Host: @indiarisingmk series. International Relations, @AU_SIS 2016. Op-Ed Columnist on Geopolitics. Indian. Bangalorean. ಕನ್ನಡ తెలుగు. Also @kishor_narayan
May 6, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Thread on Shekhar Gupta’s attack on @Tejasvi_Surya. On 29 Apr, Shekhar Gupta, out of the blue, accuses Tejasvi Surya of missing in action, despite knowing well that the MP was doing rounds of various hospitals in Bengaluru. Why only Tejasvi Surya? Think about it.
On 4 May, Tejasvi Surya unearths the bed scam. So, despite best efforts by Shekhar Gupta to distract Tejasvi to come out and answer Shekhar, Tejasvi manages to find the root cause of shortage of beds. Does that imply that Shekhar knew what Tejasvi was trying?
May 2, 2021 • 29 tweets • 5 min read
Results for assemblies of 5 states is a mixed bag for everyone. Thread.
Lets start with the Left parties. They should now realise (if not already) that this is game over for them in WB and there is no way they can stage a comeback in that state. Bye bye West Bengal! However in Kerala ...
Jan 4, 2021 • 28 tweets • 13 min read
Long Thread on #Turkey|’s 🇹🇷 role in #NagornoKarabakh and what India 🇮🇳 has to learn from this new dimension of asymmetric warfare!
Turkey 🇹🇷 supported #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 not just diplomatically (supported by diplomats) & logistically (sending mercenary forces as reported by Reuters) but also by selling #BayraktarTb2 drones tilting balance against #Armenia 🇦🇲
Apr 8, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Bangladesh has made a high-profile arrest in Dhaka’s Mirpur cantonment area yesterday. Capt (dismissed) Abdul Majed, convicted for killing Father of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was arrested by Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC). 1/10
He is one of 12 killers who connived in killing Mujib and family members in a coup in 1975. After retiring from the Bangladesh Army, he was posted at diplomatic mission in Senegal and also served the Bangladesh government until 1996. 2/10