In an era where other actress & influencers's endorsements often chase global & international labels market, Kangana Ranaut keeps choosing India's handlooms.!
Every time she drapes a handwoven or indian saree, she gives India's weavers, artisans, and timeless craftsmanship the spotlight they deserve.
One choice supports a brand for money.
The other supports generations of Indian artisans.
That's the difference. 🇮🇳🧵
#KanganaRanaut #NationalHandloomDay #VoiceForLocal #India #NarendraModi
Funny how these YRF stars know nothing about YRF 🙏
Question - Did you watch Alpha?
Kareena - Yeah, It was a great watch
Interviewer - Which one did you find better, Dhurandhar or Alpha?
Kareena - For me, it's Alpha. Dhurandhar had too much fiction. I prefer Alpha because of its action sequences
Interviewer - No way mam. As if Alpha isn't fiction. Dhurandar's fiction is at least somewhat close to reality. Secret missions like that could be happening somewhere and it has real people and real stories behind it
Kareena - You obviously don't know how to make movies more than Yash Raj films na !!
Interviewer - Obviously. I couldn't write a script where spies fly with wings without a wrinkle on their face, Pakistani spies help India, Indian spies betray their own country for Pakistani girls and Pakistani spies live in India for years unnoticed
Kareena had no reply for this. I hope that guy won't lose his job 🙏
Mel Gibson spent $70M of his own money making two consecutive films in languages nobody on Earth speaks conversationally. They generated $733M at the box office.
The Passion of the Christ. Aramaic, Hebrew, and Latin. $30M self-financed after every studio in Hollywood passed. Gibson marketed and distributed it himself through Newmarket Films. It opened on Ash Wednesday 2004 and grossed $612M worldwide, held the domestic R-rated box office record for 20 years, and remains the highest-grossing self-financed film in cinema history. His personal take cleared $400M.
Two years later he did it again. Apocalypto. Entirely in Yucatec Maya. $40M budget. Zero Hollywood actors. His lead, Rudy Youngblood, was working at a Lowe's in Texas when Gibson pulled him from a general casting call. Youngblood had less than a month to learn Yucatec Maya, performed every stunt himself including a 175-foot waterfall free fall and sprinting in front of a live 200-pound jaguar. The stunt coordinator called him "the purest athlete I've ever met." The film tripled its budget at $120M worldwide.
The part nobody talks about: the language barrier was the competitive advantage. When your audience can't understand a word of dialogue, every frame has to communicate through blocking, expression, sound design, and camera work. Both films play identically whether you speak English, Mandarin, or Swahili. The subtitles are almost beside the point.
Two dead languages. Two unknown casts. $733M. Gibson funded every dollar himself because nobody in the industry believed the math would work.
The math worked.
My friend’s brother made ₹4 lakh LTCG from stocks this year.
First ₹1.25 lakh was tax free.
Tax on remaining gain?
Around ₹34,375.
He used his mind..
He booked ₹1.25 Lakh profit on his own name to use exemption.
And gifted the remaining stocks to his wife & sister (they had no LTCG this year).
Each got their own ₹1.25L exemption.
Tax bill → ₹0.
But the bigger challenge came later.
He had almost ₹2 crore profit in mutual funds.
Someone told him about Section 54F — reinvest gains into a residential property and save tax.
Problem?
He already had 2 residential properties.
So he thought of another route.
Transferred the mutual fund units to his mother.
She sold them & bought a residential property.
Suddenly…
₹2 Cr gain → 0 tax.
Tax planning or Tax Loophole ? 🤯
A man in Oregon was sentenced to jail after authorities said he collected large amounts of rainwater on his property.
Gary Harrington, a 64-year-old from Eagle Point, Oregon, became widely known after constructing reservoirs that stored close to 13 million gallons of rainwater and snow runoff. Harrington believed the water collected on his land was his to keep, but Oregon water laws classify water as a public resource that must remain available to rivers, groundwater systems, wildlife, and downstream communities.
Officials said Harrington ignored repeated warnings and continued maintaining the reservoirs without proper permits. The legal battle eventually resulted in fines and a short jail sentence, turning the case into a major example in the debate over private land rights and state-controlled water management.
