Aneesh Viswanath

[Aneesh Viswanath @aneeshev]

No need of such a big post, just say “The seniors at the helm of Delhi University are nothing but Modi’s bootlickers and cowards” the students will get it!

[University of Delhi @UnivofDelhi]

Dear students and faculty, your safety matters to us. Please note that any unlawful assemblies or demonstrations at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, which are strictly regulated as per the directives of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, may invite legal action. Such activities can also pose serious risks to students’ personal safety and significantly impact their academic progress and professional opportunities. Accordingly, all students are urged to stay away from Jantar Mantar and to prioritise their safety and compliance with the law. Furthermore, you are advised to exercise caution as a significant amount of fake and misleading content is being created and circulated to fuel the situation.

[Aneesh Viswanath @aneeshev]

WTF!!!

[Satish Acharya @satishacharya]

What's going on in our country! 🙄

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

It is a lamentable irony that today’s "Bharat Bandh" is, in reality, merely another "Kerala Bandh." While the rest of India has evolved beyond such coercive disruptions, Kerala remains uniquely held hostage by this organized tyranny of the minority over the unorganized majority.

My stand has been consistent since I entered politics: I support the right to protest, but not the right to obstruct. No Indian has the constitutional right to impede the free movement of another.

We have driven industry away with our militant unionism; now, by clinging to these antediluvian methods of "muscle power" that forcefully confine citizens as prisoners in their own homes, and oblige shopkeepers to down their shutters, we are ensuring our state remains unwelcoming to youth and enterprise. It is high time we outgrew this self-destructive habit. We can always replace it with constructive dissent.

I have long argued, even when my own party is involved, that the right to strike does not include the right to enforce a shutdown on others. To paralyze a state, disrupting daily life, commerce, and movement, is an assault on the liberty of the common citizen.

Kerala’s reputation has suffered enough from militant unionism that extends beyond factory floors to our very streets and homes. We cannot aspire to be a modern, investor-friendly destination while adhering to outdated forms of agitation that the rest of the world — and indeed, the rest of India — has discarded.

Let us respect the right to dissent, but let us also fiercely defend the right to disagree and the freedom to work and travel. Protest should be a moral statement, not a physical blockade.

#BharatBandToday

[Poornima Menon @poornimarmenon]

Daily nightmare for kids on this stretch! @WFRising @BBMPofficial @BBMPCOMM @MTF_Mobility @MALimbavali @PCMohanMP @VarthurRising

[Aneesh Viswanath @aneeshev]

Manu’s latest book Gods, Guns and Missionaries is a must-read! It was a pleasure meeting @UnamPillai at #blrlitfest and getting my copy signed!

[Aneesh Viswanath @aneeshev]

Reading is truly liberating, and meeting the author to get a signed copy is an incredible experience. Thank you, @DalrympleWill #blrlitfest

[Amit Varma @amitvarma]

You would understand if, in this moment of great emotion, @DGukesh did not reset the pieces after the game.

But how you do the small things is how you do the big things.

That's where greatness comes from.

[Aneesh Viswanath @aneeshev]

Finally got my pre-ordered copy! 📚 Seems like Amazon took its time delivering this gem.

@UnamPillai, can’t wait to finish it before catching you at #Blrlitfest

[Aneesh Viswanath @aneeshev]

@amitvarma listening to the part 1 with @devduttmyth and reading The Golden Road by @DalrympleWill. What more I can ask for!

[Narundar @NarundarM]

Brilliant @varungrover 👏

[Aneesh Viswanath @aneeshev]

@UnamPillai @PenguinIndia Congratulations @UnamPillai. Preordered my copy. Looking forward

[Manu S Pillai @UnamPillai]

Good morning. Happy to announce my new book. 

Will release in a few weeks with Allen Lane @PenguinIndia

More details here: https://t.co/rqFLMOEKMk

[Aneesh Viswanath @aneeshev]

@poornimarmenon True!