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  1. Tablet: Coalition of the Nerds [My take on the politics of Anand v. Gelfand in chess.] tabletmag.com/jewish-news-an… #India #Israel @AEIFDP
  2. @BhopalHouse True. Indians spill much more ink on "strategic autonomy."
  3. @BhopalHouse India too. (But you knew that already.)
  4. RT @humayusuf: My @dawn_com column on the need for provincial-level legislation to stem sectarian violence. dawn.com/2012/06/04/nee…
  5. 8 of 21 strikes this year in past 2 weeks. MT @LongWarJournal: US drones kill 15 in North Waziristan strike. bit.ly/M37hIR #Pakistan
  6. @ParamjitGarewal Please stop copying me on your empty tweets. Thanks.
  7. @MalikAshok He's much more ambitious than that. Eyeing a promotion? @acorn
  8. @acorn I think it's called repositioning.
  9. RT @acorn: This is a classic. RT @keshav61: economy and the Anna brigade. fb.me/D9WxjgCP
  10. NPR: Life Behind the Lobby | How Indian-Americans from Gujarat came to dominate US motel industry. v @blakehounshell m.npr.org/story/15398829…
  11. @beenasarwar There's the nice meaning and the not-so-nice meaning. Wrong to deny either. @afiasalam @akchishti
  12. @vdehejia True. And not knowing this or choosing to disbelieve it may indeed be the root of India's current woes.
  13. [Ouch] MT @noonanjo: Queen Elizabeth's fleet review 1953: brisray.com/dad/review8.jpg. 2012: pinterest.com/pin/1277897081…
  14. "High growth is not a birthright." RT @WSJopinion: #India Fades on.wsj.com/M0UPJO
  15. Reinforcing, not liberating #India from "the tyranny of compulsory identities." RT @pbmehta: Affirmative inaction indianexpress.com/news/affirmati…
  16. @zainabimam Is Sania Pakistani now?
  17. @marvisirmed It's on TV in Pakistan?
  18. @MeruGokhale That's me. :) @kjohar25 @bdutt
  19. @MalikAshok True that. @WRMead wrote a lovely post about this yesterday. Americans treat the Windsors like a "virtual royal family." @bdutt
  20. RT @Queen_UK: More boats?! Really?!