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Tca Raghavan

@tca_raghavan

Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. Now history enthusiast. Author of Attendant Lords,The People Next Door and History Men

My article in the Telegraph

tca_raghavan's tweet image. My article in the Telegraph

My article in the Telegraph today

#OPINION | When one evaluates #military regimes in different geographies, the key point is how some develop and act on a forward-looking, desecuritised perspective while others remain trapped in tactical zero-sum games, writes T.C.A. Raghavan #pakistan #AsimMunir



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The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund has just launched a smartphone-friendly nehruarchive.in This is an easily searchable and freely downloadable digital archive initially built around the 100 published volumes of the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru covering the period…

Jairam_Ramesh's tweet image. The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund has just launched a smartphone-friendly nehruarchive.in

This is an easily searchable and freely downloadable digital archive initially built around the 100 published volumes of the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru covering the period…

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Session underway at #IMHF2025 on The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy.Speakers explore nonalignment vs strategic autonomy, their evolution, India’s pragmatic choices, and Nehru’s core contributions.Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee, Kallol Bhattacherjee,Mod: Amb TCA Raghavan.

USIofIndia's tweet image. Session underway at #IMHF2025 on The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy.Speakers explore nonalignment vs strategic autonomy, their evolution, India’s pragmatic choices, and Nehru’s core contributions.Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee, Kallol Bhattacherjee,Mod: Amb TCA Raghavan.
USIofIndia's tweet image. Session underway at #IMHF2025 on The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy.Speakers explore nonalignment vs strategic autonomy, their evolution, India’s pragmatic choices, and Nehru’s core contributions.Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee, Kallol Bhattacherjee,Mod: Amb TCA Raghavan.
USIofIndia's tweet image. Session underway at #IMHF2025 on The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy.Speakers explore nonalignment vs strategic autonomy, their evolution, India’s pragmatic choices, and Nehru’s core contributions.Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee, Kallol Bhattacherjee,Mod: Amb TCA Raghavan.
USIofIndia's tweet image. Session underway at #IMHF2025 on The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy.Speakers explore nonalignment vs strategic autonomy, their evolution, India’s pragmatic choices, and Nehru’s core contributions.Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee, Kallol Bhattacherjee,Mod: Amb TCA Raghavan.

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A Suitable Agency is delighted to welcome @tca_raghavan, author and diplomat, at #SuitableSpeakers, our speakers’ bureau featuring India’s finest minds. For enquiries regarding Dr. Raghavan’s speaking engagements, please write to [email protected].

ASuitableAgency's tweet image. A Suitable Agency is delighted to welcome @tca_raghavan, author and diplomat, at #SuitableSpeakers, our speakers’ bureau featuring India’s finest minds.

For enquiries regarding Dr. Raghavan’s speaking engagements, please write to speakers@asuitableagency.com.

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🌏 Session Spotlight | IMHF 2025 🎙 The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy 🗓 14 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 1145–1230 hrs 📍 @USIofIndia, New Delhi Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee & @janusmyth Moderator: Amb @tca_raghavan Tracing India’s pursuit of an independent foreign policy. 🇮🇳

Military_Fest's tweet image. 🌏 Session Spotlight | IMHF 2025

🎙 The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy
🗓 14 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 1145–1230 hrs
📍 @USIofIndia, New Delhi

Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee & @janusmyth

Moderator: Amb @tca_raghavan
Tracing India’s pursuit of an independent foreign policy. 🇮🇳

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Cultivating Europe Vol.1 Issue 5: Between Two Partitions: Asaf Ali and the UN by @tca_raghavan TCA Raghavan in this article, revisits the little-known story of Asaf Ali, India’s first ambassador and delegate to the UN Special Session on Palestine in 1947, who found himself…

IndiasWorld_mag's tweet image. Cultivating Europe Vol.1 Issue 5: Between Two Partitions: Asaf Ali and the UN by @tca_raghavan

TCA Raghavan in this article, revisits the little-known story of Asaf Ali, India’s first ambassador and delegate to the UN Special Session on Palestine in 1947, who found himself…
IndiasWorld_mag's tweet image. Cultivating Europe Vol.1 Issue 5: Between Two Partitions: Asaf Ali and the UN by @tca_raghavan

TCA Raghavan in this article, revisits the little-known story of Asaf Ali, India’s first ambassador and delegate to the UN Special Session on Palestine in 1947, who found himself…

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IPCS was delighted to host SWP (Germany), CEBRI (Brazil) and ISS (South Africa) for the 18th Annual #GIBSA Dialogue in Amritsar last week. Our think-tank consultation, supported by the Hanns Seidel Stiftung, discussed how historical inflection points shape foreign policy. (1/4)

IPCSNewDelhi's tweet image. IPCS was delighted to host SWP (Germany), CEBRI (Brazil) and ISS (South Africa) for the 18th Annual #GIBSA Dialogue in Amritsar last week.

