Vibhu

Nationalist, geopolitics and strategic affairs, Listener. Re-tweets are not an endorsement

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@VijayGajeraO @abhijeet_dipke Please don’t disturb Dipke. He is still recovering from typhoid and is on a strict diet of coke and Amrut as so seen openly on media. Poor guy hasn’t been able to go to Jharkhand and Kerala even !!!

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@thewire_in You guys are so lost out. Try to be relevant sometimes but I guess your allegiance prevents so

[Vibhu @vvssays]

Follow the money, the network and the timeline

[Dr. Deepessh Divaakaran (Dr. DD) @md_deepesh]

We watched a student protest become a national spectacle.
Barricades fell.
Cameras arrived.
Algorithms caught fire.

Then Meta apologised.
Meta also confessed about paid amplification of content.

But the stranger story may be elsewhere.
Behind the microphone.

So I opened one file.

SAURAV DAS.

2016.
Amity University.
Journalism & Mass Communication.

2017.
At 18, he started filing RTIs.

Soon his world is courts.
Police.
Government.
Judicial.

A journalism graduate.

But surprisingly, doors begin opening.

2021.
Thakur Family Foundation funds him.

Who is Dinesh Thakur?
An American Citizen.
Pharma Veteran.

2021.
During Covid,
Thakur criticised Indian vaccine regulation.

Now you know why India rejected Pfizer and Moderna Vaccine?

2024.
Pulitzer Center lists Das as a grantee.

Pulitzer’s donor ecosystem includes:
Gates Foundation.
Ford Foundation.
Open Society Foundations.
Luminate.
Norad.

And Sourav’s network keeps widening.

2025.
Lillehammer.
Norway.

Das appears at the World Expression Forum.

Then comes 2026.

CJP erupts.
Exam outrage.

And the journalist is no longer merely reporting politics.
He is speaking for the movement.

Then comes the GK-I flat where he lives.
Which is a plush 9000 sq. ft. Villa.

And what is the rent of flat as per market estimate?
~₹8 lakh a month.
~₹96 lakh a year.

Just rent.

I am asking what investigators ask:

What are his complete income sources?
Who funded each grant, trip and project?
And who finances CJP’s national machinery today?

Then another door opens.

A diwali party.
Hosted in the same flat.
Allegedly by Sourav Das.

Attendees?
Arvind Kejriwal
Ratna Singh.
Arfa Khanum Sherwani.
Former SC Justice Sanjay Kishan.

And then the coincidence gets more crowded.

CJP already has an unusual AAP connection.

Abhijeet Dipke.
Ashutosh Ranka.
Ajinkya Shinde.

And suddenly an older screenplay returns.

Before AAP became AAP.
Kejriwal and Sisodia were associated with Kabir foundation.

Kabir received money from Ford Foundation.

Now return to GK-I.

A young journalist.
International grants.
European forums.
Thakur Foundation.
Pulitzer.

Then political mobilisation.
Then CJP.

Then a gathering where India's most famous AAP leader reportedly appears.

Meanwhile,
Dipke has an AAP past.
Ranka has an AAP past.
Shinde has an AAP past.

And today, all roads somehow meet inside the same new movement.

Coincidence?
Maybe.

Political ecosystem?
Clearly worth examining.

Proxy organisation?
A possibility worth investigating.

Consider this post a warning shot to Bharat’s investigative agencies.

Follow the money.
Follow the networks.
Follow the timeline.

And then comes the uncomfortable question.

Why did BJP leaders lend legitimacy to this movement before its networks, funding and leadership were fully understood?

Was it political miscalculation?
Poor intelligence?
Or is there another chapter we still haven’t opened?

