How do I exist? And, why?
Check out Sub plot: the AUKUS alliance from The Intelligence from The Economist on Amazon Music.
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Check out “The Happy Traitor” – A Conversation on George Blake with Biographer Simon Kuper from SpyCast on Amazon Music.
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A #blackhole weighs 6.5 billion times than than the star of our solar system, sun, and, its event horizon (the outer edge or the rim of a black hole. The outgoing hot gas from a black hole is lensed giving the rim kind structure, when viewed from outside a black hole) is so large, our entire solar system can be placed inside it. Now, imagine how big that star was when it was active. Remember, a black hole is sometimes, a massive star exhausting its nuclear fuel, exploding into a supernova explosion, and its remnants imploding and because of the enormous gravitational pull and becoming a space time singularity. #BT
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https://eventhorizontelescope.org/press-release-april-10-2019-astronomers-capture-first-image-black-hole
India has a nuclear power to its North (Implied: China) and a nuclear power to its West (Implied: Pakistan). While the West is willing to use its nuclear power over India at any point of time, whose threats are manageable and they really have not been able to make a real difference to the lives of Indians, China can. Therefore, China is the real threat. I learnt this when I was listening to a podcast of the International Spy Museum, named "SpyCast", which featured India's external intelligence agency Research Analysis and Wing's (RAW) former chief Vikram Sood.
Check out “Intelligence & the World’s Largest Democracy” - Indian Spy Chief Vikram Sood from SpyCast on Amazon Music.
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After examining the second World War for a considerable length of time, I can only say I have acquired a superficial understanding of the time 1939-1945. Now, I have graduated to the time, where the real power was perception of power, whether if the power was really there or not did not hold any good. Nations was allegedly trying to not fight wars, but annihilate human race as a species by nuclear war. Yes, I'm talking about the cold War between United States and Soviet Union. And, precisely the missile crisis, which almost brought humankind to end and how it was evaded.
How does it feel like if you actually get to meet or speak to the real life head of the British Secret Service known by the code name "C"? Does it remind you of " M" of the James Bond universe? Absolutely, I'm talking about them. Thanks to the "The Economist Asks" podcast of "The Economist", I happened to listen to the " C" talking about clandestine operations carried out by the United Kingdom since the second world war to cold war and the current global threats not only the UK but the world face.
The very existence of MI6 Or SIS was denied, not made public or remained anonymous until 1994, a year before the release of the revival of the James Bond franchise "Golden Eye" (1995). The fact that my grandfather "BhavaThevar", served the British Indian Army and " Nethaji Subash Chandra Bose's", "Indian National Army", thereby having instilled the interests in military secret services especially through the films of Ian Fleming's James Bond in my father and his grandsons, i'm always fascinated by knowing about military and their intelligence services of nations, but from the comfort of being a civilian and most importantly a patriot of homeland India.
Well, it sounds like a self propaganda, but I can't resist saying, because it has to be said. People in ordinary circumstances can't recognise what I'm talking about. But, the extraordinary in exceptional circumstances can. Incidentally, auteur Christopher Nolan's interests intersect with my quest for knowledge. Our thoughts are not only metaphysical, but emotional - be it multiverse, time and affection, we think alike. Since I started introspecting second world war, I have been studying physicist Robert Oppenheimer, the maker of the atomic bomb, which ended the second world war in the Pacific. I posted about "Now, I'm become death", in 2018 and talked about the speech's historical significance. Now, it is affirmative that Chris Nolan is in the process of making a feature on Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb.
I'm no ordinary cinema viewer, but an unusual. When auteur Christopher Nolan begins research on his films, I simultaneously try to study the subjects he is working on. Therefore, to further my understanding of theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer and the events leading to the construction of the atomic bomb, which ended the second world war in the Pacific, and the fact that my livelihood demands me to be out irrespective of the geopolitical and environmental realities, I can't watch but listen to. I have resumed listening to the interviews and podcasts of Robert Oppenheimer. This is the kind of research I do before I watch films in the theatres especially for Chris Nolan's. Moreover, I have acquired the soft copy of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer",book by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin and have begun studying.
