Illuminati

A wanderer looking for knowledge and peace of mind.
Electronics & Communication Engineering Undergraduate.
Liberal Right.
Politics & Foreign Affairs are hobbies

[Illuminati @VVIKI_96]

@TarekFatah It is now in Japan.

[Isha Chaudhary @Womenme2Corpo]

अपने बच्चों को बचाएं

इस्से पहले देर हो जाए

[Dr. Brahma Chellaney @Chellaney]

When Politics Trumps Military Power

When China launched its surprise invasion in 1962, New Delhi’s decision not to deploy the Indian Air Force offensively to gain air superiority over the battlefields and sever exposed Chinese supply lines through Himalayan passes is widely regarded by military historians and former Indian air chiefs as one of independent India’s biggest strategic blunders. The then prime minister relied heavily on civilian intelligence officials and personal advisers rather than consulting the Air Force’s top brass. U.S. Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith also reportedly counseled caution against introducing combat aircraft, fearing further escalation, even though the PLAAF lacked adequate forward airbases, radar coverage and all-weather maintenance facilities in Tibet at the time.

Fast-forward to India’s May 2025 Operation Sindoor. New Delhi’s decision to cease hostilities just three and a half days into the operation helped revive Pakistan’s international image, particularly in the Islamic world. It was widely perceived, rightly or wrongly, as having held its own against a more powerful adversary.

That perception has proved consequential, raising Pakistan’s strategic salience and helping pave the way first for the Saudi-Pakistan mutual defense pact and now for its extension into a trilateral Sunni alliance with Turkey. It has also left Pakistan’s de facto ruler, the self-styled air marshal, more emboldened. All of this has important implications for India’s security.

Like the sidelining of Air Force leadership in 1962, Operation Sindoor was launched under a political directive restricting the Indian Air Force to striking only cross-border terrorist camps. That ran counter to a fundamental principle of air warfare: begin by neutralizing the adversary’s air defenses and airfields.

Only on the operation’s third and final day was the Air Force authorized to strike Pakistan’s air defenses and bases. Yet, just hours after major damage was inflicted on those air defenses and bases, New Delhi abruptly ended the operation, without seeking to translate its battlefield advantage into a concrete political outcome that would be difficult for the world to dispute.

Did U.S. pressure play a role? Possibly, though not in the way Trump later portrayed it, in keeping with his characteristic flair for claiming credit. The ceasefire took effect just 85 minutes after Pakistan’s DGMO called his Indian counterpart, suggesting that the groundwork for a truce had already been laid through prior U.S. intervention. Washington likely provided Pakistan with the off-ramp it needed to save face.

One jarring fact sticks out: It was not New Delhi but Washington (first Marco Rubio and then Trump) that announced that the Indian operation was immediately ceasing. India’s own ceasefire announcement came almost 100 minutes after the truce had already taken effect.

India’s problem in both 1962 and 2025 was not simply a lack of military capability but excessive political control over how that capability could be employed. When political leaders tie the military’s hands, the strategic costs can last long after hostilities end.

[The Times Of India @timesofindia]

'Pakistan Isn’t Collapsing!': Abhijit Iyer Mitra Explains Why Pak Survives Every Crisis

“Pakistan is collapsing next year. We’ve heard that prediction for 20 years. It still hasn’t happened." So what keeps Pakistan afloat despite economic crisis, insurgencies and political instability? Abhijit Iyer Mitra explains the uncomfortable reality: brute-force coercion, nuclear weapons and an international financial system that has a vested interest in preventing a nuclear state from collapsing.

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[Illuminati @VVIKI_96]

@getscapia Hi Team, while applying for the card my home location is showing as not servicable. Can I apply the card to my office location?

[Illuminati @VVIKI_96]

@ZiganaKhan @Darkvelvetblue Ever heard of Megasthenes's Indica?

[MG 🇮🇳 @mgnayak5]

This book was published in 1916 by Benaras Hindu University...
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[Illuminati @VVIKI_96]

@Osint613 TACO

[Ram @ramprasad_c]

An election was held within the Congress party. Nehru lost quite badly to Sardar Patel.

[Illuminati @VVIKI_96]

@Osint613 @Osint613 But there is a report of Qatar delegation travelling to Iran today for talks after alignment with US. Too many conflicting signal right now!

[Saravanaprasad Balasubramanian (Modi ka Pariwar) @BS_Prasad]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[Illuminati @VVIKI_96]

@LassiKangz @Akshay134496331 Then change your names to Arjun, Krishna, and Ram. Kyon phat gayi?

[Aarz-e-ishq @Aarzaai_Ishq]

“Woh bhi naye logo mein masruff ho gaya,
Humne bhi usse apni yaad dilana chor dia.”

-Wajid shaikh

[Sick @sickdotdev]

My company’s claude account got exhausted.

Now my legendary manager is asking if we can build our own LLM like Claude to reduce costs😭

[Veloria🐬 @veloriahq]

“𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘛𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦.”

— 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘑𝘢𝘳

[Veloria🐬 @veloriahq]

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

— 𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘪

[शशि | भारत 🇮🇳🚩 @SpeakForBharat]

This hits differently 💔

[The Driven Man @Thedrivenman]

I fell in love with this sentence:

"Forgive yourself for not knowing earlier what only time could teach."

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

“In your life you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some that you wish you never have to think about again. But you do”

—C.S. Lewis

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

“𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.”

— 𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘪