By now, most people would have seen this video & know who Tinkle Gongo from Itanagar is.
Almost every media outlet has covered her story.
But her spirited pushback against an insult & her confident assertion-“Hum bhi India hai”-are reason enough for her to still be my inspiration for starting the week off well.
Thank you, Tinkle.
You are the essence of India…
#MondayMotivation
VIDEO | On RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's event at Madison Square Garden, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says, "... I also stand here as the first Indian American mayor in our city's history. My mother's family is all still in India. The vision of India that I was taught by my family and the one that I grew up being very familiar with was of a pluralistic society, of a secular republic, that believed in the belonging of each and every person who was from India. It has been incredibly troubling to see the rise of a movement that is predicated on an exclusionary vision of any country, frankly. So it is one that I find myself in deep opposition to. Not only as an Indian-American, but also as the mayor of a city that believes deeply in the belonging of each and every person, no matter their colour, their creed, their religion, their faith, wherever they're from... I don't support the rally, but I don't know if the city has any jurisdiction on canceling a private event."
(Source: NYC Mayor Office)
IMPORTANT: just received a call from someone claiming to be from SBI office Bandra Fraud division claiming someone has misused my SBI credit card (I don’t even have one).. then the person put me onto a number they said was Mumbai police who started asking for my bank details. I refused. At which point, the person began to threaten me with criminal action. I am told that this is how digital identity is sought to be obtained and fraud perpetrated. Needs urgent attention: God knows how many citizens esp senior citizens are being defrauded in this manner. Shocking. Truly. These are ‘real’ issues that govt must address instead of spending time in name calling fellow Indian citizens or debating how a patriotic song is to be sung and who said what in 1937!😡
🚨 This is what Albert Einstein wrote to Jawaharlal Nehru about The Discovery of India:
“I have read with extreme interest your marvellous book The Discovery of India. The first half of it is not easy reading for a Westerner. But it gives an understanding of the glorious intellectual and spiritual tradition of your great country. The analysis you have given in the second part of the book of the tragic influence and forced economic, moral and intellectual decline by the British rule and the vicious exploitation of the Indian people has deeply impressed me.
My admiration for Gandhi’s and your work for liberation through non-violence and non-cooperation has become even greater than it was already before. The inner struggle to conserve objective understanding despite the pressure of tyranny from the outside and the struggle against becoming inwardly a victim of resentment and hatred may well be unique in world history. I feel deeply grateful to you for having given to me your admirable work.”
This is what Einstein wrote to Nehru in 1950. 🇮🇳
Ab kuch andhbhakt aayenge aur bolenge Einstien ka IQ 0 tha😂😂
Assam wants to shrink Kaziranga’s eco-sensitive zone from 10km to 1km for a stadium and other development. Yet every monsoon floods force elephants and rhinos towards higher ground through these very corridors.
Let’s build stadiums elsewhere as we cannot build another Kaziranga.
SADDENED: Having covered Parliament since the early 1990s, I am deeply disappointed to see these images of a near-fracas between ruling party and opposition MPs in the Parliament precincts.
This is what happens when:
1.Politics becomes hyper-polarised and hyper-partisan.
2.Central Hall — once a wonderful space for genuine inter-party conversation — is shut down. A crazy Covid-era decision that should be revoked ASAP.
3.The ruling party treats Parliament as a notice board, while the Opposition treats the House as its only forum to vent.
4.MPs cross from one side to the other with total impunity, simply to remain on the right side of power.
5.Too few MPs are willing to do the hard grind of parliamentary work.
6.Senior MPs and ministers fail to lead by example. Many of them don’t even come to the House as often as they should.
7. Those in the Chair, whose first duty should be to uphold the dignity and neutrality of the House, often fail to show even a modicum of impartiality.
Parliament is not just about shouting across the aisle. It is also about talking across it.
How one misses the likes of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Somnath Chatterjee and Jaipal Reddy — stellar parliamentarians who relished the cut and thrust of debate, but also understood that political opponents need not be personal enemies.
We are losing something far more valuable than parliamentary decorum: the culture of Parliament itself. VERY VERY TROUBLING in the 80th year of Independence. 🙏
For years, the world believed iPhones could only be made at scale in China. Today, India manufactures all four iPhone 17 models, exports billions of dollars worth of iPhones, employs over 200,000 people in the ecosystem, and has become Apple’s second manufacturing hub. A bold policy bet by PM Modi has created a global supply chain shift. 🇮🇳
Maharashtra shows the Way
Food safety is ultimately about people, not files, inspections or statistics.
Every safe meal is a family protected. Every action against unsafe food is a step towards protecting someone’s health, dignity and future.
Maharashtra’s experience reminds us that governance earns people’s trust when purpose is clear, action is fair, and compassion remains at the heart of enforcement.
Public service is, at its core, about standing with people; especially when they need the system most.
#TukaramMundhe #FoodSafety #PublicHealth #PublicService #GoodGovernance #People #Leadership #Inspiration
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Indian Automakers just topped the world in EV efficiency. Not Tesla. Not BYD. Tata and Mahindra.
Among the world's 22 largest automakers, Tata Motors and Mahindra posted the lowest energy consumption per km in 2025, beating Tesla and BYD on efficiency.
Indian engineering, built for Indian roads, is now setting the global benchmark.
Study and Chart credit: @TheICCT & @restofworld@TataMotors@Mahindra_Auto
Thanks for sharing this @IshanTanna1
What’s even more gratifying: our returns are the highest.
What made this happen?
There’s never a simple formula, a ‘silver bullet’ that guarantees success & longevity.
All I know is that from ’91, we were intensely focused on surviving & on continuous improvement so we could compete with the global giants who were rushing into India post liberalisation that year.
And I know that even today, survival & continuous improvement remain our mindset.
If there’s any business lesson here, it is that it pays to be paranoid!
Raunaq Rajani, a very well known comedian, has accused Mumbai Police of assaulting him and his wife during the Shivaji Park protest. He says his wife later discovered she had suffered a rib fracture. In this video, he shares the footage, explains what happened, and says they've filed a complaint seeking an FIR.