>> "In 2012, Modi was cleared of complicity in the violence by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Supreme Court of India. The SIT also rejected claims that the state government had not done enough to prevent the riots."
>> "In April 2014, the Supreme Court expressed satisfaction over the SIT's investigations in nine cases related to the violence, and rejected as "baseless" a plea contesting the SIT report."
>> "Among other things, they contain the world's earliest known system of flush toilets." [1]
>> "With a number of courtyard houses having both a washing platform and a dedicated toilet / waste disposal hole. The toilet holes would be flushed by emptying a jar of water, drawn from the house's central well, through a clay brick pipe and into a shared brick drain" [1]
Amazing. This was about the Indus Valley Civilization in 3300–1300 BCE.
It's interesting to note that how much a civilization, like Rome after the collapse as shown in the below thread, can lose much of cultural or technical advances it made earlier.
Agree on AAP. I was meaning to write they did not cry when they won in Delhi.
For Subramanyan Swamy, if I remember correctly, he did not stop at crying foul. he went to Supreme court and got the VVPAT installed. It is another matter if VVPAT makes it foolproof though, but definitely helps.
I am not supporting this party or that party - all I am saying is that - 1. EC cannot be blamed for partiality as it is made out by the opposition parties and media 2. This is more of a politically driven issue than a majorly technical exercise.
This is not a technical issue. This is pure ly a political issue. Allow me to explain why I say so.
This purported "open challenge" is an response to the current political drama staged by the opposition parties crying foul over lost elections.
In UP, the current ruling party sweeped with a thumping majority. (325/403)
But, the same Congress and AAP that were defeated to nil in UP, got significant and in fact leading number of seats in Punjab - 77/117 and went on to form the government. AAP got to form the Govt in Delhi in the last elections.
In Manipur and Goa - Congress got 28 and 17 respectively and was the single largest party. It is another story that they were not able to muster enough strength to form the government. [1]
So, basically, they cry foul in UP accusing the machines were rigged. But, they happily accept the same machines' verdict in Punjab and form the govt and conveniently ignore the fact that in two other states the same machines gave them the single largest party status.
What election commission is trying to do is to prove their parity across parties, which you can see from the above results. Election Commission is an independent body in India and cannot be influenced or rigged towards one or other party of which the opposition is accusing them of unfairly.
Having said that, yes, any system is hackable may be, people can try. But, hey, at least EC is open about it and cannot be accused of favouring any one entity. It can be thought of as a hackathon and if someone finds a bug, they will fix it.
Samadhi is completely different - referring to a deep meditation state without particularly concentrating on anything.
Flow results from deeply being engaged in something or concentration.