Charu S

Curious.

[Pooja Shali @PoojaShali]

This is the man accused of Hit and Run, that killed Sarthak Mattoo.

Apurv Singh. He needs to be sent to jail. ASAP.

And, such shouldn’t be allowed to misuse legal loopholes.

[Mojo Story @themojostory]

Aloka's return to India is more than just a visit—it's a homecoming. Born on the streets of India, Aloka was once a nameless stray dog with an uncertain future. In 2022, during a pilgrimage through India and Nepal, he encountered a group of Buddhist monks and began following them. Through harsh weather, illness, exhaustion and countless miles, he never left their side. Today, Aloka's remarkable journey of loyalty, resilience and companionship has inspired people around the world, making his return to the country where it all began an emotional and deeply meaningful moment.

[Peek TV @PeekTV_in]

Kuldeep Kumar and Dev Meena, two athletes from Madhya Pradesh, were forced to fit their poles in an e-rickshaw after breaking the national pole vault record this week.

The video shows how India’s selective sports obsession with cricket often comes at the cost of other sports.

[Charu S @charuminator]

Cute.

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

New York subway rule: Dogs must be "carried in a bag" when boarding.
As a result, this regulation has directly sparked a creativity contest among New Yorkers..

[Charu S @charuminator]

Should I be happy that ChatGPT created something relatable or should I be scared that it did created something relatable…

[barkha dutt @BDUTT]

Deepak Chopra to Stephen Hawking, Peter Mandelson to Noam Chomsky, Trump to Clinton, Gates to Peter Attia- all ideological differences collapse clearly and no right and left matter when it comes to the abuse of women and girls by rich, powerful men. Epstein files are elite poison

[Smita Prakash @smitaprakash]

26 speakers, not a single woman. Real estate still a male bastion?

[Charu S @charuminator]

‘Age’ & ‘gender’ both are just words!!!!!!!

[News Algebra @NewsAlgebraIND]

A group of women riders from Bengaluru completed an inspiring road trip across Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan.

They successfully reached the high-altitude Nathula Pass, near the India-China border.

Age, for sure, is just a number 🫡

[Arcfunmi @Arcfunmi]

This is what the Chinese are doing with construction pipes. Great business idea.

[Charu S @charuminator]

The first courier of the year came via “Mister Post Man”!! Uff love the old world charm so much!

[Ankur Warikoo @warikoo]

Received an email this morning
It feels like I’m drifting out of sync with how society now functions.

Financially, I’ve made conscious choices. I don’t own a car or bike because I don't need them, and I lead a simple lifestyle.
Yet, I’ve built over ₹ 50 lakhs in savings and investments across mutual funds, stocks, FDs, and bank accounts.
I spend on travel, experiences, and quality time, but I don’t feel the urge to broadcast it.
I’ve been to most of the best cafés and breweries in Bangalore, but I’ve never felt the need to post about them.

I can buy 50+ iPhones right now, but I own a simple 30k Samsung device, because i feel it's not worth the investment.

What triggers me sometimes is seeing how exaggerated and curated social media has become.
Cringe content goes viral, people get brand deals for portraying a life that often isn’t even real, and suddenly it feels like the loudest people are being rewarded the most not necessarily the most grounded ones.

I know I could build a social presence if I wanted to, but I can’t fake things for attention.
Most of what goes viral today feels manufactured, and that doesn’t sit right with me.

I believe in living privately, keeping a small circle, doing good quietly, and letting karma take care of the rest.
I tip generously, I try to be kind, I live ethically but I don’t announce it.
Yet on platforms like LinkedIn, someone doing the same thing writes two emotional paragraphs about it and gets massive appreciation  and somewhere inside, you start wondering if you’re being too mature… or too invisible.

So I’m confused, Is my perspective outdated? Am I missing something?

Here was my exact reply

Contentment is a difficult concept.
It has two parts to it.

One is knowing that you have enough.
You seem to have reached there.
You seem frugal, at peace with what you have, the choices you make around money, life.
It seems balanced, from the way you described it.

The other side of contentment is equally important but a lot harder.
Which is not caring about what others have.
Not just materially.
Around everything.
Love, fame, respect, purpose, money.
Everything.
I don’t think you have reached this stage yet.
The fact that you are still triggered by people’s sharing something that gets visibility when in your opinion they aren’t worthy - is proof of that.

Ask yourself: Why does it matter?
When you know you don’t want to play that game, how does it matter what they achieve by playing it?

