Bala

Just another bum around the corner

[Bala @bum_balu]

"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.

[Bala @bum_balu]

@kripalamanna It's decent. Clean, hot, vegetarian food. A large hall, and relatively unhurried service. Usually packed during weekends :)

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@pathikghugare If you're not stupid now, then, when?

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@dharmadispatch I'm not sure if you see replies. Watch Sisu.

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💯 😍

[Julia Chaigneau @juliachaigneau]

Since posting on this channel, I’ve been focusing on the positive things I experience in India.

Not because there are no negative things, I’m 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 that’s 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 “nothing will change” 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 won’t 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 don’t work need people to come together and work on them instead of spreading negativity.

[Bala @bum_balu]

@avgavialenjoyer ofc it is

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♥️

[Sameer @BesuraTaansane]

Anil Kumble speaking Sanskrit on the occasion of Jaagatik Sanskrit Bhasha Diwas

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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 :)

[Lone Wolf Ratnakar @SadaaShree]

When Naatu Naatu song won the Oscar in 2023, many dismissed it as gibberish, with a whole lot of “cinephiles” 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.

[Vinayakk @vinayakkm]

#Hockey

End of a glorious international career. 🏑

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. 👌🏽🫡

[Richa Pinto @richapintoi]

The Malabar Hill Nature trail which will open today to public.

[Ananth Rupanagudi @Ananth_IRAS]

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

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Vanakkam!

I am @chessvaishali and I am thrilled to be taking over our PM Thiru @narendramodi Ji’s 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.

[Bala @bum_balu]

@s_cidambi 😍🙏

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#ma is all sorts of lovely ❤️ Happy Karthikai Deepam folks.

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@PriyaRaju My Amma is watching too 😍

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@s_cidambi 😍

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@DrNikitaMehra I always end up smiling :)

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Please ra Washi

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Useless careless shot Sarfaraz

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4 top order batsmen of India are back in the pavilion in 7 overs. Sigh.