Sandipan Deb
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Writer, editor, columnist. Former editor, Financial Express, Open, Swarajya, Outlook Money; managing editor, Outlook.
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Are we a 1.4-billion-people nation which has been reduced to apologising every day for something that some 12 people (who may or may not even be Indian) tweeted?
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The biggest Covid-19 threat to India is the well-off "entitled" Indian, who pops a Crocin on the flight to lower body temperature, whines about long airport queues, lies about travel history, disobeys quarantine orders, cribs that the isolation facility is less than 5-star. 1/2
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Indians have more hunger and less happiness than Pakistan and Sri Lanka. We have less press freedom than Hong Kong and Namibia. We are less of a democracy than Cyprus and Lithuania. Does any sane Indian believe this nonsense? Anyone wondering what these index makers are smoking?
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In my 31 years in journalism, this is the sickest story I've ever seen.
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This is insane. It's wrong for CJI Chandrachud, a Hindu, to go to a temple!! Because Gandhi never went to a temple to pray!
Why on earth should all of us follow Gandhi's behaviour? Should we then sleep with naked young girls? Refuse allopathic drugs for wife in terminal illness?
What Gandhi would have made of CJI's publicised visit to Dwarkanath Temple clad in a Saffron robe. Read Ramachandra Guha. "Gandhi himself virtually never went to a Hindu temple. Though Gandhi described himself as a Hindu, his chosen mode of worship was the inter-faith meeting,
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The NYT's racism. Italy is a leader (30,000 dead), but Vietnam (0 dead)—no mention. Germany saw 287 deaths in 1 day last week, more than South Korea's total, but Merkel is great & Korea isn't discussed. Of course, India doesn't feature at all. Must read.
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Amartya Sen opens his mouth on the Bengal elections in an interview. He does not disappoint!
1. "Bengal is divided between Hindus and Muslims that has not been traditionally a big divider."
And two sentences later:
"Bengal has been a divided ground for a long time."
Thread 1/n
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In this Bengal election, the arrogance of self-styled Bengali “intellectuals” is amazing. eg.
1. That Bengali culture/ ethos will be destroyed if BJP comes to power.
So a mere change in government is enough to ruin Bengali culture. How fragile is it then? What is its worth? 1/n
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Truly fed up with this Savarkar "mercy petition" BS. He was held by the British for 27 YEARS (14 in jail, incl. 10 in Andamans, then 13 confined to Ratnagiri). NO OTHER INDIAN LEADER earned such distrust/ fear from the British. They, rightly, didn't believe the petitions at all.
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India refused to sign the vaccine supply contract with Pfizer, with its incredibly one-sided terms. This was one of the best covid decisions that India took. My
@livemint
column.
Link in the first comment.
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Wow. The defence for this man, who has not been able to answer a single question about his paper, is that he is a PhD from Yale! I am a BTech (Hons) from IIT Kgp and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. I have a nice bridge to sell. Trust me.
A talented early career academic, with a PhD from Yale, and with a host of prestigious fellowships and scholarships, and publications in top peer reviewed journals, had to leave his job in India just because his research raised a few questions on electoral contrivance. Shame!
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They would never do anything like this at an European or US airport or Dubai or Moscow. They know what'd happen to them if they did. A contemptible and cowardly bunch of people who think they're above the law in India, which is their parents' jagir and owes them a free lunch. 2/2
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Something we don't talk about. That in post-2014 India, even decades-old friendships are breaking up. And it's mostly “liberals"—supposedly more open-minded—who are walking away. Old pals are now just “bhakts" “sanghis" “fascists". My column in
@livemint
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My article in
@livemint
on the widespread insane belief among the Indian middle class that entry into an IIT is a ticket to paradise on earth. Deluded parents are ruining their kids' lives. It's a deep social problem now.
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My piece today in
@livemint
on my 2003 Ayodhya ground report when the ASI was excavating under where the Babri mosque had stood. Many years later, Vinod Mehta said it was the one story he regretted carrying in his 20 years as editor of Outlook :-)
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Why are so many Gen Z kids (born 1995 onwards) in therapy? Almost every friend of my daughter (1995 born) has gone through/ going through therapy, counselling etc. Is it something we did wrong as parents, or is it social media, or what? Would really like to understand this.
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"Hamare ghar mein ghus ke maara"? Criticise the government, it's absolutely your right, but this, I'm sorry, sounds like Telegraph is celebrating the death of Indian soldiers!
