Pound dropping !
Nov 21st 2014 | 2:18 am
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No expect to be treated like i treat visitors to this country with politeness and civility, not outright arrogance and hostility which some sections of Indian society treat the English in India.In every other country that has left the old empire there is no hostility at all except India.I have traveled in nearly every state in the country and when ever i meet Indian middle class people it always comes up...The British Raj period and why India is so backward in comparison to other Asian countries, it must be the British who caused this.Not Nehru and the License Raj period, not venal greedy lying politicians who have been milking the country dry for over 68 years....the depth of India's hypocrisy is breathtaking at times.Its quite OK to export as much of the educated population as possible because it generates remittances and all countries need hard cash.But to allow others in...no this is a Hindu nation now.The whole concept of Hindutva is rubbish because the indigenous peoples of India are tribals and most of them are not Hindus but animists......I could go on all day but in the end it comes down blatant down right bulls**t. I have had more down to earth conversations with railway porters about the state of India than so the so-called intelligentsia. Im going to a wedding in April, i think, in Delhi.It will have some very influential people in attendance but it always happens.What did you study, History,well you must be very aware of what the British did here...blah blah blah.Not my fault i wasnt even born then !And i had to pay £92 to get into this picture show too.
Could it be partly that I don't get my knowledge of the present day from ancient history books but actually knowing people.
Of course, there are those as you describe, every nationality has its own 'morons'.
As to Nehru I keep hearing to the point of boredom about the present day situation being all his fault. "He should have not become leader, he should have stepped aside as Gandhi advised"! People go on at length about Nehru's father's illegitimate sons and their descendants, in Kashmir for instance.
I suppose you are seen as a foreigner and people you meet think they have to bring out something about the Raj and show off their knowledge of it. India's population is a young one, most couldn't care less about it.
Why do you have a 'hang up' about Hindus? British used to be covered in woad before Christianity came
A Christian country OK, a Hindu one not OK, why??? At least Hindus keep their violence inside their own country.
PS You have visited most of 28 states????
Hope you find out where the wedding is.
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Nov 21st 2014 | 6:37 pm
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Re: Pound dropping !
Twenty nine states!!!
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Nov 21st 2014 | 11:19 pm
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I notice that the UK is not even mentioned in the visa on arrival list. More prejudice by Delhi...small minded turds in charge of the Foreign Affairs Departrment
Nov 26th 2014 | 4:20 am
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Re: Pound dropping !
mea culpa
https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html
Visa on Arrival Facility is available for holders of passport of following countries
Australia,Brazil,Cambodia,Cook Islands,Djibouti,Fiji,Finland,Germany,Indonesia,Is rael,Japan,Jordan,Kenya,Kiribati,
Laos,Luxembourg,Marshall Islands,Mauritius,Mexico,Micronesia,Myanmar,Nauru, New Zealand,Niue Island,Norway,
Oman,Palau,Palestine,Papua New Guinea,Philippines,Republic of Korea,Russia,Samoa,Singapore,Solomon Islands,
Thailand,Tonga,Tuvalu,UAE,Ukraine,USA,Vanuatu,Viet nam.
Australia,Brazil,Cambodia,Cook Islands,Djibouti,Fiji,Finland,Germany,Indonesia,Is rael,Japan,Jordan,Kenya,Kiribati,
Laos,Luxembourg,Marshall Islands,Mauritius,Mexico,Micronesia,Myanmar,Nauru, New Zealand,Niue Island,Norway,
Oman,Palau,Palestine,Papua New Guinea,Philippines,Republic of Korea,Russia,Samoa,Singapore,Solomon Islands,
Thailand,Tonga,Tuvalu,UAE,Ukraine,USA,Vanuatu,Viet nam.
Nov 27th 2014 | 2:22 am
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It does get me wondering why this vendetta against the UK is still up and running.Its not that we committed a sort of Holocaust against India.Even Israel deals with Germany now.
Nov 27th 2014 | 3:58 am
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It just might be that
a) Modi wants to announce it himself at an 'opportune' time
and/or b) They actually are trying not to overload a new system - I suspect that the only country so far that would possible generate significant numbers would be the USA - if ETA didn't cost the same as a 6-month multi entry / 40% of the cost of a reciprocal* 10-year T. So none of the countries on the list - for ETA as opposed to Voa - are likely to stress the system.
If that is the case though, it would have been so very much nicer if someone had said so!
*(Reciprocal? really? Indians can just get a 10-year T visa to the USA? Really?)
AndyD
a) Modi wants to announce it himself at an 'opportune' time
and/or b) They actually are trying not to overload a new system - I suspect that the only country so far that would possible generate significant numbers would be the USA - if ETA didn't cost the same as a 6-month multi entry / 40% of the cost of a reciprocal* 10-year T. So none of the countries on the list - for ETA as opposed to Voa - are likely to stress the system.
If that is the case though, it would have been so very much nicer if someone had said so!
*(Reciprocal? really? Indians can just get a 10-year T visa to the USA? Really?)
AndyD
Jan 5th 2015 | 4:27 am
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These can't be RSS?? their shorts are at waist level, not up to the armpits
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...cle6748781.ece
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Jan 5th 2015 | 9:10 pm
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The Khaki Knicker Wallahs attack battalion on the move....Pakistan trembles as they advance towards the Indus to wash their Y-fronts in the sacred river.I mean only an idiot would try it in the ganges.They would probably dissolve !
Aug 15th 2015 | 9:13 pm
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eVisas for the UK and the rupee @ >100 to the pound!
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Aug 20th 2015 | 10:21 pm
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Rupee dropping 103.
