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Mountain girl ... Chelsea fan ... sports enthusiast !

Joined March 2010
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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#euro2024 begins & so does long nights of football for a month ! #GERSCO
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Once upon a time in Rainawari ... this was my ancestral home. Then 1990 happened ... #Kashmir
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Maharashtra govt wants to probe 91 year old Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar for this tweet. LET THIS SINK IN.
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Shankaracharya temple ... Srinagar.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Once upon a time in Kashmir, this was our home in Rainawari. Written on these broken walls is a tragedy that should never be forgotten. #KashmiriPanditExodus 19.1.1990
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Mata Kheer Bhawani temple. #Kashmir
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@Rolee_Kachru
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2 years
I NEVER had the choice to wear anything but school uniform all thru my school yrs. Infact we were even punished for wearing a colored hair band when only black was allowed :) This specific FREEDOM OF CHOICE being debated is nothing but brining religion where it does not belong.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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It would require heavy dose of drugs or mental imbalance for someone to write such stuff on a public platform.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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#Gulmarg in all its glory ...
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Once upon a time in Kashmir, this was my ancestral home in Rainawari, Srinagar. Every visit brings back happy childhood memories of time spent with family ... but also an extremely painful feeling of a lost home. #KashmiriPanditExodus
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Once upon a time in #Kashmir this was our home in Rainawari... Written on the walls of this broken home are many forgotten stories of '89 - '90, that speak volumes of the other side of Kashmiriyat. Lest we forget.
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#AruValley in all shades of green ...
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@Rolee_Kachru
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With this logic ... Congress party should be dissolved for losing 3 general elections in a row & not managing to touch 3 digits, after 10 years in the opposition.
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Messi relocates to Paris ... & gets a football fan from South India as his neighbour 😇
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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A responsible power would have ensured completion of investigation before levelling such strong allegations on another nation. We know this probably plays out well for him domestically with a certain vote bank but the world is watching too.
@DerekJGrossman
Derek J. Grossman
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India just escalated tensions by suspending visa services in Canada. A responsible power would have taken no further action and sought diplomatic negotiations when/if possible. I know this plays well domestically in India, but the world is watching too.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Closest any form of art has come to the reality of #KashmiriPandits forced exodus in 1990. Powerful, gut-wrenching & heart-breaking ... it has shown the most brutal facts of this forgotten history in the most graceful way possible. @AnupamPKher in every frame is beyond brilliant.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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This drive to Zojila ... #Kashmir
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Now imagine, if a BJP leader said this ...
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@Rolee_Kachru
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A communal statement like that in sports, doesn't come from "heat of the moment" ... it comes from a deep rooted communal mindset.
@waqyounis99
Waqar Younis
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In the heat of the moment, I said something which I did not mean which has hurt the sentiments of many. I apologise for this, this was not intended at all, genuine mistake. Sports unites people regardless of race, colour or religion. #apologies 🙏🏻
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@Rolee_Kachru
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For the lady who is trending today over her Covid negative report - what can a virus possibly kill, in a morally corrupt person. I Remember these words said by her for the entire nation.
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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We stayed quiet in 1990 ... when you don't learn your lesson well from history ..... history repeats itself.
@AdityaRajKaul
Aditya Raj Kaul
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Flashback Kashmir, 1990: Posters of Free Kashmir with Islamist crowd’s sloganeering of ‘Hum Kya Chahte, Aazadi - Aazadi ka matlab kya? La Ilaha Illallah’. Fear psychosis among minorities. Below video is from Gateway of India in Mumbai today. Video: @ANI
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Rolee Kachru
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The ONLY thing standing between what I want to say for this tweet & I am not ... is my upbringing.
@SharjeelUsmani
Sharjeel Usmani
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I know nobody wants to hear this but KPs are the most pampered minority group in India. @rohini_sgh please talk to Delhi pogrom survivors to learn what being refugee in one's own country feel like.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Twitter doesn't find this account objectionable....but my videos on football call for suspension🙄
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@Rolee_Kachru
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It actually changed in a matter of a year. 1978 - 79. I was in Shiraz.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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What about Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China ?
