J P Joshi

#CAA_NRC Fight is about idea of #India. Every citizen has an idea of India, which is based on his/her perception. Tragic, everyone quotes the #Constitution, without ever having read it. The SC is the only competent institution to assess the constitutional validity of the laws.

@shiv_cybersurg Airpower hs capabilities that make it very attractive to own. A study of 1971 & 1999, where the army performed spectacularly wud be in order. Why? How? Did they own airpower? Airpower was jointy planned, centrally controlled & decentrally executed-the only way with ltd assets.

A super, "must-read" article that lays out the issues faced by attempts to organize Indian forces for multidomain ops. The nation currently lacks a strategy (Is GoI listening?) & is a long way from integrating all forces to work seamlessly as one. One relevant quote below:

“No nation, not even the mighty US have surfeit of resources, pooling-in is a norm. In Indian proposed Theatre Commands, in case need be, assets from one theatre command can be side-stepped to another, and reallocated as need be. The flexibility can be retained, obviously, all assets are under the RM-CDS-COSC! Indeed, allocation of resources to one Theatre is NOT etched in stone!” On the indivisibility of theatre command assets - timely one by Lt Gen @rakesharma15 vifindia.org/article/2026/a…

@rav26051 @RajeevC9729 @sanjeevsanyal Balancing long-term national security & economic goals with ethical stewardship of ecology & tribal rights will define the legitimacy & ultimate success of the project. @INCIndia opposition to project is baseless; only ltd portion of the island of 1200 tribals is in the project.

We are soon going to enter 79th year since the british colonial marauders were forced 'Transfer of Power', though obviously to the org'n they hd created in 1885 What took so long to: csconversations.in/great-nicobar-… Does it need acumen of a Lt Gen @RajeevC9729 or Dr @sanjeevsanyal, even

@SeaSkipper @RahulGandhi Thank you - very considered view by you, a naval veteran/merchant navy officer. @RahulGandhi of @incindia has a habit of picking issues with projects that deal with nat'l security, & creating high decibel political noise around it; never understood his motivation & intentions.

I am a Naval Veteran and Merchant Navy officer, and this is why I think @RahulGandhi is wrong on Great Nicobar. From an Indian national interest standpoint, Great Nicobar is not a “scam”; it is a strategic port located astride one of the most critical maritime chokepoints on earth, close to the Strait of Malacca, where a huge share of global trade moves every day. India cannot afford to treat Great Nicobar as a sentimental issue when it is a rare natural asset for maritime power, deterrence, and economic security. Yes, Great Nicobar is ecologically sensitive. India respects that. But national strategy is about balancing environmental safeguards with long-term security, logistics, and sovereignty. The current project is designed around an international container transshipment terminal, a dual-use airport, power infrastructure, and a planned township -all of which strengthen Indian Navy’s ability to monitor international sea lanes, improve military response times, and reduce commercial dependence on foreign transshipment hubs. To dismiss this as “destruction dressed in development’s language” is politically convenient, but strategically shallow. This kind of language suits our adversaries rather than us. India’s maritime future cannot be secured by empty slogans. It will be secured by developing ports, airfields, logistics nodes, surveillance, and persistent military presence in the Indo-Pacific. That is exactly why Great Nicobar matters. The real question is not whether development should happen, but how to execute strategic development responsibly while protecting our National interest. We can and should demand strict environmental compliance, tribal safeguards, and transparent implementation not reject a project that strengthens India’s maritime security simply because it is complex and uncomfortable. Great Nicobar is not just an island. It is a test of whether India can step up to its destined role as a great maritime power or remain trapped in slogan politics.

As the world stumbles into a Sarajevo 1914 mini-redux, India's weaknesses in natl power sinews have been brutally exposed. Time to be US 1914 - focus inward, privilege domestic capacities, avoid diplomatic grandstands, let the world exhaust itself. My article in @timesofindia

@Starboy2079 @Sanjay_Dixit In a changing world order, the establisment of a base in the Grea Nicobar island is a strategic imperative. As stated, only a small part of the island will be cleared, with minimal impact, but the strategic, & economic gains would far outweigh the loss in clearing.

Before Congress IT cell starts propaganda of 'Tribal population' to stop The Great Nicobar project on instructions of China, let me share all facts with you Do you know what the actual tribal population there is? Just 1,200. Shompen: around 200 Nicobarese: around 1,000 The island’s area is 950 sq km. Out of this, 166 sq km will be used for the project, around 800 sq km will remain reserved for these 1,200 tribals. And the interesting part? These tribals have already given an NOC to the central government, clearly stating they have no objection to the project. On the other hand, lakhs of tribals across India become victims every year of conversion, land jihad, and love jihad, yet Rahul Gandhi has never raised his voice for them. So, is this really love for tribals, or is it love for China? I leave that for you to decide.

