Chitra Subramaniam
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Media. Cofounder The News Minute. Development. Public health. Music. In my view. @DelhiUniversity @IIMC_India @Stanford
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Rape is a major issue in
#India
. However by saying Make in India now translates to Rape in India
@RahulGandhi
has basically said every
#Indian
male is a rapist. This man has Prime Ministerial ambitions.
@INCIndia
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How I wish
#NarendraModi
was
#India
's Prime Minister when Warren Anderson (
#Bhopal
) and Ottavio Quattrocchi (
#Bofors
) fled with blood on their hands and cheating Indian taxpayers.
#journalism
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When journalists in
#India
say secularism is a bigger issue than corruption, you know they are neither secular nor incorruptible. They want to deflect attention.
#journalism
#Elections2019
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It’s about time 1.3 billion
#Indians
know that former
#PrimeMinister
#RajivGandhi
and family vacationed on
#INS
Virat. Important that
#Prime
#Minister
#Narendra
#Modi
raised it today in his address.
#LokSabhaElections2019
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A paradigm shift is being attempted by
@narendramodi
. His superb speech seeks making a medical model go into a social model. From patient to people, from individual to community - we are all responsible for our health.
#COVID19
#StandWithIndia
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#Bofors
#India
was a ten year investigation. N. Ram and I worked on it together only for some 20 months. My principle source in Sweden was Sten Lindstrom. N. Ram shared his name in Delhi without telling me. 1/n
#journalism
#InternationalWomensDay2019
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From
#ShobhaaDe
who has built an entire career on lies and slander, including maligning people she's never met. Confronted her recently. Wriggled away. Let's cut the patriotism bit - no one's falling for it.
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#Indians
have Stöckholm Syndrome,
@KanganaTeam
told
#ArnabGoswami
@republic
in an insightful interview. She's right. If I may add, this structured search for comfortable mediocrity & absence of ambition across domains is embarrassing.
#breakthecurve
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#Bofors
N. Ram had nothing to do with the epic court battles in
#Switzerland
won by India. He had no direct sources in Europe ever. Proof? The day I was fired by
@the_hindu
N. Ram’s sources dried up. n/n
#journalism
#InternationalWomensDay
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My late father built the
#TalcherFertilizerPlant
which was restarted by
@narendramodi
. Lump in my throat as I watched the ceremonies.
#India
#east
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Operation: The Hindu
Executor: The Rajiv Gandhi government
Objective: Yours truly fired
Spot the difference Sir
@rssurjewala
Operation - ABP News Channel
‘Kamal’
Executor - Shri Narender Modi,
Shri Amit Shah.
Objective -Suppress ‘truth being
spoken to power’.
Outcome -Remove Punay Prasoon Vajpayee, Milind Khandekar, Abhisar & others
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#COVID19
: Just the scale of what
#India
is trying to do to deal with the health emergency given its resources deserves respect. ‘Experts’ can wait.
@narendramodi
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Volunteers can send relief materials to Kerala through Amazon, here’s how
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#Amethi
is now on maps & radars in newsrooms in London, New York and Washington. The "world" will finally see how much "progress" the
#Congress
bastion has made over the past several decades
#RahulGandhi
#smritiirani
#Elections2019
#India
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Extraordinary this.
#MKstalin
says he is not against
#Hindus
. Probably meant the newspaper.
#VoteForIndia
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For those who know rural India, close your eyes and imagine what this means. Then open your eyes. What a spectacular achievement.
@narendramodi
@PiyushGoyal
Leisang village in Manipur, like the thousands of other villages across India has been powered and empowered!
This news will make every Indian proud and delighted.
#PowerfulIndia
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I speak
#Hindi
in all it's glory.
#UP
Hindi,
#Bengali
Hindi,
#Bihari
Hindi,
#Karnataka
Hindi,
#Punjabi
Hindi,
#Delhi
Hindi,
#Hyderabadi
Hindi,
#Tamil
Hindi
#Malayam
Hindi,
#Urdu
Hindi,
#Oriya
Hindi
#American
Hindi and
#SouthAfrican
Hindi. You?
