Amir Khan is not us. We are not Amir Khan. But the recurrent marriages do open the debate to gender dynamics in relationships..maturity is fine but when financial dependency strikes, I’m sure poor women have to stand smiling at the back pinching their kids to smile too for property sake. There is no way a woman will be elated to “sajan sajan Teri dulhan sajaungi” ..
Also can you imagine a Kajol or a Rani Mukherjee calling their past two hubbies to a third wedding? We are accustomed to accepting men doing absolutely everything but be loyal. There is no modernism in getting married thrice except the thrill and call for attention
“Just few minutes late” is the bane of this country. The symptoms are everywhere- from a govt official refusing to be at his desk on time to SBI employees being on extended lunch breaks to buses never running on time.
Sab chalta hai attitude starts right from here
I'm sure most of us have, at least once in our lives, woken up terrified from a dream where we missed an exam because we were late. We all know that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach, the panic, helplessness, and regret.
That's why this video is so painful to watch. These students missed their NEET after getting stuck in a political rally in Bengaluru. Many would argue that since it wasn't their fault, they should have been allowed to enter. After all, they wouldn't have gained any advantage, they would simply have had less time to write the exam.
I understand that sentiment. It comes from a place of empathy, and that's a good thing. But large public exams cannot be run purely on emotions. They require clear, objective, and uniformly enforced rules. The purpose of a reporting-time cutoff isn't to punish late candidates; it's to ensure that every candidate is treated according to the same standard.
Once exceptions begin, the rule itself loses meaning. Why allow someone 5 minutes late but not 15? Why make an exception for one reason and not another? Imagine the chaos at thousands of exam centre if you leave entry time to discretion! In exams involving lakhs of candidates, fairness lies not in evaluating individual circumstances but in applying the same rule to everyone without discretion.
To add, centers are designed to complete security checks, identity verification, seating, and other protocols before the process begins; late admissions create operational and security complications and undermine confidence in the integrity of the exam.
It's heartbreaking for the students. One can sympathize with them and still accept that the authorities were right to enforce the cutoff. Sometimes a decision can be both unfortunate and correct at the same time.
@JyotiKarma7 Agree with her on this topic.. but when was Indian movies especially Bollywood or any other wood had strong female characters. Its always this type of movies except Malayalam movies
Pre demonetization it was like this.. Highways had n number of new restaurants with people from north east. It suddenly ended , now a sudden rise ….new restaurants at high ways with people from northeast in service sector.. What cud be the reason
Is it just me noticing that the service sector in Kerala is manned by folks from the North East, mostly Manipur and Nagaland?
This weekend I visited 2 prominent restaurants. Same in both.
Annamalai was good , he is respected for his academic qualities, efficiency and ability. He must be a person who may have his own ideas and may not be able to heed to party diktats and discipline. Let him start a new party and we can have an alliance at any time if he’s willing
It must have been around 2003–04. We were at a beach resort in Langkawi, Malaysia.
Most mornings, my husband, our young son, and I preferred a leisurely breakfast on our deck, but that day we had booked a six-seater speedboat for snorkelling at a nearby island, so we headed to the resort’s breakfast area instead of waiting for room service.
Years of travel teach you small tells. In a resort breakfast area, you can often identify the Europeans, particularly the British and Australians, not by accent, but by their plates: generously, almost anxiously loaded, as if the concept of ‘all you can eat’ might be revoked without notice.
One particular man, in shorts and flip-flops, his plate already piled high with fruit, bakery items and cereals, seemed in a tearing hurry.
My husband stepped aside, making an exaggeratedly polite gesture - please, go ahead.
The man did. Without a glance, without a word of thanks, he moved ahead and loaded his plate even further.
Back at our table, my husband simply rolled his eyes.
At the jetty, as we boarded the speedboat, we found ourselves face to face with the same man and his partner.
And then it began. My first and only experience of passive-aggressive racism.
It started small. As the boat lurched and I slid along the bench, I let out an ‘oops!’
