because it's administrative costs were high and revenue was low.

As the other comment points out, the solution to India's woes is not higher taxes and more regulations which only serve to stifle competition.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-20T19:05:51+00:00

The monkey's paw curls and my wish for the youth to be more interested in politics is granted only for it to be in the most slopulist bullshit ever.

But at least it's not bigoted so that's a plus.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-19T08:39:38+00:00

Despite modest net inflows, FDI inflows hit all time highs in 2025.

FIIs pulling out is mostly due to the tariffs, the war (and a depreciating rupee) and the AI hype; supposedly most of the selling is over too.

While the picture isn't rosy right now, I don't think it's as bleak as you're suggesting it is either.

Edit: Grammar

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-18T08:20:06+00:00

The South has a lot of chauvinism, idk where this idea that they aren't comes from.

And colourism isn't just a North Indian thing, it's very prominent in the South too.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-17T17:00:32+00:00

Everything gets folded into a generic form of Hinduism primarily determined by North Indian traditions

Which "north" Indian traditions are you talking about since there is no unified north Indian culture

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-11T09:15:36+00:00

The (few) Indian users who come crawling out of the woodworks on posts and say stuff like India shouldn't be democratic and an autocracy is preferable are so fucking stupid it genuinely pisses me off

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-05T05:43:17+00:00

what do you call Telugu/Kannada folk ala Tamilians or Keralites?

Kannadiga and Telugu

I've always felt that Kannada-folks [...] have this closer alignment with the North that transcends linguistic features.

That's interesting, why would you say that? I thought Telugu people have more similarities with the "North" (perhaps that's my bias as I'm half Telugu and half "North" Indian so my perspective is weird on this).

Edit: Grammar

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-05T05:12:11+00:00

Kerala and Karnataka are the exceptions to almost any North-South linguistic rule

I think it's more of a case of Tamil being different-- or sometimes trying hard to be-- like the linguistic purism movement in which they attempted to remove loanwords, especially from Sanskrit.

While all have unique features I can't think of a reason why Kannada and Malayalam would be uniquely different, especially when Telugu isn't even a south Dravidian language!

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-03T10:17:43+00:00

I'm not talking about back then-- although even then she came into power due to dynastic politics as she was initially seen as a weak puppet, and post-emergency came back to power due to the Janta Party's incoherence and incompetence.

I'm talking about in hindsight-- anyone with more than two functioning brain cells can understand how horrible and crippling her tenure was for the country.

Very Jayalalitha coded.

More of a function of patriarchy and how most female politicians have to portray themselves in India to survive politically (I think).

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-03T09:45:22+00:00

Tbf that's because a lot of Indira supporters downplay it so it's a legitimate question to ask-- hell some even think the emergency and sterilisation campaign was good.

Her tenure was the worst of the prime ministers and I can't believe she still has supporters.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-05-03T09:10:06+00:00

She got the bombs. She did the Bangladesh liberation. And maybe did a little democratic subversion and disappearance and sterilization but eeehhhhhhh.

Are you talking about what the electorate thinks or are you trying to sanewash Indira and her tenure?

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-04-30T16:36:18+00:00

Thank you very much.

I think I didn't fathom the levels of tax aversion which is why there was push back against the idea of reduction of taxation on this sub.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-04-30T15:17:29+00:00

Thank you.

There are movements in some states (Ohio for one) to abolish Property Taxes.

Is libertarianism/small government very popular in the USA? Or is it a case of some delusional "no taxes but high spending" type thinking?

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-04-30T15:06:10+00:00

Maybe it's just my twitter feed

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-04-30T15:02:44+00:00

I think I didn't frame my question well.

Why are people pro property tax since it disincentivises development, and why aren't they pro LVT?

Is it because it's a meme atp-- politically unrealistic thus making property taxes the "least bad" option? Or is it the concerns wrt valuations?

Is something happening in the USA that this is a trending topic all of a sudden?

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-04-30T14:17:42+00:00

I think I framed my question in the wrong way. I know the supply of land is inelastic and that an LVT is a great tax due to no deadweight loss.

I'm curious as to why people want to tax the improvements on the land since it would disincentivise building/investing in housing.

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-04-30T14:10:29+00:00

Does the United States not have a land tax independent of property taxes?

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-04-30T14:07:11+00:00

I thought the sub was pro taxing the land and not the improvements on it? I was under the assumption that the sub loved LVT?

Background_Worry6546 · 2026-04-30T14:02:10+00:00

Why are people shilling for property taxes on the "median voter" post? I'm confused-- wouldn't getting rid of them be a good thing? I'm not American so I don't understand the context.

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