The Lalita Gautam case is a governance stress test.
A brutal crime demands swift justice. Delayed communication fuels anger. Heavy-handed policing risks shifting public attention from the victim to the state's conduct.
The priority should be clear: transparent investigation:
The Bottom Line: The fate of hunger strikes is rarely determined by moral conviction alone. Outcomes depend on the interaction between state capacity, institutional interests, public opinion, and a movement's ability to convert moral pressure into political leverage.
The Vedant Shrivastava incident exposed deep flaws in the new digital evaluation rollout: crashing portals, wrong uploads, and zero accountability.
No 17-year-old should have to fight systemic errors AND online trolls just to get the marks they rightfully earned.#cbse#vedant #
When Vedant shared snippets of his recovered answer sheet, it was covered in red ink circles, ticks, and handwritten notes.
Wait—wasn't this supposed to be evaluated digitally via the highly touted OSM system? The manual markings raised even more questions about the process. 🖊️🤔
Eventually, the pressure worked. CBSE officials contacted the family, admitting a "human/technical error."
They emailed him his actual evaluated Physics sheet and assured him his marks would be corrected. But there was a twist... 🔄👀
Imagine studying all year for your Class 12 Board Exams, only to get your answer sheet back and realize... the handwriting isn't yours.
This was the nightmare reality for Vedant Shrivastava. A thread on the massive CBSE evaluation mix-up and the ugly online backlash that followed
His brother had to step in online to defend him, explaining Vedant only made the X account because the official CBSE grievance portal was glitching and unresponsive.
A student fighting for his own hard-earned marks was forced to prove his patriotism.
Instead of support, he faced a massive, vicious backlash.
Because his newly created X account had a location glitch showing "South Asia," trolls—and even a primetime DD News journalist—falsely labeled him an "anti-national" running a Pakistani conspiracy against CBSE. 🤦♂️🚩
The Physics answer sheet sent to him had completely different handwriting, presentation, and attempted questions.
Vedant took to X, posting a side-by-side comparison of the Physics paper with his English & CS papers. He asked a simple, valid question: How can we trust this system
After the May 2026 CBSE results dropped, Vedant noticed unexpectedly low marks in Physics, tanking his PCM aggregate.
Seeking answers, he applied for a scanned copy of his answer script through CBSE’s new On-Screen Marking (OSM) portal. What he got back was shocking. 📄❌
The CEO of a $7.2B AI company just said:
"AI will NEVER replace any human. Not today. Not ever."
His name is Arvind Jain — IIT Delhi → Google → Glean founder.
The man BUILDING AI is telling you not to fear it. 🧵