Shashank Iyer

Smile and the world smiles with you; weep and you weep alone. Views are my own

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

@DovSFriedman

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

@DovSFriedman Better than I expected.

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

@DovSFriedman Good ppl on both sides, very fine people #bothsides

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

@DovSFriedman Yea this is an extremely stupid perspective

[Faheem Younus, MD @FaheemYounus]

So I’m hearing many myths about #COVID-19 and would like to quickly clear the record.

Coronavirus will go away in Sumer months.

Wrong. Previous pandemics didn’t follow weather patterns plus as we enter summer, there will be winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Virus is global.

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

@DovSFriedman No get out?!?!? #staywoke

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

@DovSFriedman Most powerful statements for me: “And I think there is no rational answer for what has happened, except that we pretended to be what we were for fifty, sixty years.... India is becoming the country it has always wanted to be.”

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

How an Afghan refugee rekindled his love of cricket in his new home: Kansas. https://t.co/qMqeLSaPux @espncricinfo

[World Politics Review @WPReview]

To deliver on other proposed reforms, Sri Lanka's new government will have to get national reconciliation right. http://t.co/8SRNRbMRRj

[World Politics Review @WPReview]

Rejecting Rajapaksa at the ballot box twice in a year, Sri Lankans sent a message to their new government. http://t.co/ooCl6Mywh5 @skiyer15

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

fascinating historical perspectice: http://t.co/1GQ4mnLolC

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

My piece on getting Reconciliation Right in Sri Lanka After Rajapaksa http://t.co/mYgHsBZiE9

[Yale Journal @YaleJournal]

Write for us! We are looking for submissions: articles, op-eds, #photoessays. http://t.co/OoeFYdIJYt #CallforPapers

[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

Why has #Turkey handed out over $1 million in fines to NGOs helping keep #Syrians alive?
http://t.co/8Jbb9mcrAg

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

Powerful political cartoons by Juan Zero - Syrian Political cartoonist #syria #refugees @myartcv http://t.co/mbe2EiMCun via @YaleJournal

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

RT if this was your catch of the night

A stunner from @finnysteve!
https://t.co/FQvUyqKo4o

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

@DovSFriedman please check yourself...there are cubs fans around here... https://t.co/qTSLi0wqJ5

[Dov Friedman @DovSFriedman]

The #Nats are Rembrandts of losing. Nay. Michaelangelos.

[Archive: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim @JimYongKimWBG]

My dear friend & colleague Sri Mulyani Indrawati will take your questions on #facebook at 7:00 a.m. EDT #gender

[Shashank Iyer @skiyer15]

congrats!! @DalrympleWill https://t.co/VAfcgbdwyl

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

I've just heard I've won the Kapuscinski Prize! Off to Rome tomorrow to pick it up