Every Odia son dreams of giving back to Maati Maa.
Today, one did it in style.
Sopnendu Mohanty our very own son from Odisha didn’t just return for his motherland . He brought Singapore’s advanced financial institutions to home.
Singapore chose Bhubaneswar. Not Mumbai. Not Bengaluru, not Hyderabad, not Chennai
GFTN (Global Finance & Technology Network), born from MAS Singapore, just opened its first India office in Bhubaneswar.
$ 100M+ FinTech corridor. 12-15 global giants. Partnerships with SBI, Ant International and more. NUS certified talent pipeline. InsurTech & GCCs.
This is Odisha’s FinTech decade starting now.
To every NRI Odia reading this,
Your motherland is calling. Not for sympathy. For partnership.
Whether you invest, mentor, bring talent, or simply amplify your capabilities can fuel this rise.
Because when one Odia son builds bridges with the world’s most advanced financial ecosystem, every Odia has a duty to walk on it.
For our roots. For our future. For the soil that raised us.
Rise of Odisha is not optional. It is inevitable.
If this decade also we can’t rise then definitely we will fall far behind in scale race.
Pathetic after-sales service from Ola Electric. My scooter has been lying at Vadodara service center since 28 Oct 2025 due to a rear motor issue. 7+months with no resolution no updates and no accountability from the company. SR No: #10749702 @bhash@OlaElectric@jagograhakjago
Disappointing is an understatement. Delayed service is one thing, but just look at the condition of my vehicle that I gave for service. Like seriously disappointed and unacceptable. The @mygovindia@MORTHIndia should intervene and bash this @bhash unaccountability @OlaElectric@OlaEV_Support
So the so-called Cockroach Protest flopped exactly as expected. Not even a hundred organic supporters turned up, and frankly, that outcome was predictable from day one.
Online activism is easy. All you have to do is hit follow, repost a few hashtags, and convince yourself you're part of some grand revolution. Real-world mobilisation is a completely different game. Who is going to leave their studies, job, business, or daily routine, travel to Delhi in 42°C heat, and stand on the streets for a cause they don't genuinely care about?
Historically, only two kinds of people show up for protests. First, professional agitators, the NGO activists, comrades, student-politics regulars, self-styled farmer leaders, political aspirants, and others whose entire relevance depends on remaining permanently aggrieved. Second, people who truly believe in a cause and are willing to bear personal costs for it, whether it is religion, reservation, language, or some issue that directly affects their lives.
The Cockroach Janta online ecosystem fits into neither category. Its followers are largely urban youth, students, and working professionals who join such trends because they are fashionable at the moment. It gives them the feeling of participating in something meaningful without requiring any actual sacrifice. The reason they never show up on the streets is simple: they are not suffering in real life to the extent they claim online.
Today's turnout exposed the gap between social media noise and ground reality. Viral posts, trending hashtags, and inflated follower counts create the illusion of a mass movement. The moment people are asked to step away from their screens and show up physically, the illusion collapses.
Hopefully, the Cockroach Party leadership received a much-needed reality check. Online gimmicks do not automatically translate into real-world support. In fact, Delhi has seen larger organic gatherings for street dogs opposing a Supreme Court ruling than the combined strength that assembled at Jantar Mantar today.