![balajis's tweet photo. INDIA'S VENGEANCE IS BEST SERVED COLD
The single biggest mistake of the century was America's response to Pakistan-backed fundamentalist terrorism. And it happened in three acts.
(1) First came Bush, the anti-terror president, who overreacted to terrorism by starting a giant series of wars.
(2) This led to Obama, the antiwar president[1], who overreacted to war by starting a giant surge in woke[2].
(3) This in turn led to Trump, the anti-woke president, who is now reacting to woke by ending[3] a giant empire.
And this whole series of events was due in large part to Pakistan. Because Osama bin Laden was based in Pakistan, just down the street from the Pakistan Military Academy!
Remember, America had everything going for it on September 10, 2001. It was the world's dominant hyperpower. But Osama bin Laden and Pakistan successfully baited the US into wasting its blood and treasure on war, distracting America from the rise of China[4], and thereby kicking off the series of events that brought us to the present day.
So: India should learn from America's mistakes. It should not take the bait of Pakistani terrorism. It should instead play its own game, and coldly neutralize Pakistan by aligning the world against it.
Here's what that could look like.
WHAT INDIA CAN DO
First, what should Bush have done? In retrospect, he should have stopped fundamentalist immigration into all NATO countries, avoided war in favor of surgical counterterrorism, and targeted Wahhabism at the root by backing domestic anti-fundamentalists like Mohammed bin Salman[5].
That would have neutralized the terrorist threat without waging a giant war. And that is what India can do in response to Pakistan's bait.
IN THE SHORT RUN
Let's divide India's possible strategy into short run, medium run, and long run actions. In the short run, India should:
(a) Stop the immediate threat. 99% of security is border security. So the smart first step for India is to do what they've just done[6]: namely, temporarily suspending issuance of visas to Pakistani nationals, asking those still within India to leave, and securing the border.
While this policy will regrettably impact the many Pakistani nationals who aren't fundamentalists, it is essentially nonviolent. And it addresses the immediate situation by making it hard for Pakistan to execute followup attacks within India.
(b) Begin surgical counterterrorism. The next step is to hunt down the gunmen within Kashmir and then begin surgical counterterrorism. No doubt this is already happening, but the basic point is that invisible special operations are the appropriate mirror to deniable terrorist attacks. That is: retaliation should look more like pagers[7] than bombers.
IN THE MEDIUM RUN
With the border secured and counterterrorism initiated, India's next step should be to isolate the Pakistan regime economically and diplomatically by cutting off its support from the US and EU/UK.
(a) Incentivize the US to stop arming Pakistan. Somehow America is still sending money to Pakistan[8], as a relic of Cold War-era policy. The latest episode involved the release of $397M (!) for some sort of bizarre program to monitor the use of Pakistani F-16s for counterterrorism.
Obviously: F-16s aren't useful for counterterrorism, Pakistan shouldn't have F-16s, Pakistan intends to use those F-16s against India, the $397M sent to Pakistan will be stolen, and the program as a whole just helps prop up the prestige of the Pakistani army.
Instead, India should ask the US to just shut down all funding for Pakistan, the country that harbored bin Laden. That saves the US money, it's in America's national interest, and India is a better customer anyway.
(b) Incentivize the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan. India has a long history with the UK and billions in trade with the EU. All parties want a trade deal given current circumstances. So India can ask the EU/UK to freeze out Pakistan[9] in return for more market access. If it really needs to sweeten the pot, India does have some influence over Russia[10] — so India can offer to help bring peace to Ukraine in return for EU/UK sanctions on Pakistan.
IN THE LONG RUN
Now for the hard part. India's strategic goal with Pakistan should actually be regime change, with the goal of deniably installing a non-fundamentalist leader like Ataturk/MBS/MBZ/Reza Shah Pahlavi/Zahir Shah[11-15] who can keep the lid on.
But this can't be done through a Bush-style invasion, both because that'll wreck India's economy and because Pakistan has ~250M people and nuclear weapons.
Fortunately, there are other mechanisms for regime change. And in Pakistan's case, the key lever may be Chinese money and Gulf oil rather than the Indian military.
NO WAR, JUST OIL
As background, China is Pakistan's number one backer[16], in part because China and India are rivals in many ways. But China needs oil more than it opposes India.
And that could be the key to flipping China on Pakistan. You see, China is trying to build a pipeline[17] through Pakistan to pump oil from the gulf:
But fundamentalist psychos in Pakistan keep launching attacks on that very corridor, including one in October[18] that killed multiple Chinese nationals:
Moreover, China and India have a shared interest in stopping fundamentalism in Central/South Asia, because it's been a huge issue for China too since at least the 2014 Kunming[19] stabbings.
So: India could make the case to China (and the Gulf states!) that they should cooperate to nonviolently support anti-fundamentalist factions in Pakistan. Then China gets all the oil they need, the Gulf gets all the money they want, and India gets all the peace they deserve.
How would this work?
