Nilesh Gunjan

II Sainik School Purulia, West Bengal II
II DBC, DU '22 !! SIS, JNU'25 II

[Stanly Johny @johnstanly]

Saudi Arabia first signed a bilateral security pact with Pakistan. And then it signed a trilateral security pact with Pakistan and Turkey because it wanted to diversify its security options as the US became increasingly unreliable. And then it turned to the same US for help as the #Houthis (Ansar Allah) started attacking the kingdom and capturing more lands in Yemen. The Americans said 'no thanks'. The Pakistanis offer only deep anguish and condemnation. The Saudis offer political solidarity. In effect, the Saudis are left with themselves. The collective security clause of the Mecca Pact, signed on August 7, was dead on arrival.

The Saudis shouldn't have provoked this war with the Houthis. I scratch my head trying to understand why did they bomb the Sana'a airport on July 13!

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

Organised loot.

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

@MinerwaU @ManishPDA Hamara category bihar m alg h phle se hi

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

@ShashiTharoor @NTA_Exams @ShashiTharoor sir UGC NET Exam also. Students are worried about their admission in phd....

[Anil Agarwal @AnilAgarwal_Ved]

10 December 2003!

मुझे आज भी London की वो सुबह याद है, जब Vedanta के साथ-साथ, हिंदुस्तान भी इतिहास रचने के लिए तैयार था।

उस समय मुझे अक्सर लगता था कि भारतीय businesses को सही value और growth नहीं मिल रही।

मैंने तय कर लिया कि Vedanta को London Stock Exchange पर list करेंगे।

पर एक बड़ी दिक्कत थी। उस दौर में भारत के Foreign Exchange और Cross Border Listing के नियम बेहद सख़्त थे। LSE की एक ही शर्त थी : भारत सरकार से No Objection Letter।

मैं दिल्ली गया, कई अफ़सरों से मिला। कई दिनों की बातों, मुलाक़ातों के बाद, आखिर मुझे उस समय के हमारे visionary प्रधानमंत्री अटल जी से व्यक्तिगत गुज़ारिश करने का मौका मिला। उन्होंने पूरी बात सुनी, समझी और मुड़कर वित्त मंत्री जसवंत सिंह जी से जो कहा, वो मैं कभी नहीं भूलूँगा।

“लड़का ठीक लगता है। हमें इसकी मदद करनी चाहिए, देश में Foreign exchange आएगा।”

भारत सरकार से मिले NOC पत्र को हाथ में लेकर दोबारा London लौटा... the rest is history!

पहली भारतीय company को list कराना और फिर उस company का FTSE100 में जगह बना लेना, वाकई पहला और यादगार अनुभव था।

वो कहते हैं ना—

“कौन कहता है आसमान में छेद नहीं होता,
एक पत्थर तो तबीयत से उछालो यारों।”

अगर आपने भी जीवन में कभी कोई ऐसा risk लिया हो, जिसने आपकी दिशा बदल दी हो, तो उसे comments में ज़रूर share कीजिए। औरों को प्रेरणा मिलेगी।

[SethOfficial @UTD_Seth001]

🚨Lautaro Martínez was asked about Lionel Messi’s influence during Argentina’s World Cup semi-final victory over England.

🎙️ Reporter: “Lautaro, can you tell us what Lionel Messi said to you after you came on?”

🗣️ Lautaro Martínez:

“People see the assists, the dribbles and the magic, but they don’t see what Leo does with his words.

When I came onto the pitch, he walked over to me and said, ‘Attack the space between the defenders. Go for the headers. Keep making those runs.’

I tried it the first time and it didn’t work. I looked at him, and instead of telling me to change, he kept giving me signs to keep believing. He knew the opportunity would come.

We were 1–1 with less than five minutes to play. Leo looked at the scoreboard, then looked straight at me and nodded. He didn’t even have to speak. I knew exactly what he wanted. I knew the assignment.

That’s what makes him different. He sees the game before everyone else. He knows where the space will open, and he gives you the confidence to attack it without hesitation.

Playing with him is incredible because he doesn’t only create chances with his feet. He creates belief in every player around him.

At 39 years old, he’s still leading Argentina in the biggest matches, still deciding games and still showing us why he’s the greatest footballer I’ve ever seen.

We’re in another World Cup final because once again, when Argentina needed someone to guide us, Lionel Messi was that man.”

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

An Open Letter to the Jantar Mantar protestors:

My dear young friends,

I address you today not as a politician or an MP, but as someone deeply troubled by what is happening to your generation of young Indians.

This is personal for me. I was born to a middle-class family: my father was a salaried newspaper employee, my mother a homemaker, with three children to educate on one income. For a family like ours, merit was not a slogan. Scholarships, fair examinations, honest results — these were the only way one salary could carry three children's dreams.

