Akshay A Profile
Akshay A

@Akshay_VAK

Followers
15,840
Following
2,217
Media
879
Statuses
97,095

Indian Conservative. Views personal

Bengaluru, India
Joined July 2008
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
I don’t like paying approx 40% income tax, can I protest and have the SC appoint a panel for the govt. to negotiate with me and keep the Income Tax Act on hold until I agree? Seems like a sweet deal
183
1K
7K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 months
Nice, if we can all do this, then I hereby declare that Income Tax Act will not be implemented in my house.
@ANI
ANI
2 months
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin says the Citizenship Amendment Act will not be implemented in the state. (File pic)
Tweet media one
660
512
4K
41
662
6K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
4 months
We are ONE people, across space and time. This is a gentleman from deep South - Tamil Nadu, quoting a Sanskrit verse, to a Prime Minister from the West of India, elected from the North. From a text that is thousands of years old. Eternal. Unity in diversity. Sanatana Dharma
51
1K
5K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
What I found interesting about this column by the BBC was this line: “The BBC is not repeating Ms Sharma's remarks as they are offensive in nature.” For a news org to not even report the remarks in question means a de facto global blasphemy law prevails
98
774
3K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
No CM in UP’s history, right from independence to now, has served out a full term and got re-elected immediately. Pretty big shift in the state’s politics.
14
381
3K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
The objective is not to win a national election. That has been given up. Listen to not just this, but speeches and interactions over last 2 years. There is a conscious attempt to delegitimise the Indian state, mobilise disgruntled elements and seek the intervention of foreigners
52
935
3K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
6 months
The utter gall of these people to do a Yatra called Bharat Jodo, with a policy of Jitni Abadi Utna Haq to stoke caste divides, and a politics stoking North South divide with their rhetoric. Total destruction of this toxic party is needed everywhere across India
17
914
3K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
1 year
Keeping Pakistan in a permanently wrecked state should be the takeaway of 26/11. Poor, bankrupt, internally divided, conflict ridden, weak and miserable Pakistan is in our interest. Never forget or forgive.
50
409
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
One doesn’t have to be pro or anti Russia, the very fact that Facebook, YouTube etc. are taking actions against Russia shows that they can be weaponised by the US. While we do have a convergence of interests with the US wrt China, this is something to be wary of. This is power.
26
457
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Our ruling party acts like an opposition party. Our main opposition party acts like a regime change outfit.
18
408
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Shameful withdrawal of farm laws. Street mobs prevail over the state. This is far worse, better to have never enacted them in the first place if they didn’t have the courage to see it through.
64
522
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
Point to note: Russia has developed a vaccine that can be used feasibly in India, and we will have access to it. US has embargoed exports of vaccine raw materials. Foreign policy should be based on interests, but if it were on values - then the US’s values are not worth jackshit
32
460
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
8 months
She teaches in a govt run university - IIT Delhi. And openly espouses an idea of India’s future without Hinduism. Our uniqueness lies in the sense of humour with which we treat the idea of basic self preservation
@France24_en
FRANCE 24 English
8 months
@FrancoisF24 @F24Debate @the_hindu @suhasinih @ORFAmerica @d_jaishankar @kavita_krishnan 🔴🇮🇳 Philosopher and author Divya Dwivedi says there are two Indias: ➖ Past India of racialized caste order oppressing the majority population. ➖ The idea of a future egalitarian India without caste oppression and Hinduism. Watch her analysis here on the @F24Debate 👇
1K
261
630
100
628
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Remarkable coincidence that so many private sector companies in the free market have all voluntarily come to a conclusion that just happens to align neatly with US interests.
@BNONews
BNO News
2 years
BREAKING: Mastercard and Visa suspend all operations in Russia
833
9K
54K
36
416
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Low quality fakery in journalism of this sort is being extinguished, thanks to social media
@Nidhi
Nidhi Razdan
2 years
So, what else is being extinguished?
1K
218
3K
24
247
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
10 months
Many will focus only on the latter part of Yogi Adityanath’s interview with Smita Prakash where he talks of Kashi Vishwanath, UCC, mafia in UP etc. But it was so good to see the first part- and how lucidly he outlines Hindu metaphysics and ethics and situates his life…(1/4)
22
308
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
5 months
Personal opinion - whoever handles this account for Modi, should stick to its usual tone, which is more sober and dignified than this. The emoji proliferation and wording isn’t good in this one tbh. Sure, it isn’t the official PM handle, but still- be combative, but classier IMO
@narendramodi
Narendra Modi
5 months
May they be happy with their arrogance, lies, pessimism and ignorance. But.. ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Beware of their divisive agenda. An old habit of 70 years can’t go away so easily. ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Also, such is the wisdom of the people that they have to be prepared for many more meltdowns
9K
30K
109K
102
151
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
1 year
Rei. Aa accent enti?
@sidkannan
Siddharth Kannan
1 year
#JrNTR #RRRMovie is making us proud! @tarak9999 at the Red carpet of #GoldenGlobes2023 ! The world is cheering for our Indian Film! 🔥❤️ #RRR #SiddharthKannan #SidK
393
5K
35K
99
104
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Watched the Kannada movie “Kantara”. Solid throughout - in cinematic technique and content, but the last 15 minutes or so of the movie are freaking transcendent! Mind=Blown! The movie is so saturated with local culture, that elevates the entire artistic experience. (1/2)
18
235
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
I don’t blame any single entity for the Poonawalla episode- Union, states, Opposition, judiciary etc. All I can say is, if a manufacturer of a life saving vaccine for a pandemic feels impelled to move to another country and say he was threatened, that’s a broken system
29
500
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Air India moving to private hands today, and Brahmos exports to a South East Asian nation being signed on the same day, is the universe's way of teaching a pessimist like me to have hope :)
12
184
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
8 months
G20 was also very complex logistics to manage- especially given the decision to take it to every state and UT of India. The team that managed that deserves our praise and appreciation. Special shout out to my closest friend who was in charge of logistics - won’t name him…(1/2)
9
178
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
1 year
I don’t watch football, and I don’t have anything against Morocco’s team. But I was irritated by the pan Islamic extra-territorial loyalty shown by some people rooting for them in India and globally. That’s a toxic and dangerous ideology.
52
250
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
How Rohingyas ended up in a sensitive area like J&K should be researched as a case study to diagnose the alarming rot in the Indian state apparatus, and what needs to be fixed
@khan_zafarul
Zafarul-Islam Khan
2 years
Fearful refugees pack up to leave: about 10,000 Rohingya refugees living in Jammu for over a decade face displacement once again. Since last year, the J&K admin has detained more than 150 Rohingyas, incl. women & children. They are packing up to leave.
574
119
331
17
350
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
6 months
Pakistan is an uncultured, barbaric country. And its cricketers are appropriate ambassadors for their country- third rate thugs. People who want to shower love on them in India have no moral compass- their team very much deserves our contempt and jeering.
@coolfunnytshirt
Keh Ke Peheno
6 months
Look how casually Abdul Razzaq suggests "you don't expect kids with good values and 'neeyat' if you marry Aishwarya Rai".. And see how Shaheed Afridi & Umar Gul claps and laughs along with the audience. This is how atrocities against hindus & women in Pakistan are normalized. And
534
3K
9K
34
483
2K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
There will be some snobbishness about Vivek Agnihotri making this movie (and from what I hear his track record as a filmmaker is poor, haven’t seen any). But this movie is gripping. He stayed honest to the material, and since that’s so compelling, so is the movie (1/4)
26
161
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Arvind Subramanian laments in his column in WaPo that Indian liberals are taking Ls after Ls on every front - foreign policy, law and society, economics, and culture. All I can say is: Hari Om. Hopefully many more to come
31
173
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Rana Ayyub’s rant about the Saudis should not surprise anyone tracking the developments in the Middle East over the last few years, and how extremist Muslims have responded to that. The extremists dislike KSA and especially MbS a lot, Yemen is just a pretext.