The comparison will be
You are playing cricket but you are triggered by someone scoring goals while playing football!
Sounds stupid?
That’s because it is.
And so is what you are saying, the way you say it.

As I said, this part of contentment is the hardest to arrive at.
But once you do, which I am sure you will sooner than later, you would have truly arrived.

All the best!

[Charu S @charuminator]

Ringing in the New Year exactly the way I like!

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

1) His father, a BSF Jawan was protecting the Indian border, and Angel Chakma from Tripura was killed in Uttarakhand while trying to prove he was Indian.

2) A Maharashtrian boy Arnav Jitendra Khaire, tragically died by suicide after being assaulted for speaking Hindi on a local train.

3) Ramnarayan Baghel, a migrant worker from Chhattisgarh, was killed in Kerala on suspicion of being Bangladeshi.

We don't need external enemies, we are enough to target each other over language, region, and identity. Our divisions are destroying us from within.

[Charu S @charuminator]

Lol af 😂🤣

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

Well done you 👍

[Sanket Upadhyay @sanket]

Ban the Bajrang Dal. Third rate thugs thriving on VHP & RSS patronage.

[Charu S @charuminator]

Absolutely no words…..

[JoJo Nakro Naga @Nakro_Jojo]

“When Students Don’t Come Home”

I am writing this as a conscious journalist from the Northeast, carrying the weight of years of silence, loss and unanswered questions.

Late Anjel Chakma was preparing to return to his hometown for the holidays, a routine moment of relief every student understands. But that journey never happened. Instead, Anjel’s life was violently altered and ultimately taken in Dehradun, far from home, far from safety and far from the comfort of those who raised him.

His death is not an isolated tragedy. It is a painful and familiar reminder for every family in the Northeast that sends its children away in search of education and a better future.

More than a decade has passed since Nido Taniam, a young student from Arunachal Pradesh, was killed in South Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar. That incident shook the nation’s conscience. Committees were formed, guidelines were drafted, helplines were launched, and special police units were introduced to protect people from the Northeast living outside their home states.

Yet today, looking at Anjel Chakma’s death, we must ask: what truly changed?

What we have not honestly acknowledged is that the Northeast continues to be seen as “different” in the national imagination. That difference has become dangerous. It manifests as casual slurs, suspicion, ridicule and at times, fatal violence. This mindset was not created overnight and it has not disappeared with laws or advisories.

We often comfort ourselves by saying systems are in place. But systems do not control the minds of men. The prejudice that fuels such attacks has existed since the earliest days of our collective existence, passed on quietly, normalised, and tolerated. The question before us is uncomfortable: do we keep forgiving a rotten mindset until more innocent lives are lost?

Enough is enough.

Special helplines and designated police units are not enough to protect students who are targeted because of how they look, speak or belong. What is needed is institutional seriousness, not symbolic gestures. A dedicated national ministry or statutory body that focuses solely on the vulnerabilities, safety and dignity of Northeastern people across India, without distractions, without dilution, must be debated urgently.

Will it work? That remains to be seen. But doing nothing has already failed too many times.

In response to Anjel Chakma’s death, the Chakma Students’ Union proposed a protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on December 28, 2025, demanding justice and stronger safeguards for students from the Northeast. This protest was not only for Anjel. It was for every student who left home with hope and returned in a coffin or never returned at all. However, the proposed protest by the Chakma Students’ Union Delhi was postponed after police permitted only 50 participants.

Anjel Chakma’s death is not just news. It is memory. It is a warning. It is grief carried by an entire Northeast region.

I write this not to provoke sympathy, but to demand recognition, that the Northeast is not an exception within the nation, and its children are not expendable.

I write this because silence, at this point, is no longer an option.

@pushkardhami @DrManikSaha2 @uttarakhandcops @HMOIndia @DelhiPolice @mygovtripura @tripura_cmo @PMOIndia @NodalofficerNE
#JusticeForAnjelChakma
#NortheastLivesMatter
#EnoughIsEnough
#ProtectNortheastStudents

[Charu S @charuminator]

What the hell is happening in the country ?

[barkha dutt @BDUTT]

This is utterly shameful bigotry and lumpen behavior. Just awful.

[Charu S @charuminator]

Agle janam mohe……

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

The ruling ideology not only justifies but also incentivises crimes against women - and that's why the rapists are repeatedly garlanded, celebrated, promoted, and supported through institutions under their thumbs.

[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

This hit

[Charu S @charuminator]

@AmrashreeMishra Best scene in the movie!