(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.
Propaganda is fine, but when you start believing your own lies is when a stalemate of 1965 turns into a rout of 1971! pic.twitter.com/WarLowTjZq
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!
Glad to note that the phrase 'De-panting' of the Brown Panted Ones is gaining more and more traction! I hereby claim copyright for both these phrases in perpetuity! 😂🙏 pic.twitter.com/Y0G0l38Q9Y
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 :
:Thread: Glad I didn't write on this topic last Sunday as originally planned, because a LOT has happened since. Sharing my thoughts on what might happen in the coming months. Let's see how it goes .. https://t.co/FnxFzXLy7W
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.
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!
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!
With a silent pat on his own bumpy, the current Propagandu-in-Chief went about drafting a new outraged message to India. WE WANTS A JOINT PROBES, his staff drafted. He did a facepalm, corrected the grammar and issued the grammatically correct statement – WE WANTS JOINT PROBES!
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!
Btw, this is the same Donald Ji who is now their latest Baap!
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!
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 👇
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!
Of course when Shri Ramzi Yousef above failed to bring down the twin towers, his uncle and fellow Packie, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ended up masterminding the 9/11 attacks! Yup, give them free access to your lands, you infidels! pic.twitter.com/w1L2lcjccn
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 👇
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!
Strategic Depth Explained:
Churchill – We will fight on the beaches, on the seas, in the oceans etc etc
Major General Titanium of @defence_pk – We shall run away from Lahore, we shall run away from Islamabad. We shall run away to Afghanistan!!
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.
To that end, I'd rather say that Afghanistan is indeed a strategic depth .. but for India! Yup, feel free to read that again. An Afg that sucks in Packie energies and resources is always good for us. It will continue to be so for atleast another year or so, if not more.
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 👇 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.
We talk about madrassas as incubators of hate, right? Well, here is what the state sanctioned school curriculum teaches little children in Pakistan. These are a couple screenshots from the blog post linked in previous tweet. pic.twitter.com/5uSAlGbYEc
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. 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.’
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.
(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:
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.
1/10 Today is 51st anniversary of what must be one of the most audacious attacks that saw Egyptians cross Suez and return to Sinai! And this, barely 6 yrs after a humiliating rout. What a campaign it was! Sharing some thoughts on the #YomKippurWar in the succeeding tweets ..
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!
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.
The more you see the world today, the more it seems that Huntington was right after all!#JustSaying
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 :
If we are lucky enough to live till the end of the next decade, we will in all probability, die in a world that is vastly different from the one that we were born in. Whether it will be 'good different' or 'bad different', remains to be seen.#JustSayinghttps://t.co/Ogp7OxlbBR
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.
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.
All I'll say as I end this thread, folks, is 'BRACE YOURSELVES'!
It is blood which moves the wheels of history.. Given the current situation, I bet the wheels are moving faster and faster each passing day.
Thanks for your patience. I think I will end this thread here 🙏
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.
:Thread: Folks, sharing some thoughts about the ongoing events in Israel. Let's see how this thread goes ..
Folks, sharing some thoughts on recent and current events in near and far neighbourhood. A lot of thoughts entangled in a web .. let me see how it goes
This report from some days ago is a good start point: US Centcom Chief very enthusiastically licking Pakistan’s unwashed backside!
🔴"Pakistan is a phenomenal counter terrorism partner"- US top General said.
Ironically, this came on the day #FBI chief Kash Patel announced that a Pakistani citizen (an ISIS terrorist involved in planning an attack against America) has been extradited to US. pic.twitter.com/9BmTS5BNt5
Whenever such a news comes by, the first thought that goes through one’s head is, what are they planning! In this case, it was quite obvious that Iran was the target, as events proved within days. But I will come to that in a while.
My first thoughts on hearing this latest wooing of Pakistan by the Americans were about the ‘confidence boost’ that Pakistan would get! Confidence boost to do what, you asked? Well, this 👇 is what I wrote in one of my DM Groups a couple of days ago.
I have good reason to believe what I wrote above. Parliament Attack, Kaluchak Attack, 26/11 .. they all happened under the cover of US Operations in Afghanistan wherein India had to hold back own military response due to American pressure. Why else would an Indian PM call for Aar-Paar Ki Ladai after the monstrosity perpetrated by Pakistan backed terrorists in Kaluchak, and yet not do anything?
Btw, do check out the time of the message in the screenshot above. The message was shared just minutes before the Air India Crash in Ahmedabad.
Mind you, I am NOT saying it is an act of sabotage / terror. But I did say this that evening on the same DM group 👇
Of course, the unfortunate Air India Crash may still turn out to be for reasons other than terror, but then with such Paaki sponsored terrorists saying on the record that they would target Air India flights does call for a tonne of skepticism.
But like I said .. it might just have been a terrible accident after all. Yet, knowing Pakistan, they may yet try something inside India, possibly even outside of J&K in order to test the limits of their new-found ‘friendship’ with America.
Hence the need to keep our powder dry.
Coming on to the attacks on Iran, let me start with quoting this 13 year old tweet here. In all probability, it was amongst the first few dozen tweets by me after creating this handle. Seems quite prescient now ..
"Would they have still attacked him if he had nuclear weapons?" – Ahmedinejad on Gaddafi
For Israel, it is an existential threat and hence, it came as no surprise when they launched their attacks on Iran. How that plays out is anybody’s guess. I don’t intend talking much about that in this thread. But then, this question still remains 👇
Just a random thought:
When and by whom will the world see the next nuclear test? (North Korea excepted!)#JustAsking
Really interesting times these, that we currently live in.
The KaalChakra grinds slowly but surely. Given the way the world is warring currently, all major powers except China and India are already directly involved, even if being geographically detached from physical violence like Europe and USA.
All I'll say as I end this thread, folks, is 'BRACE YOURSELVES'!
It is blood which moves the wheels of history.. Given the current situation, I bet the wheels are moving faster and faster each passing day.
Thanks for your patience. I think I will end this thread here 🙏
The wheels of history are moving faster and faster indeed. IMO, there is no running away from what awaits us over the coming few months and years. In our case as well, it is pertinent to note that Operation Sindoor has not yet been called off.
If we are lucky enough to live till the end of the next decade, we will in all probability, die in a world that is vastly different from the one that we were born in. Whether it will be 'good different' or 'bad different', remains to be seen.#JustSayinghttps://t.co/Ogp7OxlbBR
Coming back to our own neighbourhood, the imminent attack on Iran explains why Pakistan suddenly got a booster dose of alms through IMF / ADB etc right after Pahalgam Terror Attack / Op Sindoor. But what these bombastic idiots don’t realize is that these good days would not last long.
Long after the Americans are gone, the loans will continue to remain .. until they can whore themselves out all over again, that is!
Mind you, the CENTCOM Chief General Michael Kurilla, who talked so highly about Pakistan (see the beginning of this blog post) himself is a veteran of the US War in Afghanistan. He should be, in all probability, quite aware of the perfidious role of Pakistan in Op Enduring Freedom.
And just in case he might have missed out the sanctuary for Taliban across the Durand Line, the idiots of Pakistan spared no efforts in telling him and anyone else that was tuned in! This interview of a former ISI Chief is just one such example.
An Absolute MUST WATCH!
PS: Don’t miss the fawning applause from the highly impressed audience in the above video!
I think at this point it is important to highlight that Pakistanis are themselves ‘kafir’ to those who are not really big fans of the Islamic Bomb! Here is Netanyahu talking about it some years ago.
All in all .. the world is in a pretty fucked up situation right now.
And this is merely the beginning, I’d say. Much worse is yet to come as we move ahead.
Events that take decades to build up, suddenly happen in a matter of weeks. We are rapidly approaching that point now, IMO.
And where does that leave us in India, you asked? Well, our position with respect to Iran is still exactly the same as it was 13 years ago, for one!
