Joel

Decoding policy, society, and science | Rational perspectives from an INTJ mind.

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@dhanyarajendran Kurach putty edukatte😵‍💫

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@FunkyRedDevil 1/4

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@Mimiiben1 It’s 2 right

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Mama,

I last saw you and Papa together more than 35 years ago. Since the day Papa left, I have watched you face everything life threw at you with never-ending courage and dignity. Only Priyanka and I really know what you have been through, and how difficult your life after Papa truly was.

I am happy, and so proud, that your story - “Belonging: A Journey of Love” - will finally be read by the millions of people who love you. I know how hard it was for someone as private as you to tell the world your beautiful story.

Today, on his birthday, I can see Papa smiling and looking down proudly at his beautiful Sonia.

Love,
Rahul

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@athulmnair1 @aslahahmed NOOOOOOO.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

It’s midnight. Happy Independance Day. I truly hope that very soon we see a government that understands the import of Pandit Nehru’s words - with freedom comes power and responsibility.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Dear @loksabhaspeaker
am elected MP till 2029. Lok Sabha ended yesterday & I am staying night in Circuit House Krishnanagar, official accommodation for all MPs.
Just received call from local administration asking me to vacate & leave! Told them NO WAY!
@MamataOfficial @yadavakhilesh @RahulGandhi @JohnBrittas

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

In my latest #TharoorThink column in the @IndianExpress, I argue against the Government’s plan for a 850-seat #LokSabha, writing that “An oversized legislature where the vast majority of members have no voice suits an executive that prefers compliance over scrutiny”. There are, I point out, much better ways of addressing the representation-delimitation conundrum:

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

India needs a strong Government. Modi does not matter. I can go back & open a tea stall. But, the nation can't suffer anymore.

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@nishikant_dubey @RahulGandhi @INCIndia Thoda sa sharam karlo yaar

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

An Open Letter to the Jantar Mantar protestors:

My dear young friends,

I address you today not as a politician or an MP, but as someone deeply troubled by what is happening to your generation of young Indians.

This is personal for me. I was born to a middle-class family: my father was a salaried newspaper employee, my mother a homemaker, with three children to educate on one income. For a family like ours, merit was not a slogan. Scholarships, fair examinations, honest results — these were the only way one salary could carry three children's dreams.

I went to school in Mumbai and Kolkata, to college here in Delhi, topped the University and earned admission into IIM — and chose instead to follow my passion for international affairs, in America, on a scholarship. Nothing was inherited; everything was earned by hard work and yes, Exams.

So I know that a fair, merit-based system is the only ladder for young people from lower and middle-income families to climb up. When that ladder is broken — papers leaked, examinations cancelled, trust destroyed — the children of the rich and powerful do not suffer. They have other ladders. It is your dreams, and your families' sacrifices (and tragically, in some homes, young lives themselves) that are betrayed.

To the young people gathered at Jantar Mantar, and those raising your voices peacefully across India: this country hears you. Your anger is not indiscipline — it is the anguish of a generation that did everything right and was still betrayed . You are not alone.

And to the millions of young Indians watching quietly: your generation is not a problem to be managed. You are the answer to India's future. Do not lose hope. This ladder will be rebuilt — by you, and by every Indian who stands with you.

To Shri Sonam Wangchuk-ji, my heartfelt appeal: please end your fast. You have awakened the conscience of the nation; that is what a fast is meant to do. India needs your voice for the long road ahead.

With Parliament in session again from Monday, we will have an opportunity to raise the students’ issues in the highest forum of our democracy. That’s where the problem should be addressed, not by fasting unto death. Please heed my plea.

And finally, to the Government: I respectfully urge you to reach out and engage in the dialogue our democracy owes its young citizens. That is not weakness; that is statesmanship.

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@AmaluAcid_ Athinu?

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@Akshay_0713 UPSC ചോദ്യം:
കേരളത്തിലെ ആദ്യ ബ്രാഹ്മണന് മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി ആര്. ഏത് പാർട്ടിയിൽ നിന്ന്?

ഉത്തരം:
ഇ എം എസ് നമ്പൂതിരിപ്പാട് , കമ്മ്യൂണിസ്റ്റ് പാർട്ടി ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യ ( പിന്നീട് CPIM ഭാഗമായി).

ചുവപ്പ് മാഞ്ഞാൽ കാവി ആണ് മകനെ.

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@CPIMKerala Why a special defence for Veena which was not provided for Kodiyeri son Binesh.
And why are the commies protecting her?

[Shamsi @shamseerHashim]

ഒരു സിമ്പിൾ ചോദ്യം -

കോടിയേരിയുടെ മോന് ഇല്ലാത്ത എന്ത് പ്രത്യേകത ആണ് വിജയന്റെ മോൾക്ക് ഉള്ളത്??

കമ്മികൾ പറയണം

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@njaanabhi കുറച്ച് ഉലിപ്പ്. എവിടന്നു കമ്മി അല്ലെ പാർട്ടി.

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@RShivshankar Maybe you are not talking about Keralam. The muslim population in here is near to 30%. They have got less tho.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

NEET 2026 की परीक्षा रद्द हो गयी।

22 लाख से ज़्यादा छात्रों की मेहनत, त्याग और सपनों को इस भ्रष्ट भाजपाई व्यवस्था ने कुचल दिया।

किसी पिता ने कर्ज़ लिया,
किसी माँ ने गहने बेचे,
लाखों बच्चों ने रात-रात भर जागकर पढ़ाई की,

और बदले में मिला, पेपर लीक, सरकारी लापरवाही और शिक्षा में संगठित भ्रष्टाचार।

यह सिर्फ़ नाकामी नहीं, युवाओं के भविष्य के साथ अपराध है।

हर बार पेपर माफिया बच निकलते हैं और ईमानदार छात्र सज़ा भुगतते हैं।

अब लाखों छात्र फिर से वही मानसिक तनाव, आर्थिक बोझ और अनिश्चितता झेलेंगे।

अगर अपनी तकदीर परिश्रम से नहीं, पैसे और पहुँच से तय होगा, तो फिर शिक्षा का मतलब क्या रह जाएगा?

प्रधानमंत्री का तथाकथित अमृतकाल, देश के लिए विषकाल बन गया है।

[Joel @PunJoey22]

@VIKRAMPRATAPSIN Why?
Who is She? What’s her importance?