Nikhil Srivastav

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Judging Jauhar through a cushioned, 21st-century ideological lens is historical illiteracy wrapped in cheap academic posturing.

If Jauhar were just an invention of Hindu patriarchy or misogyny, where was it during the centuries of internal battles between Hindu kings? It didn't exist, because they fought with a certain honor that included not targeting non-combatants, including women, in any way. Jauhar emerged exclusively as a response to medieval Islamic invasions, where war wasn't just about territory, but systemic mass rape, forced conversion, and selling women off like livestock in foreign slave markets.

Feminists like Swara Bhasker preach about autonomy and choice, completely ignoring the reality of the situation. When foreign armies breached the fort, women didn't have a choice between death and living. Their only two options were a quick, self-inflicted death, or death after years of violent sexual abuse, physical torture, and horrific enslavement until their bodies gave out.

Condemning those women for burning themselves while ignoring the barbarians who drove them into the fire is pathetic victim-blaming. Jauhar was a tragedy, but the absolute onus belongs entirely on the invaders who forced that reality upon them.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Dharmendra Pradhan should have been fired. I agree. He wasn’t. The next step for all those hurt by this audacity should have been to hold a grudge and take it out in the next elections.

Can't wait that long? Okay, protest. Peaceful protest is your right. Soliciting support from the masses? Fair game. A political party pulling the strings behind the curtain and paying celebrities to influence the masses to support your demands? Debatable, but still ok.

BUT, using this support to manipulate the masses, hoping to topple a democratically elected govt because that's the only way you can come to power? Lol, no way. To hell with democracy under threat, liberty under threat. Nothing is under threat. Such wet dreams should not be tolerated.

Any such attempts should be immediately and effectively handled with an aggressive police crackdown. An example must be set. It's been a long time coming.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

What if Sonam Wangchuk went on another hunger strike, but this time demanding the abolition of the reservation?

Would he get support from celebrities? Would Instagram influencers run campaigns urging the govt to listen to him? Not at all. If anything, he might be physically attacked, and the govt would arrest him for provoking public sentiment and inciting riots. Nobody would call the govt 'oppressive' that time.

Essentially, neither his hunger strike nor his life is what truly matters; only the narrative matters. All of this emotional appeal to rally behind him is not for his sake, but for the sake of the narrative. His supposedly good image among the youth is merely a smokescreen to obscure the agenda driving him forward.

Such kind of support is always transactional. The moment the asset stops serving the ideological goals of the narrative-creators, his moral immunity will be revoked, his 'good image' will be dismantled overnight, and the very same crowd that idolises him would abandon him.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

In 2000, Irom Sharmila of Manipur started a hunger strike against AFSPA.

Within days, she was picked up by the Manipur Police under Section 309 of the IPC (attempted suicide) and transferred into judicial custody. Because she was in judicial custody, the state took legal responsibility for keeping her alive. To accomplish this, a feeding tube was placed through her nose, and she was fed through it for a year.

Because the maximum sentence under Section 309 was one year, the govt was legally forced to release her once every 12 months. Upon release, she would immediately pull out the nasal tube and resume her fast, leading to her re-arrest days later on fresh charges to restart the cycle of force-feeding. This continued for 16 years until she got fed up with the arrest-tube-cycle and voluntarily ended the fast in August 2016. And Manipur still has AFSPA.

Sharing this for the govt to understand that you can easily solve a Sonam Wangchuk-like blackmail this way. Just invoke Section 226 of the BNS as soon as someone announces a hunger strike, arrest and insert a nasogastric tube, and feed them until they give up.

Yes, Dharmendra Pradhan is an incompetent man and should be fired for his incompetence, but the state should not allow a single individual to subvert the collective will of the electorate through emotional coercion, undermining the rule of law. Yielding to such tactics establishes a dangerous precedent where public policy is dictated by extreme self-harm rather than democratic consensus and the common good.

Once Wangchuk gives up and goes back to Ladakh, fire Dharmendra Pradhan.

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

There will never be another Cristiano Ronaldo.

Thank you for all the memories on the FIFA World Cup stage.

[Ajeet Bharti @ajeetbharti]

मटकी और झाड़ू का एट्रोसिटी पोर्न बेचने की चेष्टा हुई, और उसे वहीं निर्ममता से मैंने मसल दिया।

[Cristiano Ronaldo @Cristiano]

ESTAMOS AQUI!

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

"Gen Z is paying taxes; they don’t have jobs.”

How are they paying taxes if they don’t have jobs? It’s like saying, “He is running a marathon; he doesn’t have legs.”

And someone please tell this low budget Faye D’Souza that frustrated youth rebelling against the system is not some historic societal shift. Every generation, in its youth, thinks it has discovered corruption, inequality, and hypocrisy for the first time. Young people have always been anti-establishment, idealistic, angry at institutions, and convinced they can build a perfect utopia. That’s not “something is changing”; that’s literally how youth has functioned for centuries.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Youth are anti-establishment by nature. It's basic science. Youth naturally gravitates toward rebellion because questioning existing structures becomes part of forming an independent identity.