Well, Turkey had Ataturk[10], and Saudi had MBS[11], and the UAE had MBZ[12], and neighboring Iran had Reza Shah Pahlavi[13], and neighboring Afghanistan had Zahir Shah[14]. Moreover, India is friendly[20] with the Gulf states, which it trades with quite a bit.
So it's not completely crazy to imagine that by combining China's economic influence, the Gulf's cultural influence, and India's political intelligence that they could eventually back a Pakistani faction willing to just crush the fundamentalists, pump the oil, and stop the infiltrations.
Yes, Pakistan's Army is the ultimate king-maker, but they are resource-constrained. In particular, if India can get the US to stop sending military aid to Pakistan, and the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan, it starts to seriously reduce the amount of money the Pakistani regime has without Chinese/Gulf support.
And that may open up room for alternative factions within the Pakistani regime — factions that like money more than they like terrorism.
IN SUMMARY
To be clear, I'm not saying this specific strategy to get China to flip on Pakistan is guaranteed to work, though I think it's worth trying.
I am however saying that the general concept of going upstream to cut off US/UK/EU/Chinese/Gulf support for the Pakistani regime is the right line of attack — as opposed to taking the bait like America did after 9/11.
Remember: like America in 2001, today's India has everything going for it. It has the fastest growing large economy in the world. It has UPI, Jio, dozens of tech unicorns, and a young, rising population that's optimistic about the future. It is even landing probes on the dark side of the moon!
Meanwhile, Pakistan has nothing going for it. It is a fundamentalist basketcase wracked by coups. In its envy and malevolence, it seeks to drag India down to its own level and pull it into endless war, followed by internal division and distraction. Just like bin Laden did to America.
But India can learn from America's mistakes. It can surgically respond in the short run with secure borders and deniable special operations, rather than all-out war. It can economically respond in the medium run by cooperating with the US and EU/UK to cut off Pakistan. And it can strategically respond in the long run by aligning China and the Gulf to install a stable, secular faction within Pakistan who will just crush fundamentalism and pump gas.
That's what strategic victory looks like. And that's how India can avoid taking Pakistan's bait in favor of calmly neutralizing Pakistan as a threat. This vengeance is best served cold.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpcjNTUaUAABrxY.jpg)
![balajis's tweet photo. INDIA'S VENGEANCE IS BEST SERVED COLD
The single biggest mistake of the century was America's response to Pakistan-backed fundamentalist terrorism. And it happened in three acts.
(1) First came Bush, the anti-terror president, who overreacted to terrorism by starting a giant series of wars.
(2) This led to Obama, the antiwar president[1], who overreacted to war by starting a giant surge in woke[2].
(3) This in turn led to Trump, the anti-woke president, who is now reacting to woke by ending[3] a giant empire.
And this whole series of events was due in large part to Pakistan. Because Osama bin Laden was based in Pakistan, just down the street from the Pakistan Military Academy!
Remember, America had everything going for it on September 10, 2001. It was the world's dominant hyperpower. But Osama bin Laden and Pakistan successfully baited the US into wasting its blood and treasure on war, distracting America from the rise of China[4], and thereby kicking off the series of events that brought us to the present day.
So: India should learn from America's mistakes. It should not take the bait of Pakistani terrorism. It should instead play its own game, and coldly neutralize Pakistan by aligning the world against it.
Here's what that could look like.
WHAT INDIA CAN DO
First, what should Bush have done? In retrospect, he should have stopped fundamentalist immigration into all NATO countries, avoided war in favor of surgical counterterrorism, and targeted Wahhabism at the root by backing domestic anti-fundamentalists like Mohammed bin Salman[5].
That would have neutralized the terrorist threat without waging a giant war. And that is what India can do in response to Pakistan's bait.
IN THE SHORT RUN
Let's divide India's possible strategy into short run, medium run, and long run actions. In the short run, India should:
(a) Stop the immediate threat. 99% of security is border security. So the smart first step for India is to do what they've just done[6]: namely, temporarily suspending issuance of visas to Pakistani nationals, asking those still within India to leave, and securing the border.
While this policy will regrettably impact the many Pakistani nationals who aren't fundamentalists, it is essentially nonviolent. And it addresses the immediate situation by making it hard for Pakistan to execute followup attacks within India.
(b) Begin surgical counterterrorism. The next step is to hunt down the gunmen within Kashmir and then begin surgical counterterrorism. No doubt this is already happening, but the basic point is that invisible special operations are the appropriate mirror to deniable terrorist attacks. That is: retaliation should look more like pagers[7] than bombers.
IN THE MEDIUM RUN
With the border secured and counterterrorism initiated, India's next step should be to isolate the Pakistan regime economically and diplomatically by cutting off its support from the US and EU/UK.
(a) Incentivize the US to stop arming Pakistan. Somehow America is still sending money to Pakistan[8], as a relic of Cold War-era policy. The latest episode involved the release of $397M (!) for some sort of bizarre program to monitor the use of Pakistani F-16s for counterterrorism.
Obviously: F-16s aren't useful for counterterrorism, Pakistan shouldn't have F-16s, Pakistan intends to use those F-16s against India, the $397M sent to Pakistan will be stolen, and the program as a whole just helps prop up the prestige of the Pakistani army.