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The West is puzzled by the disdain and pride with which Indians have reacted to Trudeau’s accusation about Nijjar's killing.
Indians today are far more confident of their identity and their place in the world than ever before.
My column.
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My piece in
#EconomicTimes
on why the WHO's estimate of 4.7 million covid deaths in India makes no sense. You only need to know middle school math to figure out it's all wrong.
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This is just crazy. Why should the government of India publicly describe "verbally presented evidence"? When the accuser, Canada, refuses to reveal anything? The onus is on the accused to prove his innocence? That goes against the basic principles of a civilised world.
Has the Government of India publicly described why the evidence it was presented verbally in August/September was/is inadequate?
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There is enough evidence that anti-CAA protestors don’t know what the CAA means. But I'm bothered about those who DO know—politicians, mediapersons and public intellectuals, who are spreading lies and stoking fears that Muslims are now 2nd class citizens.
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In a 2009 interview,
#KamalaHarris
said her grandfather P.V. Gopalan “held a post in India that was like the secretary of state in (the US)".
Gopalan actually retired as jt secretary in the ministry of labour & employment.
My piece in
@livemint
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You may criticise Savarkar for his views etc. But you CANNOT EVER doubt his courage and spirit. He was fully freed by the British 19 YEARS after his last mercy petition.
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Indian and Chinese armies are facing off at the Ladakh border. 20 of our soldiers lost their lives in Galwan last year. And Indian Express carries a four-page advertorial paid for by China.
But we keep weeping about the lack of press freedom in India.
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A Kashmiri Pandit schoolboy writing from his refugee camp in Jammu...
When your sister was kidnapped in 1991,
@SalmanSoz
- I sent her a letter from a 10 by 10 ft room with good wishes. I was 15, and my heart was full of anger at what had been done to us in Kashmir. She wrote back (I’m called Vicky at home)
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Nor "Spanish flu", which may have actually originated in China. And what about "HIndu rate of growth"?
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The "liberal" hope for PM gives a clear answer to FAQ: Say only positive things about the West Bengal govt and TMC govt, Submit proof to DM and Police SP, and the govt will consider giving ads to these papers.
10/10 Honest.
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Reaction of "liberal intellectuals" to attacks on Hindus in B'desh:
Phase 1: Very bad, but hey, please note, we condemn ALL communal violence.
Phase 2: The problem is with the thing called religion. Religion = Bad.
I'm sure Hindus in B'desh are grateful for this explanation.
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For once, I don't agree with
@ARanganathan72
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Mind-boggling racism. I suppose "civilised" here means that both nations have McDonalds.
It just occurred to me that this is the first major war between civilized nations in my lifetime.
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“Fascism”. These people have made the term meaningless by uttering it without any context or reality check. So how does one judge the TMC government—the scale of violence, extortion, a politically compromised police, little freedom of expression, repression of the media? 4/n
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2 examples:
Bengali weddings: “Ladies sangeet” is now a must. Women wear sarees in the Ekta Kapoor-serial style, not Bengali.
Hanuman pendants & bracelets are some of the most advertised items on Bengali TV for years. Millions have possibly bought them. So... 2/n
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2. "When the British partitioned (Bengal) early in the 20th century and wanted a Muslim part separated out, they hoped that there would be support from the Muslims in Bengal... Bengalis, both Hindus, and Muslims, were totally against it..."
This is nonsense. 2/n
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How many of us have actually survived beyond 50 pages of these celebrated books? They are all dense, ego-driven and f***ing boring. Also a simple guide to appear knowledgeable without reading these tomes.
Thank you
@ShefVaidya
for sparking this idea.
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There is enough historical evidence that there was widespread support from Bengali Muslims (poorer than the Hindus, as Sen notes, and lagging on other parameters) for partition, because they (correctly) saw that their economic and political clout could increase.
And it did. 3/n
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The return of Ashwin is the biggest positive for India, says Kohli. Yes, but... Who kept Ashwin out of white ball cricket for four years?
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@shashj
You say that you reported on "what the Canada government *believes*". You really think government statements are bound more by what they *believe* as opposed to what they *know* and can spin for political leverage in any way? *Believes*. Brilliant journalism.
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Oh yes, he also trots out his long-discredited "Kerala model". He even believes that caste does not play a role in Kerala politics any more! Amartya Sen never disappoints. n/n ENDS
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Oh dear, Ram Prasad Bismil too wrote a mercy petition! Now was he too a "coward" and a "stooge" like Savarkar? Does
@RahulGandhi
have the guts to say that?
