#WATCH | Mr Soros is an old, rich opinionated person sitting in New York who still thinks that his views should determine how the entire world works...such people actually invest resources in shaping narratives: EAM Dr S Jaishankar
Yes, Britain famously transferred wealth to India. When British arrived in India its share of the world economy was 4%. When they left in 1947, they had taken it to 23%, roughly equal to all of Europe combined.
On a serious note.
The Indian railways were financed entirely by bonds sold on the London Stock Exchange. British investors were guaranteed a return of 5% per annum by the colonial government. A guaranteed return, in an era when no other safe investment in Britain offered anything close. And who guaranteed those returns? Indian taxpayers. Indians paid for the construction. Indians paid the guaranteed profits to British shareholders. Indians paid for the equipment, which was manufactured exclusively in Britain and shipped to India at inflated prices. One mile of Indian railway cost twice what the same mile cost to build in Canada or Australia, because the guaranteed return meant there was no incentive to control costs. The more it cost, the more British investors and suppliers earned.
And what were these railways designed to do? Move raw materials from India’s interior to ports. Cotton from the Deccan to Bombay. Jute from Bengal to Calcutta. Coal from Bihar to wherever the Empire needed it. Tea from Assam to London’s drawing rooms. The routes connected mines and plantations to harbors. Not cities to cities. Not people to opportunities. Raw materials to ships. The Indian public’s transportation needs were, as Shashi Tharoor put it, entirely incidental.
Oh, and the railways also moved troops. Very efficiently. So that when Indians protested being looted, the British could deploy soldiers to shoot them. That was the other “infrastructure investment.”
But wait, there is more. Before the railways, India had the world’s finest textile industry. The British smashed the looms, broke the weavers’ thumbs (this is not metaphor, this is documented history), imposed tariffs on Indian cloth, and shipped raw cotton to Manchester to be manufactured into garments that were then sold back to Indians. India went from being the world’s largest textile exporter to an importer of British cloth within a generation.
The Bengal Famine of 1943 killed an estimated 3 million people. Churchill diverted food supplies from Bengal to already well-supplied British troops and European stockpiles. When informed of the famine, his response, on the record, was to ask why Gandhi had not died yet. This is the “infrastructure investor” Musk is defending.
India contributed 2.5 million soldiers to fight in two World Wars on Britain’s behalf.
So let us summarize the colonial “investment” in India. They took a 23% global economy and left it at 4%. They destroyed the world’s finest textile industry. They built railways with Indian money, for Indian resources, generating British profits. They engineered famines that killed millions. They drained an estimated $45 trillion in today’s value over 200 years.
That’s some unprofitable adventure.
What happens when an undercover Cockroach enters CJP protest at Jantar Mantar?
Behind the slogans, aesthetics, and social media hype, the so-called Gen-Z movement appeared less focused on students and more obsessed with pushing a political narrative.
While genuine student concerns took a back seat, cameras and activists seemed busy chasing engagement, outrage, and anti-government soundbites.
Who was the 'Unknown Cockroach' behind the mask who infiltrated the CJP protest, exposed the agenda of "topi media"? @RitikaChandola
This is totally false.
Not an iota of truth in this.
There is no question of putting such restrictions on foreign travel.
We remain committed to improving ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and ‘Ease of Living’ for our people.
@IR_MusicGod Sorry. This is shocking ignorance. Pawar's NCP undeclared unconditional outside support to BJP govt and submitted a letter to the govt .https://t.co/uXMNrf3YCx
This is the break up of the cabinet -
Suvendu Adhikari (Bharatiya Bengali)
Dilip Ghosh (Bharatiya Bengali)
Agnimitra Paul (Bharatiya Bengali)
Ashok Kirtania (Bharatiya Bengali)
Kshudiram Tudu (Bharatiya Bengali)
Nishit Pramanik (Bharatiya Bengali)
No Bangladeshi & Rohingya 🙏
Ek Hain Safest Hain
You may be a new MP but you are not ignorant at all about the Parliamentary practices. When Parliament is not in session, any MP who is present in Delhi may pay floral tributes to the iconic personalities on their anniversaries at Samvidhan Sadan, otherwise MPs can pay tributes at any convenient location. Parliament officials and some BJP Ex-MPs were present today at Samvidhan Sadan. Politics 24×7 is toxic. We didn't do politics by questioning the absence of Congress & TMC Members.
Why don't BJP karyakartas jump ship like TMC or other party workers? Here is the answer. Not many here would have heard of Shri Makhanlal Sarkar. It would have gone unnoticed if he hadn't been honored. The party has memory and systems to recognize unsung heroes.
The Lotus blooms in West Bengal!
The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever. People's power has prevailed and BJP's politics of good governance has triumphed. I bow to each and every person of West Bengal.
The people have given a spectacular mandate to BJP and I assure them that our Party will do everything possible to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people of West Bengal. We will provide a Government that ensures opportunity and dignity to all sections of society.
