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I agree with your observation about abruptness of regime change and the events that are charted to lead up to it. Yes, they are not not coincidence, given the similarity of the pattern, though the colours and design differ. All the required elements seem to be building up here too. Unless people are sensitivised appropriately, they may succeed.

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Very true.. As much as they want Khalistan to succeed, they know that it has little support in its home state. Next best thing is to discredit/demonize Modi, something they have been trying since he was CM of Gujarat.

I am hoping the new referendum in Quebec becomes a reality. India should immediately stop importing all agricultural items from Canada considering how impactful agriculture is politically.

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khalistan is a joint deep state/ISI project. some faction of the deep state believes that a balkanized and fragmented India would serve their purposes best, forgetting that their real foe is china. of course pak is seeking revenge for the separation of their colony Bangladesh (although on present trajectory Bangladesh will be once again East Pakistan).

Canada is small fry. a downgrade of trade and visa ties to them it would hurt Canada more than India because India is now giving them 'aid' to the tune of $16 billion a year in university tuition fees, versus merchandise imports of only has as much from Canada to India. fewer visas = fewer khalistanis get to Canada = a good thing. as for Quebec and all that, I repeat Canada is small fry, the concern should be about what the US Deep State is up to.

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Agreed.. we have little ability to hurt the US right now, but with 2 other members of the Five Eyes, UK and Canada, we have some.

1. Some of our politicians and business groups want India to pursue the ill-advised FTA with UK. It will be a massive favor for the English.

2. We rely on Canada for our pulses/legumes, while Pak gets them from Russia. Small or big, we are likely enriching the Khalistani supporters there.

3. Considering just the forex outgo, RoI on setting up world-class universities in India is quite high. Of course, real gains are 100x more.

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I think the FTA with the UK is completely unnecessary. I met some UK consulate types a few months ago, and they seemed very nervous that India would abandon it: I have said the only thing we want from the UK would be Rolls Royce aircraft engine tech, and they won't sell that. otherwise, there's nothing the UK has that India needs.

as for Canadian agricultural exports, yes, India needs the stuff, but we have buyer power: if we reduce or stop imports, that would hurt Canada. who's going to step in and buy the stuff? china?

I agree on the universities. we have blundered in not building RESEARCH universities. but the fact is that students aren't going to the west to study, they are looking for immigration. that avenue is slowly closing (no work visas in the UK, no housing available in Canada, etc), so the pressure will build in India from upper class parents to build better universities in India. that would be a big plus.

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