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And what gives these “intellectuals” the right to pass judgement on voters if they don’t obey their "instructions"? Especially since most of them seem to have migrated far from Bengal, and have no desire to return. ENDS.
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The "intellectual" appeal to the people begins and ends with “Don’t vote for BJP.” They don’t seem to have the guts to say: “Vote for X,” because even they realise that could be embarrassing. 5/n
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Since the "intellectuals" have never spoken about this, I assume they consider these trends to be part of Bengali culture/ ethos. But “Jai Sriram” destroys it. (cont'd) 3/n
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19 January. Let today's date stay seared into India's conscience for ever. 30 years ago, 350,000 of our citizens were driven out their homeland and made refugees in their own nation (and are still refugees). This is a day of shame, unmatched in modern history.
#HumWapasAayenge
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They seem to be in amazing denial of Bengal’s caste realities. Bengal’s political leadership, culture, media, public discourse have been 100% dominated by upper castes. Yes, Brahmins, Baidyas and Kayasthas intermarry. upper castes. Now BJP is condemned for stirring up caste! 6/n
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By lying and hiding the extent of the menace, China allowed Covid-19 to spread across the world. Quite simply, China has committed an unpardonable crime against humanity. My column in
@livemint
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Sen admits he doesn't know enough to comment on this, then goes ahead anyway.
He brings up Gujarat in an "unaided response". So now Bengalis should just compare themselves with Gujarat (and Sen's comparison isn't even correct )? Is this his vision of Bengali self-respect? 6/n
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Just 1 data point. Post-Partition the competitive examination for provincial civil service was abolished for East Bengal and Assam. 1901: Muslims held 1/8 of the 1,235 higher appointments. 1911: 1/5 of the 2,305 gazetted appointments held by Indians. 4/n
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Bengali "intellectuals" are upset about Anupam Kher being cast as Tagore, bcoz they don't like his political views, but don't utter a squeak about dozens of people killed in Bengal panchayat polls. Ah, the "aantels", as we say in Bangla.
@moneycontrolcom
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Of course. Why even let them vote? The members of the India International Centre should decide it all.
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3/3 She is NOT Indian. She is just another ambitious American politician. It’s time we de-colonized our minds and stopped looking for constant validation from the West.
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The “temporary and transitional" provision Article 370 made an exception to the fundamental rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Indian Constitution. These fundamental rights have now been restored. My column in
@livemint
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In answer to Q "Do you think...crucial mistakes were made by the state government?" Sen: "There may well have been, I haven’t studied it in particular. There are also achievements. Bengali peasants still have a better health condition than Gujarati peasants." !!! 5/n
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Trudeau took the risk, punching far above his pay grade, as prime minister of a country that's quite insignificant on the global stage. In the process he managed to unite Indians and make Modi stronger. Now he is reduced to babbling about wanting "stronger ties with India".
India is playing a risky game. It wants to signal its discontent to Canada and send a broader message to the West and the rest of the world (we are a rising power etc.), but too much aggressive foreign policy, especially given its continuing weaknesses, exposes it to blowback.
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Ok, so Indians are racist This is the funniest thing I've heard from confused whites who are in an existential crisis that they brought on to themselves.
And criticizing Soros is anti-Semitic! When Soros finances anti Israel forces! These guys are deranged. Pity these fools.
Can we verify BJP's new claim that the Congress is funded by Soros? No, because nowadays parties in India do not have to reveal who funds them. This was a decision made by *checks notes*... the BJP government.
(Also, blaming Soros for everything is Antisemitic dogwhistle).
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In mid-May 2003, I became the first English mainstream media journalist to try to sneak into the excavation site around where the Babri Masjid had stood from 1528 till December 6, 1992.
Remembering my experience for
@moneycontrolcom
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When the news came of Soumitra Chatterjee’s passing. I sent a message to all my WhatsApp groups (and 80% of the members are not Bengalis). It was: “Is there anyone who didn't love him?” There was no reply other than expressions of grief.
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First, headmaster's son. Then, math teacher. So how will this guy be described one day? Aspiring astronaut?
#Terrorists
J&K: Hizbul Mujahideen Announces 26-Year-Old Saifullah Mir Aka Ghazi Haider As Riyaz Naikoo’s Successor
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A recent study done in IIT Kharagpur found that 84% BTech students felt that mental health was a real problem on the campus, 72% had experienced anxiety or depression, and among them, 24% had thought of suicide. What are the solutions?
