Devāṅg

Ignorance is a bliss.

[Aravind @aravind]

According to World Bank's latest report, India's extreme poverty has fallen from 27.6% to just under 2.6%.

And for Indians living under Rs. 400 a day (lower middle income), it has come down from 57.7% of the population to 16.1%.

Remarkable achievement by India given the rupee depreciated and the inflationary pressure of a fast growing economy.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@ShivrattanDhil1 Nice car dude! Is it Audi A6?

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@hiitsmemooneh His actual old Persian name is Kūruš, not Greek Cyrus.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@jemapelleeve Well, I’m pretty sure India has it much worse.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@Rishievh7 @Aloydinkan India is much better than Malaysia on multiple levels and Singapore is a micro estate (easier to enforce laws) and also both countries nowhere close to India on diversity of language and ethnicities.
I think you have never stepped out of your city or also country.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@Rishievh7 @Aloydinkan Because they got lot of investments from the US after the world war 2 to kick start their economy, same case with Japan and South Korea.
Actual economic marvel is China, but it came at a heavy cost which India could never pay.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@namratamehta_ Gotta get the help of experts from Ministry of Home Affairs )

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@Rishievh7 @Aloydinkan Why didn't European intellectuals like Albert Einstein, Oppenheimer, and Nikola Tesla and many more, utilize their brilliance to develop their own homelands? Instead, they went to the United States.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@DumbassAITakes @crusade_all_day @mayukh_panja Well thanks for verifying that you have single digit IQ. No point of arguing with a retard.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@crusade_all_day @mayukh_panja The internet you use is supplied throughout the world using optical fibre cables which was also invented by an Indian. You should stop using Internet too.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@ShawnB20031 @tgiovanetti Please stop using anything created by Indians then.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@tgiovanetti This is definitely true. One of my friend from Cyprus told me, their family used to live in New York. After the WTC terrorist attack in September 2001, people used to look at them with suspicious eyes just because of their skin color. They moved back to Cyprus afterwards.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@crusade_all_day @mayukh_panja The numbers you use are also created by Indian Hindus, so please stop using them and use your Roman numbers.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

If a genie grants me a wish, I would ask him to remove Islam and Muslim people from this world.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@tim_cook Things no one asked for!

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@blessings_soul None, not a single rupee.

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

The descent of Europe will be the most documented downfall in the history of mankind.

[Sky G.cph @skyguoCypherium]

I am a U.S. permanent resident with over seven figures in U.S. dollars in savings and investable assets, a stable career, income, and property. I have never been denied a visa by any country, nor have I ever violated the immigration laws of any country.

Yet over the past four years, the Schengen visas issued to me have become progressively shorter and more restrictive.

In 2023, France granted me a 90-day multiple-entry visa. Naturally, I expected that my excellent travel history would qualify me for a longer visa upon reapplication. Instead, my second French visa was reduced to just 30 days, albeit with multiple entries.

I considered this not only a disregard for my impeccable record but also an insult to a law-abiding traveler. I therefore decided to abandon France and apply to Spain instead—a country I had mistakenly believed would be more welcoming to Chinese visitors.

To my astonishment, Spain proved even worse.

Despite my history of holding two French Schengen visas, Spain granted me only a one-month, single-entry visa, with its validity calculated almost precisely to match my travel itinerary, leaving virtually no flexibility.

I assumed that applying to Spain a second time, with an even stronger travel record, would at least earn me a six-month multiple-entry visa.

Once again, Spain disappointed me: 33 days. Single entry.

This is how certain European countries treat a financially secure, law-abiding traveler with U.S. permanent residency and an impeccable international travel record.

The irony is extraordinary.

On the one hand, these countries impose increasingly burdensome restrictions on legitimate tourists. On the other, they have opened doors for years to illegal immigrants and third country refugees.

They are remarkably stingy toward visitors who respect their laws, appreciate their cultures, and contribute to their tourism economies. Yet when confronted with genuine threats to public order, they just sit and do nothing.

I initially wanted to condemn these immigration officers in the harshest possible words for their arrogance, shortsightedness, and upside-down mentality.

However, after reading recent news reports about violent incidents in France and Spain, my anger has gradually turned into a sense of relief.

Of course, I do not wish violence upon innocent people. But these reports have reminded me of something important: Why should I go to such lengths to obtain permission to visit countries where public safety itself has become a source of concern?

I once believed that these visa officers were rejecting me. Now I realize that perhaps they have unintentionally helped me avoid unnecessary risks.

They seem to believe that they alone possess the power to decide who deserves to enter Europe. What they forget is that travelers also have the freedom to decide which countries deserve their time and money.

My wealth can be spent anywhere in the world. My vacations can take place in countless destinations. I have absolutely no need to beg any country for the privilege of spending my own money within its borders.

If a country cannot show basic respect to law-abiding visitors or provide a travel environment in which they feel safe, then the most appropriate response is simply to take my time and money elsewhere.

Looking back, perhaps it was precisely the stinginess of these visa officers that spared me from potentially encountering violence or other unnecessary risks in their countries.

I used to be furious that my visas kept getting shorter. Today, I am grateful that I no longer feel any need to visit these countries.

Perhaps everything happens according to God’s plan.

Thank God!

[Paweł Usiądek @PUsiadek]

Profesor ekonomii na uniwersytecie stwierdził, że kiedyś oblał całą klasę. Ta klasa upierała się, że socjalizm działa i że nikt nie powinien być biedny, a nikt bogaty, że wszyscy są równi...

Nauczyciel powiedział im: „OK, przeprowadzimy eksperyment z socjalizmem w tej grupie.

Wszystkie oceny będą uśrednione, a każdy dostanie tę samą ocenę, więc nikt nie oblany i nikt nie dostanie 10”.

Po pierwszym teście oceny zostały zsumowane i podzielone przez liczbę studentów, i każdy dostał 8.

Studenci, którzy uczyli się intensywnie, byli zdenerwowani, ale ci, którzy uczyli się mniej, byli zachwyceni.

Gdy zbliżał się drugi test, studenci, którzy wcześniej uczyli się trochę, uczyli się jeszcze mniej, a ci, którzy uczyli się intensywniej, powiedzieli sobie, że oni też chcą „darmowego prezentu”, więc też uczyli się mniej.

Średnia z drugiego testu wyniosła 6.

Gdy przeprowadzono trzeci test, średnia ocena wyniosła 4. Ku wielkiemu zaskoczeniu wszystkich studentów, wszyscy oblali.

Nauczyciel powiedział im, że socjalizm w końcu zawiedzie, ponieważ gdy połowa populacji widzi, że nie musi pracować, bo druga połowa się nimi zajmie, a gdy ta połowa, która pracowała, zdaje sobie sprawę, że nie ma sensu już pracować, bo inni korzystają z ich pracy, to jest koniec każdego narodu.

Ta historia może być bajką, a nie faktem, ale morał jest prawdziwy.

Za @nettermike

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

Did the Great Chinese Firewall break or what? Why am I seeing so many Chinese tweets on my feed since the past one month?

[Devāṅg @guptadevang1]

@TheDilliMirror @KiranManral Where in Delhi? Do you know about any particular shops?