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@ranjona To mirchi lagi...

Bengal must be doing really well if you can buy jhal muri from a well-stocked shop. When I was last in Cal, you bought it from a man sitting by the road with his basket of goodies. Just saying.

@GuptaPragnya How come she was going through those manuscripts? She was not conversant with any ancient language except English, not even Sanskrit. Forget about Pali, Prakrit or Brahmi scripts. Her only source of reading is translation by white scholars. It's a propaganda of the highest order

In 1958, inside the silent library of SOAS, London, a young Romila Thapar was studying ancient manuscripts to understand Emperor Ashoka—not just as a ruler, but as a moral and political thinker. Her research later became Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, redefining how ancient India was studied. Born into a disciplined military family, Thapar grew up witnessing India’s diversity firsthand. As a historian at Jawaharlal Nehru University, she showed rare courage during the Emergency of the 1970s by refusing to praise the government, despite threats and pressure. Her groundbreaking idea of India’s transition “from lineage to state” explained how early societies evolved into organized political systems. For Thapar, history was never mythology—it was evidence, reason, and truth. She famously rejected the Padma Bhushan twice, believing government honors could compromise academic freedom. Even today, Romila Thapar stands as a symbol of intellectual honesty and fearless scholarship. - Tamal Bose

@_amitbehere Is it your incompetence that binds you in this gutter?

Indonesia has 90% Muslim majority, per capita GDP 1.7x that of Vishwagutter. Malaysia has 65% Muslim majority, per capita GDP 5x of Vishwagutter. Dubai has 70% Muslim majority, per capita GDP 16x that of Vishwagutter. Bangladesh has 90% Muslim majority, per capita GDP the same as Vishwagutter. Without Muslims, Hindu supermajority Bharat would be the same radioactive, casteist shit-hole it has been for over a 1000 years. Muslims are the excuse, Hindus/Hinduism the real cause/disease. If India has to do well and progress, Hinduism has to be rooted out of the country and replaced by atheism. Islam/Muslims are irrelevant.

@SreenivasanJain Old habits die hard. Spreading half truth or completely fabricated one. No deep dive or quest for truth. Only agenda selling under the garb of greater cause of humanity, democracy and what not. Grow up man. Try to find out the chronology of WB SIR events and who is the mastermind

Struck off the rolls for having too many siblings, for an unusual age gap with a parent, or just for no reason. Meet the Bengal voters who - despite possessing ID documents - are caught in the crosshairs of the the Election Commission's bizarre 'logical discrepancies' filter. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=ZX1Lkz… @newslaundry

@bainjal Delhi "Journalists" are so ideologically obsessed with BJP vs rest that the rest of India hardly matters to them. State after state either going bankrupt or becoming ungovernable. But their fantasy lies in this dogfight only. Her utterance is extremely shallow without knowledge.

If @MamataOfficial can pull of this victory it will be historic against all odds the EC & the entire machinery, money & muscle she would deserve to lead the opposition

@thewirepak When exactly is your next meeting with IMF?

Terrorism in Pakistan has dropped dramatically to 91% lower levels! With our unmatched geopolitical position and strategic regional nodes, the economy is set to take off by 2028-2029. Proud to be Pakistani, a resilient nation on the rise!

@crispeconomiX Writing on this breed is wasting time. They are unemployable in conventional sense. But, there are tons of fraud NGOs and news outlets, that runs through foreign funding would hire them. Rest of the life they would continue to denegrate Hindus, India and Indians. Very secure life

I came across such lot during my time in Kolkata (09-11). Their talent for non-sensical word salads- spoken or written is just legendary. NONE of them can hold down a professional job for one month. I knew 3 such fellas who could bring in Socrates to Rousseau in a conversation at the drop of a hat, were jobless, and had no intent to join a capitalist concern. They were in their mid 20s BTW, just like I was then. Surreal !!

@ambkcsingh 2/2, it can't be explained in regular BJP/INC binary. Mud slinging can't take this state out of this mess without serious introspection and solid roadmap. Literally BJP was irrelevant in Bengal till a few years ago. It's the failure of the so-called liberals, brought BJP in front

Does this explain the last minute voter addition? Old times you couldn’t even offer a vehicle to potential voters. New India allows trains. Mayn’t be fair, but appear like fare-less elections.

@ambkcsingh One more point (1/2) - just writing something because I have deep rooted hate for someone is not a sane approach. If you really want to portray yourself as a rational wise man, need to know things before commenting. Bengal is going through the lowest phase of its existence.

@ambkcsingh Two things... Bengal has around 50L migrants working elsewhere. COVID helps in estimating this. So they are not outsiders. Plus, anyone can book compartments in a train (maybe the whole as well). Provision is very much available for group travel in the IR/IRCTC portal.

