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Interested in History, Islam, India, Nazria e Pakistan and the genetics and epigenetics of obesity. Opinions can change. Twitter is for testing them

Jan 23, 2022, 9 tweets

An interesting tidbit about the difference in honor culture between gorkhas and plains Indians (from general mitha's memoirs)

Working with Americans.. (these were special forces officers setting up the ssg for Pakistan)

Visiting Fort Bragg.. And anti Jewish prejudice in the American army

General mitha's opinion of Yahya khan

General hamid "keeping an eye on the qadianis"

Baloch regiment recruits eating 8-12 chapati a day for the first 3 weeks.. Bcz first time they got to eat all they wanted in their life

Yahya khan misbehaves, and apologizes, comilla 1964

Middle class bengali nationalism, a little anecdote

Meeting the great akhtar hamid khan, who later started the orangi pilot project

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