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A comprehensive story of how the Nobel Laureate in economics (a committed communist klutz to be precise) thoroughly botched up the revival of the Nalanda University using a mix of nepotism, incompetency, and ad hoc functioning.
Please read & share:
Visva-Bharati Land Row: This Is Why Amartya Sen, Far From Being Wronged, Is Actually In The Wrong https://t.co/pWMkOv0uvn via @swarajyamag
— Prasanna Viswanathan (@prasannavishy) December 29, 2020
First, the appointment of #AmartyaSen, who throughout his career has heaped scorn on everything that is rooted in the Indian tradition, was outrageous for Nalanda University, that had once symbolized Indian culture and the world’s best traditions of excellence in learning.
Indeed, it is open knowledge that the sole qualification of #AmartyaSen to head the Nalanda University was his proximity with Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.

In 2007, UPA govt constituted a Committee, which was supposed to file a feasibility report in 9 months. But #AmartyaSen didn't submit any report in 3 yrs, could not even prepare a financial estimate or bring any funds from abroad. Yet he was made Chairman of the Board.
Instead, #AmartyaSen continued to use his position to decide on the University’s syllabus and other programs and controversially ignoring the rules.
Why? What was his agenda?
It has to be understood in the perspective of the ‘politics of obligation’ that Dr. Sen practices.
I had provided a step by step guide in writing a supervisor. If you missed it, look it up here👇
https://t.co/ZrAe27bILv.
Today, I offer you a few workable tips to assist you in the search for supervisors.
WRITING TO A PROSPECTIVE SUPERVISOR AND REQUESTING FOR SUPERVISION
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I present to you 7 steps that have worked for me and I hope it helps you.
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1. Have a clear subject line:\xa0Ensure that the subject line of your email says the reason why you are writing.
1. Go to the staff page within the department or school website and look up lecturers whose research interests align with yours.
2. Another trick is to use the search bar on the website and type in the key terms of your research or interest. E,g Professor in public health/accounting/English etc. You can then instinctively navigate the page through the results.
3. Sometimes it is difficult to find a supervisor due to the number of academics in a school or department. Another trick to use when faced with this challenge is to locate a Postgraduate Coordinator within the department...
and share your proposal and CV with them to assist you to circulate among academics. This is a quick way to get a supervisor. Please note that different schools refer to such persons differently, Postgraduate Coordinator has just been used as a reference.
Hello! So, after 41 years, the volcano l have been researching, La Soufri\xe8re on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, is erupting in the form of non-explosive lava activity (Drone footage from @uwiseismic Facebook page). I\u2019m here to answer questions BUT...(1/2) pic.twitter.com/TemOGjEE7Q
— Dr. Jazmin Scarlett (wear a mask!) (@scarlett_jazmin) December 29, 2020
To begin: the type of volcanologist I am is a “historical and social” volcanologist, which means I research how past and present activity impact the people who live with volcanoes. A lot of my data are old written records, interviews, photographs, newspapers etc.
This is important to note and acknowledge there are multiple ways to research volcanoes. I therefore know less about the geology BUT knowledgeable in volcanic hazards and how people live with these hazards.
Photos taken by Arnold Da Silva and donated by Vincentian geologist Lance Peters, all taken sometime before the 1971 activity. Important context for 1971-1972 in relation to today’s activity: there was a crater lake. A lot of water was present...

...Water is a key ingredient in making volcanic eruptions explosive BUT sometimes it isn’t. 1971-1972 had no explosions and little to no seismic activity associated. Photos in the 1970s by Arnold Da Silva and donated by Lance Peters.

On the need for urgent decisions & a comprehensive set of measures *today*
"Delayed and tentative decision making will result in the deaths of tens of thousands more people"
Getting worse: several more thousand people in hospital than at April peak: no's still rising
NEW: Independent SAGE has prepared an emergency statement & plan & is hosting a press conference tomorrow, 10am. Please join us. We believe we are at the most critical moment of the crisis so far. Only by acting NOW can we avoid 10s of 1000s of deathshttps://t.co/pTOseECKvM
— Independent SAGE (@IndependentSage) December 29, 2020
Cases in *all* regions are going up, reflected in hospital admissions.
Every region except NE and NW have more people in hospital than during the first wave.
We don’t yet know if tier 4 is enough to slow or contain covid.
The impact of Xmas mixing is still to come.
Schools will contribute to increasing transmission rate - @IndependentSage chair notes their nuanced position on schools + happy to take questions.
Indy SAGE calling for lockdown AND clear plan for exit from such a lockdown. Calling for proper support for testing + isolation
Vaccination rollout programmes vital - including international support
The impact of long covid also identified alongside horrific scale of death is part of the catastrophe we need to prevent unfolding further
.@IndependentSage highlighting the unbelievable pressure on NHS staff across the UK.
Given the scenes at hospitals around the UK, we cannot afford to underestimate the seriousness of this for everyone
Understand how the game is being played.
This is BIG.
#China #CCP #MSM #Propaganda
Unroll thread & share on all platforms please.
@nytimes @washingtonpost @MSNBC @Forbes @Newsweek @business @Reuters @ABC @TheEconomist @TIME @WSJ @BBCWorld @TheAtlantic @latimes @thehill @NPR +many others involved
DOJ filings reveal propaganda operation spanning over a decade between establishment media outlets & China.
From @RaheemKassam & @nataliegwinters at The National Pulse:
'Every. Major. Media. Outlet. In. America.'
⚠️Western media is COMPROMISED⚠️
https://t.co/CzSHAil3yb
There's an axis of evil between the Chinese Communist Party and US establishment. China wants to influence/infiltrate our institutions, & swamp lobbyists/media hacks are eager to sell out.
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) December 29, 2020
Learn how the Chinese gov paid for "positive, favorable coverage" from Western media\u2b07\ufe0f pic.twitter.com/MtflRwhBue
https://t.co/D6Z6N4CRE5

