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[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

NOTE: it is sometimes best to put out a full proper video before engaging in worst form of character assassination . Here is Indira Gandhi at 1983 NAM summit holding out her hand to Fidel Castro. The Cuban leader then takes her consent (through an interpreter) and hugs her briefly . He called her his ‘sister’. The entire exchange is done with quiet dignity. To score cheap political points why coarsen the narrative? (Thank you @_kajalbasu for sharing video on Facebook)

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

An Open Letter to the Jantar Mantar protestors:

My dear young friends,

I address you today not as a politician or an MP, but as someone deeply troubled by what is happening to your generation of young Indians.

This is personal for me. I was born to a middle-class family: my father was a salaried newspaper employee, my mother a homemaker, with three children to educate on one income. For a family like ours, merit was not a slogan. Scholarships, fair examinations, honest results — these were the only way one salary could carry three children's dreams.

I went to school in Mumbai and Kolkata, to college here in Delhi, topped the University and earned admission into IIM — and chose instead to follow my passion for international affairs, in America, on a scholarship. Nothing was inherited; everything was earned by hard work and yes, Exams.

So I know that a fair, merit-based system is the only ladder for young people from lower and middle-income families to climb up. When that ladder is broken — papers leaked, examinations cancelled, trust destroyed — the children of the rich and powerful do not suffer. They have other ladders. It is your dreams, and your families' sacrifices (and tragically, in some homes, young lives themselves) that are betrayed.

To the young people gathered at Jantar Mantar, and those raising your voices peacefully across India: this country hears you. Your anger is not indiscipline — it is the anguish of a generation that did everything right and was still betrayed . You are not alone.

And to the millions of young Indians watching quietly: your generation is not a problem to be managed. You are the answer to India's future. Do not lose hope. This ladder will be rebuilt — by you, and by every Indian who stands with you.

To Shri Sonam Wangchuk-ji, my heartfelt appeal: please end your fast. You have awakened the conscience of the nation; that is what a fast is meant to do. India needs your voice for the long road ahead.

With Parliament in session again from Monday, we will have an opportunity to raise the students’ issues in the highest forum of our democracy. That’s where the problem should be addressed, not by fasting unto death. Please heed my plea.

And finally, to the Government: I respectfully urge you to reach out and engage in the dialogue our democracy owes its young citizens. That is not weakness; that is statesmanship.

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

See what the Modi govt has done to the pristine Hasdeo forests in Chhattisgarh in order to allow Adani to mine them for coal

[Kapil @kapsology]

Government has ordered suspension of Cockroach Janta Party's X account.

Is this the free speech you have promised @elonmusk ?

@CJP_2029

[Kapil @kapsology]

A note to journalists around the world:

If the PM of India visits your country, please ask him questions, because in India he has not faced a press conference for the last 12 years.

For the sake of the journalistic community, please do us this favor.

RT for good karma.

[BUDHADITYA MITRA @budmit1988]

Hi @UniStudios, urgent help needed: website showed payment failure, but my card was charged and no ticket was issued for my March 21 visit. I’ve submitted the contact form and emailed support. Please assist.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

India needs a strong Government. Modi does not matter. I can go back & open a tea stall. But, the nation can't suffer anymore.

[Anuj Gurwara @AnujGurwara]

RANT - after watching this distressing video and the ones of that illegal structure falling on people.

Read at your own risk.

India has - more than ever before - become a nation where only those with access to wealth and power are able to lead comfortable lives within the bubbles they construct for themselves.

Everyone else is a statistic and a temporary headline in the event of a tragedy.

Every common person is only racing from birth to death, navigating through one obstacle after another.

For most people, death can literally happen any time - bad roads, flooding, unsafe electrical poles, fights in the neighbourhood, road rage, animals loose in the streets, contaminated foods, botched medical practices, unauthorised structures falling on their heads, broken infrastructure crashing down during or after construction - or just mobs baying for your blood because you are different.

Regulations are a joke. There is no value for human life. The infrastructure and ecosystem is not designed for those without privilege.

Worse still, the overburdened justice system is not reliable.

The era of leaders is over. Politicians have taken over from the mafia. Most who get into politics don’t do so to serve the masses. They do so to get away from them and elevate themselves above the commoners.

Politics is the most profitable taxpayer funded, tax-free business there is.

Movie stars live in ivory towers right in the middle of a garbage dump. Some of them make more money than most Hollywood actors but live less than 1/10th of their lifestyles when in India.

Surrounded by security, assistants and servants - politicians, celebrities and the 1% secure their own bubbles by hook or crook, evade taxes, exploit every legal & financial loophole and avoid accountability.

Yet, we worship them and place them on a pedestal because we want access to the power they hold.

