This needs to be said: We are at Jim Corbett and apparently there is no restriction on loud music till 10:30pm in the night. The roads are full of cars speeding around, at least 30 jeeps plying in one area of the forest, you can see brunt land on both sides and massive tree felling.
So guilty of attending a family wedding here, I cannot say. There’s one I skipped because I didn’t want to be a party to destroying the habitat of animals. But why is Uttarakhand government allowing weddings in a forest reserve? I know my tweet will have zero reaction but
Please tag the concerned agencies when you read this.
@ukcmo@uttrakhand24@AniUttarakhand
Read this absolute horror story:
In June 2017, a minor girl accused Unnao BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar of rape, but the police refused to register an FIR. After months of inaction, in April 2018, the girl attempted suicide by self-immolation outside the CM’s residence, which finally forced the authorities to file the FIR.
Meanwhile, her father was arrested on false charges and reportedly assaulted in police custody; he later died in hospital due to his injuries. Public outrage followed. Even before any proper investigation had begun, a key witness in this mysterious custodial death was also found dead.
The case was eventually transferred to the CBI. The CBI concluded that the girl’s father died due to injuries inflicted in custody and that the assault was connected to an attempt to pressure and intimidate the victim’s family.
In July 2019, while the victim was travelling to court with her two aunts and lawyer, their car was hit by a truck, killing both her aunts and leaving the victim and the lawyer critically injured, an incident later treated as a deliberate attempt to silence witnesses.
In December 2019, Sengar was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, but by then the victim’s family had already paid an irreparable price. The Unnao rape case had all the elements of an 80s–90s Bollywood villain plot: systemic intimidation, blatant abuse of power, and a trail of destruction that went far beyond the crime itself. But worse was still to come.
Yesterday, the Delhi High Court suspended the jail term and granted bail to Sengar. This is nothing but salt rubbed into the wounds of whatever little the victim’s family has left. An absolute disgrace. After everything they endured, this feels like the system mocking them. Shameful beyond words, and everyone should raise their voice against this.
Civic sense in the North East is remarkable- calm traffic, discipline, and respect for the road.
If we want this across India, we need new habits: teach it early, follow it at home, enforce it consistently and celebrate good behaviour.
If one region can do it, whole country can.
"Pro-Palestinian demonstrators couldn’t give it a rest – not even for 24 hours. They were chanting all the old slogans and ducking all the hard questions. ‘Globalise the intifada,’ they cried – does that mean killing Jews in Manchester?" ✍️@NickCohen4
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The "stray dog" issue sums up India in a nutshell.
Parliament should be legislating on this but they want to pass the buck.
Courts interfere in the executive domain and pass impractical orders.
Municipal corporations are either corrupt or don't have the resources to deal with the problem.
Citizen groups are making "moral" arguments as if people in Singapore, Japan or half the world don't have compassion - only they have compassion.
The case studies of how others solved for it and what kind of resources it takes - are all accessible to everyone. But a problem that has been "solved" for, by most in the world - will go nowhere in India.
Just like many other civic issues - garbage disposal, parking, road construction - it's a long list.
The order will be stayed - gyaan will be given - and nothing will change.
Manchester United is a team that makes me feel like if we’re 2-0 down in the final, i’d still think we can win it…
but also the same team that could be 2-0 up & i’d still think we could lose it.
I will not be mentally free til the final whistle.