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Bhāratīya

[Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 @tehseenp]

I am amongst the voice of the opposition in INDIA & everyday I attack the government on television & social media, am severely critical of the PM & his ministers and no one has ever taken any action against me. I find it offensive you compare my country's press freedom with Emirates or Cuba ! Sure all INDIAN's would want even greater freedom of speech but your comparison of freedom of media in INDIA being comparable with regimes that police FoS is absolutely false & unfortunate! Wish you luck!! @HelleLyngSvends

[True Indology @TrueIndology]

This person claims that Bhojashala is 'biggest fraud of Indian history'.

She further claims that 'Bhojashala' was coined only 70 years ago. That it had never existed before.

That there is no inscription or text predating 20th century that mentions any Sarasvati temple or Bhojashala at Dhar.

Is this really true?

This thread does a Fact Check

[K.Annamalai @annamalai_k]

Days after DMK MLA Thiru Udhayanidhi Stalin spoke about eradicating Sanathana Hindu Dharma on the floor of the legislative assembly, TVK MLA Thiru VMS Mustafa came in support of Thiru Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks. Not only is this very unfortunate but also it shows the level of hatred they harbour in their minds towards an eternal Dharma that helps us to lead a meaningful life!

DMK & TVK, in their very short history, have proven to the people that they are two sides of the same coin. DMK has forgotten what their constant attack on Sanathana Hindu Dharma has brought them to. TVK will also soon remember.

If either DMK or TVK had the courage of conviction, they should have openly declared during their election campaigns that targeting Sanathana Hindu Dharma would be central to their politics. Instead, they hid behind secularism & theatrics, only to reveal their true intentions after seeking votes from the very people whose faith they now insult with arrogance and impunity.

Please be reminded, Sanathana Hindu Dharma is not your punching bag! I sincerely hope their remarks will not go unpunished by our people.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

When Udayanidhi Stalin repeatedly attacks "sanathanam" in Tamil, why is there not more outrage among the highly religious Tamil Hindu population?

I believe it comes down to language.

In Tamil language, the word "sanathanam" (eternal in English) is not in regular use. Most Tamil people do not know this word and I did not know it myself as a child.

On the other hand the word "dharma" (spelled as "dharmam" or "dharumam") is common in Tamil and there is a district named Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu. There is also the word "aram" used in Tamil with the same meaning as dharma.

Interestingly, in Hindi, the word "dharam" means "religion" in general and Hinduism is "hindu dharm" or "sanatan dharam" and Christianity is "isai dharam" in Hindi.

But in Tamil usage, the word "dharmam" would effectively mean "Hindu dharam" in Hindi.

Now if Udayanidhi had attacked "dharmam" in Tamil (which effectively means Hinduism) he would be widely criticised for proclaiming adharmam.

That is why he is picking the word "sanathanam" to attack because that word is not widely known in Tamil.

With all his "sincere" effort, he is making the word known in Tamil too and he has made the already huge anti DMK vote in Tamil Nadu even bigger. The DMK has never won a majority on its own ever, because of that huge strong anti-DMK current. They established that current with their constant attacks on Hindu deities. The AIADMK never did that and they harvested the anti-DMK current well.

Now, in spite of the TVK being the new anti-DMK party and in spite of the AIADMK splitting the anti-DMK vote (see how I worked it!) and in spite of the DMK spending extraordinary amounts of cash, in spite of the DMK having a strong alliance and the TVK having no alliance, the DMK lost the election.

Udayanidhi wants to ensure the DMK would never come back. May the eternal sanatana dharma grant his wish 🙏😉

[Tejasvi Surya @Tejasvi_Surya]

A Bengaluru startup just did something no one in the world has ever done, put a satellite in orbit that sees through clouds, through the night, with optical sensor and SAR fused into one.

Many many congratulations to the @Galaxeye team on the launch of Mission Drishti!

This is exactly why PM Sri @narendramodi opened up the space sector, so young Indians could build an audacious future for the nation.

