Dr. Bhuvan Lall

Writing five #books didn’t just give me five covers to put on a shelf. It rewired who I am, how I think, and what I believe is possible. One #book changes one’s identity. Five books change one’s trajectory. I am grateful to every #reader #writer #author #writing #newbook #library

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> be us, Indian revolutionaries in 1914. > WWI breaks out. Our core philosophy: 'Britain's difficulty is India's opportunity.' > We are no longer limited to throwing crude bombs at magistrates in Bengal. We are playing high-stakes, trans-continental geopolitics. > Enter Jatindranath Mukherjee, universally known as 'Bagha Jatin' (The Bengal Tiger). > rewind to 1912: Jatin literally holds a secret meeting with the German Crown Prince in Calcutta. > pitches a massive, synchronised armed insurrection to overthrow the British Raj. > The Kaiser's heir is impressed. Says 'Done. We will supply the arms and the funds.' > 1914: The 'Hindu-German Conspiracy' is officially born. > The network we build is absolute madness. The Ghadar Party in San Francisco, Jugantar in Bengal, the India House in London, and the Indian Independence Committee in Berlin. > The grand strategy? The Zimmermann Plan. A synchronised Pan-Indian mutiny stretching from Lahore to Bengal to Singapore, backed by German arms and Ottoman Turkish alliances. (Armada & The Arsenal) > The maritime arms smuggling operation is set in motion. > The German Vice Consul in San Francisco funds the purchase of 30,000 rifles and 4 million cartridges. > The arsenal is loaded onto a US schooner, the Annie Larsen. > She is ordered to rendezvous with another ship, the SS Maverick, off the remote coast of Mexico at Socorro Island. > The Maverick is supposed to hide the guns in empty oil tanks, sail to the Dutch East Indies (Batavia/Java), and then drop the arsenal at Rai Mangal in the Sundarbans and the Balasore coast. > to receive this massive loot, we set up corporate front companies: 'Harry & Sons' in Calcutta and 'Universal Emporium' in Balasore. > M.N. Roy (operating under the alias P.N. Tagore) is globetrotting across Java, China, and Japan to coordinate the logistics with German consuls. > British Intelligence is utterly terrified. They cast a massive, desperate global dragnet spanning from Singapore to San Francisco just to hunt us down. (Pan-Asian Mutiny & The Kabul Government): > Feb 1915: The Punjab mutiny is set. We infiltrate the 36th Sikh Battalion and garrisons across the North. > Dec 1915: We go a step further and establish the first Provisional Government of Free India in Kabul. > Raja Mahendra Pratap as President, Maulana Barkatullah as PM. > the plan: March 20,000 German-Turkish troops through the Afghan frontier to crush the British North-West. (Judas & The Last Stand): > but every epic has its Judas. > Kirpal Singh, a CID mole, infiltrates the Ghadarites in Punjab and leaks the mutiny date. > The British aggressively preempt the uprising. Hangings, executions, and the Cellular Jail (Kala Pani) for everyone. > only the 5th Light Infantry in Singapore successfully revolted, holding out for a bloody week before being massacred by a coalition of British, French, and Japanese troops. > out at sea, absolute disaster strikes. Poor coordination means the Maverick and Annie Larsen miss each other at Socorro Island. > US Customs seizes the Annie Larsen. The 30,000 rifles never reach Bengal. (Balasore Firefight: Sept 1915): > Bagha Jatin is waiting in the forests of Balasore (Odisha) for German ships that will never arrive. > British intelligence (led by the infamous Charles Tegart) intercepts our Batavia cables. > they surround Jatin and his four boys (Chittapriya, Manoranjan, Niren, Jotish). > An epic two-hour firefight ensues. > five Indian boys armed with basic German Mauser pistols holding off a highly equipped regiment of the British Raj. > Chittapriya dies on the spot. Jatin takes fatal bullets, dying days later in a hospital, refusing British treatment. (Global Trial) > 1917: The Americans enter WWI. To appease London, they round up our Ghadarite boys in San Francisco. > The 'Hindu-German Conspiracy Trial' begins - it becomes the longest and most expensive trial in US history at the time. > The British desperately want our boys deported to India to be executed. > Instead, we turn the US courtroom into a geopolitical stage, fiercely quoting the American Revolution to justify our armed war against London. (Legacy) > We lost the battle. The network was shattered, and our greatest minds were martyred. > but the blueprint was drawn in blood. > exactly 30 years later, another Bengali revolutionary would follow our exact footsteps to Germany and Japan to raise a liberation army. > Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose didn't invent the Axis strategy. He perfected the master plan we started in 1915.

