Watched Video of Narendra Modi talking with Trump. Ignore the fact that he was reading from paper some basic question. He is incapable of speaking without Teleprompter. But why was he starting every line with “Excellency”. Isn’t Mr President the norm even though he was pleading
Of all the weird things Trump said, it is most surprising PM/MEA didn't push back on this- when in recent past has India needed US to come to its defence in conflict? It is offensive of US President to suggest even in jest- esp as a personal favour to an individual,not the country.
एक तो इस बूढ़े को यहां अकेले फ्रेम में रहने की इतनी आदत पड़ चुकी है कि बाहर कहीं जाता है तो ग्रुप में अजीब सा बिहेव करता है। ऐसा लगता है जैसे किसी के दादा जी स्टेशन पर पानी का प्याऊ ढूंढ रहे हैं।
स्टाइल देख रहे हो फोटो में...जैसे कि डॉन विट्टो कोरलियॉन न्यूयॉर्क फाइव फैमिलीज की मीटिंग ले रहा है।
लेकिन अगर मीटिंग का ऑडियो आता तो पता चलता कि ट्रंप को गठिया बाई से बचने के लिए दाल चीनी वाला पानी उबाल कर पीने की सलाह दी जा रही है।
For decades, UP carried the baggage of being called a BIMARU state. Whenever people spoke about poor law and order, weak infra, migration, broken roads, delayed projects, or lack of investment, UP was usually part of that conversation.
Today, whether one supports Yogi Adityanath or not, the difference between pre-2017 and post-2017 Uttar Pradesh is difficult to deny.
The state that once struggled with connectivity is now covered with expressways. Places that felt disconnected from the rest of the country are now linked through highways, airports, freight corridors, and industrial projects. Cities that were known mainly for their problems are now competing for investments, tourism, and business opportunities.
The biggest change, however, isn't concrete, asphalt, or glass buildings. It's perception.
Investors who once avoided UP now see opportunity. Tourists who never considered visiting are planning trips. Religious destinations that were neglected for decades have become global attractions. Young people who once saw migration as the only option are beginning to see opportunities closer to home.
What makes the transformation noteworthy is that it isn't limited to Lucknow or Noida. The focus has also reached regions like Purvanchal and Bundelkhand, areas that were historically left behind in the development conversation.
No state is perfect. UP still has challenges. Every large state does. But there is a reason why discussions about governance, infrastructure, investment, and administrative execution increasingly use Uttar Pradesh as an example.
A state once mocked as a symbol of India's problems is now increasingly being discussed as part of India's solution. That's a turnaround few would have predicted a decade ago.
Dear Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji,
My letter will reach you shortly. However, I thought it was important to draw your attention to this matter early.
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Firstly, congratulations to the RSS on completing 100 years.
An organisation that claims over 60,000 shakhas and crores of swayamsevaks must also uphold transparency and constitutional accountability.
As per RSS’ highest and most important decision making body Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha’s 2025–26 Karnataka report, the RSS has 4,127 daily shakhas, 1,389 weekly milans, 60 monthly mandalis, 2,194 Samajotsavas with 19.61 lakh participants and held 562 route marches with 2.21 lakh uniformed participants in the state.
With such scale and influence, the RSS must clarify its legal status, registration, office bearers, funding, expenditure, taxation and permissions for public activities.
If citizens, labour, NGOs, trusts, temples and companies are expected to register, disclose and comply with the law, why should the RSS remain exempt?
In its centenary year, the RSS must responsibly abide by the Constitution and register, disclose, pay applicable taxes and function transparently within the Constitution.
As suggested in my letter, I am looking forward to hearing from @RSSorg soon.
@DrMohanBhagwat@RSSorg
“If voted in, we’ll make ethanol optional for 10 years, rejig testing paradigm, restore NCERT text on judicial corruption, go after corrupt babus and netas hammer and tongs.”
Although a lot more is the need of the day but simply add these four to your slate and spell them out loud and clear in every speech.
Am no political expert, @RahulGandhi, but strongly suspect this will earn you plenty more votes than waving that stupid red book ever had.
Just those four.
But no, you people have to pick the most irrelevant of issues and take the most counterproductive of stance on them, and then blame people for not handing you the mandate on a platter.
For once, be a serious opposition, man. Learn from your own father!
Let me summarise this for you...
This is the picture:
-A religiously-motivated, unfalsifiable premise;
-A dedicated funding line that could only ever reward positive outcomes and pre-planned confirmation;
-So-called published "science" sitting at the bottom of the evidence hierarchy with no translational pathway built or even planned;
-A sponsoring ministry that won't show its books; and
-An opportunity cost measured against every competitively-reviewed proposal in real Indian science that didn't get that Rs 98 crore.
