Krzysztof Iwanek @Chris_Iwanek Twitter profile

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Krzysztof Iwanek

2 years

In case it is of interest to someone: most of my texts for The Diplomat ( @Diplomat_APAC ), which I am a regular contributor to, are collected here👇 These are mostly my thoughts on Indian foreign policy and politics.

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3 years

Pakistan: the only country in the world which defeated the US without fighting the US and while being a US ally.

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A new survey has revealed which Indian dish is most popular in the West. 84% respondents voted for curry ninda.

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Today, on the occasion of Republic Day, I received a letter of gratitude from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for my work on India. The letter was handed in to me by HE Nagma M. Mallick, the Indian ambassador to Poland.

India in Poland

@IndiainPoland

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On the occasion of our 73rd Republic Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to Mr. Krzysztof Iwanek,a South Asia expert and the Head of the Asia Research Centre, War Studies University, Poland and conveyed his greetings. #AmritMahotsav @MEAIndia @PMOIndia @IndianDiplomacy

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Nine years ago, @Adam_Burakowski and I wrote a history of India ('India. From colony to a power. 1857-2013') in Polish. Few years later, he became the ambassador of Poland to India. Seeing how he is now engaged in 🇮🇳-🇵🇱 relations, I am even more glad I had been his coauthor.

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I've just made my first meme.

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Highly deserved. Professor Byrski is a great Indologist, fluent in both Sanskrit and Hindi, with vast knowledge of Indian classical theatre (among others), the translator of Manusmriti and Kamasutra from Sanskrit to Polish.

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Polish national and Sanskrit scholar Maria Christopher Byrski honoured with Padma Shri By Indian Govt. He also served as Poland's envoy to India from 1994 to 1996.

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Was the West clearly on India's side during India-Pakistan tensions? No. Was the West clearly on India's side during India-China tensions? No. So can we just simply say now: 'Hey India, you must be on our side?'

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This text claims that Mein Kampf is used as a leadership textbook in some Indian business courses. Not only this is false but makes no sense. Author should read Mein Kampf first: it is bollocks, a chaotic stream of thoughts, useless as leadership textbook.

Please keep your eye on India’s Modi

The prime minister is a textbook fascist

www.ft.com

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I turned 40 today. This year will also mark 20 years since I had become a student of Indology (at Warsaw University).This means I have already been learning about India for half of my life. And of course I will be learning for the rest of it and will still have so much too learn.

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Z żalem żegnam Ośrodek Badań Azji ( @osrodekazji ) CBB AszWoj. Ośrodek ten stworzyłem z zespołem od podstaw i wolałbym już, żeby mnie zwolniono, ale żeby przetrwały instytucja i zespół. Dalej nie zgadzam się z tą decyzją MON - potrzebujemy więcej wiedzy o Azji, nie mniej.

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Many may disagree, but I am with @jamescrabtree on this. I agree with most of this text. It is a wrong approach to tell the Indian government what we want it to do. What we (the broader West, should do) is to cooperate with India whenever both sides want it.

james crabtree

@jamescrabtree

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Should the west play hardball with India over Ukraine? Better to recognise Modi's security dilemmas re tighter Russia / China ties, and help New Delhi reduce its arms imports, as I argue in @NikkeiAsia . 1/

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'Oh, but Ukraine sold arms to Pakistan!' Here is some data: in last two decades, Ukraine sold more military hardware (in value) to India than to Pakistan. I am not among those saying New Delhi must pick a side. But singling out 🇺🇦 on social media for deals with 🇵🇰 is unfair.

Dhruva Jaishankar · ध्रुव जयशंकर

@d_jaishankar

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What are Ukraine’s 🇺🇦 top arms export destinations (2010-2020)? 1. China 🇨🇳 2. Russia 🇷🇺 3. Thailand 🇹🇭 4. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 5. India 🇮🇳

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I had a pleasure to be invited to a closed meeting with @SriSri Ravi Shankar ji yesterday. I thanked the guru for holding a meditation event in Warsaw for the sake of peace in Ukraine as the country continues to suffer from Russian invasion.

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Would I like India to condemn Russia? Yes. Do I consider Russian actions as blatant invasion of Ukraine? Yes. Would I like as much countries to support Ukraine? Yes. But did we, the West, always support India when India needed it? No.

