Short 🧵: Catching up on op-eds on 🇮🇳🇧🇩 written over past 2 weeks. Some below from India vantage point (conspiracy-theory-free-zone): Constantino Xavier : tinyurl.com/3rj52kww Nirupama Subramanian : tinyurl.com/4n2t9rdh C. Raja Mohan : tinyurl.com/yhx2hwb4 1/

As the Prime Minister of India is landing in Poland, a short thread on some of the interesting interactions between Poland and India throughout history. I frankly admit that being very busy today, I am putting together a thread from my older tweets.

India is watching its neighbourhood carefully, especially in Bangladesh. Read G Parthasarathy, one of India's best and brightest diplomats to know more #TheTribuneOpinion The Tribune

Excellent report ⁦Shubhajit Roy⁩ Sheikh Hasina gone, her party leaders in hiding: We could sense the anger, she didn’t listen indianexpress.com/article/world/…

Nice touch ⁦Greater Chennai Traffic Police⁩

Breaking: US & India sign a new defence agreement.Security of Supply Arrangement will give priority on delivery and procurement of critical defence supplies. defense.gov/News/Releases/…

Good Morning India, from The Tribune The Tribune. Today’s packed front page includes PM in Kyiv, Ukraine, & how he’s getting there (via overnight train), plus a new political alliance in J&K. And then there’s Romi, extradited home — Read us! Watch. Listen.

Bangladesh crisis underlines the necessity of political risk management. Important piece by ⁦Sanjaya Baru⁩ indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Modi met Zelenskyy in Kyiv, but the truth is that the Russia-Ukraine war is really an argument between Russia & the US on Russia’s place in the world. My column #TheGreatGame : Modi’s Ukraine visit is the message only in The Tribune ⁦The Tribune⁩ tribuneindia.com/news/comment/t…

Just turning up in nations’ capitals with a fawning press & drum rolls isn’t necessarily the epitome of FP conduct. Articulation of issues of common interest by leaders and honestly answering questions posed by journalists on potential trade offs & hurdles is part of such visits.

In light of the Kolkata doctor rape case, Sadaf Modak reminds us about the haunting Aruna Shanbaug case that saw another hospital assault in Mumbai in the 1970's

#BalochistanMassacre | At least 38 people have been killed in a series of militant attacks in #Balochistan. What does this mean for the region? And will it distract Pakistan enough for peace in Jammu and Kashmir? Nirupama Subramanian takes a look. newslaundry.com/2024/08/27/mas…

#BalochistanMassacre | At least 38 people have been killed in a series of militant attacks in #Balochistan. What does this mean for the region? And will it distract Pakistan enough for peace in Jammu and Kashmir? Nirupama Subramanian takes a look. newslaundry.com/2024/08/27/mas…

The great A.G. Noorani is no more. His caregiver says he died this afternoon in Bombay. Ghafoor, as his friends called him—and I am proud to have been among their ranks—had been ailing for some time but was still working furiously on a book he had hoped to complete, on the

R.I.P Mr. A.G. Noorani. A man of rare intellect, strong likes and dislikes. I was fortunate to enjoy his affection and encouragement. Thank you, for leaving behind a rich repository of research.

Gulshan, Dhaka this evening … Life moves on #Bangladesh

Ghafoor Noorani (1930-2024) was a journalist’s journalist, erudite, versatile, brave, fiercely independent, passionately committee to citizens’ rights and constitutional values — and inexhaustibly productive on issues that matter. Here’s Frontline’s initial tribute to its

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