On the US-Iran War (As on 21 March 2026)

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Folks, sharing some thoughts about the currently ongoing #IranWar and how it has fundamentally changed the world as we knew it.

Let’s see how it goes ..

At the outset, I begin with the hope that Shri @Bigfoot_BC and Shri @shoonyaanantah Ji would be quite satisfied by now, having heard the ‘Drums of War’ in May 2025, June 2025 and now again in March 2026.

I can only assure them that if they show a little more patience, then they and indeed we all will be ‘blessed’ with much more of the same within the next few years. This is just the beginning, IMO, and there will be a LOT more violence in the years to come.

(Link to above tweet)

Coming on to the currently ongoing war in Iran, one still struggles to find what was the political and military aim of US / Israel as they went in and attacked Iran. And then they began with an opening salvo killing everyone in Iran who could have negotiated / talked with them!

Needless to say, the regime in Iran survives.

And not only that, it had learnt lessons from previous American operations well and implemented a decentralized system of decision making and warfighting that is very difficult to break. Talking about lessons from history, whereas Iran learnt it well, the USA, sadly, failed on that account yet again. Well, atleast they are consistent that way!

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I think the quick and easy success in Venezuela might have played a part in the American decision to attack Iran. But what they didn’t factor in was the fact that Iran would actually fight back .. and fight well, at that. Of course, lack of knowledge of geography too helped them rush headlong into this disaster.
Iran is a MASSIVE country with a MASSIVE military, sitting astride a VERY narrow waterway.

And the other countries in the region are, well, minnows, militarily speaking.

(Link to above tweet)

What has happened thus far is matter of public knowledge and I don’t intend writing much about that. However, I will most definitely share this tweet from 13 years ago that perfectly summarizes most of the American wars since WW2 thus far.

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If only they had learnt from their own history, they might have given a more detailed thought before going kinetic against Iran.
But then, time for that is long gone now.
So let us see what have they achieved so far.

For one, they have achieved total surprise, but for THEMSELVES!

If they thought Iran wouldn’t attack American military bases in the region and retaliate for attacks on its own energy and economic infrastructure originating from those countries, then I might have a white coloured building in Agra to sell to you!
Iran did warn the countries in the region & offered them a way out.
Read this statement carefully.

Now guess how many of these countries have US bases that serve as launchpads for attacks against Iran!

Which brings me to the question – Could any of these countries have actually refused permission to the USA?
The answer is a resounding NO.
Why, you asked?
Well, because nearly half a century ago, they outsourced their security in lieu of agreeing to sell oil in dollars only.

This was the basic premise of the petrodollar that helped these gulf monarchies prosper and also helped the USA to run record deficit budgets and become a military and economic superpower.
It was good while it lasted, I’d say.

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The implicit promise of security that was offered by the USA to the countries in West Asia in lieu of establishing the petrodollar empire has failed miserably and even spectacularly, I’d say. They are suffering death and destruction in a war in which they have no real stakes.

Once the dust settles, would they still want the USA to be the provider of security in their region?
Will they permit use of their sovereign territories to house USA military?
More than that, will they even have a choice in this matter?
Well, my guess is as good as yours.

Most of the West Asian monarchies rely on continued economic prosperity, expat labour for blue and white collar jobs and American security guarantees to stay in power.
The system worked fine for the past 50 years or so.
But now it is under immense stress.

Lure of a Dubai or any of its counterparts in the region as safe places for business & investment is now gone forever. It is highly unlikely that they recover their past ‘glory’ once this war is over. Any money coming there will always have a contingency plan, ready to scoot.

Might there be societal pressures within these countries in case this happens? Quite likely.
Might the monarchies feel vulnerable? Quite likely.
Might they deny any more bases to USA? Quite likely.
Might the USA look for regime change in these countries?

Food for thought, no?

But then, these are questions for the future to answer.
For the time being, it is amusing to see the USA look for a face-saving measure to pull out of this war.
Dare I say, with Iran still fighting and Strait of Hormuz still closed, they have already lost.

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They have already lost an aircraft carrier, not to Iranian missiles, but to an onboard fire which some suspect was caused thru sabotage from within, after a toilet crisis!
You couldn’t make this up even if you wanted, so absurd is the situation!
And then there was the F-35 shootdown!

The bombastic statements coming out of the USA are more like the thrashings of a drowning man who doesn’t know what to do.
Reminded me if this anecdote from a war from the ‘Most Allied Ally’ of the USA!
The similarities are uncanny indeed!

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The mightiest military force that the world has ever seen, is literally begging for ‘allies’ to come and open the Strait of Hormuz.
And the potential ‘allies’ have adequately been put on notice by Iran earlier this morning.
Talk about Timing!

(Link to above tweet)

Bottomline: Geography cannot be trampled upon by brute force.
The Strait of Hormuz can only remain open if Iran wants it to remain open. The entire world in general and Gulf countries in particular are learning it at great peril.

It no longer matters whether USA declares victory and ends this war today, or carries on fighting for the next few days or weeks or months or even years.
The writing on the wall is absolutely clear.

The USA is an overstretched empire and in need of a drastic course correction.

Else, they may not last much longer.

Dare I say, that this might actually be a Suez Canal Crisis of their own for the American Empire.

The original crisis marked the beginning of the end for the British Empire.
Will this do the same for the Americans?
Well, time will tell.

What is most amusing is that ALL calls for ending the war are coming from the American side, whereas Iran sits pretty, bombing other Gulf countries at will.
And the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
The Americans do have a choice, though!
This ๐Ÿ‘‡

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Or they can do the whole ‘Boots on Ground’ thing with the few thousand marines sailing fast into the battlezone.
But then, what will they achieve?
They can’t capture Iran.
Capture Kharg Island perhaps?
But will that open up the Strait of Hormuz or give yet another target to Iran?

Basically, Shri Donald Trump is caught in a Monkey Trap.
There is absolutely no dignified exit for him.
Period.

This brings me to the concluding part of this thread – What Comes Next?
Well, let me offer what I think will come next.
First and foremost, NATO is well and truly screwed, atleast till the time Trump remains in power.

Then there is the impact on European and other world economies due to high energy prices which won’t come down anytime soon due to the extensive damage to energy infrastructure.
All in all, the world as such is screwed.

Further, in this war, we might just have seen the seeds of a larger war that will consume much of the ‘civilized’ world in the years to come.
I am not saying this is what will happen, but just that this is what MIGHT happen. Feel free to disagree.

Coming over to India in particular, the first thing that came to my mind was this tweet from my very first few weeks on Twitter, just over 14 years ago.
India is gladly looking after its own interests, as it should.
And keeping its powder dry.

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For those who may not be aware, India has been a constant presence in West Asia since millennia, back when the USA was thousands of years from being ‘discovered’!

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And before the petrodollar came it, Indian Rupee was the preferred currency there.
Do read :ย 1966: When India’s Iron Lady Buckled Under US Pressure

The aura of invincibility of US military is well and totally demolished, and I get a feeling that they will draw down substantially from their military presence in West Asia as well. Of course, the vacuum will be filled up by a number of players, instead of just one superpower. Needless to say, Indian Navy will play a major role in the region, which it technically, our own backyard, given our historical presence as well as the hundreds of thousands of Indian citizens working in the region currently.

Over the past few decades, Indian Navy has gradually expanded its presence in the region, thnx to anti-piracy ops. How many remember the destruction of the pirate ‘mothership’ some years ago, or this ๐Ÿ‘‡ anti-piracy op involving paradropping of Marine Commandos for that matter?

However, friendship at the point of a spear is not friendship. It is merely fear disguised as friendship, as the Gulf countries are now discovering to their peril. That said, the one thing where Indian diplomacy doesn’t get enough credit is for the fact that we have bridges and channels open with practically each and every party to the conflict in that region, be it Israel, or Iran, or KSA, or Qatar or Bahrain or UAE.

I doubt anyone else has it.
Now add to that Indian maritime power & see the kind of confidence all parties concerned would have wrt mutual interests
All in all, this is a really interesting time to be alive, when wheels of history are turning faster & faster.

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Mind you, the current world order was built with sweat and blood and money of the then powers. It will take an equal amount of these same things for it to be changed, if at all. I think we just might be in striking distance of that point in history again.

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Of course, none of us can claim to see the future.
So the best bet is to wait for it.
But at the same time, it would be foolish NOT to prepare for it.
The coming weeks and months and years will see blood and pain. That is inevitable.
The best we can do is to prepare ourselves.

Hence the need to keep your powder dry as I mentioned earlier in this thread.
Let this circus play out.
With the UPA era oil bonds having recently been paid off, dare I say, India already has a cushion in absorbing the shocks of high oil prices for the next few months atleast.