One IPS officer. Just ONE. Ajay Pal Sharma walks into South 24 Parganas as Police Observer, and within a week the entire TMC machinery is shaking like a leaf. Petitions in Calcutta High Court. Petitions in the Supreme Court. Fake videos circulated overnight. Ministers screaming. Candidates whining. Protests outside party offices. All because ONE honest officer told a TMC goon to behave. Now pause and imagine. Imagine when the BJP government is formed in Bengal in May 2026 and not one, not two, but 3 to 4 dozen officers of Ajay Pal Sharma’s calibre are unleashed across the state. Imagine encounter specialists, no nonsense IPS officers, fearless cops finally allowed to do their job in a state that has been held hostage for 14 long years. What will happen to the TMC ecosystem then? The ecosystem that runs on cut money from every street vendor, every fish market, every panchayat tender. The ecosystem that survives on goonda gardi, syndicate raj, sand mafia, coal mafia, cattle smuggling and ration scams. The ecosystem that thrives on blackmailing businessmen, threatening voters, terrorising booth agents and intimidating women who dare to vote against Didi. That entire parasitic ecosystem will collapse in 90 days. The block level dadas will flee. The syndicate kings will surrender. The Jahangir Khans of Bengal will line up outside thanas they once controlled. The cut money chain from the panchayat office to Kalighat will break. The shelter that Mamata Banerjee has provided to criminals, infiltrators and looters for over a decade will end in a single sweep. This is why TMC is petrified of Ajay Pal Sharma today. Because he is not the exception. He is the trailer. The full picture is coming in May. Khela hobe. But this time the rules will be written by the Constitution, not by Bhaipo’s syndicate.

@Indian_Analyzer Absolutely agree with you. @ECISVEEP & the entire security setup deserves congratulations for a relatively violence free election in the state of WB, which has been notorious for threats, intimidation & violence in previous elections. Grassroot level cadre& muscle kept restrained

Ganesh Kumar was Targeted. His Family was Tracked. Attacks began before Bihar polls. His Daughter was DRAGGED in. IMPEACHMENT was Moved. Opposition attacked him daily. Black Flags were Shown. Slogans were Raised. Party Goons chased him even to TEMPLES. Intimidation was constant. He did not FLINCH. Ganesh Kumar stayed Firm. No Retreat. No Fear. No Bending. He took the heat and kept moving. Then came Bengal. He scripted one of the FAIREST ELECTIONS Bengal has seen. Tight. Ruthless. Uncompromising. 2,400 Companies deployed. 24x7 Monitoring. Special Observers on ground. Encounter Specialists moved in. India’s TOUGHEST Policemen were sent to Bengal. This was not optics. This was ENFORCEMENT. Built for one purpose. Ensure Bengal votes without Fear. Results can go anywhere. Legacy is already sealed. What Ganesh Kumar did this Election will be Remembered for years. India needed Steel. India got Ganesh Kumar. Perhaps the most daring. Perhaps the FINEST Election Commissioner India has seen👏🏼

@rumel_dahiya This war has not only caused loss of lives, damage & destruction in the three active participants but has engulfed the entire world into economic stress, shortages, and food insecurity. Agree with you that it is time that this be brought to an end to relieve the world.

Acting Pentagon Comptroller, Jules Hurst, has disclosed that the US has spent about USD 25 billion on Operation Epic Fury. Press reports earlier had estimated an expenditure (waste) of about USD 1 billion every day. Damage to Iranian and Lebanese infrastructure is enormous. This expenditure is affordable for the US due to the size of its economy and as a small proportion of its existing debt. However, the loss caused to the global economy is humongous. Rich countries in Europe and the Middle East will feel the stress, but the poorer countries will suffer the real pain. And it is just the beginning. It is not just the energy security that is threatened, the food insecurity will be even bigger challenge. We can expect domestic instability increasing in many Asian and African countries in coming months. There will be internal and external migration of large number of hungry and desperate people, even as tolerance for migration among the developed countries has almost vanished. Rising trend of protectionism will result in reduced trade flow. In sum, ill thought out and ego driven conflict in the Middle East will be catastrophic for the world at large. Do the aggressors expect the world to thank them for their efforts? The war must be called off without delay. Claim victory making any excuse but stop this war.

