Rahul Basu
@rahulbasu
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Part of @goafoundation, @thefutureweneed, @goenchimati.
Goa, India
Joined May 2008
Free download of "Minerals are a Shared Inheritance: Accounting for the Resource Curse". #OOTT EXIS paper where Scott Pegg & I argue that we need a paradigm shift from "windfall revenue" to "shared inheritance" & a fix to an error in government accounting. https://t.co/f7ntZQODrV
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"Israel has realised that public opinion is fast turning against it in the US and it needs new big allies. Those can be either China or India. But China is a Han ethno-State where you cannot turn its population against itself to increase your(J*wish) power. Its population is
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Yeah, this! India of my childhood was far from perfect but every eclipse, the media & leaders would have anti-superstition & science based coverage. Today all media outlets do eclipse fear mongering & now even the Indian cricket team is operating by it. Undeniable regression.
@gauravsabnis I read this news and was like - we were so much better than this 25-30 years back.
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Now that Netanyahu is talking about attacking Turkey, obviously the US should attack Turkey first in order to prevent Israel from attacking Turkey first. 😵💫
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We condemn the targeted assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Hosseini Khamenei, as a grave violation of international law.
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So the assessment that Netanyahu needed Modi on his side before starting bombing of Iran was correct. From standing for justice & equality to standing with a mass murderer, we have come a long, long way. Govt has besmirched India's reputation in the world forever. Shame #Iran
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National Science Day. In June 1924, Albert Einstein received a letter from an Indian who admitted that he was a stranger but was sending Einstein an article. The article addressed an issue in quantum theory with which Einstein had struggled. Einstein read it and realized that
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Disgusting! I've never been so ashamed of my Indian identity. India stands with palestine 🇵🇸 🇮🇳
Landed in Israel. I am extremely honoured to be received by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Mrs. Netanyahu at the airport. I look forward to engaging in bilateral discussions and fruitful outcomes that strengthen the India-Israel friendship. @netanyahu
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Only Two CM's in India who firmly stand with Palestine 🇵🇸🔥 1- Mk Stalin, Tamilnadu 2- Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala
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I hope that the Hon Prime Minister @narendramodi ji mentions the genocide of thousands of innocent men, women and children in Gaza while addressing the Knesset on his upcoming trip to Israel and demands justice for them. India has stood for what is right throughout our history as
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Once upon a time, Atal Bihari Vajpayee called Israel an “occupation force” and spoke about vacating Palestinian land.
Landed in Israel. I am extremely honoured to be received by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Mrs. Netanyahu at the airport. I look forward to engaging in bilateral discussions and fruitful outcomes that strengthen the India-Israel friendship. @netanyahu
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Hugging someone facing charges of gen0cide, war crimes and crimes against humanity isn't the good look Bhakts think it is. Esp while abandoning, rather betraying, long term national commitment to Palestinian statehood.
Drop everything & show me one World Leader who has shown guts to travel to a Conflict Region when War is likely to breakout at any time. PM .@narendramodi Ji travelling to Israel amid highest risk speaks volumes on he keeping National Interests paramount. Btw, that Saffron
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India was one of the first country in the world who recognized the State of Palestine also India is the first Non Arab country who recognized Palestine State 🔥
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Heart goes out to Palestinians who have looked up to India for support and today are watching two fascist leaders hug each other. We are ashamed.
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Day 126. Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay, a pedophile who molested a child, has still not been arrested. Don't you all wonder how rigged is this system that we can't get a paedophile arrested in India?
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Cannot stress this enough. If you want to understand India in all her messiness -- politics, caste, state, precarity... -- drop everything and read Balagopal’s Ear To The Ground. The book has just been reissued. One of the greatest books on India! https://t.co/topinWGlre
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9 y/o Aqil told what happened. "We were offering prayers the police were present then tear gas was fired, my brother fainted after that, the situation turned tense police just kept watching why didn’t they stop it earlier?" Acc to sources more than 60 Muslims were arrested.
Violence, stone pelting, and vehicle vandalism following an Aarti-Namaz dispute in Sihora, Jabalpur, led to 49 arrests. Why no action was taken against those who roamed around openly with weapons?
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So we live in an India where a teenagers gets beaten up in broad daylight because he is a Muslim and when his father comes to save him his father is killed. And all this in the capital of India, Delhi.
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