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3 years

Bistarvaad.

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In 2010, I started an initiative to honour maharaja Digvijaysinhji who gave shelter to hundreds of Polish children during the Second World War. With the help of others, the initiative led to the maharaja being given a posthumous state award by the Polish president in 2012.

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Krzysztof Iwanek

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4 years

Indian hospitality - short story. Twice in my life I worked in the Indian Parliament Library. There is a restaurant inside but apart from this it is hard to even get snacks or tea nearby - it's New Delhi, government area, there are no restaurants, dhabas or even stalls around.

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Krzysztof Iwanek

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The US reaction to India's 1998 nuclear tests was one of the low points of India-US relations. What is less known is that Japan acted against India too. And though Russia usually avoids criticism of India, Yeltsin spoke against India too. Seema Sirohi, 'Friends with Benefits'👇

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I wrote this four years ago: how Dumont got the caste system wrong, how we, Indologists, had been treating his words like doctrine, how it took academics like professor Guha to destroy Dumont's myths, and how this is a lesson on how to write about India.

Dumont, Guha, and the Danger of Stereotyping India

The case of Dumont’s book may serve as a warning to all foreigners dealing with Indian society.

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India's neutrality on Russia's invasion of Ukraine divided Western commentators between the critics and defenders of India's position. I believe the first group can be called the normativists and the second - the realists. I summarise this debate here👇

The Great Debate Over India’s Neutrality in the Ukraine War

Commentators are split into critics, who stress both interests and values, and defenders, who focus only on interests.

thediplomat.com

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@Chris_Iwanek

2 years

The way forwards is to find areas of convergence, not sermonize India on the aspects on whih disagree. Sermonizing will likely lead to reverse results. Let us just face it: West and India have a growing convergence of interests on China. They have no convergence on Russia.

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Such things indeed happen on Indian and Nepali mountain roads. Yes, it is usually not that extreme. But this shows why Indian and Nepali drivers should be paid more - and tipped better by tourists. Short thread with my private experience👇

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The perfect 80 point turn!

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

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Can we verify BJP's new claim that the Congress is funded by Soros? No, because nowadays parties in India do not have to reveal who funds them. This was a decision made by *checks notes*... the BJP government. (Also, blaming Soros for everything is Antisemitic dogwhistle).

BJP

@BJP4India

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The new age Ravan is here. He is Evil. Anti Dharma. Anti Ram. His aim is to destroy Bharat.

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🇮🇳India's relations with three powers in one tweet: 🇨🇳China - economically, an important trade partner, but strategically, a rival; 🇷🇺Russia - economically, an insignificant trade partner, but strategically, a partner; 🇺🇸US - economically and strategically, an important partner

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Results so far: AAP: 40% TUM: 25% TU [Disrespectful]: 20% TU [Intimate]: 10% AAP but with ho not hain: 5%

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As for Russia-India cooperation, @jamescrabtree makes a good point: the only constructive approach is for the West to offer India more of the stuff which India is now getting from Russia. This is how we can influence India-Russia ties without sermonizing India.

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@Chris_Iwanek

3 years

Here is my ground-breaking commentary about events in Kazakhstan: I have not been there, I do not know the Kazakh language, I have not read anything about the country and I have no idea what will happen next, so I will keep my mouth shut and not comment.

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On hearing the sad news of the death of Dilip Kumar, I take the liberty to bring out a little-known fact. One of the songs in the movie Madhumati, which starred Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala, was based on a Polish song.

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Written in the early 18th century (before the British conquest of India even began), the Marathi treatise Adnyapatra warned that the Europeans weren't ordinary businessmen, that they wanted to penetrate deep into India, to extend their kingdoms. Everything turned out true.

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BREAKING: I have just uncovered China's secret plan for massive investment in Central Asia, AfPak and Iran. Worth 6 gazillion Australian dollars, it is to consist of three separate economic belts, only one of which will be shaped like 6. Source: some geopolitcs expert on TT.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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US: So, India, would you like a formal alliance or do you choose cooperation without alliance? India: Yes.

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

2 years

I gave an interview in Hindi to @umashankarsingh of NDTV: I spoke of the aid which 🇵🇱 is giving to 🇺🇦 , and that I understand 🇮🇳's neutrality, but I am kindly asking Indian viewers not to listen to Russian propaganda: war crimes in Ukraine are being commited by Russian army.

Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह

@umashankarsingh

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भारत की न्यूट्रैलिटी को हम समझते हैं और कद्र भी करते हैं परन्तु भारत को रुस के युद्ध अपराध के ख़िलाफ़ खुल कर बोलना चाहिए : @Chris_Iwanek पूरी बातचीत 👇

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

5 years

Since today, finally, my country, Poland, will be connected by a direct flight to India. The first flight by LOT (Polish state airlines) departs today. Last time Warsaw and Delhi had a direct air connection was deep in 1990s.

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

4 years

On my first travel in a crowded local Delhi train, two men kindly shared their space with me. The three of us thus sat on two seats. In time I learned it was normal in India. This one event taught me about two crucial aspects of Indian life: adjusting and seat-sharing agreements.

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

2 years

I cannot stand Elon Musk buying Twitter. This is too much. I am leaving Twitter. Good night everyone and see you tomorrow.

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Phew, that was quick. After 14 years of work, my book on Vidya Bharati (RSS) schools in India is going to print. Titled 'Endless Siege. Education and Nationalism in Vidya Bharati schools' it should come out in May 2022. Publisher: Oxford University Press.

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But when they returned, one of them came by my desk and handed me a cup. 'It's tea, for you' - he said simply.

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Thousands of Polish children were hosted in India during WWII. Most of them later left - one of the persons who stayed was Wanda Nowicka who married an Indian, Mr. Kashikar. Their granddaughter is Apeksha Niranjan, a Bharatanatyam dancer, who will perform in Warsaw tomorrow.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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I am trying to separate my private views from the foreign policy of the Indian government. As a Polish person, I would like India to be on one side: in alliance with the West. But as a person following Indian foreign policy, I know this is not what New Delhi wants.

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

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16 साल पहले की बात है । एक भारतीय श्रीमती ने मुझसे पूछा: - आपकी माता जी क्या करती हैं ? - गणित पढ़ाती है । - मैंने जवाब दिया । - यह... गणित क्या है ? – वह सोचने लगी लेकिन दूसरी श्रीमती ने उसको समझाया: - गणित तो अंग्रेज़ी शब्द है । हिंदी में उसको mathematics कहते हैं । 1/2

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@Chris_Iwanek

4 years

India and Pakistan have two missiles that bear the same name. India purchased the Israeli Barak missile and retained its Hebrew name. Pakistan called one of its missiles Barq, an Arabic word. But both barak and barq mean the same ('lightning') and come from the same Semitic root.

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Also a person who did a lot for Indo-Polish relations: not only a former ambassador to India but also a person who worked to commemorate the late maharaja of Nawanagar for hosting Polish children during WWII.

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

4 years

Savarkar wrote that Aryans migrated from Tibet. Tilak wrote that Aryans migrated from the North Pole.

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

@vivekagnihotri

4 years

In my mind, anyone who says Aryans migrated to India is the most radical person. One should beware of such deadly people.

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Just a sample of his scope of knowledge of Indian culture: I took both his Hindi and Sanskrit classes, and in Hindi class, we worked on a modern play, Mr. Abhimanyu; in Sanskrit class, we had to learn Shivatandavastotram by heart.

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August 15 happens to be the national day of 3 countries I lived in and to which my life is connected: Poland, India and South Korea. Poland: Armed Forces Day and Assumption of Mary India: Independence Day Korea: National Liberation Day Wishing all three countries all the best.

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@Chris_Iwanek

3 years

United States, the leader of the f̵r̵e̵e̵ transactional world.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Since 2001 Pakistan was secretly supporting the Taliban. It is now laying the ground to do it openly, I argue in my new text for @Diplomat_APAC . Pakistani politicians diluted the responsibility of the Taliban and questioned the mandate of Kabul government.

