Man Duke

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[Man Duke @_manduke_]

@shyamsek My fav from #Bharathiyar
விசையுறு பந்தினைப் போல் உள்ளம்
வேண்டிய படிசெலும் உடல் கேட்டேன்
நசையறு மனங்கேட்டேன் நித்தம்
நவமெனச் சுடர்தரும் உயிர்கேட்டேன்
தசையினைத் தீச்சுடினும் சிவ
சக்தியைப் பாடுநல் லகங்கேட்டேன்
அசைவறு மதிகேட்டேன் இவை
அருள்வதில் உனக்கெதுந் தடையுளதோ?
#Mahakavi

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[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

Kargil Vijay Diwas
I extend my tribute to all the brave officers and jawans of the Indian forces for their exemplary courage, sacrifice and victory in protecting our nation.

Also today on this day, I fondly remember my friend late Col. Sonam Wangchuk MVC, his bravery shall continue to inspire generations to come.

[Major D P Singh @MajDPSingh]

Vijay Diwas 🇮🇳

27 yrs of Op Vijay victory.

527 lost life
1363 got injured in the service of the Nation.

Q is ...
How many of them are actually known to us?
What are the challenges they may be facing now?

Fact is, hardly a few.

Happy Vijay Diwas 🇮🇳

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

VISITED RAJGHAT…
before going home.
Thank you Bapu, for the path you showed…
We just learnt that it remains as relevant today as 100 years ago.

No copyright, may share freely

[Man Duke @_manduke_]

@INCIndia You need to normalize your table and keep attendance as a single column with values as present / absent !

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

Before you rush to criticise @Wangchuk66, first pause to earn the ethos of fasting for 26 days for a cause larger than yourself.
He lies in the ICU today, having lost 11 kg, including muscle mass, because he chose sacrifice over comfort. The least we can offer him is a day of compassion before burdening him with our own expectations and political calculations.
Not everyone is qualified to judge a life of selfless service. One must first earn the moral stature to do so.
Please..Have a heart.

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

AFTER 26 DAYS OF HUNGER DO I NEED TO PROVE MY SINCERITY !!!
Do please watch and help spread the word. Find the full 22 minutes video on my YouTube Channel: Sonam Wangchuk

[Man Duke @_manduke_]

@SridharanAnand The "unemployable malcontents" aren't looking for your or my support. This same arrogant dismissal of them as cockroaches is what ignited them. Go on with your abuses, thats their fuel.

[Man Duke @_manduke_]

@CNBCTV18News @Iamsamirarora @_prashantnair Sounding wise with words. Market uncertainty comes with business uncertainty, both are not independent of each other!! Whether its a trap or opportunity, will get resolved over time. Until then, people can only have opinions and bet on each side based on their conviction!

[Jarshad NK @jarshadnk]

Sachin Tendulkar has finally spoken on the student protests, and I had to read his note twice: once as a fan and once as an editor. The fan was disappointed, but the editor realised that this was a textbook specimen of the kind of writing that George Orwell warned about in his essay “Politics and the English Language”.

The essay was written in 1946, but it might well have been written yesterday about this very statement. Orwell’s point was that when people want to hide something, they stop using plain words and reach instead for the passive voice, for fog, for phrases that sound like they mean something while meaning nothing at all.

Consider the line, where students are disappointed that “their hard work hasn’t been rewarded”. Rewarded by whom, and denied by whom? There was a paper leak, which means somebody leaked it, some institution failed to prevent it, and an official presides over that institution. Yet none of them appears in the statement, and neither does the leak itself. A crime with identifiable custodians has been turned into something that simply happened to lakhs of children through nobody's fault.

Then comes the list of those who must set things right: parents, teachers, friends, relatives, schools and administrators. If you read that list again slowly, you will notice it covers everyone in India except the people the students are actually protesting against, which is to say the NTA, the education ministry and the government. When everyone is responsible, nobody is, and that is not an accident of drafting. It was engineered to deflect blame.

