@RanvirShorey On a different tangential thought... If these teenagers don't have the mental stability and patience to take the same exam twice, how would they face 21st century problems or tense triaging scenarios at their future workplace?? Kind of worried ๐...
@MichaelChongMP This brouhaha onnX won't get you votes
Just like your Taiwan trip didn't give you any brownie points
You can't only be seen to be working... You actually need to do something to get people's votes... Carney will beat you again
K. Subrahmanyam was the last outstandingly clever strategist (an OG) who understood India's sovereign needs, and therefore, he famously said that India's elite always works against the country's longterm best interests. That they are short-sighted and selfish. He was 100% right.
@JaipurDialogues If @sardesairajdeep can be the foot soldier for INC in the media space, why can't @Sonal_MK do the same for this IG phenomenon... After all there's where her followers are
@hvgoenka@BasiM51828134 https://t.co/YxPegplhYH
No newspaper reported
No television present
No photojournalist dared
Those who suffered stayed silent in fear
Those who watched never filed a case
Becahara Grok Kaha se khodega
**The story in the video is a widely circulated anecdote but lacks verifiable evidence.**
No contemporary news reports, biographies of Aditya Vikram Birla, or official records confirm a specific 1993 (or early 1970s) incident where he was dragged from his car near Writers' Building in Kolkata, stripped to his undergarments, and humiliated in public before shifting all investments to Mumbai.
Variations of this tale appear in social media, OpIndia articles, and podcasts, often tied to the "Ashok Kumar Nite" story from 1968, but credible sources (including Birla group history and economic analyses of Bengal) don't document it.
**What is factual:** West Bengal saw major industrial decline under Left Front rule (1977โ2011) due to militant trade unionism (gheraos, strikes, lockouts), power shortages, political violence, and an anti-capitalist stance from leaders like Jyoti Basu. Many business houses (including Birlas) did shift focus or headquarters elsewhereโAditya Vikram Birla expanded the group internationally and moved key operations to Mumbai around the late 1970s. The broader exodus of investment is real and well-documented.
This clip dramatizes a real trend with an unverified personal story.