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@ShefVaidya @PeeliHaldi @timesofindia @timesofindia has poor editorial controls or they were told by @vineetjaintimes to be extra sickular? V slimy.

A Muslim woman nammed Nowhera Shaikh scams other Muslim women using Sharia law. The pic on the right is of Nowhera Shaikh, but guess what @timesofindia thinks Nowhera Shaikh looks like? Yes, it is an AI picture, but AI does NOT out bindi on pictures unless you expressly give a prompt ASKING for it. So WHY would Times Of India ask for a Bindi on someone called Nowhera Shaikh?

@azmatalishah78 @ByRakeshSimha Failed to achieve? U think aim was to destroy Pak or deter it from sending terrorists? More Pak soldiers died than Indians killed by terrorists this time (check posthumous awards) . U are saying Pk will continue terrorism? Then mission wasn't successful & will be repeated.

@PrashnikQ @ByRakeshSimha 1) 71 was a full fledged war , losses were thus high too 2)No 1 in Pak claims victort for 71 -V lost fair & square 3)war outcome is not just measured in equipment losses but whether or not it acheives the pol objective of the initiator. By all ind counts, India failed to acheive

Arnab Goswami 1, Christine Fair 0 1. Christine Fair's claim to fame is she has written extensively about the Pakistan Army's unrelenting Islamic fundamentalism. Her entire work boils down to this: The Pakistan Army can never stop fighting India because it considers peace defeat. 2. Whether you are a nationalist, or a liberal who loves Pakistan, you should read her "5 Dangerous Myths About Pakistan." She correctly says peace with Pakistan is impossible. Link: christinefair.net/pubs/FiveMyths… 3. She recently said the Pakistan Army is an insurgent force. Basically a bunch of terrorists masquerading as an army. 4. Fair has exposed Pakistani hypocrisy on Kashmir. When a Pakistani reporter said India should obey the UN resolution on holding a plebiscite in Kashmir, she pointed out the plebiscite is conditional on Pakistan first vacating POK. Watch here: youtu.be/GYmMikj_jLI?si… 5. But unfortunately Fair is a one trick pony. She has written practically nothing else of value. She is only an Assistant Professor and in her own country she is unknown. She is known in India due to her work on the Pakistan Army. 6. Fair is not a friend of India. In fact, she is disturbingly Hinduphobic. In 2019 she said: "Rama is a schmuck and Sita is the abused wife of a schmuck." On social media she has frequently hurled the gaumutra, gaushala jibe at Hindus. You can read about it here: opindia.com/2019/08/christ… 7. I avoid attacking Fair because she serves a useful purpose in exposing the Pakistan Army's jehadi mentality. Also, she is a good tool to combat India's left because these lefties slavishly kowtow before American academics. The fact is, Indian experts like Tilak Devashar and Sushant Sareen are far better commentators and have better depth of knowledge of Pakistan than Fair. 8. After watching her meltdown on Arnab Goswami's show, I believe Fair has lost her mind. Her claim that India's airstrikes on Pakistan are not a deterrent for the Pakistan Army goes against the facts. 9. India practically castrated Pakistan in Operation Sindoor. Like in previous wars "Pakistan ran running like dog with its tail between its legs" to the US to bail it out. 10. Fair is trapped in her own academic straightjacket. Operation Sindoor showcased India's deterrence. Pakistan cannot hit back. If that isn't deterrence then what is? 11. She is right on one count - Pakistan may do another Pahalgam in 4 years. But that's precisely what deterrence has achieved - Pakistan can no longer attack India with impunity the way it used to before 2014. Under both AB Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh, India suffered a series of terrorist attacks without Pakistan facing any consequences. Narendra Modi changed all that with Uri, Balakot and Pahalgam. 12. Each strike by India has been progressively harder. On a scale of 1-10, if Uri was a 2, then Balakot was a 5 and Sindoor 7. A level 9 attack would pulverise Pakistan and send its economy back to the 1950s. 13. Christine Fair ran away from the debate when she found Arnab Goswami demolishing her arguments piecemeal. She accused the Indian media of being jingoistic, forgetting that her own country's media was so hyper jingoistic that it swallowed the CIA's WMD lies without questioning. 14. The US media is so pathetic that after 9/11 the famous anchor Dan Rather choked up on the Letterman Show. His theatrics contributed to the attack on Iraq - a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. 15. Fair ended up emulating Hina Rabbani Khar who ran away from the Piers Morgan show when her own Defence Minister's admission about Pakistan being a terror exporter was about to be read out. 16. Chanakya wrote 2,300 years ago: "One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises." Christine Fair is living proof of that adage.