I went to school in Mumbai and Kolkata, to college here in Delhi, topped the University and earned admission into IIM — and chose instead to follow my passion for international affairs, in America, on a scholarship. Nothing was inherited; everything was earned by hard work and yes, Exams.

So I know that a fair, merit-based system is the only ladder for young people from lower and middle-income families to climb up. When that ladder is broken — papers leaked, examinations cancelled, trust destroyed — the children of the rich and powerful do not suffer. They have other ladders. It is your dreams, and your families' sacrifices (and tragically, in some homes, young lives themselves) that are betrayed.

To the young people gathered at Jantar Mantar, and those raising your voices peacefully across India: this country hears you. Your anger is not indiscipline — it is the anguish of a generation that did everything right and was still betrayed . You are not alone.

And to the millions of young Indians watching quietly: your generation is not a problem to be managed. You are the answer to India's future. Do not lose hope. This ladder will be rebuilt — by you, and by every Indian who stands with you.

To Shri Sonam Wangchuk-ji, my heartfelt appeal: please end your fast. You have awakened the conscience of the nation; that is what a fast is meant to do. India needs your voice for the long road ahead.

With Parliament in session again from Monday, we will have an opportunity to raise the students’ issues in the highest forum of our democracy. That’s where the problem should be addressed, not by fasting unto death. Please heed my plea.

And finally, to the Government: I respectfully urge you to reach out and engage in the dialogue our democracy owes its young citizens. That is not weakness; that is statesmanship.

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

"Ohh Captain, my Captain "
#rcb

[Smita Deshmukh🇮🇳 @smitadeshmukh]

Reading headlines like this for past 48 hours shows how #Pakistan has been quietly winning the narrative war by pushing their POV into the very DNA of western legacy media.
Mosharraf Zaidi: Formerly with the @FT and @nytimes, he was recently (Nov 2025) appointed as the PM’s spokesperson for foreign media. He bridges the gap between official state policy and western op-ed pages seamlessly.
Mishal Husain and Mehdi Hasan: While they are British/American citizens, their heritage and deep focus on the subcontinent often frame the ‘Muslim/Pakistani perspective’ as the default objective lens for the @BBC and @zeteo_news.
The stringer network: Notice how @Reuters and @business reports on #OperationSindoor were steered? Local contributors like Saeed Shah (WSJ) or Idrees Ali (Reuters) provide the ground truth that western editors, sitting in London/NY, swallow whole without questioning the inherent bias.

The Asim Munir stabiliser myth: In the Iran-Israel-US conflict, Munir is being packaged as a pragmatic peacekeeper even though he warned Pakistani Shias with ‘Go to Iran’ rhetoric. Western media focuses on his Riyadh visits, branding him the only rational actor in the region.
The result? India’s legitimate security concerns are labelled nationalist hyperbole, while Pakistan’s tactical manoeuvres are labelled strategic diplomacy.
#OperationSindoor proved that truth is secondary to speed. While India waited for the @PIB_India to release high-res satellite imagery, Pakistani handles were already flooding X and TikTok with civilian casualty narratives using AI-generated deepfakes.
India is fighting a 20th-century PR war in a 21st-century information landscape.
Wake up🙏😔

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

I wish to be this fearless ✨

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

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[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

राष्ट्रकवि रामधारी सिंह दिनकर के महाकाव्य "उर्वशी" का एक अंश .......❤️

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

Every time I tried to act heartless,

A small voice inside me whispered,

"This isn't who you are"

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Following Indian cricket these days is all about highs and lows. After the exhilaration of the women’s performance yesterday, we have a sub-par show by the men in Melbourne and an equally disappointing let-down by the “A” team in Bengaluru. The South Africans will feel encouraged and the Australians cock-a-hoop…. Till the women give us something more to cheer about on Sunday?!

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars"

____R N Tagore

[Derek J. Grossman @DerekJGrossman]

😬

[Nilesh Gunjan @NileshGunjan1]

Towards Multipolarity....

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Interactions in Tianjin continue! Exchanging perspectives with President Putin and President Xi during the SCO Summit.

[Bloomberg @business]

A secret letter from Xi Jinping kicked off China’s push to rebuild ties with India as a safeguard against Donald Trump https://t.co/9QqKAoVyZx

📷: Shen Hong/Xinhua/Getty Images

[Firstpost @firstpost]

#FPWorld: With 10% commission on the sale of weapons to Ukraine, it is Donald Trump —not India— that is profiting from the Russian war on Ukraine.
https://t.co/8hKt3tcITR

[News Algebra @NewsAlgebraIND]

BIG NEWS 🚨 HISTORIC SPEECH of EAM S Jaishankar in MOSCOW !!

EAM JAISHANKAR. : The economic crises of the last few years has taught us some lessons.

"First is the value of having dependable partners. Also, there is the vulnerability that comes with overdependence on a few parties"

"India and Russia have nurtured one of the steadiest relationships between major nations in current times" - HE SAID