Ultimately some compounds we already knew were in animal urine got identified.
Nothing that matters to a person or a society evolved from this colossal wastage of public funds.
BJP leaders and the Chief Minister can give all the sanctimonious lectures they want to but the fact remains that the sleazy and slanderous posts on Aditi Yadav was done by BJP supporters and only because @yadavakhilesh raised the Ram Mandir theft issue…
ये बूढ़ा बेशक अनपढ़ है, लेकिन तजुर्बे में PhD है। ये अच्छे से समझता है कि पिछली सरकार का पतन भी तभी शुरू हुआ जब मंत्रियों के इस्तीफे लिए गए, उनकी CBI जाँच की गई।
इस्तीफा लेना मतलब गलती को स्वीकार करना। फिर पब्लिक को ऐसी लत लग जाती है कि एक के बाद के इस्तीफे माँगती है। और फिर एक दिन खुद का ही लवणेन भोज्यम हो जाता है।
इसलिए इस्तीफा माँगने वालों का मजाक उड़ाओ, इग्नोर करो, आगे बढ़ो, फिर किसी नए मुद्दे में उलझा दो, 2047 का सपना दिखा दो।
अयोध्या राम मंदिर सनातनियों की आस्था का केंद्र बन रहा है। इसलिए कुछ असुर प्रवृत्ति के लोगों के पेट में मरोड़ उठ रही है।
लाखों श्रद्वालु आते है, कई सौ करोड़ का दान और चढ़ावा आता है। उसमें से चंपत और उनकी टीम ने व्यक्तिगत खर्चे के लिए 5-7 करोड़ की चपत लगा दी तो कौनसा बड़ा पाप हो गया। प्रभु की सेवा भी तो कर रहे हैं, थोड़ा सा मेवा तो बनता है।
I hope that everyone is aware by now that all such events happen at public expenses.
Those dancers are booked through some company and have to be paid(They didn't come on their own to welcome the joker as the post claims). The hall is booked at a substantial cost for all this drama. The cameraman too.
One of the basic rules of leadership is leading by example. So what happened to austerity push and difficult times? Sab theek ho gaya kya?
#justasking
The disgustingly sleazy and slanderous posts targeting Aditi Yadav are a grim reminder of how women are often treated when they dare to question those in power. The objective is not merely character assassination- it is intimidation. The message is clear- question the government and the abuse will not stop with you. Your daughters, sisters and families will be dragged into it as well.
The attacks on Aditi began not because of anything she did, but because her father, the Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh raised questions about the Ram Mandir donation issue. Soon after a well funded ecosystem of trolls swung into action. The goal was obvious. Shift attention away from the allegations and make an example of anyone who dares to seek accountability.
That is why the sanctimonious speeches and performative outrage from BJP leaders ring hollow. You cannot spend years nurturing and rewarding a troll ecosystem and then pretend to be shocked by its conduct. The Frankensteins were created, encouraged and empowered by them. What we are witnessing today is not an aberration but the inevitable consequence of a political culture that treats harassment as a legitimate response to scrutiny.
Indians are blaming Infy/Murthy/Nandan for a lack of home-grown LLM. But that blame is misplaced. Infy/Murthy/Nandan could never start an AI company. They had money and they could have fund something. But that again, is their money and why should they risk it?
The real culprit here is Amitabh Kant and other IAS like him. These are the people, why I left India and started two companies in the US. These are the people, why much of Indian talent left to work for US based companies. And these folks did well.
Let's say the government gives me $10B and ask me to set up an AI lab in India. Am I qualified to do it? YES. Will I do it? HELL NO
And you would ask why? Some would say that I have a cozy life in the US. Some would say, I have deep connection in the US, including family. All of that is correct but does not pin point the reason why I wont start a company in India.
The real reason is Babu. Unlike, many In India who think competing for 1000 seats using some bullshit essay writing contest makes Babu some wizard, I have not come across one, I will hire as an analyst. Under no circumstance, I am gonna report to a babu (Happy report to Dharmendra Pradhan or Smriti Irani though). Also, under no circumstances, I will accept a position where I am unable to fire and put an IAS in jail if they reported to me and indulged in some corruption.
Till this babu problem is fixed, no NRI would come to India. If I were the CIA or CCP, trying to ensure that India does not gain AI independence, I would make every effort to protect Babu fiefdom.
MEA needs a less clichéd and more serious script for the PM's visits abroad, one where he engages with his hosts on substantive issues, rather than his own accompanying troupe and Indians settled abroad.
Why is our External Affairs Ministry speaking to US Embassy in New Delhi? PM Modi, if he has a backbone, should instead call up US President and protest, and circulate what he told him. However, I know why Modi won’t.