Nikhil Mehra Profile picture
Lawyer practising at the courts in Delhi. Eager to learn about things unknown. RTs are not personal endorsements. Often they are meant to mock.
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Feb 14, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
Sachin's word isn't outcome determinative and he doesn't have to say a single word until he knows what's happened. All this misdirected anger is because people assume that Sachin has the obligation to fight their battles. He doesn't. BTW your Messiah, Dravid, does the same. Ordinarily fucking endless paeans will be written on Dravid's greatness but when suddenly it is time to take a stand, his unwillingness to do so is immediately forgiven and forgotten and suddenly we're reminded he isn't the legend that Sachin is. Make up your fickle minds.
Sep 4, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
What is the exact problem with this thread? The ancient religions, globally, whether the Greeks or Romans or Egyptians or Indians never divorced sensuality from divinity. They never criminalised sexuality and they never demanded asexuality in either religious allegory or devotion You may find an image offensive because I think you recognise the insulting intent of the maker of the statement. But please don't narrow down your theological constructs to accommodate a recognisable basis for this disapproval. The above-reproach system that the Abhrahamic
Nov 28, 2019 18 tweets 13 min read
Since it is inevitable that #ShivSena will be secularised and portrayed as those who fought for Marathi pride, I think we should crowd source a reality check thread. Here's my first contribution: indiatoday.in/india/story/pe… 2. #YoSenaSoSecular In the context of the controversy of the day, ie, the one caused by @PragyaTiwari (couldn't resist. Kshama) here's another gem from the Sena stable. business-standard.com/article/econom…
And the new Chanakya himself: indiatoday.in/india/story/sa…
Mar 25, 2019 15 tweets 3 min read
An election thread today. I don't do numbers; I'm not a psephologist. But I do understand strategic posturing. More specifically I'm intrigued by the behavior of the Congress of late. It is clear that their desire to not enter into coalitions across states is entirely by design. What could be the motivation behind this? A) 2019 is a complete write off and they want to preserve their identity even if the means a total collapse in seats. To be in a coalition and end up with 50-75 seats again is an utter disaster for them even if they keep Modi out.
May 8, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
Every time Sibal and the like have gone bench shopping, the CJI has had a riposte. Today's was perfectly executed by the CJI. Past actions much more questionable. Gone are the times, people used to wait for retirements and roster changes to file matters. Now they want an excuse to select the bench for themselves. Any one of the great seniors would have either taken the bench head on on the legal question of impeachment or, knowing full well that the matter can't be decided against Dipak Misra during his tenure (for paucity of time), would have argued