I, me, myself..the use of mass media to shape public opinion at scale is intrinsically anti-democratic, our current Govt is a beneficiary of this !! 🇮🇳
🇶🇦 EXPLOSION at Ras Laffan Gas Facility in Qatar
This is the LARGEST one in the country.
The Ministry of Interior of Qatar stated that this explosion happened inside one of the factories in the Ras Laffan area.
Reason UNKNOWN.
Shameful negligence and bureaucratic cruelty exposed!
Second Officer Nishanth Uirthanathan (35, Tamil Nadu) died onboard MT Celestial on 11 June at Duqm Port, Oman — abandoned by ship management and administrators who failed to provide timely medical evacuation despite desperate pleas.
His body was left to decompose onboard for days without a freezer. Crew forced to use cold water bottles in a desperate, humiliating attempt to slow the rot. Only after the horror went viral did authorities finally move the remains to Duqm for postmortem.
Now, the grieving family — already shattered and demanding answers — is being stonewalled. They await the full postmortem report, yet face a heartless ultimatum from the Embassy: repatriate the mortal remains before the 25th, or Oman will simply dispose of them.
Is this “administration” or outright abandonment of an Indian seafarer’s family?
Administrators failed him in life. They are failing his dignity in death. Enough! Demand full investigation into the medical negligence, accountability for the company, and respectful repatriation — no more excuses or threats.
Seafarers are not disposable!
#JusticeForNishanth #SeafarerBetrayal #HoldAdministratorsAccountable #BringNishanthHome
@Indemb_Muscat@dgshipping_IN@shipmin_india@IMOHQ@ITFglobalunion@MEAIndia@DrSJaishankar@CMOTamilnadu
This is @aakashibhatt and @shantanubhatt95
Dearest Dad,
This is the 8th Father’s Day we are spending torn apart from one another.
When people hear the word father, they often think of a provider, a protector, a parent. But to us, you have been infinitely more than that. You have been our friend, guide, mentor, our biggest inspiration, fiercest supporter, our moral compass, our strength … our very soul! Everything we are today, every value we hold, every conviction we carry, every ounce of courage we possess, begins with you!
Long before we understood the complexities of the world, we understood that if we wanted to know what courage looked like, we only had to look at you … If we wanted to know what integrity looked like, we only had to look at you … If we wanted to know what it meant to stand up for others, to defend those who needed defending, to speak when silence was easier and to persevere when surrender seemed tempting, we only had to look at you!
In these past years, Shan and I have watched lesser men, drunk on power make decisions that have profoundly and painfully altered the course of countless lives. We have watched men entrusted with responsibility choose self-preservation over courage... We have watched Men bending their principles to pressure and greed, choosing convenience over conscience, obedience over integrity, silence over truth and self-interest over justice.
And often, as I watched them, I found myself wondering:
What legacy will these men leave behind?
When history strips away their titles, their influence, their power, what will remain?
When their kin are old enough to understand, what will they tell themselves? What will they think when they look back upon their choices?
Will they speak proudly of men who remained silent when they should have spoken?
Will they admire men who bowed when they should have stood?
Will they celebrate men who traded integrity for advancement and conscience for comfort? who watched injustice unfold and chose silence because it was safer?
Or will they feel the unbearable weight of knowing, that when the moment came to stand for what was right, these men chose instead to kneel before what was expedient?
I do not know.
But what I do know beyond any doubt is that they will never know what Shan and I do …
They will never know the immeasurable privilege of being the children of a man whose character cannot be compromised, whose conscience cannot be intimidated, and whose spirit cannot be broken!
They will never know what it feels like to draw strength from a father whose life is a testament to courage!
They will never know the pride that surges through our veins when we speak his name!
They will never know what it is like to have a father who is not merely a hero to us, but to tens of thousands...
A man who chose principle over comfort...
A man who stood when others knelt...
A man who spoke when others remained silent...
A man who chose truth over safety...
A man who paid the heavy price for doing what was right!
Dad, you have always led by example …
You taught us that courage is not a dramatic act performed in a single moment of heroism, rather it is a habit … a way of moving through the world, a quiet refusal to compromise one's principles, even when compromise would make life easier. It is the willingness to stand alone when standing with the crowd would be safer. It is the ability to look adversity directly in the eye and refuse to surrender your humanity to it.
From you, we learned to never remain silent in the face of injustice, to fight for what is right, no matter the consequences, to face adversity with our heads held high, to walk into storms rather than run from them and to never allow the fire in our hearts and the courage in our souls to be extinguished.
You taught us that hope is not naïveté, rather it is defiance. It is the refusal to allow injustice the final word … it is the belief that truth survives even when buried, that justice survives even when delayed, and that goodness survives even when punished.
