Devesh Verma

As far as the welfare of every other living form on earth was concerned, the human project was not just a failure, it was a mistake from the very beginning.

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

The Politician Redux: Odyssey of Chance (Penguin Random House India 2024) #deveshverma #penguinindia #literature #fiction #thepoliticianredux #books #novel #politicalthriller #politics #bookworms

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@VarahaWarrior A big NO.

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@lakshaymehta08 @ShekharPatut @timesalgebraind Hello Shekhar ji!
My name is Devesh Verma, and I am reading your brilliant and illuminating book, Caliphs and Sultans. I have no words to praise it enough. I beseech you to please render it into Hindi as so many of our Hindi readers are missing out on something not to be missed.

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@utterflea @LamatAyub Thank you🙏

[manjula narayan @utterflea]

On the @htTweets Books page today, reviews of 'Circles of Freedom' by @tca_raghavan and 'The Politician Redux' by @DveshVerma1 + an interview with novelist and translator @AntonHur

[manjula narayan @utterflea]

"Set in Uttar Pradesh of the 1970s and '80s, this is the story of a middle class man, a wannabe politician, who yearns to be counted among the powerful" - @LamatAyub reviews 'The Politician Redux' by @DveshVerma1

https://t.co/z4M52qus4Y

[The Saviour @TheSaviour]

INDIA WTF?!! 🤬 https://t.co/m7xDu4VfnF

[Nikhil Kamath @citizenkamath]

So nice to meet @DveshVerma1 ji today for his book signing @Bahrisons_books
Looking forward to reading The Politician and The Politician Redux 📚📚

#CitizenKamath @PenguinIndia

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

I would love to see you there tomorrow (13.07.2024).

#deveshverma #penguinindia #penguinrandomhouse #fiction #novels #bookworms #thepoliticianredux #politicalthriller #bahrisons #midland

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

3/ Economists, while being known to be totally useless in the private sector, proved great marketing skills in securing for themselves the highest academic salaries.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

2/ Economists are usually employed by the public sectors: regulators & central banks where they hire one another.
Their knowledge is too weak for the real world.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Advice to a university president.
In ~40 years in finance I've never see anyone hire an economist. We hire electrical engineers, quants, physicists...
The MD heals patients, the engineer builds bridges, the economist writes papers (used by other economists to write papers).

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

The Politician Redux: Odyssey of Chance (Penguin Random House India) at Full Circle, one of the most sought-after Booksellers in Delhi.
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[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@CEvans84633086 @acadian83 @ImtiazMadmood Do you know the history of the animus between Sunnis and Shias? Muslims are so, so serious about the Quran, the Hadith, and the Sunna. The three contain the entire Islamic ideology. But for the limited space on X, I would love to respond to this utterly mistaken view of yours.

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@CEvans84633086 @acadian83 @ImtiazMadmood It's the other way round with Islam. It's the Quran that commands Muslims to do what they do. The Hadith and the Sunna reinforce the teachings of the Quran, and the Quran isn't man-made. It's Allah talking.

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@ACTBrigitte Yes, that it is.

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@lukaskriz @Sayani9951 @ImtiazMadmood But the thing is that nobody takes seriously anymore whatever shit there is in the Bible, but the Quran has over 2 billion faithful, some among whom are willing to die for that shit. Yes, some, but these some represent the mind of the majority.

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@Sayani9951 @ImtiazMadmood You don't get it. The Quran is nothing but Allah speaking. Its commands are for all times and contexts. Its prophet was the seal of prophets. Allah won't send another prophet. Whatever He's said in the Quran is final, to understand which fully one can always consult Hadith.

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

Book Review: ‘The Politician Redux’ by Devesh Verma https://t.co/3dBzWBXFXX via @storizenmag

[Devesh Verma @DveshVerma1]

@ReallySwara "Remember when God revealed His will to the angels: 'I am with you; so give courage to the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers!' Quran (8:12).