@MJalalAf
Muhammad Jalal
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Taliban: We have the right to raise our voice for Muslims across the world, including Kashmir. @suhailshaheen1
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Sharika Devi temple ... #Srinagar
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Srinagar drives ...
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Shehla Rashid is BEST left ignored. I will say this regardless of anything. FIR & an arrest would be a dream come true situation for her right now. From playing victim to a martyr..
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Same lady called him a "Pimp" on twitter ... not too long back.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Call me biased, but I have never had more delicious Rogan josh till date... than what my mother cooks❤️
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@Rolee_Kachru
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They run away from their countries run by Sharia & then want to impose the same in the country that gives them a good life. Twisted mindset.
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Marina Medvin 🇺🇸
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“Sharia for UK” they shout… on the streets of Britain… So how’s UK tourism been doing since October 7? I know I hold no interest.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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That's because Farooq Abdullah resigned & ran away to London. But remember the rigged 1987 elections in J&K ?!? The legacy of Abdullah's & their contribution to all that went wrong in the valley would require a separate film altogether.
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"Many false things have been shown in ' #TheKashmirFiles '. During that time, Farooq Abdullah was not #JammuAndKashmir 's Chief Minister but it was the Governor's rule there. VP Singh's government was in the country, backed by BJP": Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah (ANI)
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On a cold February evening last year, a young girl named Ishrat Muneer was found lying dead in the snow in Shopian. She was shot in the face by terrorists on the orders of #RiazNaikoo ... but Western press still continues to humanise his pre-gun stories
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Drive to Sonamarg ... on a cold & cloudy evening ! #Kashmir
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@Rolee_Kachru
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I was at Wankhede stadium when he played the last shot that made Indian lift the World Cup in 2011. The entire stadium was reverberating with "DHONI" & "INDIAAAA ... INDIA". That moment is imprinted in my mind. Thank you Captain ... from 1.3 billion Indians.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Spitting is also the new normal now.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance & conscientious stupidity. Period.
@VidyaKrishnan
Vidya
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In Kashmir & Assam the Indian govt is systematically targeting ethnic minorities. Just because it not in the news, doesn't mean its not happening...
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This is what you get when your neighbour is a chef ... & bored at home :)
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Visit to the valley is never complete without visiting this home ... Rainawari ... #Srinagar
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So serene ... Dal lake #Kashmir
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At Mahakaleshwar temple.
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Noticing the Indians enjoying the Indian wkt falling ... from the valley. Never ceases to terribly disappoint me. But on expected lines. #INDvsPAK
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Doesn't matter how many times I see this video ... makes me smile right down to my heart each & every time 😊
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@Rolee_Kachru
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I think my heart stopped beating while watching this 😳
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Aru valley ... #Kashmir
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Last year ... this time ... #Kashmir
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@Rolee_Kachru
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A moment for every Indian to be proud of 🇮🇳 History won't be kind to those who didn't show up today. #MyParliamentMyPride
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@Rolee_Kachru
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@jomalhotra @AdityaRajKaul Story of Kashmir is not written in blood by "All sides" ... but by terrorists like Yasin Malik. Not a SINGLE Kashmiri Pandit picked up a gun despite the forced exodus. And #TheKashmirfiles is not " one more narrative" it's a tragic reality our families lived thru. A brutal one.
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@Rolee_Kachru
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ऐ वतन, वतन मेरे, आबाद रहे तू... मैं जहाँ रहूँ, जहाँ में याद रहे तू.. #HappyIndependenceDay2019 🇮🇳 Jai Hind
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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No comment required 😆
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Weeks of battling Covid at the age of 82, parents are finally back home ... & I can't stop counting my blessings today. Heartfelt gratitude for all the doctors & nurses working round the clock at the hospitals, away from their families, risking their lives to save others.
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This !
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Rolee Kachru
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My sentiments EXACTLY ... as a Kashmiri Pandit whose entire family was threatened & forced to leave the valley in 1990.
