Yudhajit

@yudhajit

Life's nomad; words in @indiatoday @timesofindia @FinancialXpress. Based in Delhi, but heart's in NE. PhD in PJs. Views personal, not employer's.

Joined June 2009

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Nations get 3 decades to script their growth story. India opened its #Economy in 1990s, squandered 25 years since turn of century. Reforms & revamp will have to be NOW for the war #India can't afford to lose, writes @kamleshksingh in this must-read piece indiatoday.in/opinion/story/…

yudhajit's tweet card. The target is clear. India needs to be Viksit Bharat by 2047. But half of the second decade of this century is over like the two before. To make up for the lost decades, India needs to grow faster to...

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Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 16

75% of snake species in India are non-venomous. Over 75% of relatives are poisonous. Relatives strike unprovoked, with less hissing, more whispering, writes @priyanjale8714 on #WorldSnakeDay #snakes #PopOpinion indiatoday.in/opinion/story/…

yudhajit's tweet card. Snakes are a misunderstood and feared lot though 75% of them found in India are non-venomous. On World Snake Day, paying tribute to a species that's more venomous and strikes without provocation, o...

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Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 10

Not just West to East, #RajThackeray to Shrinkhal Chaliha, language terrorists across India are hurting unity, integrity, writes @SushimMukul #Marathi #Assam #LanguagePolitics indiatoday.in/opinion/story/…

yudhajit's tweet card. Even as nationalism is running high in India, groups run by linguistic chauvinists and regional fanatics are dividing Indians. Raj Thackeray and Shrinkhal Chaliha are just two of the extremists...

Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 26

Full Marx #labubu #Marxist indiatoday.in/world/story/la…

yudhajit's tweet card. In a capitalism-dominated world, where superficiality sells and sincerity scrolls by unnoticed, it took a designer Labubu doll to make a handwritten letter left at German philosopher Karl Marx's...

Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 25

Is a nuclear device in the Himalayas, left behind by a CIA-IB team, frozen in time and snow? Or was it retrieved for reverse-engineering? The case of the missing Guru Rinpoche in this week's #HistoryOfIt by @SushimMukul indiatoday.in/history-of-it/…

yudhajit's tweet card. After China's first atomic test, the US and India, as part of a covert operation, tried to place a nuclear-powered listening device at 25,000 feet in the Himalayas near the Nanda Devi peak. A...

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IndiaToday@IndiaToday · Jul 25

Will Jagdeep Dhankhar return in a non-BJP avatar? It shouldn't be difficult for a protégé of Chaudhary Charan Singh, known for his flexibility, but will Opposition parties, especially the Congress, make the most of a disgruntled BJP leader? (@yudhajit) indiatoday.in/india/story/wh…

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AajTak@aajtak · Jul 21

हिट-एंड-रन की कैपिटल कैसे बना भारत? क्या है हादसों की वजह और पीड़ितों को क्यों नहीं मिल पाता न्याय #hitandrun #accident aajtak.in/india/news/sto…

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Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 20

Why do drivers flee after injuring/killing a road user? Explained why India is the hit-and-run capital of the world in this #SundaySpecial after #faujasingh death in #RoadAccident indiatoday.in/sunday-special…

Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 18

Revisiting Rangeela Rasool, a book that got the publisher killed, earned India a blasphemy law, in #HistoryOfIt. This amid the #UdaipurFiles controversy @SushimMukul #History #KanhaiyaLal indiatoday.in/history-of-it/…

yudhajit's tweet card. A movie on Kanhaiya Lal Teli, a tailor in Udaipur who was beheaded by two Muslim men for sharing a post supporting a BJP leader's comments on Prophet Muhammad, is caught in a storm of controversy. In...

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IndiaToday@IndiaToday · Jul 16

Why no cockpit video recorder? Air India crash triggers demand, debate #AirIndiaCrash @yudhajit indiatoday.in/india/story/ai…

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Nidhi@nidhi_sharma · Jul 16

After reservations on Waqf Bill, a new salvo from Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on SIR? As @ncbn meets central ministers in Delhi for support to state projects, @JaiTDP submits representation to @ECISVEEP questioning SIR. Read in @ETPolitics how key NDA ally…

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Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 15

Super-cool grey-green 😎 #Wordle #Wordle1487 #WordOfTheDay Wordle 1,487 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳@NMenonRao · Jul 14

🚫 Loud, entitled, disrespectful tourism. 🏖️ In India, it’s called “Dehatism”. 🌍 If you can’t treat people & places with respect, maybe stay home. #Dehatism #TourismCrisis #TravelResponsibly #RespectCultures indiatoday.in/sunday-special…

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Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 13

'We are like this only' attitude of rowdies from cities is killing the joy of #tourism & scarring locals. Residents in Himachal, Uttrakhand run away from cars with DL, HR, UP numberplates. Same true for MH, GJ in Goa #SundaySpecial #tourismthrivesinpeace indiatoday.in/sunday-special…

yudhajit's tweet card. Dehatism is killing the experience of tourists in India and abroad. From dancing shirtless in Switzerland for a reel and dragging Vietnamese women for selfies to stripping locals of privacy in Goa's...

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Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 11

Did Godse and death rob India of a Nobel Peace Prize? In 1948 the peace Nobel wasn't awarded. Now, we can be sure who was chosen for it. #HistoryOfIt #History #Gandhi #Awards indiatoday.in/history-of-it/…

yudhajit's tweet card. Though nominated five times, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize. On the shortlist in 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, just days before the committee's final...

Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 9

भारत में गैर-नागरिकों को भी वोट देने का अधिकार कैसे मिल जाता है? #BiharBandh #Bihar #ElectionCommission #Aadhaar aajtak.in/india/news/sto…

yudhajit's tweet card. स्पेशल इंटेसिव रिवीजन (SIR) के ज़रिए चुनाव आयोग गैर-नागरिकों को वोटर लिस्ट से बाहर करने की कोशिश कर रहा है, वहीं फॉर्म 6 की खामियों की आलोचना हो रही है. फॉर्म 6 में आवेदकों को यह साबित करने के लिए...

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Noumena Nomad@noumena_nomad · Jul 9

indiatoday.in/technology/tal… Wrote this. Please honor it with your attention and efforts. (Tavajjoh se nawazein)

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Tuhin A. Sinha तुहिन सिन्हा@tuhins · Jul 9

Bihar Voter List: Aadhaar isn't proof of citizenship. Then how does it fetch voting rights? An insightful report that explains why SIR in Bihar is an important exercise and in the state’s interests. indiatoday.in/india/story/el…

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Yudhajit@yudhajit · Jul 9

Aadhaar isn't proof of citizenship. Then how does it fetch voting rights? The Form 6 problem @politicalbaaba #ElectionCommission #Bihar #SIR

IIndiaToday@IndiaToday · Jul 9

The Election Commission is holding an intensive revision of voter rolls across India, beginning with Bihar, to update them and weed out non-citizens. But why did India allow non-citizens to get into the rolls in the first place? Form 6, which people fill to register as voters,…

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ᴋᴀᴍʟᴇsʜ sɪɴɢʜ / tau@kamleshksingh · Jul 8

Bengal celebrates Moharram like no one else does ... because literally no one else does

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