Arpita Goswami Sachdeva

International Lawyer | Former Research Fellow@Max Planck Institute Luxembourg| Ex Graduate Institute Geneva| Now just an exaggeration

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Happy to share that I just concluded my lectures for the GNLU-Indian Navy Training Program. It was fun four days discussing maritime delimitation, dispute settlement and my experience working at the South China Sea Institute with the Naval Officers.

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Potential exam question - Explain how does this violate the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations? 😂

https://t.co/LMOm0VhZ5l

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

@QuoteNietzsche Yes, I think so. Just as scientific breakthroughs are reached after building on several years of experiments and theories, philosophical breakthroughs can be built upon many small and scattered ideas throughout the history.

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Unusual for MEA to issue statements this bold!

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

They say a Guru’s place is above Gods..

ॐ शांति।

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Our electrician just informed us that he hates touching switches. I don’t know what to make of it 🤔

[Aarti Tikoo Singh @AartiTikoo]

India has lost face, for now. But why are Indian trolls going after foreign secretary Vikram Misri for India’s diplomatic and narrative failure? How is his daughter’s profession responsible for what happened? Are they responsible for India’s foreign policy or security strategy?

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

@laniakeanSimian Yup, and most greenwashing causes worse environmental harm than however bad the situation was..

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Whenever I taught int’l law in India, I made it a point to make this the core of my lecture. Int’l normative structure has given us a lot of good things, but its machinery won’t be able to do much if you don’t have the economic & military capacity to determine your own destiny

[Sunanda Vashisht @sunandavashisht]

What did you learn today kids? Strategic autonomy is your best friend in foreign policy. You do not give up on strategic autonomy. And you never give up on nuclear bomb. Never.

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Having spent hours reading the Chagos cases, analyzing, debating, teaching them, marvelling at the principles upheld, procedural creativity, it is a quite mind blowing to hear about the political chicanery behind the oh so victory of the colonized and oppressed.

[Ben Leo @Benleo]

Why were UK visas, millions in cash and luxury watches allegedly found at the home of an associate of the former PM of Mauritius - the man who negotiated Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands surrender deal?

The Americans find the whole situation fishy.

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

@oianu Indeed, and their products in India are of poorer quality compared to what they sell in the west. But for some insulting India and Indians is the choice economic analysis, which we will have to tolerate as long as being outrageous will remain effective social media currency.

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Absolutely. Average Indian customer has a rather sharp sense of quality offered vis a vis price charged. Zara and IKEA failed Indian customers. I am glad about that, would have hated to see our craft and craftsmanship suffer in the face of bland mass produced garments & furniture

[Anu Kumar @oianu]

This is a wrong take. The reason why ikea and zara have struggled in India is because their customers here are used to high quality local products whereas they sell mostly crap.

Indian textiles, whether cotton, silk or linen, are beautiful and available at reasonable prices compared to the polyester shtick that Zara sells.

Similarly ikea’s mdf furniture doesn’t compare to the good sheesham you can buy locally at very decent prices considering its hardwood.

I once bought an ikea bookshelf - beautiful design - and I accidentally hit the back of the shelf hard while placing books in it for the first time. That made a hole in the back, it was that flimsy.

Indian customers rejecting poor quality materials from ikea and zara is a good sign. It shows we are used to better. I just hope strong local brands come up to fill the gap because good design made with good materials is still not available as commonly as it should be

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Ah yes, Indians are backward not to buy into the mass produced bland stuff these brands churn out. Indians have a very sharp sense of getting value for their money. And these brands failed that test. Insulting India isn’t a valid tool for every economic analysis.

[🦉 @CeterisParish]

It is not just Zara

All major brands that entered India are realising that India is not a market that they expected

Indian economy is not modern because Indian society is still extremely backward and poor unlike East Asia and other emerging markets

[Gregory Makoff @GMakoff]

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[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

In the years when I was grieving for my lost unborn child, Neil’s work helped me find shapes & colours in the dark side of my existence. His stories were my solace in my utter loneliness. In the barren winter of my grief Neil showed me traces of life. Now I grieve you, Neil.

[The Sassiest Semite @LittleMissLizz]

Neil Gaiman is such a profound disappointment. He spent his life creating beautiful work for people who needed an escape all while secretly being exactly the monster so many of us needed the escape from. To me, that feels like a very specific, very sinister kind of betrayal.

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

A scientist injected her cancer cells with virus. Not going into the ethics or other debate, I am delighted and astounded by the creativity and genius of this experiment. I have always felt that law as a research subject does not give an equivalent outlet for innovation.

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

Here's the theory:
1. Select a virus that is likely to attack your target cancer cells
2. Because cancer cells neutralize the immune system, they're more likely to be killed by viruses than healthy cells

[Marko Jukic @mmjukic]

This isn't just a light show. It's a demonstration of futuristic military power. You are looking at an unarmed drone swarm.

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

@laniakeanSimian Absolutely none

[Arpita Goswami Sachdeva @Atiishyokti]

Interesting that I have lived in all the three regions but only to pursue research and academics.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

3 areas produce 50% of the world GDP.