The Taliban’s Careful Cheerleaders: Pakistan’s Statements on the Fall of Kabul

Islamabad has always secretly supported the Taliban. Now it is laying the ground to do so openly.

thediplomat.com

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In 1850, the king of Nepal Jang Bahadur visited France. Due to the rules of ritual impurity, the Nepali delegation refused to accept cooked food whenever they were at a party and only ate fruit. They also dined in separate chambers from their European hosts.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Once I saw a board on a dhaba in Pushkar (Rajasthan), a touristy place that attracts a lot of foreigners. The board was bilingual and this is what it said: Thaali – 25 Rupees. थाली - २० रुपये Studying Indology paid off:p

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@Chris_Iwanek

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A blast from the past: in 1980 my parents applied to get a landline phone connected in their flat. The Communist authorities bluntly replied that it may be possible in 1985 at earliest - after five years! (and now we can't live for 5 minutes without a smartphone).

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Where can you read academic books on India online, legally and for free? I cover this in my new piece for @Diplomat_APAC .

India E-ditions: Where Can You Read Books on India Online for Free?

There are enough free online books about India to keep you busy until the end of the pandemic.

thediplomat.com

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On Hindi Diwas, a bunch of words that accidently sound somewhat similar in Hindi and Polish: - 'pani': 'water' in Hindi, 'Madam' in Polish - 'pan': 'betel' in Hindi, 'Sir' in Polish - 'pustak': 'book' in Hindi, 'a brick with empty space inside it' in Polish

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@Sri_Mumbai Sermon ka tel:)

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When my older son (10 years) was returning from a jiujitsu camp recently (having been a week away from home) my wife called him to ask what kind of home food was he missing, to cook it for his arrival: -Dal and chapatis - he said - followed by masala chai. (yes, they're Polish)

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@Chris_Iwanek

3 years

@swarajk224 Thanks for reminding me. I forgot about this but it is a very useful reminder, like other statements by Hamid Gul I had once read. Generally, statements made by former Pakistani officers are often one of the most revealing about the country's foreign policy.

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@PBPaszportu @MON_GOV_PL Mateuszu, bardzo dziękuję za słowa wsparcia. Dziękuję również, że przez te lata wykazywałeś takie zainteresowanie pracą naszego ośrodka i zapraszałeś członków naszego zespołu do swojego podcastu.

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Once Russia loses all tanks in this war*, it will be confirned it is an a-tank-vaadi desh.

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Another example of a bad direction of things. Can someone who disagrees with prof. Kaul come to UK and voice their opinion on a conference? Yes. So prof. Kaul should be allowed to come to India all the same.

Professor Nitasha Kaul, PhD

@NitashaKaul

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IMPORTANT: Denied entry to #India for speaking on democratic & constitutional values. I was invited to a conference as esteemed delegate by Govt of #Karnataka (Congress-ruled state) but Centre refused me entry. All my documents were valid & current (UK passport & OCI). THREAD 1/n

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Today marks the 80th anniversary of German aggression on Poland which started the II World War. Link to India (and particularly Bombay and Jodhpur)? In face of the attack, some 300 Poles managed to escape to India, through Romania, Turkey and Iraq, and then by the sea, to Bombay.

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“There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable countries. Now let us see if they should become something more than a group set against China.” In my new piece for @Diplomat_APAC , I argue that China remains the Quad’s common denominator.

The Quad: All About China, or a Bit of Something Else?

Will expanding Quad’s agenda strengthen the position of the grouping, or weaken its cohesion?

thediplomat.com

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@ramakrishna__1 This book criticises this duplicity too.

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Someone uploaded a project of a Lego Tata truck to Lego Ideas page. If this project gets 10,000 followers, Lego will consider producing it as its official set. So: the project needs 10,000 votes by those who have accounts on Lego Ideas page (everyone can).

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In South Asia, Japan has stepped in to cooperate with India against China, I argue in my new piece for The Diplomat ( @Diplomat_APAC ).

Japan Steps in to Support India Against China in South Asia

The Quad may still be a mist-covered structure but Indo-Japanese cooperation against China is becoming more concrete.

thediplomat.com

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In 1966, the Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew 'complained about failing to get [Indira] Gandhi interested in an 'Asian regional arrangement to contain China'.' Turns out he was right about this... but also now it's India, not Singapore, that is in the forefront of these actions.

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Kuch log is baat par tweet kar rahe hain ki unhone teis saal ki umr me kyaa-kyaa kiyaa. Kya kahoon, teis saail ki umr me main to pehli baar India gayaa. Pahunchte hi pata chalaa ki maine to koi nayaa, bada kaam nahi kiyaa. Mere aane se pahle vahaan savaa sau crore log base the.

