Anatomy of An Indian Liberal Pre – 2014 ~ Class~ Privileged ~First Language~ English ~Religious Denomination~ Convenient Atheist... Except Grihaparveshs, Naamkarans, Weddings, Cremations. when every ceremony old & forgotten is dredged out, flaunted. ~Celebrations~ Eid, Easter, Christmas, Diwali, Holi… ~Food Habits~ Private ~ Personal Statement ~Ram Guha thinks. Therefore, I am. Romilla Thapar thought. Therefore, I was. The Mughals gave us art, culture, architecture, cuisine & the Brits gave us English, railways & Nehru. ~ The Beauty of Poverty ~Knowledge of India extends to 4 people in the servant quarters, Goa which tragically is losing its Portuguese flavour & our hills which no longer remind one of Scotland. ~ Syncretic Culture ~Bound by single malt, kababs at Karim’s, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Joy to the World … ~ Social Register ~Ticked off as ARRIVED if nephew’s wife’s brother connected to the NAC and/or runs a NGO. ~ Lexicon ~The vulgar includes a few French terms with Fcuk. Never the vernacular even at the most vilest. ~ Mission Statement ~People Like Us Are In Charge. So, The World Is Beautiful.…

Both The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far are based on real events and, in my view, are exceptionally well made. I first watched them in school at my father @SatishBahri insistence. He was a paratrooper and for him these weren’t merely films but reflections of battles studied in IMA and understood in professional depth. Soon after, we visited Omaha Beach in Normandy and Arnhem in Netherlands. Those places don’t just tell history. They hold it. Perhaps that’s the difference. The older generation experienced these stories as history brought to life; today, they’re often judged as just another film.

Information has to be converted into messaging, strategy etc. His (probably western) consultants suffer from cultural ignorance and Dunning-Kruger, just like Rahul does. Plus, Rahul has a way of overriding not-bad advice in favor of his own superior wisdom.

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Just days ago, Rahul Gandhi bragged with his usual arrogance that he has *complete* insight into what the government and PM Modi are thinking, thanks to a steady stream of ‘inside information’ from the judiciary, bureaucracy, and other agencies. Basically hinting at sabotage. Strange then, that with all this supposed access, he seems blindsided in his own backyard by the recent Meenakshi Natarajan episode. It also raises a more basic question: with so much privileged information at his disposal, how has he still managed to lose close to 100 elections? So it’s worth asking: Is the information flawed?
Does he simply not have competent people around him to filter, interpret, and act on it?
Or is he being fed a steady diet of gossip - something he has shown a distinct appetite for? Because for someone drowning in inputs, the output looks remarkably clueless.

चाचा नेहरू एकदम ऑपोजिट थे ।

You may be aware @NBDwrites that just before tge 2014 elections Pappu claimed Intelligence personnel were approaching him with all sorts of privileged information. Pappu was merely an MP and was not entitled to receive any such information. He should have been arrested together with the informants. However his mummy was incharge! Now, his mummy is not in charge! He just makes things up!

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It is very unfortunate, but the reality is that the Indian elite - significant exceptions aside - has been coopted by the US. It need not be any kind of malevolent cooption always, but in effect avg elite member is OK with US dominance. They reserve their bile for fellow Indians.

As Rajini Kothari described it's the Congress Party system. It morphs as needed to suit the gullible. The only objective is to get and stay in power. Eg Support for TVK despite contesting against them. Now talks about absorbing TMC.

Very well explained the basic premise and nature of these CONg offshoot parties. These parties were created to dominate specific regions. They relied on local mafia power structures, strongmen, and intimidation tactics to loot & keep their vote banks intact. One side allegedly operated through networks linked to Dawood, while the other relied on Is1amist elements from Bangladesh to continue its influence.

Criminals themselves running to sit in prison vans? Only possible in current West Bengal. Arrested TMC goon Nityananda Adhikari rk escape the egg attack outside the court- has run away to sit in prison van. The fear in the eyes of hooligans is REAL. This is the CHANGE.

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Simply "moving on" incentivises bad behaviour. The depravity of the Mulos and the media which coined certain terms to normalise/lessen the import of these vile actions ie "sexual malfeasance" remains. The public must be reminded everyday of what happened and who did it. And.. 1/2

CM @SuvenduWB should order a probe by a judicial commission. The 15 year rule of Mamata Banerjee was no less than a rein of terror. A sitting judge of Calcutta High Court should head the commission. People of West Bengal are reacting after having suffered the brutality of TMC Govt, its ministers, MLAs and party workers read goons. They mustn't go unpunished.

@INCKerala @vdsatheesan ജമാഅത്തെ, മുസ്ലിം ലീഗ് സ്വാധീനത്തിന് അടിമപ്പെടുന്നു എന്നതിന്റെ സൂചനയാണ് തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തു കേട്ട വെടിയൊച്ചയും വക്കഫ് തീവ്ര നടപടികളും ഒരു സ്‌കൂളിൽ നടന്ന റാഡിക്കൽ ഇസ്ലാമിക പ്രവർത്തിയും. ഈ പോസ്റ്റ് ഒന്ന് വായിച്ചാൽ നന്നായിരിക്കും..ചരിത്രം പലതും പഠിപ്പിക്കും

Will Indian Legal System and Judiciary punish them? 1984