Instead, India should ask the US to just shut down all funding for Pakistan, the country that harbored bin Laden. That saves the US money, it's in America's national interest, and India is a better customer anyway.
(b) Incentivize the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan. India has a long history with the UK and billions in trade with the EU. All parties want a trade deal given current circumstances. So India can ask the EU/UK to freeze out Pakistan[9] in return for more market access. If it really needs to sweeten the pot, India does have some influence over Russia[10] — so India can offer to help bring peace to Ukraine in return for EU/UK sanctions on Pakistan.
IN THE LONG RUN
Now for the hard part. India's strategic goal with Pakistan should actually be regime change, with the goal of deniably installing a non-fundamentalist leader like Ataturk/MBS/MBZ/Reza Shah Pahlavi/Zahir Shah[11-15] who can keep the lid on.
But this can't be done through a Bush-style invasion, both because that'll wreck India's economy and because Pakistan has ~250M people and nuclear weapons.
Fortunately, there are other mechanisms for regime change. And in Pakistan's case, the key lever may be Chinese money and Gulf oil rather than the Indian military.
NO WAR, JUST OIL
As background, China is Pakistan's number one backer[16], in part because China and India are rivals in many ways. But China needs oil more than it opposes India.
And that could be the key to flipping China on Pakistan. You see, China is trying to build a pipeline[17] through Pakistan to pump oil from the gulf:
But fundamentalist psychos in Pakistan keep launching attacks on that very corridor, including one in October[18] that killed multiple Chinese nationals:
Moreover, China and India have a shared interest in stopping fundamentalism in Central/South Asia, because it's been a huge issue for China too since at least the 2014 Kunming[19] stabbings.
So: India could make the case to China (and the Gulf states!) that they should cooperate to nonviolently support anti-fundamentalist factions in Pakistan. Then China gets all the oil they need, the Gulf gets all the money they want, and India gets all the peace they deserve.
How would this work?
Well, Turkey had Ataturk[10], and Saudi had MBS[11], and the UAE had MBZ[12], and neighboring Iran had Reza Shah Pahlavi[13], and neighboring Afghanistan had Zahir Shah[14]. Moreover, India is friendly[20] with the Gulf states, which it trades with quite a bit.
So it's not completely crazy to imagine that by combining China's economic influence, the Gulf's cultural influence, and India's political intelligence that they could eventually back a Pakistani faction willing to just crush the fundamentalists, pump the oil, and stop the infiltrations.
Yes, Pakistan's Army is the ultimate king-maker, but they are resource-constrained. In particular, if India can get the US to stop sending military aid to Pakistan, and the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan, it starts to seriously reduce the amount of money the Pakistani regime has without Chinese/Gulf support.
And that may open up room for alternative factions within the Pakistani regime — factions that like money more than they like terrorism.
IN SUMMARY
To be clear, I'm not saying this specific strategy to get China to flip on Pakistan is guaranteed to work, though I think it's worth trying.
I am however saying that the general concept of going upstream to cut off US/UK/EU/Chinese/Gulf support for the Pakistani regime is the right line of attack — as opposed to taking the bait like America did after 9/11.
Remember: like America in 2001, today's India has everything going for it. It has the fastest growing large economy in the world. It has UPI, Jio, dozens of tech unicorns, and a young, rising population that's optimistic about the future. It is even landing probes on the dark side of the moon!
Meanwhile, Pakistan has nothing going for it. It is a fundamentalist basketcase wracked by coups. In its envy and malevolence, it seeks to drag India down to its own level and pull it into endless war, followed by internal division and distraction. Just like bin Laden did to America.
But India can learn from America's mistakes. It can surgically respond in the short run with secure borders and deniable special operations, rather than all-out war. It can economically respond in the medium run by cooperating with the US and EU/UK to cut off Pakistan. And it can strategically respond in the long run by aligning China and the Gulf to install a stable, secular faction within Pakistan who will just crush fundamentalism and pump gas.
That's what strategic victory looks like. And that's how India can avoid taking Pakistan's bait in favor of calmly neutralizing Pakistan as a threat. This vengeance is best served cold.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gpci62JbEAMFChZ.jpg)
![balajis's tweet photo. INDIA'S VENGEANCE IS BEST SERVED COLD
The single biggest mistake of the century was America's response to Pakistan-backed fundamentalist terrorism. And it happened in three acts.
(1) First came Bush, the anti-terror president, who overreacted to terrorism by starting a giant series of wars.
(2) This led to Obama, the antiwar president[1], who overreacted to war by starting a giant surge in woke[2].
(3) This in turn led to Trump, the anti-woke president, who is now reacting to woke by ending[3] a giant empire.
And this whole series of events was due in large part to Pakistan. Because Osama bin Laden was based in Pakistan, just down the street from the Pakistan Military Academy!
Remember, America had everything going for it on September 10, 2001. It was the world's dominant hyperpower. But Osama bin Laden and Pakistan successfully baited the US into wasting its blood and treasure on war, distracting America from the rise of China[4], and thereby kicking off the series of events that brought us to the present day.
