Drushti Joshi

Assist International (Humanitarian Intervention)
Ex-Invest India, M/o Commerce & Industry, GoI
LSR-SciencesPo-LSE | Feminism and Foreign Affairs

[Rajat Pandit @IamRajat_Pandit]

Reposting this classic R K Laxman cartoon!

[Congress Kerala @INCKerala]

Dear Gen Z,

You may not know the glorious early years of Modi and Shah. Here's a brief history.

Haren Pandya was Modi's home minister when Modi was parachuted in as Gujarat CM in October 2001. Modi wasn't an MLA and had to win a seat within six months. He needed a safe one. Without it, he was sure to lose.
His eyes fell on Ellis Bridge, the safest BJP seat in Ahmedabad. Haren Pandya was its MLA. Modi asked him to step aside. Pandya's reply: "I'm ready to give this seat to anyone but Modi." He had known Modi for years.

Vajubhai Vala was asked to resign. He obliged, gave up his Rajkot seat, and Modi was in.

In March 2003, Haren Pandya went for his morning walk. He was found dead in his car. Five bullets. The story cooked up: terrorists from Hyderabad. It fell apart.

The truth is simple. Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his aide Tulsi Prajapati pulled the trigger. Sohrabuddin ran with Amit Shah's extortion racket. The man who gave the contract is no secret.

When the UPA took over, the CBI picked up the case. But by then Sohrabuddin and his wife were already dead. Tulsi Prajapati followed, killed in a fake encounter. And the man smiling next to Modi in that photograph? D.G. Vanzara. He carried out both killings.
The CBI had audio tapes of Amit Shah. Shah was arrested in July 2011, bailed on one condition: stay out of Gujarat. The case moved to Mumbai.

Judge Loya, an honest judge, had all the evidence before him. He summoned Amit Shah repeatedly. Shah never showed up, not once, even in Mumbai. Loya was about to order his arrest. Days later, Loya was dead, in Nagpur, at a colleague's daughter's wedding.

He had been offered ₹100 crore and the Chief Justiceship of the Bombay High Court for a favourable verdict. He refused to sell his conscience. He paid with his life.

There's more. Read. Remember. This is the gang sitting in the highest seats of power in our great nation.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

I returned to the national capital after 2 am and have rarely seen anything like what Delhi is witnessing now, with checkpoints every few hundred metres, concrete barriers and spike strips laid across our roads, a war-like deployment of 22,000 police and paramilitary across the city, 250 trains cancelled and 45 metro stations closed, and reports of young people being detained from their own homes and the streets in and around Delhi -- all to prevent citizens from peacefully raising questions about the integrity of our elections. Most regressive (as well as repressive) is the suspension of the internet in the heart of the national capital.

Freedom of movement stands completely shackled. Jantar Mantar was designated precisely so that citizens could voice dissent in the centre of Delhi, and today even the roads leading to it have been declared out of bounds. One is entitled to ask where this extraordinary manpower and urgency disappear when women in our capital need protection.

Those detained will hvre to be released .And if the protesters simply return on Monday, will the authorities lock down the national capital all over again? Our GenZ deserves better than an undeclared Emer-GenZ.

A government confident in the fairness of its elections would welcome questions about them, whereas one that turns its capital into a fortress to avoid them only deepens the very suspicions it seeks to suppress. The government should provide answers, not lathis; expression, not repression.

Barricades will do nothing to restore faith in the Election Commission, and the sooner it answers the public's questions, the sooner calm will be restored. The strength of a democracy is measured by how it treats those who question its working, and by that measure, what we have seen today is utterly shameful and unconscionable.
https://t.co/C3jkLU1dm1 @INCIndia

[Shivani @meme_ki_diwani]

In India, we have curfews for female students.

[Avijeet | Personal Branding Strategist @avijeet_writes]

These 4 articles published in The Hindu newspaper really intrigued my interest today.

1. It is about Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, and a few months ago I had read about their surveillance thing, which later got suspended after it was exposed by a Swedish firm.

This article highlights the gaps in the current law to manage the privacy and how to balance the technological development side by side.

2. Is ISRO deliberately getting diluted?

This is what the accusation has come from the opposition.
And it is not bleak. More than hundreds of scientists have resigned from ISRO in the last few years.

