@StarHubCares I need some clarifications about using my roaming data on starhub prepaid 30 sgd monthly plan. But it’s impossible to get answers. Been holding the call for 15+ mins.
I am a CBSE Class 12 student.
After receiving unexpectedly low marks in Physics, we applied for photocopies of my answer sheets through the CBSE reevaluation process.
Today we received the copies.
And I am shattered because the Physics answer sheet uploaded by CBSE is not mine
there won't be a second date, but at least now she knows that the levels of xenon isotope in the Martian atmosphere are consistent with the aftermath of a nuclear bombardment
Worst case scenario we can just make a new strait. Shouldn't take long once we unleash the productivity boosting powers of AI. Maybe a day or two at most.
Shekhar Gupta sent me word last night that my contract with The Print—where I was a columnist—will not be renewed because I called Narendra Modi a “coward” and a “curse on India”.
Gupta was perfectly fine with my calling the Gandhi family “a plague on India”, but Modi apparently is too sacred a cow.
It is not clear to me whether Gupta took this call or was instructed to take it. The former would be worse because it would mean that he censors those with whom he disagrees.
I obviously do not want anyone else to get into trouble for my posts—which is why my Twitter page carries the disclaimer that “I speak solely for myself here”—and I don’t wish Gupta ill.
The Print gives opportunities in journalism to people who wouldn’t otherwise have any. Does sustaining such an enterprise require compromise? I don’t know.
What I do know is that I value Gupta’s work as a chronicler of India’s republican vicissitudes. Which is what makes his pitiful conduct rather painful.
I’m sufficiently blessed not to be affected by this in any material way. I’m vaguely worried that I’ll be hassled by the authorities, but as far as work is concerned I’ve other avenues in which to publish.
I’m just sorry to see a man I mildly respected reduced to cutting ties out of fear.
I don’t want anybody to become a martyr—but I’d be dishonest if I didn’t admit that I’m troubled by the knowledge that Gupta is a far smaller man than I had supposed.
He didn’t have the courage—or even the decency—to speak directly to me.
He delegated that duty to someone else.
Sad.
Called the babysitter to come watch the kids.
My wife lit up with heart eyes.
“Where are we going???”
We’re not going anywhere.
I just need to dedicate my full attention to monitoring the situation.