On Iran. US : "Are you with us or against us?" India : "Yes." US : "Huh?" India : 🙂
Never mind the idiots in the US of A who are trying their best to piss off a large country in near neighbourhood of Iran / Israel .. a country that genuinely stands with Israel at that. Just because we don’t see Russia the same way as they do!
Ji was crying about legal advice on the use of force, here is what came to my mind. I am sure she will agree with me!
I agree. Legal advice on use of force is best sought from the USA who have been the pioneers in the use of legal force the world over! 🤣 https://t.co/HszHGZxji1
That said, ramblings of US Senators make no marked difference in India standing up for its own interests. It never has, even though at times we have been forced into inaction as mentioned in the beginning of this blog.
Coming closer to our borders, what I foresee is a Pakistan increasingly desperate at not getting waters from Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej at the time and in quantities they desire, as was the case till they perpetrated the Pahalgam Terror Attack. This is a far more dangerous situation for them than even what was handed over to them from 07-10 May 2025 via Op Sindoor. The cacophony on Indus Water Treaty never quite died down in Pakistan. Because they know the real implications of this.
When their crop yields drop, or fail altogether, then they will realize the true import of the heartfelt call by the great visionary ZA Bhutto when he said ‘We shall eat grass’. Sadly, he was hanged shortly thereafter, else he would have been happy to see his dream come true!
Water is one thing that can bring Pakistan to try desperate measures, including more terror provocations. Thankfully, they have mitigated it to some extent by hacking into our dams and controlling the release gates remotely!
Phew! The world is saved by Paaki Genius .. AGAIN!
All said and done, the only thing that can be said with reasonable amount of surety is that we are headed for even greater chaos in the world in the coming weeks and months.
I’m just waiting to see if America directly gets involved in the latest Israel-Iran spat. Because if they do, it will open up windows of opportunity / threats in many different geographies of the world to take decisive action in their own neighbourhoods as well.
By the time the dust settles on this cycle of destruction and regeneration, not only grass but a lot of giants too would have been trampled to death.
When 2 elephants fight, it's the grass that gets trampled Ukraine is just the latest pawn in the fight amongst superpowers .. a WILLING pawn I foresee no honourable way out of this for Ukraine. They would be lucky to just retain land they currently controlhttps://t.co/4kpowgv1rJ
Folks, sharing some thoughts on the recent statement by the CDS in Singapore regarding potential losses of IAF aircraft during Op Sindoor. Here goes ..
At the outset, I offer my heartiest congratulations to Paakis for their spectacular victory in Kargil where they brought down three IAF aircraft and for the even more FANTASTIC victory of 1971 wherein they shot down anywhere between 45 – 65 IAF aircraft! There’s a video as well!
In the same vein, I also offer my heartfelt commiserations to my fellow Indians who are beating their chests and doing R@ndi Rona about having lost Op Sindoor because IAF lost some aircraft!
Before moving ahead, I will offer a simple, two-step advice to such folks who cannot digest the loss in Op Sindoor. Here it is :
Step 1 : Take a deep breath.
Step 2 : Hold it for 29 minutes!
Must try it!
It will help you find eternal peace. Sachchi!
Moving on, never mind the death and destruction visited by the IAF and IA on Bhikharistan without any pity or remorse over the course of those 88 hours!
Never mind the utterly destroyed and humbled terror headquarters at Muridke and Bahawalpur!
Never mind the dead Squadron Leader Usman Yousuf of PAF who was actually killed in a road accident instead of the Brahmos Strike at Bholari where he was working on a Saab Erieye AEW&C platform of the PAF.
Never mind the explosions at Kirana Hill because IAF never knew about it and absolutely NEVER bombed it!
Never mind the fact that during Op Sindoor, IAF addressed dozens of targets as far as 300km inside Pakistan with possibly a hundred or so IAF aircraft in the air together at the same time while overwhelming PAF and PA air defences!
Never mind the fact that .. well .. never mind .. please keep minding all facts because the IAF lost some aircraft in doing so!
Also, never mind the fact that the CDS himself mentioned that lessons were learnt and IAF didn’t suffer a scratch thereafter!
Many years ago, during my Facebook days, I got an opportunity to be a ‘content writer’ for some months for a popular defence/geostrategy page with nearly a million followers. What I realized was that many of us have a habit of looking for a dark cloud behind every silver lining!
Just like we did when we overtook Japan to become the world’s fourth largest economy & idiots started breaking their bangles crying that our per capita GDP was still lower than Japan! Of course it was and it will continue to be for a long time! But our GDP still surpassed Japan and that too would remain a fact!
On that note, I will just leave this tweet here before moving on!
Bottomline is that what we achieved in those 88 or so hours in Operation Sindoor is something that all leading militaries of the world will be studying for a long long time. As far as Paakis and some folks within our own borders go, they can keep laughing/crying about IAF losses!
Their latest Field Marshal can keep orgasming over the beautiful photograph of the Chinese military exercise presented by him to that joker appointed as the Prime Minister of Bhikharistan by himself some years ago!
Why I call Shehbaz Sharif a joker, you asked? Well here is the reason 👇😂
A military that has lost each & every war that it has ever fought, cannot help but resort to lies and misinformation and in this case, bombast .. to keep itself relevant amongst its own people. Hence Paakis will keep on crowing about downed IAF aircraft while staying mum over 👇
I have no issues with this. I, in fact, wish them many more such FANTASTIC victories over India in the days, weeks and months to come! Seriously!
May Allah keep granting such victories to Pakistan each and every time they engage with Indian armed forces! https://t.co/h7AxEPkupa
However, what gets me ‘amused’ is the sheer R@ndi Rona in some sections of my own people at loss of a few airframes! India can easily afford to make up for the loss of all airframes lost during Op Sindoor!
But as far as Bhikharistan goes .. well .. they will have to eat grass!
Mind you, we achieved all this without the Indian Navy having to fire even a single round!
Just imagine the next round when Karachi and Ormara and all such get bombed from the seas!
I don’t say it .. my Raksha Mantri said so himself!
To conclude, I would say that I can live my life while accepting the loss of a couple of airframes, especially when the pilots are all fine!
As for those who are still beating their chests .. well .. Peace Be Upon You!
As far as Paakis go, it warms my heart to see them go ecstatic in their celebrations!
They did so in 1965 as well. Unfortunately, they lost half their country a mere six years later!
This is what happens when you start believing your own propaganda – a MASSIVE victory of 1965 turns into a rout in 1971! Magnificent Delusions indeed! https://t.co/XUhoC6owPJ
However, in their own eyes, they still DID NOT lose in 1971! Don’t believe me? Here is what a young child of Bhikharistan is taught in her school in Pakistan Studies .. she believes that Pakistan GIFTED independence to Bangladesh!
I say that such fools deserve to be cheered on!
And when they find taps in their airports running dry, they can go hunting for leaves from nearby trees .. because waters of Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej will henceforth only flow into Pakistan as and when India desires!
Also, let us keep cheering their FANTASTIC victory in Feb 2019! What amuses me, however, is the fact that after such a FANTASTIC victory, they couldn’t do anything at all when India cancelled Article 370!
Might this 👇 have been the reason?
In the end, I will just leave this tweet here without any further comment! Yes, Paakis won and we lost!
ब्रह्म मुहूर्त में श्री ब्रह्मोस जी ने साक्षात दर्शन दे दिए भिखारिस्तान में! https://t.co/jHLyvC48wa
With the maturing of Social Media and Mainstream Media’s inability to counter their (well-justified) image of biased / agenda-based reporting, MSM is rapidly losing credibility with increasing speed since the past many years.
Despite millions of followers on popular social media sites such as Twitter, posts by most mainstream media houses hardly get any engagements, which is a sign of their irrelevance in current social media landscape. (I shall share some examples of that in a while)
Instead, their space has been taken over by individual social media handles or new consortia / news aggregators that have emerged over the past few years. These voices not only command more credibility but also get many orders of magnitude greater engagements on social media.