@safiakhan71
Safia Abdullah Khan
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We are moving on. But we will never forget what happened.
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Srinagar drives ...
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@Rolee_Kachru
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To find fault in someone simply encouraging people to display the national flag proudly (just because you dislike the govt) is sheer senselessness.
@yogital
Yogita Limaye
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I remember 50 yrs of independence. We hoisted the tricolour at school, sang the national anthem. Listened to Rahman's 'Maa Tujhe Salaam' on tape - play, rewind, play. We felt proud and patriotic, and it all came naturally. No one asked us to do it. They were simpler times. #India
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@Rolee_Kachru
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The propaganda around Jagmohan, former J&K governor had been carefully crafted over the years to peddle lies about the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. Read this piece by @AdityaRajKaul published last year. And please watch #TheKashmirFiles to know the TRUTH
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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If you haven't driven through this mountain pass ... you are truly missing something in life ! #Kashmir #zojila
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Driving around downtown Srinagar (Rainawari) ... on way to visit what used to be our ancestral home ...
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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"Kashmiriyat" will continue to brazenly overshadow killings in Kashmir.
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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How many IAS officers resigned & how many voices raising their pitch today had spoken during the post Burhan Wani phase of violence, innumerable curfews before that & countless hurriyat calls for shut down in the valley down the decades. SELECTIVE OUTRAGE is senseless. #Kashmir
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@Rolee_Kachru
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Done it a million times over ... yet, trips to Srinagar never complete without a Shikara ride at Dal lake with the most beautiful view of Zabarwan range :)
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Ae watan mere, abaad rahe tu ... Kurbaan meri jaan tujhpe, shaad rahe tu 🇮🇳
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Rolee Kachru
4 years
Amusing how facts can be twisted to drive a point !
@AatishTaseer
Aatish Taseer
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Some news: at an oath-taking ceremony today in lower Manhattan, I became a US citizen. Less than a year after the Modi govt stripped me of my status in India, it is amazing to be part of this great country. I hope to vote in Nov—my first time!—for the bigheartedness I saw today.
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Srinagar ... this drive that I never miss.
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Rolee Kachru
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Putin is a war criminal ... but Clinton Bush Obama have left behind peaceful legacies at the Oval office !
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Serene .... Doesn't matter how many times or how often I do this same shikara ride....love it as much, each time... #Kashmir
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
4 years
Imagine if just a hundred #KashmiriPandits sat at Lal Chowk protesting to get justice ... Imagine if they refused to stop their protest unless rehabilited back in their homes in the valley ... Just imagine that possibility...& what that would lead to ...
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Zojila drive ... with the most stunning view of the majestic mountains !
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@Rolee_Kachru
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To experience this moment, every single time ... is so special !
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Basically he just threw his grandmother, father & Manmohan Singh together under the bus in this one speech. Not to mention, came across seriously entitled !
@ANI
ANI
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#WATCH | Panchkula, Haryana: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "I have been sitting in the system since the day I was born. I understand the system from the inside. You cannot hide the system from me. How it works, whom it favours, how it favours, whom it protects, whom it
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Sonamarg ... #Kashmir !
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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The most stunning view of the majestic mountains is during the Zoji la drive located at an altitude of 11,578 ft. Your heart is sure to skip multiple beats at each narrow turn & trust me ... pictures don't even begin to justify the incredible experience of that drive !
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Herath Mubarak to all my Kashmiri friends & family ... ॐ नमः शिवाय 🙏
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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This video is "good enough" a reason for them to be behind the bars. Period.
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3 years
Cracked me up 😄
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झण्डा ऊँचा रहे हमारा विजयी विश्व तिरंगा प्यारा 🇮🇳 #IndependenceDay
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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There is no philosophy in today's world more misused than "Liberalism" & more misguided than "Feminism". Both currently being manufactured in the same factory of HYPOCRISY.
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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The person who wrote "What can a virus kill in a morally corrupt nation" for Indians in 2020 & called the captain of the Indian Cricket team a "Pimp" on the same platform ... talks about "Sentiment that runs parallel to hate" !