So: India should learn from America's mistakes. It should not take the bait of Pakistani terrorism. It should instead play its own game, and coldly neutralize Pakistan by aligning the world against it.
Here's what that could look like.
WHAT INDIA CAN DO
First, what should Bush have done? In retrospect, he should have stopped fundamentalist immigration into all NATO countries, avoided war in favor of surgical counterterrorism, and targeted Wahhabism at the root by backing domestic anti-fundamentalists like Mohammed bin Salman[5].
That would have neutralized the terrorist threat without waging a giant war. And that is what India can do in response to Pakistan's bait.
IN THE SHORT RUN
Let's divide India's possible strategy into short run, medium run, and long run actions. In the short run, India should:
(a) Stop the immediate threat. 99% of security is border security. So the smart first step for India is to do what they've just done[6]: namely, temporarily suspending issuance of visas to Pakistani nationals, asking those still within India to leave, and securing the border.
While this policy will regrettably impact the many Pakistani nationals who aren't fundamentalists, it is essentially nonviolent. And it addresses the immediate situation by making it hard for Pakistan to execute followup attacks within India.
(b) Begin surgical counterterrorism. The next step is to hunt down the gunmen within Kashmir and then begin surgical counterterrorism. No doubt this is already happening, but the basic point is that invisible special operations are the appropriate mirror to deniable terrorist attacks. That is: retaliation should look more like pagers[7] than bombers.
IN THE MEDIUM RUN
With the border secured and counterterrorism initiated, India's next step should be to isolate the Pakistan regime economically and diplomatically by cutting off its support from the US and EU/UK.
(a) Incentivize the US to stop arming Pakistan. Somehow America is still sending money to Pakistan[8], as a relic of Cold War-era policy. The latest episode involved the release of $397M (!) for some sort of bizarre program to monitor the use of Pakistani F-16s for counterterrorism.
Obviously: F-16s aren't useful for counterterrorism, Pakistan shouldn't have F-16s, Pakistan intends to use those F-16s against India, the $397M sent to Pakistan will be stolen, and the program as a whole just helps prop up the prestige of the Pakistani army.
Instead, India should ask the US to just shut down all funding for Pakistan, the country that harbored bin Laden. That saves the US money, it's in America's national interest, and India is a better customer anyway.
(b) Incentivize the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan. India has a long history with the UK and billions in trade with the EU. All parties want a trade deal given current circumstances. So India can ask the EU/UK to freeze out Pakistan[9] in return for more market access. If it really needs to sweeten the pot, India does have some influence over Russia[10] — so India can offer to help bring peace to Ukraine in return for EU/UK sanctions on Pakistan.
IN THE LONG RUN
Now for the hard part. India's strategic goal with Pakistan should actually be regime change, with the goal of deniably installing a non-fundamentalist leader like Ataturk/MBS/MBZ/Reza Shah Pahlavi/Zahir Shah[11-15] who can keep the lid on.
But this can't be done through a Bush-style invasion, both because that'll wreck India's economy and because Pakistan has ~250M people and nuclear weapons.
Fortunately, there are other mechanisms for regime change. And in Pakistan's case, the key lever may be Chinese money and Gulf oil rather than the Indian military.
NO WAR, JUST OIL
As background, China is Pakistan's number one backer[16], in part because China and India are rivals in many ways. But China needs oil more than it opposes India.
And that could be the key to flipping China on Pakistan. You see, China is trying to build a pipeline[17] through Pakistan to pump oil from the gulf:
But fundamentalist psychos in Pakistan keep launching attacks on that very corridor, including one in October[18] that killed multiple Chinese nationals:
Moreover, China and India have a shared interest in stopping fundamentalism in Central/South Asia, because it's been a huge issue for China too since at least the 2014 Kunming[19] stabbings.
So: India could make the case to China (and the Gulf states!) that they should cooperate to nonviolently support anti-fundamentalist factions in Pakistan. Then China gets all the oil they need, the Gulf gets all the money they want, and India gets all the peace they deserve.
How would this work?
Well, Turkey had Ataturk[10], and Saudi had MBS[11], and the UAE had MBZ[12], and neighboring Iran had Reza Shah Pahlavi[13], and neighboring Afghanistan had Zahir Shah[14]. Moreover, India is friendly[20] with the Gulf states, which it trades with quite a bit.
So it's not completely crazy to imagine that by combining China's economic influence, the Gulf's cultural influence, and India's political intelligence that they could eventually back a Pakistani faction willing to just crush the fundamentalists, pump the oil, and stop the infiltrations.
Yes, Pakistan's Army is the ultimate king-maker, but they are resource-constrained. In particular, if India can get the US to stop sending military aid to Pakistan, and the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan, it starts to seriously reduce the amount of money the Pakistani regime has without Chinese/Gulf support.
And that may open up room for alternative factions within the Pakistani regime — factions that like money more than they like terrorism.
IN SUMMARY
To be clear, I'm not saying this specific strategy to get China to flip on Pakistan is guaranteed to work, though I think it's worth trying.