Many knew A. P. J. Abdul Kalam as the “People’s President.” But those who encountered him closely understood that the title was not symbolic it was earned. In April 2001, while still serving with Defence Research and Development Organisation, Dr. Kalam was scheduled to visit an engineering college known for its collaboration with India’s defense research programs. Students had spent days preparing projects, presentations, and decorations for his arrival. The official visit was planned for the next morning. Yet late that night, around 10 PM, something unexpected happened. A simple jeep rolled quietly into the campus. There were no flashing lights. No heavy security. No formal announcement. Dr. Kalam had arrived alone. Instead of waiting for the stage event, he walked straight toward the students still working behind the scenes the ones arranging displays, fixing wires, and decorating halls. Smiling gently, he began asking them what they were building. The students stood frozen. Before them was one of India’s greatest scientists, casually speaking to them as if he were just another teacher on campus. When someone asked why he had come at such an odd hour, he simply said: “Tomorrow everyone will meet the speakers on stage. Tonight I wanted to meet the people who do the real work.” Within minutes, word spread across the hostel. Students rushed out carrying notebooks, scraps of paper, even old lab sheets — anything that could hold his autograph. The next morning, during the formal presentations, he listened to every idea with complete sincerity. Even the wildest concepts received the same attention. He never dismissed youthful imagination. He encouraged it. And that was what made him different. By February 2003, Dr. Kalam had become the President of India. For most people, Rashtrapati Bhavan was a place impossible to enter without power, position, or influence. Yet one handwritten note from a young student changed that assumption. The note was simple. No recommendations. No political connections. No polished language. Just a request to discuss ideas for India’s future. At the reception desk, officials reportedly found it unusual. After all, people did not simply ask to meet the President. But the note was forwarded. And the next day, a call came from the President’s office. Dr. Kalam wanted the student to come. The following afternoon, an autorickshaw stopped outside the grand gates of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The guards could barely believe it when the young visitor stepped out and calmly said: “I am here to meet the President.” After multiple security checks, the visitor was finally escorted inside. Assistants explained the formal protocol how to sit, how to speak, how to behave before the Head of State. The expectation was clear: inside would be power, ceremony, and distance. Instead, when the office door opened, there was only one man inside. Dr. Kalam sat alone at his desk, reading papers. No crowd. No intimidation. No performance. He looked up, smiled warmly, and offered a chair. For the next thirty minutes, the President of India listened carefully as a young student explained scientific ideas and research papers. But he did not merely listen politely. He asked questions. He took notes. He challenged assumptions. He encouraged deeper thinking. At times he laughed lightly, making the conversation feel less like a meeting with a President and more like a discussion between a mentor and a student. That was his rare gift. He could make even the most ordinary person feel that their ideas mattered. When the meeting ended, the visitor quietly stepped out. Only then came the realization: No photograph had been taken. When the request was made, aides initially refused. Photographs with visitors were not customary. The President’s schedule was already full. But Dr. Kalam overheard the conversation.

He turned and said only a few words: “Call the photographer.” Despite a packed schedule, he paused for a few extra minutes not for a minister, not for a diplomat, but for a young student. Because to him, no sincere mind was ever too small to deserve respect. That was why millions admired him. Not because he became President. But because even after becoming President, he never stopped being human.

@Charu_on_X_x China put their best man to stop India 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@JethmalaniM Sad reality of the state of WB. The only state now, in India, where every election is a challenge to keep it threat & violence free. Goons have a free run in every election. The @ECISVEEP and staff have to be congratulated for relatively violence free elections this time.

Despicable. There is something morally rotten about a ruling party whose workers can look at a mother who lost her daughter to one of India’s most horrifying crimes and greet her with “Go Back” slogans on polling day. Ratna Debnath did not arrive in Panihati as a career politician manufactured in some party office. She arrived as a grieving mother who turned unbearable loss into public courage. She lost her daughter to one of India's most horrifying crimes; her daughter was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College in 2024. And that is precisely what makes the hostility against her so revealing. It is not politics. It is cruelty. What happened at Booth 165 in Panihati captures the Trinamool instinct perfectly: abuse, obstruction, crowd intimidation, and even an allegation that ink was smeared on the BJP lotus symbol on the EVM, delaying polling until officials cleaned it. Because this is the deeper Bengal sickness under Trinamool. Bengal should remember this image. A bereaved mother stepped into politics. The ruling party’s ecosystem answered with slogans, intimidation and disorder. That says everything about Ratna Debnath’s courage - and far too much about Trinamool’s character.

Most states, including UP & Bihar have given up on poll violence some years back. Hopefully state of WB will follow their lead, & the people would opt to vote peacefully & as per their conscience. The goons, earlier part of left, were decried by both @incindia & @aitc at onetime.

Wst Bengal is a unique state in India, where poll violence has always been a norm; the elctions are high on emotions, & noisy, sometimes violent in certain constituencies. @ECISVEEP & staff needs to be complimented for record polling, & that too violence free thus far. Fingers xd