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[Arun Arora @Arun2981]

Hats off 👏

[Shashant Shekhar @ShashantShekhar]

2011 - My nanaji died in Patna.

I took the train home. I watched my Mama light his pyre. I sat through the rituals. I missed two minor exams at IIT Delhi.

When I returned to campus, I went to ask for a re-exam.

A professor looked at me and said: “You people from Bihar come here on reservation, can’t handle the pressure, then make excuses and kill your grandparents ten times over. Bring me his death certificate.”

I was twenty years old.

Twenty.

I had just come back from a cremation.

My Dadaji was already fighting cancer. My dadi had died of cancer few years back. I remember thinking, with the kind of fear you don't say out loud, that there might be another funeral in our family soon.

There was.

Five months later.

And there I was, standing in a corridor of one of India’s finest institutions, being asked to prove that my grandfather was actually dead.

I still remember that corridor.

I remember the humiliation.

I remember the anger.

But more than anything, I remember how small and helpless I felt.

I was grieving, and the institution I had worked so hard to enter had reduced that grief to paperwork.

The Dean’s office eventually sorted it out. I sat the exam. I graduated in three years.

IIT Delhi gave me a platform I could never have had otherwise. I will always be grateful for that.

But gratitude does not require silence.

Because on Monday, nearly 300 students gathered outside the Director’s office at IIT Delhi.

Eight of their classmates have died by suicide since 2023.

The latest was Rishikesh, a 31-year-old MSc Physics student. He had lost his father. He took a semester off. He came back with his mother, only to find his name struck off the hostel rolls.

Imagine that.

You lose your father.

You step away because you are grieving.

You return to the campus that was supposed to be your home and discover that, administratively, you no longer belong there.

The students used a phrase for what they are experiencing:

“Administrative indifference.”

I know exactly what they mean.

And that is what makes this so painful.

I don't think the people inside that system wake up wanting to hurt students.

That is almost worse.

It is a machine.

A machine that knows how to measure CGPAs, cut-offs, placement packages, rankings and deadlines.

But somehow never learned how to measure grief.

Never learned how to recognise the look on the face of a twenty-year-old who has just come back from a funeral.

Never learned that sometimes, before asking for a certificate, you simply ask:

“Are you okay?”

Every year, our brightest children fight their way into these institutions.

And some of them don't make it out.

Then we announce an inquiry.

Form a committee.

Issue a statement.

And eventually, we go quiet.

We cannot keep doing this.

Two things are not difficult.

First: serious, mandatory sensitivity training for faculty and administrative staff. Not an induction video. Not a box to tick.

The person a student meets after a death in the family is often not a counsellor. It is a professor. A section officer. A hostel clerk.

In thirty seconds, that person can make a grieving student feel like a human being or like an inconvenience.

We have trained them to administer rules.

We have not trained them to recognise suffering.

Second: Counsellors.

One or two counsellors for thousands of students is not a mental-health system. It is a formality.

A student in crisis should not have to wait weeks for an appointment and then be expected to somehow survive the waiting.

Hire enough counsellors.

Make them permanent.

Make them accessible.

And make sure that when a student says, “I need help,” someone is actually there that week.

I owe IIT Delhi a great deal.

That is precisely why I am saying this.

Because I remember that corridor.

And I never want another twenty-year-old, standing there after a funeral, to feel the way I did.

Not at IIT Delhi.

Not anywhere.

[𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝘽𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙟 @IyengarShashank]

Anything India achieves is an emotional moment for normal people like us. What a beauty 👏👏👏

[Ram @ramprasad_c]

Appreciation post for LIC: Many years ago I had taken a policy per my CA’s advice. That policy matured in 2021. I had moved out of India. I had totally forgotten about the policy. They sent letters to former addresses. Upon not hearing back, they reached out to former colleagues and got hold of my number. I had lost the policy documents. The folks at LIC called multiple times and walked me through the process. Today that money was credited into my account. They could have easily closed the file. They were more keen about my money than myself. And they were persistent for years.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Today is World Liver Day 2026.
Here are 8 things your liver actually wants you to know.

1
There is no such thing as a "liver detox."
Your liver runs phase I and II detoxification 24/7 on its own.
No juice cleanse, no milk thistle, no herbal detox speeds this up.

In fact several have caused liver injury - the opposite of the claim.

2
Alcohol has no safe dose.
Liver harm begins from the first drink.
The old "moderate drinking is protective" myth came from flawed studies contaminated by abstainer bias - now debunked by Mendelian randomization.

Zero ml is best.

3
"Natural" supplements are now a leading cause of acute liver failure.
Ashwagandha. Green tea extract. Garcinia. Kratom. High-dose turmeric. Giloy/Tinospora.
They dominate drug-induced liver injury registries across India, the US, and Europe.

Natural ≠ safe.