18
220
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Population hostage theory in action
@taslimanasreen
taslima nasreen
2 years
Bangladeshi Mullahs threatening Bangladeshi Hindus. If Karnataka Muslims are not allowed to wear hijab, Bangladeshi Hindus will be prevented by Mullahs from wearing dhotis,sankhas and sindoors.
Tweet media one
251
984
2K
14
330
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 months
CAA is a moral responsibility. That it was done so late is a stain on all governments from independence to now, and on our society as well. It is the bare minimum that we owe to our own people, whom we abandoned to the barbarian wolves, for no fault of their own.
11
419
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
A comforting lie that Westerners tell themselves is that they fought the Axis powers because of opposition to fascism and Nazism. It was a standard power conflict, the moralising is ex post PR. After all, the Allies included Stalin- the worst mass murderer, and Churchill
32
399
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
@davidfrum Sure. It is the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, who was killed by the Mughal tyrant for his defence of his faith. We honour our ancestors. It is understandable that you don’t see the value of that given your nation’s ghastly and immoral history of religious bigotry
8
134
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
8 months
Mad respect for Government of India and Modi 🙏
@sidhant
Sidhant Sibal
8 months
India Canada ties on the brink. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau accuses Indian govt of killing Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the Canadian Parliament.
364
855
5K
12
126
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
@SreenivasanJain @Rezhasan Are you justifying violence by describing music and slogans as "provocative"?
27
139
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
10 months
Some photos just capture and evoke a mix of positive emotions
Tweet media one
8
194
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
7 months
Does match fixing have anything to do with the issues Kaneria raises now? No So what’s the purpose of this tweet? To obfuscate and distract from those issues - so that the ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Pakistan can go on unimpeded, by silencing and discrediting their voices
@zoo_bear
Mohammed Zubair
7 months
Now that Danish Kaneria is trending. Here is his old (2018) confession video of his Match Fixing involvement in England.
3K
3K
8K
20
365
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
What I think GoI ought to do: Use Hyundai as a test case to figure out how to use India’s considerably larger market power for goals vis a vis PK by setting norms for MNCs What I think GoI will do: Nothing. And even people will outrage for a day and forget - can’t blame them
28
239
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
8 months
“You make profit into a dirty word and Singapore dies” - LKY “Never talk to me about the word profit, it is a dirty word” - Nehru Such opposite worldviews of the first leaders of both modern republics
@ravithinkz
Indians Amplifying Suffering(IAS)
8 months
11
40
210
16
344
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
“Cow worshipper”. The choice of term is revealing. Similarly see the tweet by Ayesha Siddiqa in which she says Rishi Sunak is “Hindutva” because he went to a “cow temple” (whatever that is). These are not coincidences but reflect a broader pattern
@saliltripathi
saliltripathi (वो बनाये परिवार, हमें पसंद रविवार)
2 years
The continued denial of Sonia Gandhi's Indianness reveals more about the churlish meanness, racism, and misogyny of Sanghis than their pride over a cow worshipper becoming Britain's PM for a short stint. Sunak is a flawed inheritor who will lead Tories to defeat against Starmer
292
184
793
11
329
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
6 months
South is aware, educated etc. is 1. Bad analysis 2. Bigoted In any case - if one has to accept this stupidity for the sake of argument, Hyderabad city- the relatively rich, educated, cosmopolitan metro, elected ZERO Congress MLAs. Should we draw conclusions from that as well?
29
227
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
5 years
@chrislhayes Trying to ruin a person’s life without concrete evidence generally causes that kind of reaction among fair minded people....
51
47
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
All the standard techniques of the toolkit used: Gaslighting, whataboutery and whitewashing, calling actual physical violence a legit response to “provocation”, the assertion of exclusive spaces, victimhood, selective reporting
5
309
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
U-turn lena hai toh abhi le lo, Chatt Puja ke liye wait mat karna 😂
40
170
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Did she stop watching after Season 1?
