@ShivAroor the dismantling (in slow motion) of the liberal hold on our media. the back room drama, the shady funding, the political nexus, all of it could be quite fun to watch. and eye opening.
Celebrating one country should never require belittling another.
With all due respect to Indra Nooyi, while she was leading PepsiCo in the US (2006–2018), India already had women leading some of its biggest institutions and companies-ICICI, JPMorgan India, HSBC India, SBI, Britannia, HPCL, Biocon, etc.. the list is long.
We have had women serve as both PM and President (twice), leading the entire nation, something US has yet to achieve.
India has always rewarded merit and leadership, irrespective of gender, in many sectors. We don’t need to diminish India to celebrate success in the US.
US is a remarkable innovator. India is equally remarkable in its own strengths, values, and culture. We can appreciate both without creating a false contrast.
Lastly, I am proud to work @EdelweissMF lead by @iRadhikaGupta over the last decade and under her leadership we are growing super strong.
@RahulChels yes it’s not great looking
i think the issue is the restrictive plot condition due to airport height ceiling.
but the JW Marriott looks more premium
i’m sure the interiors will be classical at regis gold / etc
@milinddeora we need a master plan for eastern waterfront. right now plots at auctioned piecemeal. let’s make it a singapore in one shot. large gardens , wide roads, public transport , institutions , etc
@VishalBhargava5 every club is being shaken down by bureaucrats and politicians for memberships. as long as that is satisfied ,nothing happens.
if you take this to its logical conclusion every piece of land ever given out by government will be questioned , every contract’s sanctity devalued
There’s an unambiguous moral gulf between killing for food and killing for ritual. When you consume, or even kill for food, the victim is a commodity. Not an individual.
There’s an abstraction.
When you do it as a sacrifice, that abstraction is gone. The animal is no longer a mere commodity but an individual with a personality. There’s emotional attachment. It’s family.
This time, there’s trust.
When after treating it thus for days, or months, you look it in the eyes and run the knife against its throat, and slowly to maximize suffering, you steel yourself and your family against the emotional cost of death.
Today it’s an animal.
You felt little.
Do it a dozen times, and tomorrow, it’s be someone’s kid. And you’ll feel little.
Do that a dozen times and one day it’ll be your own kids. As canon fodder.
And you’ll feel nothing.
That’s why while humans mourns the death of their loved ones, you’re able to not only not mourn the death of your loved ones, but celebrate it in the street with knafehs.
When human armies press a button to launch missiles that’d kill you wholesale, they don’t feel a thing (mostly) because…abstraction.
You, on the other hand, are able to do it point blank. With bare hands. Women, children, sick, pets, all alike.
Those years of looking into the helpless animal’s eyes and running the blade across its throat led you to this place.
Terrorists are not trained in terror camps.
They’re trained right at home.
I see an alarming trend among many Indians who think like as attached below, blaming ourselves for atrocities committed on us by imperialists, so I have questions:
Are you guys OK with India now colonizing, say, some weaker African nations claiming they need "development?"
Or landing on the Sentinel Island saying the natives are uncivilized, they need religion, education, and civilization, and it's our territory anyway?
Or take over a peaceful small neighboring country, just because India is much more powerful and can do so?
And after that, are you OK with looting all their resources while killing them in millions to build India with great colleges and temples?
Will you send your children to such a college or pray in such a temple born from such blood and loot money?
I don't think so.
Because we have a civilization and culture that teaches us not to be such ruthless imperialist criminals. Unfortunately, apologizing for colonialism and atrocities on India has now become a trend these days.
Indians have been brainwashed into thinking in terms of power, weapons, technology differential etc blaming all of India's suffering and issues on India itself and Indians themselves.
This is what the imperialists do. Gas light us into believing we are the reason for they attacking us and subjugating us. They continue to do so, making us hate ourselves, after attacking us in sinister ways even today.
The other day I was explaining one young Indian how our companies are being intentionally targeted to prevent them becoming global giants, and the first retort I got was "they deserve so." I was so taken aback and sad.
They have infiltrated the minds of our young, for sure, to sabotage their own future and their own country. It's now that bad.