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India is the first country to land on the moon without having a permanent UN Security Council seat.

#breaking ⚡️— Russian tg channels reporting that a private jet owned by Prigozhin has crashed. State emergency services confirm a jet crashed in Tver region and 10 dead Prigozhin-linked channel says plane was shot down (!!). Unclear if Prigozhin himself on board

A Starbucks UK tall filter coffee is now £2.2 in central London?! I remember how until a few years ago it was £1. #inflation

4 times more than India

🌍 At Politico’s healthcare summit in Brussels. Inspired by WHO's Jeremy Farrar: "We can't wait for another pandemic, we need to build the right systems now."🦠 #PoliticoHealthcare #preparedness #pandemic #WHO Ashleigh Furlong World Health Organization (WHO) POLITICO

Which year have I woken up in? #reshuffle

I wrote for the FT FT Weekend on my mother’s journey as an “illegal” migrant from Albania to Italy, detention centres, Rwanda-style deals, and why framing migration as a problem is dangerous not just for migrants but for European democracy.

International students are not migrants. They aren’t planning on settling in the U.K., the vast majority return home after their studies. They also contribute nearly £42 billion per annum to the U.K. economy. Take them out of the migration statistics, they don’t belong there.

Goa's tryst with Ayodhya toi.in/9Rd-Zb toi.in/9Rd-Zb TOI Goa

Kamala Harris is Tamil Brahmin and Usha Chilukuri is Telugu Kamma. Presidential race in US has the same dynamics as hostel elections in IIT Madras.

Today in the ARB: Nishad Sanzagiri reviews “Gods, Guns, and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity” by Manu S Pillai Penguin India Allen Lane

Read the review in the ARB: asianreviewofbooks.com/content/gods-g…

Loved Manu S Pillai’s latest book. Do read my review in Asian Review of Books!

footage of my brain lagging in real time

Name of this Indian military op vs Pakistan "Sindoor" is striking, given some of the Hindu victims of the attack -- incl a naval officer -- were on their honeymoon. (sindoor is a red powder used in Hindu ceremonies, incl weddings, and worn by some married women as a signifier)

RAVE REVIEW for Shattered Lands in the The Guardian by Nishad Sanzagiri

“You can’t actually see the Great Wall of China from space,” Dalrymple begins, “but the border wall dividing India from Pakistan is unmistakable.” Stellar review of ⁦Sam Dalrymple⁩’s debut book SHATTERED LANDS by ⁦Nishad Sanzagiri⁩ theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…