Of course, the USA can sanction & unsanction Russian and Iranian oil, but that doesn’t make an iota of difference to Indian energy imports.
On the other hand, it only exposes the American empire for the hollowness within
Meanwhile THIS is what Iran says ๐Ÿ‘‡

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar Ji’s famous lines come to mind:

เค•เฅเคทเคฎเคพ เคถเฅ‹เคญเคคเฅ€ เค‰เคธ เคญเฅเคœเค‚เค— เค•เฅ‹
เคœเคฟเคธเค•เฅ‡ เคชเคพเคธ เค—เคฐเคฒ เคนเฅ‹
เค‰เคธเค•เฅ‹ เค•เฅเคฏเคพ เคœเฅ‹ เคฆเค‚เคคเคนเฅ€เคจ
เคตเคฟเคทเคฐเคนเคฟเคค, เคตเคฟเคจเฅ€เคค, เคธเคฐเคฒ เคนเฅ‹เฅค

This is exactly the state of the POTUS currently, I’d say.
Meanwhile, Hormuz remains closed till the time Iran doesn’t oblige them.

As far as India goes, oil and gas continue to flow to our ports from Iran as well as Russia .. as they always have, regardless of US sanctions or sanctimony.
Rest of the neighbourhood are far more stressed than us.
How it plays out in the near future, remains to be seen.

However, one thing remains constant .. and that is the need for constant vigil in furtherance of own interests.
Just like Iran learnt its lessons from the previous operations, I am sure Pakistan too would be looking at the current Iran War with keen interest and a begging bowl.

The next round with Pakistan, whenever it happens will be much different than Op Sindoor 2025.
Good Different or Bad Different, remains to be seen.
Will share some thoughts on that at a later date.
As for right now, it is time to wind up this thread.

All I will say in the end is that there can be no surer sign of the USA having lost the plot than this.
You may play around with words, but facts will remain unchanged.

And as far as West Asia is concerned, they might want to make Dhurandhar 2 tax free!

In the end, I’ll just add this little graphic that came my way via WA.
Sums it up perfectly!

With this, I conclude this chain of thoughts.
Hope it made some sense to you. If not, well, I can definitely live with it!
Oh, and watch out for the US Bond Market over the next few days!
Cheers.
:Fin:

On the Statement of US Deputy Secretary of State on India-US Trade Deal Negotiations

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So this report just landed up on my TL.


Basically, the US Deputy Secretary of State lays out the US gameplan in the ongoing trade deal negotiations with India.
I think he has done a great service to his hosts in New Delhi by saying this out loud!
Let me explain why ..

What he has given away is the guiding principle of the US negotiation strategy. IMO, this is an absolutely idiotic thing to do because it now officially and publicly warns India of how the US redlines might look like.
It was a part that should NOT have been said out loud!

Technically, US is perfectly right in trying to preserve their interests. However, with own negotiators now having gotten an insight into what might have been discussed in closed door discussions in the US, our negotiators do get an upper hand.ย Secondly, with this having been said out loud and the RR that has already commenced against yet another ‘loss’ for the GOI, it actually further strengthens their hand by citing these very idiots and their RR in refusing US proposals that may not be to our liking.

Remember, this was the same strategy as used by the GOI when discussing the India-US Nuclear Deal and the ‘123 Agreement’ during the reign of Mr Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister, when the Leftist Parties were openly and loudly protesting against it. Even at that time, citing political opposition, we were able to hold our ground and get a much better deal. How it panned out ultimately, is a different story altogether.

In this case too, those indulging in the R@ndi-Rona and gloating about yet another ‘loss’ for GOI at hands of the USA are actually doing a wonderful service to the Motherland, even if unintentionally!

But coming to these idiots, what is making them cry is a mere statement by the visiting American. Similar statements by the GOI about looking after Indian interests are just as conveniently ignored by them. But then, at the end of the day, these are merely statements. As the saying goes, ‘Proof of the Pudding is in the eating’, and THAT will have to wait till the time the deal is actually signed.

Yes, it will be sold as a victory by both sides, just as it should be because an ideal deal is ideally a win-win for both sides.
But then, we are still far from that stage.
Till then, let us treat this statement by Landau Ji for what it is .. an ignorant slip of the tongue.

Bottomline: If mere trade deals could prevent the rise or the downfall of a great nation, then there would be no wars whatsoever .. only trade deals!
In the end I will leave this tweet that explains my chain of thoughts.

To conclude, I would like to offer a sincere ‘Thank You’ to my dear ‘outraged’ ones for their service to the Nation!

On Blurring the Line Between Cognitive and Kinetic Warfare

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So this tweet below landed on my TL some days ago. It was about ADG Strategic Comms talking about the IW and Cyber warfare that India was subjected to on the first day of Op Sindoor.
Sharing some thoughts on the same.
Here goes ..

Here’s the ANI video that formed part of the tweet above ๐Ÿ‘‡

What caught my attention was the very specific statistics that General Sharda put out in his talk.
However, the most interesting part was the fact that the attacks were launched within 30-40 minutes.
THIS is what caught my interest.
Let me explain why.

The sheer numbers of attacks and their ‘bombardment’ through cyberspace within 30-40 minutes means that the Paakis were already prepared even before the first Indian munition was fired on 7th May 2025.
They knew India would attack. And they were prepared for it.

They were prepared not only militarily, but also in terms of info warfare and cyber attacks. I think it would be a fair assumption that such planning would already have been in place since long. And when the time came, it all was let loose in a torrent.

This was the same template that they let loose during Balakot when the then Propagandu-in-Chief was the first one to announce the strikes, thereby taking the initiative in the war of narratives.

First ‘true visuals’ of the strike too were let out on social media by the same Propagandu-in-Chief soon thereafter. In doing so, Bhikharistan took a lead on the narrative front.
How effective that was the long run, I shall discuss later in this thread.

What helped the Paakis during Balakot Airstrike was also the lack of immediate visuals from IAF due to weather conditions at the time of the strike.
Needless to say, satellite imagery emerged soon thereafter, putting out the truth.

What helped further was also the fact that Abhinandan ejected over PoK after shooting down a PAF F-16 and was captured. Here too, we witnessed Paaki Propaganda Warfare at it finest!
First they announced capture of 3 Indian pilots and then shamelessly said, Na Ji .. ek hee tha!

What had happened in the above instance was that in the fog of info-war, they had counted their own downed pilots too as Indian pilots. In fact Paaki citizens actually lynched one of their own pilots to death, assuming him to be an Indian pilot.
Talk about irony!

But that is history.
My reason for bringing that out all over again was to highlight the fact that Paakis flooded the social media landscape with so many falsehoods and different versions of actual truth that true facts virtually drowned in that deluge.

As Maj Gen Sharda mentioned in his video embedded in the first tweet, we were bombarded with ‘Misinformation, Disinformation and Malinfomation’ on the first day of Op Sindoor.

Hereinafter, as per Paaki plan, we were to once again be playing catch-up on narrative front while military facts would get obliterated under this flood of ‘Misinformation, Disinformation and Malinformation’.
Unfortunately, Paakis were once again caught fighting the previous war!

This time, there was no questions of missing visuals of Indian attacks and utter and complete impotence of the Brown Panted Ones to either prevent them or retaliate against them.
This time the Awaam themselves provided proof.

On the other hand, the Propagandu Warriors of Bhikharistan could only provide bombastic claims with not one visual or other proof!
Oh, and they also hacked Indian Dams, as confirmed by their idiotic defence minister in their parliament.
Hot Air and DEAFENING Applause followed!

Btw, don’t miss what is said in the video above.
A minister in Pakistan Govt announces publicly in their very SENATE that they have attacked Indian Dams via a cyber attack.
What bigger a smoking gun can we ask for?

IMO, in this instance of Op Sindoor, the battle was convincingly won by India both in the Kinetic as well as the Cognitive Domain.
However, fact remains that even though Kinetic engagements may have petered down, attacks in the Cognitive domain still continue. The good General himself says so.

This is where I come to the question that triggered this chain of thoughts :
Is it time to consider Kinetic actions against warriors of the Cognitive domain as well, whenever the inevitable next round comes?
Mull over it for a moment before moving ahead.

Personally, I most definitely believe that time has come to physically eliminate the IW infrastructure, including its manpower, whenever the next opportunity presents itself.
A keyboard warrior in today’s world is just as lethal as one with a rifle in his hand.
Period.

It is a given that info warfare is a highly delegated operation with multiple nerve-centres feeding millions of individual social media users. However, fact remains that nerve centres play a highly important role in setting narratives and giving course-corrections wherever needed.ย While Info Warfare goes on unabated across national boundaries and without any distinction between uniformed and non-uniformed ‘warriors’, official information channels still play a key role in providing critical raw material for manipulation on social media.

These nerve-centres are what are identifiable on ground & should ideally form part of the target list whenever the next Indian missiles & bombs fly Westwards. By choking the flow of info from official channels thru physical elimination, Info Ops on the other side will definitely be hobbled.

Being the militarily weaker power, Bhikharistan naturally has to invest greatly in shaping perceptions outside as well as within their borders when it comes to conflicts with India. No wonder their DG ISPR is a Lt Gen ranked officer while the Indian counterpart is a Major General.ย However, fact also remains that more stars on the shoulder STILL does not make a horse out of an ass. Even when celebrating Pakistani ‘victories’, they pick up photographs of Indian Army!

That said, attacks on critical national infrastructure and critical national leaders, both military and non-military still continue unabated as mentioned by the ADG Strat Comms in his address in the first tweet of the thread. This is kept up even during ‘peace’ time.

