In a low-trust society, most people are openly selfish, habitual rule-breakers, short-term opportunists, and largely devoid of civic responsibility.
Even a minor national crisis brings these qualities out in them even more glaringly.
Abuse me all you want, but Yogi should not pay for the Centre’s blunders. Don’t scapegoat the one CM who has actually tried to impose order on a chronically misgoverned state.
Yogi is among the rare CMs running a large, complex state toward development, with no appeasement, no reckless freebie culture, and zero tolerance toward extremism and organised crime. While other states proudly market cash doles and monthly handouts as “development models,” even the so-called DMK development model runs Ladli Behna–type cash schemes, yet UP has resisted that temptation so far. What the future holds, I don’t know. Pressure politics exists, especially if Akhilesh starts dangling promises, but till now, UP has held the line.
Yes, democracy forces you to perform a few symbolic rituals you may personally dislike. That’s the price of electoral politics. But symbolism is not governance, and optics are not law and order.
If Yogi goes and Akhilesh returns, UP regresses straight back ten years: an era where the state bent before Azam Khan, Mukhtar Ansari, and Atiq Ahmed were power centres, organised crime thrived, police stations were ornamental, and appeasement was state policy. Don't let it happen.
If you are outraging over Sanjeev Khirwar, who cleared a Delhi sports stadium in 2022 to walk his dog, becoming the new municipal commissioner, then you clearly don’t understand how power works within the civil services.
What Khirwar did was insignificant when compared to what others have been accused of, and yet comfortably returned to service.
Take Sanjeev Hans, for instance. He was arrested in October 2024 in a multi-crore money-laundering case, remained in judicial custody for nearly a year, and was granted bail in October 2025. Despite this, the Bihar govt soon inducted him back into governance as an additional member of the Board of Revenue.
That is the real scale of institutional tolerance, not a stadium being emptied for a dog walk.
It was responsibility of both the govt and the BCCI to ensure India does not play Pakistan in Asia Cup. They failed.
Now the choice is yours: either shrug it off with “if they don’t care, why should I” and watch, or refuse to watch and make a statement.
I hope you choose the latter. Don’t watch, neither on TV, nor online, nor through apps. Don’t even engage when cricket accounts post live scores or hype the match as it gets “interesting.”
Refusing to engage is a small act for each of us, but together it becomes a powerful statement that neither the govt nor the BCCI can ignore. Let silence be the rebellion.
This is Charlie Kirk.
A popular American conservative activist who began campus activism at just 18, determined to take conservatism to youth.
He gained prominence through social media by fearlessly holding debates at liberal-leaning colleges, earning a reputation for taking conservatism into “hostile ground.” Today, he was shot dead on camera by a sniper from 200 yards during one such event, and, as expected, the American left is celebrating.
This is classical left, all over the world, even in India: they project themselves as messiahs of free speech, yet kill and celebrate when faced with a difference of opinion. A paradox where “tolerance” survives only by being intolerant.
Please let me know what I should respond to for the western vocabulary and I will do my best to squeeze in responses.
No trickery of words will be used to fool the world while I stand guard.
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Don't forget, Pakistan is attacking Indian civilians because we killed terrorists like Rauf Azhar. You have to be a real clown to say Pakistan is not a terrorist state.
Who are these people who keep saying “de-escalate”?
Deescalate what? Justice? Retribution for precious lives lost in Pahalgam? Revenge for civilians being hit in Pooch? So that they can do it again?
Terrorism won’t be tolerated. Full stop.
And Pakistan’s days of harbouring terrorists are now OVER!
India didn’t strike first. But we WILL strike back. To protect our people. India will avenge EVERY single drop of blood spilled.
If you don’t agree, you really need to think which side you are on. In the war between dharma and adharma, there is no “neutral”.
#IndiaPakistanWar #OperationSindoor
Discussed ongoing developments with EU HRVP @kajakallas .
India has been measured in its actions. However, any escalation will get a firm response.
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imagine targeting 15 heavily populated Indian cities. imagine the scale of loss of lives if our Army/Air force had not neutralised the attack. our neighbour has zero humanity, zero conscience left in them. satyug mein jo rakshas hua karte the,kalyug mein unhe pakistani kehte hain
@TOIBengaluru They never show this promptness for illegal street hawkers who occupy footpaths, under the bridge and many public places.
This is really helping them in improving their image globally.