@MSNBC
MSNBC
2 years
"Remember, the Russians invaded Afghanistan back in 1980," Hillary Clinton says. "It didn't end well for the Russians...but the fact is, that a very motivated, and then funded, and armed insurgency basically drove the Russians out of Afghanistan."
4K
1K
5K
23
146
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
10 months
This Sudha Murthy hate, again underscores that liberals don’t want “freedom of choice”. They essentially demand that others should affirm THEIR choices as the only valid ones, or that such choice should be reduced only to arbitrary whims (I like vanilla, you like chocolate)….
34
250
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Minorities in any society should not fight the foundational beliefs of the civilisation they are in. Muslims should accept that their beliefs will be mocked in secular liberal societies of the west (like France) and they have to deal with it and not indulge in violence /1
24
168
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
One of the least important things about this is the farm laws itself. The implications for rule of law, the state, the weaponisation of diaspora politics and foreign interference, threats of separatism- these are much more profound. All sharks will smell blood
24
277
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
So brazen is this demand for the simultaneous right to deferentially submit to Islam while being openly disrespectful to Hinduism. Anyone insulting Islam is doing a valuable public service until either one of the two fair solutions are accepted -*mutual respect* or mock everyone
24
278
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 months
Look at this statement and the one about the Bangladesh elections. The most naive people in the world are those that think the US has some touching commitment to democracy.
@ANI
ANI
3 months
Pakistan General Elections | US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller says, "We commend Pakistani poll workers, civil society, journalists and election observers for their work to protect and uphold Pakistan's democratic and electoral institutions...We join credible
Tweet media one
93
47
287
5
270
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
4 months
Modi has to be applauded for his excellent judgement on how to deal with the media in India.
@indhavaainko
இந்தா வாயின்கோ - Take That 👊 (மோடியின் குடும்பம்)
4 months
“Annamalai is not a terrorist but an extremist. We should starve him of oxygen (media attention) and he will come to our terms. We don’t want him removed from BJP, its none of our business, but he can’t just apologise and continue with his business as usual” - N Ram இந்த வயசுல
783
808
2K
13
150
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Thread: Happy Navaratri to everyone. On this occasion our tradition is to have the Bommala Koluvu - a display of depictions from Hindu lore (1/14)
Tweet media one
31
126
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
9 months
Maintaining territorial integrity and sovereignty is among the highest responsibilities of the govt. Using the AF in Mizoram, or the Akal Takht, were necessary. The PM is both wrong and irresponsible to suggest otherwise. If anything he should follow that example when required.
@ANI
ANI
9 months
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks on the northeast; says, "...On 5th March 1966, Congress had its Air Force attack the helpless citizens in Mizoram. Congress should answer if it was the Air Force of any other country. Were the people of Mizoram not the citizens of my
500
999
3K
103
300
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Civilisational state is a distant dream when you have an actively ANTI-civilisation state in existence now
@ANI
ANI
2 years
Thanjavur, TN | Govt threatens me when I ask for return of Adheenam land, temples & other commercial properties for performing religious duties. Many of Adheenam’s properties are held by ruling party members: Sri Harihara Sri Gnanasambanda Desika Swamigal, Madurai Adheenam Chief
Tweet media one
84
3K
9K
3
262
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Uses “capitalist” as a slur, yet people claim he is a reformer based on one budget in the 1990s 🙄
@ANI
ANI
2 years
Today's budget speech was the most capitalist speech to be ever read by an FM. The word 'poor' occurs only twice in para 6 & we thank FM for remembering that there are poor people in this country; people will reject this capitalist budget: Former FM &Congress leader P Chidambaram
Tweet media one
503
576
4K
17
139
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
No one thinks Elon Musk is a conservative. To the extent he has political views, he is seen to be a libertarian. All the wailing is happening by liberals though. Tells you where power is situated and who wants to control and be the gatekeepers of public discourse
12
148
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Unmistakable signs that propaganda and info wars against India will be ramped up, hope GoI is prepared
19
118
979
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
7 months
The fate India dodged…for now
@ACTBrigitte
Brigitte Gabriel
7 months
Lebanon was the only Christian-majority nation in the Middle East. It's where I was born. We prided ourselves on inclusivity. Always welcoming Arab Muslim refugees from all over the Middle East. We had the best economy despite having no natural oil. The best universities.
