The resignation of the Education Minister is an acknowledgment that accountability in a democracy cannot be indefinitely evaded. It comes after weeks of determined, peaceful voices raised by students, parents and citizens across the country who refused to be ignored.
It also comes after far too many young Indians faced unnecessary police brutality and force for exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest. That should concern every citizen, regardless of political affiliation.
But accountability does not end with a resignation. The deeper failures that brought us here must now be addressed through transparent reforms, institutional responsibility and a commitment to ensuring that no young Indian’s future is jeopardised again.
The students who marched, spoke out and peacefully persisted deserve to know that this is the beginning of reform, not the end of the story.
#BREAKING "Don't waste our time," CJI Surya Kant on plea against police action on student protesters during #CJP march.
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Hundreds of supporters of India's youth-led "cockroach" movement gathered in New Delhi on Monday, seeking the resignation of the education minister despite police denying permission for the protest. https://t.co/OYtrHoIB3w
"Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt"--
This is a timeless political strategy. And, is now the cornerstone of Indian politics in 2026.
As a direct taxpayer, you're NOT the majority.
You're an exception.
The sooner you get this through your head, the better your life will be.
Two practical ways to survive this:-
1) Be a cow. Keep paying taxes. You will be milked till you're useless. Then you'll be on your own.
2) Leave.
Both options are tough.
Pick your tough.
I’ve attended conferences across the US, Middle East, and Southeast Asia; yet I’ve never experienced arrangements as poor as in India. The same happens at GFF; when the PM arrives, participants are treated like second class citizens. That’s why I skip GFF on the day he attends.
I am sure many can relate to me who attend GFF.
I’ve stopped attending conferences in India; better is to fly to US, Dubai and Singapore; bets places to attend conferences
the impact ai summit in delhi was a perfect demonstration of why india keeps losing in tech
and i’m tired of pretending it wasn’t a disaster.
let me paint the actual picture:
> cash-only payments at a “digital india” upi ??
> pm visit → main hall cleared for hours, everyone else just stood around doing nothing
> exhibitors locked out of their own stalls
> 3-hour queue just to enter
> a founder’s product got stolen during the summit
> no wifi at an ai event.
> can’t take your keys if you came via car/bike
> no laptop/camera at tech event
> people were asked to sit on the ground
> speaker lineup with consultants/bureaucrats who’ve never shipped a real product
> the registration system crashed multiple times. people who registered weeks in advance couldn’t get in.
vips walked past massive queues while founders and builders stood outside in the heat. 🤡
and 27 countries witnessed all of this live
networking areas? no space to stand.
many demos didn’t work because there was no stable internet. 5g??
this is what happens when optics matter more than execution.
when innovation becomes photo-op
the sad part is india has insane talent.
founders building world class products.
engineers and researchers doing real work.
leave India for a sec, im at network school and the youngest crowd is all Indians.
but we keep shooting ourselves in the foot with performative nonsense.
the west isn’t winning because they’re smarter.
they’re winning because they care about details.
because they respect builders.
because their tech summits actually work.
same story when @sama came to india last time.
boomer uncles asked the dumbest questions.
and when he said it’s hard for india to build foundational models, we took it on our ego.
rn, every founder who attended left embarrassed.
imagine international delegate left with stories about our “infrastructure.”
many friends and young builder lost a little more faith.
this wasn’t just bad planning.
it was a signal of what we value.
and clearly, it’s security theater and photo-ops over builders.
we can do better.
we have the talent.
we have the market.
we have the potential.
what we don’t have is execution and respect for the people building the future.
maybe one day we will do better. till then if you’re a founder, ignore the noise. keep building.
#WATCH | Delhi: Congress leader Sachin Pilot says, "Tell me where is the controversy? Who is the author of the book that is being mentioned? He is someone who was made Army chief by this very government. If he is writing something, banning it or filing an FIR or not letting it be published - what do they want to hide? If Rahul Gandhi is mentioning excerpts from it and seeking clarification, what wrong is he doing? He is not an ordinary person, he is a former Army chief. If he has written something in the book, why is the Govt scared of having a discussion on it? If Govt feels that something wrong has been written, refute it. If it is correct, give a clarification..."
The reason why RAM has become four times more expensive is that a huge amount of RAM that has not yet been produced was purchased with non-existent money to be installed in GPUs that also have not yet been produced, in order to place them in data centers that have not yet been built, powered by infrastructure that may never appear, to satisfy demand that does not actually exist and to obtain profit that is mathematically impossible.
After Nirbhaya's brutal rape back in 2012. The rapists were arrested within 24 hours. Still people came out on the streets to protest and demanded more accountability from the govt.
Here is a Rape victim's father was killed, the victim had to beg and fight alone. The same people who came out for Nirbhaya were silent about it.
Because the rapist is a BJP MLA and the govt isn't Congress govt.