4
Coffee is genuinely liver-protective.
2–3 cups/day (caffeinated or decaf) lowers the risk of fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.

One of the very few dietary interventions with real, replicated evidence.

5
Fatty liver (MASLD) now affects ~1 in 3 adults worldwide.
A 7–10% body-weight loss:
• clears Liver fat
• reduces inflammation
• can regress early fibrosis

No approved drug currently beats this. Your plate and feet are the first-line therapy.

6
Sugar-sweetened drinks independently cause fatty liver.
Fructose is metabolized almost entirely by the liver - straight into fat.
One daily soda raises MASLD risk even after adjusting for total calories.
Lesser is better.

7
Get vaccinated against hepatitis B. Get screened for HBV and HCV at least once in your lifetime.
HBV vaccine prevents >95% of chronic infection, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
Hepatitis C is curable in 8-12 weeks with >95% success - but most carriers don't know they have it.

8
Exercise protects the liver independent of weight loss.
150 min/week moderate OR 75 min vigorous activity reduces liver fat and stiffness - even when the scale doesn't move.

Movement is "medicine".

🫂

PS: we also need a liver emoji

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@Ronitper Total mango exports from India is less than Rs 500 Cr

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@datta_arvind You may get some more messages in coming days. It's a scam going on.

[Harpreet @CestMoiz]

Dear @letsblinkit, your Ambulance service is a lifesaver indeed. Jist this morning, a classmate of mine requested for an ambulance in Gurugram. It arrived in 4 minutes and his mom was in the emergencybward of a hospital within 20 minutes.
Both the paramedic attendants and the driver were topnotch and took excellent care of the patient.
After the formalities in the ER were done and the patient stabilized, her son went out to thank the ambulance guys, only to find out that they had already gone.
Two minutes later he got the scolding of his life from his wife for not giving them any token of thanks, especially since the ambulance service didn't charge anything. He had no idea and had just assumed that the charges would have been paid when his wife had booked the ambulance!
On that note, you may consider adding an option on your app for a token payment and perhaps a rating system for your ambulance crews after the job is completed.
They are a lifesaver indeed.

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@kbssidhu1961 It's the same in all professions. Why single out farmers?

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@kapsology I know

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@kapsology They say 24, it's not 24.

[Cricketopia @CricketopiaCom]

Old but Gold

@bhogleharsha narrates a story in typical Hyderabadi accent. Watch till the end 😂

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@umasudhir @ndtv @ndtvindia Best wishes.

[Dr Anuj Kumar @dranuj_k]

TMH मुंबई की फार्मेसी में कैंसर की उच्च गुणवत्ता की दवाईयां काफ़ी कम कीमत पर उपलब्ध रहती है ।

देश के हर राज्य में कैंसर के मरीज हैं ।
राज्यों के मुख्यमंत्री और स्वास्थ्य ���ंत्री को पहल कर कोशिश करनी चाहिए की वो TMH मुंबई से समन्वय स्थापित कर अपने अपने राज्यों में TMH फार्मेसी खुलवाएँ ।

कृपया अपने राज्यों के मंत्रियों को टैग कर पूछें की वो कब ये पहल करेंगे ।

@JharkhandCMO
@IrfanAnsariMLA

[Arvind Shukla @AShukkla]