8K
52K
157K
28
118
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Modi’s economic philosophy: 1. Fiscally conservative 2. “Moderniser” - believes in infra development and formalisation 3. New Welfarism - public provision of basic private goods which prevent poverty traps 4. Reformer - orientation towards a greater private sector participation..
21
231
996
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Metaphor for our state capacity is this railway employee trying to douse the fire in a burning train set ablaze by arsonists…..: by throwing bottled drinking water on it
@ANI
ANI
2 years
#WATCH | Telangana: Secunderabad railway station vandalised and a train set ablaze by agitators who are protesting against #AgnipathRecruitmentScheme .
502
1K
4K
25
246
968
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
21 days
Voted! Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitaha Jai Shri Ram Jai Hanuman Srishti Sthithi Vinashaanam Shakti Bhute Sanatani Gunaashraye Gunamaye Narayani Namo Stute Bharat Mata ki Jai A strong unified civilisation, not one which is “not a nation”, and Partitioned into north and south
Tweet media one
24
95
1K
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Unpopular opinion- Modi’s consistent outreach to Sikhs is good. It doesn’t help politically, but it is the right thing to do. What is not good is silliness like rolling back farm laws on a Sikh festival etc. And Khalistani and Sikh supremacist nonsense should anyway be crushed
33
118
977
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Watching interviews of Rishabh Shetty of “Kantara” fame, it is so good to see his clarity of thought on some issues we often discuss: 1. That the more rooted a work of art is, the more universal the appeal. 2. Specifically his confidence that rituals and forms of worship..(1/3)
7
115
996
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
Punjab should deeply concern all Indians. It needs an economic transformation to escape stagnation; an ecological transformation to get away from unsustainable Agri practices; has an unstable religious and caste dynamic; a drug problem; and a meddlesome neighbour. To add to all…
17
161
945
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
4 months
If the US is whining, the govt of Bangladesh is on the right track. Hope they arrest more US stooges and teach them a lesson
@ANI
ANI
4 months
The US remains concerned by the arrests of thousands of political opposition members and by reports of irregularities on election day.  The United States shares the view with other observers that these elections were not free or fair and we regret that not all parties
Tweet media one
142
64
429
5
171
985
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
“There is no country that can rival the Indian Peninsula with respect to the unity of its culture. It has not only a geographic unity, but it has over and above all a deeper and a much more fundamental unity— the indubitable cultural unity that covers the land from end to end.”
12
171
903
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Silly insecurity for people to hype up things like “See Biden came to greet Modi” or that photo a few weeks ago saying “Modi is leading world leaders” when he just happened to be walking down the stairs before others. Cringe behaviour. India IS rising but this is mindless
40
108
917
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Sooryavansham to play on Set Max tomorrow
@ndtv
NDTV
2 years
Tweet media one
2K
962
11K
12
71
902
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
People convicted of rape being welcomed with sweets is pukeworthy moral depravity. Disgusting behaviour
13
127
897
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
People shouldn’t confuse two things: 1. Pakistan sees its conflict with India in Muslim versus Hindu terms, and is driven by anti Hindu bigotry 2. We do not and SHOULD not. But we should be aware that they do and that determines their behaviour.
31
163
892
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Elected autocracy India’s North Korean godi media won’t bring you the journalism of courage and speaking truth to power that NYTimes does. People will say this didn’t happen, but that’s because they don’t know about the multiverse. The paper of record has to cover ALL universes
@nytimes
The New York Times
2 years
A two-day nationwide strike in India, involving both public and private sector workers, has disrupted transport and other services across the country. Workers are protesting the government’s economic policies, including a privatization plan.
