johnrobbespiere

joined 2 years ago
[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 2 months ago

Random fun fact Mao's favourite song was either Aawara Hoon (I am a vagabond) or Mera Joota Hai Japani (My shoe is Japanese), both from films made by legendary Indian actor/director Raj Kapoor. Listen to either of these songs on a streaming platform, they are honestly amazing, and try the translated lyrics, you'll see why he liked them

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Chinesium

also did not know chinesium was a proper term, thanks!

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Agreed I have been seeing BYDs in the national capital these days, they are surprisingly more common than I would think. Some cursory analysis suggests people aren't aware it is Chinese, like with MG Motors (Morris Garages) which are in a JV with Jindal. They research electric vehicles to buy and don't realise/care for the origin sometimes. I hope this happens though.

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Hell, even BYD

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just realised my last two notifications on LemmyGrad are from you only but 7 months apart lmao

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

No, neither of them do. CPIM are Marxist Leninists and CPI is mostly the same, they have slight disagreements on the method for revolution in India but they both participate electorally.

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago (6 children)

There's 2 major Communist Parties in India, The CPI(M) is the biggest one right now. They are the ruling party of the state of Kerala, in a Left-Front alliance of which the other smaller CPI is also a member.

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Not willingly, they can't easily forsake India's tradition of helping Palestine as easily as they would like.

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Recently, couple days ago. Indian embassy in Palestine announced on their Instagram. Might take some time to be reflected in the records. This is part of a new $100 million plan and this was the first tranche.

[–] johnrobbespiere@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 7 months ago

And also resent being told that they are under the influence of propaganda

 

Normal headline, right?

Comments:

o7 to fragilities for sensible take, meanwhile NoUseForMonkey just doubling down to compare fucking SpaceX to a full fledged scientific space program of a major nation.

Comrade BigotBasher adding some facts and providing links: https://youtu.be/3zQjoM_cBko

Another westoid goes off, thankfully corrected by someone.

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