Pakistan symbolises the lingering presence of Muslim political power in India. It keeps alive the memory of the Islamic invasions that began in 712 CE, when Muhammad bin Qasim invaded Sindh: @IbnKhaldunIndic
A thread on this fabulous piece. 1/6 theprint.in/opinion/pakist…
Pakistan is not a state in the conventional sense. It is to India what Granada was to the Spanish Reconquista—the last post of Islamic retreat... There is no real “idea” of Pakistan. The nation is not the embodiment of an idea, but the expression of hatred for Hindus. 2/6
Jan 9 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
"I made myself read the remarks of Judge Peter Rook after the trial of Akhtar Dogar, Anjum Dogar, Kamar Jamil, Mohammed Karrar & Basam Karrar. In para after para, the judge outlines what those Pakistani-heritage brutes did to their victims." 1/6 telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/0…
“Years of sheer torture...great brutality... torment and distress.. apart from using her for sexual gratification you coerced her into providing sex to vast numbers of strangers. Up to four or five men would be invited to addresses so they could have sex with her." 2/6
Sep 4, 2024 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Awesome article by @DalrympleWill. I wish the writer was an Indian. Sadly, it has fallen upon western scholars to write about India's civilizational achievements. A nation that has memory-holed its past cannot build a confident future. A thread.
1/14 theguardian.com/world/article/…
"In Britain, our education still gives us the impression that most of the great scientific advances of antiquity were the productof the brilliance of ancient Greece. We learn about Pythagoras and Archimedes at primary school..." 2/14
May 23, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A short🧵on my latest, where I push back against the narrative that Putin has made Russia a satellite of China. I argue that Russia is too important, too resourceful and too proud a civilization to accept Chinese vassalge. (1/6) firstpost.com/opinion/putins…
Narratives of a compliant Russia beholden to China not only animates discussions in Washington and in the western capitals, but also in New Delhi where it is taken as axiomatic and drives a paranoid discourse. (2/6) firstpost.com/opinion/putins…
Apr 21, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Napalm-level truth bombs in this @tavleen_singh piece. She argues that behind Modi's popularity and irrelevance of the elites, lies decoloniality. But there's more. A 🧵
"I met nobody in rural India who saw Modi as corrupt and autocratic." indianexpress.com/article/column…
"What is it about ‘autocratic’, ‘dictatorial’ Modi that attracts ordinary voters more? The answer that I got to this question on my recent travels in rural India is that people have seen changes in their lives, and they believe that these changes have happened because of Modi."
Sep 22, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Clueless, pontificating western journalists and 'South Asia specialists" should spare a little time to read Captain Amarinder Singh's column, a former soldier, military historian and former chief minister of Punjab.
indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
"When I met Trudeau as Chief Minister of Punjab on behalf of the Government of India in February 2018 at Amritsar, I handed over a list of nine A-category terrorists to him for action. But the Canadian government chose to ignore the list completely."
May 30, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
British newspaper The Guardian gave extensive coverage to #MeToo movement, all the time while this was going on inside its premises.
And when an FT reporter wanted to file the story, her editor killed it. Read the thread. nytimes.com/2023/05/30/wor…
May 19, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Biden admin's 'dual' strategy of intensifying strategic partnership with India, while pressing Modi govt on 'values' through disinformation campaigns, is unsustainable. US may think it's a clever strategy, we think it's duplicity.
A 🧵on my latest. (1/8) firstpost.com/opinion/the-bi…
US State Dept's latest report on 'religious freedom' in India is based on data sourced from advocacy groups such as Indian American Muslim Council, a radical Islamist organization, and Christian evangelist groups. Conflict of interest is clear. (2/8) firstpost.com/opinion/the-bi…
Mar 14, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
China may not have America's troop presence in West Asia, but it possesses huge leverage that Beijing has put to use while brokering the deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia. A thread on my latest piece. 1/9 firstpost.com/opinion/china-…
The deal projects China as a responsible major power, catches the US — the resident power broker in West Asia — between a rock and a hard place, and puts forward Beijing’s statement of intent as a legitimate stakeholder in the region. 2/9 firstpost.com/opinion/china-…
