Pawan

Indian Foreign Policy | Geopolitics and Geoeconomics | Interested in Understanding India | Humour| Views personal |

[Vishal Ganesan @vjgtweets]

That Academic Indology and "South Asian Studies" both have sordid records grounded in colonial historiography is of course true, but the use of this sort of hyper-wokism by Hindu Nationalists to counter prejudicial narratives is a disaster. Perennial victimhood simply doesn't sell when you are also selling yourself as a resurgent civilization. Not just that, but this same logic drives some of the most toxic dynamics in Indian politics and society, which remains hamstrung by the most regressive brand of identity politics possible. Can Brahmin Hindus speak for Dalits? Can North Indians speak for South Indians? This is a race to the bottom.

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

@rishpardikar So then why use researchers and scientists works without attribution and compensation? Lot of journalism is nothing but taking insights and analysis of researchers and reports and making them consumable for wider audiences.

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

@VipulDut Hardy is love. Naipaul, where would someone like me even begin what smarter & more capable people haven’t already said about him. Did read half a book from Eliot. Two from Austen. One from Dickens. About 150 pages of Seth’s magnum opus.

[Tripurdaman Singh @tripurdaman]

Oh no! If only we'd had someone like Pol Pot, we could have had our dream country of marginal farmers and Stalinist rule. How people continue to believe that this would have been great (look at de-kulakisation in Ukraine) still eludes my understanding...

@tunkuv @RoyHistory1

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

@0xrosetteeee Cute nathni.

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

@saurabhchandra @prateekwaghre I leaning into the conflict between the two now. I think they’re genuinely conflicted now.

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

The unsentimental selection calls by the BCCI has been a delight to watch since 2024.

This is the ruthlessness needed when you have abundance of talent and a selection committee that knows its job and actually does it.

Beautiful thing man 🥹

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

@VipulDut If you ride a motorcycle you will have the time of your life through that area. My god, breathtaking.

[Mihir @elmihiro]

I made this simple visual representation for those who find this difficult to understand.

[Anurag Shukla @Anuraag_Shukla]

The most painful irony is that the only ritual space finally available to her was neither her inherited tradition nor her husband’s, but a third religious framework that intervened on humanitarian grounds.

[Rahul Pandita @rahulpandita]

उनके पास हेलीकॉप्टर है, पैसा है, ताक़त है, वो स्वर्ण मुद्राओं से अपना अभिषेक करते हैं। आपके लिए उनके पास सिर्फ़ चौकीदार और कॉकरोच जैसे उपनाम ही है। आप उन्हें सौगात समझकर ट्विटर पर अश्रुधारा बहा देते हैं। उनकी दमकल गाड़ियों की धारा भी आपके माले तक नहीं पहुँच पातीं।
आप नागरिक हैं, ना कि उनकी कृत्रिम भावनात्मक धुनों पर नाचने वाली नगरवधू। शुरुआत यहाँ से कीजिए, जंतर-मंतर से नहीं।

[omar ali @omarali50]

Leftist/wokes and rightist chuds hate Indians for the same reason.. They don't fit their stereotype.. For leftists, Indians are the last brown hope, a country of "poor oppressed proletarians" with no culture or history, just endless oppression, waiting for the revolution (led by elite class Indian leftists) to liberate them.. And the rightist racist chuds just "know" they are low IQ "jeets" who live in shit... Both face some dissonance when they run into actual Indians in real life.
It helps that there are Indians (anti hindu groups, leftists etc) who act as force multipliers.

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

Who decides what we learn?

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

Idiots like me shouldn't be allowed near a kitchen when distracted 🥲

I think I just learned the concept of self harm and why the philosophers were worried about us morons😭

Nahi ho pa rahi adulting

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

Do you know that there js a real university named Bath Spa University?

Different from University of Bath.

I think next should University of Bath, Spa and Nap

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

I am not very familiar with this platform in many ways but have rarely seen a faster transition to ideological tribalism and myopia than a reasonably popular not a historian handle.

I used to be impressed with his knowledge & range of readings.

Afflictions…

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

While the median age is desirable. The choices of personnel is conclusive proof now that this will remain a joke.

[Cockroach is Back @Cockroachisback]

Cockroach Janta Party announces three spokespersons who will speak on behalf of the protest movement to the public and the media.

Investigative journalist Saurav Das will take on the role of Chief Spokesperson. Political researcher, author and filmmaker Vijeta Dahiya, and an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the global management consulting firm McKinsey, Ashutosh Ranka, will also take on the role of Spokespersons along with Das. CJP is committed to changing the political discourse of India, and this will be led by a new generation of leaders.

@SauravDassss @VijetaDahiya @AshutoshRanka @CJPComms

[Pawan @ImPawan_96]

Listening to #Ishq by Faheem Abdullah I realised the lyricist is looking for a mind control device. He isn’t looking for Ishq; he wants someone to remote control. Or a maybe a mail order bride type person. What a nice song, now ruined! 😒

[Anuj Gupta @anujg]

I can name plenty of IIT graduates who struggle to lead even themselves, let alone others. Judging leadership potential primarily through an IIT credential is a deeply elitist view and overlooks the many qualities that actually make effective leaders.