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Historian and Columnist, lapsed Marxist, failed cricketer; author of 'India After Gandhi' and 'Gandhi Before India'. Retweets not necessarily endorsements.

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  1. 9 hours ago

    I am also warned not to criticize Narendra Modi and Amit Shah who "are blessed & divine chosen one by Divine Mahakal to change the world".

    106 replies 297 retweets 268 likes
  2. 9 hours ago

    Many people/ids sending identical mails warning me to "get ready to be punishment (sic) by Divine Mahakal" for being critical of the BJP.

    166 replies 374 retweets 378 likes
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    16 hours ago

    At breakfast in Dharamsala, umpire Ian Gould tells me: don't think I have seen a better bowling display than India yesterday! Super stuff!👍

    60 replies 324 retweets 1,353 likes
  4. 18 hours ago

    The SC says Aadhar not mandatory for pension, mid-day meals, MGNREGA:

    13 replies 70 retweets 67 likes
  5. Mar 27

    Great Test, fantastic series, both heading in the right direction

    10 replies 30 retweets 132 likes
  6. Mar 27

    Vallabhbhai Patel: "Hinduism would not be saved by rowdyism": See

    31 replies 72 retweets 104 likes
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    Mar 26

    More than 350 journalists at the Goraknath Gaushala. At least one journalist ran to Yogi Adityanath as he reached & gave them their 'story'!

    More than 350 cows at the Gorakhnath temple Gaushala. Several calves ran to Yogi Adityanath as he reached & gave them Gur & their feed
    97 replies 572 retweets 747 likes
  8. Mar 25

    The wise use of water is more important to India’s future than the winning of elections: my column in :

    35 replies 125 retweets 234 likes
  9. Mar 23

    Some of Ashokamitran's short stories were superb. One about a frustrated Hindustani classical music teacher in Chennai an absolute classic.

    3 replies 15 retweets 45 likes
  10. Mar 23

    Sorry to hear of Ashokamitran's passing. I greatly enjoyed his books "The Eighteenth Parallel" and "My Years with Boss".

    2 replies 26 retweets 61 likes
  11. Mar 23

    Gandhi, 1926: "The truth is that God reaches us through millions of ways not understood by us."

    11 replies 57 retweets 100 likes
  12. Mar 23

    Gandhi, 1926: "Spiritual superiority is a dangerous thing to feel."

    29 replies 169 retweets 288 likes
  13. Mar 21

    Sorry to hear that Govind Talwalkar has died. He was a distinguished scholar-editor who contributed immensely to our intellectual life.

    5 replies 29 retweets 84 likes
  14. Retweeted
    Mar 20

    On this day, twenty years ago, seven Kashmiri Pandits massacred in Sangrampora, Kashmir. An excerpt from "Our Moon has blood clots"

    41 replies 570 retweets 423 likes
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    Mar 20

    He's the T. lex of Kannada words

    11 replies 68 retweets 108 likes
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    Mar 20

    Colloquium - Remembering Anupam Mishra: A Faithful Clerk of Ordinary People. Speakers Sopan Joshi, S Vishwanath

    1 reply 21 retweets 26 likes
  17. Mar 19

    The RSS ideologue Govindacharya famously called Vajpayee a "mukhauta", a mask. After the choice of UP CM, perhaps Modi can be called one too

    142 replies 250 retweets 497 likes
  18. Mar 19

    "Modi’s rise to power has empowered a lot of nasty characters", says : And now they control power in our largest state.

    87 replies 36 retweets 61 likes
  19. Mar 19

    . on the choice of CM in UP: "In the moment of his political triumph", Modi "has chosen to defeat India":

    71 replies 99 retweets 186 likes
  20. Mar 19

    My friend 's entirely convincing explanation for the BJP’s choice as UP Chief Minister: that he is not Sonia Gandhi

    Those who argued a person of foreign origin can be PM are now arguing that a person wearing saffron is not fit to be CM of UP
    98 replies 218 retweets 379 likes

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