Little J

Forward-thinking short Indian woman who cannot make round rotis. Pro at gaining belly fat. Snooze button lover. Serial procrastinator.

[News Karnataka @Newskarnataka]

In Memoriam: Fr. Valerian Mendonca (1949 - 2024)

#FrValerianMendonca #MilagresCathedral #InMemoriam #CommunityLoss #newskarnataka

https://t.co/VCofjkVHD4

[Anuj Gurwara @AnujGurwara]

RANT - after watching this distressing video and the ones of that illegal structure falling on people.

Read at your own risk.

India has - more than ever before - become a nation where only those with access to wealth and power are able to lead comfortable lives within the bubbles they construct for themselves.

Everyone else is a statistic and a temporary headline in the event of a tragedy.

Every common person is only racing from birth to death, navigating through one obstacle after another.

For most people, death can literally happen any time - bad roads, flooding, unsafe electrical poles, fights in the neighbourhood, road rage, animals loose in the streets, contaminated foods, botched medical practices, unauthorised structures falling on their heads, broken infrastructure crashing down during or after construction - or just mobs baying for your blood because you are different.

Regulations are a joke. There is no value for human life. The infrastructure and ecosystem is not designed for those without privilege.

Worse still, the overburdened justice system is not reliable.

The era of leaders is over. Politicians have taken over from the mafia. Most who get into politics don’t do so to serve the masses. They do so to get away from them and elevate themselves above the commoners.

Politics is the most profitable taxpayer funded, tax-free business there is.

Movie stars live in ivory towers right in the middle of a garbage dump. Some of them make more money than most Hollywood actors but live less than 1/10th of their lifestyles when in India.

Surrounded by security, assistants and servants - politicians, celebrities and the 1% secure their own bubbles by hook or crook, evade taxes, exploit every legal & financial loophole and avoid accountability.

Yet, we worship them and place them on a pedestal because we want access to the power they hold.

Because we want to be able to know someone when we are in a police station, a hospital or in court. We want to use a reference to get admission, get a job or just get pension.

The collective self esteem of a billion people is at an all time low and being lowered still to suit the political ambition of a few hundred people desperately holding on to power.

The rich won’t protest societal injustice because they can escape into their bubbles whenever needed and pay their way into convenience.

The middle class doesn’t have the time to protest because they’ve been pushed into being on survival mode all day every day. Time lost is money lost.

The poor can’t protest beyond a point because hunger is real and the above two classes won’t allow them to.

Our children are growing up in an environment of corrupted education and contaminated nutrition. Their physical and intellectual growth is stunted when compared to developed countries.

India’s children swing between malnourishment and obesity. An entire generation ahead will feel the effects of of this sheer neglect of childhood.

We don’t care about our young and our elderly. Women are not safe anywhere. Our teenagers are hooked up to dopamine all day - youth in cities, towns and villages are addicted to porn, violent games and on the hunt for get-rich-quick schemes. I blame the system that doesn’t empower them otherwise.

We are squeezed dry to pay direct and indirect taxes, endlessly waiting for our lives to upgrade a little bit.

Buying a vehicle or a home now is literally a process of extracting blood money. Most of India is one medical bill away from poverty.

We haven’t lost count of human tragedies and disasters. We will queue up in the thousands on bridges and hillsides to offer our prayers to the Gods who look on silently at the destruction our own fellow humans have caused in their name.

This post will be forgotten in a few hours too. You and I will both get busy because life goes on and we must move forward with it.

Let’s get back to election gossip, IPL and Orry. Let’s forget about all this. For just one more day.

End.

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

The people of Gaza are desperate, struggling to find food and water.

[Earthquake Alerts @QuakeAlerts]

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake took place 48km NNE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran at 21:32 UTC (7 minutes ago). It's depth was 10km and was reported by GFZ. #earthquake #earthquakes #Bandar-eLengeh #Iran

[EMSC @LastQuake]

❌🌊RISK of TSUNAMI EXCLUDED
Following the #earthquake M6.1 occurred 47 km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh (#Iran) 8 min ago (local time 02:02:08). More info at the links provided below👇

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (#AQIS) has threatened that its members will carry out attacks in #India in the backdrop of the controversial statements regarding the Prophet by two leaders of the #BJP. @janusmyth
https://t.co/kA5tyf2VaD

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️Zelensky: "Dropping a bomb on a maternity hospital — it’s the ultimate proof that what is happening is genocide of Ukrainians.

Europeans, you can’t say you didn’t see what is happening. You have to tighten the sanctions until Russia can’t continue their savage war."

[Amit Varma @amitvarma]

This is one of greatest videos of all time. Just watch till the end!

And then watch it again, and again, and again, like I did. Masterful.

(Via @cyntalist)

[Little J @idlipuff]

😶😶😶

[Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale @vijai63]

Had a first hand experience of how PM Sh @narendramodi ji is tirelessly working for rapid rescue of Indian students in Ukraine.He called me past midnight at around 12.30am and gave guidance on how Indian diaspora,spiritual,social organisations can be involved in the process.

[Nolan Peterson @nolanwpeterson]

First light now showing in Kyiv. Long night of missile strikes, civilians seeking safety in bomb shelters. Reports of Russian tanks advancing on the city as Ukrainian forces fiercely resist. A European capital under siege in 2022. Not sure what else to say.

[Imran Khan @KeypadGuerilla]

#VHP & #BajrangDal has put up a poster in #Mangalore asking #Hindus not to buy items from people of other faiths during festivals,fairs and public programmes. #Hindu vendors have been asked to put up #saffron banners in front of their shops to distinct themselves from others.

[Little J @idlipuff]

😂😂😂

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

इतना झूठ Teleprompter भी नहीं झेल पाया।

[Faye DSouza @fayedsouza]

Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

[Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88]

Security reason ke liye apka show cancel hogaya, very surprising mere sath toh aisa kabhi nahi hua 😂😂😂

[The DeshBhakt 🇮🇳 @TheDeshBhakt]

Hey @MumbaiPolice!!!
How many RTs for you to take up this missing person case? 🙏🏻

[Cecille Rodrigues @CecilleSupermom]

Chriswin and Caleb have been missing since the 30th December 2021. If Found anywhere, Please inform the Panaji Police Station or the numbers given below.

@AAPGoa @AamAadmiParty @GoaWomen

#aap #aapcares #aamaadmiparty #aap4goa #aapyouthwing #aamaadmipartygoa #aap4taleigao #goa

[Little J @idlipuff]

To the windows. To the walls.❤️
RIP Betty White.

[Little J @idlipuff]

💔💔💔

[ABC News @ABC]

BREAKING: Betty White, the award-winning actress and comedian famed for her roles on "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has died at age 99, according to The Associated Press. https://t.co/SSPZ2ukM5y