Meitei Ethnicity Puns

Q/ What is the situation on the Indo-Myanmar border?

A/ The Indo-Myanmar Border (IMB) is 1,643km long, encompassing four states. We have a total of 46 battalions in Assam Rifles. In the northeast, connectivity is a major issue where all battalions cannot be employed only on a border-guarding role since we have a counter-insurgency role to play as well. The situation on the IMB is and has always been challenging given the terrain, weather and cross-border linkages that exist.

Q/ How do you respond to the criticism that the Assam Rifles is not doing enough?

A/ Yes, at times, there is an opinion among certain sections that the Assam Rifles is not doing enough. But then these people hardly know about the challenges that exist on the IMB. It is forested, interspersed by mountains and a large part of it is riverine.

People say the border is porous. I say it is open. There is no border fence; all that exists are border pillars which are just two or three feet high. It is difficult to explain where India ends and Myanmar begins. Then, there are ethnic linkages between people on either side of the border. It is a legacy of our colonial past and people feel that they are connected like brothers and sisters. There are Nagas and Kukis on both sides, although they are known differently.

Under such difficult circumstances we are doing our duty to the best of our abilities, day and night.

Q/ Of 46 battalions, how many are engaged in guarding the border?

A/ Currently, 19 battalions are engaged in the border-guarding roles, and they cover 26,000 sq km of a total of 46,000 sq km being taken care of by the 46 battalions. Counter insurgency role for us is in Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) areas of Arunachal. So, please understand the enormity of the task at hand.

Q/ How has the coup in Myanmar affected India? What is the situation in Myanmar now?

A/ After the change of dispensation on February 21, large sections of people are huddling in the border areas to cross over to India. Around 12,000 have come in so far. Of that, about 10,000 are in Mizoram alone. Many have been sent back.

A national emergency was declared in September in Myanmar. People are protesting against the army there. They have formed groups. After September 7, when aerial bombardment took place close to our border, refugees became desperate and have since been trying to enter India. **In the last one month, around 4,000 of them have arrived in Mizoram. Howev

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Hey everyone, I hope some find this interesting and it contributes to the great discussion of research on this subreddit. This post ended up being quite long so I've broken it up into three parts:

1. A list of the peer-reviewed research literature on the genetic basis of Prakriti and Doshas(which I encourage you to read through and come to your own conclusions on; I tried to use a mostly APA style modified to put the title at the front for ease of reading in the main list)
2. A personal takeaway from reading these articles.
3. A short analysis and response to a previous post on this subreddit that was discussed on stream – (a paper by Govindaraj et al., 2015, that looks at genetic correlation to dosha/Prakriti, and a paper by Kessler et al. 2019 about Ayurvedic treatment of Osteoarthritis.

Part I:

Main research list

1. Indian genome variation consortium. EGLN1 involvement in high-altitude adaptation revealed through genetic analysis of extreme constitution types defined in Ayurveda. Aggarwal, S. Negi, S. Jha, P. Singh, P.K. Stobdan, T. & Pasha, M.A. (2010). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 18961–18966*.*https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1006108107
2. Combined genetic effects of EGLN1 and VWF modulate thrombotic outcome in hypoxia revealed by Ayurgenomics approach.Aggarwal, S., Gheware, A., Agrawal, A., Ghosh, S., Prasher, B., Mukerji, M., & Indian Genome Variation Consortium (2015). Journal of translational medicine, 13, 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-015-0542-9
3. An Approach to Screen Genotoxic-Susceptible Diabetic Population of Various Prakriti Groups for Personalized Disease Management. Banerjee, S., Biswas, T. K., Chattopadhyay, K., Arzoo, S. H., & Chattopadhyay, B. (2021).  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 27(1), 80–87. https://doi-org.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/10.1089/acm.2020.0001
4. Comparative analysis of the biochemical parameters among the three Prakriti individuals having Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Banerjee, S., Cattopadhyay, K., Biswas, T. K., & Chattopadhyay, B. (2019). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 18(8), 242-249. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/297999275.pdf
5. Ayurnutrigenomics: Ayurveda-inspired personalized nutrition from inception to e

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Buenosdillas

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

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You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob

Just to clarify, 12345678

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.

I was just sitting there doing nothing.