Shiv Kumar B

Retired bank official.

[Haris Butt @PplOfCongress]

Mughals looted us & gave us Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Laal Kila, etc.

Britishers looted us & gave us Railways, Civil Services, etc.

Congress looted us & gave us ISRO, IIT, AIIMS, DAMS, etc.

BJP looted us & gave us Andbhakts, Potholes, Ethanol, Hindu-Muslim, Paper Leaks, etc.

[Srinivas BV @srinivasiyc]

Smajh rahe ho na...🙄

[IndiaExplained @IndiaExplained]

Bhakts, any thoughts?

[Joy @Joydas]

Petrol is cheaper in Pakistan and Sri Lanka than India. And they don’t even use mandatory Ethanol Blending like India which is damaging engine of vehicles and giving lower mileage. Guess they don’t have a Minister whose family benefits from Blending while common people suffer

[K C Venugopal @kcvenugopalmp]

In Kolkata, met prominent journalist Mr. R. Rajagopal, who has been subjected to a terrible ordeal due to the blatantly unconstitutional SIR process - which has led to a denial of his passport renewal.

Mr. Rajagopal’s name has been in the electoral rolls of Kolkata since 2010, but since 2002 was taken as the base year and an inconsequential error in his 10th marksheet, his name was excluded in this SIR.

While the appeal to his exclusion is pending, the passport authorities have rejected his passport renewal - despite him holding a passport since 2005, renewing it in 2015.

The police called him to the police station and demanded seeing his voter ID card, and then withheld his passport renewal without conducting any home visit.

On the one hand, BJP-supported candidates like Mr. Parimal Nathwani get away with glaring errors in their election affidavits, but ordinary citizens like Mr. Rajagopal are punished for minor errors in their 10th marksheets.

This is pure vendetta politics, and he is being targeted because he is a true journalist who writes without fear. They are setting a dangerous precedent - where first they exclude you from the electoral rolls using SIR, and then snatch away your citizenship by denying you important documents one by one.

The poor PDS beneficiaries are also being meted out with similar injustice - where deletion from electoral rolls is leading to denial of ration benefits by the WB State Government.

Mr. Rajapopal is an honest Indian citizen, and denying him his passport renewal is against the Constitution of India.

[Supriya Shrinate @SupriyaShrinate]

The Telegraph has produced some of the most fascinating headlines.

Like many others, I would eagerly await its headline on any major story.

The master wordsmith was R. Rajagopal, the paper’s former editor.

But he has paid a high price for his brave journalism and for demanding accountability.

He was denied the right to vote, after his name was deleted during the flawed SIR in West Bengal.

His passport could not be renewed.

He missed his daughter’s wedding in the US despite a valid 10-year American visa.

A journalist is now being harassed to prove his own identity simply for doing real journalism - while India’s mainstream media bends more and cheers louder for the regime.

[Cockroach is Back @Cockroachisback]

Instead of addressing the NEET paper leak issue or meeting the grieving parents whose children committed suicide, PM Modi is busy doing Mann Ki Baat. What level of shamelessness is this? People are totally fed up with your PR stunts. Do something now, or get ready to be thrown out!!

@abhijeet_dipke

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

It's eggs now. And it's mid-day meals.

They'll soon come for eggs everywhere else.

And matter of time before they come for chicken mutton and fish.

This is how ethno-cultural-supremacist projects always go. Amp it higher and higher. Else lose support base.

The 80% who consume eggs and meat have to speak up now, and not surrender the right to food choices to these aggressive vegetarian extremists dragging us back into medieval hellholes. Resist. Reject.

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp ji asked his PA to make a video of him listening to PM Narendra Modi's Mann Ki Baat while traveling in his car and share it with the Godi media. Hope GenZ forgives him and stops defaming him by running hashtags like #DharmendraPradhanmustresign

[Joy @Joydas]

This old vegetarian creature with thick skin is just enjoying life. No responsibilities, least bothered about what is happening around. No amount of cries for help, appeals will ever affect. Just well fed and enjoying life on others money

[Supriya Shrinate @SupriyaShrinate]

In a democracy, leaders are not worshipped - they are supported or opposed.

If your child offers temple prasada to a politician’s photo, stop them.

Equating our deities with mortal opportunists is blasphemous.

Don’t let your sycophancy shape your child’s worldview or undermine our faith.

Teach them right. That’s your duty as a parent.

[Swati Chaturvedi @bainjal]

Never ever saw any Suniel Shetty film because I thought mindless action is “Kachra”. Here Kachra squared proves it

[Gabbar @Gabbar0099]

Fact 💯🔥

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

IMPORTANT: West Bengal is reportedly dropping eggs from school mid-day meals and handing over a vegetarian-only meal contract to ISKCON. Meanwhile, states like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are expanding nutrition for children with more protein-rich food. School meals should be guided by science and nutrition, not politics or religious preferences. Keep ideology off a child’s plate, for God’s sake. 🙏

[SirKazam {blu tik} @SirKazamJeevi]

You must not let children eat eggs
But you can steal temple money

You must not let women drink wine
But you can give paroles to rapists

You must not eat non veg food
But you can be 1 of top meat exporters

[Nasreen Khan @MuslimHuman77]

Muslim women have always been considered among the most beautiful women in the world.

