Pankaj Mishra

Solution Architect with more than 20 years of experience.

[British Indians Voice 🇮🇳🇬🇧 @BritIndianVoice]

Let me say this clearly to the UK Once.

For everyone.

We came to Britain by choice.

We integrated. We contributed. We built lives here. We staff your NHS. We pay your taxes. We top your school tables. We own our homes. We vote in your elections.

We are British. Completely. Proudly. Permanently.

AND —

India is our mother.
Not a political position. Not a divided loyalty. Not up for debate.

Our mother.

The land that gave us our language before we learned English.

Our faith before we learned your customs.

Our values before we understood your culture.

Our food that now feeds your nation every Friday night.

You do not stop loving your mother because you built a home somewhere else.

So here is what we will not accept:

You are allowed to talk about India.

Criticise it. Question it. Have opinions about it.

So are we.

The moment you talk rubbish about India — we will reply.

Every time.
Without apology.
Without explanation.

And if that makes you uncomfortable —
Ask yourself why you are comfortable saying it but uncomfortable hearing the response.

We did not leave India behind when we came here.

We brought the best of India WITH us.

That is why Britain is better for having us.

India gave us our roots.

Britain gave us our wings.

We fly with both.

Always. 🙏

🇮🇳🇬🇧 #BritishIndians

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@theskindoctor13 I use to see a dream that me and Sachin Tendulkar are opening the batting for India and we both are smashing Australian bowlers left right and center. :)

[STAR Boy TARUN @Starboy2079]

The Curse of Kashmiri Pandits (Thread)

It is easier to climb the mountain than to stay at the top. Success breeds arrogance, and arrogance becomes the seed of downfall

Same mistake was made by Arvind Kejriwal in March 2022, when Aam Aadmi Party was at peak of power

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[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@Mrsinha @TajinderBagga When Mr. shishodiya was arrested couple of years back, he and whole party claimed that BJP has offered him money & CM post, they have recordings and they will bring in public domain when the time will come.

Aaj 2 Saal ho Gaye, sab log jail ki hawa kha aaye, bas time nahin aaya.

[Rony @Ronycoder]

Instead of watching an hour of Netflix, watch this 60 minute lecture from Steve Jobs after being fired from Apple. It will teach you more about building companies than most startup books ever will.

[Amit Kumar Sindhi @AMIT_GUJJU]

‘Higher courts can judge judges, not litigants’

Some people were sharing videos to Kejriwal arguing in court with 🔥 captions

You won’t see them sharing this

They are still in shock over the thrashing Kejriwal got 🤣 https://t.co/VsLF4JjlXY

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@AnkurSingh @amitkilhor So according to his logic, Atlantic ocean belongs to Atlanta 🙈

[Nandini @NBDwrites]

#Dhurandhar: A Film That Finally Stops Lying to Us

The Film.
Let’s start with the obvious: Dhurandhar is a nail-biting spy thriller, superlative cinema. The sweep, the starkness, the cinematography, the narrative build, the superb background score - everything lands with precision. An absolute must see!
Compliments to @AdityaDharFilms for delivering a film that refuses to flinch.

Akshaye Khanna, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Rakesh Bedi and R. Madhavan don’t merely perform, they dissolve into their characters, proving once again that good cinema elevates good actors into unforgettable ones.
Even the supporting cast is impeccably cast and directed. Not one line is loose, not one character out of tune. The film grips its audience for a staggering 3.5 hours, and earns every minute of it.

The Subject We’ve Long Avoided.
1. Dhurandhar dares to look from the other side, without the filters, without the euphemisms, without Bollywood’s manufactured veneer. What emerges is a world of gore, tribalism, mafia fiefdoms, and a religious justification for violence that demands no conscience, no hesitation. Groups that would happily butcher each other on any given day are united by a single, chilling motivation: the “kaffir” - that is us, as the common enemy. To see this unmasked is to recoil. But recoil we must not.

2. Then comes the uncomfortable mirror held up to us. How did a civilisation, larger in territory, population, economy and military might, endure humiliation in cycle after cycle?
Why did we swallow it with such bovine acceptance? That snigger of Rehman Takait, Nabil Gabol, Major Iqbal on why India did not retaliate after 26/11 cut deeper than a serrated knife, said more than a thousand words.
Dhurandhar resurrects a question India has sidestepped with moral cowardice for decades. And just as that question settles, the live intercepts between terrorists and their Pakistani handlers - raw, unfiltered, undeniable - land like a sledgehammer, setting the tone for Lyari’s descent into savagery.

The Politics of Today, Not Yesterday.
1. Political correctness has finally been kicked to the kerb. Enough with the linguistic gymnastics. The film says what many have whispered for years. And it speaks at a time when the usual sermonisers have obligingly unmasked themselves – the old champions of Aman ki Asha, self-appointed guardians of “tolerance” who instantly lapse into their tired litany of hate, bigotry, “sanghi”, ad infinitum.

2. One of the sharpest contrasts in the film is between Lyari’s blood-soaked turf wars and a scene where wealthy young men and women drink and dance with carefree abandon. The girls, dupatta discarded, necklines plunging, arms bare, evoke an unexpected question.

