In case you wanted to know what Kumari Kundam is, it has its origin in the mythos of Lemuria.

@tiptopkitkat

Fricking unreal how hysterical these Marxist cute twinks can act while pretending to be professionals.

So who's right in your opinion?

According to the survey, published on Tuesday, some 43 per cent of the 1,000 participants viewed China as the biggest military threat followed by the US at 22 per cent and Pakistan and Russia at 13 per cent. “While the world’s two largest democracies would seem to make for natural partners, especially given their mutual mistrust of China, Indians have strategic reasons to be wary of the world’s Western superpower,” said Sonnet Frisbie and Scott Moskowitz, who oversaw the survey, reported Bloomberg.

Based I hope this means we'll finally stop burgerizing.

In a significant development, India may have already surpassed China as the world's most populous country. According to projections from the World Population Review (WPR), India’s population was 141.7 crore as of the end of 2022. That's a little more than 50 lakh more than the 141.2 crore declared by China on January 17, when there was the first fall since the 1960s, according to official announcements.

India, a country where 50 percent of the population is under 30, is anticipated to have the world's fastest-growing major economy. The milestone was supposed to be reached later this year, according to the UN. According to WPR, India's population increased to 142.3 crore people as of January 18. WPR predicts that, though India's population growth has slowed, it will still climb until at least 2050.

The most recent figure for India is 142.8 crore, according to a different estimate from the research platform Macrotrends. After postponing population surveys due to pandemic disruptions in 2021, the nation did not release its once-every-ten-year census statistics.

The largest programme of its kind in the world, free food rations are still used by around 80 crore people in India, despite the country's relatively good recovery from the pandemic and its rapid economic expansion prior to COVID-19.

The third-largest economy in Asia is currently self-sufficient in food production. In terms of rice, wheat, and sugar production, it ranks second. While being the leading importer of edible oils, it is also the largest consumer of sugar. India is the third-largest market for the purchase of crude oil, the second-largest consumer of steel and gold. In addition, it is the third-largest domestic aviation market in the world.

In his January 18 report, Bloomberg Economist Eric Zhu referred to the minor recession that China is currently experiencing as a "growth crushing headwind for a long time". According to information made public by the National Statistics Bureau, China's population decreased by 8.5 lakh in 2022 compared to the previous year.

Recently, Rahul Gandhi was asked about the change in his image in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. "Rahul Gandhi is in your mind. I have killed him long back. The person who you are looking at right now is not Rahul Gandhi. You might be able to see him," Rahul Gandhi said adding that one may understand his statement if they study the Hindu religion.

@himachalite @Gaudapada thoughts resident Hinduism scholars?

"This is the condition of the Congress. A 50-year-old says he has killed cold, he has killed himself. Tu kya hai phir? Jinn hai? If you have killed yourself then who is this person? Had I told something like that, people would have thought I was having fits," Owaisi said in Hyderabad.

Lmao based jihadi. Still going to get gassed first though sorry

India is relevant to the world, not only in its size and girth but by its footprint and what matters to the world

Russia is under American sanctions, and none can trade freely with Russia except India which buys Russian oil on preferred terms and then re-export it to help an old patron earn dollars the indirect way. Two opposing military superpowers of the world claim India to be its ally. If this isn’t diplomatic coup, what is?

Under Modi it has crafted a religious-nationalist plank of its newer assertion and identity. Don’t balk. World over the trend is of the Right gaining eminence in social attitudes. Pakistan in this realm has its own set of challenges. Importantly, it seems to be working for Modi and India.

world baby

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s fraternal brother, announced an investment of over 72 billion USDs in India even as we beg her to invest the 7 billion promised for Pakistan. Pakistan’s iron-brother, China, pledged 10 million USD in the very latest donors conference in Geneva to help Pakistan out of its financial predicament as well as a looming bankruptcy, as did Pakistan’s favourite whipping boy, America. Somehow, both place equal premium on Pakistan’s prospects.

The world has taken note and regardless how much we play China vs India as a sorry paradigm for face-saving both are now above 100 billion USDs trade that binds them with a common aim to quickly move to 500 billion. Those who trade at that level never graduate beyond sticks and clubs, even if spiked, and whatever the savagery of their brawl. It is time to smell some real leaves.

