Glasgow 2026 just concluded yesterday.
A slew of medals & a fourth place overall finish for India.
But of everything from these games, two stories touched me deeply.
A judoka whose father fixed cycles for ₹300 a day, in a mud house, & didn’t live to see his daughter become the first Indian, man or woman, to win Commonwealth Games judo gold.
And a farmer’s son from an Aligarh village who ran on dirt trails just to pass the Army fitness test, & last week became the first Indian ever to win two track medals at a single Games.
Asmita Dey. Gulveer Singh.
No shortcuts, no head starts.
Just hunger & the refusal to stay where they started.
This is what ‘Rise’ actually looks like.
A mud house & a village trail.
No words would be enough to explain why they inspire me.
#MondayMotivation
"My first husband stripped me naked and threw me and my daughters out of the house. Neighbours wrapped me in a quilt and my parents took us away. As I hold this gold medal in Glasgow, my message to every woman in India is to fight back against abuse."
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ये मोहम्मद इरफ़ान हैं, इन्हें औपचारिक शिक्षा नहीं मिली।
दिल्ली की एक झुग्गी बस्ती में रहते हैं, ये भी जंतर-मंतर पर हुए आंदोलन का हिस्सा थे लेकिन लोगों तक इनकी आवाज़ शायद पहुंच नहीं सकी,
लोकतंत्र पर इनकी बात एक बार ज़रूर सुनिए।
36 years of exile and idea of home still feels like blur :(
#KashmiriPandits
Exodus Memoir of a Kashmiri Pandit Girl | 19 January 1990 https://t.co/sZmFzLxQpg
Air is unbreathable. Water is undrinkable. Food is adulterated. Infrastructure is crumbling.
What’s the point of becoming the 4th largest economy if people can’t even live with dignity?
2.2 million schoolchildren in Delhi already have irreversible lung damage.
Their lungs will never fully grow.
Adults are developing chronic breathlessness and inflammation.
Elders are struggling for every breath.
This air is affecting the lungs, heart, brain, immunity, hormones, and cognitive health of millions across all age groups.
This is not a seasonal or environmental issue.
This is a Public Health Emergency.
As a concerned Indian citizen,
I have filed a PIL in the Supreme Court of India appealing for Clean Air as a Fundamental Right to Life.
This is for our children and their future,
for our elders,
for families who are watching their loved ones get sicker every day,
for the newborns and the babies yet to be born.
We all deserve the right to clean air, clean food, and clean water,
the very basics of life and dignity.
We hold faith and trust in the Supreme Court of India
to guide us forward
for the health, protection, and future of every citizen.
If you believe every breath matters,
join us, and share this.
We deserve to breathe.
#BreatheForIndia 🇮🇳
#SupremeCourt #NCAP #TheStatesman #FitIndiaMovement
#PIL #DelhiAirPollution #AirPollutionCrisis #IndiaAirPollution #AQI #ToxicAir
Cloudburst ,floods, unseasonal snow,rainsDeforestation,illegal river bed mining, mindless construction.High time to care or end is imminent
#ClimateCrisis#Jammu#Dharali#Cloudburst