Alok

Take everything I say seriously. Please.

[Alok @alok3428]

Someone bought https://t.co/2YkyRaK9j7 to show what Sony did to him.

₹1,50,031 BRAVIA, dead in month 22 of a 3-year warranty. No dent, no crack. Sony said "external damage" from WhatsApp photos, showed no proof, then sent a ₹5 crore legal notice.

#SorryBravia @sony_india

[Mumbai Heritage @mumbaiheritage]

Pure magic.
Pause the video at the 2-second mark. At the exact moment Messi releases the pass, seven England players and the goalkeeper, all over 1.85m tall, are in line. Yet the ball arrives perfectly at the feet of the 1.74m Martínez, leaving him with the goal at his mercy. That’s vision only Messi possesses.
#FIFAWorldCup #Argentina

[vintage tipu sir_ 53.78_ @onetiponehand_]

What did Ajit Agarkar say to Surya Kumar Yadav before sacking him?

TATA SKY

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

We did it, together.

[Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः) @MisraNityanand]

Attack on Chief Justice: ❌
Insult of Chief Justice: ✅

Has angered every Indian: ❌
Has amused many Indians: ✅

Reprehensible act: ❌
Disrespectful act: ✅

Dear Prime Minister,

(1) It was not an ‘attack’, but an ‘insult’. Even the BBC knows this: “throwing a shoe at someone in public is seen as an act of disrespect and humiliation in India and many other countries”. While I do not support or condone the act, calling an ‘insulting act’ an ‘attack’ is hardly appropriate. An attack is a violent act, intended to cause hurt or physical harm to somebody. This was a non-violent act intended to insult the Chief Justice.

(2) You do not speak for every Indian, so please stop pretending to. Statements like “has angered every Indian” are meaningless. Going by reactions on social media, many Indians are amused that finally, the men used to hearing ‘My Lord’ and ‘Your Honour’ are finally being made to realise that they are accountable humans and not divine arbiters of justice. They are not above criticism and insult. As for me, I am neither angry nor amused. I am indifferent as to me, the incident is as insignificant as the 2009 incident of the journalist Jarnail Singh hurling a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram in a press conference.

(3) Again, the act was disrespectful, but not reprehensible. The Chief Justice openly mocked the deities of the majority community which was unnecessary, unbecoming, inappropriate, and disrespectful. Had anybody he similarly mocked the deity of the largest minority, something really reprehensible might have happened by now and the very same liberals who are rallying behind him would have been calling for his impeachment.

Why are you kowtowing to the judiciary, the most inefficient branch of the Government of India today with a pendency of more than 5.3 crore cases? You should have spoken with the Chief Justice when he made the unwelcome remarks about Hindu deities and asked him to be more careful in the future. Remember, it is the voters of the country and not the judges of the judiciary who elected you. Please get your priorities right.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I'm seeing quite a bit of comment about this, so I want to make a couple of points.

I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created. The idea is as ludicrous as me checking with the boss I had when I was twenty-one for what opinions I should hold these days.

Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology. Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them.

However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right - nay, obligation - to critique me and my views in public. Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created.

When you've known people since they were ten years old it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio. For the past few years, I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma specifically, most notably on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Ironically, I told the producers that I didn't want her to be hounded as the result of anything I said.

The television presenter in the attached clip highlights Emma's 'all witches' speech, and in truth, that was a turning point for me, but it had a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself. Emma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 'I'm so sorry for what you're going through' (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family's safety. Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness.

Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her 'public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison?

I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges.

The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me - a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was - I might never have been this honest.

Adults can't expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the former friend's love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public - but I have the same right, and I've finally decided to exercise it.

