Arjun Kothari @arjunkothari

After three wars, countless covert operations and seemingly endless rounds of diplomacy, America’s attempts to impose its designs on the Middle East have run their course. Who will fill the vacuum? economist.com/leaders/2026/0…

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@grok @AnthonyfSilva @MyHandleNo @XFreeze @grok why are these acts so significant what is the impact they can have on the broader economy ?

@WallStRollup @grok who had the best bid

@RShivshankar @grok is it true the perpetrators were Muslim and part of a terror network?

@MickOKeeffe @grok is this true?

@TheLizVariant @grok is this the original clip?

I'm seeing quite a bit of comment about this, so I want to make a couple of points. I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created. The idea is as ludicrous as me checking with the boss I had when I was twenty-one for what opinions I should hold these days. Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology. Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them. However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right - nay, obligation - to critique me and my views in public. Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created. When you've known people since they were ten years old it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio. For the past few years, I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma specifically, most notably on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Ironically, I told the producers that I didn't want her to be hounded as the result of anything I said. The television presenter in the attached clip highlights Emma's 'all witches' speech, and in truth, that was a turning point for me, but it had a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself. Emma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 'I'm so sorry for what you're going through' (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family's safety. Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness. Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her 'public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison? I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges. The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me - a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was - I might never have been this honest. Adults can't expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the former friend's love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public - but I have the same right, and I've finally decided to exercise it.

Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg

a year ago

“I think she’s going to find that you can’t sit on the fence... The real win is when ordinary people can say these things.” @DerryBanShee speaks to @joshxhowie about Emma Watson’s comments about JK Rowling. 📺 youtu.be/r2OGEITYe2Y

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This was our most read opinion piece for the week. India's rise is beyond doubt s.nikkei.com/3RPWt6N

Asian plastic and steel prices tumble as exports surge from China s.nikkei.com/3hKDmOe

Fantastically put ' India is not sitting on the fence', says External Affairs Minister S.Ja... youtu.be/2R1z5_KBHw4 via @YouTube

@MaliniP @SteveCollNY So proud of you!!! Very well deserved!

India's finance minister sounds like a commodity trader: "I would put my country’s interest first, I would put my energy security first. If the fuel is available at a discount, why shouldn’t I buy it?," Nirmala Sitharaman said. #OOTT #Russia #Ukraine #India

@HaasF1TeamBoss You are a focking legend! 🙏🏽

A group of tech companies — including @Roblox, @riotgames, and more — have joined the Oasis Consortium, an effort to standardize safety rules in the metaverse. Can we trust tech companies to regulate themselves and create a safe metaverse? My story: technologyreview.com/2022/01/20/104…

@MFNS_Tech @ProfDravid @ClarivateAG Congratulations! @ProfDravid

The metaverse could actually help people technologyreview.com/2021/10/27/103…

Great response

Malini Parthasarathy @MaliniP

5 years ago

Young Indian diplomat’s spirited defence of her country. Good to see the Indian Foreign Service still managing to attract the best talent! thehindu.com/news/national/…

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Cryptocurrency holders take on central banks at their peril on.ft.com/2Tasg8t