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“Planning began immediately after the Pahalgam massacre. Targets were identified, resources allocated, and weapon-target matching completed. The escalation ladder was also carefully mapped. This is what Indian planners factored in:
Level I: Pakistan’s initial counter-strike would be met with a demonstrative Indian response. This phase played out until May 8.
Level II: Drone and loitering munition attacks by Pakistan would trigger calibrated Indian strikes of greater intensity using long-range vectors, including BrahMos missiles and air power. It unfolded on May 9–10.
Level III: Continued escalation would have led to limited ground offensives and naval posturing.
Level IV: Further escalation would have triggered intensified strikes, including naval action against Karachi and other assets.
Pakistan halted at Level II.
Operation Sindoor thus achieved three key objectives: retribution, destruction of nine terror camps—including two deep inside Pakistan—and compelling Pakistan to respond on behalf of terrorist groups, thereby exposing the nexus between its military and these organisations.”
Nitin A. Gokhale@nitingokhale
Inside the planning and execution of India’s Operation Sindoor, a swift, controlled strike that redefined escalation and deterrence. bharatshakti.in/op-sindoor-how…
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@GabbbarSingh @kushanmitra I always tell this to waiters before serving nacho
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@kushanmitra Pls keep the nachos and dip separately. The above becomes a sludge after some time.
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The best nachos in Delhi are at Latoya at El Deco. Fresh Guacamole and Sour Cream and didn’t look like some mish-mash full of tasteless cheese.
Excellent plating. For nachos!!!
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@theskindoctor13 BJP has very big responsibility, these guys look impatient for good governance and economy
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Man, I don’t remember ever seeing people celebrate the defeat of an incumbent in a state election like this.
Mamata must be utterly shell-shocked. Years of near-total suppression of dissent by her cadre machinery probably convinced her that she was genuinely loved. When fear silences criticism, rulers mistake silence for admiration.
Now, with scenes like these emerging from virtually every locality and every city, she may finally be realising the scale of public resentment that had been buried beneath intimidation and political fear.
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In the Bay Area, conference folks call me the OG. On X in India, some call me a “has-been.” Same person. Different lenses. Funny how perception works.
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We need One nation One Election, or else every few months a state Election, resets any pressure that’s building to correct urban living & quality of life.
Central leadership will keep delivering big ticket items, like expressways & metros, but the local level governance issues get buried under a winning slogan.
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I’m delighted to share that I’m starting a new position today as a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations! @CFR_org
cfr.org/experts/sadana…
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There are so many experts on @X : so who’s winning which State tomorrow please? Just some simple answers for the naive and unknowing…
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Atal Behari Vajpayee called him his “Hanuman” Pramod Mahajan because of his untimely death is undoubtedly the best PM the BJP didn’t have. Would Modi have become PM if he was not murdered would India have witnessed what we have gone through if PM was PM unlikely. Every journalist who knew Pramod knew that you just had to say “PM” & his exuberant grin said the rest
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What’s your prediction for tomorrow's counting in Bengal?
The closest correct answer will get a signed gamchha from the greatest psephologist in the Northern Hemisphere, Shri Yogendra Yadav.
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One of the most intriguing questions of 21st century Indian politics: Would Narendra Modi have become prime minister if Pramod Mahajan’s brother hadn’t murdered him in 2006?
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe@Vinay1011
Tributes to Late Shri Pramod Mahajan, who breathed his last exactly 20 years before on this day; after remarkably leading Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini @rmponweb as its Chairman for 17 long years. Sharing a 2006 pic at the Knowledge Excellence Centre of Prabodhini, at Uttan, Bhainder!
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Her name is Rupan Deol Bajaj.
She was an IAS officer of the Punjab cadre serving as Special Secretary Finance. One of the most senior women in the Punjab government in 1988.
On the night of July 18, 1988, she attended a dinner party at the Chandigarh residence of Punjab’s Financial Commissioner SL Kapoor.
Also at that party was KPS Gill. The Director General of Police, Punjab. The most powerful police officer in the state.
Around 10 pm, he walked up to her and ordered her to get up and come with him. She turned to leave.
He slapped her on her posterior in front of the other guests.
She filed a complaint the very next day.
What followed was 17 years.
The police submitted a report favouring Gill. The High Court quashed her FIR. The same officer who reviewed her complaint had already given an opinion in Gill’s favour before acting as a judicial officer in the same case.
She went to the Supreme Court.
Her own mother told her to cry over it privately and move on. She received death threats. She was given punishment postings.
She fought anyway.
In 1995, the Supreme Court restored her complaint and directed prosecution. In 2005, the final verdict came. Gill was convicted under Section 354 and Section 509 of the IPC for outraging her modesty. His three month jail sentence was converted to probation. He was fined Rs 2 lakh.
She declined to accept the compensation. The court ordered it be donated to women’s organisations.
In 2010, she wrote to the government demanding they take back the Padma Shri given to KPS Gill.
The man who slapped her was never jailed for a single day.
The woman who fought him spent 17 years doing it.
Follow for real stories India never makes headlines about.
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@GabbbarSingh Only thing unique in the movie is Meryl Steep’s acting . Else it’s an ordinary (not bad) movie!!
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The U.S. may be “winner-take-all,” but the playing field is largely fair. India feels “winner-take-all” too - except the game is tilted by tribal biases. Same race, very different rules.
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A dinner at home.
Still the most satisfying meal for me EVER. My grandma was one of the best cooks I ever met and the recipes are from Punjab and all hers. It’s a living cookbook passed on to me (as my mom and sis never really went into the kitchen) Mutton n Bhindi time 😛
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