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Dad...Foreign Correspondent... Columnist...Writer-at-large... Author of Kamala Harris: Phenomenal Woman and Illiberal India. Retweets not endorsements.

Washington DC.... Mostly
Joined September 2008
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Tropes re bowlers tired, rested, workload mgmt etc. In Ahmedabad against Windies, KapilDev bowled 30 overs in 2 spells (20+10) broken by end of day’s play to take 9-83. Either Kapil was superhuman or today’s bowlers with 5/6/7 over spells are wussy. Which? @bhogleharsha #INDvAUS
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#SouthwestAirlines meltdown continues. Was on hold 83 minutes. Hung up, tried again, and into call back line..30 minutes. Another hour and still on hold. Website shows error to change reservation. Not good @SouthwestAir
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Congratulations to @rpragchess on finishing runner-up in the #FTXCryptoCup after beating Magnus Carlsen in the final match! chess24.com/en/watch/live-to… #ChessChamps
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#Praggnanandhaa shocks Magnus Carlsen in final round of Miami chess. Gobsmacked!
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#ImranCon has pulled off constitutional #Coup in #Pakistan and matter now heads to SupremeCourt where winner be decided by Pak army placing jackboot on scale.
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To invoke #cricket metaphor, #ImranKhan is clean bowled but refuses to leave crease. Umpire (Speaker) decides as an afterthought that it is a #noball. Replays dont show it. Imran refuses to leave. Takes fresh guard!
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A #coup in #Pakistan, except this one by a sitting PM who lost his majority in the national assembly. After digging down on blaming foreign (viz US) conspiracy to oust him
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#ImranKhan announces "dissolution" of Assembly and calls for fresh elections, after having clearly lost majority!
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Just when you thought there would be a rare democratic transition in #Pakistan, a democratic/parliamentary coup. Speaker adjourns assembly and bolts when the numbers are stacked against PM Imran Khan. What now?
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And boom! It looks like the assembly has been adjourned without a vote #Pakistan
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Fascinating opening to #Pakistan Assembly proceedings in no-confidence motion against #ImranKhan. Charges of US seeking regime change being repeated
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Dance with me | World Down Syndrome Day 2022 | #WDSD22 #InclusionMeans #... youtu.be/Jo7F9gM0q7o via @YouTube Sharing my video for World Down Syndrome Day. Disabilities do not limit who we are! Pls. Retweet. #inclusionmeans #WDSD2022 #disability #advocacy
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From the passionate and joyous @Angie_DownSyn 🥰, an inspiration for all #DownSyndrome kids and parents youtube.com/watch?app=deskto…
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Brilliant. To paraphrase Joni Mitchell, I've looked at this from Both Sides Now....
I like living dangerously at the intersection of Americans shouting India is unreliable and Indians shouting America is unreliable.
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Vote: 11 In favor 1 against (Russia) 3 abstentions(China…)
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In UN Security Council meeting on #Ukraine today, India abstained on the vote on draft resolution. Our Explanation of Vote ⤵️
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As expected, #India abstains from #UN Resolution seeking to condemn Russia.
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