@Options_IndiaAB They had better leadership at all levels. It is also true that in our system discipline cannot be enforced whether in factory or on roads or in Parliament.

I recently spent 2 weeks in China. 6 cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an, Zhangjiajie, Chongqing and Chengdu. I went there with curiosity. Like many Indians, I had heard a lot about China through media, social media and conversations. I expected to see progress, maybe discover some business ideas, and understand what the country is actually building. I came back with a very uncomfortable feeling. Not because I found a business idea for myself. But because I saw 100 things that governments can do when infrastructure, tourism, transport, urban planning and civic systems are treated seriously. I travelled within China by flights, trains, cars and local transport. The infrastructure was honestly stunning. Clean cities. Smooth roads. High-speed trains. Well-managed traffic. Public spaces that actually feel designed for people. Tourist destinations that are built, maintained and promoted like national assets. And then I kept thinking about India. We keep comparing ourselves to China. Our media keeps telling us how India is catching up, how China is restrictive, how we are better in so many ways. After spending time there and speaking to people, I realised how much of that narrative is just comfort food. China is not perfect. No country is. But on infrastructure, execution, tourism, civic discipline and quality of urban life, they are not 5 years ahead of us. They are decades ahead. The saddest part for me was the currency. Everything felt expensive. Not because China was insanely expensive, but because the rupee has weakened so much that even normal spending starts feeling heavy. As an Indian taxpayer, that genuinely hurt. We pay taxes. We work hard. We talk about becoming a global power. But where is the quality of life? Where is the civic sense? Where is the infrastructure that makes daily life easier? Where is the tourism vision beyond religious tourism? I met travellers from other countries who were excited to visit China because they wanted to see its progress. When I asked about India, many had no real desire to visit. Not out of hate. India simply was not on their aspirational travel list. That should bother us. Even the so-called “closed internet” surprised me. We are told people there are missing out because they don’t use Google, Instagram, WhatsApp or Facebook. But China has built its own digital ecosystem. Payments, maps, transport, messaging, shopping, everything works inside their own infrastructure. People did not seem to feel deprived. They seemed adapted. Again, this is not a hate post. I love India. That is exactly why this trip bothered me. Patriotism cannot only be about saying we are great. Real patriotism is having the courage to admit where we are falling behind. China made me realise one thing very clearly: India’s potential is not the problem. Execution is. And unless we stop comforting ourselves with comparisons and start demanding better infrastructure, better governance, better tourism, cleaner cities and a higher quality of life, we will keep celebrating the idea of progress instead of actually living it.

@azmatalishah78 @ByRakeshSimha How has it been shattered? It will be done again.What is shattered is Pak dream of sending terrorists & killing people like 26/11 without any retaliation.All of Pak is shouting 6,7 jets etc it is chicken feed.Check how many were lost by both sides in 1971 when we were poorer.

@PrashnikQ @ByRakeshSimha Of course India wanted to set a new normal where they will bomb across the border with impunity under the pretext of terrorist camps etc. That dream has been shattered big time, at least for now. Hope is a good thing my friend but wishful thinking can be injurious to one's health

@SaleemFarrukh It is a time bomb. Led to overuse of electric pumps & depleted water table, diversion to water intensive crops etc.

1. In Indian Punjab 90% of households receive zero electricity bills 2. Indian Punjab has made electricity a budget item 3. The consumer does not pay 4. The government pays through the treasury 5. The purpose is not to abolish the bill 6. The purpose is to change who pays the bill thenews.pk/print/1417392-…

@surajyengde What do u mean by pressed id1ot? Not surprising a vulture like you thinks shouting to attract attention is an achievement.

when a norwegian journalist pressed indian representatives, the entire administration had a meltdown. this is the merit of savarnas…sit down you fools.