Because we want to be able to know someone when we are in a police station, a hospital or in court. We want to use a reference to get admission, get a job or just get pension.

The collective self esteem of a billion people is at an all time low and being lowered still to suit the political ambition of a few hundred people desperately holding on to power.

The rich won’t protest societal injustice because they can escape into their bubbles whenever needed and pay their way into convenience.

The middle class doesn’t have the time to protest because they’ve been pushed into being on survival mode all day every day. Time lost is money lost.

The poor can’t protest beyond a point because hunger is real and the above two classes won’t allow them to.

Our children are growing up in an environment of corrupted education and contaminated nutrition. Their physical and intellectual growth is stunted when compared to developed countries.

India’s children swing between malnourishment and obesity. An entire generation ahead will feel the effects of of this sheer neglect of childhood.

We don’t care about our young and our elderly. Women are not safe anywhere. Our teenagers are hooked up to dopamine all day - youth in cities, towns and villages are addicted to porn, violent games and on the hunt for get-rich-quick schemes. I blame the system that doesn’t empower them otherwise.

We are squeezed dry to pay direct and indirect taxes, endlessly waiting for our lives to upgrade a little bit.

Buying a vehicle or a home now is literally a process of extracting blood money. Most of India is one medical bill away from poverty.

We haven’t lost count of human tragedies and disasters. We will queue up in the thousands on bridges and hillsides to offer our prayers to the Gods who look on silently at the destruction our own fellow humans have caused in their name.

This post will be forgotten in a few hours too. You and I will both get busy because life goes on and we must move forward with it.

Let’s get back to election gossip, IPL and Orry. Let’s forget about all this. For just one more day.

End.

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

COVID-19: India is not in community transmission stage, says ICMR

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

Coronavirus is not a health emergency: officials

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

🚨BRAINWASH ALERT🚨

BJP has nothing left to offer to people so they are trying hard to scare us Indians by spreading multiple fake news -

❌Congress will implement Sharia Law - CM Adiyanath
❌ Congress will redistribute your wealth to minorities - PM Modi
❌ Congress will bring inheritance tax - HM Amit Shah

*All these claims are 100% fake.*

BJP’s top leadership is not just trying to confuse or distract you anymore—they are straight-up LYING to you. Congress manifesto mentions none of this. Lets have a look at what Congress Manifesto actually promises us-

✅Congress will provide jobs by filling up 30 lakh vacancies in govt posts. (Page 30 of Manifesto)
✅Congress will not increase any tax on middle class throughout its term (Page 31 of Manifesto)
✅Congress will support small businesses so all the nation’s resources don’t get sold to billionaires like Adani (Page 28 of Manifesto)

You can read the manifesto yourself and check it. It is in fact Modi’s policies like Electoral Bonds which have stolen the wealth from people of India and given it to billionaires. That’s why you will not find any similar promise in BJP’s manifesto.

Do not get BRAINWASHED

☑️ Share this message with all your friends and family so they can make an informed decision.

Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[BUDHADITYA MITRA @budmit1988]

@captainmarvel

#CarolDanvers #CaptainMarvel #MCU #MarvelComics #3dart #ai

https://t.co/x7KvZIgk83

[BUDHADITYA MITRA @budmit1988]

Pizza series with #ai generated content in #3d animated style

https://t.co/rpsdwv8edw

[BUDHADITYA MITRA @budmit1988]

@AdhamDannaway Not much difference between A and B. The chevrons look similar except for the styling.

[BUDHADITYA MITRA @budmit1988]

Delayed update: Got my #ux #casestudy published in #Bootcamp
https://t.co/ptzeMPfkXv

[Figma @figma]

We’ve been working on a couple of accessibility updates that we’re excited to share with you.

First up: prototype screen reader support is officially out of beta.

Check out our new playground file to get started: https://t.co/BkDIK79I69

[Figma @figma]

Today our friends @MaterialDesign introduced Relay, a new process to transform Figma components into Android UI code.

Learn more about Relay and get started by visiting https://t.co/8OBeFLGfYj

[Figma @figma]

We asked designers what signals they look for when deciding if a company will be a good place to work… and we learned a lot!

Read all of our findings in the 2022 Figma Design Hiring Report. https://t.co/SM2IZcCng5

[miggi from figgi @miggi]

Video in @Figma prototypes is now a thing, so I made a quick video to show a sampling of what you can accomplish with the new feature!

Be sure to check out the playground file to dig a little deeper:
https://t.co/eANKjMXEzA

[Antonio Cao @RemitNotPaucity]

Gonna ship a Figma plugin to go from prompts + simple shapes to design ideas using #stablediffusion #aiart