Thus, I’d say that it is time for us to take a call whether Legacy Media (a more appropriate name for MSM, since traditional media houses are no longer mainstream) is relevant any more as compared to new-age content creators who disseminate news as well as views on social media. Let me start with the drawbacks of Legacy Media.
(Let me qualify this by saying that what I say is purely my personal opinions. Feel free to disagree)
Biggest drawback of Legacy Media is that they are finding it very difficult to adapt to new reality, with advent of Social Media.
Firstly, they are accused of having their own biases, whether to the Left or to the Right, whether pro or anti govt, and also as being more considerate towards the points of view of a particular country even if at the cost of own national interests. Sharing one example here 👇
Secondly, despite millions of followers on their Twitter handles, most of their tweets get barely a handful of engagements (a few tweets do go ‘viral’ once in a while, but these days, they are more an aberration than a rule). Here are a few examples: (Screenshots as on 2300Hr, 25 May).
India Today – 6.3Mn Followers and ZERO engagements on this tweet. Views are also a mere 1845 in number.
Hindustan Times : 8.6Mn Followers. Just 1 RT and 1 Like on this tweet. And only 1970 views.
TOI Sports Tweet (1Mn Followers), retweeted here by Times of India Main Handle (14.8Mn Followers). Yet it has just 1 Retweet (that too from the Parent TOI handle) and 01 Like. Moreover, only 6104 views
The Indian Express (4.2Mn Followers). Two Replies (both spam!), Four Likes and One Bookmark. And only 3495 Views.
^^ Btw, since I have QT’ed the above tweets as part of my twitter thread on this topic, the number of retweets on them has now gone up substantially by a figure of 1!
Thirdly, while legacy print media groups were mostly a product of pre-internet / pre-cable TV era, most legacy electronic media houses of today that came up in the past 2-3 decades were centred, atleast in their initial years, around the personalities of their founders and as such, acquired a distinct bias based on their owners’ political / ideological orientation.
Even the legacy print media houses had their own editorial biases based on political / ideological orientation of their editorial boards. I will not take any specific names here for my own reasons, but I am sure folks will be able to relate to atleast 2 or 3 such legacy media houses.
Mind you, I say it from a purely neutral pov and not to point fingers at any individual media house.
The above three points are sufficient enough to show the limited reach of such legacy media houses on social media. On electronic media, i.e. TV News Channels, they still have some relevance due to ability to ‘break’ news in near-real time. However, even there they are playing catch-up to Social Media.
As far as newspapers are concerned, relevance is even lesser due to the news being printed being obsolete already, thanks to social media and electronic media.
Instead, what is fast emerging is that a large number of individuals have become more credible source of information / news than the legacy media. They offer not only news but also views that are often a result of deep understanding of such topics. Being individuals who are (mostly) sharing news / views without any monetary returns / expectations, they generally stay on a small ‘bouquet’ of topics for most part, leaving out the ‘trivial’ news for legacy / vernacular media to handle.
At the same time, some of them have moved on to establish online portals of their own after getting together.
Such ‘influencers’ share their news / views either via the medium of their twitter handles or via podcasts which is becoming another important medium these days. While many of them have a pan India followership, there are some that are more local to a particular geographical area as well, for example thischannel. I’ve been following this since long and have seen it grow rapidly over the past six months.
Twitter as such, has become equally important as a source of news in addition to its traditional role as an important social media platform. Instead of google, most people search twitter for any particular news, be it a breaking news or an update on a long running event!
In the above scenario, such influencers command a dedicated following and are often the first ones that people reach out for. Further, by the very nature of the medium, they far outnumber the handles of legacy media outlets and dominate the news cycle, often even being quoted by legacy media in absence of their own bytes / analyses. Thus, they themselves become source of news for legacy media.
Heck, I myself have experienced this on one occasion!
Going ahead, it is very likely that the continued downfall of legacy media in terms of credibility and absolute viewership / eyeballs captured will result in them growing even more irrelevant over the next five to ten years. Major media houses may still survive, but they will not be able to add much value to the news cycles that keep evolving rapidly.
Their continued relevance as ‘trusted’ sources of information too will keep getting eroded as has been the case since the past so many years. The example of the tweet against The Hindu as quoted in the beginning of this paper may once again be seen in this light. Another example is that of NDTV under the previous ownership wherein it was assumed that NDTV would cover even neutral news with their own ideological bias.
This tweet from the era of NDTV under previous owners too is relevant in the above context!
On the above note, I think it is appropriate to plug in this thread of mine on NDTV here all over again. The engagements on this thread have been phenomenal, to put it very mildly!
1 Folks, here's a thread on the 'motivated' journalism by #NDTV. First noticed a distinct 'tilt' some years ago. Chronicled some, missed ..
In the end, all I will say is that in due course, the legacy media might still survive but more as publications of advertisements interspersed with old, irrelevant news. Over time, however, even that will not be sustainable.
What we have been witnessing right before our eyes over the past few years is the end of the era of newspapers and TV news as we knew it.
Do I feel sad?
I’d say no.
I too grew up feasting on two and at times even three newspapers each day. But that time is now well and truly gone. Going ahead, it is going to be the average person with a smartphone to whom will be attributed the death of Legacy Media.
Does that mean that it will be the end of journalism?
Far from it, I’d say.
Good journalists will still stay relevant as we go ahead. The change that I foresee is that they will become brands by themselves instead of needing to be in the employ of Legacy Media Houses. THAT would be the next ‘coming of age’ moment for MSM, as and when it matures I’d say.
With this, I conclude this chain of thoughts. I just had to put it out ever since I first realized the pathetically low engagements that Legacy Media handles were getting on social media. I will just leave this thread here as I finish!
Note: This chain of thoughts was first shared on Twitter/X on the evening of 11 May 2025. Posting it here for archival purposes.
At the outset, I will say what we have done to Pakistan is simply unimaginable. To that I will also add, Picture Abhi Baaki Hai!
Let me try and explain how ..
Very aptly named Operation Sindoor, it avenged #PahalgamTerrorAttack with brute force. However, let me go back in time and start from the situation post-Kargil 1999 :
IC 814 Hijack. We released three terrorists.
2001 : Parliament Attack. We mobilized, but didn’t attack.
2002 : Kaluchak Attack. They killed 2-month old babies at point blank range. We didn’t retaliate. Op Parakram continued.
2005 : Delhi Bombings. 60+ dead. No retaliation.
2006 : Mumbai Train Bombings. 200+ dead. No retaliation.
2008: 26/11 Mumbai Attacks. Only dossiers sent to Pakistan in retaliation.
After 26/11, however, Pakistan stopped mass-casualty terror attacks outside of Kashmir. No major terror attacks happened outside Kashmir thereafter.
2019 : Pulwama. Retaliation came in form of Balakot and the shooting down of a PAF F-16 the next day.
Thereafter there were practically no terror attacks for the next six years .. till Pahalgam. I shall come to that in a moment, but first let me say something about info warfare.
Post Balakot, a large chunk of people on own side of the border were (as they are now) upset that we had lost the war of narratives. However, despite ‘winning’ the war of narratives, Pakistan STILL couldn’t prevent India from abrogating Article 370 less than six months later! Instead, all that they could do was whine and cry on social media / MSM, while at the same time desperately trying to keep their public sentiment under control! This 👇 was what I tweeted thereafter. Must have a look!
This thread was tweeted three days after the abrogation of Article 370 in Aug 2019, seeing the game of headless chickens going on in Bhikharistan. Do NOT miss the story of Shri Brown Majesty that this thread starts with! 😂🙏https://t.co/Y8MUVUGhEu
Coming over to Pahalgam, what happened there is known to all. That there will be a retaliation was a given, thanks to the past record of this GOI as well as the extremely strong statements by the PM, HM and Raksha Mantri.
