kavithak

how do birds define themselves -- by the work they do? can you define my 'bio'? :-)

[kavithak @kavithak]

@UpdatesChennai @CumtaOfficial Probably more apt to say negative (regressive) urbanPlanning than "0 urban planning"? Chennai sorely needs an empowered city planner who can drive a vision for the cityscape that aligns w/ 21st century realities& basic global standards. Not just clunky masterplans with no teeth.

[kavithak @kavithak]

@TamilNaduInfra @cmrlofficial @CMDA_Official @chennaicorp @tambaramcorpor2 Why is the Highways department making decisions on urban/city roads? The idea of building flyovers to manage traffic in the urban context (especially over narrow roads) is regressive Urban Planning and goes against SDG principles.

[kavithak @kavithak]

@sanjeevsanyal Unlike the rest, do we know who Jeff's neighbors are and if he's signatory to NFU policy?

[kavithak @kavithak]

@KarunaGopal1 And we wonder why we have residential complexes built over lakes, forests destroyed for commercial complexes, stormwater drains that don't drain rainwater, & sewage drains that drain into our rivers & oceans. We need a Brahmos-level army to reverse engineer this mess 😓

[kavithak @kavithak]

@narendramodi Rudram in Croatia 🇮🇳 🇭🇷
https://t.co/gqAXyH3unQ

[kavithak @kavithak]

@narendramodi While it's a dream to see such walkable/pedestrianized streets in our own cities....even putting up basic footpaths remains a continuing struggle with corrupt bureaucratic administration. (7 years & counting!)
😓
இந்த யதார்த்தத்தை மாற்ற உங்களால் உதவ முடியுமா?

[kavithak @kavithak]

@narendramodi @AndrejPlenkovic Croatia is stunning & beautiful!! 💚
One of the highlights of Zagreb is the sculpture of Nikola Tesla on Ulica Nicole Tesle...and the small but incredible Museum, in honor of his life, inventions & vision for free energy!

[kavithak @kavithak]

Fitness gurus say, getting rid of excesses gets you increased efficiency and productivity. Mission #FitIndia. 🙂

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

India has cancelled the United Nations Military Observer Group's visas and ordered them to leave within ten days.

India has done with UNMOGIP what Israel did with UNRWA.

The United Nations Military Observer Group (UNMOGIP) has been based in India since 1948.

Its job was to keep an eye on the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, but in reality, this organisation had become like a foreign censor board against India.

Their accommodation, food, vehicle, and travelling were all paid for by the government of India.

UNMOGIP not only blamed India on open forums multiple times, but also tried to portray Kashmir as a trilateral issue, not a bilateral one.

They even said that India was not allowing us to work, was not meeting our expenses, was increasing the allowances, and was giving us more money. The guests who had entered the house were now threatening the host.

- @mrmishra

[kavithak @kavithak]

Absolute goosebumps. Absolutely stunning.
#YuvalRaphael
https://t.co/FEtIRoFL5j

[The Uri @uricohenisrael]

Just a year and a half ago, Yuval had this phone call with her dad, while hiding under her friends’ dead bodies in order to survive Hamas terror attack at the Nova festival.
Today she got second on the big stage of the Eurovision🇮🇱

She is the real winner!

New day will rise🌞

[kavithak @kavithak]

@greatbong @sanjeevsanyal "We misunderstand the Indian-American billionaire" yes, but often also the Indian billionaire. For "their dreams are modest—own a franchise cricket team,......"
Add to this list, the Endowments for South-Asia Studies kind, often an antithesis to its stated theory of creation. 🤐

[kavithak @kavithak]

@rvaidya2000 "There's a new chessboard unfolding....", but the world must remember Chess was invented in Bharat.
https://t.co/Uh10mrJAKJ

[kavithak @kavithak]

@ShashiTharoor ഏറ്റവും ആത്മാർത്ഥമായ ആശംസകൾ.
Signifies and offers much hope to transform the texture of 'Opposition' from one that has [more often] been toxic, divisive & disruptive, to one that could be cerebral & constructive -- a long-awaited collective yearning!
@narendramodi

[kavithak @kavithak]

When individual courage and institutional courage is aligned, the long arc of the moral universe bends towards Truth. @ShivAroor

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

The IMF, United Nations & IAEA are all sponsors or facilitators of Pakistani terrorism. Either by omission or commission, these global orgs have Indian blood on their hands.