@Chinmayi Monkey balancing. Watch the tonality. So decent, so gentle.

Places of religion are one of the most common spaces that a woman and kids are assaulted and violated. Really hope and pray this cleric and his rapist buddy ends his life in Jail. Soon.

@YRDeshmukh These buggers have outsourced the racist hit job to some cheap sellouts. Whites no longer waste their energy, they just continue the same hate but use the lookalike people from this country. It started during RAJ, and still going on. Prosperous India is a great anathema to them.

If you can't see commuters sitting and standing in the jam packed Metro trains, then there is some serious issue with the eyesight. Please take the metro to the nearest hospital.

@namitathapar Agenda got exposed and immediately became a cry baby.

I left for bombay at 6.30 am like the hard working professional that I am & stopped the car at 7 am to make this reel as I’ve long realised that silence is not a virtue & one must speak up when they are disrespected. Yes if wrong things happen at any workplace that are against basic human rights, me & all of us should speak up. I don’t care about the personal trolling, I’m used to it last 5 years since shark tank but the purpose of this reel is to request all the proud Indians in this country to start speaking up when they see something wrong, out of humanity, out of patriotism. Jai hind. Now off to another joyful & complex day at work !

@VoxShadabKhan Can't guilt-trip the majority any further by playing the greatest card of all time "victim card". In this case - Law will take it's own course. If not guilty, people will be free. Don't dramatize.

An Open Letter to Sister Nida Khan. Dear Sister Nida Khan, We Indian Muslims failed you with our spineless silence. While Giddh media and frenzied extremists viciously hunted you, branding your every breath with your Muslim identity, twisting innocence into guilt, we stood frozen, helpless, and ashamed. You, carrying new life in your womb, faced the savage mental assault alone, your dignity shredded while we whispered excuses from the shadows. Our cowardice was a betrayal that burns. Forgive us, sister, not for our worth, but because your pain demands we finally feel it. You deserved an guard of roaring lions, not this pathetic void of absent brothers and sisters. Enough of this helplessness. Today we roar our apology with raw, bleeding hearts and unquenchable rage, tomorrow we rise aggressive and unbreakable, fierce shields for every Muslim sister targeted, every voice silenced by hate. No more hiding. No more excuses. We stand with you, Nida, or we deserve nothing. With burning shame, awakened fury, and unbreakable resolve, the Indian Muslims who refuse to stay silent any longer. — Mohd Shadab Khan ✍️

@madversity Little knowledge is dangerous. I can bet you have zero information about WB SIR. Just agenda selling. Very tragic.

If these facts are accurate the #SIR deletions are a political scam -- a constitutional coup staged by the Election Commission.

@ChathamHouse This Bharadwaj must be a fraud of the highest order. A low level brown accomplice in white man's usual racist outlook towards India and Indians. Such low lives are always there to lecture India by becoming lackeys of the westerners. Intellectuals from both countries work for Pak.

Water cooperation is not only mutually beneficial for India and Pakistan, but essential. Restoring the Indus Waters Treaty could be a powerful foundation for rebuilding trust. Read the latest analysis on the Indus Waters Treaty by Dr Beatrice Mosello and Bhargabi Bharadwaj from Chatham House's Environment and Society Centre ⤵️ bit.ly/3Qi5TeP

@Aunindyo2023 Some parties blame EVM, ECI, voters after defeat in elections, instead of introspection...same symptoms???

It is becoming increasingly difficult to write in English in India. The average reader has got so used to the lowest common denominator level managementspeak, that they are unable to digest anything that has even a faint scent of complexity.

@typicalnawazish Iranians, Egyptians, Syrians, Africa, Europe, even Americans must have thought the same before they were fully converted.

India..... the only country where peopls in majority are worried that people in minority will convert them into their religion.

@pakistan_untold Wonder, whatever DRY the Paki elites smoke, must be extremely potent. This cant come unless you are high all the time. This also explains why Pak army's favourite business is dr@gs. "Khud bhi lo, duniya ko bhi do". Surely a very generous approach.

Pak's Kashmir strategy 1. Pak will save Iran from US-Israel 2. Iran will save Pak from Afg 3. USA will be friends with North Korea 4. Iran, China & USA will snatch Kashmir from India and give it to Pak

@ashubh Either Pakistan's last 70 years (very contemporary) history is TRUE or "this" article. Simultaneously both can't be. Looks like the writer is writing something which he may have dreamt about his country but surely never lived in. This behavior is pretty common in adolocents.

"Hours after India launched Operation Sindoor, Pakistani social media had produced a volume of self-deprecating, absurdist, genuinely funny content that left Indian commentators unsure whether to be offended or impressed." What a piece..