That's why some non-Muslims have a problem with the burqa—Because they want to see Muslim women's faces.

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

Quick test: can you prove you’re an Indian citizen?

Go through your documents.

👉 Passport — NO
👉 Aadhaar — NO
👉 PAN — NO
👉 Voter ID — NO
👉 Driving Licence — NO
👉 Bank Passbook — NO
👉 Domicile Certificate — NO
👉 Govt Employee ID — NO
👉 Property Papers — NO
👉 Birth Certificate — NO (unless you were born before 1 July 1987)

Not a single document that you have is proof of your Indian citizenship. So if the government asks you to “prove” you’re a citizen, you can’t.

Now connect the dots.

Modi-Shah and their poodle Gyanesh Kumar at ECI are conducting the SIR across India.

When you’re asked to prove your citizenship, what document will you show? You just saw the list. None of them work.

You will then be deleted as a voter and your citizenship will be “doubtful”.

What’s the next step?

That will be the NRC (National Register of Citizens).

In Assam’s NRC, 19 lakh people were left off the list of citizens. Many were declared “foreigners” over a misspelt name or a missing date.

Across states, BJP is building detention centers. Are these for “infiltrators”? NO.

These mass detention centers are being built to keep people who cannot prove that they are Indian citizens.

So if you are convinced that you’re an Indian citizen, think again.

When the govt asks you to “prove you’re Indian,” remember who’s actually deciding your citizenship: Modi, Shah, and their hand-picked Election Commission.

This is the BIGGEST DANGER facing our country. To cling on to power by manipulating elections, Modi-Shah will even delete you as a voter & then strip off your citizenship.

Why do you think the BJP is spending hundreds of crores right now to buy MPs from other parties? All of this is for a 2/3rd majority in Parliament which would allow them to change the Constitution.

And once they are able to change the Constitution, it’s GAME OVER for Indian democracy.

Question is: will you stand up and raise your voice against this? Or will you be mute spectators while they destroy your rights in front of your eyes?

[Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) @sanjivbhatt]

This is @aakashibhatt and @shantanubhatt95

Dearest Dad,

This is the 8th Father’s Day we are spending torn apart from one another.

When people hear the word father, they often think of a provider, a protector, a parent. But to us, you have been infinitely more than that. You have been our friend, guide, mentor, our biggest inspiration, fiercest supporter, our moral compass, our strength … our very soul! Everything we are today, every value we hold, every conviction we carry, every ounce of courage we possess, begins with you!

Long before we understood the complexities of the world, we understood that if we wanted to know what courage looked like, we only had to look at you … If we wanted to know what integrity looked like, we only had to look at you … If we wanted to know what it meant to stand up for others, to defend those who needed defending, to speak when silence was easier and to persevere when surrender seemed tempting, we only had to look at you!

In these past years, Shan and I have watched lesser men, drunk on power make decisions that have profoundly and painfully altered the course of countless lives. We have watched men entrusted with responsibility choose self-preservation over courage... We have watched Men bending their principles to pressure and greed, choosing convenience over conscience, obedience over integrity, silence over truth and self-interest over justice.

And often, as I watched them, I found myself wondering:
What legacy will these men leave behind?

When history strips away their titles, their influence, their power, what will remain?

When their kin are old enough to understand, what will they tell themselves? What will they think when they look back upon their choices?

Will they speak proudly of men who remained silent when they should have spoken?

Will they admire men who bowed when they should have stood?

Will they celebrate men who traded integrity for advancement and conscience for comfort? who watched injustice unfold and chose silence because it was safer?

Or will they feel the unbearable weight of knowing, that when the moment came to stand for what was right, these men chose instead to kneel before what was expedient?

I do not know.

But what I do know beyond any doubt is that they will never know what Shan and I do …

They will never know the immeasurable privilege of being the children of a man whose character cannot be compromised, whose conscience cannot be intimidated, and whose spirit cannot be broken!

They will never know what it feels like to draw strength from a father whose life is a testament to courage!

They will never know the pride that surges through our veins when we speak his name!

They will never know what it is like to have a father who is not merely a hero to us, but to tens of thousands...

A man who chose principle over comfort...
A man who stood when others knelt...
A man who spoke when others remained silent...
A man who chose truth over safety...
A man who paid the heavy price for doing what was right!