8K
453
2K
22
153
873
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
😂 Sreedharan is now a non-achieving failure, all positives are because of the Japanese, all negatives are due to him. How predictable.....
@mihirssharma
Mihir Sharma
3 years
This is 100% true. Except for the failure to connect properly with other modes of transport, that was 100% Sreedharan
185
37
331
12
164
839
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
The problem is not the rabid responses of Pankaj Mishra, Salil Tripathi types. That’s the symptom. The problem is that our process of elite formation and education requires not just deracination but explicit or implicit hatred for Hinduism, our country’s culture and traditions.
29
211
878
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Has to be said that Modi is a far better judge of character than Vajpayee was. Total jokers like Sudheendra Kulkarni, Yashwant Sinha were in important positions during ABV’s time
@YashwantSinha
Yashwant Sinha
2 years
India's message to the US is loud and clear: we shall accept your praise but not your criticism.
830
769
6K
28
137
841
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
19 days
In the Indian context: 1. Did the Indian nation exist before British rule? 2. Was Islamic rule largely terrible for India, or not? 3. Is India a country which values diversity because of Hinduism/ a Hindu majority, or because of Enlightenment liberalism and the Constitution?
@mysteriouskat
🚨 Katherine Brodsky
20 days
What three questions would you ask to determine if someone is on the left vs right?
266
8
83
99
167
883
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
Saying this bluntly - India’s approach to refugees, like EVERY other policy, should advance India’s national interests and OUR values. Liberalism doesn’t work and gyan by liberals on refugee policy should be ignored. Commonsensical Indians will support a pragmatic policy.
8
167
815
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
A fellow Indian has been killed by barbarians of a terror group, should make any nationalist’s blood boil, and make any civilised human being feel sad for the victim and their family.
56
86
850
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Bangalore airport has a nice Dasara display
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
4
80
827
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
7 months
@DerekJGrossman An understandable human perspective is that US liberals and Islamic extremists get along so well because they are both perceived to be supremacists wreaking global terror. Describing themselves as “fighting oppression” cleans this up
9
194
822
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
The issue is the anti-Muslim bigotry itself directed at some poor guy just making a living, but also that venomous people of this sort are patronised by the BJP- in fact it probably helps their career progress within the party. Shame
@ShefVaidya
Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳
2 years
Once a AC technician came to my home via an app. He said his name was ‘Raju’, but his surma-ed eyes, weasel like face, coloured, ultra-styled hair were all ringing bells! I asked him to show his Aadhar card. Well, his name on the ID was very different from the name he told me.
1K
3K
14K
105
110
804
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Two things give comfort, for very different reasons: 1. That Pakistan didn’t over-react after the fact 2. That Pakistan didn’t react at all during the fact 😐
19
59
785
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
Agree with @jsaideepak ’s analogy in a recent column- Coloniality is like the Matrix, once you are aware of it, it is impossible to unsee it. It is omnipresent and all pervasive- in law, and in discourse.
12
166
769
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
10 months
Abeyaar, how can a religion itself be secular? What is this lack of awareness of basic concepts and definitions? Total Lewis Caroll’s Humpty Dumpty level of whimsy in use of language.
@ThePrintIndia
ThePrintIndia
10 months
'It is not just about what it feels like to be a Hindu or a Muslim in today’s India. It is about something more fundamental. What does it feel like to be an Indian when each day brings sadder stories and more depressing headlines.' Read: @virsanghvi
Tweet media one
108
27
112
19
160
805
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Greek cuisine should really be a lot bigger in the restaurant scene in India than it is currently I think. Lots of vegetarian options; also the tastes and flavours suit the Indian palate too IMO.
