Suhail Vadgaokar

#Avgeek, dog parent, all things military. All views are personal.

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

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[Vinay Aravind @vinayaravind]

You can take a guess who is frothing at the mouth in the replies.

[Suhail Vadgaokar @esswhee]

@AyakashiKamo The Indian Navy and Japan have a long standing relationship! And a very one special for me. My father was Defence Attaché at the Embassy of India Tokyo from 97-00.

[Vishnu Som @VishnuNDTV]

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh ends his tenure tomorrow - among the finest Chiefs I have seen in 3 decades of covering the forces. Met him first when he headed the National Flight Test Centre's team of test pilots flying the Tejas. Excellent aviator, a very fine mind. Utterly unpretentious, spoke his mind - singularly determined to make changes where they mattered. Didn't want to kick the can down the road. Took on HAL directly with Tejas and made it clear - deliver what you promise or don't deliver at all. This was the man we needed at the helm for Op Sindoor. In an era of social media, foreign disinformation campaigns on X and a plain lack of understanding of how warfare happens, his reputation took a hit over IAF losses during Sindoor. The expectation was of a perfect record. That doesn't happen in military operations of the scale and intensity that we saw. Important to remember ACM Singh as the Chief who helmed the IAF's massive fight back which forced Pakistan to the ceasefire table. On May 10, 2025, the IAF hit Pakistan harder than at any point since the 1971 war, 54 years earlier. By about noon that day, the IAF was clearly on the ascendency, picking off high value targets at will. More than 10 airbases and air defence sites had been struck. An Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft had been shot down. IAF jets tasked with hitting even more targets had to abort their missions when Pak's DGMO picked up the hotline and said they had had enough. That will remain my abiding memory of Air Chief Marshal AP Singh.

[Kapil Chopra @KapilChopra72]

Dear Mr. Sirsa @mssirsa

What I witnessed on NH8 was deeply frustrating and, frankly, reflected a complete failure of coordination between the traffic police and the administration.

An advisory had already been issued about the problem at the Rao Tularam flyover. Despite knowing this, NH8 was allowed to get completely choked. I saw ambulances stuck in traffic, unable to move. Surely, with a known disruption and festive traffic building up, some preventive measures should have been taken.

There were trucks and goods carriers everywhere—I could see at least 25 from my car alone. Restricting their daytime movement could have made a significant difference.

Sir, could you please intervene and get the traffic police and the relevant authorities to coordinate an immediate plan? Can non-essential heavy goods vehicle movement on this stretch be restricted until Diwali, with movement permitted only between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.? Emergency access also needs to be actively protected.

With pollution already so bad, hours of stationary traffic only make matters worse. This needs proactive management, clear accountability and someone willing to take charge.

I am reaching out to you because I believe you are a sensible voice in the government who will listen and act. This is a sincere plea, sir. I do hope you will intervene before the situation gets worse.

Thank you for hearing me out.

Warm regards,

Kapil

[virendra suryawanshi @Virendra0698]

woohoo! huge update on a problem neighbour hero bhargav (@BhargavKaranam1) had adopted.
a lot of debris was piled up below the domlur, on the way towards the magnificent Leela Palace. he called and followed with folks from BSWML to get it cleared.

the final clean up still remains and the beautification will begin after. image on the right is what it looked like before.

@GBA_office @GBAChiefComm would love for you to join the beautification project.

[Dave Brown @dave_brown24]

Those are Indian warships

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Indian YouTube star Dhruv Rathee alleges he was abducted from home and held for nearly 24 hours without a lawyer, days after demanding the election chief resign.

New Delhi is bracing for mass protests on Monday, with demonstrators marching to India's Supreme Court.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

I’ve been fighting Narendra Modi and the RSS for over a decade now. I understand them like you would understand your opponent - inside out, like the back of my hand.

The core characteristic of these people is cowardice.

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Mohan Bhagwat, Gyanesh Kumar and Ajit Doval, the villains of this story, are slowly finding the space closing around them. We are closing that space.

Mr. Modi, do whatever you want. Call out all the police: 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, whatever you want.

Arrest all the leaders. Arrest all the young people. Arrest us all.

We are surrounding you, and we are not going to back down. Mark my words: we already have the information we need.

We are going to defend our Constitution. We are going to protect the voice of the Indian people. And we are going to ensure that what was done to India over the last 10-15 years will never, ever be done again.

