Akaltakth dont represent entire sikh population mazhabi sikh and Ravidassia Sikhs dont bow before Akaltakth further their are Hindus 35% population Musalmaan, Christian baudh can India make law on basis religion are we seriously secular or pretending to be secular
What nonsense is this can law be framed basis pleasing one community claimed to be majority however even mazhabi sikh and ravidassi sikh are I'll trested by so-called majority in punjab . This not democratic republic but religious democratic republic
India’s transition from petrol engines to ethanol blended flexibility fuel is part of India’s self reliance .
India has done fuel transitions before. We moved from leaded petrol to catalytic converters, and later from petrol dependence to large scale CNG conversion in cities. So the idea of moving from petrol engines to ethanol blended flexibility fuel is not some alien experiment. It is part of India’s long road toward cleaner fuels and self reliance.
Brazil shows that ethanol can work when the whole system is built around it. Vehicles, fuel pumps, pricing, and consumer habits all move together. India is now trying to do the same with E20 and future higher blends. The goal is simple: reduce crude imports, support farmers, and keep more energy money inside the country. That is a strong strategic idea.
But the public concern is also real. Mileage changes, older vehicle compatibility, rubber and plastic wear, and uneven real world performance cannot be brushed aside with slogans. If a policy touches every vehicle owner, then trust matters as much as ambition. People will accept transition only when they see fair treatment and clear benefits, not just official cheering.
That is why the solution should be practical, not ideological. As I suggesting, India should not force one size fits all.
1Retrofit legacy vehicles with certified ethanol compatible kits where feasible.
2Give heavy subsidy or interest free instalments for those kits.
3Prioritise high usage two wheelers, small cars, and ordinary commuters.
4Do not waste public money on performance bikes or luxury toys.
5Use the savings from lower crude import dependence for targeted relief, not political freebies.
If India wants self reliance, then the transition must be engineered with common sense, not sold with noise. @narendramodi@nitin_gadkari@HardeepSPuri@ndtv@CNNnews18@sardesairajdeep@Dev_Fadnavis@abpmajhatv
@ndtv@News18India@ZeeNews@sardesairajdeep Is India religious banana Republic or Democrstic Republic.
The Constitution says India is a secular democratic republic. But when politicians bow to one religious authority and state law polices religious sentiment, the promise of secularism is in danger. In Punjab, Sikhs are about 55 percent of the population. Large sections of that community Mazhabi Sikhs and Ravidassia Sikhs do not recognise the Akal Takht as their religious representative. Many have separate gurdwaras and independent religious authorities. Yet state officials publicly deferring to Akal Takht sends a clear message that one faction speaks for all. That is an affront to constitutional equality.
Article 25 guarantees freedom of conscience and religion. Articles 14 and 15 forbid discrimination. The 42nd Amendment inserted the word secular to protect these rights. The Supreme Court in S R Bommai v Union of India held that secularism is part of the Constitution’s basic structure and state action cannot be guided by religious majoritarianism. The Court in Indian Young Lawyers Association v State of Kerala and other rulings has repeatedly protected individual rights against collective customs that violate fundamental rights. When a minister bows to a single religious authority and the state enacts or enforces sacrilege laws that operate in practice like majoritarian blasphemy statutes the result is not protection of religion but religion capturing the state.
Punjab’s sacrilege laws and their selective enforcement risk criminalising dissent and punishing minority voices within communities. When 40 percent of Sikh persons in Punjab belong to Mazhabi and Ravidassia traditions who reject the Akal Takht, bowing to that institution by state functionaries is not respect it is endorsement. Constitutional duty requires the state to remain neutral among religions and among streams within a religion.
Protect belief but do not let belief hijack the state. Laws must secure liberty and equality not the political power of a single religious faction. If the republic lets religious majorities write its criminal code it becomes a banana republic in practice even if the Constitution says otherwise.
Tulsi parachutes from saas-bahu serials to Punjab’s political minefield — where every step is a landmine, every splash a water mine, and every speech needs both faith and footwork
Tulsi has parachuted from Kyunki Saas straight into Punjab’s political/ religious minefield — where every step is a landmine, every splash is a water mine, and every slogan has to clear both the religious loudspeaker and the ground reality. In Punjab, even a careful walk can trigger a blast radius of opinion, so the BJP seems to have sent in a veteran with a microphone, a memory, and a survival instinct.
It’s less “prime-time nostalgia” and more “frontline reconnaissance.”
One wrong move and the state will remind everyone that Punjab does not reward imported scripts — it prefers local dialect, local trust, and zero patience for political cosplay.
Tulsi may know how to handle household drama, but Punjab’s battlefield has a different daily soap: religion, identity, alliance rumors, farmer anger, and electoral booby traps laid by history itself.
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Noora Kushti at the Strait of Hormuz: The “Peace Deal” That Is Really a Toll Gate
The so-called Iran–US peace process is not real diplomacy; it is noora kushti, or shadow boxing. The main warring parties have not sat face to face. Instead, Failed Marshall Mulla Munir, is acting as dak runner between Washington and Tehran, carrying messages and while the real deal stays out of sight.
Both America and China are giving shabhashi to Mulla Munir for this role. In doing so, they are undermining Pakistan’s democracy. When a military chief is placed ahead of the elected prime minister, civilian leadership looks weak and dispensable. Pakistan’s democracy is insulted by both great powers.
China is the biggest winner. It buys heavily discounted oil from Iran and Russia, increasingly settling trade in yuan rather than dollars. China also exports goods to both countries, profiting on imports and exports. In simple words, China has panchon ungliyan ghee mein.
Meanwhile the Strait of Hormuz is being turned into an Iranian toll gate, with fees for ships and even for subsea cables.
Other chokepoints like Malacca will follow.
India is in a strategic quagmire. Prime Minister Modi appears bent backward to protect Adani from US prosecution, and in the process India’s national interest is being compromised. Discounted Russian and Iranian oil, which could have been paid in rupee and yuan, is being sidelined and forced by America to buy Venezuelan( now owned by America) oil pay heavy transpotation cost all for savind Adani. The cost falls on ordinary Indians through higher prices and energy insecurity.
This is not peace. It is a calibrated geopolitical game: staged negotiations, intermediaries like Munir running messages, great powers profiting from cheap energy, and smaller states paying the price while democratic norms erode.
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