mandar apte

former Shell GameChanger social innovation | founder&director | Art of Living meditation teacher| Tedx speaker

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

As leaders & changemakers, we have to manage our #mentalwellbeing in order to effectively promote #peace #nonviolence #compassion & social cohesion in our communities and organizations. #BeTheChange - our educational module will help; https://t.co/c2lRlqe1bY

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

Congrats to India! Anniversary of Operation Sindoor next week where India showed the results of their defense reforms that contributed to their military dominance of the mostly Chinese equipped Pakistan military.

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Three Pakistanis - Suleiman Shah, Abu Hamza, and Habib Tahir - carried out the Pahalgam terror attack; three Indians - Parvaiz Ahmad, Bashir Ahmad, and Mohd Yousuf - helped them.

Hatred does not only come from across the border; it comes from an ideology that transcends borders.

[speaknsee @speaknsee]

Pahalgam Attack 1 Year Memorial -Victory - and Plea to Trump https://t.co/hU9oyYJ6ty via @YouTube

[🇮🇱 Reuven Azar @ReuvenAzar]

One year since the tragic💔loss of 26 innocent lives in the Pahalgam Terror Attack.
We remember. Israel 🇮🇱 stands with India 🇮🇳 in the fight against terror.

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

Thanks @speaknsee for standing up for #India #Pahalgam #NeverForget

[speaknsee @speaknsee]

Pahalgam Attack 1 Year Memorial🙏 Victory💪🇮🇳 and Plea to Trump 🧐@realDonaldTrump @narendramodi @marcorubio @JDVance @DrSJaishankar @ShashiTharoor

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

Remember Pahalgam - On April 22, 2025, terrorists entered a meadow near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir and carried out a deliberate assault on civilians designed as much for psychological impact as for the number of people killed...

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

@ihymacc #fromindiawithlove I agree wholeheartedly; our work might touch your heart; https://t.co/3VK81P0Z64

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

Yes, agree wholeheartedly with you @ShefVaidya and thank you for your #leadership. We all need to become the torch bearers of #SanatanDharma and fight the good fight. #AriseAndAwaken

[Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳 @ShefVaidya]

As I write this, my inbox is overflowing with messages from TCS employees, from Lenskart employees, from Hindu students of Ashoka University and Azim Premji University, from teachers, from mothers, from civil servants.

They are sharing screenshots, they are sharing their experiences, they are sharing ads and employee guidelines that show a distinct anti-Hindu bias. ‘Talk about TCS. Talk about the bindi in TBZ ads. Talk about Azim Premji. Talk about this. Talk about that’, the messages tell me.

I hear you. You mean well. But I am ONE person. A private citizen with no institutional backing, no legal team, no corporate PR machine. I am doing what I can, using my voice, my credibility and my social media presence for the cause. But here is the question that bothers me; What are YOU doing?

Why are Hindus depending on a handful of voices like mine to fight their fight for them in their own land?

Hindus constitute the overwhelming majority of this country. Majority of TCS employees are Hindu, majority of Lenskart employees are Hindu, majority of students at Ashoka and Azim Premjee university are Hindu, majority of the teachers and professors are Hindu, and yet, Hindus behave like a persecuted minority.

This cannot go on. If you face discrimination at your workplace for being a Hindu, file a complaint and go public with it. If your company runs advertisements that erase Hindu identity, name them, call for a boycott, and follow through. If your university hosts speakers who call for violence against your civilisation, stand up in that hall, walk out or record it and make it public.

Stop waiting for someone else’s courage to be contagious. Dharma does NOT protect those who will not protect it!

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

https://t.co/gxsl5vq6sY

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

Great to see leaders like @svembu @SuhagAShukla standup and counter such narrow mindedness and utter foolishness. Such mindset & lack of understanding breeds violence, extremism, polarization and needs to be countered. Hoping more Indian American leaders join #fromindiawithlove

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

As a Hindu, I believe the entire Universe is the manifestation of the Divine. All of it - the river, the tree, the snake, the stone, the earthworm, the cow, the monkey, the elephant - all of it is divine manifestation. That belief is not Demonic, it is not Satanic, that is the path to living in harmony with nature and with other human beings.

Arrogant, intolerant monotheism - see the video below - that goes around labeling reverence for all of nature as "demonic" and "satanic"- that belief is what makes men do evil.

History supplies ample evidence. Hindus did not run crusades. Hindus did not burn witches at the stake. Hindus did not invade nations and enslave people in the name of bringing "Civilization" and "God" to "pagans".

[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

6 Companies Misleading India 🇮🇳

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

Deeply inspired and looking forward to exploring synergies in our shared missions @LORWEN108 https://t.co/QDBwyhp8Vh

“If the whole world is a home, India has always been the prayer room” @Benioff agree?

[Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD @LORWEN108]

I’m American.

After my PhD, I went to India.

What I experienced dismantled my Western worldview.

Here are 8 lessons that permanently rewired how I see life:

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

In the garb of development what have we done O Mother Earth!

[Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj @DeepikaBhardwaj]

Very important video for folks in Delhi NCR

https://t.co/CHJp7RYLDS

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

@AmbVMKwatra @SergioGor @SenatorRisch @RepBrianMast bringing to your kind attention, our work to deepen India America, cultural relations; https://t.co/QDBwyhp8Vh

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

Aligned with EAM and would love your review of proposed #TrustCorridors https://t.co/MuuuapmUxv @vtchakarova @DrSJaishankar @RDXThinksThat @TheSatishDua

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

At the Kolkata Business Forum, India’s External Affairs Minister Jaishankar offered one of his clearest assessments yet of how the global order is shifting and how India plans to position itself at the center of this transformation. His remarks align with growing evidence across global markets: trade flows, investment patterns, and supply-chain architectures are no longer governed primarily by efficiency, but by power politics, security, and strategic hedging.

1. “Politics outweighs economics now”, and Washington proves the rule

Jaishankar argued that the world has moved into a phase in which political drivers have overtaken economic logic. This is not rhetorical flourish but a structural shift. He pointed directly to the US, historically the architect of the rules-based economic system, as the clearest example of the new era.

According to Jaishankar, the US is increasingly negotiating “on radically different terms” with different countries, signaling a departure from the universalist trade doctrine that defined the post-Cold War era. The result is a loss of predictability in global commerce and the normalization of politically conditioned trade and industrial policies.

This assessment is accurate and consistent with current U.S. policy:
The Biden & Trump administrations have both prioritized industrial policy, tariffs, and friend-shoring.
The CHIPS Act, IRA, and the tariff escalations under Trump 2.0 confirm that security-driven economic policy is bipartisan and durable.
Washington now shapes economic ties through political filters, like shared values, strategic alignment, or supply-chain security, rather than pure market access.

2. Industrial policy as national security - India’s strategic framing

Jaishankar underscored that India’s industrial base is not simply an economic objective but a sovereignty requirement. This aligns closely with New Delhi’s long-term trajectory:

“Make in India” and “Atmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliance).
Strategic push into semiconductors, critical minerals, defense manufacturing, and renewables.
Trade diversification away from China-heavy supply chains.

His framing reflects a wider global trend: industrial capacity is increasingly viewed through the national-security lens rather than through comparative advantage.

3. Diversification of supply chains & India as a reliability hub

The minister made a direct call to accelerate supply-chain diversification. His aim is not merely to integrate deeper into global trade but to make India a resilient and reliable node in a world of fragmented blocs.

This positioning is timely:
Western companies continue shifting manufacturing from China to India, Vietnam, Mexico, and Eastern Europe.
India has become one of the top three destinations for US and European supply-chain realignment.
Apple, Tesla, Samsung, and leading semiconductor firms are deepening their India footprint.

4. The multipolar demand for partners

Jaishankar observed that many states no longer want to choose solely between the U.S. and China. They seek alternative anchors - stable, non-aligned, geopolitically predictable partners. India aims to position itself at the center of this emerging multipolar demand.

He is correct:
Southeast Asia, the Gulf, East Africa, and Latin America are actively hedging between great powers.
India’s economic scale, political stability, and relatively neutral strategic posture make it a natural “third option.”
The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and the expanding India–GCC, India–ASEAN, and India–Africa partnerships reflect this shift.

Jaishankar’s speech is quite strategic, & it is India’s strategic pitch for the next decade. In a world where the U.S.–China rivalry defines the macro-environment and the DragonBear axis pushes the global system toward bifurcation, India is presenting itself as the reliable, scalable, non-aligned manufacturing platform that the West, the Dragonbear, and the Global South can work with.

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

@KP24 you have “experienced” what we feel in our hearts; “if the whole world is a home, #India has always been the prayer room”

[Megh Updates 🚨™ @MeghUpdates]

A poor Punjabi carpenter built his daughter’s first bat with his own hands. They mocked him for letting her play cricket.

Years later, Amanjot Kaur became a World Cup winner with Team India, one of the most consistent performers of the tournament.

This is Father's faith & love for his daughter and true feminism.

[eSamskritiindia @esamskritiindia]

by Mandar https://t.co/o8MyB4jRm0 @mandarapte108 @ArtofLiving

[mandar apte @mandarapte108]

we will wake up only when something wrong happens to us personally. Thanks @akshaykumar for stepping up your role and using your stardom for a higher purpose. Feel inspired to reach out for a deeper conversation on #purpose and promote #compassion and cohesion.

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Mumbai | Actor Akshay Kumar says, "I want to tell you all a small incident which happened at my house a few months back. My daughter was playing a video game, and there are some video games that you can play with someone. You are playing with an unknown stranger. While you are playing, sometimes a message comes from there...Then a message came, Are you male or female? So she replied female. And then he sent a message. Can you send me nude pictures of yours? It was my daughter. She switched off the whole thing and she went and told my wife. This is how things begin. This is also a part of cybercrime... I would request the Chief Minister that in our Maharashtra state, every week in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth standards, there should be a period called cyber period where children should be explained about it. You all know that this crime is becoming bigger than street crime. It is very important to stop this crime..."

[Sheetal Devi Archery 🇮🇳 @sheetal_archery]

World Champion - the world title is ours. With all my heart, for my country. ♥️🇮🇳🏹