Been a soldier and a lawyer, but I gave up fighting others' battles! https://t.co/kDhPez8EOw https://t.co/coiW4unBGe
Apr 23, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
How many of you know this incident in Kerala about two weeks ago? A person managed to come down from Delhi to throw petrol on the passengers and put them on fire even as the train was entering a bridge. Only luck restricted the toll to 3 including a child.
The person left all information about his identity at the site for the police to capture him easily. He was a Muslim and, what more, he had come from Shahinbag, Delhi.
Why would a terrorist leave clues for the police?
Mar 7, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
In 1986-87, Rajiv Gandhi Govt set up six technology Missions (headed by Sam Pitroda) to tackle some of India’s fundamental problems. The focus areas were:
Rural drinking water,
Literacy,
Immunisation,
Edible oils,
Telecommunications, and
Dairy production.
The now famous and highly successful Polio Vaccination programme was one of the outcomes of the Technology Missions. When the Mission was set up, India had zero indigenous production of polio vaccines!
Apr 10, 2020 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
This is a thread on the suggestions made by the Opposition Leader of Kerala, @chennithala to the state Govt. Equally applicable to most state Govts, in these testing times!
1/n1. All newly created posts equivalent to Cabinet Rank be abolished forthwith, there by saving the salary and perks of those functionaries and their personal staff! 2/n
Dec 5, 2019 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Cabinet has approved the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Some are defending it blindly. Some are genuinely supporting it out of their concern for the 'persecuted religious minority' from neighboring countries even as they actively contribute in persecuting the minority in India!
The point is, the CAB has nothing to do with saving the persecuted religious minorities. Its only aim is to persecute India's largest religious minority- Muslims. Let me elaborate through this thread. 2/n
Sep 2, 2019 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Revisiting the Tryst with Destiny speech by Jawahar Lal Nehru, and sharing a few snippets from it in a thread.
Reflecting on those words in the light current developments makes me realize why it is considered one of the best speeches of all times.
"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially."....
