johnrobbespiere

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

Chinesium

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

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.

Hell, even BYD

what's the deal with the chinese government funded trip? is it for diaspora or what?

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

Yeah

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.

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.

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

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.

Yay