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[CyclingNoob@70🇮🇳 @NoobCycling]

Why can't we have a cycling lane on the coastal road in Mumbai @cyclecollective @CycleChalaCityB @Dev_Fadnavis @mieknathshinde

[Mr Sharma @sharma_views]

THIS GRANDMOTHER DOES NOT RECOGNISE HER INDIA ANYMORE 💔

REPORTER: Children are sitting on hunger strike and the government is not listening. How does it feel?

GRANDMOTHER 🙏: I could not stay away, that is why I came. I have no children of my own, so all these children are mine.

REPORTER: What do you feel seeing their health getting worse?

GRANDMOTHER: I keep telling them to stop harming themselves and find another way. But peaceful protest is the right way, and still nobody is listening.

REPORTER: Has the country changed?

GRANDMOTHER 😔: This is not the India I was born in. Even the British listened when Gandhi sat on hunger strike. Today there is no humanity, no respect, no honesty. The air is full of lies.

[Lavanya Ballal Jain official @LavanyaBallal]

The BJP came to power in west bengal and now the state has decended into uncivilized mad Max world.

[MNS Report English @MNSReportEng]

Yet another example of lack of communication from the govt about missing link and Mumbai Pune express way closure. Gave no information at Atal setu entrance from Mumbai side, allowed people to cross Atal Setu, slammed them with 250rs toll and then asked them to go back to Mumbai, so that is another 250rs toll in reverse direction. 500 rs for not being able to go to Pune.
One wonders, is the govt itself here to scam its people?

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

MUMBAI RAINS: A landslide has been reported near the exit of Tunnel 2 on the newly opened ‘Missing Link’ of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway after heavy rain, forcing traffic to be suspended. The images are alarming. Please stay safe, everyone. Prayers for all. 🙏
(And yes, an obvious question: if a single spell of heavy rain can trigger such disruption, are we building infrastructure that’s truly monsoon-ready?)

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

My view: much of modern Hinduism has drifted away from its original purpose. It teaches too much ritual and symbolism, and too little responsibility, inquiry, and respect for human life.

Knowledge without questioning is dogma. Ritual without purpose is optics. Ego without accountability is decay.

It’s time to rediscover the spirit of the Vedas-not by renaming cities or glorifying the past, but by reviving a culture of inquiry, self-reflection, and personal responsibility.

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

IMPORTANT: So censorship has reached OTT as well? Satluj has been pulled from Zee5 without any clear explanation. The platform merely says it will be “unavailable in India until further notice.” OTT won audiences because it gave space to bold, original storytelling. If that space shrinks, what exactly is left?😡

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

Sunday gyaan: Watched a bit of the celebrations marking America’s 250th anniversary. What stood out wasn’t just the official speeches, but the music, street concerts and citizen-led festivities. The politicians including DJT did their stuff but the people owned the celebration.
Made me wonder: why are our Independence Day celebrations still so heavily choreographed, officious and VVIP-centric? Shouldn’t the world’s largest democracy celebrate its freedom by putting citizens centre stage?
Here’s an idea: let every state host free public concerts showcasing its music and culture. Imagine a Mile Sur Mera Tumhara across India. Freedom should be celebrated not from the VIP enclosure, but in the streets. Jai Ho!🇮🇳⭐️

[Aaditya Thackeray @AUThackeray]

Truly disgraceful that the BJP’s Mumbai unit president- Satam, can joke and laugh about the 2 deaths of Mumbaikars in the first rains in Mumbai on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan.

He was laughing about Mumbaikars discussing the death of a child in a tree fall incident, followed by a death of another person falling into the manhole… his weird sense of humour caught by the news channels.

Any responsible party would immediately sack such a shameless man who can crack such cruel jokes on his own Party’s failure to run the city well.

Mumbai will remember, won’t forgive the bjp for making a joke out of its terrible governance at large!

