Prateek

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[Mayukh @mayukh_panja]

I want to do a public service announcement for people who are desperate to come to Europe. I have seen many, many desperate Indian students doing 12 hours of delivery/ restaurant / gig work, extremely underpaid and abused in Berlin and this really bothers me.

Please don’t take out huge loans and go
into debt to get admitted to third rate private universities here. You will face extreme hardship, both mental and financial, for little to no reward.

There many universities in Germany which are essentially visa mills. They sell you a dream- that if you manage to somehow get to Europe, you will be financially sorted for life and there will be an abundance of job offers for you to pick and choose from, once you graduate.

These universities are very scammy, have a low barrier to entry (you can more or less buy a seat), and extremely low teaching standards. Students who come here are forced to take up underpaid and often illegal gig work to survive and they are easy targets for shady companies.

And then they realize that their university degree is pretty much worthless. Both in Germany and in India.

If you do want to come to Germany, apply
to the state run universities here. These are usually cheap but very competitive and have usually quite high standards.

Please don’t take out a 30 lakh loan, or sell family land to fall for a scam. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is not true.

Also the Indians on X who are relentlessly advising young people to get out of the country by hook or by crook, should perhaps exercise some caution knowing that there are impressionable young people out there who might do stupid things.

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

And it does not get better. After landing in DEL on a delayed flight, with most passengers missing their original planned connections, no airline staff member was present to assist them. Pathetic service and management.
#AirIndia #Cancelled #Mismanagement

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

Nightmarish experience with @airindia.
VT-TSP operating as #AI2030 was originally scheduled to depart from FRA at 10:35pm. Aircraft was on runway scheduled to take-off but because of the night curfew at FRA from 11pm-5am, takeoff was aborted.

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

Many foreign passengers also had to go through this ordeal, some visiting india for tourism purposes while others merely transiting to other global destinations. And this is the image and reputation that Air India has now built.

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

@shycollie @anishmoonka but their armed forces will :)

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

@sidhant And meanwhile Kuwait airways is leaving passengers stranded and hanging until the last minute. No refund being provided on flight cancellation.

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

@WarMonitor3 Oman has an Ibadi Muslim majority. Hence, it never meddles in the Shia-Sunni conflict in the region.

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

@talksports45 And in a very similar way, Steve Smith could've been definitely picked over someone like Renshaw. He had a perfect BBL season right before this T20WC.

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

@aravind But what benefit does the US get by launching an attack from Balochistan? All the major cities and power centres of Iran - Mashhad lies close to the Turkmenistan border, Tehran can be easily attacked from Iraq (the US can use Kurdish lands).

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

@widelyunkn0wn @sammssnoo ye toh samasya hai re baba

[Richa Pinto @richapintoi]

Mumbai you never fail to surprise:

Can’t remember the last time such raw public anger spilled over on roads for a misaligned bridge, a pothole fatality, or even trees being hacked.

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

@AdameMedia The thing to ponder about is how Pakistan will accuse Israel? To the best of my knowledge, Pakistan does not recognize the State of Israel.

[Prateek @Prateek_M27]

Why isn't the Kartarpur corridor closed yet? Safety of Indian pilgrims needs to be ensured.
#PahalgamTerroristAttack

[mememandir @mememandir]

sent my parents to kashmir in june last year. for some reason my father couldnt enjoy one bit and was always paranoid in these tourist spots.
the reason is very clear now and i was a fool to think everything is normal