पहले किसी लड़की को ‘कॉल गर्ल’ और ‘प्रॉस्टिट्यूट’ बोलो, न्यूज़ चलाओ; जब विरोध किया जाये तो ‘सॉरी’ बोल दो! तमाशा बना दिये हो?
तुम्हारी इस ‘फेक न्यूज़’ और बड़ी दलाली पाने की कोशिश ने मेरी क्या मानसिक हालत कर दी है इसका अंदाज़ा है तुमको?
कोर्ट में मुलाक़ात होगी. मुझे न्याय चाहिये माफ़ी नहीं.
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Elon, owning X does not give you a veto over India’s national security. 🇮🇳
I support the Government of India’s insistence on rigorous security safeguards before satellite communication services begin operating. Protecting our citizens, their data and our critical communications infrastructure must come first. The same standards should apply to every operator, Indian or foreign.
I have spent my life building businesses and challenging established thinking. I believe in ambition, innovation and competition. I also believe that doing business in a country requires respect for its laws and institutions.
The personal badgering of Mukesh Ambani is completely uncalled for. Calling him “Prime Minister Ambani” contributes nothing to a serious discussion about connectivity or regulatory approvals. If there is evidence of unfair treatment, put it on the table. Sarcasm is no substitute for evidence.
India deserves the best technology available, including satellite connectivity for communities that need it. Every applicant deserves a fair, transparent and timely process. Every applicant must also demonstrate that it meets the required safeguards.
My position is straightforward: compete, innovate, meet the standards and earn the opportunity.
India’s security is non-negotiable. No individual’s wealth, influence or follower count should change that.
Lalit Modi – Founder IPL
#IndiaFirst #NationalSecurity #DigitalIndia #MukeshAmbani #Starlink
@elonmusk@narendramodi@reliancejio@SpaceX
Hey listen you fucktard @elonmusk : no one gives a monkey’s toss about you. No one. Not in China. Not in India. And not even in your adopted United States. And remember we are India. We invented the Kamasutra so we can screw you in positions that even @SpaceX can’t imagine!
Mr. Musk, yes, no billionaire should dictate a nation’s policy - Indian or American.
India must welcome competition in satellite internet, from Indian and global providers, whoever offers the most practical and affordable last-mile solution for those in remote regions. In countries with lower per-capita incomes, satellite internet must be affordable too. High subscription fees and equipment costs risk putting it beyond the reach of ordinary households. Connectivity must bridge the digital divide, not create a new one.
India knows our networks and spectrum are strategic infrastructure, not merely commercial assets. India’s national security safeguards are non-negotiable.
Every country makes choices based on its own interests. Those in the West cannot preach free markets while practicing protectionism at home. USA imposed 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to protect its domestic industry, just as India takes measures to protect its own domestic manufacturers. Both India and the US have restricted Huawei over security concerns. One cannot demand a level playing field from others only when it suits its own agenda.
Indians will internally debate, question and address our strengths and shortcomings as a democratic country.
Take BharatNet, India’s programme to bring broadband to village-level local bodies. We will question why, as the CAG’s 2026 audit report found, the programme is struggling to meet its original objectives. Why were only 33.2% of service-ready Gram Panchayats operational, despite ₹39,888 crore being spent? At the same time, we know to appreciate our telecom sector and regulations, which has made internet data among the world’s most affordable, bringing millions online.
India is a democracy, not a colony. We welcome the world, but we, the Indian people, will decide our own future - not Western vested interests, their double standards or any billionaire - Indian or American.
NANA PATEKAR THE GREATEST?💔💔A couple of hours ago, I received the heartbreaking news that my friend Nana Patekar, one of the finest actors and human beings in Indian cinema, is no more.🥹🥹🥹
I had just finished our performance and taken the curtain call. As I walked into the wings, my director Gajendra told me, “Nana is no more.”🥹
After that, I had to meet people, pose for photographs, smile, sit down for a meal… while trying to absorb what I had just heard. It was terribly difficult.
But somewhere, I felt that Nana would have wanted me to finish my work. Fulfil my responsibility to the people who had come to see us. And then, perhaps, remember him.
Actually, knowing him, I can almost hear him dismissing the very idea of a tribute: “अरे, तो क्या हो गया? मर गया तो कौन-सी बड़ी बात है? सभी मरते हैं!”
That was Nana. Direct, unpretentious, with his own way of saying even the most difficult things.❤️🩹
I will miss you, my friend. Your warmth. Your hugs. Your extraordinary performances. And whenever I miss seeing you, I will watch your films. Though today, I wish I could simply hug you one more time.
My love and deepest condolences to your family and to everyone who loved you. अलविदा मेरे दोस्त, नाना पाटेकर। बहुत सारा प्यार। 🙏💔 #NanaPatekar #HeartBreaking
In the early 1980s, when a very famous and critically acclaimed Hindi film actor watched Purush (the Marathi play that turned Nana Patekar into the talk of the town) he went up to Patekar and asked him "How do you do it, Nana? How?"