I am however saying that the general concept of going upstream to cut off US/UK/EU/Chinese/Gulf support for the Pakistani regime is the right line of attack — as opposed to taking the bait like America did after 9/11.
Remember: like America in 2001, today's India has everything going for it. It has the fastest growing large economy in the world. It has UPI, Jio, dozens of tech unicorns, and a young, rising population that's optimistic about the future. It is even landing probes on the dark side of the moon!
Meanwhile, Pakistan has nothing going for it. It is a fundamentalist basketcase wracked by coups. In its envy and malevolence, it seeks to drag India down to its own level and pull it into endless war, followed by internal division and distraction. Just like bin Laden did to America.
But India can learn from America's mistakes. It can surgically respond in the short run with secure borders and deniable special operations, rather than all-out war. It can economically respond in the medium run by cooperating with the US and EU/UK to cut off Pakistan. And it can strategically respond in the long run by aligning China and the Gulf to install a stable, secular faction within Pakistan who will just crush fundamentalism and pump gas.
That's what strategic victory looks like. And that's how India can avoid taking Pakistan's bait in favor of calmly neutralizing Pakistan as a threat. This vengeance is best served cold.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gpb9OXkbEAA_OPB.jpg)
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His name is Major Deependra Singh Sengar.
He grew up in Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh. Studied at Sainik School Rewa. Commissioned into the Indian Army’s Parachute Regiment Special Forces in 1991. His fellow soldiers called him Rocket.
In 1998, during an anti insurgency operation in Guwahati, he eliminated two militants and was hit by two bullets that tore through his abdomen. Doctors said recovery would take 18 to 24 months. He was back in action in one year.
During recovery, he sneaked out of hospital wearing a colostomy bag, hired a car, and travelled five hours to attend a colleague’s wedding.
When the Kargil War began, he went back into combat. He led his team to capture Neelam Post, the highest post captured by the Indian Army in the entire Kargil engagement.
In September 1999, an AK 47 burst shattered his hip bone. He barely survived. The doctors told him he would never walk again.
He lay on a hospital bed on traction and studied mathematics eight hours a day. A nursing assistant sent his twelve year old son to help him with calculations. Six months later, Sengar hobbled on crutches to a CAT examination centre.
He cleared CAT. Received admission offers from 15 of India’s top 16 business schools. He chose IIM Ahmedabad. Attended every class on crutches. Interned at Lehman Brothers in Tokyo. Graduated with distinction.
He went on to work at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Genpact and Microsoft. He walked without crutches a decade after doctors said he never would.
He received 12 military medals including a gallantry award. In 2021, ZEE5 made a web series on his life called Jeet Ki Zidd.
Two bullets could not stop him. A shattered hip could not stop him. The doctors could not stop him.
He just kept going.
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Few months back the MCG came and broke all gates in South city 1 and now they broke the Gaurd rooms set up. Will they provide us 24/7 security now? Why don’t they concentrate on pressing concerns rather than this?
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I have irrefutable proof that @Lenskart_com CEO @peyushbansal is LYING when he says that the grooming code that says NO Bindi is ‘outdated’. I have proof of a video audit with the date 08/04/2026 where an employee was given a low rating for wearing a bindi. Will share in due course. Happy to share everything with a good lawyer. Lenskart is a publicly listed company that has to follow @SEBI_India guidelines, not Bansal’s private enterprise and they are violating article 15 of the Indian constitution. Cc @Vishnu_Jain1 @JethmalaniM ji
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'सफर में धूप तो होगी, जो चल सको तो चलो...
सभी है भीड़ में, तुम भी निकल सको तो चलो'
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No filters!
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And he is so proudly saying this on camera…kuch nahi ho sakta inka 🤐
Stupid mindset. Ready to give runs away and waste overs for sentimental stupidity and hollow records!!
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Something you might want to copy. Ready to sponsor a trip for your Babus to Pimpri…
PCMC Road after the first rains, a glimpse of our efforts to make all roads in our city truly citizen-centric. It’s heartening to see our healthy streets not only function efficiently for pedestrians and cyclists but also add to the aesthetic beauty of monsoons and become an important driving force for active mobility.
Our commitment is to create streets where people come first, whether it’s the daily commuter, the senior citizen on a leisurely stroll or a child cycling to school. Thoughtful design features like shade, sit-outs, appropriate materials, and managed parking ensure that every pedestrian can navigate safely and comfortably, even in the rains.
This is a small but meaningful step towards our vision of streets that are not just roads for vehicles but public spaces that belong to everyone. Let’s keep working together to build streets that truly work for citizens, every season.
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@Akashjainiima Highly unlikely.
@Akashjainiima Crazy. God knows what he is smoking..
Worth a read…how India can learn from USA’s mistake. Have a long term strategy to deal with Pakistan.
The only issue, what if congress comes to power anytime in the next 15-20 years
INDIA'S VENGEANCE IS BEST SERVED COLD
The single biggest mistake of the century was America's response to Pakistan-backed fundamentalist terrorism. And it happened in three acts.
(1) First came Bush, the anti-terror president, who overreacted to terrorism by starting a giant series of wars.
