Yashwant Deshmukh 🇮🇳

#BornBanarasi #ElectionNerd #BroadcastNeanderthal #SanghiNaxellite #DotingBabaOfPihuAndBabu.

[Yashwant Deshmukh 🇮🇳 @YRDeshmukh]

Just give 2 mins 20 secs today to watch this. If it doesn’t affect you, it’s ok. But if it does, then do something about it. Anytime is the right time to do the right thing.

#UdayFightsHunger

@vijayshekhar @rahulverma08 @paytm @udayfoundation

https://t.co/XplZ9JI6aD

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

Such a wholesome moment 🫶🥹

Limbless archer Payal Nag signing an autograph for one of her fans at the World Para Series 2026. ❤️

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

🎥 PROOF FOR THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN!

Thankfully match was broadcasted live, or our neighbours would have claimed victory here!

🇮🇳 INDIA 19-0 PAKISTAN 🇵🇰

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

🚨 JAPAN HIT BY SEVERE FLOODING! 🌊

Nagoya has recorded 104mm of rain in just one hour, with Japan issuing its highest-level rain warning as parts of the city face severe flooding.

Nagoya is host city for the ASIAN GAMES 2026 from September 19

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

🚨 HUGE RESULT FOR INDIAN VOLLEYBALL!

Indian Team has stormed into the QF for Asian Men’s Volleyball Continental C’ship.

🇮🇳 India defeated New Zealand 🇳🇿 3-0

WELL DONE BOYS, LET’S GOOO!!!! 🙌

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

SHEETAL DEVI IS THE CHAMPION OF WORLD PARA ARCHERY SERIES 2026! 🥇

- Defeated Kazakhstan's Aizada Seidan in the thrilling final by 10-9 in a shoot-off.

WELL DONE CHAMP! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Marcus Mergulhao @MarcusMergulhao]

22 out of 23 players selected in India's AFC U-20 Asian Cup 2027 qualifying squad featured in the Reliance Foundation Development League 2025-26.

60% of India's U-20 squad came from Bengaluru FC and Punjab FC, both part of the exposure tour to Japan.

Players had an average of 12.5 matches in RFDL.

[Aravind @aravind]

BAPS has messed up in France. They have given ammo to anti-India forces operating across Europe spreading hate against Hindus & India. French media is full of this issue (read the issue in comments below).

They have hurt their own reputation and now they are being linked to India, Hindus, and Modi (as he inaugurated them) to destroy their reputations as being anti-women & patriarchal.

There are many Christian institutions in Europe that are exclusively male. But they do not go to a public place and ask women not be present to create a controversy. Even though if they did that there would be little controversy like this.

When you know you are being targeted by some forces, you need to be a lot more careful and sensitive. How difficult is this? The fault lies with the tower operator too but BAPS is the one that made the request.

It is important the BAPS leaders in France and Worldwide give proper public statements, appear in media widely, dispel the myths and propaganda being generated.

@MEAIndia @IndiaembFrance must issue statements and reach out to French media widely to say BAPS request and the tower operator's decision had nothing to do with India. And "India always stands for inclusivity and women participation as a country and civilization."

But, unfortunately, it is likely we won't see such media outreach and counter correcting the issue as everyone will imagine the problem will go away with time. I hope I'm wrong.

[Rashmi Samant @RashmiDVS]

I have been thinking about the recent visit of BAPS Swaminarayan monks to the Eiffel Tower, and it brought back an experience of my own that I have never quite known how to articulate.

Some time ago, I was staying at an accommodation where Swaminarayan monks were also living next door. They followed a practice of not “seeing” women, which meant that, at certain hours, I could not access some common areas.

My first reaction was indignation. I remember thinking: Is this not exactly why women have to try twice as hard to be considered half as good? As someone who has always been outward-looking and travelled extensively, I was even tempted to write an X thread about how such seemingly regressive practices could thrive in the 21st century.

And then something unexpected happened.

The monks cooked their own food — simple, beautiful sattvic meals. Their sahayaks began leaving breakfast, lunch and dinner for me too, checking whether I needed more or less. Once, in passing, I mentioned that I particularly liked one of the desserts. Somehow, that comment reached the monks, and they began making extra desserts because they had heard that I loved them. The day I left, they even packed me a meal for the road.

The care was difficult to explain. It was quiet and completely unselfconscious — simply an attentiveness to whether I had eaten, whether I needed something, whether I was comfortable.

My initial irritation slowly transformed into a feeling I have experienced very few places outside my own home: the feeling of being cared for almost as one is cared for by one's parents.

It made me question my own assumptions.

Sometimes, a practice that appears exclusionary to us may have a very different meaning within the spiritual framework of those who follow it. That does not mean every practice is beyond scrutiny. If women are asked to temporarily leave a space when Swamis visit, it is entirely legitimate to ask why, whether they have a choice, whether they feel humiliated, and whether anyone is actually being harmed.

But perhaps we should investigate such questions without deciding the answer beforehand.

There is, however, another responsibility — particularly when such traditions travel abroad.

