Theertha

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[MediaCrooks @mediacrooks]

Ma Bell, Ma Adani, Ma Ambani - The last monopoly of US was broken by a daring war by a small entrepreneur. In contrast, @NarendraModi is building reckless EVIL monopolies/duopolies that are harmful to consumers & to India. Thats how a country is killed.. https://t.co/jv4x6EByEQ

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

To all celebrating Janmashtami around the world, I send you my aloha and best wishes on this most auspicious day. Jai Sri Krishna!

[Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil]

🇺🇸 🤝 🇮🇱 SEC OF DoW HEGSETH TO VISIT ISRAEL AMID CONCERNS OVER POSSIBLE F-35 SALE TO TURKEY

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to visit Israel Wednesday for his first trip as Pentagon chief, with talks set to focus on Israeli concerns over a potential U.S. F-35 sale to Turkey.

Hegseth is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, with Iran also high on the agenda, including discussions on its nuclear program, regional military activities, and support for proxy groups.

[Manish Tewari @ManishTewari]

After Pearl Harbour on 7 th December 1941 the US persevered till they obtained the unconditional surrender of Japan in 1945.

Post 9/11 the US chased the Al Qaeda and the Taliban to the gates of hell and back for twenty years including neutralising Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad in Pakistan in 2011 .

From 2003 -13 the House of Saud fought a secret war inside Saudi Arabia against the Al Qaeda before driving the remnants to Yemen and other places in the Middle East .

From 1999-2009 Russia fought a brutal campaign against Chechen separatists before finally triumphing.

The fight against terror requires firmness and steadfastness and the national resolve to stay the course.

How can people forget the Baisaran ( Pahalgam ) Massacre within 14 months ?

And the countless similar atrocities perpetrated over the past four decades that were state sponsored by Pakistan.

To some folks it seems that the misty eyed romanticism of a dialogue with Pakistan is far more important than the lives of innocent Indian Tourists who were identified on the basis of their faith and slaughtered in cold blood by terrorists who came from Pakistan.

Which is that invisible hand that is incentivising the push for a pseudo normalisation with Pakistan without any verifiable guarantees that Pakistan will dismantle the Military- Jehadi Complex ( MJC) they have spawned over the past 55 years?

https://t.co/gFVJwhsjR6

[Sneha @snehasneha173]

Dear Modi Ji,

A humble request🙏

Before making ministers perform yoga on camera, please ensure they can first locate their toes without GPS assistance

Yoga is a daily practice not an annual government tender to please you

Regards
A concerned viewer whose eyes hurt

[iMac_too @iMac_too]

That's true for cricket as well

[Smita Barooah @smitabarooah]

Indian babies have been sleeping with parents for centuries. Same with babies in many parts of Asia & Africa.
The West forgot the basics & started separate rooms, controlled crying & all that nonsense. That was blindly followed by the "progressive" set in India. Now it seems common sense is coming back in fashion

[Parle Products @ParleFamily]

Thank you @narendramodi 🙏🏻

[Bibek Debroy @bibekdebroy]

4th of May 2026 will remain etched in history, but for me, it carries a deeply personal meaning. Bibek had dreamt of witnessing this great transformation. Though he is not here today, I feel his presence in every moment of this change he believed in so deeply.

[Ashok Malik @MalikAshok]

Who do I miss today? A man I met as a college student in Calcutta/Kolkata in the 1980s and who was an early guide: Tapan Ghosh. He was a tough man, he lived a tough life.

Today would not have been possible without selfless foot-soldiers like him.

[Abhijit Majumder @abhijitmajumder]

Agree. That was the mass infiltration of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas under the Left and TMC rule.

[𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚗𝚊 @dharmadispatch]

TCS, Lenskart type things are the fruits of a long term strategy. 20+ years ago, today's avatar of Kasim Razvi said in a public speech that peacefuls must get educated in mainstream subjects and flood the job market. See, it took just ONE generation.

[Bhavesh Kansara @kansaratva]

The biggest problem I have with the Lenskart Pongal ad is not the missing bindi but the missing pongal.

[Mahesh Jethmalani @JethmalaniM]

One detail from this Iran war should make every serious state sit up: credible reporting says Israeli leaders were shown an image of Khamenei’s body after it was recovered by Mossad agents - and that Israel had visibility on his fate faster than Iran could even confirm the death of it's supreme leader and shape the narrative. That’s not “tech”. That’s HUMINT + penetration.

Satellites don’t tell you who is in which room at what time. Signals don’t always survive encryption and discipline. What wins you wars and prevents surprises is human access so-urces, moles, defectors, recruited assets - the messy, thankless work of being inside the enemy’s bloodstream.

Israel has no luxury of being lazy at intelligence. It sits in a hostile neighbourhood with actors who openly want it erased. So it builds networks that aren’t “near the border.” They’re near the decision-makers. That’s what survival looks like when geography is unforgiving.

Now bring that lens to India. When you live next to Pakistan’s terror ecosystem and a Bangladesh theatre that keeps throwing up radical modules, you don’t get to be sentimental about “soft power” as a substitute for hard intelligence. You need early warning, deep penetration, counter-infiltration, and ruthless disruption - before the plot becomes a headline.

And this is exactly where the armchair moralists fail India. They love questioning operations after the fact. They hate the boring investments before the fact: intel budgets, source protection, language capability, field tradecraft, inter-agency fusion, and the political spine to back covert work without leaking it for TRPs.

Pop culture and superhit movies like Dhurandhar tells the story really well but makes it look stylish - one hero, one mission, one punchline. Real HUMINT though is the opposite: years of patience, ugly risks, zero credit, and often no medal because the best outcome is “nothing happened.”

This is not about chest-thumping. This is about statecraft. The world is moving into an age where wars are decided by who sees first, knows first, and shapes first. Israel gets that. India must get that - permanently. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and our intelligence apparatus, NEW INDIA definitely gets it.

Because 'terrorist harbouring neighbours' don’t send calendar invites before they strike. They send handlers, money, propaganda, and sleepers. The only answer is being inside that machinery early enough to break it.

If you want deterrence, stop thinking intelligence is an accessory. It’s the foundation.

[Theertha @Theertha82]

@IndiaSpeaksPR Ek haseena thi

[Theertha @Theertha82]

@rvaidya2000 LDF is way more better than UDF..BJP is cutting LDF's vote not a good sign

[Nachiket Deshpande @nachiket1982]

What's this @HardeepSPuri ? Why our newly made highways are collapsing like this?
If you are wondering why I'm asking you, it's because the Highways minister is busy with petrol adulteration.

[Theertha @Theertha82]

@abhijitmajumder Landman on Hotstar

[Theertha @Theertha82]

@coolfunnytshirt Don't get caught

[Theertha @Theertha82]

@lagbhag @AndColorPockeT And pyari pyari too