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@chenweihua @vtchakarova Ah, those Westerners... they even appointed a Chinese soldier who fought against Indians in the Galwan river valley to play a role during the Olympic torch ceremony. What a nasty wedge to put between India and China. How did the Westerners sneak in and how did they influence him?

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Arnab Goswami at the end of this interview: 'We stand with the people of Ukraine' [Yes, the world of Indian media is not black-and-white, and much more complex than a simple division between two sides.]

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#ArnabZelenskyyInterview | India is a very powerful state in the world, I invite India also to be a security guarantor if they’d be willing: @ZelenskyyUa speaks to Arnab on Republic TV Tune in to watch here -

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Happy 75th wedding anniversary to Mr. Bharat and his wife, Mrs. Azadi.

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Religion should be kept away from politics. Tabhi to vaidik zamane me bhi rishi mantri nahi hote the.

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A CNN journalist just said that watching the scenes from Capitol Hills feels 'like Bogota'. Well, maybe at least now they will know how it feels when American media are covering other countries like this...

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In 17-18th century, Indian merchants could be seen in Central Asian cities and all the way to the borders of Russia; in South-East Asia all the way to the Phillippines; in Africa including its western coast; sometimes even in Brazil. C.A. Bayly, 'Rulers, Townsmen, and Bazaars.'

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Reading news from India I felt helpless. What could I do besides retweeting and donating? And then I thought of preparing a partial list of organisations that provide medixal oxygen equipment to India and which foreigners can donate to. Here it is:

How Can Foreigners Help India Breathe?

A massive wave of COVID-19 cases in India caused a dire need for medical oxygen equipment. Here are some ways you can help.

thediplomat.com

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@Chris_Iwanek

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@MichaelKugelman I think he would have received the same award for shooting the aircraft regadless of what type it would have been. The issue of whether what type of plane it was is important for the study of air warfare but I do not think the granting of the award has much to do with it.

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@KanchanGupta I understand (and accept) the fact that New Delhi wants to keep good relations with both the West and Europe. But why suddenly bring out of the fact of Ukrainian arms transfers to Pakistan on social media (the Indian government does not do this)? That was in 1990s.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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@RusEmbIndia @the_hindu Dear @RusEmbIndia , please do not cheat - it is a quiz, you are supposed to guess the answer not ask the authors of the quiz to tell you more about the answer. But, hey, I can give you a hint: the answer starts with C, ends with a, and has Russian soldiers in the middle.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Ornit Shani's 'How India Became Democratic' is a great work. 1 of its points:Indian democracy wasn't just an extension of colonial political system. To the contrary: democracy took roots in India largely due to the effort of Indian administration post 47. #OneBookOnIndiaAWeek

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@Chris_Iwanek

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There won't be a jihad for Xinjiang. My new piece for @Diplomat_APAC :The Deafening Silence of Pakistani Jihadists and Radicals on China's Uyghurs. (Yes,I managed to write a piece on Uyghurs in China-Pakistan relations without using the words BRI and CPEC).

The Deafening Silence of Pakistani Jihadists and Radicals on China’s Uyghurs

The position of radical groups on Xinjiang shows which ones are closer to the establishment.

thediplomat.com

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@Chris_Iwanek

3 years

So the currency of India is really called a 'rupee'? I always thought it is called 'rupees only'.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Nie ma żadnego eksportu gazu z Rosji do Indii. Nie ma gazociągu. Nie ma transportów LNG. Nie ma oczywiście transportów koleją. Są wymysły Profesora, Który Zna Się Na Wszystkim - wymysły ulotne niczym gaz.

Adam Wielomski - polityczny sceptyk

@PPolityce

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Trasa eksportowa ros. gazu do Indii już zaczęła działać. Po zakończeniu wojny na Ukrainie #Rosja może nie być już zainteresowana w handlu z Niemcami. Przez swoją politykę sankcyjną Berlin stracił pewny dostęp do syberyjskich surowców. 50 lat niemieckiej polityki poszło do piachu.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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I have reached the stage of heard immunity. My wife told me to clean the windows many times but my brain was immune to what my ears heard.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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उस वक़्त मैं भारत मैं पहली बार आया था । धीरे धीरे मैं समझ गया कि जो हिंदी की शब्दावली मुझे यूनीवरसिटी में सिखाई गई थी वह इतनी शुद्ध थी कि कुछ आम लोगों को समझ में नहीं आती थी । मैं यह भी समझ गया कि उन लोगों का कोई दोष नहीं था और बोलचाल जैसी है मुझे वैसी ही स्वीकार करनी है । 2/2