Practices that have evolved within a specific cultural and spiritual context can lose not merely perspective, but context itself, when transplanted into another society. In Bharat, someone may understand a monk's practice through familiarity with its traditions, vocabulary, discipline and philosophy of renunciation. In Paris, London or New York, someone encountering it for the first time may have none of that context.

What is understood internally as spiritual discipline can therefore appear externally as discrimination or humiliation.

This is something BAPS must be conscious of. When traditions enter public spaces abroad, intentions alone are not enough. The host society encounters the action, not the internal reasoning behind it. There is therefore a responsibility to explain, contextualise and, where appropriate, adapt how such practices are conducted in shared public spaces.

That does not mean abandoning religious beliefs.

It means recognising that religious freedom and cultural sensitivity must travel together.

My experience taught me not to judge unfamiliar traditions solely by their outward appearance. But it also taught me that those who carry traditions across cultures have an equal responsibility to ensure that unfamiliarity does not become needless offence.

We should be able to hold both truths at once: traditions deserve scrutiny, women deserve dignity, and unfamiliar practices deserve understanding before condemnation.

[Manas Muduli @manas_muduli]

Five rare orangutans have been spotted in Bhogarai, Baleshwar, Odisha.

The Forest Dept says orangutans are not native to India and are rarely found here, raising suspicion of possible international animal smuggling.

A team from Nandankanan Zoological Park is on its way to rescue and retrieve the animals.

A bizarre and serious wildlife case.

[Yashwant Deshmukh 🇮🇳 @YRDeshmukh]

@ShefVaidya My fondest of childhood memories are with Parijat. Had two of the big one in Banaras home. As a toddler, every morning, I was given a task to collect them for Puja by elders.. it used to look like white carpet early morning. And the smell, takes me right back to those days..

[Bill Drexel @bill_drexel]

The @RSSorg 's increased interest in international engagement—including through public events abroad—should be welcomed by anyone hoping for more productive U.S.-India relations. My latest for @WSJopinion today

[Raaggiri रागगीरी @Raaggiri]

इश्क़ मुझ को नहीं वहशत ही सही
मेरी वहशत तिरी शोहरत ही सही

हम भी दुश्मन तो नहीं हैं अपने
ग़ैर को तुझ से मोहब्बत ही सही

हम कोई तर्क-ए-वफ़ा करते हैं
न सही इश्क़ मुसीबत ही सही

यार से छेड़ चली जाए 'असद'
गर नहीं वस्ल तो हसरत ही सही

चित्रा सिंह की आवाज, जगजीत-चित्रा सिंह का संगीत, सीरियल- मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब

#Raaggiri
@YRDeshmukh @hvgoenka

[Yashwant Deshmukh 🇮🇳 @YRDeshmukh]

@ShekharGupta We have seen polls on this Shekhar ji. We did two rounds on this one. Was carried on prime time. 😊

[Gabbar @GabbbarSingh]

Humaare zamaane pe power cuts hote the, jisse padosi bahar aate hai, milte the, ek pyaar tha, ab power cut hote hi nahi, padosi jaante bhi nahi ek doosre ko ache se.

Similar argument:

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

Unusual sighting in an Odisha forest: 5 baby orangutans

"We have rescued 5 baby orangutans and brought them to the forest office. 4 of the 5 babies are healthy. Veterinary doctors are examining and treating them": Balasore Divisional Forest Officer Pratik Prakash Indalkar told The Indian Express

[Nishtha Gautam نشٹھا निष्ठा @TedhiLakeer]

Just in time for the Asian Games, former captain @imsardarsingh8 has wisdom to share on the two national hockey teams. Today's @htTweets Opinion page. https://t.co/sGV6sU0m5i

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

🚨 QUALIFIED FOR AFC U20 ASIAN CUP 2027

🇮🇳 INDIA - IN ✅
🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA - OUT ❌
🇶🇦 QATAR - OUT ❌

And the biggest shock?

🇦🇺 Australia were the defending champions from 2025, but have failed to qualify for the 2027 edition.

INDIA ARE BACK AFTER 20 YEARS! 🔥

[ONO Keiichi, Ambassador of Japan @JapanAmbIndia]

Finally, a full dip in the Ganges in Rishikesh—three times! 🙏

Over the Janmashtami weekend, surrounded by people carrying on centuries-old faith and traditions, I felt a profound spiritual connection, along with awe, humility, and gratitude.

A truly unforgettable moment 🇮🇳

[Raaggiri रागगीरी @Raaggiri]

साल 1958 यानी 68 साल बीत गए। फिल्म-अदालत।
राजेंद्र कृष्ण की कलम, मदन मोहन का संगीत और लता जी की गायकी ने इस गाने को अब भी तरोताज़ा रखा है- यूँ हसरतों के दाग़। मदन मोहन साहब के संगीत का ग़ज़लनुमा अंदाज़ अलग ही जादू बिखेरता था।
#Raaggiri
@YRDeshmukh @hvgoenka

[India_AllSports @India_AllSports]

Our girls Sutirtha Mukherjee & Syndrela Das on the medal podium after finishing Runner-up in Women's Doubles at WTT Contender Almaty

#TableTennis #WTTAlmaty