There is also a quiet sentence buried in the middle. “A society which prioritises outcomes over effort will seek shortcuts over meritocracy” is a line about those who take shortcuts, meaning the cheat. So a note on protests around paper leaks ends up gently lecturing the leaked-upon about honesty. His father’s lovely lesson—that failure is okay but cheating is not—is again aimed squarely at individuals, while the scandal and protests right now are about institutions that failed them.

The rest of the statement is what Orwell called ready-made strips of words, glued together. Full of dreams and energy, fuel to our success, safeguard their aspirations. Nobody can disagree with any of it, which is precisely the point, for this is prose engineered so that no one in power will find a single sentence to object to.

What an actual position would have looked like is a single sentence in the active voice: The government must find and punish those who leaked the paper, and fix the system that allowed it. He wrote 160+ words to avoid writing that one.

Here’s Orwell’s full essay for those interested:
https://t.co/VlPoJdOcDG

[Mr Sharma @sharma_views]

ASHUTOSH RANKA TAKES THE BAIT AND BREAKS IT 🔥

REPORTER: Why only Sonam Wangchuk fasting? Why not CJP too?

RANKA 🎯: Ridiculous question. Abhijeet, Saurav and I wanted to fast too. Sonam sir stopped us: “Then who will run the protest?” Media, stage, security, mobilisation. Someone has to keep it alive.

REPORTER: But...

RANKA 🔥: Ask why the govt has not met even one fasting student. Ask why Pradhan is still protected when even BJP voters want accountability.

REPORTER: Manoj Tiwari commented...

RANKA 😂: Stop. We are talking education. Don’t drag “Rinkiya ke Papa” here and lower the conversation.

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

As Sonam Wangchuk breaks his fast (full video below), all eyes on tomorrow’s Cabinet meet at 1PM, where the PM says stricter actions will be decided.

[Prashant Suman @prashanth_19_]

Hats off to the advocate ⚖️

#CJPMovement #CJPPprotest

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

VIDEO | Reacting to the extension of Delhi Police's preventive detention powers under the National Security Act (NSA) till October 18, CJP spokesperson Saurav Das says, "NSA should be invoked against police personnel for violence against peaceful protesters."

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)

[Danish Sait @DanishSait]

Apartment problems 🥴

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT
regarding breaking my fast…
Once the assurance from govt come I will also appeal to the peacefully protesting students to halt the movement for now and enter into dialogue with the government

[Man Duke @_manduke_]

Iron hand is being smelted. What's needed are functional ears, empathetic heart and real actions without empty promises!!

[S Gurumurthy @sgurumurthy]

CJP is a fake cover for anarchists. It is not spontaneous. 20 days there was nothing happening. it is only on the opening of parliament that political crowds joined. It is preplaned and organised. It should be crushed with iron hand.
https://t.co/OwiNDjPZ40

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

मोदी जी, अहंकार छोड़िए।
छात्रों की गूंज सुनिए, उनकी 3 मांगें पूरी कीजिए।

- नाकाम शिक्षा मंत्री धर्मेंद्र प्रधान से तत्काल इस्तीफा लीजिए।
- छात्रों पर बर्बरता करने वाले गुनहगारों की जवाबदेही तय कीजिए।
- छात्रों के साथ हुए हर अन्याय के लिए उनसे माफ़ी मांगिए।

मैं, कांग्रेस पार्टी और पूरा विपक्ष छात्रों और उनकी इन मांगों के साथ मजबूती से खड़े हैं।

[Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats]

The NEET issue is not just about an exam paper leaking. It is a leak of trust, a leak of patience, a leak of restraint, and its way to becoming a leak of faith in the system. My (serious) take.

[Amock_ @Amockx2022]

"People say i was the silent Prime Minister but i was never afraid of Press Conferences. History will be kinder to me"

🗣️ : Dr Manmohan Singh, 2014

This man was hated way more than he ever deserved. Everyone will agree now 🫡