@SomveerSAnand He probably doesn't qualify for means tested government help unlike other small or medium farmers,but he won't write about it to further his propaganda.
@TheophanesRex I got my Canadian passport renewed online in 10 days
Canada is 1000 times better than the Indian passport system where I think you came from if I am not mistaken. Be thankful .
The most underreported addiction crisis in India is parents and their phones, and I'm being completely serious.
My dad's screen time is higher than mine. He watches reels at full volume during dinner. Not on Instagram. On Facebook. He hasn't discovered YouTube Shorts yet and honestly I'm terrified for the day he does. He plays card games on his phone with a focus and intensity he has never applied to anything I've told him about my life. He forwards updates to what I can only assume is every person he's ever met. He's in WhatsApp groups I didn't know existed having debates with people from his work about things that happened in 1999.
My mom is in 14 WhatsApp groups. She reconnected with her college friends and school alumni through WhatsApp. Women she hadn't spoken to in 30 years. That part is genuinely beautiful. The less beautiful part is that she plays Candy Crush with so much dedication. She scrolls reels on Facebook and shows me every third one with "ye dekh kitna funny hai" and it's a reel I saw 3 weeks ago. I smile every time. She sends it anyway.
They spent my entire childhood saying "phone band karo." "Computer se door baitho." "Aankhein kharab ho jaayengi." And now I'm the one saying "papa phone rakh do, so jao" and he does the exact same dismissive hand wave I used to do at 15. Same wave. Same energy.
The thing is, they never built immunity to it. Our generation grew up with the internet. We learned to doomscroll and feel guilty about it.
We have the "I should put my phone down" instinct even if we don't follow it. They discovered unlimited entertainment at 55 with zero guilt, zero screen time awareness, and zero concept of doomscrolling. They just went all in. My dad and his card games. My mom and her Candy Crush. Both of them and their Facebook reels that they share on WhatsApp.
The screen time conversation completely flipped in one generation, and the kids became the parents. Nobody is ready for this conversation, but every person reading this just thought of their own mom or dad.
@DTSaskatoon@CitImmCanada Any visitor to Canada doesn't get healthcare paid by the Canadian government. However, they can access healthcare and pay out of pocket or by insurance. So, it's not a financial burden but does put pressure on healthcare infrastructure.
@sardesairajdeep@sanjaymanjrekar I agree with your assessment, but also, as a genuine cricket fan, I can never understand commercial cricket leagues and the hype. Nothing can match when 2 nations play each other.