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[प्रशांत @PRAS_cogitative]

सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः । सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत् ।

[Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 @tehseenp]

Now that the video is out that showed unfortunately Sahil was cheating, TEAM BHARAT demands that there should be an unconditional apology to IIT BOMBAY professor Dr Doolla, he must immediately be reinstated, the SC-ST act case should be withdrawn & a compensation must be given . At the same time we must help Sahil's family and have empathy for the parents.

@ogteambharat @Nidhzee @FactswithDinesh @neha_laldas @nachiket1982 @Shankyram2

[Manuscripts & Inscriptions Digitization Foundation @midf_org]

We're building the world’s largest open-access repository for documented heritage. And we are raising the capital to make this happen.

One mission: To redefine how ancient Indian manuscripts and inscriptions are preserved and accessible in the digital age. And offer true open-source DPI to scholars, institutions, and the world.

Mission: Beyond Digitization

Step 1: We are actively engineering the foundation—machine-readable knowledge graphs, Unicode-compliant cataloging, and standardized metadata schemas.

Step 2: This is where you come in.
We're looking for the visionary partners who can fund or build this with us.

Philanthropists, archival engineers, digital humanities pioneers, and tech builders.

If you're obsessed with where our history is headed, not just where it's been—we want to talk!

Open invitation: [email protected]
Support: https://t.co/8dDXvMTMiz

[Firstpost @firstpost]

"Chinmoy Krishna Das’ grief has become a haunting portrait of the Hindu predicament in today’s Bangladesh," writes Utpal Kumar.

[Swati Goel Sharma @swati_gs]

Do watch

[Sukhbir Singh Badal @officeofssbadal]

These so called ‘Waris’ talk big, that they will create Khalistan. If you want Khalistan then learn to take bullets on your chest. Then don’t be scared! Dont run away wearing ‘salwar kameez’ after seeing 2 police gypsies!

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

7.8% growth.

Strong numbers.

Even stronger confidence.

[Swati Goel Sharma @swati_gs]

1. What's wrong with the Giva ad?

Nothing you see on TV/advertisement or/big screen, especially in big budget projects, is innocent or accidental

The Giva ad continues a broader trend in how film-entertainment and ad industries have treated cultural sensitivities of the two majority communities very differently for years - something Gems of Bollywood has exposed so clearly

Look at the way popular culture has marketed Hindu festivals for years. For instance, check any compilation for suggestions for Diwali playlist:
“Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai”
“Let’s Nacho”
“Tamma Tamma Again”

But typical suggestions for Eid playlist:
“Noor-e-Khuda”
“Maula Ali”
“Kun Faya Kun”

Typical media suggestions for Diwali outfit ideas these days: sexualised styling - cleavage, revealing blouses, familiar Bollywood glamour

Typical outfit suggestions for Eid: Rich and covered

This means that they know what cultural sensitivity looks like, what a family gathering looks like, what sanctity of a festival looks like

But they apply it only where they want

The test of their intention is simple. Look at the image attached. Imagine her holding a plate for Iftari and the text saying Eid. Will any brand ever run such an ad?

2. Are these ads really made to increase sales during Rakhi?

The primary purpose of such an advertisement is not to sell jewellery for Rakhi. Conduct a market survey. Show consumers the ad and ask them whether the imagery is prompting them to buy Giva jewellery on Rakhi for their sisters. I doubt the answer would be overwhelmingly yes

Modern advertising works at a deeper level than simply saying buy this product. It is often aimed at shaping long-term attitudes

When the same kind of imagery is repeatedly used around certain festivals, weddings and family occasions, it leads to normalisation of a particular culture

Much of it seems to be aimed at creating a society where every aspect of a woman's life is sexualised. I would say it is the same mindset that wants to legalise adult men having sex with schoolgirls

3. How should the public respond?

Stop treating these celebrities as icons and withdraw your interest from them

The same actress as in the ad did Thumkeshwari item number and then pretended to be Ma Sita on screen - until we vehemently opposed it, ran a campaign, people responded and the movie bombed

Reject them from every aspect of your life where you have a choice

[💀 @Vizagodu]

Southern states and their unique identity:

Karnataka - Highest IT exports
Telangana - Largest Pharma Hub
Andhra Pradesh - Agri and Aqua Culture Dominance
Tamil Nadu - Biggest Electronics manufacturer

Keralam - Beef Parotta Saar.. New Virus Saar..