Massively grateful to everyone who took time out to read, comment & share these across the year. I really appreciate you.
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1. Breaking-in – study notes, free textbooks & past
If you have any study notes, past exam papers, quick excel models... anything you feel could help Twitter peeps, post the links below \U0001f4aa\U0001f4aa
— Koshiek Karan (@iamkoshiek) May 29, 2020
2. Breaking-in – the job connector
The interview job connector thread. If you're currently job hunting, please post the industry/role & someone who is already in the field can give you tailored tips ++ share their experiences \U0001f4aa\U0001f3fd\U0001f4aa\U0001f3fd
— Koshiek Karan (@iamkoshiek) December 4, 2020
3. Breaking-in – book smart vs. street
Anyone who has ever worked a corporate job will tell you where you studied means very little.
— Koshiek Karan (@iamkoshiek) August 8, 2020
Education doesn't guarantee ability.
4. Personal Finance – MEGA Property
The Reserve Bank cut the repo rate by 25bps & just like clockwork, the rats who are paid to sell houses are encouraging people to go out & buy
— Koshiek Karan (@iamkoshiek) July 23, 2020
The usual "influencers"/ estate agents/ mortgage brokers/ banks/ loan sharks/ excavator salesmen
Here's a useful MEGA property thread:
Have you read what he said in the Guardian? He has made it clear he accepts Johnson's awful hard Brexit deal as the permanent settlement of the European issue. There is understandable outrage from pro-Europeans. You seem oblivious to all this.
— Charlie Kennaugh #FBPE #GTTO (@c_kennaugh) December 30, 2020
Starmer is like me a lawyer, not a trade specialist but he obviously took advice. He is also a committed pro-European. As a lawyer when looking at the TCA, I saw all the predicted negatives but also enormous potential for a pro-EU government which results from the
institutional structure of the deal. The TCA sets up 19 specialised committees (including on Customs Cooperation, SPS, Technical Barriers to Trade) dominated by an all powerful 50/50 Partnership Council (PC) which takes binding decisions with immediate direct effect by agreement.
These decisions do not have to be published or not in full. This is undemocratic but typical of FTAs and efficient. In my view there is huge potential to take big decisions, far from the emotional tone of the Brexit drama, decisions which will be crouched in technocratic language
"Removing the red tape" " Customs Simplifications Procedure" (a lesser form of CU), "mobility", "improving access for services (a lesser form of FoM): little by little, step by step, the most negative effects of the TCA will be undone out of the glare of the tabloid press until
MPs are being asked to shovel through, in a single day, a bill that was published yesterday, implementing a treaty agreed six days ago, which comes into force tomorrow night. The European Communities Act 1972 was debated in Parliament for 300 hours. Today's bill will get about 5.
MPs will have at most four minutes to speak on a trade agreement covering more than 1,200 pages. Few will have had time to read it anyway, and their votes will mostly be cast by the Whips. The entire charade will be over shortly after lunch.
Today's legislation doesn't just transform our trade relations. As @jeff_a_king points out, it gives ministers the power to rewrite vast swathes of domestic law without further scrutiny. It is a massive transfer of power from Parliament to the Executive.
Third, the general implementation powers contained in cl 31 allow ministers to make any law that is required to implement the agreement by regulations - and that this power can be used to do anything an Act of Parliament can do (including amend the bill/Act itself).
— Jeff King (@jeff_a_king) December 30, 2020
Parliament has to do this with the legislative equivalent of a gun to its head. The UK's current terms of trade with the EU cease to exist in 48 hrs. MPs cannot inflict a crash-out on their constituents, so all that's left for the Opposition parties to argue about is positioning.