Children often search for heroes in books, films, and legends, but Shan and I never had to, because we were fortunate enough to grow up with ours … A hero in flesh and blood! A hero whose voice guided us …Whose example shaped us … Whose love sustained us. A hero we have the immense honour of calling our father!
Dad, you have, and you continue to inspire us, shaping our lives indelibly and forever. Since we were little, you filled our childhood with laughter, warmth, books, music, art, culture, curiosity, and wonder, unwavering in your efforts to introduce us to extraordinary role models. As you guided us through these incredible years of our lives, I wonder whether you ever realised that the person Shan and I have most wanted to become, ever since we were young, has always been, and will always remain, you!
For eight long years, we have been torn apart by cowardly, spine-less men. They’ve stolen away our precious years, celebrations, ordinary moments, memories, and irreplaceable time.But they have failed in the one thing they truly sought to destroy…They have failed to break your courage, spirit and resilience!
People often say greatness is measured by the lives one touches and the principles one refuses to abandon ….
By that measure, Dad, you are a giant!
The names of those who abuse power will eventually fade into oblivion.
But the names of those who stood against them will echo across generations.
Because, in the end, good, though battered and bruised, must triumph over evil.
Justice, though trampled by politics and power, must ultimately prevail
Truth, though persecuted, must emerge.
And it is my belief that you, Dad, will emerge from this stronger than ever!
Dad, you are not only our father … You are our hero … our NorthStar … Our Cornerstone!
Here's to a future where people find the strength to choose courage instead of subservience!
A future where conscience matters more than convenience, where integrity matters more than power, where truth matters more than fear!
Enough lives have been shattered, enough dreams have been trampled and enough futures have been sacrificed at the altar of political expediency!
The time for silence has long passed …. The time for courage has arrived.
And if there is one thing you have taught us, it is this:
That a single voice speaking the truth can echo louder than an army of cowards.
Here's to the day when these years are finally behind us, when distance is no longer measured in years, when celebrations are no longer marked by absence, and when we can simply sit together again, in the warmth of our home.
Here's to the day our family is whole again .... To many more years of laughter, love, arguments about books, terrible jokes, shared meals, listening to music and, as you would say, continuing to "build character."
Happy Father's Day, Dad!
We love you to infinity and beyond and we are immensely proud to be your children!!
Lots and lots of love,
Aakashi & Shantanu
#justiceforsanjivbhatt #FreeSanjivBhatt #EnoughIsEnough
This is quite the revelation:
"India has also taken surprising risks on behalf of Israel. In August 2022, Qatar arrested eight former Indian naval officers and later sentenced them to death. A person briefed on the matter told the FT at the time that the eight were spying for Israel on Qatar's submarine programme.
They were later released after a state-owned Indian company agreed to buy large volumes of Qatari liquefied natural gas."
● यह The Telegraph अख़बार का VDO है।
● कल रात कोलकाता एयरपोर्ट पर TMC सांसद कभिषेक बनर्जी के क़त्ल की कोशिश हुई थी
● पीली शर्ट में यह गुंडा बीजेपी नेता उत्तम दास बताया गया है..इस के पास से हथियार बरामद हुआ है..
● उत्तम दास को TMC के लोगों ने मार मार कर नंगा कर दिया..पुलिस निकाल ले गई वरना मारा जाता
● एक औऱत भी पकड़ी गई है..TMC के लोगों ने उसे भी पीटा है..
मीडिया से यह ख़बर गायब है..स्ट्रेटेजी सही है : बदनाम करो और ख़त्म कर दो
@KrishnanForINC
Umar Khalid’s brilliant PhD thesis has just been published as a book. It is a rigorously researched and richly readable history of Adivasis in Chotanagpur. May his cruel incarceration end soon, and Dr Khalid write more fine works of historical scholarship.
@juggernautbooks
Political technologies and managed democracy: sharp essay by @AsimAli6.
"The choreographed mob attacks on Trinamool Congress leaders, the publicised raids on alleged syndicate operatives, the police-led humiliation parade of a local ‘Muslim strongman’, the cascading exits of former regime insiders and their rehearsed denunciations of the fallen regime are all ritualised acts within an ongoing theatrical performance of Bengal’s redemption...
... Yet, as Mamata Banerjee’s protest march in support of evicted hawkers demonstrated, even a rump Opposition retains the capacity to reorient the public sphere away from communal polarisation and towards questions of livelihood."
https://t.co/dF11A6AICf
This is not a rant by a random genocidal lunatic. It's a public post by the national security minister of the Israeli regime.
