Today's Telegram ban is proof of why an indigenous social media or messaging app can never grow in India.
If @durov was Indian, he would be in jail along with his entire team and his entire infrastructure seized because a question paper was supposedly leaked on Telegram. It would have taken a few months to get bail. Line of FIRs stretching to Kanyakumari. Court cases dragging on for a decade or more. TV channels would have gone to town with all kinds of consipracies of how Soros is involved.
We have vaguely written laws, open to the worst interpretation and bureaucratic overreactions. It's not a stable foundation for anyone to build on.
The same applies to now AI. Anyday someone will be offended in this country by anything an indigenous AI generates in text or images and the founders can find themselves in jail and fighting court cases.
Indian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users OUTSIDE India (including the UAE) via a rogue method called BGP hijacking.
The sabotage seems intentional, as Reliance has ignored multiple reports.
This may be part of a competitive war, as Reliance is partially owned by Meta — the company behind WhatsApp.
Network operators are advised to reject unauthorized BGP announcements from Reliance (AS18101) to prevent route hijacks and ensure stable Internet access for their users.
Such abuse of global Internet routing is alarming. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reliance/WhatsApp were also behind the recent lobbying effort to ban Telegram in India.
China is 10,000 times better than India.
Today our group of trip clients and friends went to a BBQ dinner in Guangzhou, China (a big restaurant with 100+ tables) where at least 500 people were dining.
We went in two cars. All arrived and sat down to eat. Suddenly a man came bringing an iPhone forgotten in the car. I am sure he had driven a few kilometers away after dropping us and then searched for our table at the far end of the restaurant. His serious efforts to locate us and hand it over 🫡
He refused to take even a single yuan as a gift. Hats off to his good deed and kindness.
In India, once I forgot a laptop bag in Delhi. The cab guy demanded 2,000 rupees to return it.
#guangzhou #barbeque #bbqguangzhou #wintrackinc #iphonereturns #lostphonereturned
SHOCKING
The "Wrong Turn" family exists in India? This sadhu states this skull belongs to an 8-year-old girl and claims they eat human bodies, which taste like salt.
@Carpaige178176@JayanshC59757 Sikh people are way more decent than Hindus. Unfortunately, most of Chinese don’t realize this, but for the Chinese who know, like me can tell the difference.
You guys should really amplify your voice and tell the world the difference and draw the line from them.
Ask yourself, you guys are hallucinating and self-deceiving all the time.
What do Chinese do wrong to Indians? If you lived abroad you probably know Chinese are the most friendly people to Indians.
And What did you guys do? Launching a PsyOp against us? You guys are insane and delusional.
@AishwaryakiRai Dear Indians, I want you guys to know because its very important, there is a curse in China about Indians:
Indians who come to China will be reborn as Dalits in their next lives.
So please be careful and don’t ever visit there.
@Carpaige178176 India's China envy will never not be fascinating.
Hindoos innately understand that China surpasses their nation in almost every facet imaginable, and has always done so, and it angers them to the core.
@VedSutra Dear Indians, you guys are stupid just like your ancestors. Keep believe all your made up bullshit and self deceptions, that makes your country even shitter.