Patekar would light up the stage with his matchless passion and intensity every single night. When Ankush arrived in 1986, the whole country witnessed what only patrons of Marathi theatre had experienced until then. It would be an understatement to call Patekar's performance electric. There was a certain authenticity to his intensity which amplified its impact, even on screen, away from the stage.
His intensity felt authentic because it was inherent, a part of him, a part of everything he did. When he made his directorial debut with Prahaar (1991), he carried over that intensity, deciding to actually train for three years with the Maratha Light Infantry before playing an Army Major in the film.
His body of work, spanning five decades, cements his legacy as one of our finest actors but his philanthropy, particularly over the last decade and a half needs to be appreciated as well. For more than a decade now, he was essentially pledging almost all of his earnings to farmers' relief in some shape or form.
Goodbye, Nana Kaka. Thank you for the movies and thank you for consistently helping our farmers. Godspeed.
ज्येष्ठ अभिनेते नाना पाटेकर यांचं निधन झालं. हिंदी चित्रपट सृष्टी म्हणजे मुंबई हे दृढ समीकरण. मुंबई आली की इथली रंगभूमी, इथलं व्यावसायिक सिनेमाचं जग, इथल्या झोपडीपासून, चाळीपासून कुठेतरी रोज या शहरात स्वतःचं अस्तित्व शोधण्याचा प्रयत्न करणारा इथला मध्यमवर्ग, निम्न मध्यमवर्ग आला, पुढे याच शहरातला आणि हळूहळू या देशातील उध्वस्त होत गेलेला कामगार वर्ग आला, त्यातून आलेल्या सामाजिक नैराश्यातून उदयाला आलेलं अंडरर्वल्डचं विश्व असेल, सामाजिक सलोखा बघता बघता विस्कटून जाण्याचा काळ असेल, पुढे याच मध्यमवर्गाच्या आकांक्षा उदारीकरणानंतर विस्तारत जाणं आणि या सगळ्याच्या भोवती फिरणारं राजकारण. या प्रत्येक टप्प्यात नाना पाटेकर कध�� नाटकातून कधी सिनेमातून दिसले. हमीदाबाईची कोठीपासून ते परिंदा ते क्रांतिवीर ते अब तक छप्पन ते अगदी नटसम्राटपर्यंत प्रत्येक ठिकाणी नाना पाटेकर दिसत राहिले . या प्रत्येक टप्प्यावरची कुठेतरी अस्वस्थता उराशी घेऊन जगणारा सामान्य माणूस नाना पाटेकर कधी पडद्यावर तर कधी रंगभूमीवर उभा करत राहिले .
सामान्य माणसाच्या मनात सातत्याने राग, अपमान, शक्तिहीनता, नैराश्य, अनैतिक गोष्टींबद्दलची घृणा, ���्यवस्थेबद्दलची निराशा, वर्ग संघर्ष हे सगळं आत धुमसत असतं. ते अगदी कधीतरी किरकोळ भांडणं किंवा घरातील आदळआपट यातून बाहेर पडतं, अन्यथा ते आत धुमसत राहतं. हे धुमसत राहणं, प्रेशर कुकर सारखं आत रटरटत राहणं हेच त्याच्या वाट्याला येतं. नानांच्या अभिनयाकडे बघताना हा सामान्यांच्या आयुष्यातला भावनांचा प्रेशर कुकर बघतोय असं वाटायचं. आणि मग कधीकधी नाना असतील किंवा अँग्री यंग मॅन अमिताभ बच्चन असतील यांनी पडद्यावर केलेले दोन हात ही माणसाच्या मनाच्या प्रेशर कुकरमधील वाफ बाहेर काढतात. मी जसं नेहमी म्हणतो की लतादीदी, आशाताई, किशोर कुमार, रफी साहेब, इत्यादी गायकांनी ,संगीतकारांनी, चित्रपट तसेच नाटक निर्माते,दिग्दर्शक, कलाकारांनी भारतीयांचं किमान ६०/७० वर्ष मन रिझवलं तसंच नाना असतील किंवा बच्चन साहेब असतील य��ंनी आतली वाफ पडद्यावर ताकदीने बाहेर काढली म्हणून ठीक नाही तर या देशांत दर महिन्याला अराजकता निर्माण झाली असती.
