Anu Parthiban

News editor at Careers360. Ex-CNN-News18, TOI. Press Monitor.
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[Anu Parthiban @anu_p6]

“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

After a long, draining day at work, I shut my laptop, hoping for a moment of quiet. But my friend, scrolling furiously through her phone, held it up to show me a video of the US President Donald Trump on X (formerly Twitter) claiming: “President #Trump called for a complete shutdown of Muslims in the United States. #PahalgamTerroristAttack”

For a moment, I froze—not quite convinced. Something didn’t sit right. So I did what any journalist with an instinct for facts would do—I checked. Grok’s response confirmed my suspicion: the video referred to a 2015 statement made by Trump during his presidential campaign, not something recent, and certainly not in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.

A sigh of relief. But only for a moment.

I’ve been mourning a personal loss lately, and the distance from loved ones has only deepened the ache. In an attempt to distract myself, I turned on the television—something I hadn’t done in weeks. I’d long given up on mainstream news channels. But my friend insisted, and we ended up watching a live broadcast covering the horrific Pahalgam terror attack.

The anchor made several valid points. But underneath it all, there was something insidious—an undercurrent of religious division, subtle yet pointed. A quiet instigation of the Hindu-Muslim divide.

I’ve heard people mockingly refer to journalists as “yeh media wale,” and most times, I’ve stayed silent. Not because I agreed—but because I wasn’t surprised, given the narratives pushed by mainstream media. Yet today, as I sat there—someone who has written and verified dozens of fact-check stories—I could no longer stay silent. Not when my country is grieving the loss of at least 28 tourists, not when millions are facing trauma.

I don’t know if anyone will read this. Maybe no one will care. As my mother says, “You alone can’t make a difference. You’re not Gandhi or Mother Teresa.” She’s not wrong. Most of us struggle to fight for justice even in our own homes—how do we confront a system built on deception, fear, and division?

But this is my effort.
My retaliation.
My protest in the name of truth.
An attempt.

While it was overwhelming to see Kashmiris, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and others come together to help one another in the face of such terror. My heart aches for those affected—the families left behind, the survivors, the communities shaken. No words can fully console the trauma they endure. And while media debates continue with one-sided narratives, I found that local voices and social media were often more nuanced, more human. Yet even then, it was hard to separate fact from agenda.

Confused and heartbroken, I turned again to Grok for clarity. I specifically asked which news channels were contributing to a divisive narrative surrounding the Pahalgam attack. Here’s what I found: (image attached below)

Grok even went deeper—detailing which anchors said what, on which dates, and the specific narratives that contributed to public polarization.

That said, my anger against those terrorists who coldly murdered innocent Indian citizens, disrupted the peace of Kashmir, and damaged the spirit of our tourism and economy—that anger will not fade.
Not until safety is restored with clarity and conviction.
Not until a strong, unambiguous response ensures that such evil finds no place, no cover, no sympathy.
This is not just about seeking justice. It's about reclaiming our narrative—from those who manipulate it, twist it, and sell fear dressed as patriotism.
It hurts deeply to demand accountability, especially at times like this, not just from those who pull the trigger, but from those who fire the next most dangerous weapon: misinformation.
Because in moments like these, when our hearts are heavy and our minds clouded by anger and loss, it becomes even more critical to pause—to think, to verify, and to hold tight to the values that define us.
Unity in diversity isn't a slogan; it's a lived truth. That is the India I want to protect. And if my voice shakes a little while speaking, it doesn’t matter. The truth doesn’t need a million echoes. It only needs to be said. Loud enough. Clear enough. Fearless enough.
So this is my stand. My retaliation—not against a religion, not against a people—but against lies, manipulation, and hate. Against the terrorists—and anyone who dares to barge into someone else’s home, their peace, their mind—and leave behind blood and silence. Against the systemic rot that allows tragedy to be used as tinder for communal fire. And above all, against the silence that lets all of it go unchecked.
To the families of the victims, to the helpers, the mourners, and the quiet warriors—my heart is with you. Your pain is not forgotten. Your courage is not unnoticed. We must not let the enemy win.
This post might not change the world, and I may not be Gandhi or Mother Teresa. But I am someone. And sometimes, someone is all it takes.
Let truth be our resistance. Let unity be our revolution.
#PahalgamAttack #TruthMatters #IndiaUnited #FactCheck #AgainstHate #MediaAccountability #JournalismWithIntegrity

[Kãla @getkala_app]

Physics has spent 400 years and still can't finish its theory of everything.

Here's what it left out: YOU. The witness. The one thing that has to be there for any of it to be seen or to matter at all.

Consciousness isn't produced by your brain. It's the thing no machine can ever be given, because what we don't understand, we can't build.

And right now we're handing it away.
We outsourced our muscles. Then our memory. Now we're selling the last thing that was ever ours — thinking itself — to a machine that was never home.