[Sai Deepak J @jsaideepak]

1. Just got off a call with @UnSubtleDesi. I couldn't be happier for her and both of us couldn't help but discuss the harrowing days of post poll violence in West Bengal in 2021. So I am going to share what happened five years ago just so ppl know what happened. #WestBengal2026.

[Parimal @Fintech03]

Today, global dental giants are sprinting to launch Activated Charcoal lines, charging a premium for the charcoal revolution. But in 1925, a physician in a small Kerala village was already selling it in paper pouches. The British mocked it as primitive ash, while secretly, their own officers used it to scrub away the stubborn stains that Imperial White paste could not touch. An indian invented Biological Magnetism 100 yrs before the West could put a marketing name on it.

K.P. Namboodiri, an Ayurvedic physician, realized that the British were fundamentally wrong about the science. When paddy husk is charred at a specific temperature, it creates a micro-porous structure almost identical to what we now call Activated Carbon.

Namboodiri infused the ash with Pepper, Clove, & Ginger. The black carbon acted as a magnet (adsorption) to pull toxins & stains out of the gums, while the spices provided the thermal healing. He was practicing Molecular Chemistry in a small Kerala village decades before Western brands understood that carbon is the most efficient way to detoxify the mouth.

The British tried to market their white powders as a symbol of The New India... the educated, clean, Westernized Indian. Namboodiri flipped the script. He made his Black Ash a symbol of Vedic Purity. In the 1920s & 30s, the most orthodox Brahmins & the most radical revolutionaries in the South both used the Black Powder.

It became a silent way to identify who had rejected the British lifestyle. If your gums were slightly tinted with the dark residue of charred husk in the morning, it was a badge of honor. It said: "My mouth is cleaned by the soil of my ancestors, not the chalk of the King."

British dental companies tried to run smear campaigns against Black Powders, claiming they were abrasive. Namboodiri’s powder was so fine that it actually had a lower RDA (Relative Dentin Abrasivity) than the British chalk-based powders. It was physically impossible for the British to prove it was harmful.

The Black Powder was so effective at removing the stubborn stains of Betel Leaf (Paan) & Tobacco that even British officers in the South reportedly bought it in secret. They could not get their Imperial White pastes to remove the deep stains of Indian life, so they relied on Namboodiri’s Ash behind closed doors.

For 90 yrs, global giants like Colgate & Pepsodent spent millions on advertising to tell Indians that Black is Bad & White is Bright. In the late 2010s, those same companies launched Charcoal toothpastes at a luxury price point. They are now using the exact same tech K.P. Namboodiri was selling for a few annas in 1925.

If we look at a modern, high-end Activated Charcoal tube today, we are looking at a 100 yr old apology to K.P. Namboodiri. He was not backward; he was a century ahead of the global dental industry. The British used Chalk (a sedimentary rock) because it was cheap & looked clean. Namboodiri used Paddy Husk (a life-giving grain) because it was biological & functional.

K.P. Namboodiri’s legacy is the story of a man who looked at the waste of a rice field & saw a diamond. He took the blackest substance he could find & used it to give India its brightest smile.

[Aravind @aravind]

Amrutanjan went to Burma from Madras with the Tamil traders (who maintained a large community there for thousand years.) In Burma, some 30 years after Amrutanjan reached there, a Chinese trader copied it to create the Tiger Balm. Which Indians now import from South East Asia without knowing its true origins. Of course, the Chinese from SE Asia will never accept the blatant copy that Tiger Balm is. Because Camphor, Clove oil, and Menthol aren't used in their traditional medicine like Ayurveda and Amrutanjan. And Tiger Balm was first made in Rangoon where Amrutanjan was already popular, not in China or Malaya.

[Akhil B Nair @itsakhilnair]

What this dimwit is saying is complete nonsense. The name Thiruvancode originates from the Malayalam phrase “Thiru-vazhum-code,” which translates to “the abode where prosperity”

And these kinds of idiots in Keralam are a shame to us Malayalis, as they try to twist history through misinformation.

[Mustufa Khan @mustufa4socials]

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[Mark Issa | مارك عيسى @MarkIssaTexts]

Muslims do not need to become a majority to take over a nation politically. The real benchmark is 10%.

