Mayank Bhattacharya

A geopolitics enthusiastic tweeting my thoughts on Strategic Presence, Narratives (Communication) and Leadership.

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Let’s settle this for once and all, shall we?

#OperationSindoor #rafale #indianairforce

@Iyervval @republic @TimesNow @ndtv @News18India @IAF_MCC

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Always! 💯

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

So much better with #Samson! #ICCT20WorldCup #INDvsZIM

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

So much better with #Samson! #ICCT20WorldCup #INDvsZIM

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Proteas are going to winning this thing - Comprehensively!

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Meditation can turn fools into sages, intelligence into enlightenment. But unfortunately fools never meditate and intelligence never rests.

- Vivekananda

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Strong mothers raise empathetic men. Strong fathers build confident men.

You need them both otherwise the system collapses.

Men without confidence will find it extremely hard to survive.
Men without empathy are lonely & depressed. And such men seldom thrive..

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Your outfits aren’t self expression. It’s discipline and direction.

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If you’re feeling lost, you’re not a drift because your life is meaningless. You’re a drift because the meaning you had no longer fits. It takes time.

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

"Master the art of being kind to yourself; only then can your empathy grow strong for others."

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

In a world full of emasculating ‘micro trends’, dare to be a gent of ‘timeless elegance’.

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

In a world full of emasculating ‘micro trends’, dare to be a ‘macro stylish’ gent.

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

GQ’s literal translation was Gentleman’s Quarterly. Looking at their recent social media and print editions, I wonder what happened to the “Gentleman’s”part?

No wonder the younger lot in their 20s are lost out of their minds trying to find their embodied masculinity…

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

+1! 🫡

[Anurag @Jhunjhunuwala_]

So let’s wrap this:

Dhruv Rathee took 35 minutes to sell fear and fiction.

But facts?
They take seconds to torch propaganda.

This isn’t a foreign policy failure.
This is India’s geopolitical awakening.

Unapologetic. Assertive. Unstoppable. 🇮🇳

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

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[barkha dutt @BDUTT]

Good morning 🙏

Go to the stopwatch on your smart phone.

Press start.

Wait for 32 seconds.

Press stop.

Now ask yourself:

What could you do in that time?

Brush your teeth?

Have a shower?

Wear your clothes?

Have a cup of coffee?

None of the above?

Then ask yourself:

Would you be able to make a life or death decision in that time?

Would you WANT to make a life or death decision in that time?

Well, that is apparently the amount of time that the pilots on the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, Flight AI 171, from Ahmedabad to Gatwick, had.

From take-off to crash.

32 seconds.

If one has ever peeked into the cockpit of a modern aircraft, then I guess one would comprehend the difficulty even more.

Because people have been talking about and analyzing the videos of that horrible crash.

Expert airmen and air women.

Flyers with thousands of hours of experience.

And they are still unable to definitively state what might have gone wrong.

After more than 30 hours.

They can’t figure it out.

Bird strike?

Dual engine failure?

Incorrect take-off configuration?

Flaps not correctly deployed?

Landing gear not retracted in time?

Hydraulics?

Nah, they just can’t say.

Not yet, not with certainty.

Not without the flight data recorder and the voice recorder, they can’t.

And yet, those poor pilots in that fated cockpit didn’t have 30 hours.

They had the luxury of a full 32 seconds.

To decide.

With certainty.

What in their modern, highly complex airplane, with millions of little knobs and gizmos and gadgets and dials, had actually gone wrong.

What should they do?

Not what should they speculate, but what should they actually do?

Because once they had figured out what had gone wrong, they still had to fix it.

All in a grand total of 32 seconds.

And not 32 seconds of peaceful thinking.

But 32 seconds of horrible frantic thinking, scrambling for ideas, running through mental checklists in the blur of seconds, racking through their brains for everything they had learnt in flight school and thousands of hours of flying, checking, scanning, altimeter, airspeed, stick shaker, what’s going on, why, why, why, with sirens and warnings likely blaring in the background, knowing that what they decide could impact their lives as well as the lives of another 240 souls on board, shit, 240 souls, why, what, how, will I see my baby.