[STAR Boy TARUN @Starboy2079]

Some questions to Saurav Das related to his employment history and income
@SauravDassss

Publicly available information on Saurav Das’s education and career (from his LinkedIn profile and recent media reports) indicates the following:

Saurav Das was born on 28 January 2000 in New Delhi.
He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication at Amity University, Noida (2016–2019).
During his undergraduate years he began filing RTI applications (from around 2017).
He interned at the NDTV news desk in New Delhi from December 2018 to January 2019.
He has described himself as working as an independent journalist since around August 2020, focusing on law, governance, the judiciary, crime and transparency.
His bylines have appeared in outlets including The Caravan, Article 14, Al Jazeera, The Wire, The Hindu and New Lines Magazine.
He has also been associated with a Pulitzer Center grant for investigative work.
Between October 2021 and April 2022 he worked as a Video Post-Producer at Monks (Noida).
From May 2022 to March 2023 he worked as a Content Associate at GLG (Gurugram), involved in financial research on American companies.

Questions that remain open on the public record (framed as requests for clarification, not assertions of fact or wrongdoing):

1. Can the educational qualifications (BA Journalism & Mass Communication, Amity University 2016–2019) and the listed employment periods be confirmed with publicly shareable documentation if he chooses to do so?

2. What have been the primary sources of income (freelance journalism, grants, other professional work, etc.) since the end of the GLG role in March 2023?

3. How does the timing of the shift to full-time independent / grant-supported investigative work (including Article 14 pieces and Pulitzer Center-supported reporting) align with the end of salaried employment in early 2023?

4. Are there any public disclosures regarding foreign grants or institutional support received for journalistic projects since 2019–20?

5. It is now publicly established (through videos, his own police complaint, and Delhi Police response) that he occupies a residence in the premium Greater Kailash-1 (GK-1) area of South Delhi. On what basis, as a journalist with no documented full-time salaried employment after March 2023, is this occupancy sustained?

These points are limited to information already circulating in the public domain or logical follow-up questions about a public figure’s professional trajectory and publicly confirmed residential circumstances

[Jyoti Gokhale Pendse 🇮🇳 @priority_n]

Homage to the former Chief of Army Staff, #PadmaVibhushan

GENERAL ARUN SHRIDHAR VAIDYA
PVSM, MVC & Bar, AVSM
9 DECCAN HORSE
on his Punyatithi today.

In his distinguished career he fought three wars. on Aug 10, 1986 He was assassinated by terrorists in #Pune .
#KnowYourHeroes

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@KirtiAzaad Don’t you see yourself in the mirror everyday!!!

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@neha_aisa When are you going to Kerala???? Or is it off beat with you??? What a loser

[Anchit Gupta @AnchitGupta9]

As this weekend of revisiting Operation Safed Sagar draws to a close, perhaps the last word should belong to No. 17 Squadron, the Golden Arrows.

This is how they closed their Squadron Diary in July 1999, at the end of the war.

#IAFHistory

[Vibhu @vvssays]

This is an outstanding interview

[Pawan Kalyan @PawanKalyan]

After watching this interview by
Sri Arnab with Shri Harish Salve ,Former Solicitor General of India on @republic channel. I have felt lot of apprehensions will be cleared to anyone who is opposing FCRA Bill.

Sri Harish Salve being a devout Christian says that, FCRA bill is not against one particular ‘religion or two’ but making foreign funded NGOs accountable and transparent in the interest of our country.

https://t.co/iRwFKQ29VV

[Augadh @AugadhBhudeva]

🔴 Must Watch 🔴
“Foreign Algorithms Are Quietly Conditioning the Minds of India's Youth” - Mallika Bajaj

Mallika Bajaj is a digital transformation expert who studies how technology affects the way people learn, behave and think.

Digital transformation architect Mallika Bajaj argues that foreign social media algorithms are engaging in “cognitive warfare” by conditioning Indian youth through an Algorithmic Cognitive Reinforcement Loop (ACRL). Bajaj suggests these platforms prioritize “Four Vs” (Viciousness, Virality, Vulgarity, Violence) over truth, prompting a need for Indian cognitive neural sovereignty and indigenous technology development.

Credit : ANI Podcast With Smita Prakash Clips.

[Vibhu @vvssays]

That’s what real leaders are.

[Mountain Rats @mountain_rats]

With one of the heroes of the 1999 Kargil War — Dhanoa Uncle. 🇮🇳 A true national hero. When he was serving as India’s 25th Chief of IAF.

