Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud ;
-"For 36 years, we believed that American bases were protecting us. But in the first war, we learned that we were actually protecting them."
-"If it weren't for the incompetence of the Donald Trump administration, we probably would never have understood this."
Here, Zohran Mamdani reads Umar Khalid's Notes from Jail in New York, ahead of Modi's arrival in 2023.
Mamdani is a man of guts, character, and integrity. I have to admit, I like him so much more now.
This is a telling indictment of all journalists on the defence beat (barring very very few) for turning into post offices and not doing their jobs. The fact that the CDS spoke to a journalist outside the country, shows that even the armed forces and the government know how poor their journalism is.
Eight Questions to the Narendra Modi Government After a Terror Attack, an Operation and a Ceasefire
Read here: https://t.co/JKFfKZhCAj
Harshita Kalyan✍️
“True leaders don’t challenge enemy with words—they win wars, reshape nations, and get surrender documents signed. Because action doesn’t just speak, it echoes through history.” ~ Indira Gandhi (1971)
This is going to be an unpopular opinion but everyone should work towards educating your next generation in a manner that enables them to move out of India at the first possible opportunity.
@im_mansigupta This really resonates with me. India has changed irreparably in the Modi era. Society has changed for the worse. You can live in your little bubble but will be surrounded by people who are bigoted, casteist and intolerant in general.
Many Muslim youths including Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam etc are in jail for the last 4 years in Delhi Riot cases..I also protested but they have not arrested me. Why? Just because I am a hindu. CJI has time for Ganesh Puja with Modi but no time to hear their cases: Swara Bhaskar
Population of UP is 240 million
Population of Bihar is 130 million
The combined population of just these 2 states, 370 million, is around 25% of India. It's more than even the US population of 345 million.
Their average percapita is roughly around $1100.
The GDP percapita of subsaharan Africa is $1710.
This is our biggest challenge. This shows our very long journey ahead.
So, any talk of Vikshit Bharat or Vishwaguru is very far away from the reality.
UP and Bihar need to invest heavily in their people. Social capital and knowledge capital needs to be their priority; not expressways or airports. Aggressive focus required on education, healthcare, women empowerment and equality of opportunities.
I'm not against developing infrastructure in UP. But developing people need to be the primary focus for resource allocation. When capital is scarce, you need to prioritise.
Niti Aayog has set a goal of $18,000 percapita in 2047. Difficult to achieve but worth having as a goal. Without UP and Bihar developing atleast to a reasonable extent, this goal would be impossible to achieve.
After speaking with extremely reliable sources in India and in Paris, the following seems to have happened once @Phogat_Vinesh was weighed-in and subsequently disqualified at the Paris Olympic.
Sequence leading up to filing of the CAS appeal and who actually filed it👇
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