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Some people are pointing out that
#RahulGandhi
was the first national politician to warn of an epidemic. But any idiot will be right once in a while. One apparently correct statement out of 100 statements made is simply a matter of probability—pure chance, not intelligence.
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You don't need to be a math expert to know that his paper was BS.
Seats where BJP won big—v high voter turnout. Ballot stuffing!
Seats tha BJP won narrowly—v high voter turnout in Muslim areas. Ballot stuffing!
But he's a PhD from Yale! So, must be right. Who ARE these fools?
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Nuclear power is the cheapest, greenest and safest source of energy currently known to man.
But every time the word “nuclear” is uttered, it gets a negative—often hysterical—response rather than a reasoned fact-based one.
My column in
@livemint
today.
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Anti-CAA protestors will not gain real mass support unless they get rid of Islamist protesters, slogans like “La ilaha illallah", and desecration of symbols like “Om". These attack moral capital, which resides deep inside human minds, and that's not smart.
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OK. So Indian "nationalism" was to blame for the Pak army butchering Hindus in East Pakistan (B'desh) in 1971 and the ethnic cleansing of Pandits in J&K in 1990-91. Super logic.
“If you are pushing a nationalist narrative, it’s difficult to then ask your neighbors to not do the same,”
@Aparna_Pande
said.
“You will then see every country in South Asia becoming more nationalist and, forget about anything else, that creates a strategic challenge for India”
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It makes no sense for India to provide any help to Pakistan.
Even last month, PM Shahbaz Sharif found time to call for talks with India on “burning issues like Kashmir". This is funny since it is Sharif’s house that is on fire.
My column in
@livemint
.
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Another tiring quote. People like Gandhi and Tagore spoke and wrote so much that they can be quoted to try to prove any point at all. Here's one from Tagore (next tweet) that is "clear evidence" that he hated the Abrahamic religions. 1/2
Mahatma Gandhi, in a statement addressed "To Gujaratis", 14 January 1948:
"All Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Parsis, Christians and Jews who people this country have an equal right to it. No one can say that it has place only for the majority and the minority should be dishonoured."
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OK. So the biggest security threat India has ever faced, and which needs the biggest deployment ever of the police across the country is… Diwali crackers.
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Govt on mega-drive to weed out useless files. 3.18 lakh sq ft of office space already freed up. Govt earns Rs 4.29 cr by selling raddi! Highest no of useless files in Environment Ministry.
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"There are two religions in earth, which have distinct enmity against all other religions. These are Christianity and Islam. They are not satisfied with observing their own religions, but are determined to destroy all other religions.” Works. Vol 24, Pg 375, Vishwa Bharti; 1982.
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As my friend
@Rocket_Captain
put it on FB, "A math teacher, a poet, a doctor and an engineer walked into a hospital maternity ward in Kabul".
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Libraries are the bedrock of civilisation; the gateway to progress. India spends 7 paise per capita annually on the development of public libraries. The figure for the US is $35.96 (₹2,548). My
@livemint
column.
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This is what it is. A sophisticated protest playbook that global activists have adopted and which governments need to read.
@gchikermane
nails it. This is 4th generation warfare.
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2/3 She also said: "My grandfather was one of the original independence fighters in India."
But he was born in 1911, 3 years after Lokmanya Tilak was jailed for six years for asking for Swaraj.
And Indians are going ga-ga over this lady. She can't even make things up properly!
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How many of us even know any more where our nearest post office is? Yet India Post is a beacon of hope for millions during this crisis. Wonderfully heartwarming.
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@sahaysmita
When an academic alleges that a party may have come to power through election rigging, and he titles his paper "Democratic Backsliding...", obviously it would be open to deep scrutiny. Forget the trolling. He didn't answer a single technical question raised by
@Saiarav
.
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DID YOU KNOW: The Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 clearly specifies their rights! On cessation of employment, the employer/ contractor must pay the fareworker's journey back to his home state! Why is this law not being implemented??? Here's the law:
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The new Cultural Revolution.
China follows in Taliban's footsteps: Redolent of the Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas, Chinese authorities demolish a 99-foot, venerated statue of Lord Buddha in a Tibetan region of Sichuan while forcing Tibetan monks to watch the destruction.
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Where does Ramanan Laxminarayan, who predicted 1-3 million covid deaths in India by May 15, go after Indians get to know he's a fraud? To China! On CGTN, Chinese state-owned TV , to talk about India's response. Does this man have no shame at all?.