The urge is less about detailed policy content and more about belonging, purpose, and feeling part of something larger than oneself. That is why generations repeatedly rally around symbols, slogans, and movements that become culturally "the thing" of their era.

Sometimes the cause is deeply thought through; sometimes it is romanticized and simplified. Figures like Che Guevara became global youth icons not because millions had carefully studied revolutionary economics or Latin American history, but because rebellion itself carries emotional appeal. A poster, a slogan, and a sense of standing against "the system" can become an identity.

That is why they tend to appropriate anything they feel can bring change, whether it is a song (e.g., Sadda Haq, ethe rakh), a movie (e.g., Rang De Basanti), a T-shirt (e.g., Che Guevara or Bob Marley), a singer (e.g., Sidhu Moosewala), a TV ad (e.g., Tata Tea Jaago Re), or a movement (e.g., India Against Corruption). This cockroach thing is the same. They feel it is going to bring some change.

They are in for disappointment and will soon lose interest after realizing that it is not a real movement, but just another page with the same propaganda posts they already see on other pages of a similar nature.

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Thank you for the gift

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Il rapporto tra India e Italia ha ormai raggiunto una fase decisiva. Negli ultimi anni, i nostri legami si sono ampliati con uno slancio senza precedenti, evolvendo da una cordiale amicizia a un partenariato strategico speciale fondato sui valori di libertà e democrazia, nonché su una visione comune del futuro.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

"Modi has not done a single press conference in 12 years."

So what?

Not taking questions from the press is not some moral crime in itself. The media is not a council of high priests conducting a legitimacy exam that every Prime Minister must clear for democratic certification.

In a democracy, legitimacy comes from public mandate and governance, not from standing before cameras to satisfy a section of the media that mistakes access for accountability.

As such, today's media ecosystem is not some sacred, neutral institution operating above politics. Much of it is deeply polarized. Different political camps have their favorite journalists, narratives, and ecosystems. Questions are designed less to seek answers and more to manufacture headlines, extract viral moments, or build personal brands.

And those who hold frequent press conferences are not automatically standing on higher moral ground either. We have all seen planted easy questions from pliable journalists and difficult questions brushed aside with “aap rival party ki bhasha mat boliye,” deflections, or outright evasions.

The number of press conferences a leader does is not a certificate of transparency. Otherwise, by that logic, Trump, who interacts with the press almost daily, should automatically be considered the most transparent, most democratic, and the finest leader in the world.

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Welcome to Rome, my friend! 🇮🇹🇮🇳

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

The three horsemen of politically incorrect politics. It can’t be a coincidence that they were seated together.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Bengal voted for the BJP for Hindutva, nothing else. Not caste arithmetic, not appeasement, not freebies. The Hindutva that unifies and protects. Its ripple effects are now visible across India.

A perfect chance for the BJP to return to unadulterated Hindutva at the Centre. The ideological clarity that powered 2014 and delivered a larger mandate in 2019 should not be blurred by transactional politics or competing grievance frameworks.

End neo-Ambedkarite appeasement. Stop allowing policies that support oppressor–victim narratives on castes. Dismantle the cultural Marxist influence in colleges and universities that manufacture and propagate grievance-driven “atrocity literature,” and do more for unconditional voters, and nobody can stop your juggernaut in 2029.

[Nupur J Sharma @UnSubtleDesi]

The next 10 years aren’t going to be easy. Whoever becomes the chief minister of bengal, will need a spine of titanium and a steady heart. From infiltration and demographic change to the rot bengal has been pushed into - no infra, no jobs, no industry, nothing, it’ll be an uphill task.

As the euphoric day comes to an end, an ocean of fire awaits the new govt in Bengal.

[Yo Yo Funny Singh @moronhumor]

This is not even Odd Day vs Even Day.

These posts were made on the very same day.

This is a clear syndrome of “Heads I win, Tails you lose .. because the Coin belongs to my daddy” !!

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

So many accounts are now emerging on social media, stories of families, friends, neighbours, and known killed, assaulted, or having property destroyed under TMC rule, just for political inclination.

Scary how so much crime can be brushed off under the cloak of intellectualism. Development, jobs, and infrastructure can progress together, but none of it holds without basic law and order. The primary reason Bengalis brought the BJP to power is the demand for peace and security.

I just hope they appoint a strong CM and crack down on crime and radical networks. Dismantle the local ecosystems that protect offenders, illegal financing, land mafias, extortion rackets, and political patronage. Secure the borders properly, plug the entry points, and push infiltration back to Bangladesh.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

The TMC and the DMK, two govt that were projected as champions of democracy, were actually the most repressive when it came to criticism.

The slightest expression of dissent against Mamata or Stalin could make you fear an FIR. From my own experience, it has always been far easier to criticise Modi; no police will come after you. Only in cases of repeated, severe insult or abuse might some BJP functionary act against you. The same latitude simply doesn't exist under many state govt. And yes, this includes some BJP-ruled states as well, but in my assessment, the most intolerant and vindictive were Mamata and Stalin.

To be honest, I always hesitated before writing against them for one reason: fear. Glad both are gone.