He was badly injured after having to eject from his MiG-21 (thanks to HAL ! ) suffering a severe back injury and a broken leg. The injuries led to significant weight gain, but his determination was unshaken. He worked his way back to fitness, cleared the medicals, and remarkably returned to flying MiG-21s.
Born in Deoghar, Bihar (now Jharkhand), he is the son of a former Election Commissioner of India who also served in Bihar (Bihar IAS Cadre) He studied at St. Xavier’s in Ranchi and Patna before clearing the RIMC entrance examination.
He later joined the NDA as part of the 52nd Course and was part of the “Echo” Squadron. He did his staff college in 1990-1991.
His sister and my mother were classmates. He studied at the same school as my father. They were also in the same course and squadron at the NDA and attended Staff College together as well.

A beautiful memory shared by my father from his days at NDA with Dhanoa uncle

At NDA, from our first term till our fifth term, our Echo Squadron had been winning the Academy Drill Championship. In our sixth term, towards the end of the term, the finals for the Drill Championship were just a few days away. The Passing Out Parade practices had either just started or were about to start.
During a squadron practice, some of us sixth-termers played a few pranks that must have crossed the line, at least as far as our senior Drill Instructor, Subedar Faquir Singh, 5 SIKH, was concerned. He became so emotional that he simply walked away.
We were aghast.
An hour later, all the sixth-termers were standing at “Attention” in front of the Divisional Officer’s office. Lt Allan Rodrigues, Indian Navy, came out, gave us one look, and he too simply walked away.
We felt deeply ashamed.
Three days later, things returned to normal only when we, including the Squadron Cadet Captain, the Cadet Sergeant Major and the other appointments, presented the Championship trophy to our Drill Instructor, apologised to him, and then asked him to march us to Lt Rodrigues’ office. Once again, we stood outside his office.
The Cadet Sergeant Major went in to give the report. Lt Rodrigues came out, smiled, and said, “Vanish before I ask you all to do some front rolls!”
Years later, the Cadet Sergeant Major—now the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa—called on the now 85-year-old Honorary Captain Faquir Singh at Hoshiarpur and paid his compliments.
This is how you respect your Drill Instructor

[Vibhu @vvssays]

This is how deep the rot is. Fantastic work by @Starboy2079 A must read

[STAR Boy TARUN @Starboy2079]

Super Boss, Boss and Puppets (Thread)

2020-21
COVID was a painful memory for many, but it proved jackpot for few people. While India was fighting its worst challenge ever, a man sitting in the USA was quietly building his army in India

An army of activists.

1/25

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@neha_aisa @Aakar__Patel Stop hallucinating. You were removed from the stage by the students themselves

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@SauravDassss Stop hallucinating first.

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@Jairam_Ramesh You still don’t do your homework well.

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@dhruv_rathee Do you realise that you are an absolute dumb!! Oh yes, you can’t. Not your fault!!! Get a life

[Arun Golaya @Arun_Golaya]

Saddened to see some chatter (including from some veterans from sister services!) questioning the requirement of LPDs (Landing Platform Docks). In this 🧵 I will cover this and also cover the basics of “what is the role of the Navy”? 1/n

@PrinceOfGoodT @GauravT71548031 @SanjayJSingh1 @SandeepUnnithan @sanjeevsanyal

[Office Of Vijay Patel @VijayGajeraO]

Hey Pratyush,

Is accepting foreign funding a core of journalism?

[Office Of Vijay Patel @VijayGajeraO]

Hey @khanumarfa, can you please tell us how your channel, The Wire (Foundation for independent journalism), accepted ₹50 lakh in foreign funding from a US-based NGO without an FCRA?

It's from the same person, Dinesh Thakur, with whom you can see yourself in the tweet below!

[Vibhu @vvssays]

@urvashisarkar07 This just shows that you are way out of your depth!!! Irrelevant analogy, irrelevant statements, anything just to catch eyeballs. Tch Tch