THREE CRORE attacks on the National Stock Exchange itself on the first day of Op Sindoor.
Let that sink in a bit.
Imagine the chaos had even one of those attacks succeeded.
Our guys have to successfully defend 3 crore times, while Paakis have to succeed only once.

THIS is the beast we are dealing with.
The beast needs to be dealt with, not just in the same coin, but with brute physical force.
Once again, as General Sharda mentioned in the video above : ‘War is about making the adversary submit to your Will.’

To that I shall add that any & every means towards achieving that end is justifiable. Even if it means physically destroying the network supplying narratives & inputs to Info Warriors, as well as Info Warriors themselves.
THIS is the sum total of what I want to say via this blog post.

As far as the ‘FANTASTIC’ Bhikharistani win of Feb 2019 goes, it did them a fat load of good barely 6 months later when India abrogated Article 370 and all that they could do was make a song and dance about it!
Here is what I wrote at that time.
Must See!

Bottomline : It might be time to blur the lines between Cognitive and Kinetic Warfare, once and for all.
Period.

:Fin:

On the Republic Day Parade 2026

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Folks, sharing some thoughts on the Republic Day Parade of yesterday. Reason being that I personally found this parade to be a lot ‘different’ from earlier ones.
Disclaimer: Purely my personal opinions. Feel free to disagree.
Here goes ..

As I mentioned, I found this parade to be different.
To me personally, it was as much a statement of intent, as it was the yearly parade.
And it was also a statement of achievement.
Especially in light of what has gone down over the past one year.

Tone for the event was set by the very first contingent itself – 61 Cavalry. Where they had been in their ceremonial uniforms for all these years, we now saw them in combat uniform. I may be wrong but this was perhaps for the first time ever that they marched in combat uniform.

Of course, another change if you noticed in the two screenshots above was that Lt Ahaan Kumar had now been promoted to Capt Ahaan Kumar!
The young lad looked equally dashing in both types of uniforms!

Right on their heels came the very aptly named ‘Prahaar‘ Formation, carrying the flag of Operation Sindoor!
THIS is what caught my eye and for the first time, it appeared that this parade was going to be much different!

And right on cue thereafter came the tanks and various other military vehicles, as they do every year.
But this time, well .. ‘different’!
This time not only were they more in numbers and variety, but also battle-ready, given the latest experiences of last year.

The tanks were kitted with what can be assume to be drone-protective measures, the BMPs had anti-tank missiles in addition to their guns, as well as drones.
The light strike vehicles too had drones and jammers as well.

Dare I say, much of this equipment seems to have only been inducted in the past few months and operationalized just as quickly.
The very aptly named ‘Dhwansak’ Light Strike Vehicle was especially a treat to watch, equipped with quite a bit of firepower!

However, the purpose of this thread is not to chronicle all pieces of hardware that marched past the Supreme Commander.
What was different in this time was the innate confidence and self-assured supremacy of a military that had achieved a mighty victory just a few months ago.

It was not just about the equipment and the body language of the troops that marched with or without it, but it was as much about the guests of honour and how they viewed it.ย The visuals of the dais flitted equally between the President of India taking the salute, and between the two apparently very happy and very inquisitive Chief Guests interacting with the Prime Minister of India regarding the various marching contingents / tableaus.

And of course, there also was the young man who was translating for the guests whenever the need arose. He sure had a busy day at office yesterday!

The forces were NOT shy of showcasing their latest means of destruction, most of which would have made their presence felt in Pakistan during Op Sindoor, while the others would be awaiting their turn in the next round, whenever it comes by.

This was a VICTORY MARCH of the armed forces who had rained death and destruction over the enemy with cold, surgical precision. And were equally willing now to rub it in the enemy’s face all over again!
Period.
The tableau too aptly said ‘Victory Through Jointness’

And then there was the ‘Sindoor Formation’ flypast in the middle of the parade, which was dutifully and beautifully MISSED by the Doordarshan cameras!
Don’t miss the Music Credits by the IAF in this video below!

The Bhairavs were there as well, เคถเคฟเคต-เค—เคฃ in the form of Khalsas of Gobind!
The same Guru Gobind Singh Ji who hailed Lord Shiv in his beautiful hymn ‘Deh Shiva Var Mohe Ehe’!
Talk about symbolism, even if unintentional!

Bottomline : This year’s parade was VERY different from the past ones. It was not merely about the men and equipment on display .. it was about the sheer ENERGY that one could feel.
Energy of a Nation and its armed forces stamping their mark on History, and raring to go again.

As I conclude this short thread, I will leave this ode to Sepoy Badluram that was so beautifully sung on the Kartavya Path by the young ‘Rhinos’ of the Assam Regiment!
Do watch this vid for 20 seconds as they march past, saluting the Supreme Commander!

So this is what I wanted to share.
Hope you find this chain of thoughts agreeable.
If not, well, I can live with that as well!
Of course, I look forward to seeing how Pakistan showcases its own ‘victory’ on 23rd March!
Cheers and Jai Hind!
:Fin:

On the Upcoming Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi

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So this tweet regarding the Global Buddhist Summit being conducted by India landed up on my TL some time back and triggered a chain of thoughts that I shall attempt to share here.

Let’s see how it goes ..

Note : Before moving ahead, do go thru the video on the tweet above, even if in form of snippets.

I’ll begin with a disclaimer : This blog post is NOT about religion or evangelism, if at all. Instead, I intend talking a bit about our Buddhist heritage and how it has great potential in deepening ties with the near and far neighbourhood.

First & foremost, as expected, I searched for & quickly found a hashtag about the upcoming Global Buddhist Summit that seems to have been created by some good folks: #GlobalBuddhistSummit .
The event is apparently being organised by International Buddhist Confederation, New Delhi.

The existence of the International Buddhist Confederation itself was a revelation for me!
That such an organisation exists in the country speaks volumes about those who realized the importance of this heritage and the need to preserve and share it.

The motto of the @IbcWorldOrg itself give away the intent : ‘Collective Wisdom, United Voice’.

THIS is what holds a huge potential for the near and even far neighbourhood.

The common heritage of Buddhism directly links India with almost all its direct neighbours less East and West Pakistan.
Nepal : Birth Place of Lord Buddha
Bhutan : Buddhist Majority Country
Myanmar : Buddhist Majority Country that is also credited with saving the practice ofย Vipassana in its true form as taught by Lord Buddha Himself. Sh. Goenka Ji discovered it while doing business in Myanmar and brought it back to India.Sri Lanka : Yet another Buddhist Majority Country.
Tibet : The Birthplace of the current Dalai Lama, as also thought to beย the custodian of a large number of priceless Buddhist manuscripts.

Then there is Japan from where a steady stream of visitors keep landing in Bodh Gaya for pilgrimage, many of whom then settle there in matrimonial bliss with Indian spouses. This is what Google tells me ๐Ÿ‘‡

However, the first Global Buddhist Summit only happened in 2023. We were perhaps a bit late in realizing this common heritage. But as they say: Better Late Than Never!
I’d say that we have been in an overdrive since then, ‘spreading the word’ & getting like-minded folks together!

The first inkling of the sheer GOLD that India has in terms of Buddhist heritage was the reception in Thailand of the sacred relics that were sent there by us. IIRC, it was the IAF that flew the relics to Thailand and back.

(Link to above tweet : https://x.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/1764395457189413163 )

The relics subsequently travelled to Russia and Bhutan as well in 2025.
In fact Prime Minister Modi himself was there in Bhutan when the relics were on display there for the faithful.
Talk about Diplomacy with common heritage links!

The case of Russia is even more interesting, though.
Who knew that a region in Russia would be a Buddhist majority region .. and that too in the EUROPEAN part of Russia.
So technically, the relics also travelled to Europe last year!

On that note, do watch the video in the tweet below for the reception accorded to the holy relics in Kalmykia by the locals.

Bottomline : This common Buddhist heritage has a lot of potential to thicken the already existing bonds of friendship and cultural imprints throughout the Indian Subcontinent and even farther away.

IMO though, the acme of this shall, however, lie in not only deeper cultural linkages but also in deeper economic linkages.

Remember, it was an Indian businessman in Burma – Sh Goenka Ji – who brought back Vipassana to India after millennia. What is to say that the current ambassadors of the Buddhist heritage won’t find a way into translating this forum of Global Buddhist Summit into business partnerships as well?
Especially if a gentle nudge or two is given by the GOI as well?

In any case, as mentioned in the interview in the beginning of this blog post, delegates for this Global Buddhist Summit include not only religious scholars but academics as well.
Here’s to hoping that subsequent iterations will also see businessmen as well!

And as always, when it comes to the question of Buddhism, there is always the China factor as well.
Especially wrt the reincarnation of the next Dalai Lama, whenever that happens.
In fact here is what I wrote about that 14 years ago!

And true to their form, China didn’t disappoint either!
This is what they did after the First Global Buddhist Summit was held in India.


Come to think of it, we weren’t the only ones who were late in recognizing the potential of the Buddhist legacy!
And the Chinese just copied us!

