Revisiting The Bengal Famine
A Twitter Thread by @Shrikantha5 about Amartya Sen whitewashing the role of Churchill in the Bengal Famine made me revisit it. Internal enemies abound :(.
Political Ponderings
A Gas Cylinder ..
On seeing a gas cylinder being used for road laying work in the morning I remembered the Coimbatore blast on Oct 23rd. Thankfully the Sangameswarar temple built by Karikala Chola stands !!
Liar Liar, Pants On Fire 🤬
The Liar aka The Wire is taking fire !!! The fake news factory is finally under the lens and hopefully will be out for good.
Hungry Propagandists
The Global Hunger Index seems to be the work of hungry propagandists and not really hungry people. Sad to see this concerted effort to downplay India.
Jallianwala Bagh in Hyderabad
Like most other Indians I never knew that a Jallianwala Bagh type massacre had happened in Hyderabad as well under the Nizam 😡.
The NorthEast – Finally A Part of India
The news item about Nagaland getting its second railway line after 119 years, meant the NorthEast is finally integrated fully into India.
India’s 75th Independence Day – Swadeshi fragrance
PM Modi’s speech at Red Fort yesterday for India’s 75th Independence Day left a Swadeshi fragrance in all our minds. Jai Hind. 🇮🇳
Book Review – The Yogi who Became Chief Minister
Have replaced one word in the title – Monk with Yogi because Yogi Ji is not just a monk … the words don’t mean the same thing.
Inspiration took Oath as the 15th President of India
Inspiration with the name of Smt Droupadi Murmu, took Oath as the 15th President of India. So thrilled and excited 🇮🇳
2 Billion Vaccination Doses !!!!
India administered 2 Billion Vaccination Doses as of July 17th. We have the largest and fastest vaccination drive in the world. Jai Hind.