Jainil Khandelwal

Student of geography, lover of nature, vegetarian by choice, singer by heart, guitarist by hobby, holiday expert by profession; peaceful by practice - iMeditate

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

Rather long but I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did:

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I lack civic sense.

They can burn streets,
and vandalize a city after a championship game.
I dance at an airport excited about my first foreign trip, and suddenly I am the face of poor civic sense.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I steal jobs.

They move factories across oceans,
shift profits through tax havens.
I study, compete, earn a visa, work 18 hours a day, sometimes multiple jobs and somehow I am the one stealing jobs and scamming the system.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I am everywhere.

I build your software,
treat your illness,
teach your children,
drive your taxis,
and open your stores.
The world became a village,
yet my presence remains a problem.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I am too loud.

The evening news screams outrage.
The internet echoes with anger day and night.
I celebrate a wedding, a festival, a victory,
and I am told my joy is too loud.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I smell of curry.

The world smells of gunpowder,
of hatred,
of division,
of endless arguments about race and religion.
I carry the fragrance of spices from my grandmother's kitchen,
and somehow that is what offends.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I have no culture.

I come from a civilization that counted the stars
when much of the world was still learning maps.
I speak languages older than nations.
I celebrate hundreds of traditions,
yet I am told I have no culture.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I am backward.

I send missions to the Moon.
I build vaccines for millions.
I run companies across continents.
Yet a viral video of one fool becomes evidence against a billion people.

I am an Indian.

I celebrate my favorite actor's success
with flowers, music, and a few glasses of milk.

Others worship influencers who sell outrage, turn every disagreement into a battlefield, and every opinion into a war.
Yet my celebration is the one that makes headlines.

I am an Indian,

and everyone says I gather in crowds.

We walk together in processions,
celebrating our faith, our culture, our traditions.

Everyone is welcome.
No shops are looted.
No neighborhoods are burned.
No one is threatened for thinking differently.

We sing.
We dance.
We pray.
And somehow our gathering becomes the problem.

I am an Indian,

and everyone says I bring my culture everywhere.

I light a lamp in a foreign land.
I wear a saree in the snow.
I teach my children the language of their grandparents.

Others build walls between neighbors,
argue endlessly over identity,
and forget where they came from.
Yet I am told I should leave my culture behind.

I am an Indian,

and everyone says I live in the past.

But my past gave me yoga,
mathematics, philosophy, meditation,
and the idea that the world is one family.

The future keeps borrowing from my past,
while telling me to be embarrassed by it.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I should be ashamed.

Ashamed of my accent.
Ashamed of my food.
Ashamed of my festivals.
Ashamed of my traditions.
Ashamed of existing.

But I am not ashamed.

I am the child of farmers and philosophers,
scientists and saints, workers and dreamers.

*I come from a land that taught the world
that truth can be many-sided,
that all paths deserve respect,
and that the entire world is one family.*

*Yes, we have flaws. Every nation does.*

*But judge me by my actions, not by your stereotypes.*

For I am an Indian.

*And before you tell me what is wrong with me, look honestly at what you have normalized in yourself.*

For I am an Indian.

The world may mock my accent,
question my customs,
laugh at my celebrations,
and judge me through a thousand stereotypes.

*Yet I stand tall. For I belong to a civilization older than empires, a culture richer than prejudice, and a people whose spirit refuses to bend.*

For I am an Indian.

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

Extremely Rare Red Sprites Spotted Flashing Over Tibet. They are caused by high levels of electrical activity and form in the upper atmosphere during powerful thunderstorms.

[Jainil Khandelwal @jainilk]

@CRED_support So I initiate a DM on your request, I get a phonecall from your side only to hear the same things that the helpless support team on phone said when I was at the store. No value added, just some more waste of time & energy. @kunalb11 very disappointing.

[Jainil Khandelwal @jainilk]

Hey @CRED_club
Writing to highlight a frustrating experience. On Sunday 10th May I was at a Marks & Spencers store and just before paying my bill there I purchased an M&S voucher from Cred worth 9K. The voucher number kept showing invalid when the cashier tried to enter. Their

[Jainil Khandelwal @jainilk]

voucher money, there's no use for me to have that voucher now.

[Jainil Khandelwal @jainilk]

face many glitches in Cred off late. It's sad that an app I use to speak so highly of and recommend to every relevant user in my circle is now getting complacent. I lost my time and piece of mind, but I hope you will at least be prompt to refund the

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

Inbound flights last week (390) vs now (25).

🛬: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria, UAE

[Jainil Khandelwal @jainilk]

@TRAI @DoT_India Dear @TRAI and @DoT_India request you to read the thread and help with a solution as neither @airtelindia or @JioCare are interested in any resolution. Why are we making life so difficult for such a complex process for something as small as porting a mobile number @JM_Scindia

[Jainil Khandelwal @jainilk]

Jio tells me "tell Airtel to update us" Airtel says "We have already updated Jio". Neither of them are bothered, but customer gets kicked around like football and only I am the one at loss here with my outgoing barred for no fault of mine. Sorry state of affairs @TRAI @DoT_India

[Vasudha Jhunjhunwala @vasudha777]

Gutka & Pan masala surrogate advertisement should be banned by the @BCCI in the interest of Public health to prevent mouth and throat cancer. @JayShah @ICC @narendramodi

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Vasudha Jhunjhunwala @vasudha777]

This film truly touched my heart. Thank you @Gurudev for reaching light of love to dark corners of this World. You are “The HOPE” for humanity, for human values to thrive in today’s war torn divided society- https://t.co/mBOOcnTjq8 #peaceinKashmir #peaceOnPlanet #peaceInLife

[Vasudha Jhunjhunwala @vasudha777]

Dearest @narendramodi ji this is the need of the hour for all educational institutions of our country. Spiritual practices will not only empower our youth and make them resilient, regular practice will enhance their intuitive abilities for an edge to complete with the AI World.

[The Last Cypherpunk 🏴‍☠️🇵🇱🇺🇲 @Cyberiusz]

Andrej Karpathy
explains Elon Musk’s unique management style:

"Elon keeps teams small, highly technical, and removes low performers very quickly. pushes for intensity, avoids useless meetings, and stays deeply connected with engineers."
https://t.co/v1syTa5FnR