I pick up my own smart phone.

Flick on the stopwatch.

Start.

Let it run to 32 seconds.

What must it be like, then, to know, with utmost certainty, possibly around the 15 second mark, that this was it?

That these would be the last few precious seconds of my life?

To know that things were hopeless, beyond fixing, to press that button on the radio and say those last words:

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.

Hopefully some day we will know.

Some of the answers at least, I hope.

Of what went on in that cockpit.

What went wrong with that aircraft.

Why did it fall slowly out of the sky?

And hopefully once we know, airlines around the world will scramble to fix things.

To fix airframes, or equipment, or crew, or ground staff or whatever went wrong.

So that these 32 seconds never happen again.

Tonight, before your head touches that soft comfortable pillow, close your eyes.

And say a little prayer.

For 32 seconds.

Better still, pick up that smartphone, yes, the one with the smartwatch, and call someone.

Someone you love.

And let them know.

You love them.

Because life is fragile.

And who knows.

One day, we may only have…

32 seconds.

-Written by a Pilot !

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Indian Air Force's and New National Security's Doctrine #nationalsecurity #mayankbhattacharya

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Such BS, Much wow! Two very Different objectives, two very different threat analysis, two very different deterrents and outcomes.

[Dr. Brahma Chellaney @Chellaney]

Israel’s population is just 10 million, while India has 1.4 billion people. Yet their latest military operations present a striking contrast.

Israel decapitated Iran’s top military command through powerful preemptive strikes. In contrast, India launched its Operation Sindoor tentatively — after giving Pakistan 15 days’ advance notice. It initially targeted some terrorist camps but without first neutralizing Pakistan’s air defenses. That strategic oversight led to the loss of some Indian warplanes. Only then did the political leadership authorize the Air Force to strike Pakistani air defenses and air bases. But just as the Indian military was gaining the upper hand, the operation was abruptly halted — only three days after it began.

Force should always be a last resort — but when used, it must be guided by strategic clarity. A military operation should aim for decisive results that speak for themselves — not rely on post-facto narrative-building through domestic roadshows or delegations of lawmakers dispatched abroad.

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

The current state of ‘whitewashing’ federal fugitives via ‘value podcasting’.

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@AaryanPrateekX Such generic garbage from the extreme end of the ‘red pill’ fang.

Having coached a decent number of men in their 30s, even dating a 26yo is the least attractive option for them - let alone marrying them.

Only a 26yo dude would be willing to date a girl of that age.

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

Such generic garbage from the extreme end of the ‘red pill’ fang.

Having coached a decent number of men in their 30s, even dating a 26yo is the least attractive option for them - let alone marrying them.

Only a 26yo dude would be willing to date a girl of that age.

[Prateekaaryan 𝕏 @AaryanPrateekX]

Women are realising perhaps too late, that 26 is their peak age, and after that, it's the end of their marriage market value. Their SMV (Shaadi Market Value) declines with each passing year, especially for those who spent their youth on clubbing, casual dating-shating Tinder, Bumble, and whoring. Now, in their 30s, they're finding it hard to get a guy for marriage. We need more influencers who guide women on the right path and help them understand what's truly in their best interest.

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

@kunsha51 Love it for 30 days. If none of it works out, then Drop me a DM by the month end - I’ll get you enrolled in our residential reset program. All the best

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

@kunsha51 Law isn’t overwhelming brother, your life is. Straighten your life and the rest will fall in place. Here are 3 easy fixes for you:
1. Take a couple of days off, join us for a residential reset - or plan a weekend hike. Whatever it is, physically break away from the ambient noise

[Mayank Bhattacharya @MayankBhatty]

@kunsha51 3. Make some easy - effective lifestyle changes on a daily basis for the next 30 days. Changes may include: meditating right after you wake up, or going out for a 30-40 mins walk in the nature or even studying the very first thing upon waking up. Patience & practice.