"India's failure to boldly formulate & implement a truly Indian education after Independence ranks as her most tragic, most ruinous error." - Michel Danino in The Indian Mind Then and Now.
Since posting on this channel, Iβve been focusing on the positive things I experience in India.
Not because there are no negative things, Iβm not oblivious, but because there is already so much hate about the country online and in general.
Each of my posts received a lot of love, but also a lot of insults towards India, and thatβs very crazy and hard to understand for me.
The surprising part is that most of this hate came from some Indians themselves, with a strong βnothing will changeβ attitude behind it. And I get where that could come from.
I understand a lot of the infrastructure, civic sense, and education need actual work, especially considering the 30% taxes, but hating the country wonβt help.
For example, growing up in France, when things didn't work, new laws people disagree with, destroyed infrastructure, dirty streets and rats in Paris, I used to see people come down in the street and fight against it.
There are always things to complain about for French people, but when they leave the country, they have this sense of pride to defend the flag, the culture, the life, everything.
For me there are so many incredible things in India that need to be acknowledged and cherished; that's why I made my home here. The parts that donβt work need people to come together and work on them instead of spreading negativity.
Lovely thread to discover the meaning of the famous song.
Reading this, I discovered many similar words in Tamil - naattu kozhi, sevul / sevi, veechu kaththi / aruva, just to name a few :)
When Naatu Naatu song won the Oscar in 2023, many dismissed it as gibberish, with a whole lot of βcinephilesβ expressing outrage.
The song actually references rural life in Telugu land that often gets lost in translation. I mean the Hindi version was Naacho, Naacho( Dance, Dance) that makes no sense really.
This post looks at those references.
#Hockey
End of a glorious international career. π
Vandana Katariya announces her retirement. The first woman to play for India more than 300 times, the first woman to score a hat-trick for India at the Olympics.
A legend of the game. ππ½π«‘
Mamta Kulkarni is indeed known as the first woman station master in Indian Railways. Joining in May 1992, she currently manages Matunga railway station, which has an all-woman staff - another lady to break the glass ceiling in #IndianRailways. #InternationalWomensDay#WomensDay
Vanakkam!
I am @chessvaishali and I am thrilled to be taking over our PM Thiru @narendramodi Jiβs social media properties and that too on #WomensDay. As many of you would know, I play chess and I feel very proud to be representing our beloved country in many tournaments.