@JMehta65 They can serve the nation from less huge bungalows. And won't your children or heirs inherit your wealth? Or you want govt to seize it? Or you want to be selective in what can be inherited depending on what you don't have & envy ? 😂 @tavleen_singh

Ministers and high officials serve the nation..They are provided accommodation as per their service conditions. Ministers vacate their bungalows when they ceasefire to be ministers. High officials too vacate their bungalows when they are transferred or retired. In Delhi Gymkhana, membership is transferred from one generation to another generation as a matter of right.. Sorry, Tavleen madam, your argument this time is not logical.

@ColHunnyBakshi @sushantsareen He has been v mild. If he suggested places of worship on land taken by British should pay market rent, as lease expired, sh.t would hit the fan

@sushantsareen 😃😃😃😃 Good one chief Pol Pot 😀😀😀😀😀😀

By all means run a bulldozer over Delhi Gymkhana. But don’t give the bullshit of exclusivity or privilege or tax payer money. If thats the standard we are living by then shut down Constitution Club; demolish the CSOI where govt land was given at throw away price to babus; shut down DSOI; take back all newspaper properties on BSZ Marg; Take back all lands given to NGOs which are profit centres; demolish IIC and Habitat Centre; stop subsidised food in parliament. MPs get paid so why should their food be subsidised? if they cant afford it, step down from parliament and do something that pays you enough. Shut down the Air Force and Army Golf Clubs, Santushti Centre, Race Club, and the Delhi Flying Club where no one flies anything. The DGC is being targeted because someone has an axe to grind and didnt get membership. Now its being made an elite vs non-elite fight which it isn't. But since we all want to play Bolshevik commies or are inspired by CCP and Khmer Rouge to demolish everything nice, decent, genteel, lets do a comprehensive job of it. Make it all a animal shelter which would warm the cockles of Pol Pot's heart. But please don’t give the BS of security because that is total hogwash. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

@laidback1954 Neither are some places of worship built by land taken away from natives by British paying market rent after lease expired. Apply rule to all. Govt & builders will be rich. @tavleen_singh

Leave the 'national security threat' to the experts . Why should a private club be subsidised ? Will the club exist if it is charged rent at market rates ? Let the club buy land at market rates anywhere and continue to function .

@Ahlawat2012 Many are semi golf courses anyway, where greens are like fairways of better golf courses & fairways like roughs. Should be improved & monetized. But have to acknowledge they are a green lung of many cities.

In 2004, the Indian Army began officially designating military golf courses as Army Environmental Park and Training Areas (AEPTA). This reclassification was used as a strategic measure because recreational golf was not originally recognized as an authorized activity on "Key Location Plan" (KLP) defence land. Some can see a similarity here 😂😇

@pvsubramanyam How much do u think Churches built by British pay after their lease expired?2% of MV? Ur suggestion of increasing membership is unviable.If increased beyond a point it will become like 'a fish market' & lose all value. It is restricted becoz facilities are used to ~full capacity.

Delhi Gym Club sits on land worth Rs. 10,000 crores. So 2% per annum - very, very low rate -is Rs. 200 crores. Let this be the rent that they pay. This will force them to increase the membership fees and number of members...

@surajyengde Worshipping False Gods - Arun Shourie. Must read.

"There is a class of Hindus, who are known as orthodox and who will not admit that there is anything wrong with the Hindu social system. To talk of reforming it is to them rank blasphemy". Dr B R Ambedkar

@azmatalishah78 @ByRakeshSimha Not dogfights silly. India did not use SEAD as it wanted to say it struck only terrorist camps.There was 2 weeks advance notice to Pak on attack. U can keep claiming 6,10,20 etc but that won't deter us next time. Hopefully our govt will suppress air defences without hesitation.

@ByRakeshSimha She is not praising Pak Army ,merely stating facts.U r the 1s burrying your heads in the sand not ready to face the reality. After the first day of the dog fight where India lost 6 jets, IAF did not dare to scramble, PAF dominated the skies which was utter embaarrassment 4 IAF

@ByRakeshSimha There are rumors that Fair is an alcoholic & was charged of harassment by Georgetown Univ. Unless Pak is top of mind she won't get attention in India so she takes a particular approach. Giving gaalis in Hindi/Urdu doesn't prove superior knowledge of sub-continent. @Iyervval

@LtGenDPPandey Gen saab you may be aware what rent is paid by some Churches built by British? Even after lease expired? @Suhelseth may offer to pay 10x.

