Vikram Sood
@Vikram_Sood
Formerly headed R& AW. Currently Adviser, ORF. Author of 'The Unending Game - Insights into Espionage' (Penguin) & 'The Ultimate Goal' (Harper Collins).
The Intifada Is Already Globalized. Its Victims Must Unite @NewsweekOpinion by @DavidBCohen1 and @avatans newsweek.com/intifada-alrea…
Congratulations and all the best
Crowning the cover is a phrase in Arabic—an invitation, a riddle. This is the final cover look of my book, set to make its way to readers on 4 August 2025. The far right carries the About the Book and right to left, echoes of endorsements that light the path ahead:…
Continued deliberate cartographic misrepresentation
This is what @UNDP shows as map of India. I wonder what the Gvt is doing about such horrendous representation of India. The UN whose charter is to protect sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations, is indulging in cartographic aggression against India—on behalf of China.…
#BalidanDiwas #KnowOurHeroes Born in UP to Manju ji and Veteran Subedar Ravi Pratap Singh ji, young Anshuman was always a brilliant student. He made his way to Rashtriya Mitary School Chail and the most prestigious Armed Forces Medical College through tough entrance exams…
AI will fundamentally reshape how economies work and trade is conducted. Automated manufacturing means that countries that own the technology and can train AI enabled robots can reshore production. Leaders in R&D will be those who can deploy cutting edge proprietary models which…
This is the mindset and the hope. Watch out.
He wants to create inhuman societies, substitute humans with robots and humans depending not on their own free-willed intelligence but machine intelligence. Poetry , art, philosophy, spirituality, love , compassion, fellow feeling, family will all become superfluous. A…
This is the mindset and the hope. Watch out.
Colonisation in the 21st century. We lost out to invaders in the past because we were not together.
This is an urgent national security matter. There is no “democratized AI.” India is simply a training ground for the models. We give data for free and supply low cost tech workers to eventually purchase licensed, second tier models. The British took raw materials from India,…
A must read about American oligarchs and where @TimothyWSchwab has a sideswipe at Bill Gates too. And here is a sample about oligarchs and media in America “It’s always awkward for media outlets controlled by billionaires—and there are a lot of them—to report on oligarchy.”
One reason we have so many oligarchs is b/c journalists have failed to confront extreme wealth----b/c they work in newsrooms controlled by billionaires. A great case study, and the focus of my newest investigation, is Bloomberg. LINK: timschwab.substack.com/p/its-time-to-…
This is the mindset and the hope. Watch out.
BlackRock’s Larry Fink praises shrinking populations as ‘winners’ in the AI revolution. Translation: Fewer workers = easier to replace humans with robots, no messy labor backlash.
The hypocrisy is nothing new. The results this time may not favour EU. In fact sanctions have never really worked, after a short period of dislocation. Surely we have a counter. Stop Russian oil to them. They can buy the more costly American oil.
EU sanctioning India is a highly retrograde step. The utter cynicism and hypocrisy of this is that the EU is itself still buying directly not only oil from Russia but also natural gas and refined oil products. EU is also buying large amounts of petroleum products from India.…
EU sanctioning India is a highly retrograde step. The utter cynicism and hypocrisy of this is that the EU is itself still buying directly not only oil from Russia but also natural gas and refined oil products. EU is also buying large amounts of petroleum products from India.…
Just in: EU's Top Diplomat Kaja Kallas says, 'For the first time, we're designating a flag registry and the biggest Rosneft refinery in India' as part of EU's new sanctions on Russia
Should’ve heard what @1kunalbahl (who attended this event) said at the post-budget CII discussion on India Today. @rahulkanwal rightly questioned the panel repeatedly on why India does not develop its own OpenAI/DeepSeek. The response was that India should only specialize in what…
Why don't our well funded genius start up whiz kids make their own bloody AI instead to begging gora sahib for everything ?
“Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.” This applied to FreeBasics, but at least then, net neutrality laws could be invoked in response. India’s AI and data regulation framework must be robust enough to push back against efforts to scoop up data in exchange for bits of FDI and tall…
PM @narendramodi Ji guides us to democratise technology. Sam appreciated PM's vision. @sama
Thanks for sharing this most important story about Kaamya Karthikeyan’s outstanding achievements at such a young age. @colhunnybakshi Proud of her
No one is talking about this girl Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 17-year-old, has made history as the world's youngest girl to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents. Her remarkable achievement reflects her determination and mountaineering skill, though she has received limited…
A very important thread about a very important issue. From @gargiuvacha. About food, technology and external corporate interests. Please read carefully and ponder about what may be in store for us if we are not careful.
Important Thread: How They Still Try to Colonise Bharat – This Time Through Seeds 1. The New Empire: Monsanto, Cargill, Bayer, Syngenta 500 years ago, Columbus came with a Papal Bull to colonise land. Today, biotech giants like Monsanto (now Bayer), Cargill, Syngenta, and DuPont…
This article highlights the need to build our own high end marine engines to be independent of foreign sources.
My article in today’s Indian Express with @adityasinha004 on why India needs to build its own marine engines. If we don’t do this, our shipbuilding push will also end up with a “Kaveri engine” problem.
The Indian trade delegation is currently negotiating with the US and inevitably the issue of GM foods and seeds has been discussed. Twenty years ago, I warned about the risks of GM foods for consumers and the need for farmers to purchase new GM seeds each year. These seeds are…
The voice of courage and truth can not be defeated, even when you try with every (illegal) mean to silence it. @MahrangBaloch_ , @SammiBaluch and all the others disappeared, jailed or killed by the State are a symbol of resistance and an example for the rest of a country,…