Teja Sunkara

[Suraj Kumar Talreja @suritalreja]

I am genuinely surprised why more people in India aren’t talking about this openly.

If you want clean drinking water, you have to buy a water purifier and then pay 18% GST on it.

If you want clean air, buy an air purifier again, 18% GST.

If you want 24×7 electricity, don’t rely on the grid buy an inverter.

If you want quality education for your child, forget government schools, you have to go private, where fees run into lakhs.

Government schools are not even a serious option for most middle-class families.

If you want good healthcare, you go to a private hospital and once you step inside, your bank balance starts bleeding. Many families literally take loans to survive medical emergencies.

Now leave all this aside.

Even pure food is hard to get.
Paneer is adulterated.
Dal is artificially coloured.

Street food?

Nobody knows what’s being mixed dirty hands, sweat, sometimes worse. We just hope nothing happens.

Try walking outside:
• Footpaths barely exist.
• Vehicles come from all directions.
• People don’t follow lanes.
• Potholes everywhere.

One wrong step and:
you might get hit by a vehicle, or
you might fall and injure yourself

And who takes responsibility?
No one.

Ask questions and suddenly you’re:
• called deshdrohi
• told to “go to Pakistan”

Why should expectations from my own country be compared with Pakistan?

When India plays cricket, do we compare ourselves with Kenya or Zimbabwe?
No.

We compare ourselves with Australia, England, big teams.

Then why, as a country, shouldn’t we compare ourselves with: China, the USA, Japan, Australia other large economies?

People say “India is Vishwaguru.”

If that were true:
• why are so many millionaires leaving India?
• why are top celebrities and athletes settling abroad?
• why do people with money still choose foreign education, healthcare, and passports?

Loving your country doesn’t mean staying silent.

Asking questions is not anti-national.

Expecting clean air, safe roads, honest food, affordable healthcare, and quality education is not a crime.

Patriotism is not blind worship.
Patriotism is demanding better because we believe India deserves better.

If this made you uncomfortable, maybe it needed to be said.

Share it.
Talk about it.
Silence won’t fix anything.

[Teja Sunkara @TejaSunkara95]

@SrkRcStan @AlwaysRamCharan QWpplp

[Teja Sunkara @TejaSunkara95]

@Movies4uOfficl @TweetHelperBot download this

[Teja Sunkara @TejaSunkara95]

@Manyamsubba Edo tagili vachinattu undhi

[Kichcha Sudeepa @KicchaSudeep]

And sir @ajaydevgn ,,
I did understand the txt you sent in hindi. Tats only coz we all have respected,loved and learnt hindi.
No offense sir,,,but was wondering what'd the situation be if my response was typed in kannada.!!
Don't we too belong to India sir.
🥂

[Jayaprakash Narayan @JP_LOKSATTA]

A thoughtful and balanced piece. Our hearts are with Ukraine. We must fuse our hearts with our minds, and protect our interests - short-term and long-term. Demonising India over Ukraine Won’t Help, West Needs Delhi by its Side in Indo-Pacific Contest https://t.co/TccXiMz7cZ

[David Patrikarakos @dpatrikarakos]

Taliban collapses with laughter as journalist asks if they would be willing to accept democratic governance that voted in female politicians - and then tells camera to stop filming. “It made me laugh” he says

[rajamouli ss @ssrajamouli]

Dear @DelhiAirport,
arrived at 1 AM by lufthanasa flight. Forms were given to fill for the RT PcR test. All the passenges are sitting on the floors or propping against the walls to fill the forms. Not a pretty sight. Providing tables is a simple service.

[rajamouli ss @ssrajamouli]

And surprised to find so many stray dogs in the hangar outside the exit gate. Again not a great first impression of India for the foreigners. Please look into it. Thank you…

[Sachin Tendulkar @sachin_rt]

What an exciting series this has been. Every member of the squad deserves credit - all the players, coaches & all the support staff. Cherish the victory everyone.
A memorable day for Indian cricket. #INDvsAUS

[Virat Kohli @imVkohli]

What a win this is, absolutely amazing effort by the whole team. Couldn't be happier for the boys and specially Jinks who led the team to victory amazingly. Onwards and upwards from here 💪🇮🇳

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

We looked at 30 debates by Arnab, 28 debates by RSS & Navika on Bollywood.

These anchors like to call themselves journalists in 'pursuit of truth', but what they did in this case had nothing to do with facts/reporting or anything remotely journalistic.
https://t.co/1VbQX4TI2m

[vibhas jha @vibhasjha1]

The list can be endless but these examples are to show that how such predictions are presumptive and have been shown to be incorrect by history.

[vibhas jha @vibhasjha1]

Just for record on protest against reforms
1.'91- we will be enslaved in 25 years by foreign corporate
2.'97- banking reform- psb will be sold &priority sector will be removed.
3.'99- fema- we will go bankrupt and lose all forex
4. '01- Removing QR, our industry will b destroyed

[Teja Sunkara @TejaSunkara95]

@geekyranjit TabS7+

[Parveen Kaswan, IFS @ParveenKaswan]

Want to contribute to society. Speak less about the things you don’t know. Rather read.

[vibhas jha @vibhasjha1]

Many such instances happen on a daily basis in our beautiful country, let us make sure they are as much understood and reported as hate crimes. Communities do not fight, interest groups do. Distinction is important to let commoners like us live in peace

[Ravi Shankar Prasad @rsprasad]

Laying of optical fibre across the vast Bay of Bengal to connect Andaman Nicobar Islands with Chennai was not an easy task.

Sharing some memorable photo of this project as posted by @OpIndia_com

https://t.co/R1c8lxYWe5

[Chiranjeevi Konidela @KChiruTweets]

@WHO Chief @DrTedros on Covid 19,13th July -"It’s going to get worse & worse.Every single person can do their bit to break chains of transmission & end collective suffering".అందుకే,మాస్క్ తప్పనిసరిగా ధరించండి.మిమ్మల్ని మీరు కాపాడుకోండి.మీ కుటుంబాన్ని, దేశాన్ని కాపాడండి. Please!

[Chiranjeevi Konidela @KChiruTweets]

Thank you @ActorKartikeya @YoursEesha #chaitanbharadwaj ఆలోచన పంచుకోగానే ముందుకొచ్చిన మీకు నా ధన్యవాదాలు. I truly appreciate your commitment to the society. #SVVishweshwar #ShivramApte #Pappu #Babji