(2) This led to Obama, the antiwar president[1], who overreacted to war by starting a giant surge in woke[2].
(3) This in turn led to Trump, the anti-woke president, who is now reacting to woke by ending[3] a giant empire.
And this whole series of events was due in large part to Pakistan. Because Osama bin Laden was based in Pakistan, just down the street from the Pakistan Military Academy!
Remember, America had everything going for it on September 10, 2001. It was the world's dominant hyperpower. But Osama bin Laden and Pakistan successfully baited the US into wasting its blood and treasure on war, distracting America from the rise of China[4], and thereby kicking off the series of events that brought us to the present day.
So: India should learn from America's mistakes. It should not take the bait of Pakistani terrorism. It should instead play its own game, and coldly neutralize Pakistan by aligning the world against it.
Here's what that could look like.
WHAT INDIA CAN DO
First, what should Bush have done? In retrospect, he should have stopped fundamentalist immigration into all NATO countries, avoided war in favor of surgical counterterrorism, and targeted Wahhabism at the root by backing domestic anti-fundamentalists like Mohammed bin Salman[5].
That would have neutralized the terrorist threat without waging a giant war. And that is what India can do in response to Pakistan's bait.
IN THE SHORT RUN
Let's divide India's possible strategy into short run, medium run, and long run actions. In the short run, India should:
(a) Stop the immediate threat. 99% of security is border security. So the smart first step for India is to do what they've just done[6]: namely, temporarily suspending issuance of visas to Pakistani nationals, asking those still within India to leave, and securing the border.
While this policy will regrettably impact the many Pakistani nationals who aren't fundamentalists, it is essentially nonviolent. And it addresses the immediate situation by making it hard for Pakistan to execute followup attacks within India.
(b) Begin surgical counterterrorism. The next step is to hunt down the gunmen within Kashmir and then begin surgical counterterrorism. No doubt this is already happening, but the basic point is that invisible special operations are the appropriate mirror to deniable terrorist attacks. That is: retaliation should look more like pagers[7] than bombers.
IN THE MEDIUM RUN
With the border secured and counterterrorism initiated, India's next step should be to isolate the Pakistan regime economically and diplomatically by cutting off its support from the US and EU/UK.
(a) Incentivize the US to stop arming Pakistan. Somehow America is still sending money to Pakistan[8], as a relic of Cold War-era policy. The latest episode involved the release of $397M (!) for some sort of bizarre program to monitor the use of Pakistani F-16s for counterterrorism.
Obviously: F-16s aren't useful for counterterrorism, Pakistan shouldn't have F-16s, Pakistan intends to use those F-16s against India, the $397M sent to Pakistan will be stolen, and the program as a whole just helps prop up the prestige of the Pakistani army.
Instead, India should ask the US to just shut down all funding for Pakistan, the country that harbored bin Laden. That saves the US money, it's in America's national interest, and India is a better customer anyway.
(b) Incentivize the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan. India has a long history with the UK and billions in trade with the EU. All parties want a trade deal given current circumstances. So India can ask the EU/UK to freeze out Pakistan[9] in return for more market access. If it really needs to sweeten the pot, India does have some influence over Russia[10] — so India can offer to help bring peace to Ukraine in return for EU/UK sanctions on Pakistan.
IN THE LONG RUN
Now for the hard part. India's strategic goal with Pakistan should actually be regime change, with the goal of deniably installing a non-fundamentalist leader like Ataturk/MBS/MBZ/Reza Shah Pahlavi/Zahir Shah[11-15] who can keep the lid on.
But this can't be done through a Bush-style invasion, both because that'll wreck India's economy and because Pakistan has ~250M people and nuclear weapons.
Fortunately, there are other mechanisms for regime change. And in Pakistan's case, the key lever may be Chinese money and Gulf oil rather than the Indian military.
NO WAR, JUST OIL
As background, China is Pakistan's number one backer[16], in part because China and India are rivals in many ways. But China needs oil more than it opposes India.
And that could be the key to flipping China on Pakistan. You see, China is trying to build a pipeline[17] through Pakistan to pump oil from the gulf:
But fundamentalist psychos in Pakistan keep launching attacks on that very corridor, including one in October[18] that killed multiple Chinese nationals:
Moreover, China and India have a shared interest in stopping fundamentalism in Central/South Asia, because it's been a huge issue for China too since at least the 2014 Kunming[19] stabbings.
So: India could make the case to China (and the Gulf states!) that they should cooperate to nonviolently support anti-fundamentalist factions in Pakistan. Then China gets all the oil they need, the Gulf gets all the money they want, and India gets all the peace they deserve.
How would this work?
Well, Turkey had Ataturk[10], and Saudi had MBS[11], and the UAE had MBZ[12], and neighboring Iran had Reza Shah Pahlavi[13], and neighboring Afghanistan had Zahir Shah[14]. Moreover, India is friendly[20] with the Gulf states, which it trades with quite a bit.
