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If not for Brics, Russia would have transitioned to nuclear warfare from conventional warfare if it had suffered heavy conventional reverses. A few tactical nukes would probably have been deployed by them, and considering russian nuclear submarines patrolling the american and european coast-lines, nato would have agreed to a cease-fire agreeing to Russian conditions of keeping away from its borders. Good luck targetting China and India by military means if that is what you suggest. Both have the two largest armies on earth and are ranked third and fourth in world rankings of military power, with many millions in reserves as well. Can the west with its ageing population and low fertility figures can match a Russia-India-China-Brics military combination ! Hundreds of western volunteers have already died fighting in Ukraine due to poor situational awareness and training as per military experts, and continue to die needlessly in Ukraine. They seem to have been conditioned by corporate owned western media narratives to go and fight for the western cause. Most of them stem from the middle and lower classes as usual and the upper classes maintain a safe distance encouraging those of the lower classes to go and fight risking life and traumatic injuries.

They are aware of the implications of nuclear war and want to take the US out of the equation so that if nuclear war occurs, it will be confined to Russia and Europe, and not the US. Also as intellectuals with brains and critical thinking skills, they can discern the situation better than the average western citizen glued to WWF , superficial social media content, drugs/alcohol and suffering from brain fog and low attention span. So I think they are trying to educate western masses and decondition them from the corporate owned western media narratives .

This misses the brahmin caste that is centered on priests, scholars, educators who were at the top of the caste hierarchy. Other than that , yeah, the size breakdown is similar.

US aided by several of its nato allies engaged in a shock and awe strategy leading to heavy civilian casualties during their invasion of Iraq. Noam Chomsky highlighted this fact and stated that Russia was fighting more humanely than the US and its allies. https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2023/04/noam-chomsky-interview-ukraine-free-actor-united-states-determines

I am from the lower castes myself. Empowerment of the lower castes in India started with reformatory Hindu sects, as well as Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism which was critical of the caste system and taught the fraternity and equality of all human beings. The caste system is not part of the Vedas which are the main religious scriptures in Hinduism. This is the reason why the Arya Samaj, a reformatory Hindu sect which follows only the vedas ( and not the other later texts or scriptures) from the nineteenth century criticizes the caste system as a non-vedic practice and does not follow it. The caste system is essentially a feudal or social system to serve socio-economic needs of society back then but is obsolete now. Political methodologies related to democracy, socialism and communism also aided the empowerment of the lower castes in India. Democracy, because the lower castes are the majority in India and the governments that come has to formulate policies that benefit them or they will be out of power. In the west, blacks are a minority compared to the majority whites. Their empowerment came up due to their leaders who build civil rights movements organizing the black population, as well as due to international condemnation of the US. Socialism and communism also provided political philosophies and methodologies for the lower castes to organize and empower themselves and demand their rights. In the west, especially in the USA where the minority capitalists control the government, socialism and communism were branded as sedition and socialists/communists were labelled as traitors by capitalist controlled media outlets. Consequently, the western middle and lower classes were not able to organize themselves and demand their rights and privileges, or design the democratic system to suit their needs. Federal Reserve data indicates that as of Q4 2021, the top 1% of households in the United States held 30.9% of the country's wealth, while the bottom 50% held just 2.6%. Hence the increasing wealth gap between the wealthy upper classes who own much of the wealth and those of the middle/lower classes who are struggling with rising inflation, expenses and risk of homelesness. Even the Chinese and Russians have provisions for free or subsidized housing, medical care and educational expenses for the common man. The russians have pensions for widows, elderly and handicapped. Such provisions are denied to the American middle and lower classes, which ironically form the majority in so-called democratic America. I am stating this because democracy is considered to value and empower the masses or majority, and it is actually a plutocracy which empowers the rich and wealthy at the expense of the masses. I have seen videos of Americans who have travelled to other countries and felt that the middle and lower classes were treated much better there than in the US. Imo, since it is quite hard for the poor politicians and leaders emerging from the lower classes to hold expensive campaigns during elections, the rich ones easily end up winners and then craft policies that further empower the rich minority and ignoring the poor majority.

