Recently I was targeted by an extremely sophisticated phishing attack, and I want to highlight it here. It exploits a vulnerability in Google's infrastructure, and given their refusal to fix it, we're likely to see it a lot more. Here's the email I got:
A man drives for 32 mins across all of Colombo, Sri Lanka and there's not a single pothole, garbage on streets, unnecessary honking, unruly public, etc.
World's 5th largest economy - India, can't achieve that even for a 5 min drive
@PMOIndia@DGCAIndia@MoCA_GoI@IndigoCEO
Theft incident in Indigo flight by an airhostess,the victim is a 5 year old girl child.This incident exposes a severe lapse in passenger security and accountability within Indigo Airlines.
Back from a 7 day trip to Kerala. Few observations that might feel like alien to North Indians;
1) Travelled 600KM by road and didn't see any potholes on the roads.
2) The total toll paid is Rs 45 and that too while traveling on a road to the Airport. No toll road anywhere else.
3) Didn't see a single police person or traffic police on the roads still not traffic jams.
4) No one was driving on the wrong side or breaking the rules.
5) No pan, gukta, cigarette shops and no one is splitting on the roads. No public smoking.
6) No eRikshaws.
7) No one peeing on the roadside.
8) No poster/photo of the state's CM seen anywhere across the trip. Thankfully not even a photo of camerajeevi as an eyesore!
9) Unlike Goa, no one is there to scam you as a tourist. From 5 Star hotels to KTDC hotels, you are treated with respect and as a guest.
10) No langauge supremacy. If they don't know English, they will speak in Hindi and vice versa. No hate for Hindi speakers.
11) You will not feel unsafe even at night.
12) Women were doing jobs considered for only men in North India.
13) No Thar, Scorpio, Creta as a symbol to showcase your money or muscle power. Cars were cars for transport and not for showing your supremacy.
14) No caste or religion written on the rearglass.
15) No religious chest thumping. Temples, churches and mosques, all places of worship coexist peacefully in same vicinity.
16) No digging up cities in the name of senseless development.
17) Government healthcare services and hospitals are first choice for the people.
18) People respect your time and are punctual.
19) 100% literacy reflects in the behaviour of the people.
20) Best state in terms of infrastructure, natural beauty, religious harmony, government healthcare, education and hospitality I visited so far.
Don't know who needs to know this, but I just realised that the percussion track in the song Mannamadurai from Minsarakanavu from 4:18 onwards is exactly the same as Tanha Tanha from Rangeela. Ok bye.
VVIP culture claims yet another life!
In Madhya Pradesh, during CM Mohan Yadav's visit, security blocked emergency patient from entering the hospital. The patient d!ed without treatment
CM didnโt even acknowledge the incident โ Arrogance of Power ๐คฎ
Good example of the ironies of Hindutva. A W. Bengal fort is renamed in honor of the Maratha state, which invaded Bengal w such brutality (gang rapes, castrations, slavery) that the figure of the Maratha became a bogeyman used by Bengalis to scare their children for centuries.
In Uttarakhand, rules for live-ins:
Fill 16 page form. Tell government of all your past relationships. Get certificates which say you are eligible to marry. Submit live-in registration details to landlords and local police.
India in 2025. ๐๐๐