Abhijit Iyer-Mitra

My talk at IIT Kharagpur, on why India will never be a “superpower” or indeed a major player: the systemic problems are too huge to overcome & politics fixation with micro patches means the macro is ignored youtu.be/outMIhNxFSA followed by the Q&A here youtu.be/jBiDlr_otLs

On 22/4 👇🏾 told me BJP was heading for 180 in West Bengal.

Panauti with an accent

The ONLY interview I’m interested in right now is the Rt Hon’ble Mahua Moitra ji. Followed by the Rt Hon’ble Pagalika Behosh ji.

See 👇🏾 violent fascist BJP.

TMC is heading for a landslide 9/10ths victory. Please don’t believe news reports.

A video documenting Pakistan’s military activity during its May 2025 conflict with India was released by the ISPR - Pakistan Armed Forces’ media wing, the video features satellite imagery claiming damage to an Indian airbase .. verification however reveals the image is from 2016

4 secular people celebrating @RubikaLiyaquat @MediaHarshVT @tehseenp

And she’s wearing a Dhakai Jamdani AGAIN!!!

60% of the Samosa Caucus (by number & 85% by weight) are on @CNNnews18 - on a fully topsy-turvy election

#ResultsWithNews18 | Vijay's TVK emerges as the biggest party in early trends, leads on 60 seats Subir Bhaumik, @chetan_bhagat, @tehseenp, @smitaprakash discuss with @Iyervval and @politicalbaaba #WestBengal #TamilNadu #Assam | @RShivshankar @AnchorAnandN Watch LIVE: youtube.com/live/rfDx1HMvX…

@Iyervval is so cute … nudges @smitaprakash to pass the plate that was infront of @tehseenp … samosa caucus in action 😍♥️@CNNnews18

RT @CNNnews18: #ResultsWithNews18: 8:35 am, 206/293 TMC: 106 BJP: 100 Cong: 0 TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee leading against her aide-turned…

@_pallavighosh Madam don’t project

@Iyervval True but ur staple food is ..

Yes kosha mangsho & chitol maccher muitha- both of which I’ve made for you and you admit mine are better than anything in Golbari.

A truck driver on his phone rear-ended our car (A Hyundai Tucson) on a NH44. My 4-year-old was in the car. We walked away. Barely! This isn’t just our story. This is every Indian highway, every single day. And nobody in power seems to care enough to fix it. Here’s what’s

Ha!!! @PadmajaJoshi wearing DMK Colours! Validates my belief DMK will win (great minds think alike and all that)

Why is this Poonjabi imposter culturally appropriating Bengali culture? His real name is Lovely-Anand-Singh-Insaan born & brought up in Bhatinda.

Good Morning! I’m praying (fervently) that I’m (badly) wrong. Irrespective I’m on @CNNnews18 all day today discussing election results. Whoever wins, @RubikaLiyaquat & @AMISHDEVGAN have arranged for jhalmuri

It is a total coincidence that "Cafe Farah" that our Leader of Opposition Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji visited in Oman is operated by Al Zaman Hospitality LLC, owned by one Mr Khalid Zaman Cafe is located in diplomatic area of Muscat Khalid Zaman, the owner of the cafe, also sits on

Remembered this old video Liberals laughing and joking about poll violence in Bengal No ... bombs and deaths are not funny Not at all funny. For too long, the pain of Bengal has been ignored by intellectuals.