infMonk

In our infinite ignorance, we are all equal.

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

Hello.

If your prime concern is how an animal has to be butchered according to a book of fiction or for cultural one-upmanship for your hedonistic indulgences, the lesser said about you the better.

Hate me all you want. This is beyond stupid.

[BLACKCAPS @BLACKCAPS]

One of our greatest ever, signing off.

Kane Williamson has announced his retirement from international cricket effective immediately.

Head to https://t.co/Pm8RiU65zt to read more.

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

Fully agree with her. Ditching TMC to go to BJP just because there is nothing left in it is absolutely immoral.

If there is no confidence, quit. Let’s go to polls again.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

MPs won in 2024 on TMC ticket. Mandate was NOT for NDA. All the greedy self-serving traitors with yellow-stained pants can please join BJP now- resign your seats & contest on BJP ticket. Let’s see what big heroes you are.

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

😂😂😂

[Hugh Laurie @hughlaurie]

Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 minutes long. NBC weren’t happy. Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy.

One could apply your trenchant analysis to other art forms: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the same chord structure; Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself; Henry Moore, what??

The point is, or was, variations on a theme; if all you see is hospital, medical blah blah, then it wasn’t meant for you.

Nonetheless, I look forward to your first novel!

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

Dear @ShashiTharoor , I enjoyed your spirited defence of Rahul Gandhi. Alas, it does not address the central thesis of my column and interview—his dismal leadership record. The facts speak for themselves.The Congress suffered heavy defeats in three successive General Elections fought under his leadership. Meanwhile, the number of Congress MLAs has come down by almost 50% under his watch.
In 2013, the Congress was in power in 14 states. That was the party Rahul Gandhi inherited. Now the Congress is in power in just 5 states. As the countrywide footprint of the party shrinks, surely its principal leader should be held accountable? Or is that a question too uncomfortable for the Congress to face?

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

@govindkrisnanv I will contribute 1 NP to the prize money.

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

I am starting to believe that the detractors of Ram Guha, due to that article of his (which I agree with in principle), are regime plants in the opposition.

[Rahul Pandita @rahulpandita]

जितनी ऊर्जा राम गुहा को ग़लत साबित करने में लगा दी उतनी राहुल गांधी को आईना दिखाने में लगायी होती तो कांग्रेस का कायाकल्प हो गया होता।

[Virat Kohli @imVkohli]

We asked ourselves a question last year- can we go back to back?

Here we are again 🏆🏆❤️❤️

@RCBTweets

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

“There is no question that the principal architects of this undoing of the Republic…are Narendra Modi, Amit Shah ... Modi and Shah have had, as their (witting or unwitting) accomplices, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and the sycophants who surround them.”

My thoughts since 2019…

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

My column in @ttindia on the state of the Congress Party and the fate of the Indian Republic: https://t.co/EclidzrtLf

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

*dharna, not dharma

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

Saurabh Dwivedi.

“Ekaadash rashtron ke aarakshak vibhaag meri prateeksha kar rahe hain, mitra. Parantu mujhe dharma keval klisht hi nahi, asambhav hai.”

[Keh Ke Peheno @coolfunnytshirt]

If not Ranveer Singh, which actor will suit best for Don 3?

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

@ekaksharaa Celebrity

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

How many more such lies?

[Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः) @MisraNityanand]

Romila Thapar’s false claim for 30+ years

For more than thirty years, eminent historian Romila Thapar has claimed that Patañjali compared the relationship or conflict between the Brahmanas and the Shramanas to that between the snake and the mongoose.

The claim is completely false. Watch to know more.

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

@ekaksharaa @DivaJain2 What a travesty. Patek should ration its watches.

And Diesel shouldn’t make one.

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

@trvivek @anwesh_satpathy Don’t you lie! You can quote Dinkar, Nirala, Agyeya verbatim for hours!

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

The final episode of the final season of The Boys is out and I am so, so afraid to watch it.

I don’t want it to end but I want to see how it ends. I am guessing the makers gave zero fucks to a happy ending.

I will rewatch from S1E1 and then the series finale.

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

THIS!

A true 10/10. Lumet at his absolute best. Pacino skinning the life out of his character.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

What’s a 10/10 movie but hardly anyones heard of it?

[Rahul Verma @rahul_tverma]

No. of Cong MLAs declined by half since 2008

@MandhaniApoorva: Of the total 4,120 MLAs in India, every second MLA now belongs to the BJP, while only one in six is from Congress

Link: https://t.co/agCPayW986

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Indeed! To conflate a Rasgulla with an Idli is not just a culinary error; it is a profound cosmological misunderstanding.

To begin with, the comparison is practically a biological impossibility. She is comparing chhena (the delicate, squeaky, pristine curd of milk) with a meticulously fermented batter of parboiled rice and black gram (urad dal). Their compositions are from entirely different kingdoms. One is an airy, spongy lattice designed to trap light sugar syrup; the other is a dense, wholesome, steamed matrix of complex carbohydrates and proteins. Their taste, consistency, structural integrity, and existential purpose share absolutely nothing in common.

But more important, her attempt to dismiss the Idli as merely a blank canvas for sugar syrup does a grave disservice to what is arguably one of the greatest engineering marvels of the culinary world.

The Idli is not a mere "bland cake." It is a masterclass in biotechnology. To achieve the perfect Idli is to balance the delicate microflora of wild fermentation over a cold night, resulting in a steamed cloud that is a triumph of gut health, lightness, and nutritional balance. It is a savoury monolith of South Indian culinary genius, perfectly engineered to absorb the sharp tang of a well-spiced sambar or the fiery depth of a molaga-podi (gunpowder) paste infused with cold-pressed sesame oil or nutritious melted ghee.

To suggest an Idli would even consent to being drowned in sugar syrup is to fundamentally misunderstand its dignity.

If this lady finds Rasgullas overrated, argue that on the merits of their sponginess or sweetness. But please, leave the noble, perfectly fermented, steamed majesty of the Idli out of your dessert-table polemics, ma'am!

[infMonk @Monkinfi]

Looks like maami will be out in the upcoming cabinet reshuffle.

[Sidhant Sibal @sidhant]

Indian Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Russia visit stands cancelled

[Krish Ashok @krishashok]

India makes more milk than any country on Earth. Italy has 400 cheeses. India has roughly zero aged ones. Ever wondered why?