Only the wealthy upper classes in the west are perceived as winners, the rest are losers as per social perception. Many of the homeless in the west belonged to the middle or lower classes but rising inflation, higher costs of living and inability to pay mortgages or rent meant they soon became chucked to the streets. Many westerners come to India and other countries for medical tourism and cheaper medical options as their expensive healthcare at home would bankrupt them out of their life savings. This has resulted in a multi-billion dollar tourism benefits for India. https://www.vax-before-travel.com/2025/05/28/indias-medical-tourism-industry-could-reach-13-billion Also Russia is sensitive to its borders considering how the Nazis violated their diplomatic agreements and invaded them . Putin has also stated that wmd targetting Moscow and other important cities can be placed in Ukraine . No country on earth is comfortable with a military alliance at its very borders. If you have any doubts, ask the Americans who forced russian wmd out of cuba with threats of nuclear war in the Cuban crisis in 1962.

Captain Shukla has returned back to earth after a successful mission and gaining valuable operational experience for India's human spaceflight mission in 2027. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/eye-on-gaganyaan-mission-how-shubhanshu-shuklas-experiments-on-iss-will-help-isros-manned-mission-explained/articleshow/122061708.cms

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that the Axiom-4 (Ax-04) mission which Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is part of will provide valuable inputs for India’s upcoming Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission. Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is the second Indian astronaut in space after Commander Rakesh Sharma who went to space successfuly in 1984. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/axiom-4-will-provide-valuable-inputs-for-gaganyaan-mission-isro/article69764597.ece India is set to launch its first crewed mission in 2027 in the Gaganyaan human flight Mission, and Captain Shukla has been selected to pilot it. His present assignment as a pilot in the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission is to gain operational experience which will be useful in the Gaganyaan Mission. ISRO has paid a lot of money for his training and operational expenses. India has ambitious plans to set its own space stations as well as habitats and bases on the moon , mars and other planets and satellites. Habitats outside the earth can enhance the survival potential of the human species in the event of a asteroid strike or a global nuclear holocaust due to foolish and dumb-witted international leadership. So establishing living and sustainable habitats outside the earth is a strategic objective of ISRO.

The caste system is an obsolete feudal system similar to that in europe, japan and korea. Privileged western and russian aristocrats for centuries used to trample upon the human rights of the western lower classes, peasants and serfs. Modern Indian constitution has rendered the Indian caste system obsolete and provides various privileges for the lower castes and dalits including educational and employment quotas which has resulted in the upliftment of a majority of the lower castes including the dalits. The socialists and communists also played a major role in their empowerment from feudal chains. Any sort of caste discrimination can result in imprisonment and heavy fines. India's present prime minister and president stems from the lowest castes .

India has fought and won all its wars against Pakistan after independence. India has the second largest army on earth and is ranked fourth in the world in terms of military power according to the Global Firepower (GFP) index after the US, Russia and China. At present it is not in a state of war, due to the power assymetry it enjoys over Pakistan. In the four day war , it took out Pakistan's air bases with its brahmos cruise missiles and also took out much of its air defense systems, which means that pakistan will not be in a position to commit aggression for a few decades. It was at this point it sought a ceasefire which India diplomatically agreed to. This is not the case in the Nato-Russia equation. Russia at this point is mopping up remaining ukrainian positions as per western defense experts themselves All those Ukrainian civilian and military casualties could have been avoided if Zhelensky had prudently kept neutral, thereby getting good relations with both the Russians and europeans and also acting as a bridge between these two. The war has also created the possibility of a nuclear war as well between these sides which should have been avoided in the first place by responsible leaders and diplomats.

India-Pakistan conflict ended in four days, three months back through successful diplomatic negotiations leading to a ceasefire. The Ukraine war however is now raging for more than three years now showcasing europe's lack of credibility in ensuring proper diplomatic mechanisms to end conflict , just as the two world wars that originated in europe and killed over a hundred million, were similar past failures of diplomacy.

India wants its allies USA, Europe and Russia to be friends again, and do not wipe each other out idiotically in a nuclear war and holocaust. Get to diplomatic negotations respecting each others security concerns ! Is it too much to ask for ? In the worse case scenario of a nuclear war, most of the guys here advocating a hawkish stance would be the first to run to the sewers trying to escape the radioactive fallout, and eat rat burgers and cockroaches for the rest of their life. I certainly don't want something of that sort to happen,and thus is advocating due prudence and strategic caution.

