Sriyansh Mohanty

Doctoral Researcher |
Research Interests: IR, International Security, Alliances, Strategic Affairs, Geo-politics, Indo-pacific
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[Sriyansh Mohanty @Aanshtweets]

Gen Z is doing what the opposition couldn't for years, walking onto national TV and making the 'biggest political party on the planet' sweat. Just young people asking the questions the establishment is terrified to hear. Intimidating? Sure. But apparently, the BJP's biggest nightmare isn't the opposition. It's a generation that doesn't bow. Well done 🙌🏻

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

Anjana got trolled for two days left & right and suddenly she started questioning CBSE

But check the headline- “system” fail

When it’s credit time, Modi gets it
When it’s failure time, System gets it

She still doesn’t have guts to question Modi

[Sandeep Neel @SanUvacha]

Vijay Gokhale, the former Indian Foreign Secretary is a noted expert on China, he has written four books on China. Now his book is even quoted by the Defense Minister of Philippines. No wonder CCP has unleashed its 50 cent army on social media to distract him. His latest book China Wars seems to have stirred a hornets nest in China. His other books are:
Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest.
After Tiananmen: The Rise of China
The Long Game.

[Sakshi Narula @mssakshinarula]

My god ...please watch this. I swear this country is being held together by a chewing gum.@ni5arga well done on exposing these vulnerabilities and even answering the media so confidently. I know this is not easy for you and took a lot of courage 🙌

[Sriyansh Mohanty @Aanshtweets]

@KP24 @cricket_broken We were all thinking about this while watching his bat today 🫡

[Rishap Vats @VatsRishap]

From the Hindu’s editorial on Rubio’s visit.

The first line is crucial. There’s a tendency to exaggerate the novelty of some of these “initiatives”. Repackaging an existing initiative, either a multilateral one or a bilateral one, and just adding it on Quad’s list of things.

[Sriyansh Mohanty @Aanshtweets]

TVK-INC alliance in Tamil Nadu,
V. D. Satheesan as CM of Keralam, and now asking Siddaramaiah to step down and possibly making way for DK Shivkumar as the CM of Karnataka.

The Congress finally seems to understand that politics is not a reward for past loyalty. It's a bet on the future, because you don't wanna repeat Karnataka '19 and Madhya Pradesh '20.

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

#Karnataka set for a change of guard

Does @bsarun24 see #Siddaramaiah more comfortable in #Karnataka, or see him moving to #Delhi, as he has been offered a #RajyaSabha role?

Tune in to the video to find out.

#NewsToday @SardesaiRajdeep

[Kanwal Sibal @KanwalSibal]

That Rubio was not received at appropriate level on arrival is not correct.

He was received by the head of the Americas division, which is the right protocol.

Any special protocol treatment to Rubio, even if considered exceptionally, would also have to be given to the visiting Japanese and
Australian FMs for the Quad meeting.
@DrAMSinghvi

[Sriyansh Mohanty @Aanshtweets]

Saw the invocation of Vilfredo Pareto’s ‘circulation of elites’ theory in a tweet for the first time in a long time!

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

Interesting column by @virsanghvi on the Delhi gym controversy. Might I add a piece of trivia: a few years ago, a leading Mumbai club was almost taken over by the Govt of Maharashtra. How was it resolved? By ensuring that sufficient IAS and IPS officers got membership! Moral: govts change, the bureaucrats remain the permanent power ‘elite’. By the way, wonder what our ‘rulers’ have to say about the expensive renovations in so many MP/ministers bungalows and offices lately. And why won’t that ever be debated beyond the predictable Lutyens elite trope? Truth is, Angrez chale gaye, Cong chali gayi, now a ‘new’ BJP elite has taken over. Vilfredo Pareto’s ‘circulation of elites’ theory is alive and well in the national capital and beyond!

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

These headlines are both form today.

🇮🇱: Says
🇷🇺: Threatens

[Rima Sarkar @_RimaSarkar]

■ You know S. Jaishankar, India’s sharp, no-nonsense External Affairs Minister.
But do you know about his father?
Meet Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam, widely regarded as the Father of India’s Nuclear Doctrine, one of the most influential voices in Indian national security, legendary strategic thinker, and civil servant.

■ Born in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, K. Subrahmanyam topped the IAS exam and joined the 1951 batch. A brilliant mind with an MSc in Chemistry, he redefined how India thought about power, security, and survival in a hostile world.

□ Pioneering Defence Strategist: Founding Director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) twice. He mentored generations of analysts and shaped India’s defence discourse for decades.

□ Nuclear Visionary: Fiercest advocate for India’s nuclear weapons programme. He strongly backed the 1974 Pokhran test, and played a central role in the 1998 tests. He chaired the National Security Advisory Board that drafted India’s nuclear doctrine - No First Use + Credible Minimum Deterrence.

□ Kargil Review Committee Chairman (1999): His committee’s explosive report led to major reforms in intelligence and defence structure, paving the way for the creation of the Chief of Defence Staff post years later.

□ 1971 Bangladesh War: One of the strongest voices pushing India to intervene and stop the humanitarian catastrophe.

