Mihir
@elmihiro
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Occasional contributor to @livefist, @newslaundry, @swarajyamag. Distinguished (Armch)air Marshal. Expert consultant on fairness of sugarcane pricing.
Joined October 2011
Quick thread: Some I lessons learned, not from the Ukraine invasion in particular, but in following domestic/international crises and conflicts over the last few years, and from life in general. Nearly all arise out of my own failures/missteps/botch-ups.
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Wow, the exact opposite situation exists in Colorado, USA, where you can find an entire supermarket inside a boulder.
In Estonia, if there’s a 10,000-year-old glacial boulder where you want to build a supermarket, you build the supermarket around the boulder. Obviously. The rock stays. You adapt. 🇪🇪
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Many moons ago, I was a suspect in a murder case and taken to the pullis station for questioning. Expected to take a few slaps and spend the night in hawalaat, but the officers were quite nice and polite 🫢. Crime branch operates at a very different level.
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Thankfully, India has at least seven or eight different options to choose from in this endeavor, and won’t be armtwisted by the one or two entries that have working fifth-gen fighters.
Defence Secretary RK Singh stated that the acquisition of a fifth-generation fighter from key allies is being considered as a short-term option. Key terms - Allie”s”, Considered & Option
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Very sad.
21 States have already adopted the Centre's repealed farm Acts (article published in December 2021, after the repeal of 3 Farm Laws) . I'm putting up the current status of these agriculture marketing reforms as of December 2024. (1/n).
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1. Why does this information have to come from Eric Trappier? Does the Indian military brass think that keeping mum and letting others muddy the waters serve them well?. 2. “The Pakistanis didn’t shoot it down, we did it ourselves” isn’t the flex we think it is.
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India should immediately resume Operation Sindoor by sending a BBMP team to assist Pakistan in repairing the runway.
Pakistan once again issues a NOTAM for Rahim Yar Khan, the runway struck by India in May 2025 now remains offline estimated till 18 July 2025
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The liverdoc fellow is a colossal prick, and it’s always fun to see him taken down a notch. But in a medical crisis, whose hands would you rather place your life in? A qualified, capable jerk of a doctor, or a cheerful, well-meaning homeopath/ayurvedist?.
Your entire brand and personality is built on insulting others. While you chase retweets by tearing people down, my family quietly heals lives without needing a spotlight. They’ve helped more people than your ego can count. Stay in your lane. And for a change, try being useful.
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Wow, no one could have predicted this! 🤯.
BREAKING: Trump says he will 'take a look' when asked about deporting Elon Musk from the United States.
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“Indo-Pacific”. Re-hyphenation in full swing.
#WATCH | US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce says, "Tomorrow, Secretary Rubio will welcome his QUAD counterparts from Australia, India, and Japan to Washington to reaffirm our shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. This Ministerial reinforces our joint
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Brave of the Atlantic to publish this. Are we finally seeing some sense and rationality return to this debate?.
The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine. How the left ended up disbelieving the science. By @HelenLewis for @TheAtlantic
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RT @saurabhtodi: Absolutely. We’ve said and accepted this but in a lazy way. It would have been best to just say that there were initial lo….
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I was going to say Great Britain, but I’m pretty sure King Charles wasn’t formerly al-Qaeda.
Which Arab country will sign a normalisation agreement with Israel next? It's an easy guess. I will give you a clue. The current leader of the country was formerly al-Qaeda.
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The govt and armed forces came clean on the Budgam fratricide and losses at Galwan. It mustn't have been easy. Yet, any embarrassment was temporary; the lessons and improvements stuck around.
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Here's a radical idea: this isn't about being "poor at infowar". When you conceal your own losses, it makes you look evasive. Like you care more about PR points than real outcomes. And the longer you cover it up, the deeper the hole you dig for yourself.
Just in: 'Remarks have been quoted out of context and the media reports are a mis-representation of the intention and thrust of the presentation made by the speaker', Indian embassy in Indonesia on remarks made by Indian Defence attack.
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The day I saw this was the day I lost faith in Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
What movie has a terrible rotten tomatoes rating but is actually great?.
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RT @SandeepUnnithan: Chuffed that Thiruvananthapuram has static displays of full range of British carrier aviation- fm 1st Gen to 5th gen.….
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TIL Russia is also a Vishwaguru.
Incredible. Police in Yekaterinburg start mildly cracking down on the Azeri mafia and IMMEDIATELY every diaspora organization starts crying racism, Turkish activists accuse Russia of "genocide of Azeris", the Azeri government announces the cancellation of every Russia-connected.
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RT @navelkarnishank: @elmihiro What you really should be asking is how they managed to mount a stealth armoured vehicle on the F35. To coun….
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This photo showcases the stealth shaping very nicely. The sharply angled surfaces, the parallel lines, the tight fit-and-finish, etc. Pity about that old-looking khaki and brown paint though.
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RT @zone5aviation: Makes sense with HAL already bitten multiple times being the public face of DRDO delays. This is not news tho — they c….
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