Swarna Rajagopalan
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Political scientist by training, highly educated factotum, once founded & ran @prajnya, teaching @kreauniversity, founding member @WRNnews, chairing @ipsarc07.
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Joined September 2008
Re-introducing in a new avatara, South x Southasia (once Subcontinent South)--a curated newsfeed on security and gender topics in and from the pov of Sri Lanka; Maldives; southern India, Andaman-Nicobar and Lakshadweep; and the Indian Ocean region. #follow @southxsouthasia
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Vajpayee completed tenure. UPA lasted two full terms. Modi has been PM since 2014. Wonder which India he's talking about...
"I've watched India for years. It's an incredible country. Every single year, you'd have a new leader. Some would last for just a few months. But my friend Modi has been there for a long time," says Donald Trump
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š§µ Thread: The Simulation ā What If Reality Is a Divine Code? 1. The ancients called it Maya. Mystics called it illusion. Scientists now call it the simulation hypothesis. Different words for the same whisper: Reality may be rendered, not born.
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I have heard this a couple of times in the last 24 hours. If you are educated and live in a major metro, you should know this is how the South marks Deepavali--oil bath, sweets and crackers before sunrise.
I want to know who is bursting crackers at 6am !
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Fantastic use of his education. Slow clap. Saar wanted father in law to build him a hospital. FIL couldnt. So saar decided to murder the wife who had health issues like 'Low BP' and GI issues - these were grounds that Dr Mahendra Reddy saar decided to off his wife.
#Bengaluru-based general physician Dr. Mahendra Reddy, working at Victoria Hospital, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, dermatologist Dr. Kritika Reddy, and disguising it as a natural death six months ago, police said. Details here š https://t.co/9lKPKEuEea
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My essay on alleged sexual assault at South Asian University, affectively a sovereign and lawless fiefdom untouched by Indian law. If there is concern for young people, please rescind the immunity enjoyed by this place and let local laws be applicable to crimes committed there
The Latest āFeatherā in South Asian Universityās Tattered Hat: Sexual Assault According to the FIR, this was not just a random assault, but a coordinated attack preceded by stalking via email and WhatsApp. Sasanka Pereraāļø https://t.co/WrbO0x4K0b
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Performance Matters. Precision Matters. Predictability Matters. Introducing OptiBLOCK mini
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Flattering the powerful and stalling for time, patiently waiting for things to change, are both time worn desi ways of dealing with issues. Pakistanās PM Sharif is using flattery & Indiaās PM Modi seems to be deploying patience in dealing with Trump. š¤
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Sexual offenders are a privileged group in India. Each institution, from the Wrestling Federation of India to Ashoka University, protects their predators. This impunity enables more acts of sexual violence everywhere. What happened in @SouthAsianUni is just horrible.
The man shouting, " how do you know it's gang rape" is Navneet Jha, the Dean of Students @SouthAsianUni. He has a history of protecting sexual harassers and is often seen in photographs with them. Didn't expect anything less from him. Iykyk
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my kid wants to stay up after bedtime looking at books with a flashlight, but i of course put a stop to it right away because that sort of behavior is a one way street to a phd in the humanities
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āAshley is a distinguished scholar. He played an important role in cementing U.S.-India relations,ā said Sanjay Baru. āHe is a good friend and I sincerely hope he would be cleared of all charges.ā
"AshleyĀ was among the few foreigners who had an equally good equation with both PM Singh andĀ PM Modi,āĀ a former official said. In 2014, a book co-edited by Mr. Tellis, "Getting India Back on Track", was launched by Modi at his residence, and in 2022, another book he co-edited,
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Unprecedented. The fight for #FreedomOfSpeech in a country that protects it specifically for the media.
Pentagon beat reporters have been handing in their press passes all day long today. It is one of the most striking examples of news media solidarity we've seen this year.
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FBI arrests US strategic scholar & former high official Ashley Tellisā¦ Secret files, āunauthorisedā possession, China āconnection āā¦ What next with FBI case? And some spy stories as ā¦@praveenswamiā© joins inā¦ #CutTheClutter with me. Episode 1744
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BREAKING: Trump hint to start a new war with Venezuela: āWe are certainly looking at Venezuelan land now. We have the sea under control," - President Trump.
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Breaking news - Trump has made huge new claim- yet to be commented on or corroborated by India - that PM Modi has assured him India will not be purchasing oil from Russia. Responding to a question from ANI on India being a reliable partner and the possibility of a meeting at the
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No public debate, no discussion. No tender or open competition either. How much is this contract worth?
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The journalists who cover the Pentagon had to choose today between signing a pledge that would make it impossible to do independent journalism and turning in their Pentagon press badges. Almost all of them turned in their badges and left the building.
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I've been reading the news this morning. For others who would like to salvage their day and do something about it, here is a playlist of calm music:
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Playlist Ā· Spotify Ā· 148 items Ā· 7.8M saves
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AOC: But Gaza has been flattened with American made bombs with our tax dollars, while families can't even afford to put food on the table.The United States played a role in all of this destruction to begin with, by enabling Netanyahu in in dropping all of these bombsā¦Ā Collins:
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OpenAI and Walmart are bringing shopping to ChatGPT ā soon youāll be able to chat, choose, and check out. Would you shop this way?
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Shocking details: In the case of US v. Ashley Tellis, FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Scott in his affidavit says that "probable cause" exists in support of the requested criminal complaint. The FBI has more information than is revealed in the affidavit. The investigation seems to
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1/5: Ashley Tellis, eminent international relations scholar who played key role in shaping the historic India-US Nuclear Agreement of 2003, has been arrested for allegedly illegally acquiring secret documents from a special classified depository.
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In the wake g the Ashley Tellis case, Indian versions of Laura Loomer are advocating preemptive denial of entry to US scholars/experts on South Asia. Another coming of the infamous āforeign handā phobia.
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ThePrint #50WordEdit: Ashley Tellis, prominent American scholar on South Asia, is charged with unauthorised access and possession, along with suggestions of espionage for Beijing. FBI filings show heās been under surveillance since early 2022. US legal processes, usually robust
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