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Nitin Pai

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“Eppur Si Mouve!” Director of The Takshashila Institution @TakshashilaInst takshashila.org.in Fediverse: @[email protected]
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    Aug 26, 2025
    I am an Indian nationalist. There are the tenets of my position
    indiannationalism/seven-tenets-of-indian-nationalism-english.md at main · nitinpai007/indiannatio...
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    Aug 28
    My colleague @prof_nithiya explained to us how the disaster in Nepal might have unfolded.
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    Dr Y Nithiyanandam
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    Aug 28
    What Likely Happened on 26 August: A Terrain-Based Assessment. The disaster originated on the Nepal side, on the north face of Langtang Lirung inside Langtang National Park. Satellite imagery suggests this was not simply a glacier calving event but a large bedrock slope failure
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    Nitin Pai
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    Aug 24
    Time for India to reset its relations with its neighbouring countries. The new pattern should treat bilateral relations in their own right; not as moves on a geopolitical chessboard. livemint.com/opinion/online… @ConstantinoX @samarajiva @MilindaMoragoda @Mahishini @sujeevshakya
    Nitin Pai: India has much to gain from cooperation with other South Asian countries | Mint
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    Nitin Pai
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    Aug 20
    We're this close to closing applications; don't miss it. The Graduate Certificate in Public Policy by the Takshashila Institution is built for people who want more than theory: real frameworks for reading economics and governance, the geopolitics behind India's foreign policy
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    Nitin Pai
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    Aug 19
    More generally, this highlights the difference between intellectual discourse and political discourse; the former tries to establish truth, the latter is subject to the interests of power.
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    Nitin Pai
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    Aug 18
    This was written around 2000 years ago. Things haven't changed much. === Milinda: “Revered Nagasena, will you converse with me?” Nagasena: “I will converse if you, sire, will converse in the speech of the learned, but if you converse, in the speech of kings I will not