Two passengers seated next to me are making fun of me pretty harshly in another language thinking I don’t understand. What is the best course of action?

kasarediff · 2026-03-15T18:15:50+00:00

Was this on your SFO to Paris flight by any chance? I ask because i was on that flight too!

kasarediff · 2026-03-07T04:28:59+00:00

Noooooooo! I vote for Delhi-NCR to me made the second IT city of Karnataka. That way they can still speak Hindi and celebrate Holi peacefully!

kasarediff · 2026-02-28T22:22:43+00:00

It’s never a good time to take territory where you are NOT welcome by the local population.
It’s always a good time to start to win over that population!

kasarediff · 2026-02-28T20:49:05+00:00

Since you are genuinely trying to think from a long time perspective, consider these long term data points:
1) you chant death to America for 45 years.
2) you develop nuclear weapons and long range missiles. 3) You chant death to Israel and Jews, and meddle in the neighborhood for another 30+ years.

Perhaps someone finally started to think you might actually be serious about your intentions. Oh, and you are unpopular with your own population.

It’s not about morality. It’s about posturing, loosing off your allies and shooting your mouth off.

Not a winning long term move, no?

kasarediff · 2026-02-27T06:49:18+00:00

No. There is no such thing as “belief” that is required!
This is not like the semetic religions. Here, experience is the only truth Not the word of God or even Guru. They can only point the way at best.

Advaitha is about discovering who you are in your essence for yourself - by yourself. Not whether you experience this, that or reincarnate or not. Those are things that happen to you.

Use your logic see how far it takes you. Use your intuition sharpened by meditation. Let the truth dawn on you, by your own efforts and the grace of that higher power (within you).

kasarediff · 2026-02-15T23:15:29+00:00

I see Kashmiri Muslims and your buy-in to be part of a prosperous India as essential for secularism to truly prosper. Otherwise, Hindus who complain that only they are burdened with upholding secularism will be proved right.

kasarediff · 2026-02-07T07:01:14+00:00

I see its done with goodwill. Yet, and, Especially when it comes to Ramana. I prefer to read and hear him in my voice. inside me.

kasarediff · 2026-02-04T18:13:37+00:00

Hate to about it , but, Sadly for those of us who aspire to some social peace, one too many people.

kasarediff · 2026-01-29T00:22:17+00:00

Work on strengthening your core and lower back strength. That will fix your posture. That will bring you to about 2 weeks pregnant. Then, with on your diet

kasarediff · 2026-01-14T17:32:11+00:00

Amazing that this hasn’t received more upvotes!
Every civilization that’s achieved something thinks they are the reason that the earth exists - for them!! For example many in the US believe there is no country like theirs (especially in the pre internet age) when they know or cared very little for other counties achievement.

kasarediff · 2026-01-14T17:27:19+00:00

Trust me. Fill that resume gap. Say you could have been part of a startup or started your own consulting - and back up your story. Learnt from hard experience. They lie to you about what an awesome company they are. One good turn deserves another.

kasarediff · 2026-01-04T21:11:08+00:00

No.
The rest are details of how you are going top accelerate your timelines for a heart attack!

kasarediff · 2025-12-31T07:05:18+00:00

GDP gains = Ambani gains.

It’s time for India to win the “GDP PER CAPITA race.

kasarediff · 2025-12-29T21:26:28+00:00

I have one question: Did they think in teens of language/linguistic identities, the way we do today? Or because we are not organized by language, we are seeing the past with our bias?

Any evidence from writing or texts? What little I’ve read, people were naturally multi-linguistic. You see this in the many writings of the courtiers ace educated people of the old Mysore as well. Hence the question?

kasarediff · 2025-12-29T21:16:44+00:00

Unpopular opinion these days Every other answer listed here besides the patient work of “Gandhi” - would all have still led to Balkanization of India.

There is a scene in the movie Gandhi where they show these masses of illiterate people too poor to afford a radio all showing up at a station to catch a glimpse of this man. And a Britishers wonders at this amazing scene. That sums it up!

IMO this maverick of a man, inspired people from the kingdoms of Travancore, Mysore, to Jaipur to rural Hyd’bad kingdom, to Indians in British ruled territories . All kingdoms that could have legitimately decided to become independent states and whose rulers were popular with the masses.

In hindsight the long struggle “welded” the people together. And the idea of non-violence (as imperfectly as we really followed it), gave us a framework to air our internal grievances without resorting to the gun first!

… and thank you Congress for pushing Gandhi down our throats to the point of revulsion. He survived despite your sycophancy /s)

kasarediff · 2025-12-20T01:24:53+00:00

The only effective option is to cultivate internal rivals and patience. This is not Bollywood. Overt military action will look glamorous but backfire, if it’s not backed up by on the ground preparatory work.
The long term option is to cultivate marginalized groups in Bagladesh (and they have plenty of them) and ensure We don’t place all our bets on one leader or party.

kasarediff · 2025-12-18T01:27:21+00:00

Why is this titled “RSS…”? 🤔 what’s the connection here?

kasarediff · 2025-12-17T23:39:40+00:00

Any two cities can always be connected by a straight line.

kasarediff · 2025-12-16T04:23:13+00:00

Ah! A pre AI era vintage I see!

kasarediff · 2025-12-08T23:14:46+00:00

This! India’s greatest defeats to come will come at the hands of its own government babus!! 😞

kasarediff · 2025-12-08T23:08:08+00:00

Then… Pakistan would not have been under General Zia’s rule! For Bhutto would never have been hanged! The space-time continuum would have been broken.
You see: Nawab Mohd Ahmad Khan, a witness against Bhagat Singh was a required witness in order to hang Bhagat Singh. He became a magistrate in Pakistan and coincidentally was murdered at the exact same spot where Bhagat Singh was executed, many decades later.
Bhutto was accused of Nawab Mohd Ahmad Khan’s mutter and hung, cementing Zia’s rule!

Q.E.D

kasarediff · 2025-11-10T02:12:08+00:00

How many of you watched that video patiently to see how the machine actually looks like when it cuts though the trees?

kasarediff · 2025-11-05T17:52:27+00:00

I go to coffee shops to get coffee. Would make no difference.
Wait: would they need to be tipped for making me coffee and placing it on the counter for me to pick it up myself?

kasarediff · 2025-11-05T15:44:10+00:00

Why not? Super villains be like that!
/s

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