Apurv Bhatnagar

Accidental Designer | Reader | Photographer | Traveler | Dilli wala Foodie | chai Addict | Proud Indian

[Apurv Bhatnagar @Blueprint191]

Mere kuch sawal hai jo sirf qayamat ke roz poochonga tumse, kyonki uske pehle tumhari aur meri baat ho sake Iss Layak nahin hon tum. #Zakir

[Abdul Șhakoor @abxxai]

1. Copy + paste these search filters

These expose hidden space-killers:
•filename:pdf larger:10mb
•older_than:1y has:attachment
•filename:mp4
•filename:zip
•filename:docx

Select → “Select all conversations” → Delete.
You’ll be shocked by what shows up.

[Tom @t0mbfx]

“Bro I’ve been trading for 6 months and I’m still unprofitable what do I do?”

You can start by building some patience

It took me 4+ YEARS to become a profitable trader

That whole time my daily routine would be:

•Check for trade setups before work
•Go to work (I was a bricklayer and worked in Tesco)
•Check for trade setups at lunch and after work
•Go to the gym
•Backtest my strategy or watch trading YouTube videos

This was my daily life for 4 years

Really boring, but I kept consistent and now I’m a 7 figure funded trader doing what I want, when I want

It’s going to take longer than you expect - but it’s worth it in the end

[Tom @t0mbfx]

That’s pretty much it

Just posting something I wish I had seen when I was learning how to trade

Btw I have a free Discord Community about trading

Join it here:

https://t.co/tv0CZszhxu

[Intrinsic Compounding @soicfinance]

5 Must Read Books For Investors 📚

[Tom @t0mbfx]

Some days will be better than others

It’s all part of the process

[Tom @t0mbfx]

Most of you aren’t profitable for this simple reason:

You take trades that go against your rules, then when a setup with your rules DOES arrive - you’re scared to pull the trigger

I see so many traders who struggle with this

The funny thing is, if they just backtested their system more then they wouldn’t have this problem

If you have 300 backtested trades showing you that your system is consistently profitable - you would just execute with no hesitation

One of your biggest problems is that you’re just too lazy to go and backtest 300 trades

You want to make money NOW instead which will be your downfall

[perceptionist speaks 🗣️ @warinalleys]

*Who Holds the Pause Button?*

_From Washington to Riyadh, how international actors temper a regional rivalry with global consequences_

In South Asia, war drums don’t always sound like boots or bombs. Sometimes, they sound like an IMF wire transfer—or a FATF compliance review.

On 9 May 2025, while satellite channels speculated about a new round of retaliatory strikes between India and Pakistan, something quieter—and perhaps more decisive—happened thousands of miles away in Washington. The International Monetary Fund approved the release of $1.1 billion to Pakistan, part of a broader $7 billion bailout intended to keep the country’s economy from collapsing into the Indus.

The money came with usual prescriptions—cut subsidies, tax the untaxed, stop the rupee’s freefall. But beneath the macroeconomic jargon was an unwritten clause: don’t start a war.

Pakistan may have once held the right to escalate. Today, it must seek permission from its creditors. And those creditors, along with a chorus of global allies, watchdogs, and silent investors, now play a larger role in South Asia’s blood-and-thunder theatre than the generals who still stand at the LOC.

The New Conflict Map Is a Ledger

Pakistan, battered by inflation, energy shortages, and a rotting tax base, turned to the IMF for the 23rd time in its history. This time, the fund’s conditions came with geopolitical overtones. Islamabad’s economy, tied to Saudi deposits and Chinese loans, was no longer just a fiscal matter—it was a strategic liability.

And standing beside the IMF, clipboard in hand, is the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)—watching every rupee, every remittance, and every loophole. Though Pakistan was removed from the FATF grey list in 2022, it remains under quiet but pointed scrutiny. Any lapse in counter-terror financing enforcement—or a whiff of state complicity—could see sanctions return, just when the country can least afford them.

In essence, the message from FATF is no different from the IMF’s: discipline your economy, control your proxies, or risk global isolation.

