Rahil Khan

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

The Argumentative Indian, Amartya Sen.
@kaushikcbasu
#EconTwitter

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

Spiderman was actually very well written + directed film this time. 🕷️🕸️

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

Electoral reforms? A classic conflict of interest, yes, but w/ the current momentum of the CJP, it’s achievable. Ensure leaders w/ integrity + ethical conduct + clean public records, & corruption, poor policymaking & weak accountability will begin to improve, 1 reform ata time 👍

[Neelanjan Sircar @NeelanjanSircar]

The most unnerving thing for those in power is that no one, not the government, the protestors, the organizers, or students, knows what is next.

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

One of my favorite authors has always been Hemingway, and he had said, quoting another author (probably GBS), that “youth is wasted on the young.” Definitely not in this case. 🪳🪳🪳

[Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 @nilanjanaroy]

Profiles in courage :) @nytimes

https://t.co/nVOTm6tfMp

[Tenzing Lamsang @TenzingLamsang]

The Argumentative Indian is back.

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

I respect the hoes that don’t even try to hide it..

[Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor]

Ah, it all makes much more sense now.

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

@manujosephsan Spain simply neutralised Leo Messi and the rest was a cakewalk.

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

why do we still have to put up with shakira madonna justin bieber in world cup finals 🇪🇸

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

How much @Lacoste is too much Lacoste? Because 16 in one summer feels like I’m testing the upper limit. 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

How many economists does it take to change a lightbulb? None. A government friendly economist will simply publish a paper arguing the darkness is a sign of robust growth.

[Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88]

Mr. @prasoonjoshi_

Can you please enlighten us on why 127 cuts were recommended for the film Panjab '95?

The same film, now renamed ‘Satluj’, has been taken down from an OTT platform in less than two days. The CBFC has no jurisdiction over OTT platforms or international releases.

Panjab '95 tells the story of Jaswant Singh Khalra, a man who exposed documented human rights abuses and paid for it with his life. If a film based on documented facts cannot be seen by Indian audiences, then the public deserves to know why.

This sends a very direct message to filmmakers and production companies: if you're paying homage to a great personality from a minority community, you'll have to face the CBFC.

Journalists should be asking the people running this censor board some hard questions. Why are some politically insensitive films able to pass with ease while others spend years in limbo?

A red carpet for Kashmir Files, Bengal Files, and Kerala Story. Roses for Dhurandar 1 & 2, a fictional documentary/explainer for the unthinkable and the unexplainable.

How does it feel to feast on four years of a director's career?

In Nehru's India, this would have been litigated in court. If filmmakers cannot tell the stories of people who stood up for justice without years of obstruction, what kind of cinema are we encouraging them to make?

Jaswant Singh Khalra Abducted again,
This time by the CBFC

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

Crazy Piketty is all about tax tax tax!

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

A referendum for a new development model
To clarify its own stance and unite its ranks, the left must propose a referendum to adopt a national solidarity tax targeting billionaires and centimillionaires
https://t.co/7XR0RM1miD

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

@samridhitewari good job

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Good morning from your Premier League champions 👋

[Bobby Ghosh @ghoshworld]

New from me: Habermas was the last of the great postwar philosophers… the most irreplaceable because he was the one who never gave up on the Enlightenment bet: that reason, properly understood, is the only reliable instrument of emancipation we have.

https://t.co/r4TaTt1wrj

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

We winning it this year! ⚽️ 🏟️ ❤️

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

This pic of @m8arteta says it all… Mikel knows how big those sensational final few minutes were today, we all do.

[The New York Review of Books @nybooks]

Pankaj Mishra on the “rupture in historical memory” that has led India to forsake Iran https://t.co/4gPMfO6Tds

[toxic king @toxicking]

I’m starting to understand the unmarried uncle..

[Rahil Khan @rkecon]

@sharanbanerjee @SupriyaShrinate Strategic autonomy. Sectors like air defence aren’t just about jobs, they’re about sovereignty, supply chain control, tech transfer & decision making autonomy. If production lines in India operate under foreign direction w/o meaningful Indian control, that raises legitimate Qs.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Thoughtful essay about @Harvard professor Michael Sandel and his efforts to encourage thoughtful, nuanced conversations about morality in the public sphere. I think he's right that people yearn for this: https://t.co/EQrHQNOZJ9