[Voice Of BD Hindus 🇧🇩 @HinduUnityBD]

Advocate Ramen Roy... Lawyer Of chinmoy Krishna Das.

[Sanjay Dixit ಸಂಜಯ್ ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್ संजय दीक्षित @Sanjay_Dixit]

Happy Balochistan Independence Day #11AugBalochistanIndependenceDay

[Meena Menon @malayali_menace]

Christian Bharatnatyam does not exist. There are NO christian themes in Bharatanatyam. It is a sacred HINDU temple art form rooted in devotion to deities. Now colonizer cosplayers want to whitewash it for their foreign god? Keep your fucking hands off our sacred art. This erasure won't be tolerated. #HinduHeritage

[Maratha Newz @Maratha_NEWz]

Happy Independence Day to all my Baloch Friends

Love from India 🇮🇳

[Reclaim Temples @ReclaimTemples]

An ancient Srirama temple in Palakkad Kerala is being revived from ruins overcoming many difficulties.

The encroached temple land is recovered after many decades, the urgency now is to build a boundary wall and secure the temple and it's land.

#ReclaimTemples

[Sajid Yousuf Shah @TheSkandar]

Mahrang Baloch @MahrangBaloch_ is not merely a voice. She is a symbol of Baloch resistance & the aspirations of the #Baloch people.
When she speaks, the streets of Balochistan answer. Her courage has inspired people across the region to stand up for their identity, dignity & right to determine their own future.

Today, she has declared #Balochistan an independent country a bold assertion of Balochistan’s long-standing demand for freedom. #FreeBaloch

[Shesh Paul Vaid @spvaid]

Funny how the agreement between Government and CJP doesn't mention the injured policemen. Yet the same policemen will be expected to take the beatings again by rioters when the next violent protest erupts at Jantar Mantar.

[Rahul Srinivas @whizkidd]

Don’t know about Rang De Basanti, but let me tell you what some of us millennials actually grew up watching.

I was in primary school during the 1993 Mumbai bombings -- too young to even understand what terrorism meant. But I distinctly remember my mom repeatedly warning me not to pick up anything lying around while playing outside because, you know, it could be a bomb.

That was childhood.

Then came the seemingly endless procession of attacks: the 1993 Mumbai blasts, Red Fort in 2000, Parliament in 2001, the Mumbai bus bombings and Akshardham in 2002, three separate blasts within eight months in Mumbai in 2003, the 2005 Delhi blasts, the 2007 Hyderabad bombings, and the 2008 Bangalore and Ahmedabad blasts.

In July 2006, I was supposed to be on one of the trains that was bombed near Mahim. I stayed back at the office because of a meeting. A completely mundane change of plans is probably the reason I’m alive to type this instead of being a name on a list of the dead.

I remember that evening far better than I remember any stupid movie. Our office went into lockdown. Phones were jammed. People were crying and frantically trying to reach their families. Nobody knew what was happening, whether there were more bombs, or whether someone they loved was lying dead inside a mangled train compartment.

Two years later came 26/11.

I had the misfortune of watching uncensored footage of the aftermath. One clip showed bodies being piled and stacked inside a makeshift room at CST while someone wheeled in another load on a bloodied wheelbarrow, with blood dripping onto the floor. The sanitised footage shown on television didn't come remotely close to what actually happened inside that station.

So yes, us millennials lived through an era where we went to work knowing that the crime of simply boarding the wrong train, getting on the wrong bus, eating at the wrong restaurant, or standing on the wrong street at the wrong fucking moment could get you blown to pieces or riddled with bullets.

Some of us literally went to work wondering, somewhere at the back of our minds, whether this would be the commute we wouldn't come home from.

So please, spare us millennials this sanctimonious horseshit about Rang De Basanti and what some Bollywood movie supposedly should have taught us about how to vote.

[Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp]

ଜୟ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ🙏🏼

ନୀଳାଚଳନିବାସାୟ ନିତ୍ୟାୟ ପରମାତ୍ମନେ ।
ବଳଭଦ୍ରସୁଭଦ୍ରାଭ୍ୟାଂ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥାୟ ତେ ନମଃ ।।

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

More strict actions against paper leaks to come in tomorrow’s Cabinet!