This time round, thought, they have been a bit smarter .. they did theirs a week before the Indian event!

As I conclude this chain of thoughts, all I’ll say is that the upcoming Global Buddhist Summit might just be a much larger event in terms of eventual impact than what we think currently.
This is exactly what triggered this thread after I first came across the report regarding it.

It is as much about sharing the common heritage of Lord Buddha as it is about deepening existing bonds throughout the near and far neighbourhood. And I hope this includes economic bonds as well because in addition to religion, nothing else binds more strongly than money!

True impact of events such as the Global Buddhist Summit can only be seen with the benefit of hindsight, perhaps a few years or even decades after the event. One can only hope and pray that we steer this in the right direction for common good of all.

For Europe and USA, Buddhism is truly one the most ‘popular’ religions that have originated in India, thanks in large part to the charisma of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. In fact, Richard Gere even got banned from travelling to China for talking about Tibet!

However, the question of Tibet is not triggered this thought. That will be decided in due course, probably whenever the Dalai Lama reincarnates next.
That said, this unrelated event by Buddhist monks in USA is also worth following ๐Ÿ‘‡

With this I conclude this chain of thoughts.
I hope the Global Buddhist Summit becomes a regular event, either annually or bi-annually & that dividends shall include peace and harmony for all concerned.
On that note, I’ll leave this post here as well, to tickle your brains!


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On the Current Situation in Bangladesh as on 21 Dec 2025 (After Osman Hadi’s Killing)

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Folks, sharing some thoughts on the recent developments in Bangladesh in the aftermath of killing of Osman Hadi.
Let’s see how it goes.
At the outset, I’ll share this tweet from almost exactly 1yr ago. Things happening almost exactly as mentioned

Moving ahead, let me introduce Osman Hadi to those who do not know him.
Here he is, yapping about Indian hegemony.
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Mind you, this is not about celebrating his death.
But instead, this is to highlight the idiotic and utopian idea of Bangladesh being equal to India that he harboured .. something that is still being chanted by yahoos on the streets.

That said, I would take you back to the tweet quoted in the beginning of this blog post.
Hadi’s death is merely a trigger.
Even if it had been someone else in his place, there would still have been outrage and violence on streets of East Pakistan, regardless of the trigger event.

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If you noticed me mentioning ‘East Pakistan’ instead of Bangladesh, kudos to you!
Let me explain why I refer to the current day neighbour as East Pakistan.
But that would need for us to go back to the breaking apart of erstwhile Eastern Wing of Pakistan in 1971.

Trigger for breakaway of East Pakistan in 1971 was incompatibility of Bengali identity of East Pakistan with the dominant Punjabi identity of West Pakistan. If you think current day Paakis are any less racist towards Bengalis, then you might be ‘pleasantly’ surprised with this ๐Ÿ‘‡

That East Pakistan was NOT compatible with their Western masters was quite apparent as early as 1952 when the Language Riots broke out over imposition of Urdu upon East Pakistan.
21 Feb is still observed as Language Movement Day / Martyrs Day in Bangladesh :ย Bengali Language Movement

Then came the Bhola Cyclone of 1970 that killed nearly 500,000 East Pakistanis. To add insult to injury, the Central Govt in West Pakistan just brushed it aside and only offered token relief efforts in the days immediately succeeding it.
Why?
Because .. well .. Bengalis.
Period.

And then when the first and only truly free and fair elections happened in December 1970, Yahya Khan and Bhutto refused to honour the verdict that would have meant a Bengali Prime Minister for Pakistan, ie Mujibur Rehman. Heck, Bhutto even called them ‘Suar ke Bachche’ in a public rally in East Pakistan and cursed them to go to Jahannum!
Of course, he himself would soon reach there .. perhaps to prepare a welcome speech for them maybe?

Then came the events of 1971, commencing with Operation Searchlight wherein the Pakistan Army directly got involved in rape, genocide and targeted killings of Hindus in particular and Bengalis in general :ย Operation Searchlight

They raped, they killed and they burnt.
Just being a Bengali was enough of a crime, regardless of religion. Being a Hindu only added to the gravity of the crime.
Yes, those were their fellow citizens from the Eastern Wing.

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A short documentary on the women that were raped and a memorial in Mujib Nagar to etch the atrocities suffered by the daughters, mothers and sisters of East Pakistan at the hands of their fellow citizens from West Pakistan Army was produced immediately after India created Bangladesh.

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Throughout this orgy of rape and murder, the Jamaat ‘e Islami Pakistan was at the forefront with their brothers in West Pakistani Army. They fought tooth and nail to oppose the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, only to fail.

And then, in 1979, the Bangladeshi Govt of their military dictator Zia ur Rehman, Jamaat ‘e Islami was permitted to establish itself once again in the same country that it had fought tooth and nail to oppose the creation of!

What was happening was abundantly clear, esp with the benefit of hindsight as well as events in current day East Pakistan. The Bengali identity was slowly and surely subsumed by the religious identity on the basis of which India was partitioned in 1947.

In fact, Jamaat ‘e Islami was a part of the govt of Begum Khaleda Zia in 2001. Such was the turnaround, partly due to political expediency and partly also due to the growing radicalisation under the radar.

It is the same Jamaat ‘e Islami that was working furiously behind the scenes during the Aug 2024 ‘revolution’ & is working furiously today in forefront of the latest ‘revolution’.
Needless to say ISIS flags too have become part & parcel of this latest iteration of ‘revolution’.

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And what is the currently popular opinion in today’s East Pakistan?
Well, they are blaming Sheikh Hasina.
Yes, more than 15 months after her ouster, the current NON-ELECTED govt of East Pakistan blames Awami League and Sheikh Hasina for their failure to ensure peace!

This only reinforces my belief that seeds of ‘revolution’ are mostly bitter!
Once the dust settles, u realize that while breaking apart a system was very easy, building it again actually takes a LOT of hard work .. something that you may not be capable of!

Dear Leader of current day East Pakistan, Nobel Laureate Yunus, who incidentally calls himself as the Chief Adviser to the Government of Bangladesh, has proved his incompetence to govern with a bang .. literally!
Of course, he never had the mandate to govern in the first place.

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That is also why I feel that the supposed elections in East Pakistan that were to happen ‘very soon’, will not be happening at all .. atleast not in the near future.
Power without accountability is the best.
Yunus today .. perhaps a Military Dictator tomorrow?

Which brings me to the question of what happens next.
Well, in a nutshell, a LOT depends upon how Govt of India decides to act.
On that note, I agree with the yahoos of East Pakistan that it is a civilizational war. They have already chosen religion over their Bengali identity.

Now what remains to be seen is the response of the GOI.
Don’t get me wrong .. I know there are a LOT of other interested actors fuelling the fire in East Pakistan today. But the end aim for most of them is to have Indian attentions and resources diverted there, even if partly.

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As @TrulyMonica mentioned in her tweet screenshotted above, the masks are well and truly off. Debating the reason for their animosity at this point in our history is moot. What needs to be seen is what do we do (or don’t do, for that matter).

So far, by NOT doing much since the Aug 2024 ‘revolution’, GOI has ended up giving enough rope to current rulers of East Pakistan to hang themselves, figuratively of course.
And then there is the dead body of the radical Osman Hadi buried six feet under with full State protocol.

Btw, THIS is how they treated the mortal remains of their own soldiers not so long ago.
Make of it whatever you will.

Bottomline is that East Pakistan has once again reared its ugly head on our eastern borders. The only consolation is that they don’t have nukes, thanks to 1971.
But they do dream of a nuke umbrella from their West Paaki brethren!
This is a retired Colonel of Bangladesh Army giving words to his wet dreams!

Of course, they are permitted to have their delusions.
But Indian Visa is something that they will surely and sorely miss, thanks to the violence directed at Indian diplomatic missions.
Just like last year, right after the ‘revolution’!

Whether they like it or not, survival of East Pakistan without India is virtually impossible, thanks to the curse of geography.
They still owe more than a billion dollars to Adani for the electricity, for one.
Not to mention the tonnes of other imports from India.

The only thing somewhat in favour of East Pakistan is their relatively large army that is still capable of restoring peace if push comes to a shove. And this is a military that has directly ruled East Pakistan after killing the Father of the Nation, Mujibur Rehman in 1975 itself.

But would they have the stomach for it?
Or for that matter the UNITY within their ranks for it?
What are the odds that the current generation of Brigadiers & Generals of Bangladesh Army MIGHT get inspired by the relatively recent Border Guard revolt of 2009 & join the other side?

Remember, they are already acting very coy with their West Pakistani brethren ever since the Aug 2024 ‘revolution’.
Might it be because some of them actually see them as their fathers? Especially those born in 1971-72?

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What happens internally in East Pakistan now depends upon how the military acts, or chooses to look the other way. Yunus has unleashed a monster that he won’t be able to control for much longer, especially when IMO he doesn’t hold much power beyond being a figurehead ‘advisor’.

He will, in all probability, be the sacrificial pawn as a new regime assumes power in Dhaka within the next few months, perhaps even earlier.
And then the cycle of rhetoric and reality check and chaos will be unleashed all over again.