See historical western literature literally classified the Mongols as dog-headed cannibals who ate european people for food during their european invasions. While the mongols were a vicious lot, they are not known for cannibalism in any of their campaigns except in western narratives which means that there was a lot of hyperbole involved. The Huns who invaded europe were similarly depicted by western historians as cannibals though they are not known for the same anywhere else. So it was part of propaganda to disparage invaders with false traits to hate them more. However this still amounted to falsehood which gave a distorted picture or account of events. Western media outlets which are corporate owned, have painted Putin as a monster and hence emphasized the need for more weapons to counter his stale and backward military. More weapons sales will also mean more profits and money for the military industrial complex capitalists, which in turn means more mansions, super-cars and private jets, private islands for themselves and their girlfriends to party hard. If no money, no fun. So the western media has to project Putin as a monster to ensure the cash registers are ringing and not staying idle. In case of Putin, perhaps he maybe a vampire or werewolf or gargoyle at night who hunts europeans in european countries, especially women and children. Maybe he is Satan himself. I don't know. However I would say even Satan requires a second chance and maybe he is all satanic because he is unloved and hated. As a wise saying goes, “Before you judge me, try hard to love me, look within your heart."

They have been saying of this and the russian military's downfall for over three years now as per western media narratives, losing their own credibility for objectivity in the process.

Also wish to add nato member Turkey who is the largest buyer of Russian refined oil products in the world. Japan and south korea has also imported billions of dollars worth of oil and gas from russia. And of course, the EU continues to be the gold medallist top buyer of Russian gas and holds the bronze medal or third position for buying of Russian oil even in 2025, adequately financing Russia's war chest more than ukrainian aid , in spite of numerous complaints and chest thumping in public. Ditto for the US which also continues to import goods from Russia funding the russian war chest with billions each year. Truly ironic that sworn enemies continue to finance you enough to do your villainous stuff while crying hoarse over the same.

China told the EU that that a Russian defeat in Ukraine may push US to target Beijing next. https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-fears-us-pivot-if-russia-loses-ukraine-war-eu-talks-125070400230_1.html

Both India and China account for around 3 billion people, more than one-third of humanity. The brics nations and partner countries itself comprises more than half the world population while the G7-EU-USA comprises just ten per cent of the world population. This also does not include non-brics allies of Russia like Saudi Arabia, Egypt Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Myanmar ,Algeria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Uganda, Nicaragua , Mali, Central African Republic, and Zimbabwe. Even Pakistan itself has imported over a billion dollars worth of oil from Russia and continues to do so. Best of luck to those unfortunates who wish to sanction more than half the world and lose half the world market in the process. Lol..

Manipulated to align with US corporate interests at the expense of the economically colonised nation's masses and poor. For example, the democratically elected President of Guatemala Jacobo Arbenz was overthrown in a military coup backed by the US, and replaced by the brutal military dictatorship of Carlos Armas in 1954. Árbenz's popular mass friendly policies were largely rolled back, with land confiscated from small farmers and returned to large landowners, perpetuating the poverty cycle. I recently came upon an article highlighting Guatemala's battle with chronic poverty and malnutrition of its children even in the twenty-first century. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/3/abandons-its-people-guatemalas-malnutrition-crisis-deepens If Arbenz's farmer and poor-friendly policies were continued back then for a period of time, I don't think Guatemala would have suffered from large-scale poverty and child malnutrition in the twenty-first century.

Due to the impoverishment caused by western colonialism, India is still a developing nation at present, and hence need cheap discounted oil to enhance fast economic growth. If developed western nations are still buying more oil and gas from russia and funding it more than they fund ukraine, even three years after the war started, it means that they are doing so to benefit their economies and citizens. India also have every right to do the same. Instead of lamenting India's buying of cheap russian oil, if they are truly earnest about cutting off Russia's war making potential, they should first cut off all commerical dealings with Russian rare earth minerals, oil and gas first of all, and accept the consequences . That they are not doing so amply means that they put profits and national comfort above perceived injustice . India is not a part of nato, and has no quarrel with Russia with whom it has friendly ties, and it is not correct to involve India in this matter.

In the presence of a Buddha or a genuine enlightened sage, your prana levels will tend to rise resulting in feelings of inner blockages dissolving, greater sensations at the heart level, rising states of consciousness followed by peace and joy. This is my experience anyway. The rise in prana or chi levels can also result in healing experiences physically or psychologically, and this is usually one of the reasons why a genuine sage gains in popularity.

The India pakistan war only had a duration of 4 days, and it was ended with successful diplomatic negotiations between the two countries through communication channels. The only major wars taking place at present is that of Hamas-Israel in the middle east, and Ukraine-Russia in Europe with the latter over three years old . The two world wars which originated in europe are considered to be strategic disasters that arose due to failures in diplomacy, and there is a high possibility that the ukraine war will also end up as a white elephant for all the parties involved unless there is diplomatic negotiations involved.

This articulates the present situation very well.

Mexico nationalizing its oil industry had angered the western companies over there who had been exploiting them. The nationalization led to a western boycott of Mexico in order to coerce Mexico to turn back its decision. However the second world war came in handy for Mexico , as most western colonial nations divided in military alliances, were busy fighting each other and had need for oil, and they eagerly pardoned Mexico for the same. The mexican nationalist model greatly boosted its economy and revenue, and became a reference for other oil producing nations as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_oil_expropriation#:~:text=oil company%2C PEMEX.-,Oil Expropriation Day%2C March 18%2C 1938,Eagle Petroleum Company) operating companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lázaro_Cárdenas Cardenas is considered to be one of the greatest democratically elected leaders of the twentieth century, noted for his efficiency and ethical character. It is possible that if it weren't for the second world war, he might have been similarly replaced by a military dictatorship with western assistance turning back its oil nationalisation program.

US brought down democratically elected south american governments when they went against American corporate policies and created people friendly policies, and replaced then with brutal military dictatorships which favored the policies and dominance of us companies over there. This is all well known and this is a major reason why latin America is perpetually at odds with the US and the west. Short-term greed and unethical policies have led to this long-term western debacle over there and which is often cited to show the hypocrisy of the Americans as self-styled champion of democracy and human rights which they are not. The very democractic countries in south america they dismantled were more democratic and humane than the US, and their shortcoming was that they lacked the economic and military power of the US.

This is true. Thousands of people were killed in the aristocratic and nationalistic wars in Europe for centuries, and the two world wars which originated in europe killed over a hundred million people as well. This however had a positive in the point that it weakened the European colonial nations to the point that they could not hold on to their colonies in Asia and Africa . I consider this incessant warmongering and bloodshed to be a reason why Europe never reached the 500 million mark, let alone the 1 billion mark of the ancient Indian and Chinese civilizations. Eckhart Tolle had blamed the excessive egoism and greed fueled materialism in the west for widening the line between existential reality and psychological reality with its numerous abstractions (that has nothing to do with reality as it is). There is a general narrative around the world that the western block is unethical, manipulative and had usurped the freedom of many countries and exploited them, with extensive human rights violations. Consequently their advocation and championing of freedom and human rights obviously sounds hollow and hypocritical , devoid of honesty. However I am not aware of Jaishankar giving similar narratives as such. He has only stated that the EU has paid more money to russia and funded it by buying its oil and gas than it has funded Ukraine. Indian imports of cheap russian oil is less than european imports of gas and oil. Also India's main customer of cheap refined oil from russian crude, is also the europeans and americans. If it is a matter of principle, they should have cut off russian oil and gas in the first day of the invasion itself, but they have not done it even after three years as they know that the resultant inflation and higher prices in europe will create widespread resentment among the public, and possible election fiascos. Thousands of europeans and americans die of hypothermia even now due to homelesness or lack of cheap fuel to warm their homes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12576771/ Of course, since they are poor, western governments and leadership consider them expendable and non-entities who does not matter much in the larger scheme of things, unlike the plutocrats or wealthy capitalists of the military-industrial complex who hold the strings and cheques. All that beer and parties don't come free after all.