RT @MayankNSingh: As President #DonaldTrump has unveiled his plans to relocate #Palestinian from #Gaza and building Riviera of the Middle E…

I have taken similar shots a couple of times in the Lodhi garden. Rare phenomenon though. These parrots are by no means “obedient” or caged. The moment you get closer to take a shot they fly away in all directions. They are free. Not a good analogy. Here is my shot!

This is not lawyerly nitpicking. Grant of visas to foreigners is a sovereign right. Why are so many Indians trying to enter the US illegally? It is because they are not given visas. Indians face many difficulties in getting visas, especially from western countries. This includes genuine tourists, students, skilled workers. We don’t give visas to Pakistanis and restrict those to the Chinese or Afghans etc. National security reasons are a consideration. Those foreigners who engage in anti-Indian activities abroad of whatever nature are not given visas. Rightly so.

Indians criticising their own government and its policies is perfectly normal. NRIs can also do this legitimately. As Indian passport holders they can travel to India freely as a matter of right, whatever their political views, as they don’t need a visa. Foreigners, even of Indian origin, have no right to an Indian visa. India has the total discretion to give or deny a visa to them.

Yes. You don’t give a visa to a foreigner who smears you. Why he was given one is not clear- maybe as a humanitarian gesture. But that doesn’t make much sense either as it was not his ailing mother that was the motive to seek a visa. Since he also intruded into the mission, created a law and order problem, and the police had to be called requires cancellation of his visa.

No foreign national can claim an Indian visa by right. No explanation is needed for visa rejection. This is just ridiculous dramatics by this couple.

Really? To the victims in Gaza also?

Isn’t the West losing all hope of victory?

RT @swapan55: There is a conscious attempt by the Yunus dispensation to obliterate Bangladesh’s history. It may be appropriate for a museum…

RT @suryakane: Illegal migrants are criminals to the country they have infiltrated. At home, they are accessories to criminality, having en…

Slowly India is sharpening its tone on developments in Bangladesh.

“ BBC note on no US funding:,”Not trusted information” but tailored information otherwise known as propaganda.

How can multinationals favour nationalism? It is against their business model. Interconnectedness is between nations. Making any neat distinction between nationalism and patriotism is rooted in politics, not logic. One can’t be patriotic without a commitment to the nation. There is an overlap between the two. In India it is part of the debate on Hindu nationalism versus secularism,

With this kind of all round bullying by the Trump administration the earlier relative optimism that we may be able to manage our relations with the US better than others may be somewhat belied. We have friends in the new US administration but policy making under Trump is breaching norms. The US is now targeting waiver for Chabahar , which will be a set back for us and put our strategic autonomy to a difficult test. We are facing a new unilateralist phase in US foreign policy.

Solution is to break the networks which organise this illegal migration. The Punjab government also has a responsibility in this regard as many from Punjab are illegal migrants. This has nothing to do with Modi’s friendship with Trump.

BBC has claimed it is independent although it is funded by the UK government. Now it comes out it is funded by US, Canada, Switzerland, European Commission, UNICEF etc. It has been exposed as a voice of many masters who seek to exploit its propaganda value.

RT @suryakane: “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.” This applied to FreeBasics, but at least then, net neutrality laws could be invoked in res…