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Tunku Varadarajan
@tunkuv
AEI/Classical Liberal Inst., NYU Law/Center on Capitalism & Society, Columbia/ WSJ writer/ Cricket fan. Father. Fogey Madridista Anti-Hindutva Anti-Xi Birdlover
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Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR)
@ptrmadurai
So..I went on a show
@IndiaToday
unexpectedly yesterday, and answered 3 questions in a row...of which one seems to be a bit popular today?. Here are all 3 questions and answers, for full context ஒட்ட?மொத்த சூழல?க்கான 3 கேள்விகள் மற்ற?ம் விட?கள் இங்கே உள்ளத? English w/ Tamil CC
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Edward N Luttwak
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More legislators going to Taiwan, also from Canada & Japan. Xi Jinping now knows that he erred badly in trying & failing to frighten off Pelosi (even w help from US demi-experts). In Palermo one learned to threaten only if ready to hit: food-importing PRC can either eat or war
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Mahua Moitra
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Pregnant mother’s child snatched from her belly & other child killed in front of her. These rapists & murderers feted after being let out in shortest possible time. And we are lectured on how to respect women ?
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Why
@ptrmadurai
is one of the few Indian politicians who isn't a charlatan and a fraud.
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This! This is the one of the main Reason why Indian media and their star anchors prefer inviting so called 'Religious Scholars' to continue their Non stop Hindu-Muslim debates: 👇
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Mary Kissel
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Most analysis of China’s growth slowdown misses the key fact: The Party views the economy as strategic, not as a wholly commercial matter. 1st of 2 segments with
@batchelorshow
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#StateThinking: #PRC: "Very weak and fragile." @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. audioboom.com/posts/8140614- via @Audioboom #StateThinking
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As I sit buckled up, waiting to take off for Delhi, I smile at the sounds--seemingly everywhere, in every corner of the plane--of the chirping of little Indian children. 💛
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Matthew Hennessey
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I can’t quite wrap my head around this. Any American’s first instinct should be to say, “Sorry, ladies, but in this country we let people sit quietly wearing a Ukraine flag at a tennis match.”
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On an unfortunate incident at #CincyTennis yesterday: During the first set of the women's qualifying match between Anna Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova, one of the players complained to the WTA chair umpire, Morgane Lara, about a woman sitting in the stands... (1/12)🧵
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Tunku Varadarajan
@tunkuv
The time is almost upon us when Indian Muslims will seek asylum in the U.S. And why not? Currently, asylum-seekers from India are almost exclusively Sikhs, abusing the system. But many Muslims are starting to have a GENUINE case of persecution, and threat to physical wellbeing.
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The Wire
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'We had no idea that this was happening. We we were not given any notice that this will be happening,' Bilkis Bano's husband Yakub Rasul tells @Sumedhapal4. thewire.in/rights/bilkis-
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Tunku Varadarajan
@tunkuv
3 Indian quirks: Indians will (1) tie a ribbon/swatch of cloth on the handle of a suitcase for easy identification at airports; (2) say "email ID," not email address; (3) my favourite: pronounce the "@" in an email address as "at the rate of": "sanjay at the rate of gmaildotcom"
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Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR)
@ptrmadurai
Politics and patriotism, government and military should always be kept separate. #IndiaAt75 அரசியல் மற்ற?ம் தேசபக்தி, அரசாங்கம் மற்ற?ம் இராண?வம் ஆகியவற்ற? எப்போத?ம் பிரித்தே வ?த்திர?க்க வேண்ட?ம் [Eng W\TamilCC]
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