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BJP Shehzad Poonawalla: "That's all I need."
What followed was a rapid-fire masterclass that left the audience listening closely till the very end.
Superb. Excellent. Extraordinary. 🔥👏
Watch before forming an opinion.
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@SadaaShree Sirjee, I would request you to watch 1936 Sant Tukaram movie by Prabhat films. Also, Sant Dnyaneshwar by them from 1940. Both available on Youtube. Even today's Marathi films are not able to create special effects like shown in those!
Why is the West not curious on the great Indian 🇮🇳 civilization?
This week Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Norway. The government rolled out the red carpet. King Harald invited for lunch. All bigwigs of Norwegian business turned up. This is of course as it should be at such a historic visit.
Rather different was media. No curiosity, no real attempt to understand India. When the third most powerful man in the world visits Norway, you may expect some real interest? An attempt to understand the world’s third largest economy, a global green leader, one of the world’s brightest civilizations??
It’s not that Norway is overrun with visit at this level. Last Indian top visit was Indira Gandhi in 1983. Last Chinese president visit was 1996, last American president was 2009.
Here are some taste bits from Norwegian media:
* Aftenposten the largest newspaper printed a caricature of Modi as a snake charmer, many found it racist and derogatory. The accompanying article (written by an otherwise brilliant journalist) described Modi as a “slightly annoying man” and simply showcased that India is not high on the papers reading lists.
* Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), the state broadcaster, explained “why prime minister Støre is clearing his desk to receive Modi”. From everyone outside Norway I got exactly the opposite question: Why did Modi use his valuable time in such a small and insignificant place?
* Dagsavisen, a left of center daily, sent a young journalist to throw questions after Modi - claiming that India is 157 on a global democracy ranking. When a ranking is so contrary to common sense - why doesnt she ask those who created the ranking why they spread such nonsense?
I am not aware of one Norwegian journalist closely following India. NOT ONE! How can the public learn more?
Unless you believe democracy only fits a handful of small, homogenous, ultra rich western nations, India is the miracle of democracy. The large, complex, lingustically and religiously diverse nation with many poor people - which has etablished a vibrant democracy and is much less violent than Europe or America.
India can in fact make a claim to be the worlds most homegrown and impressive democracy.
We are entering the Asian century. Unless we Europeans become more curious - to civiliazation, history, politics and economy in the Global South - we will become the big losers of history.
Two requests-
1. HM .@AmitShah Ji, pls provide him 24*7 Security. Bharat needs more like him.
2. @RahulGandhi , @yadavakhilesh & @MamataOfficial , pls stay away from this video. U won't be able to watch this.
#ÚLTIMAHORA VLADIMIR PUTIN 🇷🇺
¡Rusia nunca ha sido y nunca será su enemigo!
No queremos materias primas y riquezas europeas, tenemos nuestras propias materias primas y riquezas, no necesitamos en absoluto sus materias primas. Rusia es el país más rico del mundo en términos de materias primas.
No queremos su tierra ni su territorio. Miren qué amplia es Rusia en el mapa. Rusia es el doble del tamaño de toda Europa en un solo lugar. ¿Para qué necesitaríamos su tierra, qué hacemos con ella?
¿Por qué creen que Rusia es enemiga de Europa?
¿Qué daño les ha hecho Rusia?
¿Les hemos vendido gas y materias primas a precios más bajos que los precios a los que sus "amigos" les venden actualmente? SÍ
¿Rusia sacrificó a 20 millones de personas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial para deshacerse de los nazis? SÍ
¿Fue Rusia el primer país que ayudó a Europa durante la pandemia de COVID? SÍ
¿Ayudamos a Europa cuando hubo incendios y desastres naturales? SÍ
¿Qué les ha hecho Rusia que la odian tanto?
Rusia no es vuestro enemigo; vuestros verdaderos enemigos son vuestros dirigentes, aquellos que os dirigen".
Vladimir Putin dixit..
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In defense of Indian 🇮🇳 democracy!
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi most successful visit to Norway a minor incident happened. A Norwegian journalist demanded that the prime minister starts holding press conferences. She claimed that Indian democracy is in bad shape.
May be its time to pause? May be its time to be a bit curious to the world’s largest democracy?
Two weeks ago five Indian states and territories held elections. The turn out in the battlefield state of West Bengal was 94%. In the last local election in Norway it was 62%, in many European local elections turn out is below 50%. Can voting in massive numbers be a signal Indians trust their democratic process?
In the same election BJP won big in Assam and West Bengal. It lost even bigger in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Can this diversity be a signal that Indian democracy is reflecting the will of the people?
The journalist referred to a democracy ranking putting India at 157 in the world, behind many dictatorships and deeply troubled states. When a ranking is so obviously contrary to common sense, why not ask critical questions to those making the ranking rather than demand that leaders shall comment on nonsense? I recommend Salvatore Babones book “Dharma democracy”. The book debunks convincingly the flawed methodology of these rankings.
It was referred to a ranking claiming it’s very dangerous to be a journalist in India. Reality is that it is more dangerous to be journalist in the US and far more dangerous in the vast majority of other nations in the world.
Let’s be real. India is not perfect. Of course there are incidents. India has a population the size of North America, South America and Europe combined. But India is much more peaceful than Europe or the Americas. That’s remarkable - given the ethnic, language and religious diversity of India and the many development challenges.
Unless we consider democracy a form of government only suited for some very small, peaceful and homogeneous Western European nations, may be we should commend Indian democracy?
India is the only major former UK colony which became and has remained a democracy. Its sometimes claimed that the Brits taught India democracy. If that was the case why isn’t Myanmar or Pakistan or the Gulf kingdoms democracies??? Reality is that Indian democracy is both homegrown and extraordinary successful.
Respected @ShashiTharoor Sir,
How many Hindu MLAs & MPs have been elected from Muslim & Christian Majority Constituencies?
Just asking in the interest of Secularism
@ShashiTharoor So the Christians elected a Muslim and the Muslims elected a Christian
Also the Hindus elected a Muslim
But nowhere did the Muslims or the Christians elected a Hindu
#KeralaStory indeed
The surge of relief and elation among Bengalis following Mamata’s ouster mirrors the scenes that unfold after an Arab dictator is toppled, and reveals just how bankrupt our democratic institutions have become, allowing dictators to thrive under the cover of democracy.
My views:
Fast tracked public trials in West Bengal.
There must be fast tracked public trials so that these atrocities, shown in this video 👇, are never repeated in India.
Mamata Banerjee has never been a Didi to Bengali Hindu women; she and her much vaunted largest contingent of female MPs were silent collaborators in the rape and humiliation of Hindu women in Bengal by a Muslim mafia of sexual predators whose backs they rode on to come to power.
Their formula was aptly put by a collaborator journalist in a shameful column in 2024, where that former bureau chief known as part of the 'white elephant caucus' of a TV channel wrote: "sexual malfeasance is not a conversation point in Bengal".
And Didi's formula was simple:
free rein to the rampaging Trinamool Congress Mafia who consolidated the Muslim vote behind them and intimated the Hindu voter by tape and violence which was unchecked by a police force that became part of the sinister triad that ruled Bengal for 15 years.
Never Again Modi ji ❤️🫠
Seeing you happy and smiling makes us also happy. So please keep smiling Modi ji , we love you ❤️
After that day millions of people made a promise will never see him again sad and emotional. He deserves much much better.