Sumit Kumar

Hi ! it's me Sumit

[Sagar Awatade @SagarAwatade]

I don't know who else to tell this to, so I am going to tell my story here.

Every day is a struggle for a young business, but the last few months have been harder than usual.

We are a small Indian company. For more than ten years we have been building a homegrown brand in a product category dominated by big foreign players.

There are almost no Indian names in this space. We set out to be one.

We started in 2014. Over the years we began making parts in India instead of just importing, and we started selling in the US, Dubai, Nepal, Malaysia and South Africa.

We showed up at global trade fairs to represent an Indian brand on the world stage.

In 2023 we changed the import code we use for our product. We did not do this quietly. Every shipment was declared. Nothing was hidden. We didn't invent our approach.

We followed written professional advice and the way this product is treated in markets around the world.

And now we are facing a government demand running into tens of crores in duty recovery and penalties, plus personal penalties on the founders and even on an employee.

For a company our size, this is not a fine we can pay and move on from. This ends us.

We have not run from any of this. I am not built like that. It is not how I was raised. We have written to the authorities, met officials in person, and we have now filed a writ in the High Court.

All we are asking for is a fair treatment.

I set out to build in India and sell to the world. I am asking only that the system back honest founders trying to compete globally, instead of breaking them.

The process is the process, and it exists for a reason. But process should not feel like punishment.

From where I am standing today, it does.
I am not giving up. I have worked too hard for this. If you have read this far, please share it. If you know someone who can help, point them my way. Help me get the word out.

[PunsterX @PunsterX]

Meghalaya is one of the most beautiful states of India. But unfortunately, it may not be the same for long.

We are selling the mountains of Meghalaya stone-by-stone. And guess who's buying?? Bangladesh.

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

Sir. I think maybe I speak for a small but valid percentage of India when I say couldn’t care less what the congress did anymore. Let it go. India moved on. They are not in power for their deeds. We did jokes about them for years, we booed them at the commonwealth games, they were a punch line on this platform for years, they got voted out. That’s life. These kids giving exams don’t even remember a congress govt. Questions can only be asked of those in power. That’s not being selective, it’s just called living in the present. No one dealing with a paper leak cares about BJP/Congress or Hindu/Muslim or any partisan bullshit. They’re worried about the future.

[Vinay Kumar Dokania @VinayDokania]

मोदी ने चंद्रयान 3 के इंजीनियरों को 2 साल से बिना सैलरी के बेहाल छोड़ दिया। जहां मोदी के प्रचार, विदेशी दौरों, चुनावी रैलियों में करोड़ों फुक दिए जाते है, कॉर्पोरेट्स के 16 लाख करोड़ के लोन माफ कर दिए गए, वही देश को विश्व में गौरव दिलाने वाले वैज्ञानिकों और इंजीनियरों को देश की सरकार प्रताड़ित कर रही है।
ऐसी नीच हरकत कोई देशद्रोही ही कर सकता है।

[Open Letter @openletteryt]

A Class 12 student talks about the mishandling of exam results.

First reaction: “Pakistani.”

Dead cows are dumped like garbage.

First reaction: “Deep state conspiracy.”

Some people really love to keep their head buried deep inside the government’s ass.

[𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐀 @Brahma2910]

Save trees 🌳🌴🌲

[narsa.🪺 @rathor7_]

both are equivalent

[Md Shah Alam @MSAspeaker]

कादर खान ने पहले ही पेट्रोल की बढ़ती हुई महँगाई का उपाय बता दिया था...😒

[Divya Gandotra Tandon @divya_gandotra]

This is exactly why India struggles with R&D.

A young engineer worked on extracting precious metals like gold from e-waste using a bio-refinery process.

If true, this could have been a breakthrough for India’s recycling and tech sector.

Instead of support, he claims an IIT professor became the obstacle.

When institutions kill innovation, the country pays the price.

CC: @dpradhanbjp, @AshwiniVaishnaw

[Shesh Paul Vaid @spvaid]

It was duty of TTE and Railway staff to provide the seat to the rightful passenger who had booked them after proper verification and resolved the matter with the help of RPF.

[Wellu @Wellutwt]

Intership k liye aaya bande ne Lanka laga diya..well done 😭

[खुरपेंची ढांचे @Khurpenchinfra]

विश्वगुरु ✌️

[Prof cheems ॐ @Prof_Cheems]

This Advertisement #RepublicDay

[Arun Arora @Arun2981]

Realty

[खुरपेंची ढांचे @Khurpenchinfra]

काम जनता कर रही है, ज़िम्मेदारी सिस्टम की थी तो टैक्स किस बात का?
फिर भी आपका प्रयास सराहनीय है, धन्यवाद।

[Saurabh Bharadwaj @Saurabh_MLAgk]

BJP’s Policing shortcut - Don’t let people celebrate

On New Year eve, Connaught Place was deserted. There was no usual crowd.

And in most countries across the world from USA to china, u could see lacs of people gathering at major locations to welcome the new year.

[Gems @gemsofbabus_]

>Go to the MPLADS website.
>Click on the Dashboard.
>Search for your constituency.
>And boom, you will see the corruption.

You all will be shocked by the kind of development happening and where taxpayers’ money is actually going.

Don’t take my word for it. Check it yourself.

[তন্ময় l T͞anmoy l @tanmoyofc]

A ₹10,000 Crore Mega-Scam!

Another #Modi Scheme bites the dust as a Massive Fraud!

The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), launched with a whopping ₹10,000 crores fund and nearly all spent between 2015-2022, has been riddled with Fake Centers, Ghost Trainees, Inflated Bills, and Non-existent Partners.

CAG Audits Reveal this Widespread Irregularities.

#ModiMustResign #MerryChristmas #ModiHaiTohMumkinHai

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

👏🏽 Rapist Kuldeep Sengar gets bail.
👏🏽 His victims are violently dragged.
👏🏽 U.P. Minister laughs.

Judiciary doesn’t work in a political vacuum. Sengar needed for UP polls?

SHAME on the Govt, Courts & System.

My take:

[#YeThikKarkeDikhao @YTKDIndia]

A garbage collection vehicle costs ~₹1.23 lakh if you check online.

Yet Bhilai Municipality bought 23 vehicles for ₹97,74,954 — that’s ₹4.25 lakh per vehicle.

State Govt: BJP’s double-engine Govt

If this isn’t corruption, what is?