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

🚨 IT'S HISTORY GETTING CREATED FOLKS 🤯

INDIA'S ANANDKUMAR VELKUMAR IS THE WORLD SPEED SKATING CHAMPION 2025!🏆

He becomes First Ever India to win the GOLD Medal in 1000m Sprint at World C'ship 🏅

IT SHOULD BE HEADLINE OF INDIAN SPORT! 🇮🇳

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

#BREAKING PIL filed in #SupremeCourt challenging the Union Government's Ethanol Blending Program to mix 20% ethanol in petrol.

Petitioner says selling only #E20 petrol, without giving the option of Ethanol-free petrol, affects the fundamental rights of millions of vehicle owners, whose vehicles aren't compatible with E20.

Petitioner says that E20 petrol affects fuel efficiency and causes corrosion of vehicle components.

The implementation of the policy without giving opportunity to automobile makers to make their vehicles compliant with E20 is unreasonable and arbitrary.

Petitioner seeks a direction to sell E0 Petrol as well as clear labelling that petrol sold is E20.

[Tathvam-asi @tathvamasi6]

This is brilliant 🤩👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼 You will enjoy

[Astronomer @astronomerio]

Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.

[Narundar @NarundarM]

The roads aren’t bad, people are just getting stronger day by day.

[Punekar News @punekarnews]

Even moderate rain leaves 100s stranded in Hinjawadi Phase 3 as the only access road floods.

Residents of Melange, Kohinoor Coral, Fusion Tower forced to wade through water.
No drainage. No repairs. No response.

@supriya_sule @midc_india @OfficialPMRDA

Read the detailed news here: https://t.co/fRmn6C6lkK

#PuneRain #Bhoirwadi #Hinjawadi #CivicFailure #Waterlogging #PunekarNews

[Pune Pulse @pulse_pune]

Pathetic road conditions in Bhoirwadi, Hinjawadi Phase 3 today morning . Why no action even after residents meet the Maan Sarpanch and PMRDA officials ? Over 3,500 flat owners directly affected due to lack of Development Planning in one of the India's prime IT Park .

@OfficialPMRDA @MegapolisResdnt @HinjeIndsAssoc @BRAVE_Hinjawadi @HEART_PUNE
#Pune #Hinjawaditrafffic #HinjewadiITPark @FITEMaharashtra

[PMRDA @OfficialPMRDA]

हिंजवडीतील नागरी समस्या सोडवण्यासाठी ठोस पावले!

पीएमआरडीएचे महानगर आयुक्त डॉ. योगेश म्हसे यांच्या अध्यक्षतेखाली गत आठवड्यात झालेल्या बैठकीनंतर हिंजवडी फेज १, २ आणि ३ या परिसरातील पावसाळी पाण्याचा निचरा, रस्त्यांची दुरुस्ती आणि अन्य नागरी सुविधांच्या प्रश्नांवर तातडीने [1/6]

[Pilot Investor @pilotinvestor7]

Here’s why I’m not investing in Real Estate in India:

A viral thread about #Gurgaon housing prices recently got viral in India.

Someone earning 20 lakh rupees
annually - placing them in the top 5% of Indian earners -cannot afford even the most basic flat in the city.

[Alok @alok3428]

@UPPCLLKO @CMOfficeUP @EMofficeUP @aksharmaBharat @mduppcl अमेठी में बिजली कल सुबह से बाधित है और जनता परेशान है। कर्मचारियों का 72 घंटे की हड़ताल पर जाना इतनी भीषण गर्मी में बिल्कुल उचित नहीं है। पूरा बिल समय पर भुगतान कर के भी यह झेलना पड़ेगा तो जनता आगे कभी बिल नहीं भरेगी@aksharmaBharat @MVVNLHQ

[Kodaishutir Kochuri Karyakarta @BarkusMaximus]

agar guru dronacharya ne ‘ashwatthama maara gaya’ sunne par dukhi hone ke bajaye ‘grok is this real?’ puch liya hota toh unka vadh nahi hota

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

Let’s be under no illusions why today’s ceasefire happened. My quick 90-second view:

[Indian Aesthetics @IndianAesthetik]

if you think india defending itself is a problem.