All Indians Matter

A home for conversations with/about India on issues that matter. HubHopper Studio Award for Best News & Politics Podcast 2021.

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Gandhi’s AI avatar at Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya oversimplifies the Mahatma’s views on Partition, refuses to comment on his murderer. This is how the Modi govt is seeking to cover up uncomfortable truths through tech, writes @TusharG, for @allindianscount. https://t.co/UdiyYg2UmZ

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The Cockroach Janata Party’s value is not in what it will do but in what it has shown: a large portion of youth no longer believes the official story and no longer accepts the silence on unemployment. Please read this column on @allindianscount. https://t.co/oLTyS0PtJK

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In politics, we have lost our sense of humour. Gandhi was depicted in various cartoons, many of which would have been considered too sensitive today. This sensitivity has been weaponised in the Modi age, writes @TusharG in a column for @allindianscount. https://t.co/0PmPyIyQY3

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Please read my Ashraf Engineer's latest column for All Indians Matter: https://t.co/EgatgXnQZL

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Every bag of rice India exports carries something invisible in it: water. Not just any water, but ancient groundwater from aquifers built up over thousands of years and now being pumped out faster than it can ever refill.

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The solutions exist: rethinking power subsidies that encourage groundwater overuse, diversifying away from water-guzzler crops through smarter MSP policy, and building virtual water accounting into trade decisions.

The water crisis is here; the policy response needs to catch up.

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Nearly 45% of India’s crude comes from the Gulf. A UAE free of production caps means more supply and lower prices, which means relief on petrol, cooking gas and groceries.

Please @AshrafEngineer's column for All Indians Matter: https://t.co/YmPrilriGT

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The UAE is quitting OPEC and has asked the US for a currency swap line, within days of each other. These aren't two separate stories but one coherent strategy. And it has major implications for India.

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The currency swap? A choked Strait of Hormuz means the UAE’s oil exports are stuck. So, it reminded Washington that it could sell oil in Chinese yuan instead. That made the US take notice.

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India has the grievance. The alternative is still a work in progress. 🧵

https://t.co/1aBlUGDlph

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Viktor Orbán — the godfather of illiberal democracy — has been voted out. Domino effect or flash in the pan?

Hungary, Poland, Italy, Turkey, India: the pattern is the same. Populists campaign on ordinary anxieties but serve extraordinary few.

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India has the grievance. The alternative is still a work in progress. 🧵

https://t.co/1aBlUGDlph

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Viktor Orbán — the godfather of illiberal democracy — has been voted out. Domino effect or flash in the pan?

Hungary, Poland, Italy, Turkey, India: the pattern is the same. Populists campaign on ordinary anxieties but serve extraordinary few.

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As we approach 100 years of Ambedkar’s Mahad Satyagraha and the bicentennial year of Phule, a Buddhist monk peacefully demonstrating for a centre of study of Pali has been assaulted, isolated, writes activist and author @TusharG for @allindianscount. https://t.co/8h7pGPkoca

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n/n India will probably stay silent on Chabahar for now. Can India re-engage with the new regime or will it pivot to alternative routes? At any rate, Chabahar is effectively frozen for now. A revival even in the medium-term seems very uncertain.

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Thread on #ChabaharPort

1/n India was already in a precarious position at Chabahar before the hostilities. US revoked its sanctions waiver on Chabahar in Sept 2025. India then received a 6-month conditional waiver valid until April 26, 2026, to wind down its activities.

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3/n Chabahar was India's key gateway to Central Asia, especially because Pakistan blocks India's overland access to the region.