Disclaimer: This post is apolitical and doesn't endore politics and shared only for historical purposes.
"The power of giving away power." One of the authentic leadership traits seldom exhibited.
If you think you are rich, you may have to rethink. Because, just 50 people have the wealth of the entire bottom half of the planet. Do you still think you are rich? No, seems to be the answer. The oligarchs are ubiquitous. And, their proliferation has happened in the last two and a half centuries, when democracies emerged and flourished. Arguably, it implies that power to people, isn't power to the people, but the power of a few, rather concentration of wealth.
Welcome to the wealth defense industry.
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This organization was not declassified until 1992. When nations couldn't even imagine of observation from the space, they had satellites seeing, photographing and listening to people of interests. As a part of my endeavor to direct James Bond, I try to keep myself abreast of the world of espionage. Thus, I happened to listen to this podcast, while I was doing something mediocre in the physical reality you and I exist, but I was processing this information in the mental reality of my own, where the place for the ordinary is forbidden. #BT
Have you ever wondered, why is there a gap between science predictions and the reality?
Because, technology is overestimated in the long run and underestimated in the short run, which is one of the reasons why there exists a gap between fiction and factual. I realised this on listening to a podcast, while I was doing something mediocre in the physical reality you and I exist, I was processing this information in the mental reality of my own, where the place for the ordinary is forbidden.
http://mindofbt.blogspot.com/2021/09/how-do-i-exist-and-why.html
While i endorse neither Russia nor Ukraine, but neutral like Delhi's stance, I thought this was intriguing. Hence, it is being disseminated:
Excerpts:
Economist: Churchill practiced his speech (war) a lot? Do you?
Zelensky: I do not. I do not have time for it. I just feel (for speech).
I happened to listen to this podcast, where an economist reporter had an exclusive discussion with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his war bunker.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/03/27/volodymyr-zelensky-in-his-own-words
While I was doing something mediocre in the physical reality you exist, I was processing something exceptional about Indian military aviation from a podcast "The Blue Skies Podcast" about veteran Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Raghu Nambiar, and why did India choose fighter Jet Mirage 2000? , in the mental reality of my own, where the place for ordinary is nonexistent.
Reportedly, in the early 1980s, Pakistanis had inducted a tested, tried and proven American's fighter jet F16 into their fleet, which apparently not only posed a significant threat but dwarfed Indian Air Force. As a counter measure, Indians acquired French made Mirage 2000, a multi role jet, which proved its mettle, in almost every mission against adversaries surrounding India.
"I wish I could be a marine, dead or alive. Once a marine it is an honor forever. "
"Friendship is a phenomenon of civilians
Brotherhood is a phenomenon of soldiers. "
- #BT
While I was doing something mediocre in the reality you exist, I was processing something profound in the reality I exist, where place for the ordinary is nonexistent.
I was actually listening to a podcast of a war documentarian, who has spent two decades with soldiers in several operations and wars across the world, who is most importantly a pacifist said, something similar to my theory of "Friendship is a phenomenon of civilians, whereas brotherhood is a phenomenon of soldiers".
He asks an important question? Why do soldiers need wars even after returning to their homes, nations or normalcy? This happened while he was with US soldiers for months at a remote outpost in Afghan valley. For months together soldiers posted there did not have access to the outside world. There was no internet, no mobile, what was only available was combat. They can't bath, because there was no enough water. They wore the same clothes, after returning to home base, they had to burn the clothes and get new ones. Not only one was absolutely dependent on another, but one absolutely trusted another. One man was ready to sacrifice his life for another and the team. There was a bond, which did not exist in the lives of civilians, where deception and betrayed are a common trait.
This is the reason why soldiers feel alienated after coming back. There can't possibly survive with you and they desperately need to get back to war.
Sebastian Junger: Why veterans miss war https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_junger_why_veterans_miss_war?utm_source=rn-app-share&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedspread
#JaiHind #IndiaIndependenceDay
Even though, the #military is in my blood, for some reasons I couldn't realise my aspiration of becoming a soldier in the reality I exist. Perhaps, in the next incarnation I would.
