Tanweer Alam

DPhil candidate @UniofOxford || Interested in politics, society and policy. Alum @BlavatnikSchool, @Jmiu_official. Words in @TOIOpinion

[Tanweer Alam @AlamTanweer]

My take on India’s AI ambitions.

[TOI Editor @TOIEditor]

Tech Some Risks, GOI
'For AI sovereignty, investments and safety must necessarily be at the core. Govt needs to take a leap of faith to make this possible'

Read today's op-ed by Tanweer Alam 👇 https://t.co/hVdTlnkYur

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran reveals US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a classified directive on June 26 to all US embassies worldwide to pressure countries against attending Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's funeral, warning participation would be considered "an unfriendly act by the United States" with "negative consequences for bilateral relations," per a senior Iranian offical to Tasnim.

US ambassadors in Africa threatened to cut all development aid to countries participating, with Rubio personally calling counterparts in at least five Arab countries.

At least 13 countries have declined to attend due to US pressure, including three Eastern European, five African, two Gulf Arab, and two major East Asian countries.

[Shruti Rajagopalan @srajagopalan]

In the latest episode of @ideasofindia @Mercatus, I spoke with @rahulsagar about his new book 'The Birth of Indian Liberalism', the forgotten nineteenth-century thinker Mama Parmanand, why it is the first work of Indian political theory, liberalism in British India and the princely states, religion as a moral resource, the roots of Hindu nationalism, and much more.

Audio + Transcript https://t.co/P6vEHmHKbo

[Amitabh Dubey @dubeyamitabh]

If Modi’s BJP is trying to give previous governments credit you know things have gone horribly wrong. 😆

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

What a brilliant interview by Prof @Jayati1609 at @novaramedia - so much to learn here

https://t.co/N57iulPlnE

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks https://t.co/qCXegzDALN

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

In the words of Dr Ambedkar

[Mukul Kesavan @mukulkesavan]

Speaking of Jamia: https://t.co/9Mp9zD47ur

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

The most disturbing thing that’s happening is people whose names have been cut off from voter lists are being cut off from all welfare schemes. It’s being done in Bengal and will be followed by BJP regimes in Hindi belt. It has serious ramifications for many poor families besides Muslims. It’s not a communal war but a class/caste issue at many levels. And it’s not a war to begin with when the state and actors backed by it target minorities and socially/economic sections of society. Please be aware that discrimination just climbed another notch.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Wonderful review of Munis Faruqui's stunning new reassessment of Aurangzeb by the great Rudrangshu Mukherjee

[Nathalie Tocci @NathalieTocci]

On the danger of Europe’s “pragmatic” turn. If Europe is overtaken by the sway of transactionalism, it will be hollowed out, meekly existing at the mercy of predatory imperial powers. Without a recommitment to its ideals, Europe will lose itself. https://t.co/wnmudGodjZ

[Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 @nilanjanaroy]

"The tragedy is not that Rahul Gandhi has critics. Every political leader should. The tragedy is that many who claim to defend liberal democracy have spent more time attacking one of its most persistent defenders than confronting those who seek to dismantle it."

~ @ashoswai (Ashok Swain) on "the persistent inability of a significant section of India’s liberals and intellectuals to recognise who has consistently stood against" the Hindutva project.

https://t.co/kAo1XMc9Xk

[Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 ಪವನ್ ಖೇರಾ @Pawankhera]

हुसैन आज भी क़ायम है अपनी सूरत पर
यज़ीद चेहरे बदलता है हर ज़माने में

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

From the FT. Applies to those of this ilk everywhere, including in India.

[Asim Ali @AsimAli6]

Hindutva proponents have no problem if India does not achieve the basic level of industrialization & urbanization required for a decent modern existence. Its okay if most people remain stuck on dwindling unproductive farms or are pushed to slave away in service-sector gig work.

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

Fith Looted, Trust Protected?
@Bharatitis "Hindutva’s foot-soldiers and its aligned organisations are pointing fingers at the RSS appointees helming the temple trust"
https://t.co/YR608z9rVW

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Essentially nothing, which goves the government the full discretion to decide who is an Indian citizen and who is not. That is how it is being envisaged now.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Excellent interview. Worth reading in full.

[Arvind Gunasekar @arvindgunasekar]

The AIIMS Delhi exodus: Why top faculty & HODs are leaving India’s most prestigious medical institution.

Cardiac surgeries were cancelled five to six days every month, and patients, including small children, were moved to waiting lists extending up to 15 months, said Dr Hote, who joined AIIMS as a student in 1999.

“About five percent of patients on the waiting list died before their surgery date… including small children. It was not just frustrating. It was causing me guilt,” Dr Hote told ThePrint.

A well researched piece by @RichhariyaSneha 👏

https://t.co/9iHwbpNe3P via @theprintindia

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Dear Indian Express, it is not a donation row. It is donation theft, at best donation scam.

[The Wire @thewire_in]

How Thomas R. Metcalf Traced the 50-Year Journey of India Shaping World History

https://t.co/XUGGshYbsF