Once Muslims reach that threshold, they generate enough organized, consistent, and relentless pressure to begin reshaping a society from within. This is exactly what happened in the Middle East, Islam ruled for centuries before Muslims were even a majority of the population. They will do the same in Europe and the West if not decisively stopped.

The Islamization of culture accelerates once political leverage is achieved; but achieving that leverage never required a majority. Islamic doctrine is extraordinarily well developed on this point; it has centuries of refined methodology for how a minority captures political power, then gradually Islamizes the culture until the demographic transformation becomes irreversible.

The British and Europeans have no idea what they are dealing with. They look down on Islam as a primitive religion; a relic, a curiosity. They do not see it for what it actually is: one of the most sophisticated and battle-tested systems of political conquest ever developed by human civilization.

By the time they realize it, 10% will be a distant memory.

[Janhavi Jain | Building SKIPD @janwhyy]

Things Indian consumers stopped buying in the last decade and why:

1/Slim fit jeans. Zara, Levi's, and H&M all saw declining slim-fit sales in India since 2023. Wide leg, baggy, cargo took over in 18 months. Most Indian retailers still have 60% slim fit inventory sitting on shelves. The silhouette shift moved faster than supply chains could react.

2/Sugar-loaded packaged juice. Real, Tropicana, B Natural. The category has been flat for years. Replaced by coconut water (Raw Pressery, Cococart), functional drinks, and plain nimbu paani from the fridge. The "100% fruit juice" claim stopped working once people Googled how much sugar is in a Tropicana tetra pack.

3/Fairness products across categories. Fair & Lovely rebranded to Glow & Lovely. Fair and Handsome peaked around 2015 and declined. The entire "fairness" premise collapsed with Gen Z faster than any brand could rebrand. "Brightening" and "radiance" are the new words, but the consumer already moved on, and she's not coming back.

4/Department store shopping. Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle, and Westside footfall are declining consistently. Replaced by Myntra for convenience, Zudio for price, and D2C for specificity. The 3-floor department store with escalators and a Subway on the ground floor peaked in 2013. It's running on inertia now.

5/Traditional mithai boxes for gifting. Slowly losing to artisan chocolate (Entisi, Kocoatrait), gourmet hampers, and curated gift boxes. The ₹500 Haldiram's mithai box is still there. But the premium gifting conversation shifted. Sending someone a Raaka chocolate bar now signals more taste than a 1kg kaju katli box.

6/Loose cooking oil. The shift from loose to packaged was already happening. After FSSAI testing exposed adulteration in loose oils, the shift accelerated. Fortune, Saffola, and cold-pressed brands all gained. The neighbourhood tel wala is losing share every month, and the trust isn't coming back.

7/Sachet shampoo for urban consumers. Still massive in rural India. But urban consumers shifted to bottles, then conditioner combos, then D2C subscriptions. The ₹2 sachet consumer in cities has been upgraded. In rural India, it's still the dominant format. Two Indias, same product category, completely different trajectories.

8/DTH television. Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV, Dish TV subscriber numbers have been declining since 2021. Replaced by JioFiber, Airtel Xstream, and smart TVs with built-in apps. The set-top box is becoming the landline phone of this decade. It's still in the house. Nobody uses it.

The pattern in every category: the product didn't decline because a better product came along. It declined because the underlying assumption about the consumer changed. She doesn't want to be fair. He doesn't want a slim fit. They don't trust loose oil. They don't gift mithai anymore.

When the belief shifts, the product doesn't decline slowly. It falls off a cliff. And by the time the brand notices, she's already 3 purchases deep into the replacement.

[arun @arunsark]

@KeralaBxOffce സന്ദേശം

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Cheese from India makes its mark globally…

India made an impressive debut at the Mundial do Queijo do Brasil 2026, which is a vibrant international competition for cheese and dairy products. Four Indian products won medals, including 1 Super Gold, 2 Golds and 1 Silver.

