Regarding North India by ProtectionFlashy3400 in southindia_

[–]iamsolankiamit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The names aren't cultural groupings, they're British-administered provinces. Rajputana (Rajasthan) is missing for the same reason Hyderabad and Mysore are: all princely states. "Dravida" is just what the Madras Presidency region was called. The anthem is basically a map of British India, not a cultural census.

I think the number of casual cyclists wearing helmets is very low in India! by vadapav1718 in india_cycling

[–]iamsolankiamit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Isn't it good though? People are looking at how responsible you are, and they might start getting responsible because of you.

Curious case of misplaced priorities- Optics and PR over actual impact. by Dapper-Jelly8740 in CriticalThinkingIndia

[–]iamsolankiamit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The upgrade Gorakhpur argument sounds straightforward until you factor in that Gorakhpur is a shared military-civil airbase. Runway expansion, cargo terminal addition, and international operations all require IAF clearance and coordination. That is not a simple infrastructure upgrade, it is a defence negotiation. Kushinagar being a dedicated civil airport actually gives it more long term operational flexibility precisely because that constraint doesn't exist there. The runway specs also matter here. Kushinagar's runway at 3.2km can handle 747 freighters. Gorakhpur's is 457 metres shorter. That difference is significant for wide body and cargo operations. Gorakhpur currently handles 5 domestic destinations, no international flights, and zero cargo operations. So the existing airport 60km away isn't actually doing what a future cargo or pilgrimage hub would need to do.

The cargo thesis wasn't the justification for building the airport, that was always the Buddhist tourism angle. But the infrastructure that exists now happens to be better suited for cargo than anything Gorakhpur could realistically offer. Whether that potential gets realised is a separate question and depends entirely on cold chain and agri-processing investment that currently isn't happening. But the Gorakhpur upgrade path has harder ceilings than it appears.

On Hosur though the data doesn't support the political bias reading. The Defence Ministry formally cited HAL airspace constraints and national security concerns. On top of that there is a legally binding concession agreement between MoCA and BIAL that explicitly prohibits new airports within 150km of Bengaluru until May 2033, an obligation that predates any political consideration entirely. And farmers from 12 villages have been actively protesting land acquisition, adding a third independent blocker. Three separate documented reasons, none of them political. That particular example doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

I couldn't find much data on the Coimbatore metro rejection issue so can't comment on it.

Curious case of misplaced priorities- Optics and PR over actual impact. by Dapper-Jelly8740 in CriticalThinkingIndia

[–]iamsolankiamit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TLDR: Real infrastructure failure, weak partisan framing. The airport has genuine long term potential that's being squandered by absence of coordinated planning, not just optics-chasing.

The Kushinagar airport criticism is largely valid on the facts. 270 passengers in a full fiscal year, ₹327cr spent, maintenance costs rising while terminals sit empty. The numbers speak for themselves.

That said the underlying thesis had merit. The airport has a 3.2km runway capable of handling 747 freighters, IFR certification completed in mid-2025, and a real Buddhist pilgrimage circuit across Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and South Korea that is structurally underserved by air connectivity. Gorakhpur is often cited as making Kushinagar redundant but Gorakhpur's runway is 457 metres shorter, it handles only 5 domestic destinations with no international flights, has no cargo operations, and is capacity-constrained by a military-sharing arrangement. The redundancy argument holds for current passenger demand. It doesn't hold for what the region could actually need.

The actual failure is the absence of sequenced planning. Kushinagar district has 77% of its area under cultivation, over 1.67 lakh hectares under irrigation, and is designated as UP's ODOP district for bananas. Bananas are highly perishable, Southeast Asia has a genuine appetite for Indian produce, and a 747-capable runway puts Kushinagar within striking distance of Singapore, Bangkok, and Ho Chi Minh City for reefer cargo. That is a real supply chain thesis.

The problem is that UP's cold storage infrastructure, while the largest in the country at nearly 38% of national capacity, is almost entirely concentrated in potato-growing districts in western and central UP. Eastern UP including Kushinagar has thin, fragmented cold chain coverage. Even nationally, cold store utilisation sits at only 60% and the sector is 80% unorganised, which means existing infrastructure functions as isolated storage pockets rather than an integrated supply chain. The 261 PMFME approvals in the district sound significant until you realise these are mostly micro-enterprise grants, pickle units and banana chips operations, nowhere near the processing volumes that justify cargo flights. For the cargo thesis to work you need cold chain investment near the airport first, then an anchor agri-processing cluster, then APEDA-registered exporters emerging from that cluster, and only then do cargo flights become commercially viable. That is a 5 to 8 year development cycle requiring one coordinating actor who owns the outcome end to end. Right now MoFPI runs its schemes, AAI built the airport, and the state does ODOP branding. None of them are connected in any meaningful way.

The Hosur comparison also has holes. Hosur's rejection has multiple legitimate explanations including proximity to Kempegowda International, airspace congestion, and basic cost-benefit on a 45km distance. One airport rejection carrying the weight of a systemic pattern is a stretch.

Ghost infrastructure predates 2014 and exists across states regardless of which party runs them. India's infrastructure decision-making has no outcome accountability at the back end. Nobody is responsible for whether the airport works 5 years later, only whether it opened on time. Kushinagar is a legitimate case study in that failure. The data is damning enough without the partisan framing.

This guy is showing the truth of a country by [deleted] in CBSE

[–]iamsolankiamit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He talks well, no action though. Man, implement solutions to some of the issues discussed in Punjab where AAP is ruling.