Saying it out loud is a start.

I did on my show today:

[kavithak @kavithak]

The most critical geography on this planet, to be defended & protected is the individual & collective mind space.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Joe Rogan’s conversation with Harvard professor and mind control expert Rebecca Lemov quickly zeroed in on one of his favorite topics: government interference in digital life.

Rogan opened the door with a warning that’s become all too familiar.

“Well, there’s so many different kinds of mind control.”

He continued:

“You know, one of the things we’ve talked about a lot on this podcast is, that an enormous percentage of what you’re seeing on social media in terms of interactions and debate is not real. It’s not organic.”

“It’s state run and state funded, and it’s whether it’s foreign governments or our government or even corporations, you’re getting inorganic discourse that’s designed to form a narrative and which is a form of mind control.”

Lemov jumped in and took it one step further—explaining that even when we know it’s fake, our minds still react like it’s real.

“Yeah. I mean, I think even on a basic level, people, it’s known and studies have shown that we respond as if it were organic and real.”

“Even when somebody likes a post of yours, the response is the same as, like, in-person interaction.”

It’s not just governments pulling strings.

The platforms themselves are wired to exploit how we feel.

“I think at the root, there is a kind of way that, on an emotional level, it’s not just manipulation of ideas, but there’s a kind of emotional engineering that’s built into the platforms and doesn’t even demand, you know, at first, government involvement.”

[kavithak @kavithak]

@ShivAroor The provenance of false narratives are often non-linear, and seldom easy to grasp. Jai Hind.
https://t.co/kbReiPT0WX
Do read the entire investigative report.

[The Free Press @TheFP]

5/ Media: Qatar has funneled millions into U.S. media orgs:

- $50M to Newsmax
- $180K to conservative radio host John Fredericks
- $570K on digital ads after Oct. 7, 2023 to improve its image, including $170K to the NYT & Clear Channel Outdoor and $110K to the parent company of the WSJ

[kavithak @kavithak]

@Anviksiki Poignant moment to recall which nation was the first to outrage, among others that followed, over Nupur's remarks...and connect many other seemingly disparate dots.

[kavithak @kavithak]

When the world searches for explanations, the new skill needed is an insane ability to connect the infinite dots, and their ripple effects around the world.

[The Free Press @TheFP]

At a time when so many Americans are searching for explanations—or entertaining conspiracies—about who really pulls the strings in Washington and beyond, many are overlooking a story hiding in plain sight: Qatar.

@FrannieBlock and @FPJaySolomon explain how Qatar has spent nearly $100 billion to buy influence in Washington.

[Yehuda Teitelbaum @chalavyishmael]

🚨 BREAKING: @TheFP just published one of the most explosive investigative reports of the year.

It exposes how Qatar, a tiny Gulf dictatorship and Hamas' #1 benefactor, has spent nearly $100 billion trying to buy influence in the U.S.

This is the result.

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[kavithak @kavithak]

@ankitatIIMA That was one leader showing all 10 fingers to another leader's mythos on "brokering". Namaste. Period. Absolute diplomacy.🙏
#SaudiUSForum2025
@narendramodi @DrSJaishankar

[kavithak @kavithak]

@karthikgnath @narendramodi ரொம்ப ரொம்ப ரொம்ப நன்றி!
Can you PLEASE do it for this one too? -- a clip from over 11 years ago, but ever so relevant.
@narendramodi ji's "यह कोई तरीका होता है क्या ?..." is absolute💥https://t.co/hIfR6PkKnK