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Director India Initiative, Hudson Institute; Author #FromChanakyaToModi & #MakingIndiaGreat ; Stephanian, Delhiite; Bostonian Red Sox Fan; PhD #BU #JNU #DU

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Dr Aparna Pande
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Four years since the release of my book #MakingIndiaGreat / Believe it has stood the test of time & is as relevant today as then ⁦ @HudsonInstitute ⁩ ⁦ @HarperCollinsIN
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Dr Aparna Pande
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Thrilled & excited to hold first copy of my book #MakingIndiaGreat @HarperCollinsIN
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Dr Aparna Pande
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It was an honor for @HudsonInstitute to host @RahulGandhi for a closed door conversation on #India #US relations 👇
@HudsonInstitute
Hudson Institute
1 year
Hudson was honored to host @RahulGandhi to discuss the state of US-India relations and further cooperation between both nations. 🇺🇸🇮🇳
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Dr Aparna Pande
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My upcoming book “Making India Great: The Promise of a Reluctant Global Power” examines social, economic & security challenges #India faces & the dichotomy between our belief in becoming a global power & reluctance to implement policies that would achieve the goal
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If #OIC doesnt speak on #Kashmir , #Pakistan will form a new non-Arab #Muslim bloc? If #SAARC doesnt discuss Kashmir, Pakistan will create a non-Indian grouping? If #UNSC doesnt call #India out on Kashmir, then will Pakistan create another UN 🤔
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Dr Aparna Pande
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Re-plugging a 2021 @HudsonInstitute report that evaluated interlinked #Kashmiri & #Khalistani groups currently operating within #US & possibility that activities of these groups could detrimentally impact US foreign policy in #SouthAsia
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Dr Aparna Pande
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In this piece #Pakistan 's NSA conveniently ignores facts, let's state them below in a thread. First, Pakistan started interference in #Afghanistan back in the 1970s and it was Pakistan who asked #US to play a role in the late 1970s & received aid, military & economic 1/n
@ForeignAffairs
Foreign Affairs
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“Apart from the Afghan people, Pakistan has been the greatest victim of the wars in Afghanistan.” Read @YusufMoeed , Pakistan’s national security adviser, on why the international community must engage with the new Taliban government.
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Dr Aparna Pande
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Sorry, dont buy these "rift" stories planted simply for foreign media / The #ISI is part of the #Pakistan army, the head of the #ISI is appointed by the army chief / The #ISI is at the core of the establishment!
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Manu Pubby
5 years
Observers are watching a possible rift within the Pakistani establishment with spy agency ISI wanting Kashmir-focused groups to survive the crackdown and the army and political leadership taking an opposing line, given the devastating financial future the country is facing.
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Thrilled my book book 'From #Chanakya to #Modi : The Evolution of #India 's Foreign Policy' is available for ordering
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Amazing how #China is never the aggressor, it is always another country be it #India #Japan #ASEAN nations #Australia #Europe #US 🤔
@HuXijin_GT
Hu Xijin 胡锡进
4 years
Indian troops again pulled a stunt at border. They always think China will make concessions to provocative actions in consideration of overall situation. Don't misjudge the situation anymore. If there is a conflict in Pangong Lake, it will only end in new defeat of Indian army.
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My latest in ⁦ @timesofindia ⁩ “If Washington seeks Delhi’s support in countering Chinese aggression, Delhi needs American appreciation and support for the multitude of terrorism-related threats that India faces.” ⁦ @HudsonInstitute
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Dr Aparna Pande
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हो तिमिर कितना भी गहरा; हो रोशनी पर लाख पहरा; सूर्य को उगना पड़ेगा, फूल को खिलना पड़ेगा। हो समय कितना भी भारी; हमने ना उम्मीद हारी; दर्द को झुकना पड़ेगा; रंज को रुकना पड़ेगा। सब थके हैं, सब अकेले; लेकिन फिर आएंगे मेले; साथ ही लड़ना पड़ेगा; साथ ही चलना पड़ेगा। - दिनकर
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@Aparna_Pande
Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
My upcoming book “Making India Great: The Promise of a Reluctant Global Power” is finally available for pre-order: both hardcover & kindle @HarperCollinsIN / Link is below
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
My latest on why #India “needs strong leadership & decisive action to strengthen its economy and military power. Platitudes and appeals to nationalism are not enough.”