The Super Gold was won by Eleftheria Gulmarg (Brie Style), the Golds were won by Yak Churpi-Soft, Nordic Farm, Leh, Ladakh and Eleftheria Brunost (Whey Cheese) while the Silver was won by Eleftheria Kaali Miri (Belper Knolle Style). Congratulations to Mausam Narang and Thenlay Nurboo.

Such successes strengthen India’s artisanal dairy sector on the world stage.

[Hims 🪷 🚴 🌱 🧘 @maveinlux]

Peyush @peyushbansal and @namitathapar are the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to business owners.

One is a shameless idea thief dumping low quality Chinese crap into India, the other peddles third rate garbage with a straight face. Without Shark Tank, nobody would know their names, and honestly, the world would be better for it.

They have the combined civility, morality, integrity, and ethics of a used car salesman on his third divorce. I wouldn’t hire them to file papers in my office, let alone run anything. You can’t instill virtues in people who’ve spent their careers treating them like optional DLC.

[raga-learns-to-rock @pnamblat]

I died of asthma attack just by seeing it :)
Madhu Balakrishnan is so under rated .

[Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 @RajeevRC_X]

Using the image of Lord Krishna for a cheap, crass advertisement during Vishu is not creativity. It is blatant disrespect.

This is not accidental or isolated. The CPM and Congress have spent years normalising the mockery of Hindu beliefs under the cover of “secularism”.

They have created a system where:

👉 Some sentiments are untouchable
👉 Insults against Hindu faith are met with silence or even encouragement.

That is not secularism. That is selective appeasement.

If this ad had targeted any other faith, there would have been massive outrage and protests from Congress and CPM leaders. But when it comes to Hindu beliefs? Only silence and excuses.

Enough.

In Keralam's diverse society, respect for all faiths is non-negotiable.

The BJP/NDA is committed to ending this toxic political culture and building a #VikasitaKeralam where every faith is respected and protected.

#VishwasaSamrakshanam #PoliticsOfPerformance

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Your body has one way to survive real heat: sweating. When the air is too humid, sweat can't evaporate, so your body stops cooling down. In those conditions, a healthy 25-year-old in shade with water can die in about 6 hours. India is now entering the part of the year where this actually happens.

The thermometer lies. A dry 45°C day is brutal but survivable if you find shade and keep drinking. A humid 32°C day can kill older people, sick people, or anyone working outside, because humid air can't hold more water. Your sweat just sits on your skin doing nothing, and your core temperature climbs until your organs start to shut down.

Scientists used to think the human limit was a mix of heat and humidity that felt like 35°C of pure humid air. New research has lowered that line. A 2022 Penn State study put young healthy adults in climate chambers and found they fail about 10°C below the old limit in dry sun. Sydney and Arizona State researchers published follow-up work in 2023 showing the line sits even lower for older adults, especially in dry sun. It moves with age, humidity, sun exposure, and activity level.

India's weather agency just issued its highest red alerts across Rajasthan, UP, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Forecasts show 45 to 46°C this week, with some districts approaching 50°C (about 122°F) within two weeks. Chennai has already crossed the line where continuous outdoor work becomes unsafe. Coastal cities hit that line every summer.

India lost 181 billion working hours to heat in 2023, worth around $141 billion in lost pay, mostly for farmers. Consulting firm McKinsey estimates this could reach 4.5% of India's entire economy by 2030. Official death tolls look small compared to reality. The Health Ministry logged 360 heat deaths in 2024 and independent analysts counted over 700. Research using Lancet Countdown data estimates the real number is close to 150,000 excess deaths per summer, counting everyone whose heart, kidneys, or lungs gave out because of the heat.

When India glows red on a heat map, the color marks where the human body is being pushed past its physical limits. That zone expands every year.

[Ravi 'Anantapuri' @ravianantapuri]

Former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble and his wife Chethana Kumble are seen promoting the beauty of Sanskrit by speaking it fluently in this video.

It’s inspiring to see a sporting icon use his influence to highlight the richness of one of the world’s oldest languages. Wonderful!

[arun @arunsark]

@nallaganesh @profpaVarghese Who's saying it's bribe free? Commies are as corrupt as anyone else and nepotism runs in their blood, if you don't comply you're outcast