If this is not an announcement of much worse headed the way of Pakistan, then I don't know what else it is. The Paakis overplayed their hand in #PahalgamTerrorAttack. They thought they would sour the visit of Vance, just as they did during Clinton's timehttps://t.co/CFOZdNIDxc
While the Pakis would have been expecting the ‘usual’ retaliation in the form of anti-terror strikes like before, the GOI fired the first salvo less than 12 hours after the #PahalgamTerrorAttack by putting the Indus Water Treaty in Abeyance. This was the chain of thoughts shared by me on that event:
:Thread: Folks, sharing some thoughts on implications of the GOI decision to hold Indus Water Treaty in Abeyance in the aftermath of the Pakistan Sponsored #PahalgamTerrorAttack. The immediate trigger for the thread is this notification by the IRSA of Bhikharistan 👇 Here goes .. pic.twitter.com/DXtJkTNGCw
If Paakis thought that this came out of syllabus, then they were in for yet another rude shock when Op Sindoor actually commenced!
They said putting IWT on hold was an act of war. I wonder what they thought on the night Indian bombs/missiles came calling, heralding Op Sindoor!
Yes, India once again hit non-military and non-civilian targets in Pakistan, thereby giving an off-ramp to the Brown Panted Ones which we knew they would NEVER take! But this time they hit not just one, but tens of targets, including right in the middle of major Paaki cities! This shall remain my all time favourite video of Operation Sindoor! We hit them .. and how! Right through the domes of their terror factories while they slept in blissful sleep, never to wake up again!
This voiceless video explains Op Sindoor in all its brutal glory!
Of course, the Brown Panted Ones retaliated. They just couldn’t have NOT retaliated. They had no choice it this.
India knew it as well and was prepared.
Resultantly, Indian AD foiled each and every projectile that the Bhikharistanis threw our way, including Ballistic Missiles.
Btw, contrast the high spirits on the Indian side in the video in the tweet above, with the sheer panic on the Bhikharistani side. The so-called ‘Ghazis’ were quick to turn around and run away!
But jokes apart, there was one more serious impact of such strikes.
This widespread series of attacks by India, targetting Paaki military targets in the middle of their major cities hit home in yet another way. Every Paaki citizen, whether he acknowledges it or not, now knows that his own home can be easily hit.
The war had hit home. Literally.
What reinforced the fact was that India sent a deliberate ‘near-miss’ in Rawalpindi, exploding in the Race Course near the GHQ and possibly Asim Munir’s residence itself. Then there was the targetting of Pak AD systems in one of the DHA Complexes as well.
I am sure that with Indian drones, bombs and missiles landing practically everywhere, sirf bomb hee nahi fatte honge .. aur bhi bahut kuchh fata hoga Pakistaniyo ka!
Also, this time there was no one asking for ‘proof’ .. because proof, in all its brutal glory, was provided by Bhikharistanis themselves, thanks to their cheap Chinese smartphones! Including from the strategic Nur Khan & Bholari Airbases! Don’t miss the ‘O SHIT’ in the 3rd video!
I think Miss Urmila Ji from Mumbai and her Radar-sensitive dog too would be V.E.R.Y happy at this turn of events!
I am sure this one will be THRILLED to see the clear videos of last night's attacks shown in today's press briefing. Hopefully, Miss @Urmilamatondkar Ji's glee at GOI not being able to make available HD Imagery of Balakot Strikes will be gone for good. https://t.co/d6YymhJrJa
Yes, the Brown Panted Ones tried their best to retaliate. They put their BESTEST minds together and put out a DEVASTATING reply to Indian Attacks .. Yes, they released a brand new song!
Unfortunately, India STILL doesn’t have a suitable reply to this blow!
Pakistan ka Bhaarat ko KARAARA Jawab .. Ek brand new gaana!! Tayyar Hain Hum is the title!
Of course they are Tayyar! Something tells me they already have 5-6 such songs ready at all times .. Pata Nahi Kab Indian Army bol de – 'Chalo Darling Tayyar Ho Jao, Aaaj Mood Hai Kuchh… pic.twitter.com/b2TBQf4m3s
Unfortunately, however, their Chinese Air Defence Systems couldn’t protect even themselves, let alone their airbases and terror infrastructure! Oh, the memes that came out!
Damn those Indians sitting comfortably in their homes, NOT worried about bombs landing up their asses, and creating all those memes, I tells you! This one below, though, is my personal favourite! Perfectly exemplifies what IAF and Indian Army did to Pakistanis DESPITE their Chinese equipment!
Of course, the Brown Panted Ones tried. They tried really hard indeed.
And they FAILED .. thanks to their Chinese equipment!
So much so that they even gifted atleast one nearly perfectly intact Chinese AAM to India!
Chinese gave their latest maal to Pakistan. It missed its target, ran out of fuel and landed nearly intact! Reminded me of this video. PS: This video is NOT a highly symbolic commentary on China giving weapons to Pakistan! (Or maybe it is!) 😂 https://t.co/JfEPfa5BRopic.twitter.com/BkQlUu1SwP
They claimed to have shot down a Rafale or two. They even broadcast the supposed radio intercepts of Shri Godzilla Ji who was flying the India Rafale searching for his comrade. But they couldn’t find even one video of the dead body of Shri Rafale Ji lying dead on Indian side!
When asked proof for claims of shooting 5 IAF planes, their idiot Defence Minister offered – Proof is all over Social Media!
Why did he say that you asked?
Well because that is all they had – Conspiracy theories by SM handles, most of which were their own.
But NO wreckage!
And when poked again (no pun intended) by yet another news anchor asking difficult question, Shri Defence Minister of Bhikharistan suddenly became deaf!
Yes, and these idiots claim they WON the war! Well, their own yahoos may buy this crap from them, but not me!
Point to note is that all their senior ministers were giving interviews to all foreign channels, alternating between bombastic statements and whining. OTOH, on the Indian side it was just the Foreign Secy and the two officers addressing the media at set times. This speaks volumes indeed.
Each time India would administer a slap, the statement would be ‘If you come back again, we will slap you again’. Of course, just like a scorpion cannot NOT sting, the Brown Panted Ones would try & fail over & over again.
How could India turn down this invite to slap them again, hainji?!
The pinnacle of Indian retaliation was reached soon enough when within a span of minutes, India addressed 11 Airbases of the PAF and inflicted massive damages, including to critical high value assets of the PAF. That a few of these were near known nuke sites was just ‘incidental’!
They claimed to have shot down a Rafale or two. They even broadcast the supposed radio intercepts of Shri Godzilla Ji who was flying the India Rafale searching for his comrade. But they couldn’t find even one video of the dead body of Shri Rafale Ji lying dead on Indian side!
When asked proof for claims of shooting 5 IAF planes, their idiot Defence Minister offered – Proof is all over Social Media!
Why did he say that you asked?
Well because that is all they had – Conspiracy theories by SM handles, most of which were their own.
But NO wreckage!
And when poked again (no pun intended) by yet another news anchor asking difficult question, Shri Defence Minister of Bhikharistan suddenly became deaf!
Yes, and these idiots claim they WON the war! Well, their own yahoos may buy this crap from them, but not me!
Point to note is that all their senior ministers were giving interviews to all foreign channels, alternating between bombastic statements and whining. OTOH, on the Indian side it was just the Foreign Secy and the two officers addressing the media at set times. This speaks volumes indeed.
Each time India would administer a slap, the statement would be ‘If you come back again, we will slap you again’. Of course, just like a scorpion cannot NOT sting, the Brown Panted Ones would try & fail over & over again.
How could India turn down this invite to slap them again, hainji?!
The pinnacle of Indian retaliation was reached soon enough when within a span of minutes, India addressed 11 Airbases of the PAF and inflicted massive damages, including to critical high value assets of the PAF. That a few of these were near known nuke sites was just ‘incidental’!
So this is how Operation Sindoor went on from the night of 7-8 May to night of 10 May when Pakistan successfully pled its case for a ceasefire. It took just three days from 8-10 May for the famed Brown Panted Ones to live up to their reputation!
