Professor and Associate Academic Dean, JSLH, JGU. China, IR, Politics, Theory, Climate Change; via Mumbai, JNU, Yale. ex IDSA and ICWA.

Joined June 2011
Necessary illusions and emotionally potent oversimplifications...
Avinash Godbole retweeted
Lt Gen VMB Krishnan, #ArmyCdrEC & All Ranks express deepest condolences on the demise of Lance Naik Ebet Paloh of #GajrajCorps who gallantly made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty. #IndianArmy stands firmly with the Bereaved family. लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल वीएमबी कृष्णन, #आर्मी_कमांडर, #पूर्वी_कमान और सभी रैंक #GajrajCorps के Lance Naik Ebet Paloh, के ड्यूटी के दौरान सर्वोच्च बलिदान पर गहरी संवेदना व्यक्त करते हैं। #भारतीय_सेना दुख की इस घड़ी में शोकाकुल परिवार के साथ है। #पूर्वी_कमान #कर्तव्य_पथ_पर #EasternCommand #InTheLineofDuty #LestWeForget @adgpi @SpokespersonMoD @HQ_IDS_India @indiannavy @IAF_MCC @official_dgar @ProDefKolkata @IndiaCoastGuard @HQ_DG_NCC @GajrajCorps_IA @PIB_India Facebook - facebook.com/share/p/1P413Rt… Instagram - instagram.com/p/DeteAN2PwfI/…
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💔 BREAKING NEWS अत्यंत दुखद व अफ़सोसजनक! अरुणाचल का वीर सपूत देश के लिए शहीद... भारत-चीन सीमा पर तैनात भारतीय सेना के 32 वर्षीय जवान Lance Naik Ebet Paloh ने 19 अक्टूबर को उत्तरी सिक्किम क्षेत्र में कर्तव्य पथ पर अपने प्राणों की आहुति दी, जो भारतीय सेना की गजराज कोर की दूसरी अरुणाचल स्काउट रेजिमेंट से ताल्लुक रखते थे। सवाल यह है... क्या हमारी चीन के साथ WAR शुरू हो चुकी है ? अगर हां तो सरकार इसे स्वीकार क्यों नहीं करती ? अगर न तो इस 32 वर्षीय युवा की शहादत कैसे हुई ? जब देश को फ़र्क़ ही नहीं पड़ रहा कि चीन कितना अंदर घुस आया है, तो हमारे जवान आख़िर किसके लिए जान दे रहे हैं? ऐसी सरकार को इन शहीदों को श्रद्धांजलि देने का भी हक़ नहीं है। अश्रुपूरित श्रद्धांजलि! 🙏🇮🇳
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some cold take this.
Our #50WordEdit on outgoing ITBP chief’s statements
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Ten astrological predictions for next 5 months 1) The air quality in Delhi NCR region will deteriorate steadily, and become unbearable. 2) AQI values will be worse than 400, reaching upto 1000 and beyond on some days. The govt. will deny it all, claiming between 145 to 320 at the most. They'll reject citizen readings claiming it's all scaremongering. 3) Massive hate campaign against Punjab parali burners will begin November first week, and continue for next 45 days. 4) Some attention and lip-service will be paid to other major reasons like road dust, construction dust, power plant emissions, vehicular emission, solid waste burning, etc. Govt. will pretend to be very serious around mid-December. 5) Kiran Bedi will post 3 times on AQI crossing 900 we are dying help. No one she'll tag will respond. 6) New announcements on making Delhi liveable will be made around January. 7) Diwali firecrackers will see the same round of appeals and abuses, as in previous 3 years. 8) Supreme Court will express deep concern and warn the governments to act else we'll step in. Then, nothing will happen. 9) This will continue till end-Feb and peter out on its own. 10) Around October 25, 2027, the above 9 will start in a loop. Enjoy Amrut Kaal 🫡
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
Two months after Yusuf Pathan broke away from Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Gujarat government has decided to allot to the former cricketer, a disputed 978-square-metre Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) plot over which he was served an encroachment notice two years ago. Written by: @aditijf 🔗indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
Stampede in Kolkata, shoot out in Mumbai, deaths in Guna - all BJP ruled states - but it is India’s youth asserting their democratic rights in Delhi that are causing anarchy.
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
Two men who punched a minor girl then dragged her onto the road, continued to hit her, and ripped her t-shirt got bail within 24 hours. Meanwhile, remand extended for two guys who waved the tricolour. 🤷‍♂️
#Breaking Delhi Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court extends CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka’s judicial custody by 2 days. Das and Ranka have been in jail since October 14. @SauravDassss @AshutoshRanka @Cockroachisback @CJP_for_India
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
Pallavi is one of the most honest regime shills. Completely honest.
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
“Lawrence Bishnoi Sahab” The respect Delhi Police has for gangsters… Wish they showed even 10% of this courtesy to students and activists who are doing nothing but protest.
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Abhijeet, Ashu & Saurav will go down as the first Indians after 1947 to be jailed for unfurling the national flag 🇮🇳 Our youth has shown remarkable courage in the face of a govt that has only contempt for it. By doing so, the country has been awakened.
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
Delhi Police still hasn’t given any information about where Neha Bora is. They’re not even allowing her lawyer to enter the police station. Please, everyone, come together at Parliament Street Police Station in Delhi. We need answers about where Neha Bora is.
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
I know I should be angry -- and I am. I'm furious. But God, I'm so very tired. I know that's the outcome they want. But....I'm just so aghast and empty. Dissent is NOT illegal. Questioning power is not illegal. Asking for your voice to be heard as a citizen is not illegal.
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
In the van Neha has been detained there were two people in civil dress who are not detainees! We demand to know has Delhi Police hired people outside their force? Is Neha safe?
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
It is 10:40 pm at night. Delhi Police Parliament Street Thana is not letting a delegation enter the police station. We are asking where are @neha_aisa and @abhijeet_dipke ? How can they detain a woman beyond sunset? If she is arrested they must disclose the details.
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The Government has panicked unimaginably and responding with ridiculous knee jerk reactions. All of Delhi is iconic, precious in heritage terms, strategic. How long can it ban residents of Delhi from all public spaces parks n gardens and lockdown commercial markets?
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RELEASE NEHA NOW.
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🚨 SOS! 🚨 AISA President Neha Bora is being detained alone at the Anti-Narcotic Task Force, Mangolpuri. It is almost 8 PM and there has been NO communication with them. Their associates are being denied access and held outside by 7-8 people who are in civil dress.
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
🚨 UPDATE ON NEHA BORA There is still no information about Neha Bora’s whereabouts. Delhi Police has not provided any clarity regarding her current location or status.
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
Neha Bora & Abhijeet Dipke have been abducted by the Delhi police. They have not disclosed their whereabouts, nor allowed them to contact their lawyers or relatives. All totally illegal. Why? Only because they wanted to wave the National flag in Connaught Place!
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Avinash Godbole retweeted
My take - Protests are meant to be seen heard and make you feel uncomfortable- that’s why it’s called a protest - my issue is not why Jantar Mantar was denotified -but is the right to protest being ‘denotified’?- India is not a police state. Delhi cannot be a police capital. You have to allow dissent- 👇
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