India produces boys by the crores - they have degrees, and a smartphone in every palm, even gig jobs if not formal jobs.
But it has stopped actively forming them into adults of respectable standing in society.
A whole generation is credentialed, employed, and even sending money home. But nobody anywhere is telling them how to actually become an adult.
Industrialising societies typically gave a more structured way into adulthood for its boys
- apprenticeships, union lodges, night school, and working men's club
- India's own version too had the guru's household and the akhara
But India's own institutions have been dismantled across the colonial and post-Independence century, replaced by nothing of equal weight.
- and India is getting into gig economy types before entirely industrialising
Instead we have:
-coaching mills. 15 lakh engineering grads a year, only a fourth employable
-gig platforms with millions of workers. They're supervised by software, men are isolated by design.
- worse. they have smartphones pulling them into gambling, reels etc
The bill we pay: marriage, a household, owning property - all of it has been deferred into late thirties. Delayed adulthood has several second order effects.
Forming responsible adults out of boys and girls is a project in itself that needs elders, institutions and rituals to mark the transition. We have so few of these for our kids today.
Swarajya essay here 👇
https://t.co/RM3qCAMK55
Kumar Vishwas on Dhurandhar 2: hits the nail on the head... fantastic reply.
Wow! Perhaps one of the best tributes to Aditya Dhar for making Dhurandhar. In just a few words, Kumar Vishwas hits the bullseye
The interviewer looks visibly uncomfortable and must be cursing his luck for asking the right question to the wrong person. Enjoyed this conversation 😘😍👊🏼
I always felt something was off when I was traveling around NCR.
Then it hit me as I was traveling across cities, towns, & villages across Gujarat - the presence of large to medium sized temples.
Western & South India are replete with shikhars & gopurams in every locale. They are a matter of fact & integral feature of a cityscape, town square, & village gully.
But the NCR & indeed some parts of Gangetic India do not possess this. Hinduism here is a religion of shrines instead of shikhars. A hidden alleyway in the shadow of imposing mosques. Disorderly throngs sausage-packed into sacred grottos.
The totality of Islamic conquest & oppression scars the face of north India. And I can’t help but feel that the excess of Hindu punctuation yet lack of Hindu pronouncement goes beyond a skin deep impact into the depths of the North Indian psyche, a key source of its characteristic & suicidal cynicism.
Marvel of a Lakhimpur Kheri Police.
> Gold worth of 1cr was kept in an evidence room "Malkhana" in a dowry case as an evidence from 2007
> Accused got acquitted and asked for their gold
> Court ordered police to return the gold
> Police said some Gold melted due to rain and some were looted by monkeys when it was kept on the police station roof to dry.
> Court didn't buy this story and asked to file an FIR.
> Police filed FIR on two constables who were already dead.
> Case closed
> So, where did Gold worth 1 crore go ?
Police reforms are very much necessary.
Explosive claim by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju:
“Rahul Gandhi spent ₹26 crore on scuba diving to spread propaganda against the Great Nicobar Project.”
The question is: who funded the ₹26 crore campaign? China or Congress?
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering is doing research on Gau Mutra. NOT ALL IITians.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Department of Physics & Centre for Sustainable Energy are doing research on Lithium Ion Batteries in IIT Roorkee.
Everyone is doing their work. You just have to look for it at the right place.
If you want to know about how a house is constructed, you go to a civil engineer, you don't go to a someone studying Zoology.
But this is common sense stuff which is very unusual for Manoj Arora's pea sized brain.
AAP spox: "I will quit politics if even a single paper leak happened during our Govt.”
BJP's Pradeep: "The people who opened LIQUOR shops next to schools will help youth?"
He then displays a news on CANCELLATION of PSTET examination in 2023💥
Reporter - What do you want to become??
Cockroach - I want to become a Doctor
Reporter - What is your qualification?
Cockroach - I'm doing BA
Well CJI Surya Kant was right about these cockroaches 🤣
Indian hockey players bring pride and joy!
Congratulations to the women’s team for emerging as winners in the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup. The team played exceptionally well throughout the entire tournament. Best wishes to the team.
May this win inspire several others to play hockey.
@TheHockeyIndia
When BJP won Bengal on May 4, liberals were crying
They drank their tears and hoped Iran war would cause $200 oil .... and energy crisis in India
That didn't happen
Now all their hopes are on monsoon failure
They just keep wishing for bad things to happen to India.
Congress is so cartoonishly evil it's not even funny
They knew their rally will cause problems for NEET aspirants
And yet, they went ahead with it anyway so that they could use it to pin the blame on BJP somehow
But they are also stupid so they did it in an INC ruled state
When I joined the BJP, I faced criticism from many within the Christian community, particularly in Goa. They do not see what I see. I see the resurgence of India as Bharat - a nation reclaiming its civilizational confidence and destiny. That mission resonates deeply with me. India must rise as Bharat, free from the lingering mindset of colonial submissiveness. My commitment is clear: my nation comes first, and my religion follows. That is my conviction and belief.
You can hate me or you can love me. That is your choice. But my conviction in what I believe will never change. I stand by my principles, my faith in Bharat, and my commitment to the nation’s rise. Opinions may differ, criticism may come, and support may grow or fade, but convictions are not shaped by applause or opposition. They are forged by belief, purpose, and truth. I will continue to walk the path I believe is right, unwavering and unafraid.
Bharat Mata Ki Jai!
Some time back there was this viral Tamil video about how Mangalsutra suffocates etc. Then saw writer name Nima Basheer. Looked her up, wears Hijab 😂😂😂
The fcking hubris of these Abrahamics!
#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge loses his cool at party workers during the Sankalpa Samavesha programme after the workers raised “DK-DK” slogans
“Will the entire country be affected if you shout here? This is not an individual’s programme, it is a party programme. You useless fellows… There is no worship of individuals here, we are here for the party program which brings all of us together. I have 58 years of political experience. Many leaders have come here; although their contribution to the party is small, the party has given them a very big contribution. Whoever is shouting here, there will be footage, I will take disciplinary action after reviewing the footage, " Kharge said
(Source: KPCC)
कोकणातील आंबा आणि काजू पिकांचे झालेले अतोनात नुकसान, लांबलेल्या पावसाळ्यामुळे मच्छीमार बांधवांची झालेली परवड, राज्यभर एल-निनोच्या सावटामुळे निर्माण झालेली पाणीटंचाई आणि दुष्काळाचे गडद संकट या पार्श्वभूमीवर, यंदा दि. २३ जून रोजी माझा वाढदिवस साजरा न करण्याचा निर्णय मी घेतला आहे.
अशा कठीण काळात आनंदोत्सवापेक्षा उद्भवलेल्या परिस्थितीचे भान राखणे अधिक महत्त्वाचे आहे.
माझ्या सर्व हितचिंतक, पदाधिकारी आणि कार्यकर्त्यांना विनंती आहे की, प्रत्यक्ष भेटायला न येता आपापल्या जिल्ह्यात 'गो-सेवा' करावी व विविध समाजपयोगी उपक्रम राबवावेत. हिंदुत्वाच्या संस्कारातून गौमातेची सेवा, गौसंवर्धनाच्या कार्यात सहभाग तसेच गरजूंना मदत आणि समाजहिताचे कार्य हेच खरे उत्सवाचे स्वरूप आहे.
तुमचा हा सेवाभाव हीच माझ्यासाठी लाखमोलाची सदिच्छा असेल...!!
जय श्री राम !