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
Folks who are interested: Kindle Edn of my forthcoming book #MakingIndiaGreat is ready for pre-order & will be delivered July 1 @HarperCollinsIN @HudsonInstitute
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Dr Aparna Pande
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My latest for @htTweets " #Pakistan may have at one time been #America ’s “most allied ally”. But its two-faced policy on terrorism & betrayal in #Afghanistan left a deeper impression on American psyche than Pakistanis, and possibly even Indians, realize"
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
Happy #TeachersDay to my advisor & mentor Amb @husainhaqqani for his support & guidance. My book #MakingIndiaGreat is dedicated to him 🙏
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Dr Aparna Pande
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My book #MakingIndiaGreat is available today in all bookstores & online platforms like @HarperCollinsIN @amazonIN @amazon / The link for purchasing both hardcover & kindle edns is below
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Dr Aparna Pande
2 years
🧵on a 2020 piece I wrote on #India that is even more applicable today "Modern India’s international prestige and standing have rested on it being viewed as an open, pluralist democracy, one that supports a multicultural, secular society." 1/ n
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7 years
Thrilled my book 'From #Chanakya to #Modi : The Evolution of #India 's #Foreign policy' comes out July 2017 @HarperCollinsIN @HudsonInstitute
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
My latest “The notion that #Pakistan works independent of #China & that it can be convinced through the right incentive to change its strategic calculus about #India or return to the #American fold is a fallacy.”
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
My next edited volume ' @RoutledgeAsian Handbook on #SouthAsian foreign policy' comes out in end August / Many contributors to thank so please bear with me in the thread below 1/n
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
My latest on #India ’s response to #covid : The Indian state, has potential for mobilising & executing complex logistical feats but underinvestment in human capital will stymie response & create challenges
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
Indian civilization has always had 2 strands: one that views the country in civilizational terms as a big tent & other that has sought to rebuild the country as one nation/culture/language / The struggle between these two imaginings of India continues into the current day 👇
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Shekhar Gupta
4 years
Indian secularism is more pseudo, it’s not real secularism: Aparna Pande @Aparna_Pande tells @NayanimaBasu as she discusses her new book ‘Making India Great’, a @HarperCollinsIN publication. Watch in ThePrint's #SoftCover :
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Dr Aparna Pande
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It is sad that some in #India , the world’s largest democracy, believe that an alternative point of view should not be heard. Chatham House Rules were invented for frank discussions. Look up the concept on google. 🤔2/2
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Dr Aparna Pande
6 years
Good luck #Pakistan : as an analyst I know the establishment (Agriculture Department) wants to decide your future / as a neighbor I wish you will prove them wrong & show them what democracy really means #PakistanElection2018
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
Thrilled to receive my copy of @TakshashilaInst book #India ’s Marathon edited by @acorn @pranaykotas with a chapter by yours truly on #India ‘s strategic doctrine 👇
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Dr Aparna Pande
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After scores of #manels , excited to announce that next week @HudsonInstitute will host a wanel —an all women panel — on #IndoPacific w/ @raji143 #RaniMullen & #LiselotteOdgaard . Will share web link soon #India #US
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Dr Aparna Pande
6 years
This is what #India & Indians should be focused on: how we are being wooed by countries around the world . Economic power is critical & without it no country can hope to achieve anything on any other battlefront. Knee jerk jingoism serves no purpose, strategic foresight does 👇
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Navdeep Suri
6 years
As we get ready to receive EAM @SushmaSwaraj for OIC foreign ministers meeting, here's some more good news from Abu Dhabi. ADIA to put in $500 mn into special fund for India's NPAs. Will provide much needed liquidity in a key area. . @MEAIndia
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Dr Aparna Pande
5 years
Actually beg to disagree my friend @Cold_Peace_ : 10 or 20 yrs from now tweets wont be remembered, but books will still be there for eternity, will explain history & will define policy 🙏
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Jeff M. Smith
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@JJCarafano Attention spans are shrinking. And it feels like there's fewer and fewer incentives to sink large amounts of time and energy into long-form writing.
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Dr Aparna Pande
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We also need to ask the critical Q: Why do we persist in viewing #InternationalRelations from point of view of emotion & sentiment? Countries take decisions based on their national & strategic interests 🤔
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Nidhi Razdan
6 years
At some point we have to ask- what is all that Wuhan feel good stuff really amounting to when China can’t even support a UN ban on a dreaded terrorist
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
Amb ⁦ @husainhaqqani ⁩ & my latest “Ignoring public health while pursuing power & pre-eminence results in type of crisis that subcontinent is currently going through” allowing China opportunity to expand its influence.
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
Must read Amb ⁦ @husainhaqqani ⁩ ⁦ @TheHillOpinion ⁩ “Radical Islamists, armed with powerful narrative of driving out two superpowers through jihad, will challenge American-led order across much of Muslim world, from Morocco to Indonesia.”
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Dr Aparna Pande
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Amb @husainhaqqani & my latest @TheHillOpinion on #India ‘s elections “The result of India’s latest elections is in some ways a reminder of how democracies can successfully apply self-correction mechanisms.”
