Jayaditya

@gurdeepsappal The report on the President-TMC issue has the official explanation buried deep into the story, when it should have been in the third or fourth para.

Indian Express loses its credibility, starts misreporting. 1. Yesterday, it reported that sunken Iranian ship Dena was offered shelter by Indian authorities. It was a single line claim in the entire lead story, that came only from sources. Till now, NO OFFICIAL statement by Government of India has confirmed it. Yesterday, foreign minister Jaishankar didn’t answer it despite asked about it. Yet, IE fails to report it even though it again today carries a lead front page report on the subject. 2. The main headline today says ‘Iran apologies for attack on neighbours, Trump calls its surrender’. But it entirely missed the key phrase from the statement of Iranian President, which is: “unless attacks come from them.” This means Iran is not renouncing attacks entirely; it is saying: * If neighbouring countries host US or Israeli military operations, Iran may strike targets there. * If they remain neutral, Iran claims it will not attack them. In strategic terms this is deterrence messaging, not a peace pledge. But @IndianExpress deliberately chooses to omit it! Why?

@Shrabonti @suhasinih I would have everything on that menu. It all looks interesting

@jayaditya @suhasinih I love kosambari

Charred pineapple yogurt foam and banana blossom skewers?? Open secret in Delhi's diplomatic circles that visiting dignitaries now routinely return from such strange meals at official banquets and order Indian food from room service.

@Shrabonti @suhasinih I would be fine with this, applying standard rules of good dining/fusion food - does it make sense (not sure mustard will go with dhokla), and meat options for some courses.

@suhasinih Don't see what's wrong with this TBH. Can't keep serving butter chicken and dal makhani

@jon_selvaraj You answered your own question :)

Everyone talking about how hard it will be to get 100 medals in 2036 Oly but I'm still wondering how JS quietly increased our medal tally at Paris 2024 from 6 medals to 8 medals.

@advsanjoy Thanks, that’s quite a story! And yes you’re right about the Kwalitys tutti frutti :)

@jayaditya The restaurant is owned by the Ghai Family. Their daughter is married to Justice HR Khanna’s son. Their daughter Sameera was our classmate in law school. So we would always be free loading there was law students thanks to Sam! 🤣

Dieting can wait till the Gas Chamber! The best Chana Batura and Tuti Fruti Combo in India is at Kwality, Park Street, Kolkata! Only my classmates can guess as to what is the connection between this restaurant and the ADM Jabalpur Case 😜

@joybhattacharj “Fascinating” is a good way to describe her. So many talents!

@jayaditya She taught in Mysore for a while

On this day in 1911, Jana Gana Mana was first performed in a public gathering, at the 1911 Calcutta session of the Congress. The lady who led a group of schoolchildren in the performance was Sarala Devi Chaudharani, Rabindranath Tagore's niece and one of the most fascinating figures of the nationalist movement. A gold medalist from Bethune College, she became a school teacher, and then helped her mother edit the nationalist Bengali paper Bharati. After marriage, she moved to Punjab and helped her activist husband Rambhuj Chaudhury edit the nationalist weekly Hindustan, first in Urdu and then English. She also found the time to found the Bharat Stree Mahamandal (All India Women's Organization), the first All India Organization for women, and the Lakshmi Bhandar to popularize native handicrafts produced by women She was an acolyte of the Mahatma, and carried a spirited correspondence with him for over two decades. After 1935, she retired from public life and turned to spiritualism. Her autobiography, Jivaner Jhara Pata(The Scattered Leaves Of My Life) describes her journey with feminism and women's education and the trials and travails of an educated opinionated Indian women of the time, and was serialised in the magazine Desh. The number of remarkable women who played an active part in our freedom struggle is literally unparalleled in world history.

@BrianRoemmele @anumccartney I didn’t expect to hear the rolled R’s. Don’t recall too many other instances in their songs…

John Lennon. Voice only, first take, In My My Life.

@chhuti_is Please share the details. Would like to help him

I spoke to Sheikh Rezaul, he told me, "They damaged all my products worth Rs 3,000. That’s more than my week’s income." He is traumatised, but resilient. If any of you wants to support him, do let me know. I will share his details.

@anumccartney All Dead, All Dead… always loved May’s gentle vocals (like ‘39) and other-worldly lyrics

Not the obvious one, but Spread Your Wings. That song reduces me to a crying mess. Deaky really wrote some magical lyrics there.

@anumccartney Just realised BW and Macca were born two days apart…

@jayaditya Yup. I love what Paul McCartney called it, a “no one is musically educated until they’ve heard Pet Sounds.” What an absolute megalith of an album.

In honour of Brian Wilson, just one of the most beautiful songs ever written, that has since I was 10 years old sent me to a very happy place. Thank you for all the beautiful music, Brian. God only knows what music would be without you. youtu.be/NADx3-qRxek?si…

@zoo_bear You are presuming they have some shame to begin with.

Times Now and all their star anchors including @navikakumar should be ashamed for running non stop propaganda targetting Rhea Chakraborty in Shlushant Singh Rajput's case.

@anupamabijur Be careful what you wish for!

My superpower: the ability to tell if a piece of content has been generated by ChatGPT. Clue: It's a soulless word salad. Give me bad grammar, spelling errors, pompous writing, and convoluted sentences that make my head hurt.... I promise not to complain. #chatgpt #writing

@spicydabeli Yes I saw it later in your post. Ahmedabad is one of the most surprising cities in India. You can go for the art deco alone. Or for the kitsch.

@jayaditya It is. There are a couple of them lol

Here’s a quick thread of things to do / eat in Ahmedabad for those who are here over the weekend for Coldplay, from someone who grew up in the city 🧵🏰🍛

@spicydabeli Wow, I had no idea about the Conflictorium. Superb list, thanks for compiling and sharing. Is Bera Samosa still around? (Sadly, La Bella is not)

Head over to the Old City and walk through the gullies of the 600 -year walled settlement Visit Jama Masjid Sidi Saiyyed Ni Jali Hutheesing Jain Temple Teen Darwaja Jhulta Minara Rani no Hajiro Conflictorium (museum documenting the violent past of the city and state)

@qikipedia Calcutta Zoo had a tigon and quite possibly a litigon in the 1970s. A big draw back in the day

Apart from ligers (lion–tiger hybrids) and tigons (tiger–lion hybrids), there are also lion–tigon hybrids called litigons; lion–leopard hybrids called leonards; leopard–jaguar hybrids called lepjags; and lion–lepjag hybrids called lijaguleps.

@joybhattacharj The Statesman of Dec 20 1974 advertises the upcoming Sonar Kella. Also Ankur and two Malayalam movies.

Sonar Kella was released on this day exactly fifty years ago. I cannot think of a film had has had a larger influence among Bengalis and Calcuttans of a particular generation.

@advsanjoy Is it this one, by any chance?

Bharat Law House is selling limited editions of the Calligraphic Constitution. Presented a copy to a staunchly secular lawyer. He and his more secular junior just called aghast that it had pictures of Ramayana & Mahabharat. Wanted to know whether it was genuine 🤣🤣🤣