#Bureaucracy

Arsalan Khan

akkhan81

What are some of the academic books that are #mustread to understand #Pakistan? Here are a fewA. Jalal: The Sole Spokesman + Self and SovereigntyV. Zamindar: The Long Partition and

Mike Spinney

spinzo

We're counting on unimaginative people, with no relevant connection to the plight of regular folks, to come up with solutions to a suddenly serious economic crisis. The sum of their

Abhinav Prakash

Abhina_Prakash

In nineteenth century, Japan’s Meiji elite aggressively pursued a strategy of bunmei kaika—‘civilization and enlightenment’—through rapid industrialization, adoption of Western technologies, and even its way of life. It didn’t d

Ajay Dave

ajayrdave

A thread on gems from our tax bureaucracy.. Original document here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MmHbWhSQPH3LWJLvwlGAC2_zN6Pm6v2u/view Be prepared for tax terrorism.. They are pretty clear in their head.. pura desh chor hai.. and than FM

Maya Mikdashi

mayamikdashi

1/Aoun's broadcast "conversation" with 2 selected male journalists is a lesson in #patriarchy 1. patriarchy structures relations between men and women AND btw men generationally & socio-economically. it is a

MarkPetrikov

MarkPetrikov

day 1. i guess, it's 5 years. but i was in read only mode for 4.5 of them (read only is my credo)https://twitter.com/j_a_y_c_e_e_/status/1255496549431480325 day 2: fall 2019 day 5: well,

David Clark

David_K_Clark

THREAD: I am now at the end (hopefully) of a week-long journey through the Kafkaesque maze of the Government’s COVID-19 self-isolation bureaucracy. It strikes me as a perfect illustration of

Elnathan John

elnathan_john

It is very easy to criticise others. Nigeria has made me rethink a lot. If you do ANY serious work at a high level in that country you will in

Ben Norton

BenjaminNorton

I'm sorry, but it has to be admitted: This is sad, even pitifulBernie Sanders built up a massive grassroots movement over years to challenge the billionaire oligarchy... but he dropped

Mulder’s Fleet of Zombie Voters for High Taxes

proteinwisdom

The Bulwark, The Dispatch, The Lincoln Project, and all over their “talent” have worked overtime to beat back on the will of GOP voters. They’ve tried to undercut an America

Acataleptic Vijayalakshmi

wataboutery

After you remove all the nice things that this Sarkar has done like:1) PM calling old people or nurses or Panchayat leaders or IAS officers in the middle of the

Omar Wasow

owasow

“On Memorial Day 1927, 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neighborhood, eventually spurring an all-out brawl in which seven men were arrested. One of those arrested was Fred Trump.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/news

Me Me Khant

Me_Me_Khant

THREAD: I had an extensive conversation with my international law professor about #NUGRegonition today. Odds are against us, but what are our options ? Just posting some notes for those

Deepak Shenoy

deepakshenoy

Let's go local: The RBI owns 35 lakh crore worth of US govt bonds. They own just 10 lakh cr. of Indian govt bonds. Our own central bank won't go

Brexit Truth

Big_Headers

“Into the valley of death rode the 600.” 600 of Britain’s finest cavalrymen, and the press went ballistic, at the stupidity of a poorly expressed order.1/24 However it was just

Gavan Reilly

gavreilly

There’s a couple of things I love about election count weekends.One is the fact that politicians can’t spin their way out of a result: they’re at their most honest when