Cambridge PhD under FHahn; LSE First. *Philosophy of Economics* 1989. USA 1980-96. Led UH perestroika-for-India project 1986-92. Advised Rajiv Gandhi 1990/1
Aug 14, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
The attempted murder of #SalmanRusdhie#Rushdie deserves to be punished with all severity...
Rushdie & I had a meeting at Senate House London c 1974 when he was about 26, I 18/19. I’d done a good job as a reporter on the London Univ student paper “Sennet” (?) on a story about
the Greek military coup, or revolt or whatever, and the extreme leftist demos outside the Greek embassy.... I recall a formidable bunch of bulky bearded Macedonians (they made clear they were Macedonians not Greeks) came to the paper’s office to check on
Jun 22, 2020 • 30 tweets • 17 min read
I am surprised to find a list of errors in @ajaishukla 's noted @nytopinion piece (for @BasharatPeer?): 1. "British colonial authorities bequeathed India a border with China".. no such border was bequeathed. Curzon sent the Younghusband expedition into Tibet which killed Tibetans
Younghusband was a friend of India, author of Dawn of India etc gutenberg.org/files/48996/48…, his diplomatic & military invasion of Gyantze Lhasa in 1903-4 also seen as an insult by China who could do nothing; yes Mao et al were determined to avenge it... independentindian.com/2008/01/15/les…
