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Preliminary observations #OpSindoor #ceasefire some strands that merit review & reflection - a semantic detour : why 'non-state'...? for #Muridke &terror cadres being nurtured there ? Recall 2002 #DanielPearl murder /disappointed to hear BBC News (World) avoiding 'terrorist' word

Preliminary thoughts on #OpSindoor #ceasefire & challenges ahead - in conversation with editor South Asia Monitor Tarun Basu youtube.com/watch?v=Lxl_WB… Sunday #DGMObriefing provided useful tactical detail - will help to clear fog of HUGE disinformation IPCS, New Delhi Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

#OpSindoor Bravo Colonel Kelly Viswanathan KL Viswanathan Insightful & incisive essay southasiamonitor.org/spotlight/paki… "Are China & Saudi Arabia waiting for US equivalent of September 11 before they, like the US learn the hard way & stop supporting a rogue nation in a negative way?"

Saddened to learn about demise of Prof Joseph Nye - accomplished IR scholar held in high esteem globally - innovative focus on 'soft power' as an attribute of CNP/played a low-profile but important role in #USIndia Track 1.5 dialogues that enabled 2005 rapproachment/RIP Sir

Bravo ian bremmer Foreign Affairs A must-read essay on TECHNOPOLARITY in action & the perils ahead foreignaffairs.com/united-states/… Be warned: "it seems as if Big Tech’s eclipse of democracy, at least, has already begun." Grist for GenNext ? South Asia Monitor IPCS, New Delhi Global Youth, LSR

IMPORTANT input IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ re nuclear radiation in #PakistanIndianWar #opsindoor “We are aware of reports you are referring to. Based on information available to IAEA, there has been no radiation leak or release from any nuclear facility in Pakistan." indianexpress.com/article/india/…

REASSURING - Setting the animated speculation aside IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ assesment wrt #OpSindoor #NuclearLeak 'no radiation leak' in Pakistan southasiamonitor.org/#sm-wcalling-3 but was there a nuclear strand as claimed by President Donald J. Trump Trump ? More credible details awaited IPCS, New Delhi Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

Hat-tip Yalda Hakim the world needs more intrepid journalists with ur kind of professional integrity & personal commitment to seeking the truth about #Palestine #Gaza

Bravo suhas palshikar #OpSindoor triumphalism indianexpress.com/article/opinio…"political leadership has a choice of becoming statesmanlike but lures of rhetoric lead both leadership & collective mind into traps of pseudo-nationalism as defining characteristics of us or our nationhood."

BRAVO The Indian Express re Prof Mahmudabad arrest indianexpress.com/article/opinio… judiciary & police must protect citizens "not become a force they need protection from, as they exercise constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech. In an open democracy, fear cannot enforce unity."

Oops - this is the correct link to the editorial re prof #mahbubabad Ashoka University indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Prof Joseph Nye advocate of 'soft power' & beacon of rectitude moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/j… "Manipulation of media & reliance on covert channels of communication often reduces soft power. Democracies should avoid the temptation to imitate these authoritarian sharp-power tools.” RIP Sir

#OpSindoor & nuclear strand indianexpress.com/article/opinio… Pak directed (NWET) nuclear weapon-enabled terror against India since early 1990s & US turned a blind eye "wherein nuclear weapons were removed from the high pedestal of pristine deterrence & used covertly to abet terrorism."

BRAVO two veterans Sainik School Korukonda - sailing from New Zealand to Vizag in TYSTIE southasiamonitor.org/medley/never-t… "merits notice that while over 7,120 individual climbers have successfully summited Mount Everest, only 200  sailors  have completed a solo circumnavigation of the world."

Re 'strategic brilliance' & elevation of #FieldMarshalAsimMunir unhurried conversation with Mayank Chhaya, Journalist, Host & Editor, MCR veteran journalist southasiamonitor.org/sam-conversati… sub-text & domestic political context - as also simulacrum that Pak army has created to consolidate the khaki grip Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

Bravo Gautam Bhatia ur critique of SC ruling in Prof Ali Khan #Mahbubabad case/ very educative for a lay person wrt Constitution & patriotism indconlawphil.wordpress.com "The reasons for the constitution of the SIT are puzzling. The gag order is outside the Court’s jurisdiction."

#Trump tour has effectively repositioned the US as a major power in the strategic calculus of the Middle East & reduced leverage of other major powers - #Syrian policy is a BIG departure / Caveat - "How long this may last is uncertain, given Trump’s fickle nature." MEI INDIA

Bravo The Indian Express on #SupremeCourt order indianexpress.com/article/opinio… "Any reading of the professor’s posts makes it clear that no crime has been committed, nor was intended. Mahmudabad was exercising his constitutionally protected right to free speech to articulate his concern.."

UNUSUAL tarmac delay on Air India flight/Gist : 816 from Mumbai landed #DelhiAirport at 0027 hours & was kep waiting for OVER AN HOUR due to parking bay glitch/ Captain & crew were professional & patient /Request this LAPSE be reviewed & fix accountability Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu DGCA

Dear Air India - with respect Sir, AI is my preferred airline most times...I am aware of the many constraints u have to deal with - BUT this claim is not valid: to us passengers stuck in the aircraft for over an hour - there was no adverse weather condition - NO RAIN, NO FOG