Youth of India, I am proud of you. Keep protesting. We are standing with you.

We are going to ensure that this regime and the people who have attacked our Constitution are defeated.

मैं नरेंद्र मोदी, RSS और इनसे जुड़े लोगों के ख़िलाफ़ एक दशक से भी ज़्यादा समय से लड़ रहा हूँ। मैं अपने विरोधियों को उतनी अच्छी तरह समझता हूँ, जितना कोई भी अपने प्रतिद्वंद्वी को समझता है। मैं इन्हें अंदर तक जानता हूँ, इनकी हर चाल से वाक़िफ़ हूँ।

इन लोगों की सबसे बड़ी पहचान है - कायरता।

नरेंद्र मोदी, अमित शाह, मोहन भागवत, ज्ञानेश कुमार, अजीत डोभाल - इस कहानी के खलनायक - अब धीरे-धीरे घिरते जा रहे हैं। इनके चारों तरफ़ से दायरा सिमट रहा है।

जो करना है, कर लीजिए। जितनी पुलिस बुलानी है, बुला लीजिए - 10 हज़ार, 20 हज़ार, 50 हज़ार, जितनी चाहें बुला लीजिए।

सारे नेताओं को गिरफ़्तार कर लीजिए। सारे युवाओं को गिरफ़्तार कर लीजिए। हम सबको गिरफ़्तार कर लीजिए।

घबराइये मत - हम आपको चारों तरफ़ से घेर रहे हैं, और हम पीछे हटने वाले नहीं हैं।
मेरी बात याद रखिए - हमें जो जानकारी चाहिए, वह हमारे पास पहले से है।

हम अपने संविधान की रक्षा करेंगे। हम हिंदुस्तान की जनता की आवाज़ की हिफ़ाज़त करेंगे। और हम यह सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि पिछले 10-15 सालों में हिंदुस्तान के साथ जो हुआ है, वह दोबारा कभी, किसी भी सूरत में न हो।

हिंदुस्तान के युवाओं, मुझे आप पर गर्व है। अपना विरोध जारी रखिए। हम आपके साथ खड़े हैं।

हम यह सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि इस सरकार और हमारे संविधान पर हमला करने वालों को शिकस्त मिले।

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

I was not arrested or detained, I was KIDNAPPED.

Thank you for your support, here's the full story 👇

[Cockroach Janta Party - CJP @Cockroachisback]

Modi Govt is SHOOK to its core.

- 57 metro stations may remain closed in Delhi tomorrow.
- All trains to New Delhi and Nizamuddin stations between 4 AM and 2 PM tomorrow cancelled.
- 30k+ Police personnel deployed across Delhi.

Are we witnessing the making of an Emergency?

[shobhit mathur @shobweet]

When Amazon hired me on an H-1B visa, Amazon was making losses for 10 straight years. It was operating out of a rented building where we worked on door desks in small cabins. I was in the initial team that built AWS.

Today AWS contributes more than 60% to Amazon's profit. The stock price has gone 300x. Amazon's buildings have changed the skyline of downtown Seattle. Jeff Bezos went on to become the world's richest man.

There were about a hundred H1B visa holders like me in the initial team of Amazon. Good luck building companies and wealth without these 'indentured servants'

[Caleb @caleb_friesen]

I used to drive past this spot twice a day on scooter from 2019 to 2024 to drop my wife off and pick her up from office.

It never got this bad.

Something has gone horribly wrong in Bengaluru's waste management system. That, or there is zero enforcement of illegal dumping laws.

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

Kebabs hit different on Tuesdays 😉

Let’s burn some Sanghi 🍑

[Gaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis]

Best meal of this Pitru Paksha Shradh season so far. 😋

[Ankit Jxa @kingofknowwhere]

This fix lasted for exactly 2.5 days. I'd be happy to ask a white guy to take a picture here if that helps you fix it.

[Caleb @caleb_friesen]

The footpaths of 12th Main, Indiranagar are a mess.

- Piles of rubble rivalling conflict zones
- Trees doubling as dustbins
- Missing/broken slabs
- Inexplicable craters

Billions in venture capital have been deployed in this part of town. The footpaths could use some love too.

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Love you Mumbai!!!!

Gyanu Must Go!

[Suhail Vadgaokar @esswhee]

@thetrickytrade @airindia Kris?