“बैल मजबूरी म��ं बेच रहा हूं, जब मेरे पास ही कुछ खाने को नहीं है तो इन्हें क्या खिलाऊंगा। 2 जून को बीड की बाजार में 1 लाख 2 हजार रुपए की ये जोड़ी ली थी। आज बेचने लाया हूं तो व्यापारी सिर्फ 40 हजार लगा रहे हैं, अगर 60 हजार तक मिल जाते तो कुछ खर्च चल जाता।”
18-19 साल के लड़के ने एक बैल के माथे पर हाथ फेरते हुए मायूसी से कहा..
उस लड़के ने अपना नाम आदर्श कापसे बताया, वो खुद बाजार इसलिए आया था क्योंकि माता-पिता बुजुर्ग हैं.. वो भा��त के तमाम जिम्मेदार युवकों की तरह कम उम्र में किसान और घर मुखिया बन चुका है।
आदर्श से बात करते हुए लग रहा था कि वो बैलों से बहुत प्यार करता है, उनकी सींघों पर पीतल से सजावट थी, गले में घुंघरुओं का पट्टा पड़ा था, जो उसने बैल खरीदने के बाद बड़े मन से बनवाया था.. आदर्श ने बताया जून में बैल खरीदे और जुलाई से लेकर अक्टूबर तक भीषण बाढ़ और अतिवृष्टि ने उसके जैसे तमाम किसानों को बर्बाद कर दिया।
“मेरे पास 4.5 एकड़ जमीन है जो नदी के पास है। उसमें 2 एकड़ में सोयाबीन बोई थी और 2.5 एकड़ में उदड़ लगाया था। बाढ़ में हमारी पूरी फसल चली गई। खेत का एक हिस्सा भी नदी में कट गया। पूरे खेत से सिर्फ 6000 की सोयाबीन हुई और 4000 का उड़द हुआ। हमारा कम से ���म 2.5 लाख से 3 लाख का नुकसान हुआ है। और सरकार से सिर्फ 7000 रुपए का मुआवजा मिला है। जमीन पर ही 2 लाख 80 हजार का बैंक से कर्ज लिया था। अब बैंक कर्ज़ चुकाना तो दूर घर पर खाना मुश्किल है। लेकिन यहां बैल के सिर्फ 40 हजार दाम मिल रहे हैं।”
न्यूज पोटली से बात करते हुए आदर्श ने कहा, बैल सिर्फ मैं ही नहीं बेच रहा हूं, हमारे गांव में कम से कम 200 बैल की जोड़ी थी, लेकिन अभी मुश्किल से 30-40 बची हैं। सब बेच रहे हैं, क्या करेंगे।
आदर्श से बात करते करते दिल बोझिल सा हो गया.. लौटते हुए आदर्श की पीठ पर हाथ रखा, गले से लगाया,. मोबाइल नंबर लिया और कहा- हौसला रखना.. ये वक्त बीत जाएगा.. वो मुस्कुराया.. गले में पड़े कार्ड को देखते हुए कहा, अरे ये चैनल मैं इंस्टाग्राम पर देखता हूं कभी कभी.. बात उम्मीद पर खत्म हुई
इस बाजार में न्यूज पोटली ने कई और किसानों और व्यापारियों से बात की सबने कहा कि पहले से रेट आधे हैं, बेचने वाले ज्यादा और खरीदने वाले कम हैं, क्योंकि जहां से बैल जाते थे वहां भी मौसम के चलते किसान परेशान हैं, किसी की सोयाबीन बर्बाद हुई तो किसी का कपास तो किसी का मक्का... जो फसल हुई उसके रेट नहीं मिले...
न्यूज पोटली ने अपनी बाढ़ के बाद के हालातों पर केंद्रित सीरीज फ्लड फुट प्रिंट #FloodFootPrints में महाराष्ट्र के 4 जिलों में बीड, लातूर, जलगांव और छत्रपतिसंभाजी नगर के दर्जनों किसानों और कृषि जानकारों से बात की, जिसमें उन्होने बताया कि आदर्श जैसे जाने कितने युवक मजबूर हैं, पशु बेचने को, घर छोड़ने को.. मुंबई-पुणे जाकर पेट पालने की जद्देजहद करने को।
साल 2025 की बाढ़ और अतिवृष्टि में महाराष्ट्र में करीब 70 लाख एकड़ फसल बर्बाद हुई। हजारों किसान तबाह हो गए। महाराष्ट्र देश का वो इलाका है जहां साल 2025 के शुरुआती 9 महीनों में 781 किसानों ने आत्महत्या की थी। एनसीआरबी के अनुसार साल 1995 से लेकर 2013 तक 60 हजार से ज्यादा किसान आत्महत्या कर चुके हैं।
जनवरी 2026 में ही #महाराष्ट्र के विदर्भ इलाके में 22 किसानों ने आत्महत्या की है। विदर्भ जन आंदोलन समिति के संस्थापक-अध्यक्ष किशोर तिवारी ने मीडिया से कहा कि मुताबिक सरकार कृषि संकट से निपटने में नाकाम साबित हो रही हैं।
मराठवाड़ा के हालात समझाते हुए लातूर के किसान महारुद्र शेट्टी कहते हैं, खेत में फसलें बर्बाद हुई हैं, यहां कोई रोजगार है नहीं। घर में बूढ़े मां-बाप बचे हैं जवान लड़के मुंबई-पुणे में 15-20 हजार की नौकरी करने को मजबूर हैं। वहां न उनका पेट भर रहा है न गांव में माता-पिता का।
महाराष्ट्र की ये ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट आप न्यूज पोटली के Youtube पर देख सकते हैं.. ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट में मेहनत दिखे तो शेयर कर महाराष्ट्र के इन किसानों की आवाज़ ���गे तक पहुंचा सकते हैं।

#NewsPotli #GroundReport #FarmCrisis #Agriculture #shetkari #Maharashtra

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@ipsvijrk Aap nahi samjhenge. You have never undergone that pain which she has.

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@piyush_trades There are 4 Money backs in this plan after every four years. 15000 every 4 years. Now calculate again.

[D Prasanth Nair @DPrasanthNair]

Old video of Gavaskar facing Jeff Thomson
Amazing!
Courage and confidence!

Rcvd from WA

[Ncafe @Anna_sr__]

@sauravyadav1133 Average age in India is 70+