3. Is this the India the ancien régime fantasised about?
A fractured nation on permanent simmer of caste against caste, region against region, language against language. A country so divided that it becomes easy to install ganglords as Robin Hoods: Atiq Ahmed, Mukhtar Ansari, Dawood Ibrahim and their ilk?
While the more urbane, western educated, carve out personal fiefdoms, live on the fat of the land, travel in cavalcades, escape at whim to cooler climes, and live lavishly - conservatism and piety reserved strictly for working hours.

That, in the end, is Dhurandhar’s sting: it forces us to confront the India we inherited and the India we’re finally willing to question.

The resulting panic is inevitable.
#DurandharReview

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

BREAKING NEWS TO ALL EMPLOYEES:

1. Build a home early. Rural or urban—own something. Building a house at 45 is not an achievement. Government and company houses create dangerous comfort. Your family deserves memories in your home, not borrowed walls.

2. Go home. Don’t live at work all year. You are not the pillar of your department. If you die today, your role will be advertised tomorrow. Operations will continue. Your family should come first—always.

3. Stop chasing promotions. Chase mastery. Be excellent at what you do. If promotion comes, fine. If it doesn’t, your personal growth should never depend on corporate approval.

4. Avoid office gossip like poison. Nothing destroys careers faster than loose talk. Don’t bond over backbiting bosses or colleagues. Stay away from gatherings where people—not progress—are the agenda.

5. Never compete with your boss. You’ll burn your fingers. Don’t compete with colleagues either—you’ll fry your brain. Compete with who you were yesterday.

6. Have a side income. Salary alone will not sustain you long-term. That truth hurts—but it’s real.

7. Save automatically. If money doesn’t leave your payslip without your consent, you will never save it.

8. Borrow to invest, not to impress. Loans should change your situation, not your image. Buy luxury from profits—not debt.

9. Keep your life private. Your marriage, family, and personal struggles do not belong at work. This is not optional—it’s survival.

10. Be loyal to yourself first. Hanging around your boss will isolate you from colleagues—and when your boss leaves, you may be dumped with them.

11. Plan retirement the day you get employed. The second-best time is today. By 38–45, have an exit plan.

12. Join workplace welfare groups—and be active. They matter more than you think when life hits unexpectedly.

13. Use leave days wisely. What you do on leave reflects how you’ll live after retirement. If all you do is sit with a remote watching series, don’t expect a different retirement.

14. Start projects while still employed. Retire to run a business, not to start one. Most pensioners fail because they do it the wrong way around.

15. Pension money is not capital. It’s survival money. It’s for healthcare and upkeep—not school fees, luxury, or impulsive decisions.

16. Don’t become a retirement warning story. Be the example that makes colleagues want to retire, not fear it.

17. Retire while you still have energy. Late retirement steals family time. Many retirees can’t adjust and keep job-hunting until death. That’s tragic—and avoidable.

18. Retire into your community. Company and government housing disconnect you from society. Adjusting later is harder than people admit.

19. Never confuse benefits with security. Employment benefits are comfort traps. When you retire, no one calls you “boss” unless you built something real.

20. You will retire—voluntarily or involuntarily. Prepare early or pay painfully.

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@CFDevelop Indeed looks interesting, let me use this in one of my projects and then I will certainly give you reviews.

Having said that, almost 95% of my code use EF code first approach.

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@sardesairajdeep So after questioning police, CBI, ED, Election system and all constitutional agencies, you have started questioning supreme court too.

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@PoornimaNimo And not only that, one prominent Congress leader got busy in inauguration of the book "26/11, RSS ki saazish".

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@DeepikaBhardwaj I feel we are giving too much importance to this clown.

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@VijaySingh_law @iPraveenK_ @ShadowSakshi @hoorsheikh_fiza @MahiDJi2Boss22 @IndiaAwakened_ @ashishk53542554 @taj_india007 @tanmoyofc @PropagandaRaid @Brijesh77956738 राहुल गांधी कहीं एयरपोर्ट स्टाफ से गले मिल लिए होते तो देश में राष्ट्रपति को तुरंत आपातकाल घोषित करके, नरेंद्र मोदी का इस्तीफ़ा मांगना चाहिए था और राहुल गांधी को प्रधानमंत्री घोषित कर देना चाहिए था। 😄😄😄

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@ProxyThinker @Amockx2022 Rahul Gandhi ne 2 kadam paidal chal liya to this guy will be like "WOW, look at the aura of RaGa, he himself walked 2 steps, which no one else can ever do".

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@Amockx2022 So just because someone wanted to take a selfie with him, he will be 100 times better prime minister. 😄😄😄😄

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@ocjain4 मैने भी नहीं देखी, और कोई इच्छा भी नहीं है देखने की 🙏

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@iam_shimorekato I think next is this line could be Arvind Kejriwal. 😄

[Pankaj Mishra @pmishra77]

@sigma1772 @JaipurDialogues Very well said and summarised.