Two timelines from here:
Timeline 1: We give it all away. The work gets easy, the thinking gets easy, and then the resources run out and you've already lost the one thing that was yours. A frictionless life with nothing left to do and no one left inside to do it.
Timeline 2: We keep the gift. Machines lift the weight. We keep witnessing and acting. It's harder. It's the only one where we're still here at the end.
We don't have an information problem. We have a wisdom problem and we built ten thousand tools for the wrong one.
New paper. The choice is already being made, whether we admit it or not.

https://t.co/NoVB9kx4ZX

#Consciousness #AI #AGI #PhilosophyOfMind
#ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Physics #Science #HumanAgency

[Kãla @getkala_app]

Kãla's AI is not trained on your thoughts.

Kãla AI runs on a model. It is a tool — like a pen, not like a mirror that remembers everything it ever reflected.

Your journal is yours. What you write does not feed the model. It does not improve the system. It does not become someone else's data point.

This distinction matters. In a world where your emotional data is the most valuable thing you produce, Kãla was built on a different premise.

Your thoughts belong to you.
#KãlaAI #AIPrivacy #JournalingApp #PrivateJournal

[Kãla @getkala_app]

Your brain isn't broken. It's been trained. Every app you use is designed to keep you in a loop — open, close, open again, find nothing. That's not you. That's the architecture.

[Kãla @getkala_app]

📢 Kãla is now on Google Play.🎉🥳🎊

Private Journal · AI Companion · Pulse of the Earth · 14 States of Consciousness

Listen. Reflect. Live.
#Kãla #GooglePlay #JournalingApp #AICompanion #Consciousness #BuildInPublic

[Kãla @getkala_app]

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[Kãla @getkala_app]

Simple questions are the toughest.

How are you?

Try answering using a word. Or "I am —" or "I feel —"

https://t.co/J90odBMy9n

[Kãla @getkala_app]

You don't have to be an artist to be in a creative state.

You just have to notice when something new wants to exist through you.

State 3 of 14.
https://t.co/LlPqGVIYtr
#creativity #journals #consciousness #innerwork #reflection

[Kãla @getkala_app]

You are about to enter a space unlike anything you have used before.

No feed. No algorithm. No performance.
Just you — and 14 states of your own mind.

https://t.co/NcxQZC0Lbr

© Anu Parthiban / Kãla 2026

#mentalhealth #selfawareness #consciousness #reflection #innerwork

[Kãla @getkala_app]

The internet didn't make you a robot.
But it trained you to act like one.

Scroll. React. Repeat.

Kãla is the pause button.

A reflection network — not social media.
A space to think, not perform.

https://t.co/J90odBM0jP

Listen. Reflect. Live.
#mentalhealth #selfawareness #consciousness #reflect #journaling #slowliving

© Anu Parthiban / Kãla 2026

[Anu Parthiban @anu_p6]

Small wins do feel good :)

[Kãla @getkala_app]

I mapped 14 states of human consciousness and published in the academic record on Zenodo, hosted by CERN.

12 downloads in 4 days. No promotion. No institution behind it.

Just 21 years of observation. And a question nobody had properly answered yet.

This is what original research looks like when it comes from lived experience, not a laboratory.
https://t.co/yy9AePXeoA
https://t.co/J90odBMy9n

Listen. Reflect. Live.
© Anu Parthiban / Kãla 2026
#consciousness #mentalhealth #research #selfawareness #psychology #reflection #innerwork

[Kãla @getkala_app]

I mapped 14 states of human consciousness from 21 years of observation.

Today it is in the academic record.

Preprint: https://t.co/dJ4YkQkfQZ

Full article: https://t.co/Ydwt8hU1B9

https://t.co/LlPqGVIYtr
𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻. 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁. 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲.

[Anu Parthiban @anu_p6]

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #MentalHealth #Consciousness #Journaling #SelfAwareness

[Anu Parthiban @anu_p6]

I built Kãla - a self-reflection app - with zero coding background

[Kãla @getkala_app]

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[Anu Parthiban @anu_p6]

We were taught to react instead of think.
To scroll instead of sit.
To perform instead of feel.

So I paused my dream of writing a book.

And built a tool instead. In the language people actually speak. For the question nobody has properly answered yet.

https://t.co/bEvV2kyEAo

[Kãla @getkala_app]

𝗞𝗮̃𝗹𝗮 — 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿.

You are not lost. You are just not seen — by yourself.

Kãla is a reflection network that shows your state of mind — as you move through life. Not later. Not in theory. Now.

Because the answer has always been you.

https://t.co/J90odBMy9n
Listen. Reflect. Live.

[Careers360 @careers360]

17 errors in JEE Main 2026 session 1 answer key; ‘one mark can change ranks’, says CFI

#NTA #JEEMain #CFI
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'Padma Shri for dismantling JNU': AISA on award for former UGC chairman, M Jagadesh Kumar

#JNU #UGC #PadmaShri #JagadeshKumar
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JKBOPEE to shift 50 SMVD MBBS students to govt medical colleges after NMC revokes college permission

Physical counselling round on January 24

#NEET #JammuKashmir #MBBS #VaishnoDeviMedicalCollege #SMVD #admission
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