Jayaprakash Nayak

[Preity G Zinta @realpreityzinta]

While it’s important to support our students and ask for educational reforms that positively impact the future of our youth, it’s also very important that peaceful protests by students are Not hijacked by anti national elements to create chaos & change the nature of the protest.

Seeing so much hate & divide online makes me wonder if bad elements in & outside our country have already started to work overtime to weaponise the anger & frustration felt by our students.

I have always believed in hard work, equality and excellence & that should never be compromised. I also believe in our democracy, law and order & our government, therefore I sincerely hope that both sides enter into meaningful & constructive dialogue & weed out any nefarious elements & agendas out of this protest & conversation , so the future is bright for our youth and for our democracy ! 🇮🇳 Jai Hind !

[Bengaluru Post @bengalurupost1]

Zoom off Hebbal Flyover and land right into this.

9:00 AM - Hebbal Flyover
9:05 AM - Baptist
9:20 AM - Ganganagar
9:25 AM - Four Seasons
9:35 AM - Mekhri Circle
9:45 AM - Palace Grounds and bumped into @BYRBJP MP, who was also stuck
9:58 AM - Palace Guttahalli
10:10 AM - Windsor Manor Bridge

That’s over an hour to travel less than 3 km. Let that sink in. Our daily routine

[AstroCounselKK 🇮🇳 @AstroCounselKK]

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

They can overturn cars, 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,
and automate entire industries overnight.
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.
Political rallies shake entire cities.
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,
and everyone says I worship celebrities.

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.

Jai Hind

[Jayaprakash Nayak @jpkarwal]

@rishibagree Samelsss comments @rishibagree. Have some respect.

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

In defense of Indian 🇮🇳 democracy!

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi most successful visit to Norway a minor incident happened. A Norwegian journalist demanded that the prime minister starts holding press conferences. She claimed that Indian democracy is in bad shape.

May be its time to pause? May be its time to be a bit curious to the world’s largest democracy?

Two weeks ago five Indian states and territories held elections. The turn out in the battlefield state of West Bengal was 94%. In the last local election in Norway it was 62%, in many European local elections turn out is below 50%. Can voting in massive numbers be a signal Indians trust their democratic process?

In the same election BJP won big in Assam and West Bengal. It lost even bigger in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Can this diversity be a signal that Indian democracy is reflecting the will of the people?

The journalist referred to a democracy ranking putting India at 157 in the world, behind many dictatorships and deeply troubled states. When a ranking is so obviously contrary to common sense, why not ask critical questions to those making the ranking rather than demand that leaders shall comment on nonsense? I recommend Salvatore Babones book “Dharma democracy”. The book debunks convincingly the flawed methodology of these rankings.

It was referred to a ranking claiming it’s very dangerous to be a journalist in India. Reality is that it is more dangerous to be journalist in the US and far more dangerous in the vast majority of other nations in the world.

Let’s be real. India is not perfect. Of course there are incidents. India has a population the size of North America, South America and Europe combined. But India is much more peaceful than Europe or the Americas. That’s remarkable - given the ethnic, language and religious diversity of India and the many development challenges.

Unless we consider democracy a form of government only suited for some very small, peaceful and homogeneous Western European nations, may be we should commend Indian democracy?

India is the only major former UK colony which became and has remained a democracy. Its sometimes claimed that the Brits taught India democracy. If that was the case why isn’t Myanmar or Pakistan or the Gulf kingdoms democracies??? Reality is that Indian democracy is both homegrown and extraordinary successful.

[Jayaprakash Nayak @jpkarwal]

@CNBCTV18News Just ban @CNBCTV18Live, the fake peddler.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

This is totally false.

Not an iota of truth in this.

There is no question of putting such restrictions on foreign travel.

We remain committed to improving ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and ‘Ease of Living’ for our people.

[Jayaprakash Nayak @jpkarwal]

@ANI @DKShivakumar you are the on who increased EV car tax from 0% to 10% in Karnataka. Change it back if you can. You are discouraging EVs in Karnataka.

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Amit Shah removed Annamalai to have alliance with ADMK. This alliance gave BJP just one seat. Annamalai increased the vote share to 11%. Amit Shah's move brought it down to 2.5%.

Now majority of ADMK MLAs have terminated their relationship with NDA and going to support Vijay government.

Amit Shah, considered as modern day Chankya by BJP, always gets Tamil Nadu wrong.

Instead of repeatedly trying shortcuts, empower Annamalai to build the party in the state. It is going to be a really long term project.