What happens next?
Well, for one, let this be YET ANOTHER lesson for the ‘liberals’, esp those within India.
Do go thru the three tweets quoted below, about how the sheep kept rooting for the wolf because he promised he had changed.

As far as India goes, the biggest concern currently should be yet another refugee influx in case situation in East Pakistan deteriorates further. Impact of such a chaos on the looming elections in West Bengal and Assam too cannot be emphasized enough.

But then, it was a similar refugee crisis that gave the pretext and justification for hacking off East Pakistan in the first place.
Thus, herein lies an opportunity as well.
Of course, the potential for exponential increase in chaos exists too.

But if the chaos can be contained within the current borders of East Pakistan, then I personally wouldn’t mind it very much.
This was tweeted just hours after the initial reports of ‘revolution’ / ‘coup’ in Bangladesh last year ๐Ÿ‘‡

Once again, with the benefit of hindsight, one can say that one mistake that we committed in 1971 was in not retaining some territory from East Pakistan in order to overcome own geographical vulnerabilities.
Perhaps destiny is giving us another chance?

No wonder the yahoos in East Pakistan feel that it was they who defeated West Pakistan in 1971 and India unfairly took all credit and the 93,000 Brown Panted Ones. No wonder they think that they also can choke off India’s North-East with ease and capture Kolkata as well!

Btw, it is the same East Pakistan which covers broken railway tracks with jute bags and hopes for the best!
More power to them, I’d say!

Coming back to the issue at hand, India has been far too benevolent a neighbour to such people for far too long.
I have a hunch that this might be about to change soon.
Whether the first manifestation comes across East Pakistan or West, needs to be seen.

Committing Indian military along East Pakistan might give a breather to the Brown Panted Ones to the West, as also an opportunity to one again try and import some more Brahmos and other munitions from India free of cost.

Reeling as they are under grossly ‘unpredictable’ water inflows in Jhelum and Chenab, they might just try something under the (yet again) mistaken assumption that India will be restrained due to events in East Pakistan.

And what about East Pakistan, you asked?
Well they are still just as expendable for West Pakistan and their friends in the USA as they were in 1965 and 1971 Wars.
So long as West Pakistan lives, anything good or bad happening to East Pakistan is fine.

In any case, East Pakistanis are very confident that India will soon come begging to them because without their money, India cannot survive!
Of course all those lines of credit that GOI has extended to East Pakistan be damned!
This is NOT a joke, mind you!

All said and done, I don’t see any easy way out of this mess for India.
Sooner or later, we WILL see blood spilled – In our lands and beyond. Thankfully, Operation Sindoor saw mostly only Pakistani blood spilled, but don’t let that fool you.
The next round will be far bloodier.

Sooner or later, we will be left with no option but to bite the bullet. I say this as a lay person with access to only open source info. The Govt has access to not only far greater information but also far greater resources.
I shall wait to see what they do, or don’t do.

But when the dust settles, I would not only want to see atleast ‘some’ land getting added to the Union of India, but also atleast the East Pakistani Army cut down to a size of not more than 30,000.

So blinded are they in their hatred for imagined Indian hegemony that they even forget the brutal rapes that their ‘found-again’ best friends inflicted upon their mothers & grandmothers
We all know what happens to those who forget their own history, right?

Talking about history, I wrote this just a few days after the Aug 2024 ‘revolution’ in East Pakistan.
Slow and steady turn the wheels of history.
The lands of Mahishasur Mardini Mata demand more blood. That is the only way to cleanse this scourge, I’d say.

Osman Hadi was just an excuse.
I don’t care who killed him. For all we know, it was West Pakistan that got him killed just to sow chaos along India’s Eastern Borders.
Or just a jealous girlfriend.
And if it was Indian agencies, well, Boo .. Fucking .. Hoo to the bleeding hearts.

But regardless, fact remains that India continues to be a benevolent giant next door to most of its neighbours. It is in East Pakistan’s favour that things go back to as they were. Else, they might just unleash a genie that will eat them up and not even burp.

As far as West Pakistan goes, well, they have already had a taste of things throughout their history right from 27 Oct 1947 all the way till May 2025.
THAT is the reason why they are now looking to sacrifice East Pakistan all over again, just so that their part of Punjab is safe.

I don’t foresee Yunus in power beyond March 2026.
In any case, there will be no elections in East Pakistan in the foreseeable future. So whosoever comes to power next will do so either at the point of a gun or thru street power or both.
This will NOT end well for the country.

All I can say in the end is that history has indeed come a full circle for East and West Pakistan. But remember, it ended with a massive orgy or rapes and killings in East Pakistan and utter humiliation for West Pakistan.
Dare I say, it is headed much the same way all over again.

I will close this thread with my favourite phrase : ‘Brace Yourselves, Folks!’
The coming weeks & months won’t be easy.
Remember, Sagar Manthan threw up ‘Vish’ before ‘Amrit’ came by.
These days too are days of immense ‘Manthan’ the world over.
Let’s wait and watch how they go!!

In the end, I will just add the past few Blogs on East Pakistan that I wrote since Aug 2024.

On the Events Currently Underway in Bangladesh (As on 08 Aug 2024)

On the Events in Bangladesh (As on 26 Aug 2024)

On the Role of the Bangladesh Army in Recent Events

On the Current Situation in Bangladesh (As on 08 Dec 2024)

On the Current Situation in Bangladesh after Arakan Army capture of Muangdaw

That’s all, folks.
Thank you for your patience!
:FIN:

On the Movie Dhurandhar

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(This chain of thoughts was first shared on Twitter on 14 Dec 2025)

Finally watched the movie late last night.
Sharing some thoughts on it.
At the outset, a hearty ‘Well Done’ to @AdityaDharFilms, @AdityaRajKaul, @RanveerOfficial, @ActorMadhavan, @yamigautam and all others associated with the film.
It is indeed a MUST WATCH.

Before anything else, I’ll share this recording from 26/11 Terror Attack which was uploaded to Youtube by @shiv_cybersurg.
If u think the Red Screen in #Dhurandhar was shocking, you are sadly mistaken.

At 4:00, Woman: “Pl don’t kill me”
Then AK-47 shots ๐Ÿ‘‡

And if you think the scenes of ecstasy in the ‘Control Room’ in Karachi as shown in the movie were exaggerated, then there is a white coloured building in Agra that I am willing to sell to you at a massive discount.

Coming on to the movie as such, it was indeed a treat to watch and that too with the Missus and both kids. Then entire hall was engrossed in the movie.
The best part, bulk of the crowd was from a generation that would have been kids at the time of Kandahar Hijack and 26/11.

That it had an impact on them was quite apparent during the intermission and at the end of the movie. The conversations amongst the movie goers were almost like whispers and the tone suggested that they were shocked at what they had seen.

Yes, SHOCKED.
Why I say so, you asked?
Well, because for one, they have never been told about Pakistan in its true colours.
As told to most of them, Pakistan is just another country with some misguided terrorists who keep on attacking India. And of course, a large number of sincere & good-hearted ISI personnel who are working tirelessly to prevent those terrorists from harming us!
Well, isn’t that what most of the Bollywood ‘Spy-Thrillers’ of the past few decades have been showing: Good Pakistanis fighting with Good Indians against Bad Indians?

Of course, none of them would dare to show this part of the actual Pakistan to us hoi-polloi.
Because that would go against their ethos .. of sleeping with the enemy.
Because .. maybe .. they want to CONTROL what we think of Pakistan perhaps?

No wonder some of them are so upset at not just the fact that #Dhurandhar is doing very well in theatres, but the very fact that someone DARED to make such a movie in the first place!
Thankfully, their opinions only matter in their own echo-chambers and not in the real world!

They are quick to critique.
And they are equally quick to run away when their own critiques get critiqued!
You see, they are only willing to criticize, because well .. it is their job!
But when they start receiving honest feedbacks, they hide their critiques and run away!

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And then they bring out the highly important sounding ‘Guilds’ to sermonize!
What is left unsaid is the fact that these ‘VERY IMPORTANT’ Guilds are, in fact, they themselves!

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What is also left unsaid is the fact that they belong to an ecosystem which seeks not just money but also love from Pakistan. Yes, the same Pakistan that would gladly call them Kaafirs, take their money and not blink an eye before taking their very lives.

But then, so blinded are some people that they are willing to even stake their very reputations on something as absurd and as idiotic as ‘Human Rights for Terrorists’

(Link to the above tweet)

Of course, they being ‘blind to the obvious’ is a very charitable explanation, because I do get the feeling that atleast a few of them are in fact, actually rooting for the other side even as they live and thrive within our borders.

Before moving ahead, I will also leave this tweet here.
Make of it whatever you will.

Coming back to the movie as such.
Much of what Aditya Dhar has shown in the film is actually open source knowledge, provided you were actually open to seeking it. This includes the Kandahar Hijack, the FICN racket including the dyes and paper for Indian currency notes and even 26/11.
What has been shown in the movie is Pakistan in all its ‘glory’ wherein even sworn enemies unite when it comes to harm India.
There is no fiction in it, mind you.
TTP had promised to halt ops against Pak Army and fight WITH them in case of a war against India.

