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Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 Profile picture
@YusufDFI
Sep 6, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Trust me, this is not new.
A few years ago, my supplier in Taiwan made business cards and couriered me, about 300 of it. I was made to pay customs on it. About ₹1000. Cost of making cards in India is ₹1 each.

And I don’t want to get started on my regular commercial shipments.
My supplier sends compliments in my shipment. For them its as a matter of routine, but ends up costing me in delayed clearance & ₹ as customs want invoice & packing list for it. And also a share of the compliments, or all of it 🤷‍♂️.
I requested my supplier to stop sending
And this rubs off in policy making too. GST is applicable on free samples and free services. Like banks have to charge 18% on free services on a deemed value 😂😂
Talking about tax & taxman,

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Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 Profile picture
Jun 2
China threatening India over #IndusWatersTreaty.

Let’s unpack this.

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China, as upper riparian to several rivers, is warning India: Don’t deny Pakistan its share under IWT or we’ll do to you, what you are doing to Pakistan. Threatening to "turn off the tap."

This threat came even before India has done anything on the Indus waters.

China has already played its hand — and the irony runs deep.

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China is upper riparian of Indus, Sutlej & Brahmaputra.

But “turning off the tap”? It’s not that simple.

Most of the water in these rivers comes from precipitation within India, not from Tibet, controlled by China.
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Besides, China isn’t just threatening — it’s already been maximising water usage for years.

Without any formal treaty or obligation, it’s been exporting very little and using as much as it wants for its own benefit.

There’s no "on/off" switch — they’ve been squeezing the tap gradually and selfishly.
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May 18
#OperationSindoor

India-Pakistan conflict in the Information War Overhang

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While India and Pakistan may not be engaged in full-scale war, information warfare is very real—and Pakistan plays it like a survival tactic and plays it well.

A militarily weaker Pakistan tries to offset battlefield losses with narrative dominance.

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Pakistan is a military-led state—devoid of moral compunctions—with control over media and messaging. This allows them to run coordinated info ops—fast, cohesive, and aggressive.

For them, losing on the ground isn’t the end. Surviving to fight another day is the victory.

They even manage to show themselves as victims rather than the perpetrators.
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What do the Pakis say about their defeats in full blown wars?

They didn’t even accept their dead soldiers in the Kargil War.

They have won on the negotiating table, what they lost on the battlefield, by manipulating our leaders.

Why? Because in the narrative space, truth is optional.

This helps them shape perception at home and abroad—even when the facts suggest otherwise.
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May 14
#OperationSindoor

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People criticising India’s Rules of Engagement on Day 1 because we may have incurred losses need to understand the context - Day 1 was not meant to be an all-out war.

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Day 1 was like the Kargil war - strict boundaries - don’t cross the LoC. In #OperationSindoor, our objective was to strike terror targets, and the political directive would’ve been to not target Pak military assets. IAF’s hands were tied - by design and it operated with that.
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Could we have gone for air superiority before striking terror camps? Sure.
But that would’ve been a declaration of war.
And it wouldn’t have been a light strike, like we did on May 10 - it would’ve meant massive, overwhelming force.
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May 13
#OperationSindoor

A thread 🧵 on potentially a serious shift in the Indian Subcontinent’s nuclear dynamics.

India struck the Nur Khan base, and probably Kirana Hills which is denied by India. Both are linked to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

But these were hit by 1 or possibly 2 missiles, which shows it was a demonstrative strike. It was not meant to destroy, but to signal.

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These were not large-scale decapitative strikes. They were deliberate, precise, and political - designed to show one thing - India can reach your most sacred sites.

And you can’t stop us.
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That message appears to have hit home. Pakistan’s suing for ceasefire may reflect a realisation that their nuclear deterrent, which it has long used as a shield to prevent punishment from India for its terror war, is vulnerable.
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May 11
#OperationSindoor
My thoughts as the conflict comes to an uneasy end.

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India has achieved its objectives - punitive strikes following the Pahalgam terror attack and showing our strength after Pakistan’s attempts to target India with drones and missiles.

Our objective was limited and not to capture territory. We were not mobilised for it.

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After Pahalgam terror attack, India struck 9 terror targets in Pakistan and PoK. Importantly, strikes reached deep into PakJab, Bahawalpur HQ of JeM, Muridke of LeT.

Reports suggest kin of LeT & JeM chiefs among other terrorists were killed. JeM’s own chief led funeral prayers.
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On the night of 07/08 and the day, in the face of Pakistan relentless shelling on civilians and drone attacks, India attacked several cities in Pakistan- including Pindi, Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi with drones, targeting air defences, C&C etc. One HQ-9 was destroyed.

Even before Pak could think about retaliating, India went up the escalation ladder.
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May 5
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12 days after the #PahalgamTerrorAttack, we remain resolved to impose punitive costs on Pakistan. At this stage, the Indian armed forces and intelligence key challenge is what targets to hit that will establish deterrence.

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 Under “normal” conditions, terror launch pads are known—but they’re temporary. But these by now may have been dismantled. Pakistan was clearly ready with its military plan. They’ve followed their playbook, as I’ve submitted in the quoted thread.
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 So not just the launch pads, but even known buildings may have been emptied.

A significant clue: Pakistan ordered the closure of all religious seminaries in PoK fearing an Indian strike on them. These are the breeding grounds for terrorists. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
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