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Navreh Mubarak to all my Kashmiri friends & family 🙏
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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As a Kashmiri Pandit whose entire family was uprooted from their home in Rainawari, I just want to say ... THANK YOU @vivekagnihotri 🙏 ... for bringing out the TRUTH about this tragedy.
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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The one person I know who predicted 300+ over two months back & was confident enough to put it down on paper while signing his book. @sanjeevsanyal I stand guilty of not believing you then. #ElectionResults2019
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Got the 1st shot of Covishield today. So well managed at Jaslok hospital. Also got to know, hospitalization of #COVID19 patients has gone up SIGNIFICANTLY with the sudden surge in Maharashtra. PLEASE MASK UP & be responsible while socialising. It's a long way from being over.
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Rolee Kachru
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The courage of this cop. No amount of respect is enough. #delhivoilence
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Rolee Kachru
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Worth noticing the HYPOCRISY behind the dead silence from many otherwise v vocal handles ag any remote communal happening outside of Kashmir. They will call slogans of Jai Shree Ram as threatening, but cold blooded killing of a Kashmir Pandit in Kashmir is not worth a mention.
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"Secularism" will be considered DEAD in India by the same BBC & the liberal world if the PM decided to make his next speech from a temple.
@SanksP
SanksP 🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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King Charles will give his first speech from St Paul's Cathedral. Absolutely no one has a problem with that. In fact the BBC is proudly displaying the Christian faith. Dedicated to all those that think the UK is a secular country.
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Rolee Kachru
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An all Kashmiri home cooked dinner 😊 Not by me though ...
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Just so beautifully diverse ...
@AdityaRajKaul
Aditya Raj Kaul
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Beautiful sketch depicting the indigenous people of Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh and even Pakistan Occupied Jammu, Kashmir and Gilgit, Baltistan, Chitral, Hunza in traditional attire. This entire region belongs to India. Good way to spread awareness about the forgotten communities. 🇮🇳
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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Chilling history of #YasinMalik in this hard hitting piece by @AdityaRajKaul He also writes about his confessions of cold bloodedly killing many armed & unarmed Kashmiris, four IAF men along with a Kashmiri Pandit judge named Justice Neelkanth Ganju.
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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And this just made the WC trip a million times more special. A message from my all time favorite Chelsea player, Captain & legend @JohnTerry26 ... Thank you ❤️
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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The journalist in question is not chided for expecting to hear from the head of ISRO.....he is being criticised for the disrespectful manner & tone in which he spoke to the ISRO scientist. That was way out of line.
@dhume
Sadanand Dhume
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Some folks are sharing this to show up NDTV as unpatriotic. That’s absurd. While a national outpouring of affection for ISRO is understandable—and in some ways even commendable—in no free country would a journalist be chided for expecting to hear from the head of an organization.
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Rolee Kachru
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Ma's first birthday in over a decade when I am not at home. Missing celebrating it with her ... missing the tahar & phirni that would have been made today ... but MOST OF ALL ... just miss hugging her ❤️
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Epitome of "victimhood"...
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Rolee Kachru
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Got to love this man.....😂😂😂
@nailainayat
Naila Inayat
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Look who is back with #TaubaTauba 😂😂
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Rolee Kachru
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Whenever I see an article on Kashmir, specially in NYT & Washington Post...I first check the writer...then I decide to read further. It tells me exactly how biased or not that piece is going to be.
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@Rolee_Kachru
Rolee Kachru
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"If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism" - Thomas Sowell
@AdityaRajKaul
Aditya Raj Kaul
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Cars set on fire by mobsters in the outskirts of New Delhi at Sohna bypass after communal violence and rioting in Nuh, Mewat of Haryana. Internet remains shut and section 144 imposed for a week. Paramilitary forces stationed now on ground.
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@mg2411 @DilliDurAst Correction - Pandits were not asked to leave. They were "FORCED" to leave. They were told "leave, convert or die". Ethnic cleansing was not exactly done politely.
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Rolee Kachru
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This Hyderabadi fish dish is going down on my list of favorite food !
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