Tejal

Asst. Professor. Film enthusiast. An academic who hoards books and loves to travel. Feminist.

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Just landed in my hometown, and everywhere I look, there’s a Devendra Fadnavis banner.

The Tiranga Rally is welcome, but does it really need huge banners everywhere? This money could be better spent on improving schools in rural areas.

While students in rural Maharashtra are pleading for good roads to reach school, the Chief Minister has covered Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar with his own banners.

[Cockroach Janta Party - CJP @Cockroachisback]

Cockroaches won.. Democracy won!

Jai Hind! 🇮🇳✊🏼

[Commentary - Abhijeet Dipke @AbhijitDipkeCJP]

Prime Minister, there's still time.

Let go of your ego, listen to the youth, and dismiss Dharmendra Pradhan.

Repost 🔥

[Dr. Prarit varshney @prarit_v]

You may or may not support the CJP or Wangchuk's hunger strike. But the NEET-UG paper leak was real. The 12th board copy checking blunder was real. >20 lakh students suffered, & some tragically lost their lives. I think we're all on the same page that D. Pradhan must resign.

[amit kilhor @amitkilhor]

Ok.
It's time we should all start worrying about Sonam Wangchuk.
This isn't good.

[Neil🔪 @PsychDominant]

A 13 year old girl was raped for 5 days by 30 men but they’re still stuck with this case only and not reporting that even for once.

I feel Indian media isn’t hated enough.

[deepika garg @deeps19590]

This guy is sagar kushalini who works in corporate commercial in @jswsteel and alumni of @ISBedu he has mercilessly tied the lactating cat who is mom to 1 week old kittens and threw away somewhere and justifying also in police station
Pls help us getting these both punished as they have no regrets at all
#navimumbai #AnimalAdvocates #animalcruelty #saveanimals
@fpjindia @DarPallavi @HoomanDecoder @SnooopSnoopy @IndiaToday @thewire_in @JFAnimalWelfare @AmbikaShukla15 @Manekagandhibjp @Malatuli59 @navimumbaicv @pricatttt

[Tejal @Tejal_4]

@pricatttt @jswsteel @TheJSWGroup @ISBedu @jswsteel this insensitive idiot is employed by you? What action are you going to take?

[Priyanshi @pricatttt]

The man in the video is Sagar Khushalani. He works at @jswsteel @TheJSWGroup & has studied at @ISBedu .
See how heartlessly he relocated a community cat taking advantage of the trust the cat placed in him. This cat has one week old kittens! @jswsteel will you take action on him?

[Anish Gawande @anishgawande]

Firecrackers are not a part of ancient Hindu culture. That does not mean they have not, over time, become a part of traditions around Diwali.

I grew up bursting firecrackers and enjoyed them thoroughly. I hope for a future where younger generations can also find some of that joy.

At the same time, my father grew up eating six modak a day during Ganpati. He now has diabetes because, unlike his grandfather, he is not compensating by toiling in the fields.

Traditions evolve. They change with time. Bursting firecrackers is not inherently terrible - but bursting sutli bombs and kilometre-long ladis (for Diwali or Eid, in case the keyboard warriors come at this post in the comment) is simply illogical.

The air we breathe is so toxic that children around us are growing up with stunted lungs. We have become so numb to air pollution that we normalise 150 AQI in Mumbai by pointing to 500 AQI in Delhi. And, what’s worse, we make even this a Hindu-Muslim issue to avoid any accountability.

This Diwali, I hope for better sense to prevail - not just during festivals, but throughout the year. For polluting industries to be moved away from outskirts of cities. For construction sites to follow pollution norms. For the government to finally realise that they have been elected to govern, not just pass the buck.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

How dare our government allow Taliban foreign minister Amir Muttaqi to exclude women journalists & hold a ‘male-only’ news conference on Indian soil with full protocol? How dare @DrSJAishankar agree to this? & why did our emasculated spineless male journos remain in room?

[Tejal @Tejal_4]

Average festive celebrations nowadays. This is from the apartment btw. (10th floor) @ThaneCityPolice is there no decibel limit set?

[मुंबई पोलीस Mumbai Police @MumbaiPolice]

Your vehicle might be a rainy shelter for tiny paws, take a quick look before you hit the roads.

#PawsBeforeYouDrive
#RainCheckForStowaways

[Mumbai Rains @rushikesh_agre_]

With IMDs Alert and severe rains across Mumbai it is urgent that BMC declares a holiday for schools and colleges tomorrow. Student safety cannot be compromised. @mybmc #MumbaiRains

[Tejal @Tejal_4]

@NMMConline What about colleges?

[Sumanth Raman @sumanthraman]

Dogs don't have a vote, they also don't have money to pay off those who come after them. If they had either they wouldn't be at risk, rabies or no rabies. They are therefore an easy target.