नानांच्या अभिनयाकडे बघताना मला नेहमीच हॉलिवूडमधल्या मॉर्गन फ्रीमन यांची आठवण येते. रूप असेल व्यक्तिमत्व असेल दोघेही तत्कालीन बॉलिवूड किंवा हॉलिवूडच्या कलाकाराच्या पठडीत बसणारे अभिनेते नाहीत. मॉर्गन फ्रीमन यांच्याकडे पाहिल्यानंतर अनेकदा ��सं वाटतं की या माणसाने काळाच्या ओघात शहाणपण, पेशन्स, आणि आहे हे हे असं आहे हे स्वीकारलेपण आत्मसात केलं आहे. तर नानांच्या अभियाकडे पाहून मला राग, चंचलता, आणि खूप खोल साठलेलं नैराश्य जाणवायचं. या माणसाने खूप बघितलंय असं वाटणारा मॉर्गन फ्रीमन आणि या माणसाने खूप भोगलंय आता बस असं वाटणारे नाना. माणसाची दोन टोकाची रूपं असतात. यातलं दुसरं टोक नाना मनस्वीपणे पडद्यावर आणू शकायचे म्हणून ते मोठे कल��कार होते.
२००० च्या दशकांत गोरे गोमटे आखीव रेखीव गुळगुळीत दिसणाऱ्या नटांच्या ऐवजी कथा ही सिनेमाच्या पटावर आली आणि ती कथा सांगणारे नट आणि प्रेक्षकाला ओढून आणणारे नट यांच्या चलतीचा काळ सुरु झाला. आणि या युगाचे पहिले नायक १००% नाना होते. आज चरित्र अभिनेत्यांची जी चलती दिसत आहे, त्याला वाट नानांनी करून दिली.
पण इतकं सगळं असून देखील त्यांचा स्वभाव मनस्वी होता, ��नात येईल ते बोलायचे, फटकळ होता (खरंतर मी कोणाला फटकळ म्हणणं चुकीचंच आहे. असो) यामुळे नानांना चित्रपटात घ्यायची इच्छा असली तरी निर्माते दिग्दर्शक टाळायचे, याने नानांचं नुकसान झालं का ? माहित नाही, ते बेफिकीर होते. पण १००% हिंदी चित्रपटसृष्टीचं आणि प्रेक्षकांच नुकसान झालं. नवाझउद्दीन सिद्दीकी किंवा इरफान खान( जे आज आपल्यात नाहीत) हे तसे उत्तम कलाकार, परंतु नानांनी काही गोष्टी ॲडजस्ट केल्या असत्या तर कदाचित या आणि अशा काही कलाकारांना ज्या संधी मिळाल्या त्या मिळाल्या असत्या का, याबद्दल मनात शंका निर्माण होते. नानांनी नुसताच आक्रमक किंवा गंभीर अभिनय केला नाही तर वेलकम चित्रपटातून त्यांनी विनोदी भूमिका देखील तितक्याच ताकदीने उभ्या करू शकतो हे जगाला दाखवले !
नाना गेले, पण नानांनी पडद्यावर उभा केलेला तो माणूस अजूनही आपल्या आजूबाजूला आहे. त���याचा राग आहे, त्याची अस्वस्थता आहे, त्याचा अपमान आहे, त्याची धडपड आहे आणि परिस्थितीशी दोन हात करण्याची त्याची अधूनमधून उसळणारी ताकदही आहे. कदाचित म्हणूनच नानांना निरोप देताना केवळ एका मोठ्या अभिनेत्याला आपण निरोप देत नाही आहोत तर समाजातल्या सामान्य माणसाच्या मनात साठत गेलेल्या असंख्य भावनांचा एक चेहरा आज आपल्यातून निघून गेला आहे.
नाना पाटेकरांना महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेनेतर्फे भावपूर्ण श्रद्धांजली
राज ठाकरे ।
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
My salute to the Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary bravery.
Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker — preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster.
He saved the lives of 174 people, including Israeli citizens and other nationals.
I wish Captain Machchhar a speedy and full recovery.
He is a true hero.
Not a miracle. It was awe-inspiring heroism and courage displayed during the attempt to hijack and crash Flydubai flight FZ1073 traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israel.
Hero: pilot and Indian national Smit Machchhar, who was attacked with a knife by his Omani co-pilot. While fighting his attacker, he was able to notify the crew and passengers (possibly by hitting the PA button). Lying in a pool of his own blood and still fighting, he was able to allow access to the cockpit while the plane was taking a violent nosedive, losing 17,000 to 18,000 feet in about two minutes. He fought like a lion and deserves so much respect and honor. @IndiaToday@ndtv@gauravcsawant@ShivAroor
Heroes: the ordinary Israeli citizens who did not hesitate a second and jumped to assist the crew in fighting their way into the cockpit and subduing the co-pilot. This level of heroism and courage cannot be dismissed. People often miss that Israel has a citizen defense force made up of doctors, artists, college students, grandparents, business owners who all serve to defend their homes and nation against attacks by other nations, terrorist armies, and decentralized terror campaigns.
Heroes: the flight crew who joined the passengers to get into the cockpit, subdue the attacker, and manage the passengers and chaos throughout the cabin.
Heroes: off-duty pilots on board who were able to get the plane under control and safely land it in Saudi Arabia.
It takes a village/tribe/community to keep each other safe, with people willing to fight evil when it comes to their doorstep. I have huge respect for all involved in this event.