Asha Balachandran

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

The terrifying beauty of the ocean 🧵

1. Sitting on the edge of an underwater cliff

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Quality of roads in the Model State of India. #Gujarat.

[Team Saath Official🤝 @TeamSaath]

Beef is just an excuse. Their only crime is that they are Muslims living under Modi’s rule.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Does he ... does he realize he was the president in 2020?

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

This is UNBELIEVABLE!

Got a call from @HDFCBank_Cares saying my account has suddenly been blocked.

The reason? HDFC says there was a Times of India report about an ED case against you.

I said the case is 2 years old. What does it have to do with my account?

HDFC says “we saw the article & blocked the account since it says ED”.

I asked “did you get an order to block my account”? HDFC says “No order. But since ED is involved, we saw the news & blocked the account”.

This is the level of terrorism unleashed by the ED under Modi. Accounts of Opposition get frozen illegally only because there’s a “news article” about a 2 year old case.

Is randomly blocking bank accounts of the Opposition based on “news articles” the new way of silencing us?

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Uttar Pradesh Govt is saying it will pay up to ₹8 Lakh to Influencers to promote the govt.

This is Legalized Bribery.
From Tax Payer's Money.

Any influencer who does this should be publicly shamed.

[Rohini Singh @rohini_sgh]

Only BJP should do politics. No one else.

[Satish Acharya @satishacharya]

Whitewash! #UPsocialmediapolicy

[peeleraja @peeleraja]

The CEO of Google i̵s̵ ̵I̵n̵d̵i̵a̵n̵ spent time and money to give up Indian citizenship
The CEO of Microsoft i̵s̵ ̵I̵n̵d̵i̵a̵n̵ spent time and money to give up Indian citizenship
The CEO of Adobe i̵s̵ ̵I̵n̵d̵i̵a̵n̵ spent time and money to give up Indian citizenship
The CEO of IBM i̵s̵ ̵I̵n̵d̵i̵a̵n̵ spent time and money to give up Indian citizenship
The CEO of Chanel i̵s̵ ̵I̵n̵d̵i̵a̵n̵ spent time and money to give up Indian citizenship
The CEO of FedEx i̵s̵ ̵I̵n̵d̵i̵a̵n̵ spent time and money to give up Indian citizenship
The CEO of Palo Alto Networks i̵s̵ ̵I̵n̵d̵i̵a̵n̵ spent time and money to give up Indian citizenship

Instead of chest-thumping, let us think why they spent so much time and money and effort to ditch Indian citizenship.

[Sayema @_sayema]

What a shameful sight this is, in all sense of the term! Such hate! So much disrespect!
I urge our Prime Minister @narendramodi to address the nation on communal harmony which is the hallmark of India
We are really losing it!

[Ravi Nair @t_d_h_nair]

Is Narendra Modi comparing Shivaji with Savrkar?

Why should others apologise for someone who kept apologising to the British Empire?

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Yesterday a well educated man who works in the UK at an enviable job position, employing and supervising 100s of people was diagnosed with alcohol-related cirrhosis in my outpatient department.

He used to consume around 38 standard drinks of hard liquor (one standard drink has 10 g of pure alcohol or ethanol) per week as part of his job profile and evening meet up and deal brokering. He was astonished when I diagnosed him with cirrhosis.

He told me something that enraged me, but also surprised me.

He said, "Doc, I have no idea how I developed alcohol-related cirrhosis because I never drank that cheap stuff or middle level alcohol that Indians usually drink. You know, no Old Monk, or Black Label and such crap. I always made sure that I drank the best, expensive and limited edition clean stuff, like single malts and cognacs. I eat healthy, no junk food and I exercise daily. Are you sure your diagnosis is right?"

I had to "educate" this 'educated successful' man about alcohol. I am deeply concerned by the absolute ignorance even well educated people have about alcohol. Many "believe" that there is a 'healthy' alcohol and there is an 'unhealthy' version. Some don't even consider beer and wine as alcohol. The normalisation of alcohol in our society and daily lives is regrettably the worst we have done as fellow humans. The consumable form of alcohol is ethanol. Ethanol is there is every alcoholic drink. There is no safe level of alcohol for humans, meaning ethanol is a poison at any dose or duration. It's that simple to understand.

Ignorance makes people speak from positions of privilege that encourages them to trivialise the value of their health.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

A thread of World War II images you’ve (probably) never seen before

1. Adolf Hitler with 2 of the Goebbels girls. The 2 girls, along with their other 4 siblings, were murdered with cyanide by their parents in 1945.

[Joolz Denby @JoolzDenby]

Interesting to see recently men disparaging womens fears of travelling alone or walking home at night alone etc. Apparently men think women 'exaggerate' to get attention or sympathy. So here's a little illustration to enlighten them.

[María E Sanchez @mariaesanchez]

This is a story about how a reported antisemitism row involving comedian @reginalddhunter unfolded. If you've only read mainstream media you'll have a partial view. The story unravelled on social media and we now have much-needed context. It began with this in The Telegraph

[María E Sanchez @mariaesanchez]

Interestingly, most media outlets didn't report that the police investigated the 'hate crime' allegation and found that there was no case to answer. https://t.co/Tyw25R2WYp

[Col Sanjay Pande @ColSanjayPande]

Who gives right to any person to just get up and start addressing people in a railway bogie? Do railway rules permit it? Railway Minister must answer.

So it simply means, any random guy, anywhere in India has to stand and sing National Anthem randomly.

If you stand, you are patriotic. If you don’t you are anti-national.

This nonsense has to be curbed. Decorum, place, occasion, need and RESPECT is necessary to sing National Anthem.

[N. Ram @nramind]

After the grave and indefensible breach of rules laid down for regulatory officials — confirmed in public documents from the Registrar of Companies that have been independently accessed and analysed by Reuters — SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch does not have a leg to stand on. She must be immediately sacked by the government that has been protecting her. Read this Reuters report in The Hindu of August 17, 2024:

[JayEnAar @GorwayGlobal]

What is the dumbing down force that makes even people of some eminence put out stupid posts on social media. Posts that mislead, misinform and pander to a prejudice? Like this one from @sanjeevsanyal ? Mr Sanyal is not some cheap troll. He served as India's Prin Econ Adv 6 yrs

[Prakash Raj @prakashraaj]

All released Rapists are laughing in the corner.. from Manipur to Kanyakumari .. When will you walk the talk #justasking