My grandfather #BhavaThevar served in the Indian army under the British rule during the second World War, subsequently became a rebel and joined #Nethaji's Indian National Army (#INA) because of Nethaji's camaraderie with #Pasumpon_Muthuramalinga_Thevar. Having heard his stories of both the allied and axis forces, the idea of becoming a soldier or examining the second World War reinforced with #Steven_Spielberg's "#Saving_Private_Ryan" in 1999, which my father took me and my brother to a theatre in Madurai Sri Mappillai Vinayagar .
Therefore, anything to do with military fascinates me and thus I became a military historian aspirant.
There is enough content for the military of the western powers, especially Americans and British, but almost none of the inside view of Indian Army until the internet became ubiquitous. Now, I have to thank Mr #PR_Ganapathy, who is an aviator himself, and striving towards bringing the stories of Indian Military Aviation through his podcast "#Blue_Skies_Podcast", which has been quenching my thirst for military action.
#BT
https://blueskiespodcast.com/
http://mindofbt.blogspot.com/2021/09/how-do-i-exist-and-why.html
http://mindofbt.blogspot.com/2020/10/brotherhood-in-war-second-world-war.html
How and why secularism is a foreign concept in Bharath aka India?
I theorized based on the British's influence on Indian Constitution that certain founding fathers of the Constitution were airlifted to West so as to impart them with the notion of secularism with the vested interest of annihilating Bharath.
https://youtu.be/wDjv21VENIo
When I listened to your discussion with "PGurus", Sree Iyer, I was humbled to know that with my limited understanding of the geopolitical environment, I could think in the lines of a sought over intellect.
Sir, I understand that you have discontinued from publishing your hangouts in the podcast platform as they don't offer direct revenue opportunities, but for someone like me who drives throughout the day and extended nights for livelihood cannot really use YouTube because this app doesn't work in lock mode. YouTube is not made to listen but watch. Therefore, I would request you to reconsider your decision and reinstate publishing in the podcast as well.
Despite the torrential rains, I was riding to carry out a mediocre task to feed myself and my dependants, I was listening to something profound - a podcast on the possible theories not only conspiracy theorists, but people came up with supporting their argument that Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Third Reich did not commit suicide.
Did Adolf Hitler really commit suicide at his bunker? Were his, wife's and the dog's bodies substituted by doubles? Subsequently, did Hitler and his wife flee to a Latin American country by a submarine?
While answers to these questions remain shrouded in mystery and considered to be conspiracy theories, they always haunt me. What fuels my curiosity is the possibility of "What If"?
One of the primary reasons for this belief is that Hitler himself was a gambler. He believed in great triumph or great defeat. However, it appears that his end was possibly a great defeat.
This post is apolitical and doesn't not endorse any political ideology and shared for historical purposes.
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) generated illustration by Open AI's "DALL.E 2" system based on an abstract (below) of BT's science fiction idea:
https://labs.openai.com/sc/mIk3tEczjDDdHw1JCAytDvzH
BT's Science Fiction Abstract:
If I were a geneticist, I would make all the humans look the same. A very first step towards equality. There will be distinctions between genders, but there won't be any within.
Indeed, it is playing God. And, I like being a God.
- BT
https://mindofbt.blogspot.com/2020/08/bts-science-fiction-concepts.html?m=1
Non Fungible Token | NFT
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Ironically, the conventional jobs are here to stay. The jobs that require human cognition will be replaced. If you are a Mason, impart your child with your expertise, it will come handy when machines do all the work and humans are needed to just exist. Does it resonate my science fiction abstract or theory "Everything Belongs To Everyone", which I conceptualized in 2018?
While I was doing something mediocre for my livelihood in the reality you exist, I was listening to something profound - a podcast on "Fully Automated Luxury Communism", which is a book by Aaron Bastani. The idea of the book recalled my science fiction abstracts or theories that I authored in 2018 - 2018.
