Balagopal Chandrasekhar

Rolling stone: joined the IAS, quit after 6 years, started a business venture, grew it to scale, sold it; now writer, independent director, contrarian.

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One of the birthday wishes I will cherish! Thank you, Shyam Srinivasan and your wonderful team at Federal Bank! #federalbank ⁦@binusankar79⁩ ⁦⁦⁩ ⁦@tiekerala⁩ ⁦@GulrezHoda⁩ ⁦@gbpradhan⁩ ⁦@DrSJaishankar⁩ ⁦@RMundkur⁩ ⁦@rekhamenons⁩ @

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In this first episode of #PeopleandPlaceswithBala, @BalagopalChand1 dwells on his long association with the State of #Manipur and its people. The conversation highlights the contrast between life in the region in the 1980s and at present.

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For me, a non-religious person, Kerala is truly God’s Own Country! That’s why my wife and I chose to make our home here. ⁦@RaniaKhalek⁩ ⁦@PradipPhanjouba⁩ ⁦@ptrmadurai⁩ ⁦@SikandDipali⁩

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

Question: is the info about neo nazis in Ukraine just Russian propaganda? @gayatrimcramesh @asnair @GulrezHoda @AMercouris #AzovBattalion #Donbass #RussianUkrainianWar #Europe #NATO

[olexander scherba🇺🇦 @olex_scherba]

Yesterday was a good day - #Russia was chased away from #Kyiv oblast. Today is a bad day: we saw what it left behind.

As someone who speaks 🇷🇺 as one of my mother tongues & who likes 🇷🇺 culture, I’m literally speechless. Forget Tolstoy & Tchaikovsky. Russia means barbarism now.

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

Why no tears for the huge numbers dead in Yemen or Iraq? Didn’t see Yemen flag draped protesters in the streets! Cry for your country, Olexander Scherba but don’t forget the role of the West! @gayatrimcramesh @GulrezHoda @asnair @AMercouris

[olexander scherba🇺🇦 @olex_scherba]

Yesterday was a good day - #Russia was chased away from #Kyiv oblast. Today is a bad day: we saw what it left behind.

As someone who speaks 🇷🇺 as one of my mother tongues & who likes 🇷🇺 culture, I’m literally speechless. Forget Tolstoy & Tchaikovsky. Russia means barbarism now.

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

I will emulate Swara Bhasker and greet all friends who celebrate these festivals and occasions! Wish it was even more difficult so that the name should not reveal the festival greeting to be sent! @gautamshankar @GulrezHoda @gayatrimcramesh

[Swara Bhasker @ReallySwara]

Navratri, Gudi Padwa & Ramzan greetings to all those celebrating/ observing! One of the most beautiful things abt India is that we get to share the joy of so many different festivals of different faiths. May we learn to value what is truly special in us as a country! 🙏🏽🤲🏾✨❤️🇮🇳

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

Terrible to see western media mislead Ukraine and people in the West about how the war is going. This is as bad as misleading Ukraine into thinking NATO and the West would support militarily. @asnair @HodaGulrez @Citizenznews1 #RussiaUkraineConflict

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Russian President Vladimir Putin demands Mariupol surrender to end shelling of besieged city

https://t.co/fZ0B67Yasp

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Russian President Vladimir Putin demands Mariupol surrender to end shelling of besieged city

https://t.co/fZ0B67Yasp

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

Interesting that Israel and Turkey try to end the war, while western countries talk up war! Western leaders will fight to the last Ukrainian! @HodaGulrez @asnair #Europe #RussiaUkraineConflict

[ABC News @ABC]

Russia’s pledge to scale back some military operations in Ukraine is drawing skepticism even as the two nations return Wednesday to talks that could produce a framework for ending the war. https://t.co/3pq3THEnTj

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

@FoxNews John Mearsheimer foretold the war in 2015 in a lecture in a US university. He said Russia would not occupy Ukraine, but would ‘wreck it’ and the West will be responsible when that happens! It has happened! @HodaGulrez #RussianUkrainianWar #Russia

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

We need to develop more respect for data and analysis. Media should publish statements after verifying such basic matters.

[Kaushik Basu @kaushikcbasu]

It needs just a little arithmetic to see that India's Apr-Jun 2021 growth of 20.1% is shocking bad news. The 20.1% is in comparison to Apr-Jun 2020 when India's GDP had fallen by 24.4%. This means compared to GDP in Apr-Jun 2019 (i.e. 2 years ago) India has had a growth of -9.2%.

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

Unfortunately, that will not help. System theory tells us: structure determines behaviour! Unless the system of for profit health care system is changed, little will change! #healthcare #COVID19India #democracy #governance @GulrezHoda @drthomasisaac

[Rajiv Vasudevan @rajivvasudevan]

Not only for COVID, but the widespread and often 'motivated' use in India of CT Scans perforce demands clearer prescription guidelines and also a more formal informed consent process. Appreciate this article by @lancelot_pinto

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

@GulrezHoda @CMOKerala @pressfreedom @ICFJ Gulrez-bhai, I regularly see reports in the local dailies of efforts made for the release of Siddique Kappen. The newspapers today also have coverage of more efforts.

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

@GulrezHoda Sad to hear about your friend, Gulrez. RIP, Ravi Shankar Choudhary.

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

I visited Longdi Pabram with Col DPK PIllay a few years ago, on his first visit back to the scene of his famous encounter with #death and #heroism. An unforgettable experience! His act did more for peace than the use of force!

[Colonel DPK PILLAY, PhD, Shaurya Chakra @dpkpillay12]

Today in 1994 I had to make a choice-b/w life of a child Vs my own.I'm proud that the @adgpi credo "safety&welfare of my countrymen come before my own'. Happy to announce the wedding of that boy Dingamang who lived through an ordeal no child should. Pl bless the newly wed couple

[Balagopal Chandrasekhar @BalagopalChand1]

Kudos to the creative genius who put this together! The farce is just beginning! #Imperialism #economics #elections #Democracy #people #India

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Hope you will watch this YouTube clip. #democracy #discourse #COVID19 #Kerala #USAElections2020 ⁦@RemaNagarajan⁩ ⁦@GulrezHoda⁩ ⁦@PushyRai⁩ ⁦⁦@arunmku⁩ ⁦@AjayPadmanabha⁩ https://t.co/rVpY2iragt