Btw, this video is called SWAHA!
Before moving ahead, let me share this 👇 ‘candid’ conversation of the Paaki Defence Minister as well!
Let me now address the most important fact – the Utter and Complete inability of the Brown Panted Ones to prevent the Indian attacks on their key installations etc.
Visuals uploaded by the Paaki awam themselves are proof enough.
Mind you, all this has happened within a span of LESS THAN 72 HOURS from the very early hours of 8th May till the afternoon of 10th May when the Brown Panted DGMO called up his Indian counterpart begging for ceasefire!
Yes, it took LESS THAN 72 HOURS to bring Pakistan to its knees ..
I know, some folks on Indian Twitter and all the folks on Paaki Twitter will disagree, saying that Shri Shehbaz Sharif has declared victory and that Paakis are dancing in the streets in joy!
To these people, all I will say is .. You couldn’t be more wrong!
But as the saying goes .. You cannot wake up someone who is merely PRETENDING to be asleep! So I shall accept the fact that they don’t believe me and move on with my life in general, and this thread in particular!
They all know the true worth of the Brown Panted Ones. Hence it came as no surprise that much much before the first Indian bomb had even crossed the IB, Paakis had started threatening nuclear armageddon in anticipation!
Their lack of faith in their Brown Panted Ones to defend their sorry little country is truly remarkable!
With benefit of hindsight I must say that they were entirely correct in their assessment, given the immense damage India inflicted on them with impunity and utter contempt!
Less than 48 hours after the first Indian bombardment they announced a meeting of their Nuke Control Authority! What helped was the reports that India had hit a possible nuke storage facility near Sargodha and possibly one or two more! I think that, and the imminent meeting of Paaki Nuke Command Authority is what spooked the rest of the ‘civilized’ world.
Mind you, India was NOT concerned at all, merrily planning on inflicting more pain.
But then came the offer of surrender by the Paaki DGMO when he called up!
So they decided to take the Indian hit on their unmentionables and sue for peace, perhaps because they no longer had any unmentionables left for the next round!
Guns will fall silent at 5pm, they agreed. India had delivered the last blow this time, just like all previous times!
But then just as folks on this side of the border (including yours truly) were bemoaning the sudden and unexpected ceasefire, came the news of a fresh Paaki attack!
Mind you, we Indians were happy that the Paakis had attacked again!
Not because we wanted to see our own folks get hurt. Because we KNEW that Indian Armed Forces won’t let them get hurt. Instead, what made us so happy was the fact that now Paakis will get some more bums up their bums!
That evening also saw some brand new memes too!
However, very few questioned the likely reason behind the latest wave of attacks despite the desperate ceasefire offer. IMO, it could possibly have been due to an internal power struggle within the Paaki Army.
But very soon, the attacks failed (as usual) & India delivered yet another blow, this time in Peshawar! Once again, it was India that gave the last slap!
On an unrelated note, Peshawar was a target too far in the 1965 War and was only reached on a handful of occasions by the IAF!
Now if I were a Paaki General, I would have shot myself at this humiliation at the hands of my eternal enemy and that too in less than 72 hours.
But then, that would require a little bit of self-respect, no?
So Pakistan did what comes naturally to them – They declared victory!
They showed the world a list of targets in India hit and destroyed. Their yahoos on social media went berserk with joy! They came out on their (bombed) streets delirious in yet another victory! No proof was needed .. because it was all over social media, you see!!
Meanwhile, India went ahead and gave out satellite imagery of Pakistani targets destroyed in the less than 72 hours of engagements!
Thus ended this particular round of India-Pakistan conflict. Yes, it was incomplete. But it was much different than previous ones.
Come to think of it .. it lasted almost as long as the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks! How’s that for Karma, huh Pakistan?
Let me talk a bit now about what we achieved in this round.
Mind you, it still is unfinished business.
It will always remain thus till the time Pakistan and the ideology behind it remains standing. To that extent I endorse the outrage on the ‘premature’ ceasefire as well.
However, I also endorse the fact that the ceasefire is a fact.
The GOI decided to go ahead with it for reasons best known to them. They naturally have access to much much more information than you and I can ever hope to have. So yes, while disappointed, I accept the fact that the wonderful hammering that Pakistan was getting, has ceased FOR THE TIME BEING.
It will happen again.
They WILL give us yet another chance, over & over again.
That is the reason I am not crying out for this round having ended.
So we move on to what we gained ..
We exposed the Brown Panted Ones in front of not just their awam, but the entire world for the shitty soldiers that they are. The only thing they are good for, is gobbling up the meagre resources of their country and plead when India hits them!
A whole generation of Indians have seen war for the first time. And I include the Kargil generation as well because not even Kargil came this close! 1971 would be a better comparison.
Also, Indian Armed Forces, since long involved in sub-conventional ops, got a wonderful opportunity to test themselves in a large-scale conventional contingency! This will go a long way in finetuning the already very fine battle drills of the IA, IN and IAF.
Talking about IN 👇😂
Mind you, this time the Indian Navy didn’t join the fight while the Indian Army too didn’t mobilize even after the hostilities began, whereas the Brown Panted Ones were already mobilized and in their battle positions since much before!
The Brown Panted Ones were anticipating another military strike (which, frankly, SHOULD still happen). They even mobilized their derelict pieces of military hardware towards the Indian borders amid much public fanfare! But India? Well India just yawned and didn't mobilize at all!
Then there was the fact that the entire Nation came together as one behind the Indian Armed Forces, letting go of their petty differences of opinions. Some jokers still whined for Pakistan, but they can rot in their own private hells for all I care.
Resident Non-Indians. Period. Sadly, when the heat dies down, she will be back spewing the same venom all over again. https://t.co/9iwQCgA311
OTOH, in Pakistan the Baloch inflicted atleast two dozen casualties on the Brown Panted Ones! The difference could not be starker!
Further, India has changed forever the paradigm of retaliation to terror attacks. The ceasefire was accepted with the caveat that any terror attack would be considered an act of war. This is a HUGE statement of intent, backed by the nearly three days of massive punishment already.
Heck, India didn’t even waste time seeking incontrovertible proof of Pakistani involvement in #PahalgamTerrorAttack, thus bringing to a naught the Pakistani efforts to paint it as an internal issue of India!
This Indian message has hit home .. over and over again, I’d say!
Of course, the Pakistani nuclear bogey that kept Indian responses ‘rational’ thus far has been blown up, figuratively and literally too as per some accounts!
𝗕𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗛𝗔 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡 Reportedly, a team of US experts has reached #Rawalpindi to assess the damage done to #Pakistan's Nuclear weapons storage ar #NurKhanBase.
But then, Pakistan does have the World’s Best Air Force .. a fact endorsed not by Pakistani photoshop experts but sakshaat Telegraph Ji!
The next positive outcome for the Motherland is the fact that indigenous weapons performed perfectly under warlike conditions. If this doesn’t give a further boost to enhanced acquisition and export of indigenous weapons systems, then nothing else can!
Another important point is that the cost of keeping Pakistan alive has gone up massively for the West and for China, the latest IMF bakhsheesh notwithstanding.
In fact, this won’t even be enough to cover the losses of the past few days!
Of course with the America backed ceasefire, American interests lobby in Pakistan Army will gain strength at the cost of China interests lobby. Now THAT would be interesting to watch! In any case, most Generals have their spawns settled in the USA in any case, and NONE in China! This naturally makes them more ‘amenable’ to American interests!
Meanwhile, the Indus Water Treaty remains suspended, as does the Simla Agreement.
Yes, do read the above line once again! It gives us much more freedom than before to do what is in our national interests, instead of getting tied down in legalese.
Remember, Pakistani narrative that Pakistan has ‘won’ this round not much different from the post 1965 narrative. Unfortunately, despite the ‘Spectacular Victory’ of 1965, Ayub Khan was unceremoniously removed from power. Let’s see what happens when dust settles this time round.