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Journalists who did not stand up with
@republic
's reporters as they were heckled and insulted by
#ManiShankarAiyar
should hang their heads in
#shame
- cowardice of this nature is not what our métier is all about.
#journalism
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My brother passed away in an ambulance in Mumbai that was stopped in Worli for a VVIP to pass. Despite everyone we know and all the forces we could muster, the undemocratic VVIP rule killed my brother. 1/n
#IndiaAgainstVVIPNetas
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Shame on you
@taslimanasreen
for comparing Hindus to ISIS-like extremists. Who on earth do you think you are to lecture to India and Indians?
I don’t want to accept this changed India & I hope this change is temporary:
@taslimanasreen
in a strong piece. Why do Hindus want to be ISIS-like extremists
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There is nothing “kevalam” or indescent/obscene about traditional wedding rituals and the fire symbol. The filth is in your head
@mkstalin
.
M.K.Stalin calls the traditional way of marriage as indecent, filthy and obscene. Question is how many of his voters will agree with that? #சனிக்கிழமைபிரதமர்
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#ArnabGoswami
is a well known member of the Indian media industry. He should be released immediately.
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Oh really
@ReallySwara
?
Sudden need to introspect when women are calling out predatory men. Shouldn’t you be leading this struggle? Rather astounding display of double standards.
#MeToo
india
#vulgar
#SexualPredator
#india
Quite frankly
@kunalkamra88
we r all part of the problem in some way or the other.. we r all complicit in some way or the other. It’s great that we all introspect and work towards an atmosphere where there is zero tolerance for sexual harassment at the workplace & any other place
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Arnab Goswami buys back Asianet stake in Republic. Congratulations Arnab and
@republic
👏
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There's nothing in journalism that makes you a senior or a junior person. You're only as good as the last story you've done.
#journalism
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The very fact that people in
#India
today are speaking out against the government (and that's healthy in a vibrant democracy) saying it is worse than the
#Emergency
is evidence that they are clueless about what
#Emergency1975
was.
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Goodbye tax terrorism. Welcome major steps towards eliminating middlemen in IT departments. Welcome, finally, a robust conversation on how
#India
pays taxes - no more excuses.
@republic
#Budget2019
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Fought fearlessly for ten years. Alone. Just doing my job defending India’s interests. Helped change jurisprudence in Switzerland. Do something for your country instead of gossiping.
@the_hindu
’s cheerleaders are legion.
#Emergency
is only 1 example.
@chitraSD
India's interests are best served by journalists who write fearlessly what they believe to be the truth. Not by journalists who become blind cheerleaders of the Government. Have a good day.
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I was among those who told journalists to leave because their physical presence was dangerous. Remember your Kargil 'courage' & deaths?
And Then there were those who wanted journalists to leave because "the story is over."- hurrah to all reporters/filming/engineers/drivers
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My piece The Gandhi Family Can Secure a 2019 Win for Narendra Modi was widely read & retweeted with comments. I retweeted most that came with a comment. They've all been deleted
@republic
@republicbharat
@TwitterIndia
?
@Twitter
?
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And this person heads India’s Editor’s Guild. The more I read about him, the more I agree with my friends in Delhi.
Journalists slammed for their distasteful tweets about children’s deaths in Gorakhpur. Gupta ji was one of them.
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Sorry to disappoint you
@RahulGandhi
ji, but surveillance has always existed under all governments across the world. I have a little experience of it under the Congress régime in
#India
. You may wish to refer to scholarship on it. The documentation is vast.
Converting India into a police state isn’t going to solve your problems, Modi Ji.
It’s only going to prove to over 1 billion Indians, what an insecure dictator you really are.
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Pleased to announce that I will be collaborating with
#arnabgoswami
and his new venture
@republic
TV as Editorial Adviser.
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So
@TheTanveerAhmed
, national spokesperson JDS calls
@UnSubtleDesi
a “...low level journalist with no morals..” You go Nupur. You’re doing superb work.
