Cogito, ergo sum confusion. I write, edit, and teach writing. I write at prempanicker.substack.com , article archives at authory.com/PremPanicker
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RT @SushantSin: If there is only one piece you read today, let it be this one from the absolutely brilliant @mukulkesavan. Last two paras p…
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Why do you think they say "fire cleanses"?
EVMs Linked To 15 Constituencies Destroyed In Kolkata Fire, Probe On ndtv.com/india-news/evms-lin…
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And he flipped you the finger. Your boss can go do photo-ops in France. You'll do what?
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Spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio this evening. I reiterated India’s strong protest at the attacks by the US Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners. Such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified.
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One good thing has come of all this: that nonsensical 56-inch boast has been quietly interred.
Jun 13
Look at the public statement released by Rubio. This is what this lot - Modi, Doval and Jaishankar- have reduced India to. Unable to protect Indian lives, and being threatened when one of them tries to mildly object about it. Modi’s silence, of course, is the most galling.
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People, remember what grandma told you about the unwisdom of flinging weighty projectiles while you are inside a glass house? Yeah, that.
Jun 12
Journalism isn't stand-up comedy,
but you are a clown for sure. 🤡🤡
Reading fake whatsapp forwards on the national television is not journalism.
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Jun 13
"Calling someone nice is a way to not call them something worse, at best. Otherwise, it's an out and out slur."
Excellent take on Williamson. Read:
Saying goodbye to Kane Williamson, a nice guy who finished great
espncricinfo.com/story/kane-…
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Jun 13
When politics seeks to weaponise culture, history offers a useful reminder: art has always been propaganda as much as beauty. From Mughal miniatures to colonial portraits to modern political symbolism, power has always tried to paint itself into legitimacy. Fascinating essay by @UnamPillai :
livemint.com/mint-lounge/ide…
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Jun 13
Teach them young, hindutva style: See the two young boys, in the red and green shirts, hitting with impunity kids much bigger than themselves.
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Jun 13
Research is the order in which the writer finds the story. Structure is the order in which the reader experiences it. The whole craft of narrative nonfiction lives in the gap between the two: (Link in next tweet)
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Jun 11
The historian Eric Hobsbawm: “What has made football so uniquely effective a medium for inculcating national feelings, at all events for males, is that the … imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of 11 named people.”
No more true than during the anthems.
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Jun 11
I suppose this is international cooperation in action.
Our dear leader will strongly condemn atrocities elsewhere (selectively).
Now their turn to condemn killings of Indian sailors.
Jun 10
Yesterday, had a telephone conversation with the Amir of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
We had a detailed discussion on the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Strongly condemned attacks on Kuwait’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Reiterated our support for dialogue and diplomacy for restoration of peace and stability at the earliest.
Appreciated Kuwaiti leadership’s continued efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of the Indian community in Kuwait.
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Jun 11
Warns who?
Jun 11
India Warns Against Attacks on Civilian Shipping in Strong UN Address
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Oh? You've been mute, also blind and deaf, since 3 May 2023. Why change now?
Jun 11
STORY | Manipur government will not remain mute spectator to atrocities: CM Khemchand Singh
Following the recovery of six bodies in Manipur's Kangpokpi district, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh said the state government will not remain as mute spectator to atrocities, according to an official statement issued late Wednesday.
The bodies are suspected to be of six persons of the Naga community who were abducted from Leilon Vaiphei village in Kangpokpi district on May 13.
After nearly 24 hours of sustained search operations involving around 450 personnel of Manipur Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and Assam Rifles, assisted by sniffer dogs and forensic teams, the mortal remains of the six persons were recovered Wednesday afternoon, police said.
"The deceased are believed to be among those taken hostage from Leilon Vaiphei on May 13, 2026," they added.
The bodies emerged a day after 14 Kuki individuals who were abducted by armed groups in Manipur's Senapati district nearly a month ago were released.
READ: ptinews.com/story/national/m…
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Too many obituaries read like extended CVs: awards, milestones, filmographies. This one understands that a life in art is bigger than a ledger. Instead of counting Bharathiraja's achievements, it situates him inside the language, landscape, music and moral imagination that made him possible. A wonderful example of how to write about a life in art. Read :
Jun 11
A terrific essay by Swarnavel Eswaran: Bharathiraja (1941-2026): The earth remembers its own scroll.in/reel/1093483/bhara… via @TheReel_in
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"Thank you President Trump for your warm wishes..."
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Three Indians missing after U.S. attack on ship off Oman thehindu.com/news/national/w…
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🇸🇴 Nunca vi algo así. En Somalia hoy se llenó un estadio para recibir como héroe nacional a Omar Artan, el árbitro al que Estados Unidos le negó la entrada al Mundial. Increíble.
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TIL that I can now abuse as long as I do it in iambic pentameter
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Delhi court stays order for FIR against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for posts on ‘Newslaundry’ journalists
scroll.in/latest/1093461/del…
The court noted that the words used by the commentator were in the form of a shayari or poetry and did not name any person.
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RT @SushantSin: A site that did independent journalism collapsed. Journalists' lives were turned upside down. Their devices were taken away…
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Who was it who said: Our country is poised on the edge of a precipice. It is time to make a great leap forward.
Jun 11
WTF does that even mean? Running without direction, aim and purpose ? No? How juveline do you have to been to celebrating surpassing a Congress PM’s tenure. Modi genuinely has inferiority complex as does the whole Balatkari Junta Party.
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