BTW: A dog with rabies usually dies within a week or two. They are themselves also victims of rabies.
Vaccinate and Sterilize should be the plan. Not culling. #straydogs

[Tejal @Tejal_4]

@kshitijgaikar @aayeshavarma Why should animal lovers vaccinate? The government is supposed to vaccinate and sterilise from tax money paid by you and me. Where did the money go?

[Anish Gawande @anishgawande]

The Supreme Court order on stray dogs in Delhi is nothing but a death sentence for every single stray on every single street in the national capital - and each one of us needs to raise our voice against it to #SaveDelhiDogs.

Listen, I’m not some animal rights activist. I think every single stray dog needs to be vaccinated, sterilised, and released into safe surroundings. Those who bite humans should be rehabilitated or put into a shelter.

But how on EARTH and WHY are you putting EVERY SINGLE STREET DOG in Delhi in a shelter?

Pehle toh aapke paas shelter nahi hai, aur order implement ABHI honi hai. What is the government doing? Releasing them into the forest! Into the ridge! How the hell will they survive?

What is worse, they have absurd rules - you cannot adopt any dog that has been put into a shelter. So what will a puppy who has been picked up from the street today do? Live the rest of his life in a sarkari prison?

The Supreme Court is correct to worry about a rise in rabies cases. But the solution is not this ABSURD, IMPRACTICAL, and INHUMAN plan to throw all our street dogs into poorly managed, poorly built shelters in the middle of nowhere.

GLOBAL examples have shown that there is only ONE solution to this problem: vaccinate, sterilise, and release. Why does the government not want to follow SUPREME COURT RULINGS directing the MCD to carry out sterilisation drives?

With all due respect to the Supreme Court, today’s verdict is not based in legal precedent nor in common sense or scientific fact. Aur toh aur, it goes against laws put in place by Parliament because of leaders like @Manekagandhibjp ji. This is a classic case of judicial overreach by a judiciary that has forgotten that it cannot invent the law.

Finally, baat rahi of long term solutions. Most strays were once pets bought from sasta breeders who don’t care about animals.

What happens when the dog that Dimple Aunty bought for her son’s birthday is thrown onto the streets one year later? When he mates with another dog abandoned by another careless owner and has kids on the street?

How many dogs will you keep transferring to these shelters - and for how long?

Look at the condition of the gaushalas constructed by this government. Look at the failed policy of trying to send monkeys to shelters. Jo gay ko sambhal nahi paaye, jo Dilli mein bandaron ki samasya ka hal dhoondh nahi sake, woh kutton ki kya izzat karenge?

MCD ki incompetence ki keemat hamare strays kyun bhare? @gupta_rekha ji, reconsider your decision. You still have time. We can work together to ensure Delhi’s streets are safe for dogs AND humans.

[Tejal @Tejal_4]

@ShivamVahia Dog population is booming because the govt hasn't sterilised and vaccinated them on time. You should ask where did the sterilisation money go to the authorities. 'If you are animal lover, take them home' is plain stupid.

[Payal Bhayana 🇮🇳 @payalbhayana]

*Amazing, isn’t it?*

1.) No helmet… Fine ₹1,000/-
2.) Parking in a no-parking zone… Fine ₹3,000/-
3.) No insurance… Fine ₹1,000/-
4.) Drunk driving… Fine ₹10,000/-
5.) Driving in a no-entry zone… Fine ₹5,000/-
6.) Talking on a mobile phone while driving… Fine ₹2,000/-
6.) No pollution certificate… Fine ₹1,100/-
7.) Triple-seat riding… Fine ₹2,000/-

*But :*

1.) Malfunctioning traffic signals… No one is responsible!
2.) Potholes on the road… No one is responsible!
3.) Encroached footpaths… No one is responsible!
4.) No street lighting… No one is responsible!
5.) Garbage strewn all over the streets… No one is responsible!
6.) No streetlight poles on the roads… No one is responsible!
7.) Roads dug up and left unrepaired… No one is responsible!
8.) If you fall into a pothole and get injured… No one is responsible!
9.) If stray cows or animals collide with your vehicle or a dog bites you… No one is responsible!
10.) Sewage flowing all over the road… No one is responsible!

It feels like the public is the only criminal, and only they are liable to pay fines. The administration, the municipal corporation, and the government; none of them are ever held responsible.

No rules apply to them. They are never accountable for any negligence.
Shouldn’t they be held responsible too???

Citizens must work hard, endure suffering, pay taxes, pay fines, fill the government’s coffers, and then vote them back into power!

I request everyone to share this as widely as possible, so that even those who made these rules become aware of this truth.

Mera Bharat *Mahaan*

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