Which is to say: Pakistan can’t afford a war.

And everyone knows it.

Delhi Learns to Hit Without Burning Bridges

On the other side of the Radcliffe Line, India has also changed. Once married to the idea of “strategic restraint,” it now practices strategic messaging.

When the Pulwama terror attack happened in 2019, India struck deep into Balakot with airpower. No declarations. Just action. And since then, Delhi has refined this playbook: targeted strikes, limited engagements, and a flurry of diplomacy to frame the narrative before anyone else can.

India doesn’t just retaliate. It curates retaliation. And it does so with one eye on Washington, one on Tokyo, and a third on Bloomberg.

Because for Delhi too, growth depends on perception. And war—no matter how justifiable—tanks perception.

The United States: Present, But Distracted

The Americans no longer want to mediate the India–Pakistan story. They’ve seen this film too many times. The new U.S. interest lies in containing China, securing supply chains, and making sure South Asia doesn’t become a footnote in a much bigger strategic screenplay.

But when the subcontinent stirs, Washington still calls.

They remind Islamabad that a war will nullify any goodwill with the IMF. They remind Delhi that global investors like calm, not cannon fire. And then, they disappear back into the Indo-Pacific.

They are not referees anymore. They’re more like an anxious landlord hoping the tenants don’t burn the house down.

China: The Iron Brother with Glass Nerves

Beijing publicly calls Pakistan its “iron brother,” a phrase that’s been worn smooth with overuse. Behind closed doors, however, China has growing anxieties. Its $60+ billion investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) snakes through volatile regions and rests on an illusion of peace

[Apurv Bhatnagar @Blueprint191]

I wouldn't be surprised. History would repeat.

[Shail Bhatnagar @shail_bhatnagar]

Is it possible that Gen Asfir Munir may not be Pak COAS by Friday morning?

[Shail Bhatnagar @shail_bhatnagar]

Is it possible that Gen Asfir Munir may not be Pak COAS by Friday morning?

[Asra Nomani @AsraNomani]

“Bahawalpur.”

I still have chills in my heart from when I first heard that town’s name in late January 2002. For the 23 years since, I have reported on how Pakistani intelligence and military leaders have used that city — Bahawalpur — in the southern province of Punjab as a base for its homegrown domestic terrorists.

When I heard India bombed training camps in Pakistan this week in Operation Sindoor, in response to a Pakistani terrorist rampage in India’s Kashmir state, I had one city’s name on my lips: Bahawalpur.

Did India bomb Bahawalpur?

It did. I knew then India was striking actual hubs for Pakistan’s homegrown domestic terrorism.

Why do I know?

My friend, WSJ reporter Danny Pearl, went to Bahawalpur in December 2001 with a notebook and a pen. Gen. Pervez Musharraf had just promised he was shutting down Pakistan’s militant groups after a strike by Pakistan’s terrorists against the Parliament in India, and Danny reported on the militant offices in Bahawalpur.

He literally knocked on their doors. Dear Dr. @yudapearl, this story is a window into Danny’s reporting enterprise. And because people will wonder: Danny was no cowboy. This was a calculated low-risk reporting trip because no journalist had been targeted for kidnapping in Pakistan. Around that time, Danny sent me an email: “I’m anxious to go to Afghanistan, but I’m not anxious to die.”

What did Danny learn?

The militant training camps were open for business in Bahawalpur.

On Jan. 23, 2002, Danny left a home I had rented in Karachi, Pakistan, for an interview.

I learned Danny’s fixer, Asif Farooqi, had arranged an interview for Danny through a man named “Arif.” Danny didn’t know it but Arif was the PR man for a militant group, Harkutul Mujahadeen. What was Arif’s hometown? Bahawalpur.

The police launched a manhunt to find Arif in Bahawalpur. We learned Arif’s family faked a funeral for Arif. Police found him trying to board a bus in Muzaffarabad, across the country by Pakistan’s border with Kashmir.

It is another town India said it bombed terrorist training facilities.

