Sakshi

Scientist | Dancer | Foodie | Vegetarian for animals | Travel enthusiast | Psychology buff | Egalitarian

[barkha dutt @BDUTT]

I was so horrified by the 'press confereence' of Giribala Singh, former Judge & mother in law of Twisha Shama- now an accused in a dowry death case, that i had to interview her and confront her with some direct questions
1. Where is her son? as an officer of the law- and her son is a lawyer - why is he absconding and will she urge him to surrender or is she hiding him?

2. Did she and her son taunt Twisha about carrying another man's baby?

3. How can she place in public domain the alleged assessment by Twisha's doctors of her mental health when that is strictly confidential between a doctor and patient?

4. Who is she to call Twisha's decision on abortion an act of cruelty - abortion is legal in India and its ultimately a woman's body and her choice within the framework of law

5. How can she conflate prescription medicines with drugs ? Where is her evidence on drug usage ? and how does she respond to the charge by Twisha's family that her husband was the drug addict

6. How can she as a woman and a judge indulge in the worst sort of character assassination of a young woman who is not even alive to defend herself against the smear

7. . Finally, detailed Whatsapp conversations show the living hell that Was Twisha's life. How does she respond to the allegations of dowry and harassment?

This was an often unpleasant, but necessary exchange. Do share your feedback. thank you

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Today, we bow in reverence to the brave sons of Bharat Mata, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. Their martyrdom for the nation remains etched in our collective memory.

At a young age, they displayed extraordinary courage and an unshakable commitment to the cause of India’s freedom. Undeterred by the might of colonial rule, they chose the path of sacrifice with conviction, placing the nation above their own lives. Their ideals of justice, patriotism and fearless resistance continue to ignite the spirit of countless Indians.

[Sakshi @SL_FabLife]

@Mick_O_Keeffe At least be informed before posting something 🤦🏻‍♀️.
https://t.co/Zy19dx3GZ8

[Irish Embassy India @IrlEmbIndia]

Attack on Indians in Ireland are against Ireland’s values!

Ambassador @KellyinDelhi poignant piece in the Hindustan Times🇮🇪🇮🇳

The people of Ireland stand with the Indian community and will continue to stand firmly against racism in all its forms.

🇮🇪🤝🇮🇳

[Irish Times Opinion @IrishTimesOpEd]

The Irish Times view on racist attacks: no place for hate on our streets https://t.co/9c6zZa49HO

[TheJournal.ie @thejournal_ie]

Attack on Indian man in Dublin: 'Words aren't enough, Irish people need to do more' https://t.co/wTA5CDRH2A

[India in Ireland (Embassy of India, Dublin) @IndiainIreland]

#MEAIndia @MEAIndia

[Mr Sinha @Mrsinha]

Absolutely brilliant Cinematic Tribute to Operation Sindoor by @curioustiz.

Watch and share :

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

Pakistan deployed a “first to lie” strategy within hours of the start of India’s Operation Sindoor, many international media fell for it. Like we have seen in Gaza, fact checking has become a lost standard. All in the name of being “first.” Indian PM @narendramodi had to go to a base and do a news conference where Pakistan military said they had caused great damage.

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

For everyone who is disappointed that we didn’t finish Pakistan. I have only one question.

What exactly do you mean by “Finish Pakistan”? What do you expect to do?

Do you want to do a WW2 style Operation Sickle Cut, launch armored pincer movements, encircle Pakistani armies and annex Pakistan? Why on earth would you want to do that?

Do you want to add 300 million hostile people, some of whom already think blowing themselves up is their greatest purpose in life? How will you manage them?

Is that how you will finish Pakistan?

Or do you want to nuke them out of existence?

Because let me give you a reality check here. We won’t do that. We can’t do that. Indian citizens cannot morally contemplate, let alone sanction, nuking 300 million people. So that option is out.

Then Someone said, “Let’s split Pakistan into 5 countries”.

Now, Pakistan isn’t some Ikea Furniture that you can assemble or disassemble at your will. As hopeless they may be, they still have a functioning military and a working bureaucracy. They will do anything they can to keep the country together.

With all our might, with all our focus, we can exploit that Faultline, but it will take a lot of money and energy and 10-15 years. Are you ready to wait that long?

Some people said we should do a large-scale attack on all their air bases, military bases, Ports, Military HQ everything. Obliterate them out of existence.

Sounds nice if you are movie general.

In reality if we do that, Pakistan will launch nukes on Mumbai and Delhi. Simple. Because it will be their last resort and they will exercise it.

Obviously, we will retaliate and wipe them out of existence, but are ready to lose our 2 big cities and the lives of 20 million Indians as a price for taking out their military?

I don’t think so.

Finally, what is War? War is nothing but politics by other means. And War without objective is pointless.