Still don’t believe me?
Well, let me offer you a photo of a former Chief of ISI sitting at the feet of Hafiz Saeed, head of Lashkar ‘e Taiba at a rally called for ‘Difa e Pakistan’, i.e. Defence of Pakistan.
Yes, terrorists are just Paaki soldiers in mufti.

This is the part of the thread where I once again offer kudos to the #Dhurandhar team, including @AdityaRajKaul, for the brilliant research done by them. I would specifically mention the getup of the ISI guy played by @rampalarjun who is unmistakably modelled after Ilyas Kashmiri.

For those who don’t know who Ilyas Kashmiri was, here is his wikipedia page :ย Ilyas Kashmiri Wikipedia.
Do browse this a bit before moving ahead.

In case you missed it above, he was personally felicitated and rewarded by Musharraf for bringing the severed head of an Indian soldier as a gift for him. What is to be noted is not the mutilation, but the fact that he had access to Musharraf himself.

Coming back to 26/11, only an idiot would refuse to see that it was done by the govt of Pakistan.
High-ranking Pakistanis themselves have acknowledged this.
But some bleeding heart bastards here still cry at the ‘unfair’ depiction of Pakistan in the film!

The gore and violence depicted in the movie has very rightfully earned it an ‘A’ Certificate from the CBFC, but then, I doubt it would have come as a surprise to the makers. Dare I say, the violence depicted in the movie was actually necessary, thanks to its very theme.

However, what is amusing to note is that it caused atleast one adult-age actress to feel so threatened that she is now scared to have babies in this country. Well, it is purely her choice, I’d say, just like the kind of movies she chooses to do. However, I would definitely say this ๐Ÿ‘‡ to her & to all others who are HORRIFIED by the violence depicted in the movie.
My message to them is fairly summed up in the tweet quoted below.
Violence is as old as human history, whether or not you like it.
Period.

(Link to above tweet)

Fact is that we need MANY MORE such movies – Movies that don’t shy away from showing reality without need to sugarcoat it in any way, or add typical commercial ‘formula’ of song and dance.
The audience is changing.
Film-makers who refuse to see that will soon become irrelevant.

What I wrote above is not merely an opinion. It is, in fact, borne by the fact that people are actually spending money to watch #Dhurandhar.
So much so that almost all shows are running houseful.
I myself was lucky to get tickets yesterday!

BTW, if you noticed in the screenshot above, two of the three highest grossing films of the year 2025 are those that gave immense pain to a LOT of folks of that subscribe to a particular way of thinking.
It only goes on to show their growing irrelevance in the larger scheme of things.

This is what I wrote after watching #Chhaava, btw. #Chhaava and #Dhurandhar remain the only two films that I have watched in a theatre this year.

Do read the blog post linked in the paragraph above about how Bollywood has been a tool for influencing minds & thoughts.
There is nothing wrong in it, mind you. But for far too long, far too much content was influencing minds & thoughts in a wrong direction.

As far as those who are aghast at negative portrayal of Pakistan in #Dhurandhar go, I am yet to see them provide any specific instances of what is wrongly depicted about Pakistan.

For them I have a simple advice:

Step 1 : Take a Deep Breath
Step 2: Now hold it for 2611 seconds!

As I wrap up this chain of thoughts, I will paraphrase a dialogue that the character of Mr Sanyal as played by @actormadhavan says in the movie: “The beauty about time is that it changes”

THAT hits the nail on the head, IMO.
Time is cyclic.
So is the cycle of Karma.

Here I will talk about Javed Khanani and the really authentic-looking FICN printing that went on in Pakistan, apparently with help from many of our own. Firstly, once again, the actor playing Javed Khanani bore as much resemblance to the actual bastard as was possible.

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Unsurprisingly, he ‘committed suicide’ less than a month after India announced Demonetisation!
Very convenient, no?

Businessman Javed Khanani commits suicide in Karachi, leaving money laundering case unsolved

Fact is that even though Demonetisation was a bitter pill, it still had to be taken by us all because there was no other way to STOP the high-quality FICN printing presses of Pakistan.
Here’s a report from India Today : Pakistan officially printing fake Indian currency notes.
Last para just about sums it all up.

Here’s one more report about FICN ops by Pakistan.
The bastards were even using Diplomatic channels to smuggle FICN into India.
Just like they smuggled weapons on board the IC-814 in Kathmandu, btw. Google it if not aware.

Here is one more resource on the impact of Demonetisation. The ‘suicide’ by Khanani was just a small part of the actual impact on Pakistan terror machinery in particular, and their worthless economy in general.
Do watch this video in the tweet below if you have time!

Unsurprisingly, though sadly, this video in the tweet below on how rattled #Bhikharistan was due to demonetisation is no longer there on YouTube!

As I conclude this chain of thoughts, all I will say, even if at the cost of repetition, is that there are a thousand such stories that remain untold due to various factors.
These are the very history of our Nation & deserve to be told so that we don’t suffer over and over again.

Here is a short thread I had written on the topic some months ago. Must go thru it.
It is quite doable.
And I am glad to note that it is already happening in some respects, both by the film industry as well as by the NCERT.
Need to be unabashed in doing so.

As far as the bleeding-heart liberals and their really genuine tears about the well-being of Pakistan goes, all I will say is ‘Cry some more!’.
Especially since atleast one of the perpetrators of today’s terror attack in Australia seems to be a Pakistani : Link

(Disclaimer: Apparently, he was not a Pakistani. Instead he was an Indian from Australia whose son (i.e. the other attacker) had his driver’s license photo taken wearing the jersey of Pakistan Cricket Team)

In the end, I will just leave a couple of tweets on the issue of #Dhurandhar that deserve to be seen far and wide.
This one echoes my sentiments perfectly.
Now they cry as they are aggressively sidelined.

This one about how #Dhurandhar is actually being celebrated .. not just for the fact that it is an excellent and watchable movie, but also for the fact that it has caused severe heartburns in many columns.

Heck, even as some on our own side are crying about the true depiction of Pakistan in #Dhurandhar, Pakistanis themselves are thrilled at seeing their shithole of a country being the setting for an Indian film!

I will also add this thread here that talks about films and influence operations.

In the end, all I’ll say is that #Dhurandhar is a really really well made movie and a MUST WATCH, especially for the younger generation.
I look fwd to the next part. Hoping to see Khanani get ‘suicided’ in that one!
And I will leave this tweet here!

:FIN:

On the Six Month Anniversary of Pahalgam Terror Attack

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(This chain of thoughts was first shared on Twitter on 23rd October 2025.)

Btw, yesterday marked six months since the #PahalgamTerrorAttack. The world in general and the Indian neighbourhood in particular, has seen drastic changes since then.
Yet, one thing remains constant – The terror factory nurtured by the Brown Panted Ones of Pakistan.

It is a fair assumption that the tight slaps administered during Op Sindoor have caused much discomfort to the Brown Panted Ones. Their intense sucking up to the Americans and the Defence Pact with Saudi Arabia is to be seen in this light.

That India would react militarily to Pahalgam would have been rightly assumed by Pakistani security establishment. Dare I say, they might even have been counting on it, because nothing unites that country like the ‘greatest’ enemy – India.

Of course, as always, what those idiots hadn’t counted upon was the sheer ferocity of Indian response, starting from the withholding of the Indus Water Treaty, right upto the death and destruction over Bahawalpur and other terror HQs.

This time, collateral damage too, seemed acceptable to Indian planners, though they still tried their best to minimize it by timing the initial strikes in the middle of the night.

Pakistani bluff was called out yet again.

And they had nowhere to run.

Of course, they just had to respond. This was no surprise. Too much loss of face would ensue otherwise.

So the Pakistanis launched retaliatory strikes, with spectacular failure to achieve anything worthwhile.

In fact, Majority of Indian casualties resulted from Pakistani shelling of civilian areas in Kashmir.

And then they lost nearly a dozen airbases to Indian retaliation. As always, their DGMO begged for a ceasefire and was granted one.

And .. as always .. Pakistanis went to town celebrating their latest and most ‘fantastic’ victory over their most evil enemy! Their awam too swallowed the bombastic claims hook, line & sinker. Going by them, majority of Indian defence establishments in North India were destroyed!

If this is what makes them happy, so be it. What makes me happy as well is the fact that even the Brown Panted Establishment, over time, starts believing their own propaganda and thus, set themselves up for yet another round of slaps from India, as always.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan too let off some steam across the Durand Line.

Once again, so fantastic was the Pakistani ‘victory’ that they had to agree for mediation by Qatar to get the Taliban to agree for a ceasefire.

Even in ‘victory’, they couldn’t convince the ‘losers’ of Taliban to agree to a bilateral ceasefire.

And somewhere in this duration, the total number of dead of Pakistani security forces crossed the 1,000 mark even before India celebrated Diwali.

Some victory, this!

Btw, the ‘Attack on Pakistan will be considered as an attack on Saudi Arabia’ clause of the much celebrated defence pact never went into action as the Taliban brutally and systematically depanted the Brown Panted Ones!

