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[thesleepingdawg @AmeyaG5]

What is wrong with @SwiggyCares @Swiggy today?

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@LoyleRohitFan How is it the car owner’s fault? Why an fir against him? 🤦🏻

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@ananyashasau @BhagwaanUvacha 🙋

[COPWATCH INDIA @copwatchIN]

OP : In Chembur, me and 4 of my friends/siblings had gone out to eat burgers when a drunk man in his 50s-60s, standing on the road smoking, suddenly started yelling at me repeatedly, “चल गाड़ी पर बैठ आ जा.” When I asked if he was talking to me, he said yes. My brother confronted him for speaking to a girl like that, after which the man started threatening and yelling at me saying things like “शानी बन रही है क्या?” and "तुझे दिखाता हूँ." He then ran away leaving his scooty behind, and we stayed there waiting for him to return.

Around 15 minutes later, he came back with his wife and completely changed the story, claiming I approached him first. While we were arguing, a local man called people from the area and suddenly 20-25 people

gathered around us. Things escalated quickly - my sister was physically pushed, my brothers were beaten, slapped and attacked, and when I tried stopping them, even I got pushed and hit. Elderly women from the crowd started slapping me too. Stones were thrown at us and huge rocks shattered our car's front glass completely. We were just 5-6 people against an entire mob.

When we called the police expecting help, they immediately started yelling at us to sit in the police van without even hearing our side. Later we found out the local man involved was apparently known to the police. At the station, instead of taking the harassment and assault seriously, we were mocked, interrupted, yelled at, and treated like criminals. One officer kept staring at my chest while I was trying to explain what happened, and one of my friends was even slapped by a cop for speaking against the local man they were favouring.

By the end of it, we were so traumatised, exhausted and emotionally drained that we gave up on filing the complaint altogether. So the question is - is this how safe women are in Mumbai? If girls can get verbally/ sexually harassed, physically attacked, and then mocked at police stations too, who are common people supposed to go for help?

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

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.

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Thank you for the gift

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Upon landing in Rome, had the opportunity to meet Prime Minister Meloni over dinner followed by a visit to the iconic Colosseum. We exchanged perspectives on a wide range of subjects. Looking forward to our talks today, where we will continue the conversation on how to boost the India-Italy friendship.

@GiorgiaMeloni

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Welcome to Rome, my friend! 🇮🇹🇮🇳

[atul kasbekar @atulkasbekar]

At what point did the @MumbaiPolice @MTPHereToHelp literally reach a point where they simply don’t give a damn?!?

Utter carnage on Mumbai streets
People driving on the wrong side of the streets like it’s their birthright

Two wheelers literally not caring about traffic lights like they’re in a video game wt multiple lives

Total mayhem

Have u guys simply lost control or simply don’t care anymore?
Can’t u seriously enforce traffic rules or is that expecting way too much?

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

JASPRIT BUMRAH JOINED MUMBAI INDIANS.

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

In the olden days, when ships used to dock in Mumbai, they used to tie their boats to the door at the harbour.

The Sanskrit word for tie is Bandh and for a door, is Dwar. So the place they tied a boat was called BandhDwar.

The word then travelled to Persia and became Bandar or Bunder. Which meant port or harbour

So any place in Mumbai which has the word Bunder in it, was a place where once upon a time boats used to dock.

So the place where boats used to dock and had a lot of sacks in it, became BoriBunder

The port where Palla or Hilsa fish was available became Palla Bunder, which then transformed to Apollo Bunder

The port where the Portuguese traded Horses with the Arabs, became Ghodbunder

And a port which had no particular significance was called Bunder. In Marathi, this became Vandre. Which over a period of time became what we
know today as Bandra

The word Bunder in Mumbai is not just a pointless word.

It actually represents Mumbai's maritime heritage and importance

[thesleepingdawg @AmeyaG5]

@maddiesays3 Peak detailing

[AIN @Tejusurya_]

Big Breaking: A Mahindra Thar was seen patiently waiting at a traffic signal. Locals have been advised to remain indoors due to suspicious behaviour until further notice.

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@Deadlykalesh @gharkekalesh Checking phone?

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

A new ad that managed to make me teary-eyed! Watch it first before reading any further, to avoid spoilers.
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[thesleepingdawg @AmeyaG5]

@ThaneCityPolice Location - https://t.co/bsjHQJlZVZ

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@ThaneCityPolice nuisance being created every night outside tenX habitat raymond road by modified bikes with loud silencers. Kindly increase patrolling between 11pm to 1 am.

[Surya Kumar Yadav @surya_14kumar]

हर हर महादेव 🕉️

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@covertgaze @RajeshwariRW What exactly is fake in this? It still says zero next to junior resident bds?

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@MMRDAOfficial @PIB_India @MoHUA_India @ut_MoHUA @PIB_MoHUA @rajtoday @raosshashank @tweetateeq @singhvarun @richapintoi @haldilal Looks like a crack though.