I don't know whether you remember.
I was one among the first to repeatedly raise to government existence of both STT and long term capital gains are terribly unfair for investors. This goes against the commitment given in the parliament that STT was introduced only in lieu of capital gains tax.
More than domestic investors, this hurts FIIs more. Adding salt to the injury, long term capital gains were further increased in 2024.
I would have posted dozens of tweets in this regard tagging both Prime Minister and Finance Minister.
As always, BJP IT cell started personally attacking me that I don't want to pay taxes. How many ever times I explained the logic, that many times or more I was personally ridiculed.
For many reasons including our government apathy, FIIs are only net sellers for last many years. In parliament, we ridiculed FIIs stating that retail investors are good enough for us and FIIs are exiting a great market called India.
I pointed out how even countries like Singapore and other developed nations give importance to FII money. BJP trolls said FIIs are losing opportunity to make money out of the greatest market in the world.
Even if we are greatest, this arrogance is unwarranted. Arrogance would ensure we don't remain great.
Now we are trying to see how to conserve forex by avoiding destination weddings, foreign vacations and so on.
The elephant in the room is billions of dollars flowing out of the country every month due to FII selling. Instead of trying to address that major issue, we are focusing on overseas trips by a small percentage of Indians. Misplaced priorities.
Our finance minister still do not the feel the need to call FIIs for an open meeting and address their tax issues and other concerns.
We are absolutely tone deaf.
His name is Rinku Singh Rahi.
In 2009 he was a PCS officer in Muzaffarnagar.
He exposed a Rs 100 crore scholarship and pension scam.
Three days later someone shot him seven times.
Two bullets hit his face. His jaw shattered. He lost an eye. Lost hearing in one ear.
He spent 4 months in hospital.
When he came out the government transferred him.
He did not quit.
At age 40 with one eye and a broken jaw he appeared for the UPSC exam under the disability quota.
He got AIR 683.
He became an IAS officer.
In July 2025 on his first field posting as SDM in Shahjahanpur he saw a clerk urinating in the office premises.
He made the clerk do squats as punishment.
The lawyers protested saying it was wrong.
Rinku Singh Rahi said there is no shame in accountability and did five squats himself in public.
Within 36 hours he was transferred.
For 8 months he sat at the Revenue Board with no work. Full salary. Zero responsibilities.
On March 31 2026 he resigned.
His resignation letter said there is a special punishment reserved for honest people in India.
They get paid but no work is given to them.
He said even receiving a salary without working is a form of corruption.
He could not do it.
He walked away.
@AnchitGupta9 A powerful and beautifully written piece on the Kargil War. Your portrayal of Group Captain Satish Pal Singh’s leadership and courage was deeply moving. On a personal note, he is my uncle from my wife’s side, making this especially meaningful for our family. Thank you.
I am genuinely surprised why more people in India aren’t talking about this openly.
If you want clean drinking water, you have to buy a water purifier and then pay 18% GST on it.
If you want clean air, buy an air purifier again, 18% GST.
If you want 24×7 electricity, don’t rely on the grid buy an inverter.
If you want quality education for your child, forget government schools, you have to go private, where fees run into lakhs.
Government schools are not even a serious option for most middle-class families.
If you want good healthcare, you go to a private hospital and once you step inside, your bank balance starts bleeding. Many families literally take loans to survive medical emergencies.
Now leave all this aside.
Even pure food is hard to get.
Paneer is adulterated.
Dal is artificially coloured.
Street food?
Nobody knows what’s being mixed dirty hands, sweat, sometimes worse. We just hope nothing happens.
Try walking outside:
• Footpaths barely exist.
• Vehicles come from all directions.
• People don’t follow lanes.
• Potholes everywhere.
One wrong step and:
you might get hit by a vehicle, or
you might fall and injure yourself
And who takes responsibility?
No one.
Ask questions and suddenly you’re:
• called deshdrohi
• told to “go to Pakistan”
Why should expectations from my own country be compared with Pakistan?
When India plays cricket, do we compare ourselves with Kenya or Zimbabwe?
No.
We compare ourselves with Australia, England, big teams.
Then why, as a country, shouldn’t we compare ourselves with: China, the USA, Japan, Australia other large economies?
People say “India is Vishwaguru.”
If that were true:
• why are so many millionaires leaving India?
• why are top celebrities and athletes settling abroad?
• why do people with money still choose foreign education, healthcare, and passports?
Loving your country doesn’t mean staying silent.
Asking questions is not anti-national.
Expecting clean air, safe roads, honest food, affordable healthcare, and quality education is not a crime.
Patriotism is not blind worship.
Patriotism is demanding better because we believe India deserves better.
If this made you uncomfortable, maybe it needed to be said.
Share it.
Talk about it.
Silence won’t fix anything.
Who was napping ?
@IndiGo6E or @DGCAIndia or both or a path for a Gujju Bhai to start a new airlines.
Must be very humbling for DGCA to retract the rules made for safety of the airlines... However the
causality is the PILOT…What a shame.
#GurgaonRains@BJP4India@bjp_haryana@BJPHaryana
Medical , I have managed .
Safety , I have managed .
Education , I have managed .
Social Secuirty, don’t rely on you.
I pay taxes
provide infrastructure at least.