[Vikram Pratap Singh @VIKRAMPRATAPSIN]

Repeat after me
#BringBackAnnamalai
Now . Trend it 50K plus RT needed . Let the Modi ji hear our Voice . Our Voice matters

[Srihari Karanth @sriharikaranth]

Aerial view of Bengaluru’s much-awaited double-decker flyover from Silk Board to Ragigudda - now fully open to the public in both directions!

[Jayaprakash Nayak @jpkarwal]

@Jairam_Ramesh Do everything, spread wrong messages, support anarchy and when action is taken play victim card. Democracy is at stake 😀

[Jayaprakash Nayak @jpkarwal]

@TVMohandasPai @AmitShah @BJP4India @amitmalviya @BSYBJP @BSBommai @narendramodi This is why Karnataka BJP is way behind. Like minded people, adjustment politics, contenting from various party symbols. They don’t have any shame acknowledging this publicly. Those people are made LOPs and party presidents in Karnataka by @BJP4India

[Jayaprakash Nayak @jpkarwal]

@HondaCarIndia @Ravindra_PE Talking from my experience of loyal @Honda fan boy and owning 3 @HondaCarIndia cars from 2014 till date. Their cars are much more reliable than customer care.

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, "Look at what happened in Delhi (AI Summit protest). Did the TMC, DMK, BSP or National Conference commit a sin? No, they did not commit a sin. Only the Congress leaders are hell-bent on ruining the country. If you want to sit on the Prime Minister's chair, you must first win over the people."

(Source: ANI/DD News)

[Prakash @Gujju_Er]

When people say “leaders don’t understand technology”, Nandan Nilekani tells a story that completely shatters that myth.

🗓 8th January
A casual conversation with PM Modi on using AI for farmers.

PM Modi asks a simple but game-changing question:
👉 “Why only farmers? Why not cows and cattle? A cow can’t tell you when it’s sick.”

That one question triggered a chain reaction ⚡

📌 Same day:
PMO + MeitY + Amul + tech teams meet.

📌 Within 3 weeks:
An AI-powered app goes LIVE.

🐄 40 million cattle
👩‍🌾 Millions of farmers (many women)
🥛 Real-time insights on health, pregnancy & milk production

This is AI diffusion at India speed.

Nilekani says it reminded him of Dec 30, 2016.
When PM Modi launched BHIM on UPI.

Today?
💳 21 BILLION transactions/month
👥 500 million users
🌍 World’s largest digital payment system

🔑 The bigger point?
• Sovereign data
• Data stays with Indian institutions
• AI for the common man, not just labs & papers

Nilekani believes:
📈 AI today is where UPI was in 2016.

And the real AI race won’t be about flashy demos
it will be about who improves real lives faster.

India is quietly showing the world how it’s done. 🇮🇳🚀

[Tejasvi Surya @Tejasvi_Surya]

Congress has emptied the coffers of our State, leaving it like a #KhaliTrunk. CM and DCM have withdrawn support to BMRCL, and have consciously penalised Metro commuters.

CM, DCM Sir, ಜನರ ಕಿವಿ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೂವ ಇಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಸಾಕು. Reinstate Shadow Cash Support in the upcoming Budget. Initiate a new FFC.

NOW!

ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಬೊಕ್ಕಸವನ್ನು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಖಾಲಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು ,ಈಗ ಅದು ಖಾಲಿ ಟ್ರಂಕ್ ನಂತಾಗಿದೆ.

ಸಿಎಂ ಮತ್ತು ಡಿಸಿಎಂ ಅವರು BMRCL ಗೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಬೆಂಬಲವನ್ನು ಹಿಂಪಡೆದು, ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕರಿಗೆ ದಂಡ ವಿ��ಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಸಿಎಂ, ಡಿಸಿಎಂ ಅವರೇ, ಜನರ ಕಿವಿ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೂವ ಇಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಸಾಕು. ಮುಂಬರುವ ಬಜೆಟ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ 'ಶ್ಯಾಡೋ ಕ್ಯಾಶ್ ಸಪೋರ್ಟ್' ಅನ್ನು ಪುನಃ ಜಾರಿಗೆ ತನ್ನಿ. ಕೂಡಲೇ ನೂತನ ದರ ನಿಗದಿ ಸಮಿತಿ ರಚನೆ ಮಾಡಿ.

@CKRBJP
#KhaliTrunkSarkara