One hates to admit, but Pakistan was politically outmanoeuvred by India on Kashmir by rescinding Article 370 of its Constitution which gave a special if not disputed status to the region. Her gradual mutation of the demographics in her favour continues unabated. And as the older generation of the defying Kashmiris bows out the young view issues far less weighed by emotive persuasion.

India is expected to surpass China and become the world's most populous nation within the next three months, according to a recent report by the United Nations' population division, marking a seismic shift on the global stage in a trend with significant social and economic impact for both countries.

"Most people think India's economy is still a fraction of what it could be in the future, which means there's so much promise," Dr. Audrey Truschke, an associate professor of South Asian History at Rutgers University, told Yahoo News, adding that much of the potential is due in large part to India being "such a young country."

Of the rapidly growing 1.41 billion people in India, about 1 in 4 are under the age of 15 and nearly half are under 25. By comparison, China's population is about 1.45 billion, but those under 25 make up only a quarter of the population.

"The Indian subcontinent has always supported a robust human population," Truschke said. "India has also long been compared to China, and they have for a long time traded with one another. So as much changes over the course of human history, that's something that recurs --- both the dense population of the subcontinent, as well as the comparison with China."

Since 1950, India and China have accounted for an estimated 35% of the world's population growth, with China emerging as a global industrial power. Combined, the two population epicenters are a significant slice of the world's roughly 8 billion people.

But China's one-child policy, which was introduced in 1980, drastically reduced its birth rate --- and redirected its economic prospects. In recent years, women have been allowed to have up to three children, but the average birth rate still sits at 1.2. China's population is set to peak in the coming years and projected to decline. This means that the older, nonworking population will have to rely on individual single children, many of whom will probably face economic difficulties caring for two parents and four grandparents. As a result, many elderly Chinese will be left to rely on a public pension system that is reportedly set to run out of money by 2035, despite recent efforts by the government to boost revenue.

"Without a quality pension support system, young people would be reluctant to get married and have children, [and] middle-aged people are double-burdened to care for the young and the elderly," Zhang Jingwei, a researcher at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University, told the South China Morning Post. "Only when the elderly can enjoy the fruits of the reforms and are guaranteed institutionally happy twilight years, anxiety at different age groups can be solved and all of society's energy can be released."

Population growth in China is flatlining, and its supply of cheap labor may follow suit. Despite stubborn unemployment in pockets of the country, the shortage of skilled manual labor is becoming more evident.

India and its growing population of more than a billion people could pick up some of the slack, but its growth rate is also declining, and its industrial infrastructure is not as robust as China's. And much of India's population growth is centered in its poorer regions, especially in the north.

By 2050, data shows that India is expected to provide more than a sixth of the world's population of working age (15 to 64 years old).

https://news.yahoo.com/india-pass-china-as-the-worlds-most-populous-country-billion-215138449.html

This day, year 1761, about 100000 brave Marathas died defending their country from an Afghan marauder at Panipat. This was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India.
Note: it wasn't Maharashtra under attack,but Marathas fought Panipat to defend Bharat from an invader. pic.twitter.com/A6Gf8vEUdQ

— Ketan Shah (@Thinkerks) January 14, 2023

It's just a disguise, you know that

The old ones are, The Hindu conservatives you talk to online are are the young ones. I always find it funny when millenials find out that Gen Z leans more right than Left.

Gas the muzzies

Confused uncle tries to stay relevant.

Nooo but randitv told me his militia is going to start beheading muzzies in the streets any day now nooo

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1095b1m/leader_of_influential_hindu_group_backs_lgbt/

Huh, the headline isn't calling them hardline rightwing as they regularly do when talking about RSS . Will probably hurt their bottom line.

Do better reuters.

Like, it's good someone is calling for progress, but it's insane they're still having this fight in 2023

There's only ony one country* that has decriminalized gay marriage in Asia. Taiwan.. even the most developed countries in asia have not acted upon it.

Ah yes...The expected response to anyone pointing out India's flaws. And as usual, it's not even true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Asia

Nice...modi is still a peepee ..

Anyone else do a double take? I just saw a religious group + LGBT in the headline and my mind filled in the rest of the words with assumptions of intolerance. Made me happy that my assumptions were completely wrong. Good for them.

Nation.

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— Serf (@4th_System) January 9, 2023

@himachalite @Sasanka_of_Gauda