Our think-tank consultation, supported by the Hanns Seidel Stiftung, discussed how historical inflection points shape foreign policy. (1/4)

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#GIBSA2025 was held under the theme, ‘Sources and Manifestations of Foreign Policy’, with focused discussions on: 1⃣Multilateralism and multipolarity 2⃣Climate change 3⃣Migration 4⃣Nuclear order (2/4)

IPCSNewDelhi's tweet image. #GIBSA2025 was held under the theme, ‘Sources and Manifestations of Foreign Policy’, with focused discussions on:
1⃣Multilateralism and multipolarity
2⃣Climate change
3⃣Migration
4⃣Nuclear order 
(2/4)
IPCSNewDelhi's tweet image. #GIBSA2025 was held under the theme, ‘Sources and Manifestations of Foreign Policy’, with focused discussions on:
1⃣Multilateralism and multipolarity
2⃣Climate change
3⃣Migration
4⃣Nuclear order 
(2/4)
IPCSNewDelhi's tweet image. #GIBSA2025 was held under the theme, ‘Sources and Manifestations of Foreign Policy’, with focused discussions on:
1⃣Multilateralism and multipolarity
2⃣Climate change
3⃣Migration
4⃣Nuclear order 
(2/4)
IPCSNewDelhi's tweet image. #GIBSA2025 was held under the theme, ‘Sources and Manifestations of Foreign Policy’, with focused discussions on:
1⃣Multilateralism and multipolarity
2⃣Climate change
3⃣Migration
4⃣Nuclear order 
(2/4)

Looking forward to this.

🌏 Session Spotlight | IMHF 2025 🎙 The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy 🗓 14 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 1145–1230 hrs 📍 @USIofIndia, New Delhi Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee & @janusmyth Moderator: Amb @tca_raghavan Tracing India’s pursuit of an independent foreign policy. 🇮🇳

Military_Fest's tweet image. 🌏 Session Spotlight | IMHF 2025

🎙 The Foundations of India’s Strategic Autonomy
🗓 14 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 1145–1230 hrs
📍 @USIofIndia, New Delhi

Panel: Prof Aditya Mukherjee & @janusmyth

Moderator: Amb @tca_raghavan
Tracing India’s pursuit of an independent foreign policy. 🇮🇳


Delighted to be part of this new venture.

A Suitable Agency is delighted to introduce our new initiative, Suitable Speakers. Building on five years of bringing people together, we’re now launching a speakers' bureau featuring India’s finest minds, now available for speaking engagements. @hemalisodhi



My article in the Telegraph today.


Sobering

My Column This Week: Bihar's Long March and Why It Matters. Its per capita income is where India’s was in 2012-13. Its problems have defied governments of all hues. Bihar matters because it symbolises the fault-lines holding India back. @NewIndianXpress newindianexpress.com/opinions/colum…



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"Mohan and Muhammad" by Lord Meghnad Desai is finally launched! Thank you to @tca_raghavan @ManishTewari @maryashakil for gracing this memorable occasion.

Rupa_Books's tweet image. "Mohan and Muhammad" by Lord Meghnad Desai is finally launched! Thank you to @tca_raghavan @ManishTewari @maryashakil for gracing this memorable occasion.

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#KMPanikkar’s writings provided the ingredients of what would become the foundations for a maritime consciousness in a largely land borders obsessed strategic community in India. In contrast his role as India’s ambassador to China has left a less favourable legacy, writes…

Openthemag's tweet image. #KMPanikkar’s writings provided the ingredients of what would become the foundations for a maritime consciousness in a largely land borders obsessed strategic community in India. In contrast his role as India’s ambassador to China has left a less favourable legacy, writes…
Openthemag's tweet image. #KMPanikkar’s writings provided the ingredients of what would become the foundations for a maritime consciousness in a largely land borders obsessed strategic community in India. In contrast his role as India’s ambassador to China has left a less favourable legacy, writes…

My review of a sparkling new work on K N Panikkar.

#KMPanikkar - A Man in Full: A diplomat, historian and courtier re-emerges in all his dimensions, writes @tca_raghavan t.ly/8dIlk

Openthemag's tweet image. #KMPanikkar - A Man in Full: A diplomat, historian and courtier re-emerges in all his dimensions, writes @tca_raghavan t.ly/8dIlk
Openthemag's tweet image. #KMPanikkar - A Man in Full: A diplomat, historian and courtier re-emerges in all his dimensions, writes @tca_raghavan t.ly/8dIlk


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#KMPanikkar - A Man in Full: A diplomat, historian and courtier re-emerges in all his dimensions, writes @tca_raghavan t.ly/8dIlk

Openthemag's tweet image. #KMPanikkar - A Man in Full: A diplomat, historian and courtier re-emerges in all his dimensions, writes @tca_raghavan t.ly/8dIlk
Openthemag's tweet image. #KMPanikkar - A Man in Full: A diplomat, historian and courtier re-emerges in all his dimensions, writes @tca_raghavan t.ly/8dIlk

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)

PhysInHistory's tweet image. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

- Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)

My review of Sanjaya Baru' s thoughtful new book on how the sucessful are fleeing.

@tca_raghavan on my book in The Telegraph

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