Any battle launched should be with a purpose.

Our purpose in this strike was two-fold

1. Send a message to Pakistan that for every Indian your terrorist kills, we will kill 100 of your terrorists. We will take you out even if you are ensconced in the heart of your country. We will come after your terrorists like a wrath of God.
2. If Pakistan retaliates, not only can we handle them, but we will also hit and twist the knife if it comes to that.

We have achieved it. In fact, we have more than achieved it.

We have put the fear of God in the terrorists. Obviously, they will try again, but this time they know we will hit back.

And we have clearly shown Pakistan that we can penetrate wherever we want into Pakistan, while the maximum they can do is look up and shake their fists.

Some people also speak about India being diplomatically isolated.

In this entire exercise, if anyone has been isolated, it is Pakistan.

In the olden days, as soon as something bad from Pakistan happened, most countries used to descend on us, asking us to be restrained, calm, resilient etc.

This time not only did nobody speak, but they also allowed us three days of complete freedom of action where we stuck fear in the hearts of the Pakistani military.

So much so, they had to beg to us to stop.

In international diplomacy, no country will come out and say “Please attack someone else. We are with you” .

They will support you only when you are being attacked. The fact that nobody said anything when we attacked, is a diplomatic success in itself. Just that we don’t see it.

To summarize, as far as Operation Sindoor is concerned

1. We sent 200 jihadis to where they belong.
2. Took out 9 terrorist locations deep inside Pakistan
3. Attacked all major Pakistani Air bases, made a complete mockery of their air defence system.
4. Made them beg for us to stop. I mean if it is a wrestling match, the person who taps out first is the one who loses. Pakistan tapped out. Ergo, they lost.
5. Ensured Indus Water Treaty is now firmly in the dustbin.
6. Have given ourselves the freedom to attack Pakistan as soon as a Terrorist incident takes place.

If this is not a win for us, then I don’t know what is.

P:S: India wants to be an advanced country and has to provide for 80 crore people who are below the age of 30.

We have to focus on industrialization, technological self-sufficiency and agricultural modernization.

We have higher priorities than fighting pointless wars against a country who has nothing and can give nothing.

[Prakhar Gupta @prvkhvr]

To Friends in the West and to the people of Pakistan,

Jai hind 🇮🇳

[Shambhav Sharma @shambhav15]

A message for those blaming India for the current hostilities. India and Pakistan are not the same.

Let's make sure this is abundantly clear to the world🇮🇳

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

"Let's be clear. India wants nothing Pakistan has. India is happy to leave PAK alone. But Pakistan is a bigoted power that wants to take over parts of India only because the people living there share the same religion as Pakistanis," says Shashi Tharoor

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

The world must show zero tolerance for terrorism.

#OperationSindoor

[Micheál Martin @MichealMartinTD]

Appalled by the loss of innocent lives in the attacks in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.

My sympathy to the victims, their families and loved ones. Ireland stands in solidarity with the people of India.

[Mahima Dahiya @themahimadahiya]

Been reading a lot about the movie Mrs. It's sad, annoying, and funny that the most offended segment is Indian men.

What many fail to understand is that the issue isn’t about a woman having a problem with cooking and cleaning—it’s about not being RESPECTED and APPRECIATED.

[Sakshi @SL_FabLife]

#OrangeTheWorld 🌍🧡 because there’s #NoExcuse for #GenderBasedViolence in any form. We need a world where everyone is free to live without fear. #16DaysOfActivism

[Roberta Metsola @EP_President]

#OrangeTheWorld

For all women lost.

For all women beaten yet unbroken.

For all women abused, traumatised, bullied and brutalised.

End #ViolenceAgainstWomen. Now.

[Kangana Ranaut @KanganaTeam]

Witches are women who are connected to their higher self, their intuition, infectious free spirit, indomitable will power and uncontrollable urge to break all boundaries make them mysterious, frightening and threatening to those who are caged and cursed, caged people believe that gifted people have some evil powers and they must be burnt to ashes, misery exists in so many forms and jealousy is the most miserable of them all. You can choose to be jealous or be inspired, make a smart choice, those who choose to be inspired are the chosen ones, break the cage and break free 🙂

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

The passing away of Ratan Tata is the end of an era.

He was deeply associated with the modernisation of Indian industry. And even more so with its globalisation.

Was my privilege to have interacted with him on numerous occasions. And benefitted from his vision and insights.

Join the nation in mourning his demise. Om shanti.

[Anna Hall @AnnaHallTV]

Just WOW. I love @NationalTheatre live. Just seen @jodiemcomer in #PrimaFacie. It was utterly breathtaking. I’ve made so many films about women who take the stand against their abusers. Her portrayal of what that is like was unbelievable. Thankyou. Thankyou. Thankyou.