So everything is not all right.

But the government is saying that right now the involvement of the private sector is very important because we want to scale our space industry.

And ISRO should only focus on innovation and developing higher-end missions.

3. A semiconductor plant which is around 60% complete in Assam might face problems because of dust being produced by the stone quarrying industry.

The semiconductor industry is highly sensitive toward dust. It requires multiple millions of liters of water every day, anenvironment without any noise and dust.

It would be challenging to dislodge this highly organised industry in order to make the semiconductor thing work. Only the future will tell.

4. The India-Russia relation is like a rock.
No matter what happens all around the world, these two countries will always look at each other with respect and dignity.

I would love to know: what did you read today? It can be anything: articles, newspapers, magazines, essay...anything.

[BookNote @BookNoteApp]

10 books recommended by Nassim Taleb:

1) Scale by Geoffrey West

“Scaling is the most important yet most hidden and rarely discussed attribute—without understanding it one cannot possibly understand the world.”

[Mohanakrishnan @mokrish]

https://t.co/6YcrfrNq07

[Drushti Joshi @DrushTweets]

@Uber_India - where is my car?

[Drushti Joshi @DrushTweets]

At GEAPP’s exciting ‘Alliance in Action’ Convening - learning about the efforts being made by the stakeholders in the Indian DRE ecosystem to foster economic development. #DRE #solarenergy #livelihoods

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

An exceptional achievement by Gukesh! Congratulations to him for triumphing over the very best. His first-ever win against Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of Norway Chess 2025 showcases his brilliance and dedication. Wishing him continued success in the journey ahead.

@DGukesh

[Drushti Joshi @DrushTweets]

Tagging @malhotra_anuja for credit. Great job on busting these myths!

[sushma date @sushmadate]

It's that time of the year again - when well meaning groups carry out unscientific tree plantation drives on @VetalTekdi . This post is not meant to criticize - but to create awareness that such drives do more harm than good. A 🧵on the myths of tree plantation

[sushma date @sushmadate]

It's that time of the year again - when well meaning groups carry out unscientific tree plantation drives on @VetalTekdi . This post is not meant to criticize - but to create awareness that such drives do more harm than good. A 🧵on the myths of tree plantation

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

This November, we will help elect a majority to Congress who agree that the government should not be telling a woman what to do with her body.

When Congress passes the law to restore reproductive freedoms, as President of the United States, I will sign it into law.

[Shweta 🌸 @DalekNo99]

The feminine urge to lie to men while traveling solo so that they don’t think you are alone and vulnerable

[Drushti Joshi @DrushTweets]

@asuph Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar!

[Drushti Joshi @DrushTweets]

It was wonderful to have participated in the annual discussion with the Hamara Grid and other partners involved in promoting electrification in Nagaland!

[Assist International @assistintl]

Excited to have participated in #HamaraGrid's annual roundtable on "Powering Rural Development through DRE Mini-Grids" in Dimapur, #India. Thought-provoking discussions and promising outcomes. Huge thanks to @CaterpillarInc for their partnership in this transformative initiative #RuralDevelopment #MiniGrids

[Assist International @assistintl]

Excited to have participated in #HamaraGrid's annual roundtable on "Powering Rural Development through DRE Mini-Grids" in Dimapur, #India. Thought-provoking discussions and promising outcomes. Huge thanks to @CaterpillarInc for their partnership in this transformative initiative #RuralDevelopment #MiniGrids

[Assist International @assistintl]

Visited @CaterpillarInc & @gmmco_cat facilities in Tamil Nadu to learn more about their training programs for industry trades in #India. It was wonderful to tour their training facilities & understand their focus areas for skilling & developing a strong workforce @CatFoundationTS

[NCR Samachar @ncrsamacharlive]

Patna: Anganwadi workers 'gherao' Bihar Vidhan Sabha over their demands; police use water cannons to disperse the protestors. #Bihar #Patna #Anganwadi #protest #srilankacricketboard #DelhiInGasChamber #TheMarvels📷 #GazaHolocaust #Yodha #SidharthMalhotra #DishaPatani #HBDAnushkaShetty #AIMIM