@republic
#RahulScamsterScam
#journalism
#India
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So Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, Sharad Pawar, KCR, Mamata, Chandrababu Naidu, Stalin, Lalu, Ajit Singh invited to the swearing in ceremony. Reminded of a brilliant cartoon by Ajit Ninan with the tag line "Divided they stand, untied they fall."
#KarnatakaVerdict
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Wonderful meeting the very talented and genteel lady
@divyaspandana
for dinner in Geneva. We talked about many things including our love for Bangalore. 💫
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Two icons of international
#cinema
in one frame
@AnupamPKher
and
#RobertdiNero
#reportersdiary
☀️
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The Prime Minister of
#India
spoke about sanitary napkins in his
#IndependenceDay
address. When women's issues enter the political language, they become everyone's issue. Menstrual health is a critical part of
#publichealth
& it must be addressed post haste.
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What unemployment and irrelevance can do to people.
Am sure that is the exact course that you followed, when you investigated Bofors.
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Says the brave
@SreenivasanJain
who doesn’t have the courage to quit
@ndtv
after it took down one of his stories criticizing an important politician. 😆
This is so wrongheaded my head spins. A journo criticises a reasonably phrased assertion by a respected actor. And tags a network that does little else than ‘fan flames’. 🤦🏾♂️
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With due respect, journalists have fought court battles and harassment without asking for donations. Better way to go.
The Wire won't be intimidated by Modi govt's attack on media freedom. Pls donate generously to help us fight back:
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Forget what "instant experts" in
#NewDelhi
tell you
#Rafale
is one of the best fighter planes in the world. It's a little expensive, but if you want a
#Ferrari
, you pay for the machine. Besides what's the cost of national security?
#RafaelDeal
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With due respect, what's dissent got to do with being liberal? The press has not collapsed. Lutyens' media has.
#India
is not
#Delhi
, dear Indira & doesn't think in English. We're a young democracy on the move with the rough & tumble that brings.
With his dissent in Aadhaar, Justice DY Chandrachud has established his leadership as a true liberal in the Supreme Court of India. There is now no doubt that the Court is the foremost counter-majoritarian institution of the country, the press having almost entirely collapsed.
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Forced conversion a reality in Kerala, Pinarayi hiding like ostrich: Women's Commission chief to TNM
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Millions of women
#breastfeedinginpublic
in
#India
. They build our homes, offices, roads & gated communities, carrying bricks & cement. They also till our lands so we can eat. Spare a thought for them
#faux
#feminists
. Thank you.
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Not important if
#NaseeruddinShah
is right or wrong. More important - much, much more important - for people of his fame and reach to douse, not fan sparks. Unfortunate comment from one of the world's finest actors.
@republic
#IntoleranceDebate
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I stand by
@republic
& its entire team for their Cash for Votes exposé in Karnataka. The government's attempts to silence the channel is ridiculous. Nobody has the right to muzzle the media.
#journalism
#India
#KarnatakaElections2018
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Hitler built roads as well.
Yes Bhansali is distorting History. He is presenting Alauddin Khilji as a demon. As a ruler he committed wrongs but he created a fine administration, irrigation system& defeated Mongols.
However nobody objects to this distortion.
Jiski lathi uski History
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Any discussion on ethics & journalism is incomplete without full disclosure of all assets held by journalists & their tax returns. Simple
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If Ram Guha has evidence linking any group to
#GauriLankesh
's murder, best is to share that with the investigation in
#Bengaluru
. Quietly.
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When religion is more important than a tragedy. What next - Christian blood donors, Jewish blood donors, Sikh blood donors?
“I was trapped in the S2 coach but a group of Muslim people heard my screams and brought me out"
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#RahulGandhi
not present in Lok Sabha as lawmakers take oath. Such disdain for us, we the people of
#India
. No lessons learnt.
#Elections2019
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In times of responsibility in journalism, N. Ram of The Hindu lied about his role in Bofors - India.