Arif had handed Danny off to Omar Sheikh,a British-Pakistani dropout from the London School of Economics, radicalized in the 1990s in London mosques. He went to Pakistan to train in these militant training camps. Then he kidnapped tourists in India. He was caught and jailed but on Dec. 31, 1999, he was traded for hostages in the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814.

Omar Sheikh was freed with Pakistani terrorist leader Masood Azhar, whose family was allegedly killed this week by India’s air strike in Bahawalpur.

Did Pakistan jail Omar Sheikh and Masood Azhar when they returned to Pakistan with a third terrorist, freed from India’s jails?

No. Pakistan’s military and intelligence gave them safe passage. They used them as weapons against India. But in fact these domestic terrorists have waged war against innocents in Pakistan, like civil society activists, Benazir Bhutto, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, schoolchildren and countless others.

Their extremism has ruined Pakistan, and Pakistanis can’t blame America for creating the mujahideen to fight the Soviets in the 1980s.

Pakistan has had a duty to dismantle those terrorist bases — for even the safety of its own people. What India is doing is a strategic attack on terrorist bases Pakistani military and intelligence should have eliminated but never did in their obsession to take over Kashmir.

You will see parallels in the propaganda messages against India and Israel. Like Hamas, Pakistani terrorists crossed a border to kill. Now, Pakistani propagandists call themselves victims of their “fascist” “colonizer” neighbor.

It’s the Reverse Uno strategy of moral inversion, just like @stoolpresidente got from the Temple student who won’t take responsibility for promoting the “HATE THE JEWS” sign. Don’t fall for it. Nations, communities and people must own up to their extremism, from Bahawalpur to beyond.

[Sherbir Panag 🇮🇳 @Sherbir]

Your psy ops are so bad that even a 5 year old won’t believe it. Pannu may be the leader of your Sunday moron club, but he’s no leader of Sikhs. If ever Khalistan is made it’ll be in Canada for you unemployable, lying and conniving idiots. I pray that you live in a country administered by a clown like Pannu. Fuck off.

[MoneyTradeEdge | Better Thinking Better Trading @MoneyTradeEdge]

Trading is the most individual business.

If you want more consistency, you need to show up every day.

If you want more patience, you need to stop focusing on money.

If you want more self-control, you need to avoid other people's opinions.

It all depends on you.

[sushant sareen @sushantsareen]

And before we get ahead of ourselves, remember this is an American election where Americans are electing a president for themselves, not for India or the world. No matter who wins, there will be challenges for countries around the world, including India. Even so, if Trump wins, the liberal meltdown will be really satisfying and fun to watch

[Wellu @Wellutwt]

Wait till the end 🤣👏🔥

[Neon Man @NeonMan_01]

They randomly dropped one of the most creative ads ever

[St . Sinner. @retheeshraj10]

Emotional Reunion !! After 6 Days Of Searching For His Owner. ❤️#WayanadLandslide

[Lakshay Mehta @lakshaymehta08]

@TimesAlgebraIND He knocked her off in 45 seconds. The girl had no choice but to accept defeat....

The way she cries after the "defeat"💔

This wokeism needs to be stopped.. it's more dangerous than any pandemic.

Shame @Olympics 👎🏻

[The Night Warrior @WarriorNight007]

@erbmjha -INDI alliance MP : As per rule book, the matter which is in court should not be discussed here

-Speaker : NEET matter is also in court, then why are you discussing that here? 😂😂😂

[Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) @majorgauravarya]

The ball wanted to play in @IPL because there is big money involved. @BCCI controls world cricket. So, in the hands of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, ball started to reverse swing. Jay Shah has now told the ball that when Bumrah bowls, the ball must convert itself from a yorker to a googly at the last moment. Ball has agreed. Money has changed hands.

Inshallah, ball is playing ball.

- Maybe Inzamam ul Haq

#T20WorldCup2024
#HinduSazish
#AlooAloo

[Rajasthan Royals @rajasthanroyals]

This is not an upset. This is Afghanistan! 👏🔥