Indian Foreign Service(2018 Batch), Career Diplomat

New Delhi, India
Joined September 2018
देहे पातिनि का रक्षा यशो रक्ष्यमपातवत् । नरः पातितकायोऽपि यशःकायेन जीवति ॥ The physical being falls off, but honor stays eternal. Immortal is not the body, but the footprints of good deeds we leave behind. #SushmaSwaraj 🙏
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Guys, as a Kashmiri who is a proud Indian. I make a humble appeal. Article 370 was not a cricket match which we have won. It’s done and dusted. Don’t spread hatred. Don’t tease. Don’t mock. We have to stay united. Convince every Kashmiri that we are the same and always together. – at New Delhi, India
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Srinagar (J&K):NSA Ajit Doval took review of security situation in meeting attended by senior stakeholders. He gave directions that common people shouldn't face any hardships. Essential food supplies, emergency assistance, & provisions should be made available on a priority basis
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From Srinagar, J&K Top Cop, DGP Dilbagh Singh tells me there has "not been a SINGLE violent incident" after #Article370 going. "No spontaneous agitation". Says Mainstream Netas detained have been kept in "hotels/guesthouses & are comfortable". Excerpts. Full intvw coming soon.
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#Article370 is anti-growth, anti-development, anti-women, anti-dalit, anti-adivasi, pro-poverty and pro-terror: Union Minister @amitshah in #LokSabha #JammuandKashmir #AmitShah
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The main window to New Delhi remains satellite TV. Last night a TV channel claimed there is green zone for journalists. That is wrong. Journalists are able to move freely, even without curfew passes. They are living in hotels all over. There is NO green zone.
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Filing this brief dispatch with utmost difficulty: situation is calm in Kashmir, but there is a certain uneasiness. Curfew is not strictly enforced. Restrictions in place, but civilian movement is allowed. A few shops are open as well - fruit sellers, ice-cream vendors
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Indian diplomacy at its best. After UAE, Sri Lanka calls Ladakh and J&K UT status as ‘Internal matter of India’. Welcomes move for a very first Buddhist majority UT in India! Huge! – at New Delhi, India
I understand Ladakh will finally become a Union Territory. With over 70% Buddhist it will be the first Indian state with a Buddhist majority. The creation of Ladakh and the consequential restructuring are India's internal matters. I have visited Ladakh and it is worth a visit.
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Mom’s emotional reaction to #Article370Scrapped is loud & clear. Like lakhs of other #KPMothers she has silently waited for this news for years. She blesses @narendramodi ji in Kashmiri & says, मोदी साहब - ज़िंदाबाद। किरण खेर- ज़िंदाबाद। Jai Ho!😍🤓🇮🇳 #DulariRocks @KirronKherBJP
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Dr. Ambedkar in our Constituent Assembly defending the need for a strong Union: "The Americans had to wage a civil war to establish that the States have no right of secession and that their federation was indestructible".
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If you would like to know why Ladakh (like Jammu) felt discriminated against in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, watch this brilliant speech of Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, the young MP who represents Ladakh in Parliament. Ladakh is finally a separate entity. youtu.be/BQGhbm7ygkY
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The passage of key Bills pertaining to Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are a fitting tribute to the great Sardar Patel, who worked for India’s unity, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, whose views are well known and Dr. SP Mookerjee who devoted his life for India’s unity and integrity.
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#Kashmir #Article370 Not just a "bold" move -going fm separate flag 2 direct administration by MHA like all UTs- its a huge move. And arguably at the right time too, with a newly emboldened #Pakistan readying 2unleash its #terror factories on #Kashmir . @narendramodi @AmitShah
#Exclusive | When the Assembly has been dissolved, the Parliament acts as the Assembly. In my personal view, it’s a bold move by the @NarendraModi Govt: Harish Salve, Sr Advocate. | #ModiIntegratesKashmir
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Signal to rest of the world: J&K is non-negotiable and constitutes a core interest on which there will be no compromise. India’s red line has been reiterated and reaffirmed, a brave new world entered orfonline.org/expert-speak/g… Brilliant analysis by my colleague @sushantsareen
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Ram, our India above everything.
A straight question: what do you think of shutting down an entire state and detaining former Chief Ministers before taking a fateful decision that affects that state and its peoples? What if it was our Karnataka next and not their Kashmir now?
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Jammu and Kashmir is not a territory divided just between India and Pakistan. China occupies 20% of the original princely state of J&K. In this light, the Indian home minister's reference to the Switzerland-size, Chinese-held Aksai Chin plateau as part of J&K is an apt reminder.
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Mandarin now compulsory in #Nepal schools. Some countries open cultural centres in South Asia 2teach language & get students 2pay 4them. But China goes ahead & pays salaries 2Nepal teachers so all schools teach Mandarin. And Nepal agrees to it!! @Chellaney
Nepal schools make Mandarin compulsory after China offers to pay teachers' salaries dnai.in/gaNB
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