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Dr Aparna Pande
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#Pakistan , an ideological state which did not exist in history, was either part of an #Indian or #Afghan empire / civilization is paranoid about ethno-linguistic break up if India & Afghanistan are allied 4/n
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Dr Aparna Pande
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Thrilled #Delhi book launch of my book 'From #Chanakya to #Modi ' is on Fri July 28 @orfonline @HarperCollinsIN @ #IIC / Pls attend
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
Second, #Pakistani society has suffered over the decades but the military-intelligence establishment has been willing to accept that as collateral damage simply in order to achieve their regional foreign policy goals tied to India & Afghanistan 2/n
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
If you read one piece on #Pakistan #Afghanistan #Taliban it should be this one by Amb @husainhaqqani @ForeignAffairs "Pakistan’s nightmare scenario would be to find itself caught between an uncontrollable Taliban and international demands to rein them in."
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Dr Aparna Pande
6 years
This does not augur well for a strategic partnership 👉 #US considers withdrawal of zero tariffs for #India
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Dr Aparna Pande
5 years
In response to ⁦ @nytimes ⁩ oped by #SirajHaqqani would like to reup two excellent opeds by Amb ⁦ @husainhaqqani ⁩: First from 2013 👇 1/2
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
Hmm! Let's be realistic: it is #Pakistan that now has access to all this #US military equipment & that should worry folks in #DC & #Delhi
@mhmilliken
Mary Milliken
3 years
The #Taliban are believed to control more than 2,000 armored vehicles, including U.S. Humvees, and up to 40 aircraft potentially including UH-60 Black Hawks. #Afghanistan #weapons By @idreesali114 @ReutersZengerle @JonathanLanday @Reuters
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@timesofindia
The Times Of India
4 years
The assumption that India’s rise to superpower status is predestined has led to hubris … Aparna Pande, director of Initiative on the Future of India & South Asia at Hudson Institute, Washington DC, speaks to TOI 👇
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Dr Aparna Pande
6 years
My latest for @SundayGuardian #Pakistan military’s credibility problem
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
Must read by ⁦ @rwac48 ⁩ on #India #China “We are very clear about the alignment of the LAC as we have cremated/buried our comrades who were killed in action in 1962.” “It is the Chinese claim line that has been changing since 1950.”
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
#India has been & remains #Pakistan 's bogeyman in #Afghanistan & what Pakistan's establishment fears the most is Indian soft power, but then paranoia cannot be dealt with by any policy! end
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Dr Aparna Pande
5 years
Amb @husainhaqqani ‘s magnum opus remains #Pakistan #BetweenMosqueAndMilitary Must read for anyone trying to understand Pakistan, domestic & foreign, and esp the Pakistan army 👇
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Manoj Saxena
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Ambassador @husainhaqqani on #Pakistan Army's pervasive intention to rule by proxy. In 2019, replace Gen. Beg by Bajwa; IJI by PTI; Benazir Bhutto by Nawaz Sharif; and link repetition of history in 2018 Pakistani general election. Only this time PTI — unlike IJI — was successful.
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
Since 1947, #Pakistani state's fear of ethnic linguistics nationalism meant that it has sought a pro-Pakistan anti-Indian Afghan regime. Islamist Pashtuns are preferable to nationalist Pashtuns, so jihadi groups are better than Pashtun political parties 3/n
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Dr Aparna Pande
5 years
With #France once again helping #India @ #UNSC to ensure no discussion on #Kashmir Re-plugging my piece from a few months ago on how France appears to have replaced #Russia as our new best friend!
