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[Oxomiya Jiyori 🇮🇳 @SouleFacts]

Bharat owes them this much PM @narendramodi ji 🙏

Walk into any small town. Sit at any bus stand. Visit any village in Assam, in UP, in Tamil Nadu, in Maharashtra. You will find them. The 82 year old who served the post office for 30 years on daily wages and retired with nothing. The 85 year old grandmother whose husband was a farmer, who raised five children, fed a generation, and now stretches a single roti across the day. The 88 year old freedom fighter’s son living on the kindness of a neighbour.

These are not strangers. These are Bharat Mata’s oldest children.

According to the UNFPA India Ageing Report 2023, there are 149 million persons aged 60 years and above in India as of 2022, comprising around 10.5 percent of the country’s population.  Within this, the population aged 80 plus is estimated at roughly 1.4 crore (14 million) people, and the population growth of older persons aged 80 plus has been at 128 per cent during 2000 to 2022 . That number is rising every single day.

Now ask one simple question. Why can a country that runs the world’s largest free ration scheme, that builds 4 crore pucca houses, that sends rockets to the Moon, not give every Indian above 80 years who has zero pension support a “Respect Pension” of ₹5,000 a month?

Just dignity. Just the right to buy his own medicines. Just the right to not stretch out a trembling hand at his own son’s door.

Look at the calculation.

Assume 1.4 crore Indians are above 80. Assume roughly half already receive some pension through government service, EPFO, NPS, IGNOAPS or state schemes. That leaves about 70 lakh elders with nothing.

70,00,000 × ₹5,000 × 12 = ₹42,000 crore per year.

Forty two thousand crore. In a Union Budget of nearly ₹48 lakh crore, that is less than 1 per cent. Less than what we sometimes write off in a single round of corporate loan settlements. Less than the cost of a few mega projects.

For less than 1 per cent of the Budget, Bharat can ensure that not a single citizen above 80 has to beg for tea money in his own home.

Call it Rashtriya Samman Pension. Call it Vridha Samman Yojana. Call it whatever the policy desk wants. Make Aadhaar the verification. Make DBT the delivery. Make the cut off clean and simple. Anyone above 80, no government or PSU pension, no NPS, no EPFO, automatic eligibility. And for those who do not need it, a simple voluntary opt out form. Many will refuse out of pride. Let them. The ones who need it will receive it with folded hands.

A nation is judged not by its skyscrapers but by how it treats its oldest citizens.
We touched their feet when we were children. We owe them dignity now that they cannot stand.

Modi ji, the country that gave us our freedom is asking for nothing more than respect in its final years.

#RespectPension #SeniorCitizens #DignityForElders #Bharat

@PMOIndia @nsitharaman @FinMinIndia

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That’s what Hinduism teaches

[Dark Pill @darkandcrude]

That’s literally Hinduism

Some day American Scientists might actually patent Hinduism

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@Trishulwarrior @HindutvaDon_ @Viglnthindutva Why do they cover heads of the culprits ?? Name and shame them

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

A cosmic ocean exists where no human has ever sailed. Astronomers have detected a water cloud 12 billion light-years away, holding an astonishing 140 trillion times the water in all of Earth’s oceans combined. It is a discovery so vast that it stretches the imagination, challenging our sense of scale and reminding us how tiny our world truly is.

This cloud, seen in the early universe, hints at a time when galaxies were forming and black holes were already shaping their surroundings. The sheer quantity of water suggests that the ingredients for life are not confined to our solar system — they exist in unimaginable abundance, waiting silently in the cosmos.

Scientists are stunned not only by the scale but also by the implications. Water, essential to life as we know it, appears in massive quantities even in the distant past, meaning that the universe may have been capable of supporting habitable conditions far earlier than previously imagined. Every observation opens a new window into the chemistry of the early cosmos.

Looking at such a cloud evokes both wonder and humility. The enormity of space, the age of light reaching our telescopes, and the invisible forces shaping galaxies remind us that discovery often comes cloaked in awe. This water cloud is a monument to the mysteries that remain, whispering of worlds and possibilities we have yet to encounter.

And so we are left with a quiet reflection: billions of light-years away, water flows in quantities beyond comprehension, reminding us that the universe is filled with secrets that continue to stretch the limits of human curiosity.

[D Prasanth Nair @DPrasanthNair]

When the Government of India announced the Padma Shri for Dr. Tapan Kumar Lahiri,
the protocol required him to travel to Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi to receive the honor from the President.

​However, Dr. Lahiri was hesitant to go. His reasoning was simple: "If I go to Delhi, who will look after my patients in the OPD?" For him, a day away from the hospital wasn't a holiday; it was a day his patients—many of whom traveled from Bihar and rural UP—would go untreated.

Finally he did go given the prestige associated with the event.

Who is Dr Tapan Lahiri?

Dr. Tapan Kumar Lahiri is a legendary Indian cardiothoracic surgeon and professor commonly referred to as the "Saint of BHU". Dr. Lahiri has done FRCS and MCh and working in BHU.

​Dr. Lahiri’s commitment to the poor is extraordinary.

In 1994, when his salary (including allowances) exceeded ₹1 lakh, he stopped taking it entirely, directing the university to use the funds for the treatment of underprivileged patients.

After retiring in 2003, he continued this practice with his pension. He keeps only enough to cover two simple meals a day and donates the remainder to the BHU patient fund.

Even in his 80s, he has been known to walk to the hospital at 6:00 AM daily, carrying a simple bag and a black umbrella, to check on his patients.

As he says
​"With the grace of Lord Vishwanath and Maa Annapurna, I will keep serving patients till my last breath."

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@KeruboSk Same andcits getting really hard to find them

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@Lady_Meansie @dhwanisaraiya_ Oh yes I’ve read many and thats one stuck in my mind but forgot its name the toung will have a hummer

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https://t.co/MEzY3HIEAI

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@CrazyVibes_1 Its sooo cute

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@oldguy_steve This is not just McD it happened almost in all the stores whenever try to give cash 🙄😃

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@mayontweets The people in general lost humanity , my family members car caught on fire outskirts of Chennai , luckily they got out before it toatally burned but nobody stopped Offered them water or checked horrible

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@lippyent Daisy

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@sundarpichai @GeminiApp @ThePrincetonRev Can you please do the same for MCAT , LSAT too

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@pratyasharath Its from every trip to every phone call now for me ☹️

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@singlemaltmaxer There is also guy who makes everyone entering his store dance to telugu folk songs😀

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@fwlaroiski Yeah and Iam surprised myself, when yhat happens sometimes😃

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@Rashmiseeks @smitaprakash No even in south India it is usually silver down the waist and this picture has Lakshmi pics on payal🙄

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@adityamehrax Why ??

[Sidharth @Cloudwatch199]

So let me get this straight : Indians are constantly targeted online, called “visa freeloaders

Yet the data shows 🇮🇳 Indian-origin households have the lowest welfare dependency in the entire United States just 4.4% on food stamps, lower than any other ethnic group.

No bailouts. No handouts. Just brains, work ethic, and contribution.

It’s time to stop hating success and start admiring discipline.

The numbers don’t lie , merit works.

📊 Source: U.S. SNAP data via Personal Finance Wizards (2025