Mr Chatur is very chatur to have escaped.

"India's offensive cyber capability is 'Pakistan-focused' and 'regionally effective', and not tuned towards China, says a new report by International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), an influential think tank that has done a qualitative assessment of cyber power in 15 countries," The Indian Express (TIE). If it is not directed at China which is occupying 43,000 sq km of Indian territory, India Today, then it cannot be classified as "regionally effective". "In the second tier, with world-leading strengths in 'some' categories are: Australia, Canada, China, Israel, Russia and the United Kingdom." Of these, Australia, Canada and the UK have no regional enemies in close proximity and yet have capable cyber attack capabilities. While we are so deferential towards China, "Chinese cybercriminals are targeting the Indian power sector, according to a report by a US based cybersecurity company, Recorded Future," Business Insider. "10 distinct Indian power sector organisations, including 4 of the 5 Regional Load Despatch Centres (RLDC) ... have been identified as targets in a concerted campaign against India's critical infrastructure," said the report. Chidambaranar and Mumbai ports were also identified as target." Of course, no one can hack into Indian infrastructure without knowledge and encouragement of the Chinese government because the 'Great Firewall' controls what Chinese citizens can see or write on the internet, wikipedia. The hacking was a warning by China that India is there for the taking. China being our biggest threat why not devote most of our cyber capabilities against it? Because most of India's cyber strength is directed against Indian citizens. "Twitter's interim resident grievance officer for India, who was appointed earlier this month, has stepped down," Times of India (TOI). "Dharmender Chatur was recently appointed as the interim resident grievance officer for India by the microblogging platform under the new digital rules that came into force." 'Chatur' is Hindi for 'clever', and Mr Chatur has justified his name by escaping from this poisoned chalice because he could get into big trouble with certain police forces in India through no fault of his own. "The Karnataka High Court has granted interim relief to Twitter MD Manish Maheshwari and it has directed the Ghaziabad Police not to take any coercive steps against him," Zee News. "In the FIR (first information report), the Police had said, 'There is no communal angle to the incident in Loni where a man was thrashed and his beard was chopped off. The Wire, Rana Ayyub, Mohammad Zubair, Dr Shama Mohammed, Saba Naqvi, Maskoor Usmani, Salman Nizami -- without checking the fact, started giving communal colour to the incident on Twitter and suddenly they started spreading messages to disrupt the peace and bring differences between religious communities'." We can understand a man being beaten over some dispute but it is hard to think of any obvious reason for chopping off a man's beard. "India reported the highest number of recorded internet shutdowns last year, at 109 out of a total of 155 globally. This is the third consecutive year India has topped the global charts on this score, a new report by digital rights and privacy organisation Access Now has found," Business Standard. "Special Rapporteurs from the United Nations have written to India noting that the government's new IT Rules go against international human rights norms in their current form. India's response contends that such concerns are 'misplaced' and that the country's democratic structure remains unaffected by the Rules," The Wire. "Activist Rona Wilson's computer was compromised for over 22 months before the Pune Police raided his home in New Delhi and arrested him as co-accused in Bhima Koregaon violence, claimed the Massachusetts-based digital forensics firm Arsenal Digital," The Tribune. Whatever the government may say foreigners see India as "partially free", "flawed democracy" or "electoral autocracy", BBC. Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi continue to get hugs as before? Mr Chatur is not waiting to find out.