@BJP4Bengal
🔴 لسنوات كنت أتابع العلاقات الاماراتية السعودية عن كثب، استطيع القول أننا اليوم أمام أخطر قرار يضرب العلاقات الثنائية منذ سنوات طويلة وستكون تبعاته الجيوسياسية كبيرة.
انسحاب الإمارات من منظمة "أوبك" هو تمرد سياسي على السعودية اكثر منه خطوة اقتصادية،
هذه الخطوة ليست مجرد "خيار اقتصادي" ناتج عن الرغبة في زيادة الإنتاج، بل أصبحت تعبيراً عن تحول وجودي في السياسية الإماراتية، لا سيما بعد الحرب الإيرانية.
الامارات تروج أن فكرة الانسحاب من أوبك ردا على "زيف الوعود" المتعلقة بالتضامن العربي. لكن الحقيقة ان خروج الإمارات من أوبك يمثل "الزلزال" الذي قد ينهي عصر السيطرة السعودية على سياسات الطاقة الإقليمية.
وسيفتح الباب أمام رسم خارطة علاقات إماراتية خارج المنظومة العربية، خاصة جهة إسرائيل والولايات المتحدة.
🔴 سأشرح ذلك بالتفصيل وبعمق كبير للمهتمين
🔷 كان هناك خلاف تاريخي بين السعودية والإمارات في اوبك بلس حوّل سياسات الإنتاج، قررت الإمارات معالجة الاختلاف عبر تجاوز التشاور والتنسيق مع المملكة.
🔷 تحتاج السعودية إلى أسعار مرتفعة (فوق 80 دولاراً) لتمويل مشاريع "رؤية 2030"، مما يدفعها للتمسك بخفض الإنتاج من خلال أوبك. في المقابل، تمتلك الإمارات اقتصاداً أكثر تنوعا وتكلفة إنتاج هي من بين الأقل عالمياً، مما يجعلها تفضل زيادة حجم المبيعات حتى لو انخفضت الأسعار قليلاً لضمان الاستحواذ على حصة سوقية أكبر.
🔷 تحولت العلاقة بين الرياض وأبوظبي في السنوات الماضية من "التحالف الوثيق" إلى "المنافسة الشرسة" في الاقتصاد. ويمثل الانسحاب من أوبك الإعلان الرسمي عن نهاية "التبعية الاقتصادية" لسياسات الرياض، وتبني "قومية مفرطة" تضع مصالح الإمارات فوق أي اعتبار تضامني خليجي.
🔷 يعاني مجلس التعاون من ضعف مؤسسي يجعل القرارات رهينة العلاقات الشخصية بين القادة. ومع تزايد الفجوة في المواقف تجاه إيران واليمن، أصبح النفط هو الساحة الأخيرة للتنسيق، وانسحاب الإمارات، سيؤدي إلى انقسام المجلس إلى كتل متنافسة.
🔷 الانسحاب الإماراتي سيؤدي إلى إضعاف تحالف "أوبك بلس" بشكل قد لا يتعافى منه أبداً.
🔷 تعد الإمارات صمام أمان داخل التحالف لموازنة "عدم انضباط" روسيا، التي غالباً ما تنتج فوق حصتها لتمويل مجهودها الحربي. بدون الإمارات، ستجد السعودية نفسها وحيدة في مواجهة "المجانيين" (Free Riders) مثل موسكو، مما قد يدفع الرياض لشن "حرب أسعار" مدمرة لاستعادة الانضباط، كما حدث في عام 2020.
🔴 على المسرح الدولي، سيمثل هذا القرار إعادة رسم لخرائط النفوذ الجيوسياسي.
🔷 ترى الولايات المتحدة في أوبك "كارتلاً" يخدم المصالح الروسية ويضر بالمستهلك الأمريكي. انسحاب الإمارات سيعتبر "انتصاراً كبيراً للسياسة الخارجية الأمريكية"، لأنه سيؤدي لتفكيك وحدة القرار النفطي العربي-الروسي ويضعف من قدرة أوبك على استخدام النفط كسلاح سياسي.
🔷 تتجه بوصلة الطلب العالمي نحو آسيا (الصين والهند). تسعى الإمارات لتوقيع اتفاقيات توريد مباشرة مع هذه القوى، على حساب قدرة أوبك على التحكم في تدفقات الخام نحو الشرق.
🔷 طموح الإمارات لا يتوقف عند بيع الخام، بل تسعى لتكون مركزاً عالمياً للهيدروجين والأمونيا والطاقة المتجددة. هذا التحول يتطلب سيولة مالية فورية وضخمة، والانسحاب من أوبك هو "المفتاح" لتحرير هذه السيولة من خلال الإنتاج الأقصى.
🔴 وفي التفاصيل الحقيقية التي تقف خلف القرار الإماراتي
🔷 تتبنى الإمارات استراتيجية تقوم على إنتاج أكبر قدر ممكن من النفط الآن لتمويل التحول نحو الاقتصاد الأخضر. هناك إجماع على أن "نافذة الطلب" الذهبية على الوقود الأحفوري قد تنغلق بحلول عام 2040.