After that, every time the boat swayed, jolted, or a splash of water hit us, he echoed it back. Mocking, exaggerated, and unmistakably deliberate.
Then came the insinuation. Had we opened their bag when they returned to the boat a few minutes after us post-snorkelling? The absurdity of it was almost surreal.
The boat driver, a big, burly Malay who had barely spoken till then, intervened quietly but firmly. Neither he nor we had touched their belongings.
By the time we reached the anchoring point late afternoon, the couple disembarked with little more than a dismissive wave to the driver.
As we got off, he turned to us, apologised on their behalf, and offered us a complimentary tour the next day.
We took it.
That morning was full of fun and relaxed and it helped wash away much of the sourness from the day before.
So yes, there are all sorts.
We Indians, for our part, are not without our own excesses.
We are noisy, often conducting phone calls in permanently activated long-distance mode. We share food enthusiastically, across aromas and consistencies.
Our children develop a special public whine precisely when denied something they have been told not to eat.
And there is almost always an obliging uncle, aunt, or didi ready to plead their case. Entirely human, but also very public.
Every nationality comes with its own idiosyncrasies and oddities. Taken together, they form the texture of travel.
And travel, after all, is also about choice. How you plan it, where you place yourself, and what you seek from it. You can lean into the mix or curate your distance.
When it turns embarrassing, as it sometimes does, you can simply step aside. Observe, disengage, move on.
You don’t have to claim ownership of everything that looks like you.
The massive demolition drive at Bandra’s Garibnagar shows how Mumbai's land mafia turned shanties into vertical goldmines. Horizontal space ran out, so they built 3 storeys high, right over Harbour line tracks, complete with modern kitchens and tiled bathrooms.
How did we get here? Decades of political patronisation, vote-bank shield walls, and illegally managed civic utilities. This wasn’t poverty; it was a highly organised, multi-crore encroachment ring completely choking the city's lifeline. Long overdue cleanup by @WesternRly
🚨 INTERVIEWER : If BJP fulfills all its promises, then who will win?
PRADEEP GUPTA ⚡ : Then BJP will keep winning elections. Opposition will keep losing.
INTERVIEWER : And Opposition will get more marginalized?
PRADEEP GUPTA : "There is a threshold in politics. Earlier, Congress ruled continuously till 1977. After that, it started facing difficulties"
"That 20-year cycle will remain even now"
"BJP dominance to last at least 20 years" - PRADEEP GUPTA
Respect 🙏
During the Muhurta of his upcoming film, Actor Fahadh Faasil removed his shoes on the spot to pay respects to God. True humility and devotion in action! ❤️
Director C. Prem Kumar’s new project.
To those who show respect to Sanatana Dharma, let us give our respect in return 🙏
#FahadhFaasil #Respect #Faith
When will urban developers' obsession with palm trees stop?
Residential societies, shopping malls, and along highways, wherever you go, you see this "Dubaification", rows of mostly non-native palm trees.
Compared to traditional Indian trees like neem and banyan, they offer little value: minimal shade, poor support for local biodiversity, limited particulate trapping, higher maintenance. Yet they are everywhere just because they are perceived as elite, and "global."
@logikkal@Nayakan00249728 മുൻപും ഇങ്ങനെയൊക്കെ ആയിരുന്നിരിക്കും , ആർക്കറിയാം . ഇവിടുത്തെ പത്രങ്ങളും ബുദ്ധിജീവികളും ഇവിടെയൊക്കെ പോകാൻ ഭാഗ്യം സിദ്ധിച്ചിരുന്ന വിരലിലെണ്ണാവുന്ന പൊങ്ങച്ചക്കാരും പറയുന്ന കഥകൾ അല്ലെ ഇത്ര കാലം നമ്മൾ കേട്ടിരുന്നുള്ളൂ
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.
V.D. Satheeshan in 2006.
VDS will pave the way for the BJP in Kerala. 😎😊
Mark this tweet, BJP will grow in Kerala leaps and bounds such that it will become the core opposition party in the next 2-3 years, overtaking the Left.