Dad, you have always led by example …

You taught us that courage is not a dramatic act performed in a single moment of heroism, rather it is a habit … a way of moving through the world, a quiet refusal to compromise one's principles, even when compromise would make life easier. It is the willingness to stand alone when standing with the crowd would be safer. It is the ability to look adversity directly in the eye and refuse to surrender your humanity to it.

From you, we learned to never remain silent in the face of injustice, to fight for what is right, no matter the consequences, to face adversity with our heads held high, to walk into storms rather than run from them and to never allow the fire in our hearts and the courage in our souls to be extinguished.

You taught us that hope is not naïveté, rather it is defiance. It is the refusal to allow injustice the final word … it is the belief that truth survives even when buried, that justice survives even when delayed, and that goodness survives even when punished.

Children often search for heroes in books, films, and legends, but Shan and I never had to, because we were fortunate enough to grow up with ours … A hero in flesh and blood! A hero whose voice guided us …Whose example shaped us … Whose love sustained us. A hero we have the immense honour of calling our father!

Dad, you have, and you continue to inspire us, shaping our lives indelibly and forever. Since we were little, you filled our childhood with laughter, warmth, books, music, art, culture, curiosity, and wonder, unwavering in your efforts to introduce us to extraordinary role models. As you guided us through these incredible years of our lives, I wonder whether you ever realised that the person Shan and I have most wanted to become, ever since we were young, has always been, and will always remain, you!

For eight long years, we have been torn apart by cowardly, spine-less men. They’ve stolen away our precious years, celebrations, ordinary moments, memories, and irreplaceable time.But they have failed in the one thing they truly sought to destroy…They have failed to break your courage, spirit and resilience!

People often say greatness is measured by the lives one touches and the principles one refuses to abandon ….
By that measure, Dad, you are a giant!

The names of those who abuse power will eventually fade into oblivion.

But the names of those who stood against them will echo across generations.

Because, in the end, good, though battered and bruised, must triumph over evil.

Justice, though trampled by politics and power, must ultimately prevail

Truth, though persecuted, must emerge.

And it is my belief that you, Dad, will emerge from this stronger than ever!

Dad, you are not only our father … You are our hero … our NorthStar … Our Cornerstone!

Here's to a future where people find the strength to choose courage instead of subservience!

A future where conscience matters more than convenience, where integrity matters more than power, where truth matters more than fear!

Enough lives have been shattered, enough dreams have been trampled and enough futures have been sacrificed at the altar of political expediency!

The time for silence has long passed …. The time for courage has arrived.

And if there is one thing you have taught us, it is this:
That a single voice speaking the truth can echo louder than an army of cowards.

Here's to the day when these years are finally behind us, when distance is no longer measured in years, when celebrations are no longer marked by absence, and when we can simply sit together again, in the warmth of our home.

Here's to the day our family is whole again .... To many more years of laughter, love, arguments about books, terrible jokes, shared meals, listening to music and, as you would say, continuing to "build character."

Happy Father's Day, Dad!

We love you to infinity and beyond and we are immensely proud to be your children!!

Lots and lots of love,
Aakashi & Shantanu

#justiceforsanjivbhatt #FreeSanjivBhatt #EnoughIsEnough

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

My view: The Ramayana is a mythological epic and literary work shaped by Valmiki and generations of storytellers, not a verifiable historical record. When myths are presented as unquestionable reality, they can discourage critical thinking and become tools of social and political influence. A healthy society should be able to respect its cultural stories while distinguishing faith from fact and mythology from history.

[☆ @swanaamdhaanya]

Becoming Rahul Gandhi is not easy.

At a very young age, he lost his grandmother, and later, his father was assassinated. Experiences of such magnitude often leave people with anger, resentment, and hatred. Yet, instead of allowing tragedy to shape him in that way, Rahul Gandhi chose a different path. Raised by Sonia Gandhi with values of compassion and empathy, he learned the power of love over hate.

He endured immense personal loss, years of public scrutiny, and constant political attacks, yet he continued to advocate unity rather than division. Perhaps that is why, even today, he rarely responds to hatred with hatred. Instead, he has consistently spoken about bringing people together.

His commitment to this idea was reflected in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, a nationwide journey aimed at strengthening social harmony and national unity. During the yatra, he popularized the slogan "Mohabbat Ki Dukaan" emphasizing that empathy and understanding are stronger forces than hatred and polarization.

When I had the opportunity to meet Rahul, he shared the same lesson with all of us: hatred cannot defeat hatred- it can only be overcome through love and compassion.

This philosophy can be summed up in his guiding principle:

"Be someone who listens to sorrows, feels them, and gives strength."

Hatred is limited, but love is endless.

Rahul Gandhi continues to inspire many young people by standing firm in his beliefs despite immense pressure and criticism. His journey serves as a reminder that no matter how powerful hatred may appear, love, empathy, and humanity ultimately prevail.

Love you @rahulgandhi 🫶🥹🫂❤️