Hartosh Singh Bal

they are making a movie about our local bond, but how much of a bond is he, given the mess india has made of its national security, the neighbourhood and its engagement with the world over the last decade.

Where @HartoshSinghBal and I discuss the achievements of the only constant senior figure in Modi’s 11 years, Ajit Doval. His imprint on India’s internal security and foreign policy is unmistakable but an appraisal shows him in poor light. @thecaravanindia youtu.be/AQkJ6AaIC_k?fe…

if everyone based their medical treatment on the youtube testimony of their 3 favoured online medical influencers, we would have a very sick country. which explains the state of the country where everyone takes the word of their 3 favoured youtube pontificators as gospel.

eventually, one day, we will see a similar judgement on the delhi violence cases, and we will be left with the question of who shall judge the judges.

and that’s it then? while the real criminals continue to do their prime time shows, looking over their shoulders to check if the govt is applauding.

‘history’ is made when one worthy sanghi writer meets worthy newspaper: 3rd column Marathas conquered Delhi in 1757 & in 1771, controlled Red Fort & ruled till 1803. 2nd column , in 1783, 30,000 Sikhs camped near Red Fort, made Mughal emperor pay fine & construct 7 gurdwaras.

Important advice.

the sacrilege envy comes from elsewhere, but brahminism is an understated fact. the vegetarianism of many amritdharis (there are sects that insist on their own vessels for purity!), the creation of a clergy, the ritualism in every gurdawara...

sikh intellectuals - they rightly complain of a censorboard staffed by this govt's pithoos and yet need clearance from the SGPC & Akal Takht, they talk of universal religion and can't even call out a man like bhindranwale - his terror and his bigotry openthemagazine.com/features/india…

the quality of a faith is decided not by its principles, but by the quality of its followers over time. the idea the 'shabd' or the 'word' can be subject to sacrilege is absurd, but where can you now find the Guru's 'sikh' today, someone open to learning. indianexpress.com/article/cities…

one memorable meeting in Chicago, courtesy @SundeepDougal - from the decline of the univ of chicago, to barabanki, to hockey, to his garden patch. we listened to him, enthralled.

so from no story you have gone to - there was story and tapes, it wasn't good enough? the people who said it didn't make good on its claims got scared. that's why there was no story, that's the real story

yes i know this, it actually establishes there was a story, there were tapes, they did not meet 'someone's' standard! exactly my point. chickening out is not the absence of evidence. it is only a sign of the 'management' then, and we know who they were, bailing out

by now you are an apology

name calling is easy. based on the thin ice you are skating on, i think you are a poseur. sitting where you are, you can't open your mouth properly about what is going on around you, and you know the truth about people who dare take on modi here?

one twitter account? you've forgotten to read, search? look at a tape? give it up, which journalist? i'm endorsing the claim. i know, so name the ones who are dismissing it, on what basis. because they haven't seen it? they have not been seeing anything for over a decade.

then do not take the onus on yourself to do the dirty job others are itching for you to do, and check the link i just put up, how much do you need to admit you are just plain wrong.

my defense is pretty good and i'm not a white liberal. these tapes have been aired in the univ of chicago march 2022. check the record. check this, go search for yourself, do some work.

well they all all bullshitters. name them and i'll still say the same. they know not what you claim they say they know

ad hoominem. read my thread, i've given you a clear set of reasons. name those people, as i said do not dwell behind anonymous claims. who are these tehelka people? the ones who pulled the plug on the investigation? let's discuss tehelka as well and what went wrong over a decade.