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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 12, 2019 9:39:15 GMT
Nothing on the biggest election on the planet ever?
A work colleague wants to put a bet on the BJP losing its overall majority but forming a coalition.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Apr 12, 2019 20:46:26 GMT
Nothing on the biggest election on the planet ever? A work colleague wants to put a bet on the BJP losing its overall majority but forming a coalition. Likely. Although NDA could defend its OverallMajority. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Apr 12, 2019 23:46:27 GMT
Results last time...  Orange is, of course, BJP and light blue is Congress. Orange brown is Shiv Sena. Light green is Trinamool Congress; the various other shades of blue represent other Congress splinters. The various greens represent different splinters of the Janata Dal, except in Punjab (AAP), plus three seats in Assam, two seats in Kerala and also Hyderabad City (Muslim parties). Yellow in Punjab is SAD. Dull pink is SP (another Janata Dal splinter). Reds are the Commies; what's left of them. Other colours represent an assortment of regional forces etc. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Apr 12, 2019 23:47:14 GMT
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Post by Sibboleth on Apr 12, 2019 23:47:51 GMT
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Post by Sibboleth on Apr 12, 2019 23:53:03 GMT
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Post by johng on Apr 13, 2019 18:58:03 GMT
Tamil Nadu's politics don't seem to follow the national trend. Not knowing much about Indian politics, is language and identity politics really that strong there?
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Post by middyman on Apr 13, 2019 19:22:46 GMT
Tamil Nadu's politics don't seem to follow the national trend. Not knowing much about Indian politics, is language and identity politics really that strong there? The Tamils feel very strongly about their identity to the extent that Tamil Nadu is the only state in which Hindi is not part of the state curriculum. This is why English is still the lingua franca. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 13, 2019 22:24:52 GMT
Tamil Nadu's politics don't seem to follow the national trend. Not knowing much about Indian politics, is language and identity politics really that strong there? The Tamids feel very strongly about their identity to the extent that Tamil Nadu is the only state in which English is not part of the state curriculum. This is why English is still the lingua franca. Tamil is a classical language and ancient culture worthy of much respect. The only language older in India is Sanskrit, I believe. Which says something. |
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Post by nelson on Apr 13, 2019 22:30:32 GMT
The Tamids feel very strongly about their identity to the extent that Tamil Nadu is the only state in which English is not part of the state curriculum. This is why English is still the lingua franca. Tamil is a classical language and ancient culture worthy of much respect. The only language older in India is Sanskrit, I believe. Which says something. The Tamils claim its older than Sanskrit and the oldest language in the world. |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Apr 14, 2019 1:27:22 GMT
Tamil is a classical language and ancient culture worthy of much respect. The only language older in India is Sanskrit, I believe. Which says something. The Tamils claim its older than Sanskrit and the oldest language in the world. Everything there is incredibly old, huge aso. Most scientists still believe, afaik, that the Dravidian languages were brought by neolithic settlers from SW-Persia to the IndusValley. And - like Gaelic - it survived in the remotest areas. This theory is unproved. If not, than Dravidian would quite inevitably be the language of the first settlers of 60.000 B.C. (who were moving along the coasts from Yemen to Australia, Japan [Ainu] and Patagonia). |
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 14, 2019 9:42:50 GMT
Tamil is a classical language and ancient culture worthy of much respect. The only language older in India is Sanskrit, I believe. Which says something. The Tamils claim its older than Sanskrit and the oldest language in the world. They are candidates for the oldest *living* language, which is of course slightly different. |
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Post by middyman on Apr 14, 2019 12:13:57 GMT
The Tamils claim its older than Sanskrit and the oldest language in the world. They are candidates for the oldest *living* language, which is of course slightly different. The Dravidians claim to be the “true” Indians untainted by the invaders from the north. |
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Post by johng on Apr 14, 2019 17:35:42 GMT
Tamil Nadu's politics don't seem to follow the national trend. Not knowing much about Indian politics, is language and identity politics really that strong there? The Tamils feel very strongly about their identity to the extent that Tamil Nadu is the only state in which English is not part of the state curriculum. This is why English is still the lingua franca.
Do you mean Hindi?
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Post by middyman on Apr 14, 2019 18:12:14 GMT
The Tamils feel very strongly about their identity to the extent that Tamil Nadu is the only state in which English is not part of the state curriculum. This is why English is still the lingua franca.
Do you mean Hindi?
Yes. Oops! I’ll correct it. Thanks for pointing it out. |
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Post by nelson on Apr 17, 2019 17:41:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2019 15:13:34 GMT
Exit polls predicting a majority for Modi's coalition, with the predictions ranging from 287 to 306 seats for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, and 88 to 132 seats for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance. 272 seats are required for an overall majority. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/exit-polls |
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Post by Georg Ebner on May 23, 2019 4:41:11 GMT
Modi-wave!
With few votes counted NDA has lost summa summarum only ~30 seats (basically, what falls from ADMK to DMK in TamilNadu).
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Post by Georg Ebner on May 23, 2019 4:43:19 GMT
BJP leading in 275/542 seats.
CONG in ~95 (+~27).
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Post by Georg Ebner on May 23, 2019 4:47:07 GMT
BSP&SP did really poorly in UttarPradesh (~15/80).
Punjab and MarunchalPradesh weren't too gracious to Modi, contrary to the NE (as was expected).
Generally the provinces will have more mixed representation than last time.
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