Shaiq Ali Khan

Indian, Banker based in Dubai. Railway Fan. F1 enthusiast. Avid reader.

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

Mazhab koi lauta le aur uski jagah de dey/ tehzeeb saleeqey ki, insaan qareeney ke. #HumanityAboveAll

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Perhaps the most important piece you read today, this week, this month…

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[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of the most beautiful train stations on Earth 🧵

1. Antwerp, Belgium

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of the most beautiful metro stations on Earth 🧵

1. Toledo, Naples

[HH Sheikh Mohammed @HHShkMohd]

Today, we approved the designs for the new passenger terminals at Al Maktoum International Airport, and commencing construction of the building at a cost of AED 128 billion as part of Dubai Aviation Corporation's strategy.

Al Maktoum International Airport will enjoy the world's largest capacity, reaching up to 260 million passengers. It will be five times the size of the current Dubai International Airport, and all operations at Dubai International Airport will be transferred to it in the coming years. The airport will accommodate 400 aircraft gates and feature five parallel runways. New aviation technologies will be employed for the first time in the aviation sector.

As we build an entire city around the airport in Dubai South, demand for housing for a million people will follow. It will host the world's leading companies in the logistics and air transport sectors.

We are building a new project for future generations, ensuring continuous and stable development for our children and their children in turn. Dubai will be the world's airport, its port, its urban hub, and its new global center.

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

@iamrana @iamrana Get well soon, aapaa. InshaAllah, will pray for you.

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

Jaun Elia to the world “ Kaun iss ghar ki rakhwaali karey/ roz ek nayee cheez toot jaatee hai”.

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

On this day 197 years ago the world's first ever public railway was opened in northern England.

And a whole new form of architecture was born: the train station.

So, to celebrate, here are some of the world's greatest train stations...

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

@geetika_j @iFaridoon Yes. DCC, 9 am show!

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[𝖢𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗒𝖺 @catale7a]

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky

She sang it so beautifully, she is just 6
You all should be proud of Modi's India

[François-Xavier Durandy @fxdurandy]

Two Jewish boys being humiliated in a German classroom in the 1930s. The blackboard says: “The Jew is our biggest enemy. Beware of the Jew.”

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Lying on affidavit is criminal offence. Faking documents is criminal offence.
Waiting to see how quickly @LokSabhaSectt acts on this issue given its hot-footed actions on Friday.

Or will it be different strokes for different folks? @ECISVEEP

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

@monisha_rajesh As always, a very well written piece!

[Monisha Rajesh @monisha_rajesh]

So happy to see Around the World in 80 Trains sales going up again, but can I plead with people to buy from indie bookshops if you can afford to? @QPBooks orders them in quickly and I sign them if requested. Thank you!

[FinFloww @FinFloww]

Nitin Gadkari is shifting India from Petrol to Hydrogen instead of Electric

But Elon Musk believes that India is making a grave mistake!

He called hydrogen-powered cars “mind-bogglingly stupid”

Here's why Elon might be right:

[The Paperclip @Paperclip_In]

In 1982, while on a tour in India, Mark Brown, a Mexican citizen, attended the premier of the movie, Gandhi, in New Delhi. The movie caused Brown to spend the next couple of years of his life in India which subsequently gave a lifeline in his native village. A thread. 1/14

[The Paperclip @Paperclip_In]

During the tense general election of 1967, India witnessed an incident that went on to become an international scandal and political sensation. Svetlana Alliluyeva,the only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, defected to the US using Delhi as her gateway to freedom.A 🧵1/21

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

Kindness, love and compassion is all that we need. https://t.co/wKZ3emOIyY

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

@AliAiyubi @bookingcom @HiltonLondonMet @HiltonLondonMet This is unacceptable. Please revert!

[Shaiq Ali Khan @ShaiqKhan]

@monisha_rajesh Oh wow, my favorite author is back! Wish you all the best!