Talking about de-panting, I’ll just leave this tweet here before moving on with this chain of thoughts!

Meanwhile, the Brown Panted Ones & their democratically elected puppets were going ‘Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na’ on their fantastic contributions to the Gaza Peace plan. What they achieved was getting their PM treated like a servant by Trump and called upon to publicly grovel before him!

Btw, Don’t miss that disgusted expression on the face ot the Italian Prime Minister in the video above.

Also don’t miss the slimy smile on the face of the Bhikharistani Prime Minister in this video below!

Meanwhile TLP continues to burn Pakistan in protest of the same Gaza Peace Plan that Shehbaz Sharif so proudly endorses with President Trump.

So where do we go from here?

Well, expect yet more provocation from Bhikharistan, either directly or indirectly, possibly even from the direction of Bangladesh. Why I say this? Because a snake just cannot NOT bite, regardless of the consequences.

The only thing holding them back is the uncertainty over the likely Indian response. The Brown Panted One might consider themselves to be ‘warriors’, but at the end of the day, they also want to stay alive.

And during Op Sindoor, Indian missiles landed far too close to them.

Recent statements from highest echelons of Indian Govt, right from Prime Minister to the Chiefs have been greatly indicative of even more death and destruction in Pakistan during the next round. In fact, they seem even be daring Pakistan to do something!

Here’s a chain of thoughts shared on that some weeks ago :

And knowing Pakistan, they will soon give us another chance to do what needs to be done.

All I will say is Brace Yourselves, Folks, for this time it will be bloodier, including for own side. All that remains to be seen is the how, when and where of it.

:FIN:

On the Visit of Afghan Foreign Minister to India and some Related Issues

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This chain of thoughts was shared on Twitter / X on 10-11 Oct, just before the Afghan-Pakistan border heated up.

Army Chief said it as bluntly as it can be said :

Do watch the one-minute long video of the Chief addressing his troops before moving ahead. Do note the key words that he mentions.

Now the reason this short clip of the Army Chief piqued my interest was the fact that he wasn’t the first one or the only one from the highest echelons speaking thus. In fact, the first such instance was Prime Minister himself when he promised the Navy their dues in next round!ย 

What has followed since are similar statements:
EAM : PoK is an integral part of India and will return to India.
CAS : Manohar Kahaniyan (Don’t miss the part about planning for next round!)
And Raksha Mantri : Road to Karachi goes via Sir Creek.

Here are the videos :-

Feel free to disagree but IMO, this is as good an announcement of what has already been planned for the inevitable next round as and when it happens. When does it happen, is something only the ‘powers that be’ would be privy to. All I can guess is that it is a matter of mere months.

And dare I say, the Brown Panted Ones too have gotten the message.

Of course they had to reply.

And reply they did .. in impeccable English & near-perfect grammar.

However, they were still not done patting themselves on their backs when the bleddy Indians outed their FANTASTIC trick!

Talking about impeccable English, they have indeed come really far since this fiasco of March 2022 when they ‘won’ a similar engagement against the Indian Brahmos launched at them mistakenly!

Of course the alacrity with which the Bhikharistanis acted to secure moral and diplomatic support for their otherwise bankrupt country and its Brown Panted Aand Forces was yet another giveaway of the very real anxiety.

Let me plug here a couple of ‘candid’ photographs of Shri Field Marshal Saheb with Shri Nobel Aspirant Ji during his recent visit to the US of A! The first one is what he wanted to be seen as doing. The second one is what he actually did over there!

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Btw, this is the same Donald Ji who is now their latest Baap!

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Truly made for each other – Bhikharistan and Amreeka!

‘We have rare earths‘, said the Brown Pants Chief to POTUS Ji during that meeting. Seeing the orange head bob up & down in excitement, the Brown Panted One continued .. ‘So rare are they Janab, that even our old Abbu, the Chinese were not able to find them!‘ ‘In fact we too are still searching Ji‘

They offered not just a shipment of tonnes of ore to Amreeka, but also a whole new port at Pasni to do that. Of course, the Amreekis would be expected to develop that port by their own money because .. well .. BHIKHARISTAN doesn’t have any!

‘So happy is our Dearest Newest Pitaji that they are also supplying us the latest AMRAAM Missiles’, said the Brown Panted Ones to their awam that was still lining up for free atta!

‘NOW let us see how ‘Endia’ will administer the next slap in Sindoor 2′, they crowed to themselves!

However, the next slap started not with a fresh volley of Brahmos Missiles, but with a tweet by the Indian Prime Minister to his friend President Trump, congratulating him on the Gaza Peace Plan!

Incidentally it was the same ‘Peace Plan’ for which Bhikharistanis were patting themselves on their backs for their ‘immense’ contributions! Even POTUS thanked them.

Ironically when ppl saw their ‘immense’ contributions & questioned them, they were quick to run away .. as always!

America has betrayed us .. AGAIN, they cried!!
And as if to prove them right, the same day the US Embassy in India let out a statement that there was never any question of providing any missiles to the Bhikharistani Aand Forces!

Btw, talking about the Brown Panted Ones, here is a really inspirational story about how they fought in Erstwhile East Pakistan in 1971, in the words of one of their own!
Not to be missed!

Rattled, Bhikharistan also swiftly denied any ‘offer’ to US to build Pasni Port! In really beautiful English, they said that it was only an ‘exploratory’ conversation, despite reports of Brown Panted Chief himself proposing it thru his ‘advisors’! (Link: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/10/06/purely-exploratory-pakistan-denies-reports-it-proposed-us-to-build-pasni-port/)

Btw, Here’s the report citing the proposal by Shri Asmi Munir’s advisors about the wonderful ‘once in a lifetime’ proposal to the US to come and sit in Pasni!

Believe what you want to, but all I will say is that it is par for the course for Bhikharistan!

What I personally believe is that the most valourous Brown Panted Ones are desperate for an American military presence in Bhikharistan in order to use that as a leverage / insurance against the inevitable next round of slaps from Indian Armed Forces, this time including the Navy!

Why else would they want yet another port for purely commercial purposes when Karachi and the much vaunted Gwadar are already available fairly close to each other in any case?

Food for thought, right?

Then came the latest blow to Bhikharistan .. it actually commenced with PAF striking Afghanistan, including Kabul in response to ‘terror’ emanating from Afghanistan!

If ever there was a back-handed endorsement of the Balakot Airstrikes of 2019 and Op Sindoor Airstrikes of 2025, it was this!

Of course, shortly thereafter landed the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan in India for a SEVEN day official visit!

Bhikharistanis went crazy with indignation!

HOW DARE, HAINJI?, they shouted!

You see, Afghanistan was supposed to be Bhikharistan’s ‘strategic depth’!

India is engaging with Taliban, some from Bhikharistan shouted.
Upon hearing this, Irony tied a suicide vest to itself and exploded in the middle of Durand Line out of sheer disgust!

Why, u asked?

Well, because Pakistan was one of the only three countries that had formally recognised Taliban before 9/11!

Of course, the moment USA said ‘With Us or Against Us’ & threatened to bomb Pakistan back to stone age, they promptly handed over Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, to USA who then equally promptly, put him up in Gitmo! This is what he says about Bhikharistan, btw ๐Ÿ‘‡

Btw, the Pakistani role in global terrorism in general and the 9/11 attacks in particular has never truly been explored, atleast publicly.
Do go thru this thread on that topic.
I insist!

Bottomline: Pakistan has played this duplicitous game for far too long. Their chickens are finally coming home to roost. However, just like a scorpion cannot NOT sting, so it is with Pakistan as well. They will never back down from using terror as a state policy.

It continues even as I write this thread.

But for the time being, let us come back to the issue of the Taliban Foreign Minister’s visit to India.

I would say that it is partly a result of the FANTASTIC pact with Saudi Arabia thru which the idiots of Pindi have, in all probability, forced Iran & Afghanistan to come together for the sake of their own security wrt Pakistan.

Feel free to disagree, but I shall hold on to this thought.

Btw, an interesting aspect about Afghanistan – Pakistan relationship is that even at its weakest & while under the thumbs of the Pakistani State, Afghanistan still did not recognize the Durand Line as its border with Pakistan. The Pashtuns even did this ๐Ÿ‘‡

That said, the IEA Foreign Minister’s visit to India is not just a living proof of the Raj Mandala Theory of Acharya Chanakya, but also a manifestation of really warm linkages with the Afghans and the goodwill that India has traditionally enjoyed in Afghanistan.

As the weeks & months progress, Afghanistan will move from being a strategic depth for Pakistan to being a strategic nightmare! In a way, it has already commenced, notwithstanding these delusional fools that supposedly represent the BEST online Paaki defence experts!

Remember those wildly cheering Bhikharistanis as they celebrated the withdrawal of USA from Afghanistan some years ago?
No?
Well here is a quick snapshot to refresh you!


Incidentally, this former ISI Chief, drinking the Fantastic Tea, is now removed and under court martial!

Those cheers at having defeated USA, are rapidly turning into howls of pain as the Pashtuns rise once again to reclaim their lands east of the Durand Line. Whether or not they succeed, is not a matter of concern to me personally. What matters is that PA continues to bleed.