Also remember that India recently became the fourth largest economy in the world some days back while Pakistan remains .. well .. Pakistan!
Reminded me of these words from SunderKand:
जहाँ सुमति तहँ संपति नाना।
जहाँ कुमति तहँ बिपति निदाना।।
Do read them once again!
In the end, all I will say is that the India Armed Forces deserve all the applause that we can give them. Pakistan WILL give more and more chances to hit them in the future, and knowing this GOI, they will keep getting hit exactly where it hurts – Their Ego.
Before concluding, I will just add this thread dedicated to Pakistan – Turkey friendship that was so at display during Op Sindoor!
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So this wannabe Khalifa of the 21st Century makes clear his preference! In light of this, sharing a short thread on Pakistan-Turkey relationship at the very basic, people to people, level! https://t.co/c2CjqZuIdZ
NOTE : This Chain of Thoughts was shared on Twitter late on the night of 08 May 2025. Sharing it here for archival purposes.
So it begins .. the Fourth Round (not counting Kargil) ..
Let me share some thoughts that are still jumbled up in my head. Let’s see how it turns out. Here goes ..
At the outset, let us say a prayer for the hundreds of thousands of young men who will put their very lives on the line for the sake of the Motherland in the days & weeks to come. May they find victory .. by the ever-present grace of the Almighty.
NISCHAY KAR APNI JEET KAROON ..
Always remember one thing .. the sum total of men martyred / injured fighting Pakistan sponsored terror in Kashmir, Punjab and elsewhere in the country has already exceeded the fatalities in all wars with Pakistan thus far.
So, it makes sense to see the permanent end of this scourge to our West.
As they say, The Antidote of Poison, is Poison, NOT Nectar.
Some more pain in the short term is okay to bear, if and IF it ensures long-term peace and stability. Hence, the cautious optimism in me.
Before moving ahead, let me just offer a disclaimer : It might cease just as quickly as it has started. Or it may continue for a longer duration. I am not a clairvoyant so I cannot really say how it shall pan out.
Regardless, I’ll offer my own point of view. Feel free to disagree.
However, one thing is absolutely clear – This is a war about the future of our very civilization. I don’t mean a war that begun just a few hours ago. I mean a war that began in 712 AD, the day from where Pakistan traces its history .. a history that they feel is still incomplete.
A history, that they feel will only be complete once they capture India .. a history that they feel will only be complete once they complete Ghazwa ‘e Hind .. a History that they feel will only be complete when they demolish all our Temples and offer Namaz there.
Moving now from History to the Present, I’m quite sure that the Brown Panted Ones wouldn’t have, even in their wildest dreams, ever thought that a ‘simple’ terror attack would escalate things this far. Like I said some weeks ago, they overplayed their hand.
If this is not an announcement of much worse headed the way of Pakistan, then I don't know what else it is. The Paakis overplayed their hand in #PahalgamTerrorAttack. They thought they would sour the visit of Vance, just as they did during Clinton's timehttps://t.co/CFOZdNIDxc
Just like a scorpion cannot NOT sting due to its very nature, false ego & bombast of the Paakis will NOT let them just accept that they have been bettered & stop provoking India further. Heart of heart, they know they are no match for India. They have seen it in all previous wars.
You may fool everyone in the world, but you cannot fool the man staring back at you in the mirror. The same is true for Pakistan as well.
The biggest example is the utopian concept of Afghanistan being their ‘Strategic Depth’!
Think about it.
They knew they would lose to India. Hence, the bombast about fighting Indian Army from Afghanistan!
I bet many of us, and many of Pakistanis as well never saw it this way .. that the Brown Panted Ones were convinced of getting defeated.
So was Mr Lal Topi, btw!
A good analogy that is very apt for Pakistan would be that of a poor man investing all his savings in buying a new suit and saying that he belongs to the ‘high society’. But the fact that underneath that suit he is wearing torn and tattered undergarments would never leave him!
Once again, it is corroborated by none other than the erstwhile Brown Panted Chief, General Bajwa himself when he spoke to a group of journalists not very long ago. Must watch this video from the 3-minute mark, if not fully :
The Pakis’ ego has landed them in a situation where they have no way out except by getting slapped and kicked by the much hated and much vilified Kafirs of India. The analogy of Monkey-Trap fits them perfectly.
Their ego won’t let them stop.
Their aukaat won’t let them last long.
One possible way out is this 👇
Hypothetically, the only 'honourable' way out for Bhikharistan is the 1971 template – Remove Asim Munir and bring Imran Khan back as Prime Minister. Granted, this will still leave the Brown Panted Snake alive to fight another day, but for right now, this seems their only option! https://t.co/zf50zI4zPj
Whether they take it or not, is anybody’s guess. But a fair assumption is that Asim Munir won’t last long as Brown Panted Chief. Either he loses the war & becomes President aka Musharraf, or gets thrown our aka Ayub / Yahya.
Of course, one more option, a VERY WELL PRACTICED ONE at that, is to simply surrender .. and call it a ‘game’ just like Niazi said in 1971. He went from ‘Never Surrender’ on 14 Dec to calling it a ‘game’ less than 48 hours later!
Now that this latest round has started, I can only hope that it gives a decisive blow so that these bastards cannot dare to look our way for the next 50 years atleast. Thanks to their inflated sense of self-worth, utter and complete humiliation is the only medicine that will work.
1971 kept them away for 54 years till now. They dared not breach our perceived red lines. They did a 26/11 with full confidence that we won’t react. They did Pahalgam also under the same premise, thinking that they had gamed and catered for likely Indian reaction.
Unfortunately for them, their bluff has been called.
I’m sure there would be a healthy dose of panic within GHQ at Rawalpindi at the giant next door who has had it with them. The visuals of Paaki awam at the time of Indian bombs landing in their cities are adequate proof as well.
The guns will fall silent eventually.
It might happen tomorrow, or after a month, or a year.
I think that this clash lasting for atleast three weeks would ultimately make the Brown Panted Ones crumble under sheer logistical strain once their one week worth of stocks they hold, run out.
In any case, the much touted and the much shouted ‘lashkars’ of Jihadis that they threatened would literally swarm Indian forces are either missing or dead in the recent strikes.
On that note, I wonder whatever became of this uncle from 2019! 👇
As I conclude this chain of thoughts, I think it is fit to leave a wishlist for when the guns finally stop booming. I would wait for the day Chicken’s Neck and Chhamb-Jaurian are back in Indian Control. These saw some of the most intense fighting in 1965 and 1971.
And of course, Kartarpur Saheb!
Now THAT is something which would put the Khalistani stooges of Pakistan in a spin!! It may or may not happen in this round. But it must eventually happen. And I hope to be alive at that time.
There's a whole lot more 'excitement' left to come in the next few years, IMO. I've maintained that if we are lucky enough to be alive at the end of the next decade, then the world that we die in will be much much different from the one that we were born in.#JustSayinghttps://t.co/U1aFB0cRRp
Note: This chain of thoughts was first shared on Twitter on the night of 06 May 2025, barely a few hours before Operation Sindoor launched by the Indian Armed Forces
Folks, sharing some thoughts on implications of the GOI decision to hold Indus Water Treaty in Abeyance in the aftermath of the Pakistan Sponsored #PahalgamTerrorAttack. The immediate trigger for the thread is this notification by the IRSA of Bhikharistan 👇. Here goes ..
I would find it very insulting to my Motherland when people would proudly say the the Indus Water Treaty continued to be respected by India even during the wars with Pakistan. This is purely and simply, a lack of शत्रुबोध on our side.
The enemy, on the other hand, is very clear. India is the eternal enemy for them. Always has been, and always will be. Yes, they will mooch off us and our generosity, but at the end of the day, they won’t hesitate in destroying us, given even half a chance
Talking about Bhikharistanis that come over to India for medical treatment, I was reminded of this bastard👇 They will mooch off India when in need, even if they hate us from the bottom of their hearts. Let their govt make hospitals for them instead of building missiles and nukes https://t.co/4gcLy98nqwpic.twitter.com/1Wqwmi2SDZ
Ironically, opening paragraph itself says that the Treaty is signed in a ‘Spirit of Goodwill and Friendship’.
