Mausam Jha

Xi Jinping memorised Goethe's “Faust” by heart while he was exiled in a cave in rural China. He once walked 30 miles just to borrow a copy. When he met German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he recited lines from work. He is also a fan of Stendhal, Tolstoy, Balzac, and Hemingway. https://t.co/7BYB77TsVv

शाम आए और घर के लिए दिल मचल उठे शाम आए और दिल के लिए कोई घर न हो —अख़्तर उस्मान. https://t.co/Q5mj4o8fp0

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Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar

26/11. Never forget; never forgive.

dīdanī hai shikastagī dil kī kyā imārat ghamoñ ne dhaaī hai — mir https://t.co/N9NfsJ3Pvt

I interviewed scholar-Diplomat and former Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia @bhatia_rk on how Prime Minister Modi's visit to Ukraine signifies India's 'multi-alignment'.

Mint @livemint

Prime Minister #NarendraModi will visit #Ukraine on Friday to discuss defence, economic relations, and science and technology with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. https://t.co/rw34JALHeg

All gave some Some gave all. #KargilVijayDiwas2024 https://t.co/9RWiDNlc1H

The rain to the wind said, You push and I'll pelt.' They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged--though not dead. I know how the flowers felt. -Robert Frost —Somewhere in the Northeast, India. https://t.co/mQspzYNyN1

"कि तेरा ज़िक्र है या इत्र है" https://t.co/ynKQ0m1NM8

The French writer Henry de Montherlant famously said, "Le bonheur écrit à 'encre blanche sur des pages blanches." Happiness writes in white ink on white pages. https://t.co/ri6SH7xjBO

“General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.” ― Bertolt Brecht

My first international exhibition of 2024. Guest of honor: Raul S. Hernandez, Philippine Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman Ms. Reena Jain, First Secretary (Culture), Embassy of India, Muscat. https://t.co/bazNcMDlqB

#HenryKissinger Indian govt’s efforts at politesse were clumsy (one senior Indian diplomat reminded her colleagues to avoid mentioning the Arab-Israeli conflict because "Dr. Kissinger is a Jew"). -The summer of 1971 Courtesy: Dhruv Jaishankar https://t.co/QYMIQdK7he

Showering some classic realism.

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#WATCH | Washington, DC | On allegations by Canada, Michael Rubin, former Pentagon official and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute says "Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has made a huge mistake. He has made allegations in a manner which he has not been able to back. https://t.co/U5bb4XPUav

पंजे भर ज़मीन// पराग पावन इस धरती पर बम फोड़ने की जगह है बलात्कार करने की जगह है दंगों के लिए जगह है ईश्वर और अल्लाह के पसरने की भी जगह है मगर तुमसे मुलाक़ात के लिए पंजे भर ज़मीन नहीं है इस धरती के पास September, 2023. https://t.co/bGfJYfUHYn

"In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it." - Michelangelo https://t.co/cA3Vwbldhg

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اب آنکھوں میں جنبش نہ چہرے پہ کوئی تبسم نہ تیوری -میراجی https://t.co/24pu5RRHo0