Debargha Sarkar

Chemical Engineer, when not procrastinating.
Eager to work for a better India.

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@SrBachchan Haha

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Massive hike in #petrol prices is a prime example of the failure of Congress-led UPA. This will put a burden of hundreds of crores on Guj.

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@narendramodi What have you given to MP, Bihar after 20 years ?

[Preeti Choudhry @PreetiChoudhry]

My exit poll! As I leave #Bengal, it would be a disservice not to say this: I have come to deeply admire the way women inhabit space here. There is a quiet, almost subconscious elevation of women as independent beings . something that stands in stark contrast to the entrenched misogyny that still finds resonance across much of northern India. Perhaps it stems from a cultural understanding of shakti. A form of empowerment that manifests here in ways both subtle and profound, unlike anywhere else in the country, even in the south.
Any woman journalist who has covered political rallies across India will recognize the difference immediately. Other states, a crowd is not just a logistical challenge, it carries risk. the inevitability of wandering hands, the violation masked by chaos. Here, the crowds are no less dense, the air no less heavy with sweat and alcohol—but the hands, for the most part, do not grope. Men step aside to make way. When contact happens, as it inevitably does in chaos, there is visible embarrassment rather than entitlement. What you encounter is not chivalry, but something far rarer: equality. And equality feels far more meaningful. Was never a fan of chivalry in any case :) 
There is more. Women politicians across party lines campaign with a striking freedom, aggressive, sharp, unapologetically irreverent, often using what would elsewhere be labelled as ‘masculine’ rhetoric. In most states, such behaviour would invite judgment, even censure. Here, it is met with acceptance,  applause. What feels liberating to an outsider is, in Bengal, simply normal. What we frame as empowerment  here is a cultural undercurrent.
I have covered four elections in this state, and each time I have returned with the same sense of awe. Bengal, meanwhile, ambles on with a certain bemusement, as if unaware of what sets it apart. But it is a big deal. And perhaps the most remarkable part is that Bengal does not think so.
Governments will come and go. One can only hope that this constant endures, not just how Bengal sees its women, but how, in many ways, it doesn’t. ♥️♥️♥️

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@hvgoenka It goes beyond food / sweets.

Women safety.
Hospitality.
Geographic diversity: Himalayas to Bay of Bengal.
Cultural Capital: Music, Art, Festivals.
Sport.

And so on.

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@vikrantgupta73 50 overs enough to wrap up our T20 team.

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@kollytired Well played Temba !

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@Pawankhera Boycott elections.

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

This is a banger of a fact!

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@RShivshankar Yes, there are brain dead Indians who need to be schooled on basic civic sense.
You may be one of them.

[peeleraja @peeleraja]

When i was younger, bigotry and corruption were rampant in India, just like it is today.

But bigotry was largely unfashionable and suppressed to private circles, while corruption was frowned upon and condemned.

Today, it is fashionable to voice your bigotry publicly, and corruption too is aspirational.

There is no redemption from this.

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@ShivAroor Doing better than Sudhir , this I give it to you!

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@ARanganathan72 If you lived out of your bubble you would have written it differently

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@vivekagnihotri 15 paid protestors in WB.
Less than 20% occupancy in theatres outside WB.
Guess people are fed up with your propaganda.

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@vivekagnihotri Riots, arson, murder, rapes with incitement from politicians. That's 1946, that's 1993, that's 1984, that's 2002
for you.

Don't cry, UP, GJ and some other "friendly" states will make it tax free for you. Don't stoke communal flames in Bengal.

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@vivekagnihotri Because it takes years to attain peace and bury the pain.
You dig out half truths and mash up with dangerous lies with gory depictions which are not good for any community.

What new thing are you bringing to the table with this...

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@ECISVEEP @PIBFactCheck Please hire a data analyst to check your own data. Somebody just did that. You are asking him to swear an oath for your own data

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@sudhirchaudhary We have showroom to sell a China made car.
Where is the pride there?

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@Jairam_Ramesh I don't get it why Congress is complaining?
Wasn't he suppressing opposition voices ?

[Debargha Sarkar @DStheHBK]

@Nitinrajpu66462 @sureshsambandam Good copy paste.
Where are the smart cities btw?