So it's not completely crazy to imagine that by combining China's economic influence, the Gulf's cultural influence, and India's political intelligence that they could eventually back a Pakistani faction willing to just crush the fundamentalists, pump the oil, and stop the infiltrations.
Yes, Pakistan's Army is the ultimate king-maker, but they are resource-constrained. In particular, if India can get the US to stop sending military aid to Pakistan, and the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan, it starts to seriously reduce the amount of money the Pakistani regime has without Chinese/Gulf support.
And that may open up room for alternative factions within the Pakistani regime — factions that like money more than they like terrorism.
IN SUMMARY
To be clear, I'm not saying this specific strategy to get China to flip on Pakistan is guaranteed to work, though I think it's worth trying.
I am however saying that the general concept of going upstream to cut off US/UK/EU/Chinese/Gulf support for the Pakistani regime is the right line of attack — as opposed to taking the bait like America did after 9/11.
Remember: like America in 2001, today's India has everything going for it. It has the fastest growing large economy in the world. It has UPI, Jio, dozens of tech unicorns, and a young, rising population that's optimistic about the future. It is even landing probes on the dark side of the moon!
Meanwhile, Pakistan has nothing going for it. It is a fundamentalist basketcase wracked by coups. In its envy and malevolence, it seeks to drag India down to its own level and pull it into endless war, followed by internal division and distraction. Just like bin Laden did to America.
But India can learn from America's mistakes. It can surgically respond in the short run with secure borders and deniable special operations, rather than all-out war. It can economically respond in the medium run by cooperating with the US and EU/UK to cut off Pakistan. And it can strategically respond in the long run by aligning China and the Gulf to install a stable, secular faction within Pakistan who will just crush fundamentalism and pump gas.
That's what strategic victory looks like. And that's how India can avoid taking Pakistan's bait in favor of calmly neutralizing Pakistan as a threat. This vengeance is best served cold.
![balajis's tweet photo. INDIA'S VENGEANCE IS BEST SERVED COLD
The single biggest mistake of the century was America's response to Pakistan-backed fundamentalist terrorism. And it happened in three acts.
(1) First came Bush, the anti-terror president, who overreacted to terrorism by starting a giant series of wars.
(2) This led to Obama, the antiwar president[1], who overreacted to war by starting a giant surge in woke[2].
(3) This in turn led to Trump, the anti-woke president, who is now reacting to woke by ending[3] a giant empire.
And this whole series of events was due in large part to Pakistan. Because Osama bin Laden was based in Pakistan, just down the street from the Pakistan Military Academy!
Remember, America had everything going for it on September 10, 2001. It was the world's dominant hyperpower. But Osama bin Laden and Pakistan successfully baited the US into wasting its blood and treasure on war, distracting America from the rise of China[4], and thereby kicking off the series of events that brought us to the present day.
So: India should learn from America's mistakes. It should not take the bait of Pakistani terrorism. It should instead play its own game, and coldly neutralize Pakistan by aligning the world against it.
Here's what that could look like.
WHAT INDIA CAN DO
First, what should Bush have done? In retrospect, he should have stopped fundamentalist immigration into all NATO countries, avoided war in favor of surgical counterterrorism, and targeted Wahhabism at the root by backing domestic anti-fundamentalists like Mohammed bin Salman[5].
That would have neutralized the terrorist threat without waging a giant war. And that is what India can do in response to Pakistan's bait.
IN THE SHORT RUN
Let's divide India's possible strategy into short run, medium run, and long run actions. In the short run, India should:
(a) Stop the immediate threat. 99% of security is border security. So the smart first step for India is to do what they've just done[6]: namely, temporarily suspending issuance of visas to Pakistani nationals, asking those still within India to leave, and securing the border.
While this policy will regrettably impact the many Pakistani nationals who aren't fundamentalists, it is essentially nonviolent. And it addresses the immediate situation by making it hard for Pakistan to execute followup attacks within India.
(b) Begin surgical counterterrorism. The next step is to hunt down the gunmen within Kashmir and then begin surgical counterterrorism. No doubt this is already happening, but the basic point is that invisible special operations are the appropriate mirror to deniable terrorist attacks. That is: retaliation should look more like pagers[7] than bombers.
IN THE MEDIUM RUN
With the border secured and counterterrorism initiated, India's next step should be to isolate the Pakistan regime economically and diplomatically by cutting off its support from the US and EU/UK.
(a) Incentivize the US to stop arming Pakistan. Somehow America is still sending money to Pakistan[8], as a relic of Cold War-era policy. The latest episode involved the release of $397M (!) for some sort of bizarre program to monitor the use of Pakistani F-16s for counterterrorism.
Obviously: F-16s aren't useful for counterterrorism, Pakistan shouldn't have F-16s, Pakistan intends to use those F-16s against India, the $397M sent to Pakistan will be stolen, and the program as a whole just helps prop up the prestige of the Pakistani army.
Instead, India should ask the US to just shut down all funding for Pakistan, the country that harbored bin Laden. That saves the US money, it's in America's national interest, and India is a better customer anyway.