My interest in studying the Nazi Germans began with their uniforms, which sort of fascinated me. It all began in the mid 80s, when my father took my brother and me to "Madurai Mappillai Vinayagar" theatre for Steven Spielberg's "Raiders Of The Lost Ark". That's was the very first time I was introduced to the notion of Nazi ideology and their uniforms. It got my attention. Since then, I have been studying them especially the division which wore black colored uniforms - "Waffen SS". One of the main designers/brand of the Nazi uniform was " Hugo Boss". However, it appears that their involvement was not voluntary.
" Waffen - SS", kind of began as a private military unit of Nazi Germany. Young men in the 1930 were not only given the regular military training but went through exclusive training in Nazi ideology purpose built facility. After several assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler, he lost belief in his army and held SS as his personal bodyguard.
While I was doing something mediocre for my livelihood in the reality you exist, I was listening to something profound in my reality - a podcast on "Waffen SS" by WW2 podcast hosted by Angus Wallace on the book "Hitler's Armed SS: The Waffen-SS at War, 1939–1945", authored by Anthony Tucker-Jones.
This post is apolitical and it's shared for examination and historical purposes and no ideology is embraced.
know the Father of India, "Nethaji Subash Chandra Bose", on the eve of 74th Republic Day!
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose was neither a secular nor a right winger but would aligned with ideologies, which could annihilate British.
A man of secrets, whose life and death remain shrouded in mystery.
Was Bose killed in a plane crash? Did Bose flee to Russia? Was Bose killed by KGB (Soviet Union Secret Service) on the instruction of Bose's erstwhile party members? Did Bose embrace fascist ideology? Was Bose secular?
Answers to the above questions, may increase your liking or disliking for Bose. This is what I interpreted based on the podcast by Chandrachur Ghose on his book "Bose: The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist".
For Bose, India is first. Indian independence is of his primary concern. On attaining independence from English, India needs to be reconstructed. In order to accomplish this he would align with any ideology, which would help him liberate India from the British tyranny.
Bose fundamentally differed from Gandhi, who needed to transform humanity as a whole and withdraw non violence. However, Bose was of the view that what it takes to achieve freedom will be adopted. Violence or an organized war against British will help India.
During Bose's exile in Europe he admired the military technology progression of Nazi Germany, particularly their military discipline. India was already divided into multiple factions; the divide between Hindu and Muslims was not only widening but being exploited by British. Bose thought a disciplined Indian central government ruling India for 15 to 20 years will help Indians forget their differences and bond for the greater good of the Indian society.
Many investigations suggest that Bose's fatal plan crash was fabricated by Japanese so as to keep Bose underground as the axis forces including Indian National Army (INA) led by Bose were defeated by the allied forces. Would you believe if I say even INA had betrayers. (I'm reminiscent of a saying of an anonymous origin that wars are lost not because of enemies but traitors).
I learnt from a podcast of an Indian statesman and parliamentarian, Dr Subramanian Swamy, where he made revelations that KGB killed Bose. Bose for some reason after the defeat in the second World War went to Russia. Russians apprehended him and informed the then Indian government, which was congress led by Nehru and Gandhi. On a secret letter from "them", Nethaji Subash Chandra Bose was executed by KGB.
Bose's popularity was always been a concern to Congress. Not only was Bose radical but his ideas as well. Congress needed an opportunity to sideline him. Allegedly Congress colluded with the British and made a secret pact that Nethaji Subash Chandra Bose is a war criminal and Bose must be handed over to the allied nations particularly the British if he ever returns to India.
While Bose worked in tandem with the axis forces (Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan), he was also equally critical of their ideologies. For instance when Indian students were not given the deserved respect, he wrote to a senior government official of the national socialist party in the strongest manner possible. There were many such instances. This is one of the examples that as far as Bose was concerned Indian independence was of paramount importance and ideologies really didn't not matter.
This post is not exhaustive. Because I have derived certain knowledge from people who have carried out extensive research on Bose. Since today is India's 74th republic day, I managed to get some time from the field and have written this. Now, I have to resume running for living. There will be addendums.
JaiHind
BT - Military Historian Aspirant
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