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Since when did the Norwegian Press Association acquire the authority to pronounce on India’s internal security matters?

Basic common sense! A sovereign nation is under no obligation to explain why it refuses to grant a visa!

This photograph is emblematic! The Empress, in a remarkable display of hauteur and entitlement, did not deign to fold her hands in greeting to the President of India. Yet both Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mani Shankar Aiyar—leaders far more senior in stature and political experience—had no hesitation in doing so. The unmistakable impression is that Sonia Gandhi expected the President of India to acknowledge her first, as though the constitutional head of the Republic were obliged to defer to her rather than the other way around. It is a telling illustration of the sense of entitlement, misplaced grandeur and implicit superiority that seemed to define her public persona. In a republic, it is the office of the President that commands respect—not the self-importance of a political dynasty.

Notwithstanding the Official Secrets Act, Sonia was reportedly allowed to watch the footage of Operation Blue Star alongside the Prime Minister! Clearly, some animals are more equal than others! 🙃

A visa can be revoked even upon arrival at your destination. Be thankful that you are being spared the time, trouble and expense of making the journey! 😉

55 factual errors in a 545 page book! Sonia Gandhi memoir Belonging flagged for 55 factual and contextual issues - India Today indiatoday.in/india/story/so…

When the history behind this photograph was first broached, it evoked little more than a murmur. Later, when social media picked it up as a tidbit of gossip, it became a whisper! Looks like Sonia’s book has now turned that whisper into a stage whisper! 😉

What exactly is so extraordinary about Helle Lyng that she was invited to speak at the Congress party-organised India Summit in Hyderabad? Her claim to the spotlight seems to be that she shouted a question at Modi, despite an understanding reportedly reached at the Helsinki summit that there would be no Q&A after the press briefing. Are we witnessing a revival of the 2002–13 era, when anti-Modi activism had virtually become a cottage industry, with outrage serving as a lucrative, lifelong meal ticket? Have we simply repackaged the old business model and given it a new platform? 🤔

A dogfight over imported dog food, eh? 😂🐕 Who says high places guarantee high standards? Apparently, the higher the echelons, the lower the scruples when there’s imported kibble at stake! 🦴🏛️😉

He did not win Wayanad on the party's strength and it is not in UP! 🙃

In the aftermath of 1962, several Army generals came out with their self-exculpatory accounts, beginning with B. N. Kaul's The Untold Story. The recurring theme was to lay the blame at everyone else's door while absolving themselves of responsibility for the inglorious defeat. This memoir is no different!

Is Baru Garu still paying back? What's the problem if the Indian diaspora is infused with a dose of self-respect and confidence? And which ambassadors actually confided in him? One should always look askance at reports that attribute 'palace secrets' and juicy tidbits to unnamed sources! Remember the Emergency years, when AIR used to report that meetings addressed by Indira and Sanjay, and later Rajiv, were largely attended by backward classes, SCs, STs and minorities—as though the composition of the audiences had been meticulously measured and documented, perhaps even photographed from drones! 😉

The memoir is less an account of a life than a tissue of lies, carefully woven to paper over the inconvenient truths. That's mixing two metaphors! 😂