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@somnath1978 "By the time Indira was done India was below sub-saharan Africa in economic status. No one can possibly do worse"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-26 07:48:16 UTC 21.9K followers, 19.4K engagements

"Indians have mostly skipped civilisation simply by being vv numerous. Which is why vast stretches of India look straight out of the dark ages"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-21 16:20:36 UTC 21.9K followers, 5232 engagements

"Been known for some time. Launch cadence is down to 3-4 launches/year. But heck lets spend $100mn on a tourist trip onboard Axiom and double down on human space mission. While extolling "frugal engg" all the time"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-24 12:40:30 UTC 21.9K followers, 9313 engagements

""All bengali speakers are being rounded up" I want wht he is smoking"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-25 05:00:47 UTC 21.9K followers, 5835 engagements

"Shd remain a free public good. A vv apt use of taxpayer money and it will cost far less than free bus tickets to women or some such fashionable use"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-26 10:40:35 UTC 21.9K followers, 22.4K engagements

"+100. Its bizarre that a democracy shd allow sharp edges of the state to function sans any democratic oversight"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-25 01:41:39 UTC 21.9K followers, 1843 engagements

"This guy has no formal trng in history either. Didnt prevent him frm writing widely acknowledged/recognised accounts of Indian history. Credentialism flex frm Muzaffarpur college grads or JNU PhDs in intersectional feminism is rather amusing"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-24 02:06:34 UTC 21.9K followers, 7770 engagements

"In so many yrs the best Indian espionage movie remains Sarfarosh. Hi on realism Aamir-Naseer acting taut screenplay. The climax was a bit ott but they had to sell in India so its fine. Nothng else comes close"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-19 16:00:21 UTC 21.9K followers, 38.4K engagements

"@vjlive We dont want to fight any of them let them fight w/each other"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-25 04:57:43 UTC 21.9K followers, XXX engagements

"Anshul Kamboj is a throwback to the 1990s - bowlers like David Johnson and Dodda Ganesh whose run-up wud be faster than their deliveries. Madanlal school of "fast" bowling😎"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-25 01:01:40 UTC 21.9K followers, 2369 engagements

"@jsensarma @Akshay_VAK Imitation is the best form of flattery ergo both minds can be lauded for different attributes"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-25 04:38:05 UTC 21.9K followers, XXX engagements

"@Shapiro_WIlk Not true at all. Nepal was supposed to be irretrievably lost when Maoists came to power - we had Prachanda on a hindu pilgrimage X yrs ago. Maldives scrapped GMR's airport contract sans reason 17-18 yrs ago today begging for help. Recency bias is a thing;)"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-23 12:06:14 UTC 21.9K followers, XXX engagements

"1 year ago folks were outraging abt India "losing Maldives". India's neighbourhood regime mngt is hi class statecraft - its regime chg when reqd regime behaviour chg when possible;) Far superior to the US even China"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-23 09:30:41 UTC 21.9K followers, 17.2K engagements

"@Shapiro_WIlk We cant chg a society we can manage its impact on us to the best interest of Indians. I dont care X hoots abt a bangladeshi i only care abt BD's influence on India/Indians"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-23 13:49:55 UTC 21.9K followers, XX engagements

"The ans is but obviously no. Difference is 4tr vs 30tr. But the good news is only a few can realistically emigrate the number going down w/anti-immigration sentiments everywhere"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-26 03:32:12 UTC 21.9K followers, 5159 engagements

"Astonishing thread w/a grt sense of deja vu👇. Dr K Santhanam had described Indian SQRs as BBC (Best of Brochure Claims) - he was never more correct;) IAF shd be asked to fight w/Spitfires"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-21 14:28:53 UTC 21.9K followers, 3954 engagements

"Even if this👇 is true (vv doubtful Xavi will come down to India's level) its good to have not broken the bank. Indian footballers are pathetic quality no elite coach can mould them into World Cup level. Need better quality raw material first"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-25 12:45:13 UTC 21.9K followers, 2111 engagements

"Pak learnt frm China who in turn learnt frm western mercenaries. IAF otoh participates in dozens of exercises agnst US/SG/Europe every yr"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-24 10:25:12 UTC 21.9K followers, 5342 engagements

"$1.5bn bird w/a life of only X yrs Rather fishy - seems too expensive for merely a science experiment project. Maybe there's more to it behind the gee-whiz😎"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-26 08:00:25 UTC 21.9K followers, 2436 engagements

"@rishabhm Had it not been for CR7 and Messi at the same time Zlatan wud be a GOAT candidate"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-24 02:54:32 UTC 21.9K followers, XXX engagements

"It shows that India's liability is the riffraff median. If we create a gated community structurally designed to keep the median out it will be qyite good. How to scale the concept up in a democracy w/Jitni Abadi et al"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-22 12:27:45 UTC 21.9K followers, 8523 engagements

"Barely 8-10% of value-added of an iPhone shipped frm China is accrued to China. No-one says "assembled in China" iphones. Idiots and rank idiocy"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-22 09:01:50 UTC 21.9K followers, 11.8K engagements

"Vegetarianism may be abt anythng but this caste business is pure special interest grp interest-peddling. All "brahmins" are vegetarians guess bengali brahmins dont exist (practically true no caste in WB but.);)"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-24 13:36:41 UTC 21.9K followers, 4423 engagements

"@hutum_barnowl Sounds good too. The girl on the tabla plays cracklingly"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-26 10:12:36 UTC 21.9K followers, XX engagements

"@Shapiro_WIlk We cant do jack abt societies. If BD is islamist riffraff it always was then its way beyond us to try chging it. We can only modulate the buttons needed to be pressed - maybe prop up the tiny elite (Hasina) or buying out a section of the islamist gang (BD Army)"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-24 02:52:40 UTC 21.9K followers, XX engagements

"Right and India's shipyards managed by Navy (officers) are paragons of innovation and efficiency eh Chaps who cant write coherent SQRs for drones and assault rifles are tautological better candidates than "bloody civilians" for managing ostensibly tech cos;)"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-25 03:15:30 UTC 21.9K followers, 17.1K engagements

"@Shapiro_WIlk BD was always islamist it was the epicentre of Pak movement. The bengali-ness thing is a fake veneer that worked for a bit. Pak/china didnt need to do much"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-24 03:08:03 UTC 21.9K followers, XX engagements

"@Shapiro_WIlk Maldives cancelled GMR airport XX yrs ago. They are dependent on us for water in an emergency. I dont care if the public is "anti India" as long as the regime adheres to Indian redlines"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-23 14:45:18 UTC 21.9K followers, XX engagements

"Right. And no Pak aircraft was shot down. Count of X has to be all Indian eh No proof needed (Pakis have furnished not X video/sat image of anythng shot down)"
@somnath1978 on X 2025-07-19 03:22:11 UTC 21.9K followers, 40.4K engagements