I think that spirit got buried under the sands of the Indus Basin over and over again, in 1965, 1971, 1987, 1999, 2002. Various terror attacks by Pak only helped even more.
I will not go into the technicalities of the Treaty, except for just saying that it gave way more to Pakistan, at the cost of the interests of our own people. So much so that even the then J&K CM said so in 2014 : J&K suffered losses due to Indus Water Treaty: Omar Abdullah
So, coming on to what has been happening thus far, and what happens next ..
First and foremost, going far beyond the world of Surgical Strikes and Balakot Airstrikes, the impact of putting the IWT on hold is nothing short of a nuclear strike on Bhikharistan, IMO!
Let me elaborate..
Here is how it went previously:
Surgical Strikes : Paakis responded by blatant and vociferous denial that any such thing happened!
Balakot : Paakis responded by losing an F-16 to a MiG 21 and then being scared shitless by Indian threats into releasing Abhinandan ASAP!
Further, during both, the Balakot and the Surgical Strikes, India took great care in ensuring no collateral damage or harm to the non-military & non-terrorist Pakistani citizens. Of course, they were & continue to be ungrateful bastards, but that is a topic for another day!
In this particular instance of putting the IWT on hold, Pakistan has practically no answer except for huffing and puffing!
And this time, the action has hit home to practically each and every Bhikharistani that inhabits those lands of the Sindhu river that they stole from Bharat.
The Brown Panted Ones were anticipating another military strike (which, frankly, SHOULD still happen). They even mobilized their derelict pieces of military hardware towards the Indian borders amid much public fanfare!
But India?
Well India just yawned and didn’t mobilize at all!
Instead of moving its military, India just turned off the tap to the various rivers that had till recently, been flowing unimpeded into Pakistan! And then .. after a few days .. India opened the taps fully!
Poor Bhikharistanis .. they have absolutely no idea what to expect next!!
Basically, what India has done is something which the Brown Panted Ones had never thought of even in their wildest of dreams when giving the go-ahead for the Pahalgam Terror Attack. India introduced a paradigm shift in which, instead of uniting behind their army, Paaki population is cursing them! Moreover, this time they are also DIRECTLY feeling the impact of their wholehearted endorsement of the Pakistani terror infrastructure : ‘India can starve us’: farmers in Pakistan decry suspension of crucial water treaty
^^ So now they cry that they will starve.
Why?
Because in their (beautiful) minds, they believe that India overreacted to Packie terrorists killing 26 innocent Indian after confirming their religion!
I kid you not.
THIS is what they mean in this article screenshotted below!
But if you want a crisp summary, then this tweet 👇 says it all!
Yes, Indian simply cannot stop the flow of water into Pakistan. But what India CAN, and IS doing is to regulate the flow as per our desires & our requirements instead of foolishly adhering to the terms of a treaty with an enemy which in any case was blatantly biased in his favour. We may not have the capacity to store all the water for perpetuity, but we do have the means to decide when and how much flows into Pakistan.
A few weeks’ delay and a ‘little’ bit of moderation into inflows to Pakistan can ruin an entire sowing season out there. This is what is causing so much concern in that terrorist country at this moment!
It would be safe to assume atleast double the official estimates given below as the true figure, I’d say :
And in case you feel even an iota of sympathy for those people, do try and read this article below :
‘Proud’ aunt seeks Kasab's body "Even if he did something wrong, I'm proud he taught enemy a lesson in their own country"
THIS, folks, is an everyday Pakistani for you .. insanely proud that one of their own killed so many of us.https://t.co/khbFJS558S
If you STILL feel sorry for them, then I have a small exercise to help you get over it:
Step 1 : Take a deep breath.
Step 2 : Hold it for 26mins 11secs!
So what happens now, you ask?
Well for one, Sindh gets worried.
Why?
Because with India withholding water, Paaki Punjab will ensure that Sindh dries out first! There already were some reports of protests in Sindh about this some days back!
Internal water war in Pakistan. (Video from Pak Twitter). Sind is up in arms against the network of 6 new canals that will channel water from the Indus river to irrigate Punjab’s Cholistan region pic.twitter.com/SVoDhnaiIW
Mind you, even in the best of the times, Paaki Punjab has been stealing waters from Sindh. And now when the going gets tough, it is only fair to assume the ‘tough’ Punjabis will only hoard more of Sindh’s waters!
Which brings me back to the visuals of Pak Army mobilization that I talked about earlier in this thread. Did you notice that almost ALL such videos are about their mobilization in Punjab, and almost NONE in Sindh?
Interesting, no?
Just as the Brown Panted Ones gave up East Pakistan for the sake of West Pakistan in 1971, if they give up Sindh for the sake of Punjab in the next round (whenever that happens), I won’t be surprised at all!
After All, Sindh, Balochistan and KPK are all meant to serve Punjab!
What about China, where Indus and Sutlej and Brahmaputra originate, you ask? Well, firstly there is no water sharing agreement existing between India and China. Secondly, bulk of the inflows into these rivers happen on INDIAN side of the Himalayan watershed.
And lastly, even if China decides to temporarily ‘regulate’ flows into the Indus and the Sutlej, they would, in effect, be cutting off Pakistan’s water because India can just withhold outflows into Pakistan for that much longer!
Pakistan is well & truly fcuked, I’d say. Which also brings us to the possibility of a potentially bombastic/desperate measure from their Govt. They already tried the UN route & got shown their true aukaat earlier today as per this report :
Further, they have been told to ratchet down their nuclear sabre rattling that goes off the moment any hint of Indian retaliation to Pakistani terror attacks comes by. Life for them gets more and more interesting each passing minute!
What India has done is that they have turned the threats of Paaki nuclear blackmail on their head, by mobilizing the population and the administration into doing Civil Defence Drills! Not only are these necessary for a potential nuclear flare-up, but they are also equally an exercise in signalling to the world at large that this time is not like the last so many times. The Indian narrative/info warfare this time has been top-notch, I’d say.
Unfortunately, for the Brown Panted Ones, who are the true rulers of Pak, (regardless of Shehbaz Sharif prancing around as if he is the actual PM!), the only way out is to either accept defeat which their egos will never permit.
Or to strike India, which only brings more pain!
Of course, the threat of an Indian military strike still remains.
Why do I say this? Well, because of the extremely strong actions thus far and the extremely harshly worded statements from the Prime Minister, Raksha Mantri and Home Minister.
BREAKING: India issues NOTAM (notice to airmen) on India-Pak border areas of Rajasthan for a big IAF South Western Air Command air exercise for May 7-8. pic.twitter.com/N2RWUyTxLR
The Brown Panted Ones have been testing India’s limits of tolerance since 14 Aug 1947 itself. It is only now that India is returning the favour, and that too with added interest. On a side note, here is why they are called Brown Panted Ones!
Btw, talking about 'War', this is what their erstwhile Brown Panted Chief had to say about their famed Brown Panted Army! Just watch this video from the 3-minute mark. This was their CHIEF speaking! pic.twitter.com/XmFRcQOrF0
One other way out for them, possibly, is an internal coup within the Pakistan Army, something similar to the one that happened after their humiliation in 1965 wherein the self-styled Field Marshal Ayub Khan was forced out by Yahya Khan.
I am sure that atleast one section amongst the Brown Panted Ones might consider this to be possible way out, i.e., offering to remove Asim Munir by (rightly) assigning all blame for the current fiasco to him.
By now we all know what happened. Tourists were asked their religion & those who were adherents of the 'wrong' faith were killed without second thoughts by those who follow the 'correct' deen. The first thought that came to my mind upon hearing this was the speech by Asim Munir. pic.twitter.com/SiUMKoTjEG
But even if .. and that is still a BIG IF .. that happens, will some such thing be acceptable to India?