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This is not a war against "Hindutva". This is a war on Hinduism itself. Calling for a protest against Holi in US universities! Misguided, deranged and dangerous.
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And to make sure the red flag is the "surest defender", Stalin killed 10 million people and Mao 40 million (conservative estimates).
This signalled to the world the defeat of Hitler & Nazi fascism on this day in 1945. ✊🏾
The Red Flag is the firmest, surest defender of liberty, freedom & human dignity.
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@somnath1978
Some months ago, Rajan said that India should not encourage manufacturing because that would add to global warming :) 1980 JEE rank 100, IIM-A medalist, steadily going nuts. Fascinating to watch.
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Fantastic effort by
@ARanganathan72
on Indian scientists we don't remember any more. Read the whole series and know about these forgotten and selfless Indians. We need this.
Ram and John.
Their paths would cross decades later, but by then those paths would be run over by blood & politics, not science & scholarship.
Co-authored column (Part II) on the the forgotten genius Col. Chopra. [Long read.]
#ForgottenIndianScientists
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The 5 books I loved most in 2020.
A New Idea of India: Rajeev Mantri/ Harsh Madhusudan
The Indian Conservative: Jaithirth Rao
16 Stormy days: Tripurdaman Singh
Azim Premji: Sundeep Khannna/ Varun Sood
The Hidden Hand: Clive Hamilton/ Mareike Ohlberg
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"Brain drain". Today, India’s finest engineers are not going off to the West as soon as they get a BTech .
If you are good, India offers great opportunities to fulfil your potential and also be as global as you want to be.
@moneycontrolcom
?
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The best WhatsApp message I've received during this lockdown
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It's interesting and very entertaining to see Western commentators accusing India of racism because most Indians are just laughing at the West in this India-Canada row. "Derision" is the word. How low they have fallen, how insecure and desperate! Clutching at straws.
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Terrifying! The Economics faculty of Ashoka University (and also the English and Creative Writing faculty, apparently) threaten to go on strike! GDP growth in danger, idea of India under threat—fascists are now questioning the math and methodology of an academic paper!!
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An illogical and uninformed woke-ism is infecting India's young. Prime example: "Climate activists" like
#DishaRavi
fighting for the environmentally worst farming practices. My
@livemint
column.
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I have been wondering about this for decades, hearing and reading people using this phrase, and have finally decided to ask.
What/who is "civil society"?
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My piece on the "liberals". First of all, they are illiberal. They are fake, elitist, dishonest and out of touch with reality. They are for democracy as long as the common people vote according to their wishes, otherwise they are idiots.
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How Mao was The Man who reduced global poverty.
In 1976 Chairman Mao died. Intnl Dev economist Steven Radelet says “In 1976, Mao single-handedly and dramatically changed the direction of global poverty with one simple act: he died.”
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Whenever I log in to Facebook, I get an Oxfam ad saying that India is a hellhole. The ads (made by social science types who can't do arithmetic but quote numbers) both amuse and irritate me. Of course, the aim is to get some money out of us. Sorry, Oxfam.
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Making the case for a Hindu Rashtra :)
"Greater population, greater rights": Rahul Gandhi on caste census of Bihar
Read
@ANI
Story |
#RahulGandhi
#CasteCensusbihar
#Congress
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Please follow
@icelandcricket
. The funniest and quirkiest cricket handle in the world.
Let's help this lovely little country with its 132 part-time players achieve the magic figure of 100,000 followers (they're quite close to it).
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I came to know just now that there was a Bharat Bandh yesterday. I must be living in some other country.
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Has anyone ever met a committed leftist with a good sense of humour? Serious question.
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Thank you
@Paperclip_In
for the thread on JC Bose’s pioneering work in plant neurobiology against all odds and how it was suppressed. Let me to add a thread to this. Perhaps JCB’s greatest achievement was in electronics, which was suppressed even more. 1/n
There may have been many who missed the quirky mention of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose in Wes Anderson's latest film,Asteroid City, set in a fictional desert town in America's West. Ironically, a century ago,America's elite scientists had waged a war against this brilliant mind.1/20
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Remember when eminent Indians publicly wished that Jacinda Ardern was PM of India? Ardern has quit as NZ PM.
She was a dismal failure on all fronts, including Covid.
This is the first nation-scale defeat of deluded woke politics. 1/2
@moneycontrolcom
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1/n This is one of the most regressive columns I've read in a long time. That the National Ediucation Policy recommending that children start learning coding from Class VI onwards reeks of caste and class bias.
In fact it is exactly the opposite!
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