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Pakistan’s relevance is real, and it is not accidental or cosmetic . It has leveraged geography, relationships and political positioning to insert itself into the diplomatic core of the crisis. It is neither risk-averse nor invisible. But its influence remains bounded: it can convene, transmit and sustain engagement, not determine outcomes. That distinction matters. We must discern the nuance: Pakistan matters more in this process than many in India admit, but less than Pakistan itself would like to claim. #WestAsia #IranWar #Geopolitics #Pakistan #MiddlePowers #StrategicAutonomy

India produces ~150–200 billion mangoes per year, but consumes almost all of it domestically, exporting less than 1% globally each year That’s roughly 110–140 mangoes per person per year

Neeraj Chopra almost didn't happen. Not because of corruption. Not because of incompetence. Because of a file that in summer noon of 2011 could have gone upward, a committee that could have met, and a season that could have passed. One official decided instead. Same afternoon. No precedent. No committee. Rs 1 lakh for javelins. Refer. Defer. Wait. He didn't. The boys were practising by the evening at Panchkula athletic track. They did so there for next five years before moving to more competitive circuits. One of them did exceptionally well. India got an #Olympic gold. We blame governance failure on corrupt officials. Or incompetent ones. There is a third failure — the honest, competent official who has learned that deciding is more dangerous than not deciding. Kahneman showed people feel losses twice as powerfully as gains. The status quo is the system's default — and the official's shelter. The harm of his action is traceable to him. The harm of his silence is traceable to no one. So he refers. Defers. Performs just enough to stay invisible. I call it rational abdication. 
It is costing India more than corruption ever did. And it can be fixed by making inaction visible and bonafide mistakes absorbable. Read my article in #Dailyworld The Neeraj Chopra story is the lucky version. You have been that citizen whose file went upward and never came back. What was yours? Tell me. ⬇️ #RationalAbdication #Governance #NeerajChopra

@ThatviSingh @AnchitGupta9 @Hermis0416 They are 'battles' not wars. Still, they reinforce my argument. Battle of Britain - German Airpower couldn't bring down Britain (strengthened their resolve - another argument against strategic bombing). Also I would argue that, longewala and chamb are not independent air ops.

@gorgsaab @AnchitGupta9 @Hermis0416 Battle of Britain, Longewala, Chhamb come to mind though!!

THE most insecure branch in the Indian Armed Forces is IAF. They are always afraid if new command and force structure will take away their responsibility, or some of it. So much so, they go lengths to affect sister services procurement process. The reason IA has 6 apache is IAF

@AnchitGupta9 @Hermis0416 I don't understand why only the airforce has a comprehensive understanding of airpower. What exactly is the optimal employment of airpower that requires 6/7 Air commands? Aren't these contradictory. Personal opinion - Airpower has never and can never be an independent war winner.

Please read the 1986 decision that created Army Aviation. This issue had already been addressed then comprehensively. Since 1947, air defence, helicopters, and maritime reconnaissance have all progressively moved out of the IAF’s exclusive domain and become shared with the sister services. Every service has its turf insecurities. Every service also has ambitions of scope expansion. Such tensions are natural and inevitable. That is precisely why the MoD exists: to impose balance and uphold the national perspective. But beyond personal views and institutional positioning, the IAF’s larger reservation has generally been about preserving the efficacy of airpower and ensuring that it is employed in the most optimal manner with the resources available. Even leaving all this aside, perhaps the biggest challenge has been something more fundamental, the limited understanding of what airpower actually is, how it functions, and what it can truly deliver. That said, I will agree on one point. The IAF could have done a much better job of articulating these concerns in public forums in the last decade. Had it done so, many of the perceptions people such as you hold about IAF insecurities might well have been avoided.

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A challenge in India. Such construction has to have approval of environmentalists, local communities, Supreme Court, opposition parties at local level, state and national level. And then paid journalist and various religious and ideological groups. Then military and governmental bureaucratic tapes. Finally the L1 bidder. With exact location and specifications in newspapers. And even if construction was done, elements from neighborhood countries will come to squat right next for intelligence sharing with all.

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@IndiGo6E @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia Flight has been cancelled. No options provided. Basically they are arm twisting me to cancel on my own. So that they don't have to provide a hotel for the night.

@IndiGo6E @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia @IndiGo6E we are at Gate No 2, Terminal 1 New Delhi. Please provide refreshments and accommodation. The staff at Gate 2 have categorically refused to provide refreshments and accommodation.

@IndiGo6E I was to fly from Dibrugarh to Chennai via Kolkata today. After reaching the airport, Indigo staff informed me that the flight has been cancelled and recommended rerouting through Delhi. After reaching Delhi I'm informed that Delhi - Chennai is cancelled. Now I'm stuck.