Sandhya

Writer. Communications. Car lover, crocheter, poetry. Legendary parking skills.

[Sajid Yousuf Shah @TheSkandar]

Today, I experienced something that left me deeply saddened.

After checking into a hotel in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, I was later (After an hour) asked to leave because of concerns linked to my Kashmiri identity.

The owner was courteous & candid. He acknowledged that the decision was unfair and hurtful, but said he was following instructions. I appreciated his honesty and left without any confrontation.

I am not sharing this to seek sympathy or assign blame. I share it because such moments remind us that while laws can unite a nation, trust and understanding take longer to build.

For decades, countless Kashmiris have worked to strengthen the bonds between Jammu & Kashmir and the rest of India. Most Indians have welcomed us with warmth and respect. Yet incidents like this show that stereotypes and apprehensions persist.

My faith in India and its people remains unshaken. I hope we continue moving toward a future where no citizen is judged by their region, faith, or identity, but by their character and conduct.

That is the India we must strive for.

Cc:- @PMOIndia @narendramodi @HMOIndia @AmitShah @CMOMaharashtra @Dev_Fadnavis @mieknathshinde @nitin_gadkari @maha_governor @DGPMaharashtra @DMAurangabadMH

[Prem Panicker @prempanicker]

I know he pays for your upkeep but seriously?

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Cornflowers' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Thank you President 🇸🇮.
Palestine is the moral compass of our time.
From Spain to Slovenia there is hope for Europe. A Europe that puts people above banks and markets, rights above profits, and respects int'l law regardless of political calculus.

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

Belted sweaters used to be everywhere. And then, suddenly, they weren't!

[Olga Tuleninova 🦋 @olgatuleninova]

Daniel Garber (American, 1880-1958)

"Day in June," 1937

oil on canvas

[Sandhya @TheRestlessQuil]

@vsirnate Yes, compromised.
Sonia Sikka and Harini Calamur both lost their accounts like this

[Blindinho @_Blindinho_]

Taniya dhan birthday celebrate pana nu cake laye potruke

[Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay @SanghamitraLIVE]

From a sea of vibrant blooms to a pile of rubble. Asia's largest flower market in Howrah was crushed by bulldozers today. A devastating loss for thousands.
Poriborton 👏

[Sandhya @TheRestlessQuil]

@_Blindinho_ Hahaha

[⚽️ Kyle Sheldon @kylesheldon]

Is this the best World Cup team photo of all time?

Bravo, Norway 🇳🇴⚔️

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

“Anti-national”. “Pakistani”. When you take on a powerful institution at 18, the trolls come for you. But @sidhant_sarthak has a system and it’s more clever than you would expect.

🔒 Catch him in conversation with @MnshaP: https://t.co/TpatgBk4CX

[Sandhya @TheRestlessQuil]

@LiveLawIndia I support Joshi

[Sandhya @TheRestlessQuil]

@Sabokbaar Beautiful

[سبکبار @Sabokbaar]

"Fame and Pegasus"

[Manu S Pillai @UnamPillai]

Search for "Pakistani Jews" and among the images that appear are these. Except these "Pakistani" Jews were Malayali immigrants--a Rabbi from Kochi who went to Karachi to serve in a synagogue, with his family. More (with English subtitles) on Kerala's Jews:
https://t.co/VqqzhFg3XR

[Sanjay Sipahimalani @SanSip]

“Never forget, all the dictatorships are the same. A night before they fall, everyone says: they are so solid, it’s impossible they can fall. Then they fall, and everyone asks: how could they have held for so long?”

- Marjane Satrapi, 2024

https://t.co/Nba12ZNGBC

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

early summer
a path scented
with green leaves

Basho

[Vijaita Singh @vijaita]

An enumerator from Rajasthan told The Hindu on condition of anonymity, “In the mobile app, if we enter that a household has a tin roof, we are asked by our superiors to change it to concrete. Are we supposed to lie? Similarly, if the house does not have a toilet and occupants are defecating in the open, we are told to check if there is a toilet nearby, even that of a neighbour or a relative, which they may be using occasionally or even a public urinal. Then the entry can be changed from ‘open defecation’ to having access to a toilet.”

[roqayah chamseddine @roqchams]

So far today, Israeli attacks on south Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley have included:

30 drone strikes
43 airstrikes
7 cases of artillery shelling