Rainwater harvesting laws differ greatly across the United States. Some states encourage residents to collect limited amounts of rainwater as a conservation measure, while others tightly regulate the practice because of ongoing drought concerns and existing water rights systems.
In states such as Colorado and Utah, restrictions have historically included low collection limits and registration requirements for larger storage systems. Supporters say rainwater harvesting can reduce pressure on public water infrastructure and improve sustainability. Regulators argue that removing too much water from the natural cycle can affect ecosystems, streams, and communities that depend on shared water supplies
Vijay Joseph came dressed like a saviour.
But political messiahs are rarely self-made.
The posters sold a hero of the poor.
The money trail tells a darker story.
Some are elected.
Some are installed.
A 26-month-old party suddenly built a machine.
108 seats.
70,000 booth agents.
Digital warfare.
Mega rallies.
Constituency saturation.
BJP took decades to build booth infrastructure.
TVK did it in months.
Money was flowing like monsoon water.
Estimated TVK Campaign burn rate?
~₹1,500 crore.
No declared donor trail.
No transparent funding map.
Just advertisements.
Volunteers.
Ground networks.
Everywhere.
So, I dug deeper.
One face kept appearing beside Vijay.
Every rally.
Every frame.
Every campaign trail.
Aadhav Arjuna.
TVK’s General Secretary.
The Number Two.
Aadhav is the son-in-law of Santiago Martin.
India’s Lottery King.
The same Santiago Martin.
Who became the single largest buyer of electoral bonds.
₹1,368 crore.
ED cases followed.
Money laundering allegations followed.
Assets attached.
Raids happened.
Yet the network kept expanding.
One family.
Inside multiple parties.
Winning from multiple directions.
No matter who governs…
The Martin Family is inside.
But Santiago Martin is not just a businessman.
Pope Benedict XVI personally issued,
an apostolic blessing to Martin and his family.
One of the highest symbolic honours in Catholic circles.
And then another layer appeared.
Martin also served as Consul General for Liberia.
Diplomatic access.
Diplomatic corridors.
Diplomatic insulation.
Then I moved further back.
Vijay’s father.
S. A. Chandrasekhar.
Born into a Catholic family.
From Thangachimadam.
A region shaped for centuries by missionaries.
Then came Loyola.
Vijay’s uncle Xavier Alphonse led Loyola College.
A powerful Jesuit institution.
Another uncle,
Xavier Britto,
Produced Vijay’s early films.
After TVK launched,
Loyola’s international alumni activity exploded globally.
Fundraisers.
Events.
Networking.
But Jesuit do not operate like normal organisations.
They operate across continents.
Across institutions.
Across generations.
Then came polling week.
Catholic Bishops reportedly circulated pamphlets.
Through churches.
During Sunday Mass.
The messaging was clear.
Vote strategically against BJP.
Then came the TVK poll promise.
SC reservation for Dalit Christians.
Now pause there.
Because this is where ideology meets economics.
Government jobs.
Scholarships.
Reservation benefits.
Attached to religious identity.
That changes the conversion equation permanently.
And Delhi knows this.
IB knows this.
RAW knows this.
The real question is whether anyone wants to confront it openly.
Because Tamil Nadu is not just another state.
It was always a centre of Catholic Missionaries.
And now a new power structure stands there.
Unexplained money.
Transnational Lottery empire.
Generational and Powerful Jesuits influence.
This is not a rags-to-riches political story.
This feels far more organised than that.
Chinese Dhurandhar (Thread)
7th August 2008, Beijing (China)
Congress Party of India signed a secret MoU with Chinese Communist party
From Congress side, Rahul Gandhi and from CCP side Xi Jinping signed this document
What was in that document
No body knows till now
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They Never Wanted You To Take Copper Seriously. ⚡️
Tensor Glasses Were Not Random. 👓
They Were Part Of A Forgotten Energy Knowledge
That Was Slowly Pushed Out Of The Mainstream.✨👁
Plastic utensils are cheap. They are also feeding you plastic.
A single cut on a plastic board releases over 1,000 microplastic particles into your food. Up to 50 grams of plastic consumed per person, per year.
Clay keeps food warm. Clay keeps water cool. Clay leaches nothing.
Wood doesn’t melt. Wood doesn’t disrupt your hormones. Wood lasts decades.
Two materials our grandmothers used without question. One material a factory sold you as an upgrade.