🔷 لذا، ترى أبوظبي أن الاحتفاظ بالنفط تحت الأرض التزاماً بحصص أوبك هو مخاطرة بخلق "أصول عالقة" (Stranded Assets) لا قيمة لها في المستقبل.
🔷 استثمرت الإمارات أكثر من 122 مليار دولار لرفع طاقتها الإنتاجية إلى 5 ملايين برميل يومياً بحلول 2030. ومع ذلك، تظل حصص أوبك تجبر الدولة على الإنتاج بمستويات تقل بكثير عن قدرتها الحقيقية (حوالي 2.6 إلى 3.1 مليون برميل يومياً في اتفاقات سابقة).
🔷 كما أن إطلاق خام مربان كمعيار تسعير عالمي يتطلب مرونة في الإمدادات لا توفرها أوبك؛ فالإمارات تطمح لأن يكون مربان منافساً لـ "خام برنت" و"تكساس"، وهذا يتطلب ترك قوى السوق هي من تحدد حجم الإنتاج، وليس القرارات السياسية للمنظمة في فيينا.
Delhi HC says Rana Ayyub’s tweets from 2013 to 2017 on Hindu deities and VD Savarkar are “derogatory, communal”, asks police to act!
This is huge. Many many congratulations @SachdevaAmita. Thank you 🙏
Get your facts straight Suhasini. It wasn't a simple breaking of fast. Here are the facts.
1. They forcibly hijacked a boat.
2. When boatman refused, they threatened to kill him and dump his body in the river.
3. They spread their food and shot the video with objectionable words.
4. Then afterwards started eating and kept on throwing bones in Ganga.
Which among above isn't a crime? They are charged with BNS sections of abduction and threatening to kill.
Today they were crying in court as they have realised that communal hatred has landed them in big trouble.
5-minute infographic lowdown on how Operation Epic Fury — or as Israelis call it, Operation Lion’s Roar — unfolded with incredible intel backup, tech power, and stealth.
A marvel in modern warfare. #IranWar
Liberal’ ideology is not liberal but it is Authoritarianism…
She pulled one pin, everything fell
Whoever she is , it’s the best 2 and a half minutes I have spent recently
A personal plea to @elonmusk
My two sons have not been allowed to see or speak to their father Imran Khan who has been held unlawfully (acc to the UN) for 22 months of solitary confinement.
X is the only place left where we can still tell the world he is a political prisoner without basic human rights.
Yet every time I post about him, the reach inside Pakistan (and often globally) is throttled to almost zero.
You promised free speech, not “speech but no one hears it”.
Please fix the visibility filtering on my account so we can get the message out! @MarioNawfal
Yogendra Yadav ji, this is an Olympic-grade lapse of logic; said with full courtesy.
No matter how many screenshots you paste or how many adjectives you hurl, you cannot manufacture an FIR for hoisting the national flag; because such a thing simply does can’t happen within Indian law.
Your entire tirade collapses at the foundation: Hoisting the Tiranga is not, has never been, and cannot be a criminal offence in India. Only someone catastrophically ill-informed would believe otherwise.
You keep screaming “evidence” without understanding what you are looking at.
What happened in 2001 was a trespass complaint, because activists entered a private premise (the RSS building) without permission.
Trespass: Yes.
FIR for hoisting Tiranga : Absolute nonsense.
Even the documents you proudly appended prove my point, not yours.
They list trespass, forcible entry, and recovery of property, including a pole and a flag.
That is not an FIR for hoisting the flag.
That is exactly what I said.
If someone jumps into your courtyard carrying a coconut, the case is trespass; not “FIR for possessing a coconut.”
This is primary-school logic.
Try not to trip over it.
You accuse me of “U-turns” while performing a somersault yourself.
My original point was;and remains; there is no archival, colonial, or post-colonial record of RSS filing FIRs against people for hoisting the Tiranga.
You have still not produced one.
Because you can’t as it doesn’t exist.
The 2001 case; your so-called “smoking gun” is at best a trespass FIR.
You can write ten threads, attach twenty images, and add fifty insults; the charge still won’t magically become “hoisting the national flag.”
Your biggest self-goal is: you claim it’s proof “because the recovered item was a national flag.”
Do you even read what you post?
The presence of a flag does not define the charge.
If the recovered item had been a bicycle, would you call it an FIR “for riding bicycles”?
If they carried a book, is it “FIR for reading”?
If they had prasad, is it “FIR for distributing sweets”?
Your logic is so deranged it deserves a wellness check.
The real issue: your expectation of a response without tagging is clownish.
You didn’t tag me because you knew the response would be inconvenient.
People who have evidence are not afraid of direct debate.
People who have rhetorics are.
Your passive-aggressive “I don’t respect bigots” line is just a cheap shield for intellectual bankruptcy.
Your entire argument is a castle built on wet sand.
Every wave of fact shall make it drown faster.
If you have a single FIR; ONE; where the offence is “hoisting the national flag,” go ahead, produce it.
Otherwise accept the obvious:
Your claim is a fable, your evidence is self-defeating, and your argument is an insult to basic intelligence.