43
67
786
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Terrible policy
@news18dotcom
News18.com
2 years
Give us another opportunity and for the next five years, no farmer in Uttar Pradesh will pay electricity bill under our government: Home Minister Amit Shah addresses election rally in Shikohabad #ElectionsWithNews18 #UttarPradeshElections Updates:
Tweet media one
56
6
29
43
81
746
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Terrible. No sense of balance or proportion or spirit of accommodation. And policy as an extreme top down sweeping measure, with no calibration or nuance
@PTI_News
Press Trust of India
2 years
Meat shops should be closed during Navratri across India: BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh
398
267
3K
25
84
747
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
11 months
Reminds me of a legendary incident when M. Karunanidhi went on a supposed fast unto death after breakfast and decided to end it before lunch
@swarajk_
Swaraj Kumar
11 months
this has to be the lamest coup of all time
9
5
111
15
71
762
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
Can’t woke people in the US do something useful for a change, rant about “vaccine racism” and shame the USG to export raw materials for vaccines?
17
184
738
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
Zero understanding of the difference between refugees and citizens; of the case for CAA (which includes that we are a natural home for minorities of Bharatavarsha who became second class citizens in their own land due to Islamism). The only thing “exposed” is your ignorance
@SreenivasanJain
Sreenivasan Jain
3 years
One of the justifications for the CAA was 'but Muslims cannot face persecution in Muslim countries', an always-specious argument now exposed by the events in Afghanistan. And yet, the Govt. continues to find ways to discriminate.
783
795
3K
16
163
730
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
I don’t feel sorry for the US. Too many arrogant commentators there who still have a sense of superiority. Let them realise that western civilisation isn’t some ideal for everyone to aspire for and they would do well to be humble and learn from other civilisations.
5
138
700
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
The “does he know even which cutlery to use” has rightly been criticised for its sneering condescension. But even beyond that, really pity people who are so clearly wannabe and insecure, that they’re seeking validation by mimicking the social conventions of another society.
14
83
709
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
The legislature should legislate. The judiciary should merely decide cases based on the law as decided by the legislature, or overturn laws if they are unconstitutional. Social justice zeal from the judiciary is not just unnecessary, but harmful
31
114
710
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
The wolf, feeling stifled by the sheep’s clothing, sheds it
6
141
675
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
Punjab politics should worry any nationalist. Captain alleges Siddhu was recommended by Pakistan. Kumar Vishwas alleges (amplified by both RaGa and Modi) that Kejriwal supports Khalistan. Channi seems like he will do anything- from conversions to nativism. Scary
14
158
692
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
14 days
Those who inhabit the fantasy world of India is “not a nation”, north vs south et al, are constantly “surprised” when they encounter reality
@RuhiTewari
Ruhi Tewari
14 days
Surprising how the Ram Mandir finds resonance in Telangana. “Modiji constructed the Ram Temple that was stuck for so long. India means Bharat, and Bharat is Hindustan. Modiji is doing good work in Hindustan.” Meet these voters of Kukunoorpally village in North Telangana’s
237
306
1K
8
134
734
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
The sheer comprehensive power of the west!
@spectatorindex
The Spectator Index
2 years
BREAKING: Maersk, the world's largest container shipping line, to suspend deliveries to and from Russia.
291
8K
40K
19
73
699
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
@dhume Wrong. Power depends on aggregate GDP not on per capita. Unless you think Luxembourg is more powerful than China.
12
71
669
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
3 years
Such a bizarre article. Doesn’t even engage in the debate - which is prayer *in a public space* . Instead has some WTF points like saying “Namazis are the new untouchables if performing Namaz in a Hindu place of worship is not permissible” (Wut?!)
34
127
672
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
2 years
The reactions from the usual suspects - minimising the crimes, whitewashing and gaslighting, the “ackshully that’s not what *genocide* means”, the whataboutery - all again a reminder that the role that this lot plays in discourse is to be enablers of extremism.
7
122
681
@Akshay_VAK
Akshay A
1 month
As expected, the Congress election manifesto is total scorched earth for the economy, and for society. We are fortunate that we have not one, but TWO generational political talents who will ensure that those ideas don’t become policy - Modi, and Rahul Gandhi.
10
198
718