The genocidal death cult headquartered in Tel Aviv is a threat to all of humanity. It threatens all humans. Its only interest is permanent war.
🇺🇸🇮🇹 Trump adds fuel to the Meloni fire: You're no friend of mine
Always known for his restraint and skilful diplomacy, Trump torched the Italian PM, claiming she begged him for a photo to boost her flagging popularity in Italy.
She denies it.
For context, her approval rating in Italy is 40-47%, Trump's in the U.S is 36-39%
Source: Truth Social / Writer: Ian
Digest this shocking number: ₹2,586 crore
THIS is the amount spent by the Modi govt's own ad agency promoting itself in just 5 and a half years through TV, radio, print, hoardings and digital.
I obtained the full break-up under RTI.
Here’s where ₹2,586 cr of public money went on Modi’s PR:
📺 TV + Radio = ₹936 cr
📰 Print = ₹796 cr
🛣️ Hoardings = ₹584 cr
📱 Digital and social media — ₹270 cr
And remember: this is ONLY ONE AGENCY. It excludes other ministries, PSUs and party ads. The real figure is far higher.
Not just that. The public money spent on Modi’s PR is also sharply accelerating: 👉 Digital ad spend: ₹14 cr (2020-21) increased to ₹131 cr (2025-26). Nearly 10x.
👉 Print: ₹338 cr in 2025-26 alone. That’s 4x compared to the previous year
Here's the part that should worry every taxpayer:
👉 I asked WHICH agencies received this ₹2,586 cr.
👉 CBC refused — citing "commercial confidence"
The govt will spend thousands of crores of public money on Modi’s PR but WILL HIDE who received the money.
Govt advertising is how Modi-Shah & BJP control the media.
When the reward for promoting Modi and BJP is ₹2,586 cr, are you surprised that our media is supremely compromised?
The X account of David Peterson (@davidgpeterson), General Manager at @ProtonVPN, has been suspended in India.
This came after he posted about a 150% surge in hourly registrations for Proton VPN from India, following @telegram's temporary ban in the country.
Proton VPN is a virtual private network (VPN) service that allows users to change their apparent online location. By using a VPN, people in India could route their internet traffic through servers outside the country and access blocked platforms such as Telegram.
The suspension of his account adds to the growing trend of content takedowns and account suspensions ordered without transparency.
Most of these orders are being issued under Section 69A of the IT Act, which allows the government to issue blocking orders on broad grounds such as national security or public order.
Read with Rule 16 of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009, this provision requires confidentiality regarding all requests and complaints received as well as actions taken.
As a result, the person facing information blocking may never be heard or provided a reasoned order on why their content is blocked online. Apart from causing a chilling effect on free speech, this violates basic tenets of natural justice.
https://t.co/X7ipfsWjp2 has filed a PIL in the Hon’ble Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of Rule 16. We have urged the Court to quash or set aside Rule 16.
Read more about the PIL here: https://t.co/ujAcdJ1UsS
https://t.co/X7ipfsWjp2 is monitoring and documenting such instances of free speech violations through its Free Speech Tracker. Check out recent cases of content takedowns and account suspensions here: https://t.co/WwkAZaPKWR
@durov
#freespeech #FoE #TelegramBanIndia #NEETRetest2026 #NEET #Telegram #TelegramBan #neetpaper #neetpaperleak
@Aditi_muses@AroonDeep@AdityaRajKaul@arvindgunasekar@upadhyay_harsh1@logic@SauravDassss@iArpitSpeaks@TheCurlyPoet@Memeghnad@ni5arga@sidhant_sarthak@KartiPC@paranjoygt@dgupta_moushumi@barandbench@LiveLawIndia@RahulGandhi
गिरती टंकी समाचार : जून 2026 संस्करण
सुनने में आया है कि भाजपा राज में जहाँ-जहाँ पानी की टंकी बन रही है उसके चारों तरफ़ रहनेवाले लोगों का बीमा करने से इंश्योरेंस कंपनियों ने मना कर दिया है। दरअसल टंकी के रूप में ‘भाजपाई भ्रष्टाचार’ का पेट फट रहा है। डबल इंजन की डबल टंकी ही जब सारा पैसा कमीशन में खा जाएंगी तो ठेकेदार ऐसी ही ‘जानलेवा टंकिया’ बनाएंगे। एक दिन कहीं ऐसा न आ जाए कि ठेकेदार गत्ते की टंकी बनाकर पेमेंट लेकर निकल जाए। अगली बार जब उप्र में किसी टंकी में पहली बार पानी भरा जाए तो उसके नीचे माननीय मुख्यमंत्री जी, मंत्री जी, विभागीय उच्चाधिकारी को उसके नीचे खड़ा रखा जाए।