□ Fearless Civil Servant: Served as Defence Production Secretary, Home Secretary of Tamil Nadu, and more. He was removed and superseded for speaking truth to power yet never compromised his principles.

■ On 24 August 1984, K. Subrahmanyam was a passenger on Indian Airlines Flight 421 (Delhi to Srinagar), which was hijacked by pro-Khalistani militants shortly after takeoff. The plane was diverted to Lahore and then Dubai. As a young IFS officer, S. Jaishankar was part of the crisis management team in Delhi handling the negotiations. Four hours into the ordeal, when he called home to say he couldn’t return because of the hijacking, he discovered that his own father was on the plane. All passengers were eventually released safely in Dubai. Even under threat, Subrahmanyam reportedly used the situation to observe and gather insights.

■ He authored/co-authored over a dozen books, wrote incisive columns for decades, advised Prime Ministers across parties, and influenced the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal. A true realpolitik thinker who understood China, Pakistan, and global power games long before others did.

■ Married to Sulochana, the couple raised four accomplished children, including:
□ S. Jaishankar (Foreign Minister)
□ Sanjay Subrahmanyam (renowned historian)
□ S. Vijay Kumar (senior IAS officer)
□ Sudha Subrahmanyam.

■ Subrahmanyam declined the Padma Bhushan, believing public servants and journalists shouldn’t chase honours. Even in his final years battling cancer, his intellect remained razor-sharp.

■ He passed away on 2 February 2011. India’s strategic community mourned with the words:
“Subrahmanyam is dead. India’s strategists are widowed.”

In the grand tapestry of India’s destiny, K. Subrahmanyam was not just a proud father, but also the quiet architect of a nation’s awakening, a luminous mind that lit the path of strategic wisdom, a steadfast guardian of sovereignty, and a timeless flame of patriotism whose glow continues to guide India’s journey through the corridors of power and peace. A patriot, intellectual, and nation-builder in the truest sense. 🇮🇳🙏🏻

[Sakshi Narula @mssakshinarula]

This is why data centers are coming to India because they are facing this push back back home. Here the people and the government don't care if the water is that color or poisonous as long as they can hate and discriminate against minorities.

[Sriyansh Mohanty @Aanshtweets]

India is currently in a regulatory blind spot. There is no specific national framework for environmental impact assessments (EIA) for data centers. They are often classified as "industrial" or "IT" infrastructure, bypassing rigorous water-use and pollution controls.

And this should bother us, all of us.

A nation sacrificing its environment for corporate interest isn't surprising anymore.

[Acyn @Acyn]

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

I’ve figured out India’s number one problem: false pride.

When a society becomes more interested in defending its image than fixing its problems, progress stops. Pride without self-reflection is not strength-it’s denial.

[Mao Keji | मुखर्जी @kejimao]

While it is a fair point that Indian companies are investing in the US because it's the world's largest consumer and capital market, let's not forget two things: 1) India is undergoing a very serious balance-of-payment crisis; 2) India, as a rapidly developing country, is desperate for capital.

What's worse, the dreadful inequality in India means that a few business houses control a disproportionately high share of capital. So, when India as a country is very capital-scarce, these super-rich are unimaginably capital-abundant.

Even if every penny drained from India comes at a much higher opportunity cost than for other countries, these business houses are so happy to align themselves with the US, responding to the call of "Making America Great Again".

[Sriyansh Mohanty @Aanshtweets]

@HelleLyngSvends I don't know who on earth takes OpIndia seriously 😭😂

[Stanly Johny @johnstanly]

Welcome to the 'Middle East's only democracy'

[vir sanghvi @virsanghvi]

You know that times have changed when Rahul Gandhi can make fun of Narendra Modi’s Italian connection…,

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

Extremely cheap! Norway’s largest newspaper needs URGENT sensitisation on racism and media ethics.
Whatever the context, Narendra Modi remains India’s Prime Minister, and a graphic of this nature reflects nothing but a deeply colonial mindset. This is hardly an example of the “freest press” in action and warrants an IMMEDIATE apology from @Aftenposten!

[Zorawar Daulet Singh @Z_DauletSingh]

A regime change because a Pakistani leader attempted an independent foreign policy.

[Sriyansh Mohanty @Aanshtweets]

I feel the distinction is irrelevant because the outcome is the same. Whether it's a joint briefing or a press conference, PM Modi not take questions. Not from "Marxist" journalists. Not from friendly journalists. Not from anyone. He announces. He reads. He leaves. And his supporters then hide behind procedural technicalities to justify what is, in practice, an aversion to unscripted interrogation.

What difference would it make if it were a press conference? Would he suddenly become accessible? Would he take questions from anyone other than carefully vetted, pre-screened, loyalty-tested journalists? We both know the answer. The format is not the barrier. The man is.

People are defending a culture of unaccountability by citing a rulebook that no one actually believes is the real reason. They are saying, "He doesn't have to answer because it's a joint briefing." And I am saying that he doesn't answer even when it's not a joint briefing. So what exactly are you defending? A technicality? Or an absence?

None of this changes the fact that the Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy has not taken an unscripted question from a journalist in years.

[Sandeep Parekh @SandeepParekh]

Hell, you lying. It's a briefing, not a press conference.