pranoy nanda

CA. Artist. Believer. ✝️

[pranoy nanda @PranoyNanda_]

Wrestlemania 42 Reigns vs Punk > Wrestlemania 40 Reigns vs Cody.
Particularly because the interferences/cameos in 40 were too dramatic.

[Alexandra Semenova @alexandraandnyc]

Are you climbing a mountain for the world to see you or for you to see the world?

[𒉭Mumbai Asylum BreastMilk Factory🇲🇳 🇵🇸 @Fried__rice6258]

You cannot survive in India if you are kind hearted individuals
This pajeetland soyciety only values corrupted people

[Rajjath @Rajjath24]

sometimes, if you are lucky, there will be a tree outside your bedroom window, it’s important that you romanticise that tree as much as possible.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Vincent van Gogh, never give up

[pranoy nanda @PranoyNanda_]

But when Floyd says the same.........

[Happy Punch @HappyPunch]

Francis Ngannou fired back at critics claiming he ruined his legacy after the UFC:

“You can’t go to the store and pay with legacy. This is bullsh*t promotions feed fighters, that they’re fighting for legacy. Good for you. Keep the legacy, give me my pay.” 😳

(via @fighthype)

[𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ @NiohBerg]

Iranians in Paris tonight.

Absolutely historic times we're living in.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 In what might be some of the most powerful footage to come out of today, Israelis and Iranians are dancing and celebrating side by side in the streets of London.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

job shaming is so lame. everybody is just trying to survive.

[pranoy nanda @PranoyNanda_]

Seeking happiness is the biggest cause of stress.

[Rekhta @Rekhta]

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost

#rekhta #urdushayari #penguin #robertfrost #explore

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

After almost twenty years of sharing the gospel in India, I have lost count of how many of my Hindu friends, relatives, and strangers have said the same thing to me. They admit openly that the idols they bow before are not real gods. They know it. They say it without hesitation. It is spoken almost the way Westerns speak about Santa later in life. Not real, but useful. A noble lie they say. Something cultural. Something emotional. Something passed down.

Scripture already told us this would happen. Romans 1:18 to 23 exposes this. It is not ignorance. IT IS SUPPRESSION. The truth about God is known, yet deliberately pushed down. Not because the evidence is lacking, but because acknowledging the true God would demand repentance and surrender.

Men do not worship idols because they think stone has life. They worship idols because idols make no moral claims. They ask for rituals, not repentance. They accept offerings, not obedience. They comfort the conscience without confronting the heart.

This is why idolatry survives even when belief collapses. It is not faith that keeps it alive. It is fear of the living God. When the true God is removed, something must take His place. And so, men exchange the glory of the incorruptible God for images that demand nothing and change nothing.

And this is where we must be honest. This problem does not end outside Christianity. We have done the very same thing within it.

Many who call themselves Christians admit something similar, though they use different language. They do not deny Jesus, but they reshape Him. They speak of a Christ who never confronts, never warns, never judges. A Jesus who exists to comfort but never to command.

Just as idols are shaped to fit human desire, we have shaped our own version of Christ. A Jesus who affirms our choices, blesses our plans, and never speaks of repentance. A Jesus who saves without lordship and loves without holiness.

Scripture warns us about this. Paul says there will come a time when people will not endure sound teaching but will gather teachers to suit their own passions in 2 Timothy 4:3. That is not paganism entering the church. That is idolatry wearing Christian language.

Even superstition has found a place among us. Crosses are treated like charms, verses are repeated like spells, prayer is reduced to technique, and worship is shaped more by atmosphere than by truth. We anoint everything with oil as though the bottle holds power, sprinkle water as though holiness can be transferred by touch, and chase methods instead of repentance. Faith is measured by outcomes rather than obedience, by results rather than surrender. What was meant to draw us to Christ has been turned into ritual without reverence, practice without truth, religion without the fear of God. And in doing so, we unknowingly replace living faith with sacred habits that demand nothing from the heart.

This is not far from what Romans 1 describes. It is still an exchange. Not of stone this time, but of truth. We exchange the real Christ for a manageable one. A Jesus who asks for admiration but not surrender.

The tragedy is not that people reject Christ openly. It is that many worship a version of Him that does not exist. And a false Christ cannot save, no matter how sincerely He is spoken about.

The living God cannot be edited. He is not a symbol. He is not an idea. He is not safe. And until He is known as He truly is, even Christianity can become another form of idol worship.

[Trad West @trad_west_]

"We must defend the truth at all costs, even if we are reduced to just twelve again."

- St. Pope John Paul II

[samia @p1nkmttr]

one of life’s greatest treasures is a quiet morning

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Christ the Redeemer above the clouds on Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.

[pranoy nanda @PranoyNanda_]

@mohithegoat He has always been skillful. It's the typical MMA fanbase mentality that when a guy wins everyone becomes his fan and then 1 loss and you start shitting on him.

[du @thedulab]

Refuse to accept a life you aren't in love with. Entire purpose of being alive. Who gives a fuck about anything other than this. Your self imposed limitations were cute and deep at one point but now it's just cringe and you know it. Have the courage to deserve joy. Never too late

[pranoy nanda @PranoyNanda_]

Today I jumped rope for 30mins and had this for lunch

[Wisdom Theory @wisdom_theory]

"The quality of your life is what it is when you are doing nothing" - @naval