I love his look as khalnayak today💝 We all at mukta arts Ltd are happy that #Khalnayak returns “ Is produced by #Sanjay dutt in association with Aspect entertainment n jio studio with mukta arts ltd. N was launched yesterday My blessings to whole team as creative producer🙏🏽

Namaste Cannes! 🇮🇳🎥 Remembering Derek Malcolm: Legendary British film critic & historian. Guardian’s iconic reviewer for 25+ years, London Film Festival director & world cinema champion. 🎥 #NamasteCannes #IndianCinema @Festival_Cannes @mdf_cannes

Namaste Cannes! 🇮🇳🎥 Remembering Derek Malcolm: Legendary British film critic & historian. Guardian’s iconic reviewer for 25+ years, London Film Festival director & world cinema champion. Passionate advocate & FIPRESCI leader. 🎥 #NamasteCannes #IndianCinema @Festival_Cannes @mdf_cannes

Authors share knowledge, sparks ideas, preserves culture, and empowers others, turning personal insight into a timeless gift for all.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #writer #author #books #writing

Since Sept 2024, I’ve joyfully nurtured my column in South Asian Times (USA)! 28 heartfelt articles on icons, leaders & ideas bridging continents. Many more coming! 🚀 #Author #writer #books #Bose #HarDayal #HHDalaiLama #SRK #Tintin #Amritraj #Cannes #BenKingsley @TheSATimes

Israel welcomed 240 new immigrants from India’s Bnei Menashe community this week, marking the launch of a broader government-backed effort to complete the group's aliyah. ✍️ @SiegalTobias jpost.com/aliyah/article…

Namaste Cannes! 🇮🇳🎥 A Cannes Jury member for 2 years Payal Kapadia is Indian cinema’s trailblazing voice. Her film All We Imagine as Light won the Grand Prix at Cannes 2024. A bold new chapter for Indian cinema. #PayalKapadia #NamasteCannes @Festival_Cannes @mdf_cannes

Books are passports to every world we've never seen. Behind every book is an author who dared to dream it. One page can change your life. What book shaped your life? #WorldBookDay #author #book #writing #writer

#Cannes Namaste Cannes! 🇮🇳🎥 Remembering Ismail Merchant, who bridged India & the West with Merchant-Ivory films & inspired me to attend Cannes. His elegant vision endures. #IsmailMerchant #NamasteCannes #IndianCinema @Festival_Cannes @mdf_cannes

Namaste Cannes! 🇮🇳🎥✨ Hollywood based Indian pioneer Krishna Shah, (1938-2013), bold dreamer who took Shalimar & Cinema Cinema to #Cannes, inspired Indian filmmakers to think global. #KrishnaShah #NamasteCannes #IndianCinema @Festival_Cannes @mdf_cannes

Being an author has its privileges. Perhaps the most significant one is wandering into a bookstore & realizing one is not just a customer anymore one is now part of the reason someone else walks in! Hope you enjoy my writings as much as I love #writing! #author #filmmaker #books

Pahalgam. One year. The pain hasn’t faded, it never will. Innocent lives. Stolen. Brutally. Senselessly. We remember every face, every name, every family shattered by an act of pure evil. You are not forgotten. You will never be forgotten. 🕯️ #Pahalgam #NeverForget

Namaste Cannes! 🇮🇳🎥✨ Imagine, what an extraordinary experience it’s been attending the world's most prestigious film festival alongside filmmaker Subhash Ghai, a stalwart of India's thriving film industry. #NamasteCannes #IndianCinema @SubhashGhai @Festival_Cannes @mdf_cannes

On #CivilServicesDay, I am reminded that the service has shaped me as a person as much as it has shaped my work. It teaches us that service is a calling, but also a discipline that must be practiced every single day. The values of integrity, humility, and public purpose are habits we must live by. Grateful to all civil servants, my peers, and the future leaders of tomorrow, who continue to strive to make a positive difference for their counry.

Just began #writing another #book - we must preserve our "human edge" #creativity & #intuition, which remain the only value #algorithms & AI cannot yet replicate or beat! Yes there is abundance for creative people in the #AI universe. #author #filmmaker

Greetings to all civil servants on Civil Services Day. This is an occasion to further strengthen the resolve to work towards good governance and nation building. From the grassroots to policy-making, the efforts of civil servants touch countless lives and contribute to India’s progress. May our civil servants continue to serve with excellence, compassion and innovation, upholding the highest standards of duty.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel described the Civil Servants as the “Steel Frame of India” the strong, impartial backbone essential for nation-building. #SardarPatel #SteelFrameOfIndia #CivilServicesDay #CivilServicesDay2026 @indiandiplomats @IASassociation @IPS_Association