Iโm done with just complaining. Iโm a student living here, and I realized that while we scream for help, we donโt even have a clear, real-time map of whatโs actually happening on the ground. So, I spent the last few weeks coding a solution.
Introducing HimSetu!!.
Itโs a real-time, citizen-led digital ledger for our infrastructure health. No politics, no media filters, no bureaucratic delays..just raw, verified data on landslide zones, blocked transit routes, and river stages, built by us, for us.
A dedicated space for Himachal Virasat:Beyond just tracking risks, weโve added a specific section for Himachal Virasat. Our heritage is just as fragile as our roads; this module is dedicated to documenting, tracking, and preserving the state of our historical structures and cultural landmarks that are often overlooked until itโs too late. If itโs part of our soul, it deserves to be on the record.
Iโm building this because we need an independent source of truth to hold ourselves and the system accountable. Iโm just one student, and I truly need the people of our valleys to help me make this the shield we actually need.
Please help me in this journey to make our Devbhoomi safer, smarter, and stronger. Letโs build the future we deserve, together.
(The images shared are just a prototype, I will be working further on the design and data integration.)
#Himachal #Devbhoomi #HimSetu
I shared my thoughts earlier on how the media circus exploits our suffering, but if weโre being truly honest, thatโs only one part of the problem. The real issue is that weโve all become complicit here in Devbhoomi. Weโve collectively normalized shortcuts for years. We demand luxury hotels and highways, yet we stay silent when the hill slopes are recklessly cut to build them. We ignore the warning signs in our own backyards and then act surprised when the monsoon tears our infrastructure apart.
Weโre trapped in a cycle where we want progress, but we aren't demanding the structural integrity that makes it sustainable. Every single year, we find ourselves stuck in our own valleys, watching power grids fail and water lines snap. If we want this to change, we have to start by being just as critical of ourselves as we are of the people in power. Empty promises aren't the only problem; our own indifference is the bigger one.
Mountain roads often give warning before they become roadblocks. โฐ๏ธ
Building HimSetu RoadPulse to connect those signals with Gemini-assisted intelligence.
My pitch for #FundMyCrazy 2.0 ๐
#GoogleGemini#HimachalPradesh#CivicTech
@247pmstudio What if you could wear a little bit of Goa? ๐ด
Hereโs my take on HHGoaโ26, a little bit of its colours, culture, coastline and chaos, all on one tee.
Would love to know what you think. ๐
#HHGoa26Merch
Designers, this is your turn to sign โจ (WildCard Entry)
Design the official HHGoa'26 merch ๐
Rules:
> Make a X post with #HHGoa26Merch
> Attach front and back design
> RT & comment your submission below!
Deadline: 29 Aug 2026 โ ๏ธ
This is not a team task! Solo participation are accepted to this task.
You can give multiple attempts!
@iNikhilsaini I put together a visual breakdown of what happened in Nepal on August 26 from the high-altitude ice/rock collapse to the devastating flood surge downstream.
The exact mechanism is still under investigation.
#Nepal#NepalFlood#Himalayas#nepaltragedy
I put together a visual breakdown of what happened in Nepal on August 26 from the high-altitude ice/rock collapse to the devastating flood surge downstream.
The exact mechanism is still under investigation.
#Nepal#NepalFlood#Himalayas#nepaltragedy
How scary is this? ๐ฐ
The scale and force of these flash floods in the mountains is terrifying.
Hoping for minimal casualties and praying for everyoneโs safety. ๐
#nepalinews#floodnews#nepalflood#nepal
โMajor Floods Hit Northern Nepal, Rescue Ops Underway
Flash floods have swept through Timure and Syabrubesi in Rasuwa district, with terrifying visuals emerging from the affected areas.
Nepal PM Balendra Shah said the Army, Armed Police and police have been deployed for rescue operations, while helicopters and additional ambulances and medical teams are being sent to the region.
Residents in low-lying areas have been urged to move to safety.
๐น Social Media
Finally understood why people say โbro, this is not Bangaloreโ when you tweet โreached Bangaloreโ after landing at Bangalore Airport. ๐
#Bangalore#BangaloreTraffic#Bengaluru
Chennai rains have their own schedule. ๐ง๏ธ
Kabhi bhi aa jaati hain, bina warning ke aur baarish ke saath roads pe bheed aisi jaise poora Chennai ek hi jagah nikal pada ho. ๐ญ๐
No warning. No logic. Just Chennai testing your patience.๐
#ChennaiRains#Chennai#ChennaiTraffic
โผ๏ธIs this Switzerland?
No, this is India ๐ฎ๐ณ
Even the remotest parts of the nation is seeing massive development.
Glad to witness this in our lifetime.
A welcome step for food safety and consumer protection in Himachal Pradesh.
Good to see stronger focus on transparency and quality standards. Appreciate IANS for highlighting this important development. ๐๏ธ
Himachal Pradesh Government has banned the sale and use of non-dairy products as paneer across the state. The rules apply to hotels, restaurants, caterers and other food establishments. Traders must maintain purchase records, while violations may invite action under food safety laws.