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

Straight Bat Vlog: sadly SMART cities is more HYPE without SUBSTANCE: truth is India’s urban governance and infrastructure is BROKEN! How many more Vihaans will be killed before we wake up as citizens to the neta-official-contractor nexus? Full video here: feedback welcome! https://t.co/v6RacKzCYo…

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

VERY IMPORTANT: Justice Madhav Jamdar of the Bombay High Court: “What is this? Are all citizens being made slaves of the Indian government… Can they not stage protests or agitate? What is all this?”. Rejects externment for raising anti govt slogans.
That what should have been a routine judicial affirmation of the constitutional right to protest now feels extraordinary says much about the times we live in. When dissent is criminalised and increasingly treated as a law-and-order problem rather than a democratic right, such reminders from the judiciary matter. Take a bow, Justice Jamdar. 👏👏

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

This was too depressing to watch!

Two college girls were electrocuted after rainwater under Nerul's LP Bridge became electrified due to a short circuit.

These politicians are living lavishly while ordinary people are left to die.

[Abhishek Singhvi @DrAMSinghvi]

Nitin Gadkari’s blind obsession with E20 fuel blending is another example of headline-driven policymaking replacing evidence-based governance.

Millions of Indians own vehicles that were never designed for E20. Instead of addressing compatibility concerns, consumer costs, fuel efficiency, and long-term engine performance through transparent data, the Government is asking citizens to bear the burden of its policy experiments.

[naresh fernandes @tajmahalfoxtrot]

@MTPHereToHelp As more buildings are redeveloped on Turner Road in Bandra, delivery people and technicians are not allowed access for two-wheelers. They are forced to park on pavements. They must be allowed into compounds in which they are working.

[RichaChadha @RichaChadha]

@PetaIndia @resqct @neha_panchamiya please help 🤌🏽😥

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

At least so many people are taking up Mr. Rajagopal’s cause. What about the 2.7 million who have no voice? Or does the Supreme Court believe they can always get their rights in their next life?

[Sucheta Dalal @suchetadalal]

When there is so much evidence of gold, silver and donations looted from all religious places, why do people still donate? As Vipashayana guru Goenka ji used to say- God doesn’t need your money. Why not create livelihoods, give shelter, help under privileged- support rainwater harvesting this year? At least you will see your money doing God’s bidding!! 🙏🙏🙏

[Aaditya Thackeray @AUThackeray]

I’m truly touched by the support we have received for the Neville D’Souza Football Arena in Bandra.

The bjp’s regime in the @mybmc has arbitrarily decided that the playground must be now converted to a convention centre.

After snatching away playgrounds of the youth of this country, and sporting associations, we wonder why we can’t ever make it to those world cups.

Staying up late at night, watching other countries play the @FIFAWorldCup … is that only what India supposed to do? Never dream of playing it?

Access to sports infrastructure is being shut down by the government itself.

The reason behind the bjp doing this is almost 40 years ago, the bjp convention was held there and on grounds around it!

Therefore now, a convention centre with the name of a bjp leader.

Imagine if all political parties start converting their favourite grounds into convention centres across India.

To everyone who supports sports, supports football- I have a humble request: please make sure our voice reaches everywhere!

Also to all the players (at all levels) do help us to amplify our voice!

Imagine on one end, we have politicians wanting to click pictures and share stage with @TeamMessi at a cricket stadium, and at the same time, a football ground is snatched away by the very same political party.

There are open plots around this ground but they want to shut this ground down- because it has young people playing there!

[Indian Doctor🇮🇳 @Indian__doctor]

Padma Shri awardee Yanung Jamoh Lego holds an https://t.co/5ufZVsVgOs. in Agriculture from Assam Agricultural University-not a recognized medical qualification.

Awarding a national honour to someone making unverified claims of curing cancer (Blood cancer ,Breast Cancer etc),Diabetes raises serious public health concerns.

Cancer remains a disease for which research into better treatments continues worldwide, and unsupported cure claims can mislead vulnerable patients into delaying or abandoning evidence-based care.

If an individual is practicing medicine or promoting treatments without the required legal qualifications or regulatory approval, the matter warrants a thorough investigation by the competent authorities.

Patients should never be exposed to unproven therapies or misleading claims in the name of Ayurveda or any other system of medicine.

Public health must be guided by scientific evidence, transparency, and strict enforcement of medical regulations.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
This can't be ACCEPTABLE

If we are going to legalize unqualified medical practice, then why not legalize fake police officers, fake IAS officers, and fake judges as well?