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The opposition knows it is not within striking distance of forming a government. So expect several “faulty EVM” stories for the next 48 hours.
#ExitPoll2019
#India
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My suggestion to media. Leave the scene. Let appropriate authorities handle the hoodlums & goons. The story is over.
#RamRahimSingh
guilty.
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#Bofors
My security and that of Sten Lindstrom was severely compromised by N. Ram. I was not allowed to call Sten Lindstrom while he figured out who was responsible for outing his name. 2/n
#journalism
#InternationalWomensDay2019
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For the record. The money trail was traced to Ottavio Quattrocchi and the UPA govt. helped him recover it. Let’s leave it at that for now
@PChidambaram_IN
#Bofors
#Corruption
#India
The Bofors ghost is finally buried by the Supreme Court. All the allegations against Rajiv Gandhi were false.
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So
@ThePrintIndia
, boundaries were set before the interview was granted?
What
@PChidambaram_IN
had to say about the accusations of corruption against him and his son
Watch his response in this exclusive interview with Jyoti Malhotra
@jomalhotra
:
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TV channels must stop inviting retired MEA diplomats as experts on India's foreign policy moves. They are clueless. The world's changed.
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Thanks dear Tavleen - I will never forget how you went to battle for me at
#Davos
in the early nineties. As you know me, wasn't looking for Pullitzer. Or Padma. I know the latter is for sold out journalists who beg. Queue. I Was looking for
#India
.
Chitra I want to put on record that it saddens me that you have never been given full credit for the work you did on Bofors. If there were an Indian Pulitzer for journalism it would go to you.
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For 70 years airports, stadiums, awards, roads, hospitals universities & schools have been named after the
#Gandhi
dynasty. Some even serve as polling booths. Two
#Bollywood
films stalled as they could rattle chains?
#Elections2019
#India
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Excellent that groups of writers, artists, scientists & academics are writing in the
#media
that the
#NarendraModi
government must be ousted. Robust sign of
#FOE
in India where 900 million people will take a call soon.
#Democracy
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Poor parallel notwithstanding, from star editor who got a Padma award during the UPA regime delivered by President Pratibha Patil.
By choosing Pratibha Patil UPA established that just anybody could be President of India. BJP now takes it forward with another unknown
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Congress admits to Rahul Gandhi's land deals, but keeps mum on HL Pahwa and Sanjay Bhandari link
#OpIndiaImpact
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If
#NaseeruddinShah
had openly asked
#Indians
to defeat
#PrimeMinister
#NarendraModi
in 2019, my respect for him would have grown. Young Indians have discarded masks. My Monday column
@republic
.
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Was neither the first nor the last response. But why bother with facts esp. when twitter 'fame' is all one can showcase as achievement.
When your first response to a terrorist massacre isn't to grieve for the victims, or to blame the attackers, but to score points on Twitter:
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Here's an example of arrogance and stupidity masquerading as care. Akshay Patra feeds four lakh children and that must stop because so-called do gooders want meals to include onions and garlic.
Mid-day meals row in K’taka: Terminate Akshaya Patra’s contract, demand activists
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If former
#CEA
#ArvindSubramanian
had issues with
#India
’s GDP data, it was his responsibility to make it public while in office and/or quit.
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Wheeler-dealer asks what use Bofors revelations when protagonists no more and gun is good. Shoots himself in the foot.
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Soon
@Iyervval
will be free. His journalist friend
@AartiTikoo
went out on a limb to free him, unmindful of pressures and threats she received. Well done Aarti. Bravo!
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Republic Bharat makes smashing entry into the Hindi News genre; delivers 73 Million reach in 1st Week
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The hashtag
#SoldChaiNotNation
will snowball against people who make fun of those with humble origins in ways they cannot even begin to fathom. Obama was not born to the Manor, neither were so many great leaders. Save this tweet.
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World famous cricketer and Bharat Ratna
@sachin_rt
used to advertise for fans. Then pretended to be an air force officer. Now mum when he must speak up as a cricketer and a man in uniform to take on Pakistan. Money probably wins over principles.