(b) Incentivize the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan. India has a long history with the UK and billions in trade with the EU. All parties want a trade deal given current circumstances. So India can ask the EU/UK to freeze out Pakistan[9] in return for more market access. If it really needs to sweeten the pot, India does have some influence over Russia[10] — so India can offer to help bring peace to Ukraine in return for EU/UK sanctions on Pakistan.
IN THE LONG RUN
Now for the hard part. India's strategic goal with Pakistan should actually be regime change, with the goal of deniably installing a non-fundamentalist leader like Ataturk/MBS/MBZ/Reza Shah Pahlavi/Zahir Shah[11-15] who can keep the lid on.
But this can't be done through a Bush-style invasion, both because that'll wreck India's economy and because Pakistan has ~250M people and nuclear weapons.
Fortunately, there are other mechanisms for regime change. And in Pakistan's case, the key lever may be Chinese money and Gulf oil rather than the Indian military.
NO WAR, JUST OIL
As background, China is Pakistan's number one backer[16], in part because China and India are rivals in many ways. But China needs oil more than it opposes India.
And that could be the key to flipping China on Pakistan. You see, China is trying to build a pipeline[17] through Pakistan to pump oil from the gulf:
But fundamentalist psychos in Pakistan keep launching attacks on that very corridor, including one in October[18] that killed multiple Chinese nationals:
Moreover, China and India have a shared interest in stopping fundamentalism in Central/South Asia, because it's been a huge issue for China too since at least the 2014 Kunming[19] stabbings.
So: India could make the case to China (and the Gulf states!) that they should cooperate to nonviolently support anti-fundamentalist factions in Pakistan. Then China gets all the oil they need, the Gulf gets all the money they want, and India gets all the peace they deserve.
How would this work?
Well, Turkey had Ataturk[10], and Saudi had MBS[11], and the UAE had MBZ[12], and neighboring Iran had Reza Shah Pahlavi[13], and neighboring Afghanistan had Zahir Shah[14]. Moreover, India is friendly[20] with the Gulf states, which it trades with quite a bit.
So it's not completely crazy to imagine that by combining China's economic influence, the Gulf's cultural influence, and India's political intelligence that they could eventually back a Pakistani faction willing to just crush the fundamentalists, pump the oil, and stop the infiltrations.
Yes, Pakistan's Army is the ultimate king-maker, but they are resource-constrained. In particular, if India can get the US to stop sending military aid to Pakistan, and the EU/UK to stop trading with Pakistan, it starts to seriously reduce the amount of money the Pakistani regime has without Chinese/Gulf support.
And that may open up room for alternative factions within the Pakistani regime — factions that like money more than they like terrorism.
IN SUMMARY
To be clear, I'm not saying this specific strategy to get China to flip on Pakistan is guaranteed to work, though I think it's worth trying.
I am however saying that the general concept of going upstream to cut off US/UK/EU/Chinese/Gulf support for the Pakistani regime is the right line of attack — as opposed to taking the bait like America did after 9/11.
Remember: like America in 2001, today's India has everything going for it. It has the fastest growing large economy in the world. It has UPI, Jio, dozens of tech unicorns, and a young, rising population that's optimistic about the future. It is even landing probes on the dark side of the moon!
Meanwhile, Pakistan has nothing going for it. It is a fundamentalist basketcase wracked by coups. In its envy and malevolence, it seeks to drag India down to its own level and pull it into endless war, followed by internal division and distraction. Just like bin Laden did to America.
But India can learn from America's mistakes. It can surgically respond in the short run with secure borders and deniable special operations, rather than all-out war. It can economically respond in the medium run by cooperating with the US and EU/UK to cut off Pakistan. And it can strategically respond in the long run by aligning China and the Gulf to install a stable, secular faction within Pakistan who will just crush fundamentalism and pump gas.
That's what strategic victory looks like. And that's how India can avoid taking Pakistan's bait in favor of calmly neutralizing Pakistan as a threat. This vengeance is best served cold.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gpcn2FBaIAAzyxM.png)
@Rupalbansal The difference being one is notional gain/loss and the other is actual. So if the cycle turns, the men will actually make some money 🙂
This is the state of the road of the market in south city 1, Gurgaon. Someone has dropped malba and the bad road has become unmotorable now. Despite multiple complaints by residents, nothing is being done. @MunCorpGurugram @cmohry
Good riddance….kudos to the Delhi junta.
Time to reclaim our capital. Make it the best city in India
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@Akashjainiima Nothing will change. Even if we lose the next 2-3 series. The whitewash against NZ made no difference, and that too at home.
@Akashjainiima Yeah true..so we see you next Feb here..will learn to play tennis by then..
@Akashjainiima @rijugupta But this is a listed company that is investing in one of the founders through company money and allowing him to use IP and brand created by parent company.
MD of listed co. is stepping down as non-exe to pursue his own ambition (real twist coming) in similar field, using brand name of listed co, transferring some segment of listed co into his co and current and future funding to be done by listed co. Absolutely devastating
@Akashjainiima @rijugupta Yes agreed it’s a wrong choice of words. More a corporate governance issue than fraud. But it’s unbelievable that the company can get away with doing this.
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