Mickie Merchant

Shape-shifter. Recovering dark chocolate addict. Fluent in sarcasm. Eternal student of life. Wanderluster.

[Tenzing Lamsang @TenzingLamsang]

The last time a western power was this insolent, hostile and belligerent with India was in the time of the East India Company.

[PunsterX @PunsterX]

Modi's foreign trips follow a script:

1. Video of him boarding his plane
2. Arrival in foreign country
3. Watches dance by foreigners
4. Meets NRIs
5. NRI woman cries on meeting him
6. Muted videos of meeting officials
7. Gets an award he can't pronounce
8. Boards plane for next country
9. Loop to step 2

[Matt Stamper @Sneketoshi]

I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.

[Prapthi @prapthi_m]

Let's stop pretending that manual scavenging persists because we lack solutions, laws or resources. What we lack is the willingness to dismantle a system that treats certain lives as disposable. It doesn't even matter if it's a child as long as it's convenient.

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

“This is the dead body of our second officer. He died two days ago and his body is decomposing. We reached out to the Indian Embassy but haven’t got a positive response. Our company is hiding from us,” says Indian captain of MT Celestial anchored in Oman

[JΛYΣƧΉ  @baldwhiner]

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[Edgar Ekhon Thepla @poeticlieshensh]

Things you won't see covered by mainstream Indian media.

[Vidyut @Vidyut]

Insult after insult, failure after failure. India went from being known for Gandhi and hardworking, humble immigrants to obnoxious crowds and scammers. Deportations, open insults, regular exposes of scams.

And now Indian lives have no value. No regret for outright murder, no intention to not kill more. Government dares not face China or US and will keep licking boots to profit cronies and their own kids.

Complete humiliation, complete dehumanization.

This is where Modi has brought India.

[Tenzing Lamsang @TenzingLamsang]

3 oil tankers MT Marivex, MT Settebello and Jalveer with 68 Indian crew were attacked in past week by the US Navy with 3 Indians being killed.

Despite calls for help & rescue and identifying themselves as Indians the US Navy left them to die.

The ‘Muslim’ Omanis rescued them.

[Sarayu Pani @sarayupani]

Iran shows that taking on the US does not take offensive superiority. It requires a sophisticated understanding of global supply chains and a dollop of courage.

The Indian ruling class has neither.

[Kentucky Statesman @ky_statesman]

The United States of Israel.

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

The Indian mind is not truly free. A child growing up in India is exposed to constant negativity: cultism sold as religion, unequal opportunities, vulgar displays of ill-gotten wealth, a deeply transactional society, normalized corruption, unhealthy competition that often breeds schadenfreude, and the repeated triumph of compromised institutions and businesses.

The saddest part? The moment you point out these behaviors and ask for reform, the protectors of the system rush to label you “anti-national” rather than engage with the criticism.

A nation grows when it can confront its flaws honestly, not when it silences those who dare to point them out.

[Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @DrKarimWafa]

take a minute to read this.

[Suhasini Haidar @suhasinih]

Breaking down US statement, that marks an escalation over the issue of 3 Indian seafarers being killed by US Navy, here's what it says:

1. Vessels must comply with US orders (Why?)
2. US forces are seeking to uphold peace and security( By shooting unarmed ships?)
3. In the Strait (But US ships are in the Gulf of Oman)
4. Violations of US Blockade ( which have been many)
5. Illicit transport of Iranian oil (Not according to international law, and US sanctions are only punitive economically)
6. Won't be tolerated (Regardless of loss of lives, or contravening international law)

Awaiting MEA response.

https://t.co/iSaCjKJU5F

[Stock Precision @Stock_Precision]

The ship manager of a tanker hit by a US missile is demanding an international investigation

UAE-based IOS Marine said the Settebello had been stationary for 10 days before the strike on its engine room and had not been involved in any activities that could have justified the use of military force

[Ravi Nair @t_d_h_nair]

Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut wrote a letter asking acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the “reportedly ‘transactional nature'" of the decision to forgo the case against Adani.
https://t.co/dYj6k5Hfwk

[No filter Skin @NoFilterSkin]

Some are starting relationships. Others are ending them. Another invite of a wedding sits on your fridge while you have a friend struggling with dating. Maybe someone just quit their job. But the dinner you just went out to celebrated a promotion. One bought a house so far away. Another is struggling to pay rent. You have a friend that is grieving. While the other just welcomed a baby. And the other friend just got a new pet. Some might just be starting therapy while others are traveling to find themselves. It's realizing that maybe happily ever after is not some place to arrive at but rather these stories all intertwined coming together. Maybe it's more about the journey than this grand arriving. Because we are all in different places a part of different races just trying to find our way home again. And maybe that home is simply the people that help us get there while striving to be our happiest best self as we navigate the complexity of it all.

[Ranchhod Das Chanchad @rdchanchad]

Our kids are watching how you handle hard things. How you treat people who can do nothing for you. How you talk about yourself. Make sure what they're learning is something worth knowing.

[Mickie Merchant @MickieMerchant]

@SirKazamJeevi Modi mantra 'Do as I say, not as I do.'

[The Pink King @DayalSami]

Call me a hater but I think living in a world where both trillionaires and global poverty coexist is a sign humanity has failed as a species