Delhi Gymkhana Club controversy? When All offices in South Block and areas nearby were told to be vacated, everyone claimed that the world was concived here. Well the World has moved on. If the property is required for a comprehensive plan, should be handed over. Am sure, the push is not to make a permanent residence for someone. And surely not due to some animosity with elites etc. It is too much time wasted over a property that paid Rs 1000 annually.

@1shankarsharma Mullah Ghalib sharaab pee pee ke bahut bakwas kiya, Uski begum naraaz hui, usse gaand pe laat diya.

"Humko malum hai jannat ki Haqeeqat lekin... Ik Brahmin ne, kaha hai, ki yeh saal, achha hai... Dil ke khush rakhne mien, Ghalib yeh Khayal acha hai" : Mirza Ghalib

@VictorVonS_ Let's not flatter ourselves. Rubio is only keeping options open. The threats will come later. Their deals with Pak & Bdesh is to reduce our autonomy. They will cut a deal with Beijing too but hope for an India-China conflict so they can sell weapons to us. US is not a soft state.

Why Trump & America Suddenly Need India: From Beijing Humiliation to Rubio’s Failed Repair Mission Trump in Beijing. Rubio in Delhi. Two diplomatic visits. Two completely different stages. But together, they revealed something historic: America is entering an era where it can no longer dictate terms to the world. Most people do not understand what they are watching. This is much bigger than Trump. Much bigger than China. Much bigger than India. The real story is the slow transition from an American-led world… to a multipolar civilizational order. And 2026 may be remembered as the year this shift became impossible to hide. Think about this carefully. For 30 years after the Cold War, the United States operated like the undisputed CEO of the global system. → It controlled the dollar → It controlled global finance → It controlled shipping routes → It controlled technology access → It controlled sanctions → It controlled the narrative Countries could resist temporarily… but eventually most folded under pressure. That era is now breaking. And the Trump-Xi summit exposed it brutally. Look at the symbolism. Trump arrived in Beijing with America’s most powerful business leaders. → Elon Musk → Jensen Huang → Tim Cook → Wall Street executives → Tech giants Why would the world’s supposed strongest superpower bring corporate titans directly into geopolitical negotiations? Because America’s economic machine is now deeply dependent on China. This is the part mainstream media avoids discussing honestly. The US publicly calls China its greatest threat… while privately needing: → Chinese factories → Chinese supply chains → Chinese rare earths → Chinese manufacturing → Chinese consumers That contradiction is now visible to the entire world. And China knows it. Most people only saw red carpets and handshakes. But the real story was psychological. Xi Jinping gave Trump optics… without giving major concessions. → No Taiwan compromise → No major chip breakthrough → No technology surrender → No Iran shift → No strategic retreat Think about how extraordinary this is. Twenty years ago, Beijing would have desperately tried to avoid confrontation with Washington. Today China openly lectures America about Taiwan in front of cameras. This changes everything. Even body language became geopolitics. Trump, a man known for dominating rooms, behaved differently around Xi. Not aggressive. Not dismissive. Almost cautious. Why? Because Trump respects power. And deep down Washington understands something uncomfortable: China is no longer just a competitor. It is becoming an alternative center of gravity for the world economy. Now connect this with Marco Rubio’s India visit. This is where the story becomes even bigger. Rubio did not arrive in India from a position of dominance. He arrived in “repair mode.” That alone tells you how dramatically the geopolitical landscape has changed. Most people missed the timing. First: → America struggles with China → Iran tensions escalate → Russia survives sanctions → Red Sea instability continues → Dollar alternatives slowly expand Then suddenly: → Washington urgently re-engages India Why? Because the US now realizes it cannot contain China without India. India is no longer viewed merely as a regional partner. It is becoming a strategic balancing civilization. And New Delhi knows it. This is why Rubio’s visit looked unusually soft. No pressure. No ultimatums. No ideological lectures. Instead: → reassurances → invitations → partnership language → Quad revival talks → economic cooperation pitches But India did not bend. This is the key point. India continued: → buying Russian oil → maintaining strategic autonomy → balancing ties with Gulf nations → engaging Iran carefully → avoiding military bloc politics That is the real geopolitical earthquake. Most people still think geopolitics works like the 1990s. It does not. Today major powers are learning to maneuver between blocs instead of submitting to them. India watched what happened to Europe. → Energy dependency → NATO dependency → industrial decline → strategic vulnerability New Delhi does not want that future. So India is building something very different: A civilizational balancing strategy. Friends with America. Energy with Russia. Trade with the Gulf. Manufacturing competition with China. Connectivity with Europe. Influence in the Indian Ocean. This is not non-alignment 2.0. This is multi-alignment backed by scale. And scale changes diplomacy. Think about this carefully. America can pressure small nations. It can sanction weak economies. It can isolate vulnerable governments. But it cannot easily pressure: → China → India → Russia Because these are continental-scale civilizations with enormous domestic depth. That is the emerging world order. And this is why Washington suddenly sounds different. Even Trump’s rhetoric has changed. The same system that once talked about: → isolating rivals → regime change → maximum pressure is now talking about: → stability → cooperation → partnerships → strategic guardrails Why? Because the US is discovering the limits of power in a multipolar world. This is much bigger than diplomacy. This is about infrastructure. Supply chains. Shipping lanes. Semiconductors. Energy corridors. Digital currencies. Industrial capacity. The real war of the 21st century is not just military. It is logistical. China understood this early. That is why Beijing built: → ports → railways → industrial clusters → manufacturing ecosystems → Belt & Road corridors Meanwhile America financialized its economy. Wall Street became stronger. Factories became weaker. Now Washington is trying to rebuild industrial power while simultaneously confronting China. That is an incredibly difficult task. And this is why America suddenly needs: → India → UAE → Saudi Arabia → Vietnam → IMEC → alternative supply chains The old unipolar system is fragmenting into competing economic corridors. This is the real story behind all these diplomatic visits. Not photo ops. Not speeches. Not press conferences. Civilizational positioning. The world is reorganizing itself around multiple centers of power. Washington still remains enormously powerful. But for the first time since the Cold War… it faces rivals strong enough to resist pressure openly. And once resistance becomes visible… psychology changes globally. That is exactly what happened in Beijing and Delhi. Trump’s China visit and Rubio’s India outreach were not signs of American confidence. They were signs of strategic recalibration. The empire is not collapsing tomorrow. But it is adjusting to a world where others now have leverage too. And once multiple civilizations gain leverage simultaneously… the entire geopolitical architecture of the planet changes. This is only the beginning.