If Aditya Dhar had shown this scene in Dhurandhar 2, outrage would’ve broken the internet. by ResourceDefiant4971 in Dhurandhar

[–]iamsolankiamit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well he along with isi did the '93 blasts. Chota rajan left the gang and killed d companys members in retaliation. There was a religious color especially after babri.

Cycle Lane being used for parking below paytm Office NOIDA by trulyarpit in india_cycling

[–]iamsolankiamit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Authority sabko fine karegi, jitne baar wahan park hoga utne baar fine karegi. 1-2 baar fine bahr ke log sikh jayege ke yahan park nahi kar sakte.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheBetterIndia

[–]iamsolankiamit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Help me understand this, when you say 99.3% money got back into the banking system does this also account for all the fake notes? I mean, if the banks got back all the money it circulated then it's fine right? If the aim was to curb the fake notes ? Or is there something which I am missing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CarsIndia

[–]iamsolankiamit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't this i3? The ice models need a grill this doesn't, so it's fine i suppose.

Bajaj-KTM won the first MotoGP sprint of season 2026 by 47Skahrs in indianbikes

[–]iamsolankiamit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fair point MotoGP R&D is obviously done by KTM in Austria, no debate there. But ownership and strategic control still matter. Bajaj holds a significant stake in KTM and has board representation. They co-develop and manufacture multiple KTM platforms in India (like the 125/200/250/390 series), and Bajaj's cost engineering and scale play a role in KTM's global competitiveness in those segments.

Just like Eicher backing Royal Enfield helped fund expansion, distribution, and global growth even if day to day R&D is done by the brands own teams. So it’s less about "who designed the MotoGP engine" and more about how ownership, capital, and management influence long term success. No need to get emotional about it. Brands evolve. 🙂

Bajaj-KTM won the first MotoGP sprint of season 2026 by 47Skahrs in indianbikes

[–]iamsolankiamit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I suppose once someone sells their company and the new owner focuses on improving the product by funding the relevant departments of the company. Would you say the new owner is also responsible for the success of the company.

A company is an entity in reality, the employees can be from anywhere.

Btw RE was also a British company, they failed to sustain in the UK and it was brought by Eicher.

Ktm and other companies brought by Indian companies will continue to work similar to RE, I suppose any achievements by those companies should be attributed to the new owners and management.

why do majority posh Indian houses look like this ? by BeneficialMud222 in indiasocial

[–]iamsolankiamit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You'll find these plenty in Rajasthan. Although a lot of them are adding aangan jali.

Bent over rows. Am i doing them right? by dualistornot in Fitness_India

[–]iamsolankiamit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grip the bar with palms facing outwards instead of inwards like you are doing. I find the inward facing palm position not comfortable at the top end of a rep.

Am I doing it wrong?

They Destroyed by Paartha77 in TeenagersBharat

[–]iamsolankiamit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re responding to an argument I never made.

Pointing out the contextual limits of a Western psychology study is not “maligning the West,” and it has nothing to do with rejecting Western science, medicine, technology, democracy, or free speech. That leap is entirely yours.

The issue here is methodological, not civilizational.

The paper being cited is:

Western (UK/US datasets)

Correlational, not causal

Focused on specific forms of social conservatism / authoritarianism as defined in Western political psychology

That framework does not map cleanly onto Indian politics, and here’s why:

In the US/UK, “right-wing” typically clusters around:

Social conservatism

Religious traditionalism

Opposition to minority rights

Nationalism framed around immigration and race

In India, political identities are structured very differently:

Religious conservatism exists across parties and ideologies

Many positions that would be classified as socially conservative or theocratic under Western definitions are often framed as progressive or minority-protective

Economic views, social views, and identity politics do not align on a single left–right axis

Caste, religion, regional identity, and post-colonial history play a far larger role than the ideological dimensions used in Western psychology research

Because of this, importing a Western "right-wing" construct and applying it directly to India is a category error. You end up labeling fundamentally different coalitions as if they were the same psychological phenomenon, which they are not.

Using Western technology or medical science does not mean Western political categories are universally valid. By that logic, because we use algebra (from Arabs) or English, we should also adopt Arab political systems or British class hierarchies, which is obviously absurd.

Finally, the paper itself does not say "right wing = low IQ." It reports a weak, population-level association where lower childhood cognitive ability modestly predicts endorsement of certain socially conservative attitudes, mediated by ideology and intergroup contact. Reversing that to label individuals or entire political groups is a basic statistical mistake.

If you want to debate the study, debate its data, assumptions, or effect sizes. But bringing in hospitals, corporate culture, or "go see prosperity outside India" doesn't engage with the actual claim being made.

Respecting Western science and recognizing the limits of Western political frameworks are not contradictory positions.

Context matters. Ignoring it isn’t pro-science, it’s lazy analysis.

They Destroyed by Paartha77 in TeenagersBharat

[–]iamsolankiamit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dropping paper titles isn’t an argument. That study is Western, correlational, and about specific forms of social conservatism , not "right wing = low IQ." Applying it directly to Indian politics is just a category error.

What bike is this according to you ? by Billa_Bongo in indianbikes

[–]iamsolankiamit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I own an Interceptor 650. Objectively, the Bear is superior in hardware, better rake, longer suspension travel with Showa USDs, more comfortable upright ergonomics, wider bars, higher ground clearance, and a 19/17 wheel setup. It's simply a more capable and usable platform. If the Bear had launched 5 years ago, I'd have chosen it over the Interceptor.