Rupak

Federalism, History, Economics, Aviation. Tweets personal, unrelated to organisations I am affiliated with.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

Wonder Weapons, Artillery and Industrial Capacity
Drones have rightly emerged as the Wunderwaffe of the current Russo-Ukraine war and other recent conflicts. Inexpensive unmanned systems have reshaped reconnaissance, targeting and many forms of attack. Lieutenant Colonel Vitalii Korniienko, commander of Ukraine’s 7th Artillery Brigade, says that roughly 95 per cent of battlefield hits in his experience are now produced by drones. This does not mean artillery has become obsolete. Rather, drones have displaced much of artillery’s traditional role in engaging individual targets, while the vulnerability of gun positions to persistent drone surveillance has made the massing of guns for large barrages increasingly dangerous. Guns are therefore dispersed, heavily concealed and used for short fire missions — while retaining a critical role against targets that drones cannot reach because of electronic warfare, weather or other limitations.

https://t.co/9iPwoSSMWt

[amit gupta @Glgupta09]

@RupakChatto And in Okinawa Japanese protesters can protest outside the marine encampment for a set period of time on a particular day.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

Even with 40,000 extra police, Delhi's police to population ratio was lower than Paris on a good day.

[कुशल मेहरा @kushal_mehra]

I hope all the morons who never listen to me when I remind them that the police-to-citizen ratio in India is abysmal, and when the 40000 cops came to Delhi, that number was still not enough. India needs more cops, not less. Especially in Indian cities. Get the cops bodycams and more training. But having more cops does not make us a police state. Western democracies perform better because they have more cops, so they can manage these things more efficiently. But despite having more cops than us in ratio, they are fed up with weekly protests now.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

@manojmanoj1951 @praveenswami Of course the Admiral L.Ramdas and his wife Lalitha were well known connoisseurs of Mutra Cola.

[Ajay Ahlawat @Ahlawat2012]

Bunker Busters”: Deep Targets, Shallow Stocks.

A good explainer by CSIS.

https://t.co/HdvABTjKMq

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

“French PM Lecornu officially declares that the ongoing riots are no longer a student movement. The French government will no longer treat the riots as "student protests" but as "urban violences". 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬”

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

Not surprising to see this cosplay given how Rushdie was under threat for years from a Hindutva fatwa and he was blinded in one eye by a Hindu nationalist.

[Diksha Basu @dikshabasu]

“Celebrate the cockroach,” said Salman Rushdie, and “I am a mama cockroach,” Mira Nair said, both to loud cheers and claps around the room. 🪔

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

@MohdHuzaifaKha2 That is the conventional view in the established literature.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

The problem with India's sasta gobar brained intellectually lazy LeLi-s is that they fixate on words and use them without understanding their meanings or context (regime change, fascist, revolution) much like they hero worship without having read or understood their work (Marx, Dreze, etc).

A Regime change imples a change in the system (the fundamental political rules and institutions), not merely a change in the government (the people or parties currently in power). The term does not mean a change of government—the routine replacement of one set of officeholders or parties by another through elections, resignations, or coalition shifts.

A regime refers to the fundamental rules and institutions that structure political power: the constitutional order, the methods by which authority is acquired and constrained, the relationship between state and society, and the basic principles that justify rule. The collapse of the Soviet order, the Iranian Revolution of 1979, or the post-1945 reconstruction of Germany and Japan are examples of regime change. A new prime minister in a parliamentary democracy is not.

A regime change in India, that implies replacing a constitutional government through extra constitutional means. Even following the Emergency, Mrs.Gandhi' defeat in 1977 was NOT a regime change. It was a ROUTINE transfer of power. The system held; the government changed.

Those calling for "regime change" are NOT democrats and must be opposed by anyone intersted in preserving democracy.

Those who casually call for “regime change” in India while remaining inside a functioning constitutional democracy are therefore either misusing the term or, more dangerously, signalling a willingness to break the regime itself. Breaking this regime, you will have to live with the consequences of whatever replaces it—consequences that history shows are rarely the ordered, progressive order that its advocates imagine.

[Kaushik Raj @kaushikrj6]

I am surprised this needs to be emphasized in a democracy. Seriously, what's wrong if someone wants regime change? This is what democracy is. Nobody is here to rule forever.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

Despite what is often repeated ad nauseam, it is not possible to have a complete separation of powers in any parliamentary system. These syatems are anchored in a fusion of powers. Constitutional amendments are not regime changing per se, they may however aid regime consolidation. In the conventional literature regime chnage has a very specific meaning.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

@MohdHuzaifaKha2 In which case the opposition is expected to keep pressure on an existing government and prepare itself for the next election, rather than threaten Dhaka or Kathmandu. The threat to unseat a constitutional government by extra constitutional means is regime change.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

@MohdHuzaifaKha2 Which does not constitute regime change.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

@MohdHuzaifaKha2 That is exactly what it means.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

@greatbong Are you playing Asur or Durga?😀

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

Good

[LawBeat @LawBeatInd]

🚨🚨BREAKING | Attorney General R Venkataramani grants consent for criminal contempt proceedings against journalist Nikhil Wagle and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut over their statements concerning CJI Surya Kant.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

@_vonarchimboldi Anon troll using word salad. Blocked.

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

Unlike you, Unc Bro is actually an intellectual. Your one tweet shows that your either can't read or can't comprehend anything with even a small element of complexity. Don't waste people's time with useless tweets and labels.

[Aditya Chauhan @sirfaditya]

Good essay which talks about economic costs of political protests (read disruptions). Lessons for pro-free market enthusiasts (which also includes me btw).

"In December 2020, ASSOCHAM put out a rough estimate of the loss from the farmers’ agitation at Rs 3,000 to 3,500 crore per day for Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir. Lost turnover overstates lost output because some purchases are deferred to another day or another shop. But Ahsan and Iqbal find that multi-day political strikes in Bangladesh reduced the likelihood of a firm making an export shipment by 6.3 percentage points. Some shipments can be rescheduled, but countries with higher levels of political disruption face a comparative disadvantage as foreign buyers seek stable markets."

https://t.co/MwZRvK1MJu

[Rupak @RupakChatto]

As usual, Indian journalists assume that nobody else knows anything about the outside world. In Bern, where Switzerland's Federal Parliament is located, demonstrations on public property generally require prior authorisation. The deadlines range from one week for small gatherings to three weeks for most demonstrations and six weeks for major rallies exceeding 10,000 participants. During parliamentary sessions, demonstrations on Bundesplatz are permitted only under specific conditions, including a maximum of 50 participants and restrictions on noise, with access to Parliament kept unobstructed. Organisers must also comply with applicable laws and permit conditions. **The right to protest does not mean the right to ignore the law.**

Here are the regulations https://t.co/vP4psjW9NO "Nationalrat will mehr Einfluss auf Bundesplatz und \"Bundesmeile\""
https://t.co/1Ac9E6cYFY "Kundgebungen / Demonstrationen — Stadt Bern"
https://t.co/1Ac9E6cYFY "Kundgebungen / Demonstrationen — Stadt Bern"

[Chitra Subramaniam @chitraSD]

@rwac48 In Switzerland it’s in Bern in front of the Bundeshaus or Federal Parliament

[Vansh Arora @BeelzebubJagga]

Clashes broke out between shopkeepers and CJP protesters at Connaught Place.

Shopkeepers are losing lakhs every day, while these protesters care more about their political careers than people’s livelihoods.