@Ufaq_RM @PakWheels @pwurdu @suneelmunj Ya. Pakistanis should gather in large numbers burn cars & buses & accuse everybody of blasphemy. That is what u akkal ke andhe do best.

That will cost i think 27 lakh Pakistani rupees in India, how is that happening and what's the reason for the high cost in Pakistan??? Shouldn't we boycott of this Company? #wakeup #Pakistan @PakWheels @pwurdu @suneelmunj

@pbhushan1 Andolans are manufactured to fund andolan jeevis. #SorosAgentsAreCrooks

Absolutely true!

@ashumadan4 Take PPP. Growth remains. Hope you know what PPP is.

How true is this ???👇👇👇 🚨INDIA IS NOT A MAJOR FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY, IT IS A MAJOR NEGATIVELY GROWING ECONOMY IN THE WORLD🚨 NO ONE WILL TELL YOU THIS👇 “India is the fastest growing economy.” Biggest statistical illusion of this decade. Because GDP is shown in RUPEES… while the world measures wealth in DOLLARS. India says GDP is growing ~7%. But nobody asks: What happens if the rupee itself falls 10-12%? Simple math: 2025: ₹100 lakh crore GDP ÷ ₹84/$ = $1.19 lakh crore 2026 after 7% “growth”: ₹107 lakh crore GDP ÷ ₹96/$ = $1.11 lakh crore Result: • Rupee GDP growth = +7% • Dollar GDP growth = -6.7% That means India actually became SMALLER globally despite “high growth” headlines. And this is exactly what’s happening: • Rupee went from ~₹74/$ in 2021 to ~₹96/$ now • Inflation inflated nominal GDP • Currency depreciation destroyed global purchasing power • Imports became costlier • Citizens became poorer in dollar terms This is why India slipped in global GDP rankings despite being called the “fastest growing major economy.” Reality: If your currency falls faster than your GDP rises… you are not creating real wealth. You are just printing larger numbers in a weaker currency. The real formula is: Real Dollar Growth = GDP Growth – Currency Depreciation And if depreciation is bigger than growth… the economy is effectively shrinking.