#INDIA

Indian Expansionism, a thread. When India existed the first time as an independent country after 1947, there were more than 600 independent princely states. Many wished to remain independent, though
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The disengagement proposal on north bank of Pangong Tso seems to be on the same principle of Buffer Zone as was done at Galwan in June. Chinese step back from
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Asia's first Sugar factory, was supposedly started by the French, in a small village in Orissa, in the year 1824. However, the French being French, were not able to manufacture
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Why is English a *barrier* to India's development? A summary:Today and the future is of technology. Technology development requires technical understanding, logic and thinking skills. World-over people learn and use
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* Golden Opportunity to the Farmers of India. MasterStroke by NaMo * * Agreement between Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha even though opposition by "farmer leaders". See the original game
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New (and a tad long) post on elite colleges in India,, national economic mobility, privilege and what it says about us.Thread.https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/merit-schools-national-track-india-privilege-blindness-sajith-pai/ 2/17It is common
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Thrilled to share new findings from the 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey, joint w/ Devesh Kapur and @MilanV!This time we look at how Indian Americans view India. Summarizing some key
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Some comments on this Bloomberg article about India's farmer protests, and its use of historical analogies as well as concepts from development economics.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-10/india-s-farm-protests-have-p
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Some great articles by great journalists debunking “Love Jihad”. “A Hindu girl marrying a Muslim in today’s forward looking world would ordinarily be taken as a simple inter-faith marriage. But
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just came across this about Anandibai Joshi: Her husband Gopalrao taught her science, math, english, marathi and was a vocal proponent for women’s education. He wrote a letter requesting assistance
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I was re-reading a wonderful book last night by David Cromwell of @medialens fame, from 2013, "Why are we the good guys: Reclaiming your mind from the delusions of Propaganda"I
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BJP involvement in Gold Smuggling Case:1. Prime suspect Sandeep Nair in gold smuggling case is a BJP worker.2. Hariraj, trade union leader who threatened the customs for releasing baggage is
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THREAD: Cultural Connection Between India and Indonesia--- The term “Nesia”signifies a group of islands, and “Indo” of course means India. Thus, Indonesia means Indian Islands.--- Java, Bali, and Sumatra which
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Gandhi & Partition:Myth & RealityGandhi was the last person who agreed for Partition.He kept opposing it till last.Even when there wer riots nd Nehru &Patel agreed for Partition,Gandhi opposed it.
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Vaccine news: Novavax has formally applied for Health Canada approval after those phase 3 results y’day. And along w/ ongoing review of AstraZeneca, AZ has applied to authorize its vaccine/production
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This year I had decided NOT to start a fight on Twitter. But @RemaNagarajan you asked for it.A few years back I received several emails and phone calls from a
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