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Bluff and bluster language is very unbecoming of you
@RahulGandhi
. Whatever be your differences with
@narendramodi
, bringing
#china
into the equation at this moment is to be disrespectful to our armed forces.
#WATCH
The coward PM says that no one has taken our land. Today, there is only one country in the world whose land has been taken by another country. And PM calls himself a 'deshbhakt'. If we were in power we would've thrown out China in less than 15 mins: Rahul Gandhi in Haryana
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When I was investigating
#Bofors
a prominent member of the
#Congress
party said my husband and I were recruited by the
#CIA
during our Stanford days. Purpose - destabilize India. Similar stupidity over handling of
#DishaRavi
matter now.
#foreignhand
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If this
#terror
attack had occurred in Israel, the terrorists would have been neutralised by now. Learn something India.
#AmarnathYatra
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Economist, India's former Prime Minister Dr. Singh's silence on Congress VP Rahul Gandh'si claim that India 'fixed' WB ratings is telling.
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Quelle elan
@KTRTRS
! Spoken with due candor and courtesy. Are we looking at a future Prime Minister of India here? Tks
@rohini_sgh
for sharing.
And again
@KTRTRS
shows the mirror to yet another Noida channel that demanded to know why the opposition is doing politics when politics should be the sole prerogative of the BJP!
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@BDUTT
@madarassi
@RahulGandhi
Indeed. Why the confusion?
@BDUTT
is not responsible for the soldiers who were killed in
#Kargil
. Who cares about ethics, context, language and framing.
#Journalism
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#RafaleBoforsLink
: The terrain's littered with unexploded land mines.
#Delhi
's full of arms dealers with long arms. The story belongs to India
@UnSubtleDesi
. Indians have a right to know. We are just playing our part.
#investigative
#journalism
#india
Since the
#RafaleBoforsLink
is out, this becomes more of
@chitraSD
's story than mine. The links just never end. Old ghosts never fade.
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Appalling comments from
#naseeruddinshah
who obviously doesn't know that
@AnupamPKher
has friends who know him as a person they can turn to in their most difficult moments. In
#India
and in
#America
.
जनाब नसीरुदिन शाह साब के लिए मेरा प्यार भरा पैग़ाम!!! वो मुझसे बड़े है। उम्र में भी और तजुर्बे में भी। मै हमेशा से उनकी कला की इज़्ज़त करता आया हूँ और करता रहूँगा। पर कभी कभी कुछ बातों का दो टूक जवाब देना बहुत ज़रूरी होता। ये है मेरा जवाब। 🙏
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"...papers relate to the ED search conducted on 1H L Pahwa on 3rd May 2017 & 4th May 2017. The land dealings are between Rahul Gandhi & H L Pahwa who was funded by 1 C C Thampi, who has close financial links to Sanjay Bhandari.“ Superb work
@UnSubtleDesi
As Rahul Gandhi continues Rafale lies, his own link with an arms dealer could spoil his pitch (writes
@UnSubtleDesi
)
#OpIndiaExpose
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A big round of applause for
#India
's diplomatic community, friends and others who worked ceaselessly, for years, to make this happen.
#Zerotolerance4Terrorism
Big,small, all join together.
Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in
@UN
Sanctions list
Grateful to all for their support. 🙏🏽
#Zerotolerance4Terrorism
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People mocking 15 year-old
#JhanviBehal
who wants a public debate with
#Kanhaiya
may note this - she will be a first-time voter in 2019.
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I was on
#India
's side then as now. Besides, party hopping is not my forté. Get a life
@sumanthraman
. Thank you.
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Dear friend hopes
#VijayMallyaExtradition
does not land in
#Kolkata
as
#India
has no extradition treaty with
#WestBengal
. 😂
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With the kind of stories you
@UnSubtleDesi
have been reporting, here's a mantra for you. Bhoot pisacha nikat nahi aavé ...
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