Will the IWT be restored by India?
Will the three western rivers flow unimpeded as before?
Well, the short answer to all these questions is a BIG NO!
The Brown Panted Ones have overplayed their hand this time, and given a golden opportunity to India to do the unthinkable. A line has been crossed, that will never be reverted to now. The rules of the game have been changed for good.
The Indus Water Treaty, as it existed for past 65 yrs, is well and truly dead.
If the Paakis have any sense, they will sit down to renegotiate. Come to think of it, they don’t have a choice in this matter. Either they renegotiate a new, more balanced treaty, or they lose it all!
It is a Lose-Lose situation for them.
The only choice they have is to decide HOW MUCH are they willing to lose.
And knowing them, they will lose much more by being obstinate instead of pragmatic. It is their true nature, just like it is the nature of a scorpion to sting.
To be honest, I do not feel bad for them at all. After all, they are a country that teaches their six-year olds this 👇
If you think Munir was out of his mind in talking this trash against Hindus, then I have a white coloured building in Agra to sell to you! Don't believe me? Well, here is what a top Indian diplomat came to hear from a six-year old girl in Pakistan.https://t.co/xU0lZBljF0
Then these very six year olds grow up and ask the religion of innocent Indians and kill all who call themselves Hindus.
There is only one solution to this disease called Pakistan that has been festering on our lands since long. The sooner it is taken care of, the better it is.
31/31 I'll just leave this photo of a bumper sticker on a car somewhere in Delhi to this thread. pic.twitter.com/uGQ70w0xjQ
Yes, there WILL be pain in the short term, but for sake of long term peace, it should be acceptable.
With this, I conclude this chain of thoughts. Hope you found it interesting. I shall just leave 3 prior threads on the Indus Water Treaty since it is so much in news currently.
In light of this statement on the issue of Ravi river waters flowing untapped into Pakistan by @capt_amarinder, replugging an old thread chronicling my own thoughts on the same.https://t.co/szYxuIPZRw
Folks, sharing some data points on the traditional names of various places / rivers in the Kashmir Valley and the Jammu / Ladakh Regions .. names that are slowly but surely being erased from our collective memories. That, and a bit about the Kashmir Valley in the Vedic Era.
Here goes ..
During the Rig Vedic Period, Kashmir was under the SatiSar lake, created by Lord Shiv for Sati Mata. Within it resided the demon ‘Jalodgar’ who had a boon from Lord Brahma that he couldn’t be killed while he lived in the Satisar Lake. He terrorized inhabitants in & around the lake.
Fed up with his tyranny, Rishi Kashyap prayed to Lord Vishnu and with his blessings, drained out the Satisar Lake from a place that came to be known as ‘Varah Mool’, or the Molars of the Boar (Lord Vishnu as Varah dug up an exit for the lake).
Varah Mool is present day Baramula.
But with the lake drained and the Varah Mool Pass now open, the area was devoid of water. Thus Rishi Kashyap once again prayed to Goddesses Parvati, Saraswati and Lakshmi and urged them to incarnate in the form of life-giving rivers.
Devi Saraswati & Devi Lakshmi descended as Rivers Rumbiara and Veshaw respectively.
Devi Parvati descended as the Vitasta River into which these first two rivers drained.
Vitasta was renamed by invaders as the Jhelum. She is Ma Parvati herself, flowing and nourishing these lands.
The source of River Vitasta is said to be Vernag, where Lord Shiva struck the ground with his Trishul, creating the source of the River Vitasta.
Vitastā, means “the spanning one” or “the river that extends widely”. It is still revered & celebrated on the Vitasta Festival, that was recently revived by the Govt.
(Painting by Bishan Singh, 1872 : Kashmiri Hindus performing Sūrya Namaskār at the banks of the Vitasta)
The name Kashmir itself is said to have been derived from the name ‘Kashyap Meru’ as it came to be known after Rishi Kashyap established his ashram there once the three Goddesses descended down as the three key rivers in the valley.
Baramula itself was called the Varahamulaksetra or Varahaksetra, after the incarnation of Lord Vishnu that helped create an opening for draining the Satisar Lake.
Coming on to the original names of the other rivers in the region .. I got hold of this map some years ago. Took a while before deciphering the current names of these rivers mentioned here.
Sindhu, in the initial part, was called the Rasaa River. It was also called as the Vaajinaavati in Ladakh before becoming the Rasaa and thereafter the Sindhu River as it cleared the Himalayas.
Shyok was called the Trishtama.
One of the tributaries of the Shyok River was called the Anitbha .. or the one with a dull colour.
Gilgit River is said to be the Shwetyavari River, or the one that is white in colour.
Zanskar River is said to be the Oornavati River, while the Shigar River is the Susartu River.
Silaamavati was the original name of the Suru River.
Of course, many know that Chenab was the Chandrabhaaga River.
Kishanganga has been renamed as the Neelum by Pakistan because of obvious reasons.
Name of Sarayu River got corrupted over the ages to become present day Haro River.
O Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Shutudri, Parushni, follow my praise! O Asikni Marudvridha, Vitasta, with the Arjikiya and Sushoma, listen! – Rig Ved
In fact the Sutlej was called the Sutudra till as late as 18th Century. Guru Gobind Singh Ji concludes the Chaupai Saheb as: भाद्रव सुदी अष्टमी रविवारा तीर सतुद्रव ग्रंथ सुधारा(This book was competed on the banks of Sutlej on Sunday, the eighth Sudi of the month of Bhaadro)
Now coming on to the original names of towns / villages / other places in Kashmir.
Tithwal was called Teerthwal.
The full name of the Dal Lake was the Sureshwari Dal, after Ma Durga.
Gulmarg was Gauri Marg where a temple for Lord Shiva and Ma Parvati existed. The temple was destroyed by Yousuf Shah, who ruled Kashmir in 16th century. He renamed the place as Gulmarg. Maharaja Hari Singh built a new temple there for his queen, now called the Maharani Temple.
Pampore was Padmapura.
Bijbehara was Vijayeshwara,
and Ganderbal was Gandharapura.
Anantnag was the land of Nagas with King Ananta as their ruler.
Bhaderwah was BhadarKashi. The town is variously referred to as Bhadarwasa, Bhadarkashi, Bhadar Avakash and Bhadar Pura. Here is an extract from the Wikipedia page on Bhaderwah:
Kishtwar was KashtNiwar / Kashthavata.
Pir Panjal was Panchaldhar.
Mattan was Martand.
It is Hari Parbat, not Koh ‘e Maran.
It is Shankaracharya Hill, not Takht ‘e Sulemani.
And it is Martand Surya Mandir not Shaitan ki Gufa, as christened by some Bollywood idiots! It was the zenith of Kashmiri architecture, constructed by the legendary King Lalitaditya Muktapida. Of course, the invaders destroyed it too.
Then there is Pahalgam, which is very much in news these days. It means the First Village, i.e. the beginning of the Shri Amarnath Yatra. Interestingly, here is what the late Rishi Kapoor had to say about Pahalgam in his Autobiography :
Some more names, though not part of Kashmir are: Ghaggar used to be a tributary of Sutlej (Satadru). Its original name was Drishdvati.
Peshawar was Purushpur.
Afghanistan itself was Asmavraja.
Of course, Delhi itself was Indraprasth!
As I bring this thread to a close, let me ask you a question – Can we go back to OFFICIALLY naming these places / rivers back to their original, Sanskrit names?
An addendum for those who think it will cause some issues – Do you talk about Burma, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras or Ceylon by their old or new names? Heck, even Turkey has become Türkiye!
Food for thought, no?
In the end, I will just plug this Twitter thread here. Parts of it give some more context to what I wrote above:
This is the history they erased.
Kashmir’s story isn’t about “freedom.” It’s about brutal colonization and the violent erasure of an indigenous civilization.
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