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Why Tejas is no small feat ??! (in layman's term)

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, After almost 30 years in development at HAL, when compared to international biggies like Gripen from SAAB, the Tejas does falls short but its too quick to be discounted, and actually it represents more than a sub par army jet and I will tell you why... After planning started in 1980, development didn't start until 1990 when the funds actually started to flow into the project. Built with a meagre budget of 1 billion USD, Tejas is the first indigenously built light weight fighter jet by India's HAL. After several delays due to Engine procurement, funds shortage and sanctions on India after 1998 underground atomic testings, the Tejas started flying by 2004 and so far it has hadn't had much of a glitch. That's not to say it doesn't has issues. The engine is imported from GE (cuz the proposed indigenous Kaveri couldn't be developed on time), which is not providing enough thrust, the payload is not huge and it weighs a little too much for the given category/en

The Rise and Rise of Onika...

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Making her own rules as she goes, from nothing to once in a century Divadom- Onika Tanya Maraj a.k.a. Nicki Minaj was bound to rise through the ranks, as real talent cant be put down for long. Nicki Minaj has surpassed by a huge margin any women who ever came to Rap. She has been the reigning queen of rap since almost Decade. Here are some records that Nicki has set through her career. - Nicki has to her name the highest number of billboard hot 100 singles in the history, more than MJ, Bey or anyone else. -  Throughout her career, Minaj has received numerous accolades, including six American Music Awards , 11 BET Awards , four MTV Video Music Awards , four Billboard Music Awards , a Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award, and 10 Grammy Award nominations. . - Nicki has highest number of videos with 100 million views on Youtube. She is tied up with Rihanna for that record.   - Apart from music, Fashion Industry is where Nicki has left a massive impact. - As a busi

India's #Metoo Explosion!!

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When a long forgotten actress Tanushree Dutta finally came out about her sexual woes at the hands of the veteran Bollywood actor Nana Patekar, a man who has mastered theatre, Marathi as well as Hindi movies and whose acting skills knows no bounds, it created a chain reaction when more and more women came out with there stories alleging over half a dozen celebrities- not just men, but women too, of sexual harrasment at the work place. These are not minor celebrities either- veteran actor Alok Nath, director Vikas Bahl, comedians Tanmay bhatt and Gursimran Khamba, Musician Kailash Kher, Union Minister MJ Akbar, comedian Aditi Mittal etc. It was a shocking revelation and one that has divided the country. I was talking to a friend last night and he called it a copy-cat movement from the west, but he had no answer to the question why his favourite Bollywood actress, who is one of the top most A-lister of Bollywood currently rests to gain from alleging work place harrasement on a direc