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Milan Vaishnav
@MilanV
@CarnegieEndow Sr. Fellow + Director, @CarnegieSAsia. Host of #GrandTamasha podcast. Tweeting my views on political economy + India. RTs & likes ≠ endorsements
Washington, DC
Joined September 2011
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    New #GrandTamasha: Narendra Modi was the first Indian PM to travel to Norway in 40+ years. I sat down with Ambassador May-Elin Stener (@NorwayAmbIndia) to discuss India's Nordic outreach, trade deals, and the link between the Arctic and the Indo-Pacific open.spotify.com/episode/2gOcPy
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    Apparently, this is a thing:
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    Who could predict that the pivotal plot twist in the 2019 election would be a duel between Narendra Modi and the ghost of Rajiv Gandhi?
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    Very organized social distancing (while buying provisions) in Ahmedabad.
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    On August 8, @pbmehta wrote the following in @IndianExpress: "The BJP thinks it is going to Indianise Kashmir. But, instead, what we will see is potentially the Kashmirisation of India"
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    Sent by a friend: So, apparently @firstpost used random (8+ year-old?) stock footage of me sitting in my office to illustrate the situation of Indian H1-B workers in America. 🤦🏾‍♂️
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    Lead edit in today’s @washingtonpost: India is not a faraway problem.
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    Interesting data point from a recent Morgan Stanley report: India's declining oil intensity per unit of GDP.
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    The ability for an elected parliamentarian to get up and say this with a straight face is pretty remarkable.
    BJP MP Tejasvi Surya in Lok Sabha yesterday: What is happening today in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh is a stark reminder that if the majority of this country is not vigilant, the patriotic Indians do not stand up to this, the days of Mughal Raj coming back to Delhi are not far away.
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    When Devesh Kapur writes like this, we must take heed: “It’s a pity…that India’s theme for the summit, ‘One World, One Family, One Future’ does not seem to extend to itself. The most pressing challenges facing India come from within, not without.”
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    India again featured on the front page of @washingtonpost - reporting by @jslaternyc @NihaMasih. Not sure of the last time it received such continued, prominent coverage.
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    "First, they came for the avocado toast and we did not speak..."
    Millennial mindset of using Ola, Uber is adversely affecting auto sector: FM @nsitharaman Read: livemint.com/politics/polic…
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    I personally don’t know of a student of Indian politics in my generation who has not been touched—directly or indirectly—by @pbmehta’s intelligence, humanity, mentorship, and fundamental goodness. Others may choose overlook these traits. But we will continue to treasure them.
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    New @HarvardCID study says "economic pole of global growth" has already moved from China to India atlas.cid.harvard.edu/rankings/growt…