Let everyone perform any profession without the required qualifications.

Why is public health the only sector where such compromises are tolerated?
Is human life really so cheap that anyone can make extraordinary claims about treating life-threatening diseases without scientific evidence or proper medical qualifications?

@PMOIndia @narendramodi

[ParanjoyGuhaThakurta @paranjoygt]

The Telegraph editor’s passport not being renewed in Kolkata

Note from R. Rajagopal
Former Editor, The Telegraph
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In March this year, my name was deleted from the Ballygunge constituency electoral roll in Kolkata, apparently because the Special Intensive Revision process could not trace either my name or that of my late father in the 2002 voters' list. My father, a Gandhian, retired professor and former State Secretary of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Kerala, passed away in 2016. I remain unable to understand how a conscientious voter like him could have been absent from the rolls.

Like nearly 27 lakh other residents of West Bengal, I was excluded on account of what were described as “logical discrepancies”. No reason was furnished even after I submitted my matriculation certificate, and my appeal is now pending before one of the tribunals constituted pursuant to the Supreme Court's directions. As a consequence, I was unable to vote in the recent election.

More distressing has been the fate of my passport renewal application. Although I completed the biometric formalities on March 19, 2026, police verification has not been cleared because my name no longer appears on the electoral roll. Despite submitting several alternative documents, I have been informed that they are insufficient. In fact, today (June 27, 2026) is the 100th day since my biometrics for passport renewal were taken. I was formally informed last week by the passport-issuing authority that Kolkata Police sent an adverse report, citing the deletion of my name from the voters' list. I have been asked to appear before the Regional Passport Office in Calcutta "immediately" but when I sought an appointment, without which it is difficult to gain entry, the date granted is July 17, 2026.

In between, our daughter, a journalist in California, got married in San Francisco on April 17. Needless to say, it would have been impossible for me to attend the wedding in the absence of an active passport, notwithstanding my possession of a valid ten-year US visa.

For all practical purposes, I find myself in a state of civic uncertainty although recently the government iterated that a passport is no proof of citizenship. Much of my time is now consumed by efforts to reconstruct family records and secure documents dating back several decades….

My days begin with checking my voting right appeal status and then the passport tracker. Then I write to the college where my mother taught in 1965 and to her school from where she passed out in 1959, asking for any document that proves she existed. The school has been very helpful but not the college. Similarly, I speak to prohibition campaign activists in Kerala, running down a list I collected after coming across an activist's name in a group by chance, asking for any news clipping or photographs that show my father campaigning against illegal liquor vends and communalism.

Some close friends and public figures have helped me in all these efforts. However, I am unaware if any media outlet or journalists' association or guild (of which I am not a member) has shown any interest in my situation. A senior journalist reminded me that this situation is by no means unique as "rejection" has been the daily certainty confronting millions of Indians for centuries. I accept that point.

My intention has never been to project myself as a victim. Rather, I have wanted to underline a larger point: if someone who spent his professional life in journalism and edited a relatively known newspaper can encounter such difficulties, one can only imagine what the truly marginalised must endure. Did I approach any newspaper? No, because I do not want it to become an issue concerning me. Do editors and journalists know about my issue? Of course, several do. If they don't, they should not be in the profession, don't you think?

Yet, the complete silence of newspapers on this issue has confirmed my suspicion, now reinforced with personal experience, that so-called mainstream journalism has little to do with my life. I do not "read" any newspaper now. I glance at some but hardly find anything that piques my interest.

[Sagarika Ghose @sagarikaghose]

Shocking, heart rending account . If this can happen to R. Rajagopal, former Editor of @ttindia , imagine what citizens with far fewer resources are enduring. Deleted from the electoral roll. Denied the right to vote. Passport renewal stalled for 100 days because of an adverse police report linked to that deletion. Forced to miss his own daughter’s wedding abroad. And then told a passport is “not proof of citizenship.” This is what the slow erosion of basic citizenship rights looks like . Even more disturbing is the silence of much of the mainstream media. WHY ARE SUCH HARROWING STORIES being INVISIBILISED.