saikatd @Saikatd@mstdn.social

‪How did Delhi Police & intelligence agencies miss the obvious signs of the #DelhiRiots?

Why didn't the ministers react at a time when Donald J.Trump was visiting?

Why was the US Secret Service not informed. I dig out some details on the systemic failures‬

https://asiatimes.com/2020/02/delhi-riots-a-big-security-lapse-during-trump-visit/‬

‪Sectarian violence hits India's national capital as Home minister and Delhi Police fail to contain violence. ‬

‪The violence was brewing for nearly two months. ‬

‪My column today‬

‪https://asiatimes.com/2020/02/sectarian-violence-hits-indias-capital/‬

As violence grips India's national capital, we witness the Trump & Modi show of platitudes.

My column today

https://asiatimes.com/2020/02/the-modi-trump-show-of-platitudes/

‪Your data isn't your data but belongs to the government. ‬

‪I look at the internal deliberations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Bill and find that discussions are more on #dataprotection and social media policing #privacy‬

‪https://asiatimes.com/2020/02/indias-great-data-firewall-plans/‬

‪Still political newbies, Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Atishi & others forged a powerful campaign to win Delhi.

Can the AAP Delhi model be scaled up? And will it remain close to its ideals?

My column today‬

‪https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/02/article/political-newbies-take-indias-national-capital/‬

‪India is quickly losing key allies and the international community over the #CAA - counter terrorism ops with Afghanistan & Bangladesh are affected.

Indian diplomats are fighting a rearguard action defending CAA and #Article370

My column today‬

‪https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/01/article/india-losing-friends-over-citizenship-law/‬

Muslims are being targeted in UP. Several state officials tell me that there is tremendous pressure from the top. Official police hierarchy is being sidelined to target protesters. But majority of district police chiefs are standing up to the pressure, I report

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/12/article/muslims-targeted-in-indias-most-populous-state/

The #CAA_NRC, #Kashmir & #Demonetisation have severely undermined India's global standing severely.

Never has the international community stood against India as it does now as #CAA_NRCProtests rise.

My column today

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/12/article/india-citizenship-law-diminishes-global-stature/

What's happening in UP is terrible. A complete failure of governance. Police brutality at its worst.

India's Prime Minister Modi pulled a "Trump" at a rally on Sunday. He made incorrect claims, much like his US counterpart.

And a Parliamentary written response indicates the detention centres are close to what Concentration Camps were.

My report

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/12/article/indias-modi-pulls-a-trump-on-citizenship-law/

Did the PM deliberately ignore the multiple assertions of his Home Minister on nationwide NRC?

Or did the PM publicly admonish his HM for making those repeated assertions on nationwide NRC?

Or has the PM forgotten the President's address to Parliament promising NRC?

Or did the PM forget his interview to Times Now about nationwide NRC?

Thoughts?