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Dr Aparna Pande
5 years
Must read by ⁦ @ShekharGupta ⁩: 40 pct of world’s #Muslim pop lives in #SouthAsia with strong nationalist identity “a flag, an anthem, a cricket team to support, & politicians to adore or detest.” #India
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Dr Aparna Pande
1 year
#India #US watchers please take note of in-person @HudsonInstitute conference on September 19 w/ a keynote session & two panels on geopolitics / More speakers to be added in coming days
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Amb ⁦ @husainhaqqani ⁩: “ #Pakistan ’s elite has a long track record of locational narcissism – belief that Pakistan’s geostrategic location is enough for major powers to consider it indispensable ally.” ⁦ @ThePrintIndia ⁩ ⁦ @HudsonInstitute
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7 Years since the release of #FromChanakyaToModi & 4 years since the updated version of my book. @HarperCollinsIN @HudsonInstitute
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
Looking forward to @orfonline book launch & discn 👇
@orfonline
ORF
4 years
Join us for the launch and discussion on @Aparna_Pande ’s book ‘Making India Great: The Promise of a Reluctant Global Power’ — 7 September at 6:30 PM IST with the author, @suhasinih , @RRajagopalanJNU and Harsh V Pant. Register ➡
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Dr Aparna Pande
6 years
Actually it is PR propaganda, meant for international consumption and applause. Reality doesnt change 🤔
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Tanvi Madan
6 years
I saw that Pakistan has banned JuD, and I laughed out loud. It does this every couple of years... (apparently the word "ban" means sthg different in Pakistan)
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
With the release of my book #MakingIndiaGreat today I am doing a twitter thread to thank friends & family for their support & help during this process starting off w/ my thanks to my parents & brother @PolymathCapital & sis in law @monakwatra 1/n
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Dr Aparna Pande
7 years
#India with largest number of official languages 😊
@wef
World Economic Forum
7 years
These countries have the most official languages
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@samirsaran
Samir Saran
5 years
#IndiaTrilateralForum #ITF16 is all set to begin. Please follow exciting handles like @d_jaishankar @Cold_Peace_ @tanvi_madan @KanchanGupta @Aparna_Pande @GarimaMo @shrutipandalai and many more to know what is being said by experts and practitioners from #India #EU and the #USA
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Dr Aparna Pande
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Thank you @orfonline esp #HarshPant for organizing the book discussion on #MakingIndiaGreat & thank you Prof @RRajagopalanJNU & @suhasinih for participating / I had a great time @HarperCollinsIN 👇
@orfonline
ORF
4 years
Book discussion | @Aparna_Pande ’s book ‘Making India Great: The Promise of a Reluctant Global Power’ — with the author, @suhasinih , @RRajagopalanJNU and Harsh V Pant.
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Believers in democracy are believers in dialogue. They do not hit the roof just because someone agrees to listen to those they dislike!
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Dr Aparna Pande
1 year
Three Years since my book #MakingIndiaGreat came out / For anyone interested in understanding #India & its potential do read
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
Thrilled that two of my books are on @HarperCollinsIN list, #FromChanakyaToModi & #MakingIndiaGreat 🙏
@jilpanz
Ananth Padmanabhan
4 years
7 Books on India's Foreign Policy and Geopolitics - @HarperCollinsIN Publishers India
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
In light of latest attacks by #Taliban in #Afghanistan , posting 2 pieces by Amb @husainhaqqani on what #Taliban think & Y they have not changed: 2013 & 2019
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
#India ‘s strength has always been its diversity, ethno linguistic & religious. India’s future are its young, especially its women. Mainstreaming hatred against minorities especially Muslims is not just abominable but will hurt the very core fabric of this country!
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Mohammed Zubair
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When Muslim girl arrives at PES College, She's been heckled by several 'students' wearing #saffronshawls #KarnatakaHijabRow
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Dr Aparna Pande
4 years
Thank you so much Amb @RichardRVerma & Dr Kurt Campbell for an amazing @TeaLeavesPod discussion on my book #MakingIndiaGreat @HarperCollinsIN @HudsonInstitute
@TeaLeavesPod
Tea Leaves Podcast
4 years
NEW EPISODE: Kurt and @RichardRVerma sit down with @Aparna_Pande to discuss her new book, "Making India Great: The Promise of a Reluctant Global Power." A must-listen!
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Dr Aparna Pande
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Great summer intern research team who will be sorely missed by Amb ⁦ @husainhaqqani ⁩ & myself ⁦ @HudsonInstitute
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Dr Aparna Pande
3 years
#Pakistan leaders have made similar remarks since 1948. The region and world have prospered & are more connected. Unfortunately, by focusing solely on #Kashmir , Pakistan’s people have suffered, economy is in crisis & it is more isolated globally! 🧐
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Suhasini Haidar
3 years
PM Khan: If Kashmir dispute is resolved between India and Pakistan, the region can open up for the economy connectivity and prosperity.
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Dr Aparna Pande
5 years
Actually, bigger question to ponder on: How thin skinned are we? If we want to be treated as a regional & globla player we need to learn to take criticism 🤔
@seemasirohi
Seema Sirohi
5 years
Just to put it in perspective: Would the US Embassy expose Pompeo to, say, trenchant Indian critics of US policy in Afghanistan/Iraq/Pakistan? I would say not. And US officials do plenty of dictating as we know.
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Dr Aparna Pande
5 years
"There are two ideas about nationality in the modern world, one is broad-based nationally and the other is narrow nationality. It is not right for us to take a narrow view." - #SardarPatel #ConstituentAssemblyDebates Apr 29, 1947
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Dr Aparna Pande
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The #Hathras tragedy reminds me why in my book #MakingIndiaGreat I devoted an entire chapter to #India 's social challenges especially attitudes towards women & caste @HarperCollinsIN
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@PakStandard
Pakistan Standard
6 years
Peace between #Pakistan , #India impossible unless New Delhi stops insisting on terrorism being central to talks and Islamabad stops front-loading the Kashmir dispute, writes @Aparna_Pande
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