More than a year after Marka-e-Haq, India refuses to face the harsh reality. Instead of conceding defeat in a failed venture, India has decided to colour history in her preferred hues. To achieve this mutilation of history, Indian content creators have produced a highly dramatised, coloured and factually inaccurate account of so-called Operation Sindoor, packaged as a documentary featuring senior political and military leadership of India. For its lack of nuance and seriousness, the documentary can be characterised as a tragedy and a comedy at the same time. Selectively edited interviews, emotional narration and cinematic Bollywood style reconstruction have been used to alter established facts and rewrite the operational outcome.
Tellingly, the documentaryโs account contains fundamental contradictions, exposing a belated attempt to manufacture a domestically palatable version of events.
The documentary attempts to establish a deliberate linkage between an address by the Pakistanโs Chief of Army Staff on 16 April 2025 and the Pahalgam incident of 22 April 2025, conjuring a conspiracy theory out of nothing. More significantly, India subsequently claimed that the three alleged perpetrators of Pahalgam were identified and eliminated on 28 July 2025, 82 days after so called Operation Sindoor. Yet the documentary presents so called Operation Sindoor as the punishment for those responsible for Pahalgam. If the alleged perpetrators were eliminated on 28 July, India must explain, who it claims to have punished on 7 May 2025.
The claim of โ100 percent mission successโ is equally detached from operational record. During Marka-e-Haq, Pakistanโs Armed Forces successfully thwarted Indian aggression and shot down 8 military aircraft. Pakistan subsequently conducted Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, employing Fatah precision-guided rockets & missiles, PAF precision munitions, long-range loitering munitions and precision artillery against 26 military targets, including facilities used to target Pakistani citizens, and entities involved in fomenting terrorism against Pakistan.
The documentary itself further undermines its claim of clear Indian dominance. Indian military leadership acknowledges extensive Pakistani missile, drone and air activity, sustained engagements along the Line of Control and the activation of Indian air-defence systems. Such admissions are difficult to reconcile with its repeated portrayal of Pakistan being decisively defeated.
The documentaryโs account of the cessation of hostilities is no less revealing. Its own narration confirms that hostilities ended through communication between the two DGMOs and an agreed cessation of military action. This alone contradicts the attempt to portray Op Sindoor as a unilateral Indian military triumph. A cessation of hostilities, facilitated by US, cannot subsequently be repurposed as evidence of unconditional victory.
The documentary also contradicts itself on escalation dynamics. It repeatedly emphasises surprise, precision, deep strikes and escalation dominance, while simultaneously claiming that India deliberately limited the conflict and provided Pakistan an โexit windowโ. These competing claims expose the production as a carefully constructed domestic narrative rather than an objective military account.
India has not declassified the truth. It has cobbled together a propaganda video to project a military blunder as a successful endeavour.
No amount of cinematic reconstruction can change the chronology, erase aircraft losses, conceal military casualties, alter the military engagements that actually took place or convert a battlefield defeat into a self-proclaimed victory.
Pakistan has no need to manufacture a narrative around Marka-e-Haq. The operational record, battlefield evidence, diplomatic exchanges and Indiaโs own subsequent statements speak for themselves and are widely acknowledged by international community.
Pakistan remains committed to regional peace and stability. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Pakistan remain fully prepared and capable of defending the countryโs sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests. Any future military misadventure will be met with a firm, decisive and disproportionate response, after which no amount of cinematic perjury will be able to provide any face-saving to India.
Today the whole country is celebrating Independence Day.
But there are 6 families who have been waiting for the last 27 years for just one thing. They want respect for their sons.
These are those 6 names:
Captain Saurabh Kalia
Sepoy Arjun Ram
Sepoy Bhanwar Lal Bagaria
Sepoy Bhika Ram
Sepoy Moola Ram
Sepoy Naresh Singh
In the Kargil War of 1999, these 6 soldiers were the first patrol who found out that the Pakistani army had entered our area.
The Pakistani army caught all 6 of them alive.
Then for 22 days, they tortured them in the most cruel way.
This was a full violation of the Geneva Convention, the international law which says that captured soldiers must be treated with humanity.
When their mortal remains came back to India, the post mortem report showed the truth.
That report is still available on the internet.
But even after such a big sacrifice, these 6 martyrs have not got any gallantry award till date.
So today, on Independence Day, we are keeping one simple demand in front of the Government of India.
@rashtrapatibhvn@PMOIndia@narendramodi@DefenceMinIndia@adgpi
Give Captain Saurabh Kalia and his 5 jawans the gallantry award for their sacrifice.
These 6 men did not fight for medals. But giving them respect is the duty of 140 crore Indians.
If you agree with this demand, then like this tweet, retweet it, and repost it with your thoughts.
Jai Hind ๐ฎ๐ณ
#GallantryForJawaans
@mainbhiengineer Exactly!!!
This is what makes it so frustrating for the middle class. You work, earn, save all year, and when a festival comes around, even going home feels like a luxury. Even the things that are supposed to bring us happiness now come with a price tag.