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@Chris_Iwanek

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All the content will be bilingual: same information in English and Polish in separate posts. Today's post: there is a tomb in Warsaw with two linked symbols: a Christian cross and a Hindu Aum. This a tomb of Hiranmoy Ghoshal who built literary bridges between Poland and India.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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How did you live in Delhi in 2004 without a smartphone and Uber? - a foreigner living in Delhi now asked me jokingly. Well, yes, at that time I also lived without Internet, a mobile phone, a landline phone, TV, a computer and a car. So I thought to myself - why not reminisce:

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@Chris_Iwanek

2 years

I don't understand why this movie has been named तोपGun. Is this not saying the same thing twice?

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@Chris_Iwanek

3 years

@mqakhokhar @hannan021 People in ancient Pakistan must have hated Muhammad bin Qasim who invaded their country. Although it makes me wonder why modern Pakistan named the Karachi port after this invader.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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If you need a very brief but apt summary of India's relations with world's major powers, this is probably one of the best ones. By @MohanCRaja , from this article:

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

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In 2004, as a student, I chose to write an assignment on how India was portrayed in the 19th century issues of a British satirical journal: Punch, or the London Charivari (some of its issues are at Warsaw Library). It was a tour of British stereotypes of India. /thread/

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@Chris_Iwanek

3 years

@tanvi_madan E Singapore, aaj se tumhara naam Otter Pradesh hoga.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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There's just one full history of India in Polish that was written by a Polish academic (others are translations). Its author, Professor Jan Kieniewicz, passed away this week. Aged 85, he worked at the university all the way till his final years. Goodbye, Guruji.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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S. Gordon doesn't believe that 18th century in India was a time of anarchy. This image was used to justify British conquest. But archives such as the Pune Daftar show it was a period of 'vibrant administration'. No wonder this archive was closed to research during colonial rule.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Hiranmoy Ghoshal, an Indian who was a lecturer at Warsaw University, was one of the greatest votaries of Indo-Polish friendship, and yet remains nearly forgotten today. Great to see a longer story in him in @IndiaToday by @suvvz with new findings (was Ghoshal a spy for INA?).

IndiaToday

@IndiaToday

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"Did my father see Netaji in Russia, or did he discover something about Netaji's death mystery?"| @suvvz

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Jab - we met. (Matlab: haan, mera vaccine ho gayaa.)

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@Chris_Iwanek

2 years

West: 'Hello China, can you hear us? We have a product to sell you.' China: 'Copy that.'

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@Chris_Iwanek

2 years

It was a Setu Setup. But how did they pull off pulling away the pul? To steal a steel bridge is not easy. When it was done, one thief said to the other: 'Aaj se tu setu ka chor hai'.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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In trade, China has a sharp edge over India, and any sharp object can be weaponised - I write in my new text for the Diplomat ( @Diplomat_APAC ).

In Trade, China Has a Sharp Edge Over India, and Sharp Things Can Be Weaponized

It is not an Indian boycott of Chinese goods that would be a real challenge for New Delhi, but Beijing’s blocking of exports to India.

thediplomat.com

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Krzysztof Iwanek

@Chris_Iwanek

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Myślę, że pewną miarą jakości naszej pracy może być fakt, że część byłych pracowników przeszła z pracy w ośrodku do poważanych instytucji: chociażby @a_bachulska do ECFR, @PUznanska do OSW, @OskarPietrewicz do PISM (i nie są to jedyne przykłady).

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@Chris_Iwanek

3 years

The lyrics are different but here is a fun fact: in the Polish version, the opening words mean 'A girl was walking into a forest, where she met a hunter'. In Madhumati, when the Hindi version starts... Vyjayanthimala walks into a forest, where she meets Dilip Kumar.

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@Chris_Iwanek

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Makes me want to think how will we judge the 2019 headlines in 2049. And how our own texts will look then?

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@Chris_Iwanek

3 years

Javelin duur jave Neer aaj zameen se upar jave

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