And this is what I wrote on the issue of ‘Strategic Depth’ about a decade ago.

It still holds true.

It has always held true.

If the Afg Foreign Minister is here in India on a SEVEN-DAY long official visit, one can only imagine the kind of unofficial engagements that would have been going on between India and Afghanistan.

And then there is this ๐Ÿ‘‡ as well!

Add to that this V.E.R.Y interesting choice of words by the Indian Foreign Minister who calls Afghanistan a CONTIGUOUS Neighbour!
Is that really so?
Currently, no.
In future .. who knows!
All I’ll say is that at such levels of GOI, each and every word is very well measured.

It would be thus a fair assumption, IMO, that Afg will open up on Durand Line/KPK whenever the next round of pounding of Pakistan from India starts. This time they won’t be just able to move their forces from their Western Borders towards India .. definitely not via Jaffar Express!

As I close this thread, I shall attempt to answer a question that some folks might have – ‘Should We Feel Sorry for Pakistan?’
Answer is a BIG NO!
They have made their bed.
They might as well sleep in it now.
In case anyone feels sorry for them, they too are free to join them there.

Why do I say so, you asked?
Well, because a stable Pakistan will only seek to cause harm to India .. to You .. and to Me.
It is in their very upbringing.
And this is why they are so frustrated .. because they are dying at the hands of Afghans instead of being able to kill Indians.

To them, India will ALWAYS be an enemy, including the dumb Indians who are actually sympathetic to Pakistan as well.

THIS is what they teach their kids in schools.

Must see this and then form your own opinion.

In a fitting case of Karma, while India hosts the guest from Afghanistan, this is what Bhikharistan is going through. The very snakes that they reared to use against India are now threatening to swallow Pakistan itself.

More power to them, I’d say!

I still remember our own folks wallowing in self-pity when the US had withdrawn from Afghanistan earlier this decade.ย To them, all that I will say is that ‘Wheels of History Keep Moving .. slowly but steadily. However, they do need blood .. a LOT of it.’

(Btw, I think the figure of 1000 would have already been crossed, thanks to the Afghans on the Durand Line)

In the end, I’ll just leave this tweet exploring the stark contrasts in PoK and the TRULY AZAD Kashmir.

All I will say, folks, is to BRACE YOURSELVES as we head out towards even more ‘exciting’ days up ahead. The next round is inevitable and SOON.
How and when it starts is the only thing that needs to be seen.

Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter!

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On the Second Anniversary of 07 Oct 2023 Attacks on Israel

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(Note: This chain of thoughts was initially shared on Twitter / X on 08 Oct 2025)

Folks, yesterday was the second anniversary of the largest ever terror attack by Hamas on Israel. Sharing some thoughts on how things have panned out since then. Before moving ahead, I will leave this short thread chronicling some of the worst atrocities visited upon the citizens of Israel by Hamas on 07 Oct 2023, that led to this latest conflagration:

https://twitter.com/THEREALJEW613/status/1975273947085033563

And also this one as well. Do go thru these threads before moving ahead :

The world has moved a great deal in the last two years since the first Hamas terrorist crossed the border into Israel. This is what I had written on the day of the attack. A LOT of blood – other than Israeli or Palestinian – has already flowed since then.

And of course, a LOT of collateral damage within Gaza itself. You would be an idiot if you thought that such actions by Hamas wouldn’t lead to collateral damage. But where they went wrong, IMO, is at the sheer scale of it all.

Israel has seen far worse in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War when so many combined Arab armies attacked them out of the blue. It was the closest that the Arabs ever came to wiping Israel off the map of the world. Yet, they failed.

Why?

Because Israel had nowhere else to go. Period

Btw, here is a chain of thoughts on Yom Kippur War too. What changed since this is that Assad of Syria too is no longer in power. The ONLY winner in this along with Israel was Egypt .. because they combined military power with pragmatic political process.

Coming back to Gaza, what has happened over the past two years is that Israel has (rightly) visited extreme violence upon Hamas, not just in Gaza but going upto Qatar as well. What went along with that was the brilliant and devastating Pager attacks on Hezbollah too.

Bottomline : Israel did whatever it could to secure itself all over again.

I would say this was not just a result of a course correction after the events of 07 Oct 2023, but also due to the planning and preparations that go on 24/7/365 regardless of internal politics of Israel.

As I mentioned earlier, Israel has nowhere else to go. They have absolutely no choice but to meet violence with even more violence. It is a matter of their very survival as a civilization. Hence, I personally was not the least bit surprised at what they have achieved since 07 Oct.

Talking about civilization, I will also replug this tweet that was posted on the day of the 07 Oct attacks. While it may be a HUGE event in our lifetimes, later generations will only see it as a couple of pages in their history books.

However, where this particular series of events has been different, is the way the Loonie Left have sought to run away with the narrative of ‘disproportionate’ Israeli retaliation on the ‘innocent’ Gazans.

Of course, when 07 Oct is mentioned, they either deny or shift goalposts!

We have seen rabid protests against Israel, particularly in educational institutions and media, mostly without factual basis. A prime example is this absolutely fake story published by NYT.

The carefully cultivated ecosystem of misinformation and propaganda warfare that had been so successful in so many ‘colour revolutions’ finally came home to the US and Europe as well.

Heck, even the UNRWA chose to delete tweets that showed Hamas in their true colours!

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However, the idiots forgot one thing – A lie may run fast, but it can never run far! This little video and remarks at the end – ‘You’re a fucking idiot’ – just about sums it up.

A lot more water has flown down the Jordan River since 07 Oct 2023. The amount of bloodshed that the world has seen since then is also indicative of not just the times that we are living in, but also the times that await us. Let me delve on that a bit more.

Ukraine, Iran, Qatar, Lebanon, Yemen, Pakistan, India have seen bloodshed by state actors in various forms.

Western Europe and USA too are suffering from rapidly increasing instances of violence, thanks to their own policies and politics of the past so many years.

All in all, I can only foresee even more increasing levels of violence in the years to come, as the world heads towards a major reset in the distribution of power. On that note, ‘Clash of Civilizations’ is a good book to read now.

As the balance of power inevitably shifts from the West to the East, we will only see more bloodshed.

All I can at this point in time is that these are really ‘interesting’ times indeed, and far more ‘interesting’ days await us.

Sad as the loss of life & limb may be, but I am of the firm opinion that this latest Hamas-Israel conflict will ultimately prove only to be one of the many theatres that would see death & destruction before the dust finally settles I still stand by this :

One thing that I would say worked in Israel’s favour was the US Presidential Election result of 2024. However, I am sure even they would be aware that the pendulum may yet swing the other way in future & an even more challenging administration may yet come to power in Washington.

Thus, it wouldn’t be wrong to hypothesize that Israel too would want to see an end to the current war before that happens. The only thing pending thus far is the release of the hostages by Hamas, who, I’d say are not too keen on doing it due to two factors – Leverage, and .. well .. EGO.

Handing over of the remaining hostages under the intense military pressure of Israel will only be seen as a loss of face for an entity in a culture that sees it as the ultimate humiliation.

That said, they might still do it under the threat of their very lives.

But I’ll hold on to my opinion till the time it actually happens. BTW, I hope folks are aware that Hamas are actually the OFFICIALLY ELECTED representatives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. They came to power with a lot of public support. Small wonder then, that there was so much jubilation inside Gaza by all men, women and children as their ‘heroes’ brought back hostage after hostage from Israel on 07 Oct 2023. And when the inevitable bombs and bullets came, they cried GENOCIDE!

Yup. They started this ‘war’ with great cheer and fervour and undid all progress that had been achieved in Gaza over the past few decades.

Why?

Because, they want to eliminate the State of Israel from the world map and that includes each and every Israeli as well. With help of the Loonie Leftist cheerleaders, they have made this into a zero-sum game without having the hard power to actually do anything to withstand the relentless pounding from Israel that they are getting day in and day out.

Why I call them Loonies, you ask?

Here’s why :

However, the alarming thing is that these clueless, brainwashed idiots are far too many in numbers and will only grow over the years, thereby adding yet more layers of challenge to the already fucked up situation in Palestine / Israel. Thus, it is quite logical to assume that Israel would consider it imperative to make tangible gains and create an irreversibly favourable situation on ground before these folks grow and attain a critical mass in terms of political power.

So where do we go from here?

Well, all I can say is .. More Bloodshed, and that too in many more parts of the world.

It is just a sign of times that we are currently living in. The Leftist Brigade may be idiots, but they are unabashed in their pursuits.

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Time is running out fast.
At the cost of repetition I’ll say that all we can do is to ‘Brace Ourselves’ for what is to come .. much sooner than we think. The world is only going to get crazier, brief respites from violence notwithstanding.

In the end, I’ll just leave this chain of thoughts here.
I tweeted these a day after the 07 Oct 2023 attacks, i.e. exactly two years before today’s date.
Dare I say, nothing has changed since that day.
Do go thru it.

This tweet too deserves a mention here in this thread :

I conclude this particular chain of thoughts with this tweet below:

Thanks for your patience, folks.

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