At Mankanhalli in Hassan district of Karnataka stand a unique stone placed during British era. Rainwater falling rightside of this stone flows E-ward through Kaveri River & ultimately reaches BoB;while rainwater falling leftside flows W-ward in Netravati River to Arabian Sea?
514 million Chinese people are missing.
Not dead.
Never existed.
Let me show you the math.
1949
Mao takes China.
Population: 542 million.
2026
China claims 1.41 Billion.
That is 2.62 times growth.
In 71 years.
For that to happen naturally,
Every Chinese woman had to bear at least 4 children.
Consistently.
For 3 generations.
Now here is where it breaks.
China ran a one child policy.
1969 to 2015.
36 years.
Fertility rate during that period: 1.5.
Not four.
Not even close.
And before we go further,
Let's talk about what that policy actually meant.
324 Million Women were forcibly fitted with IUDs.
107 million were forcibly sterilized.
Women aborted at 8 months.
Women aborted with twins at 8 months.
Held down.
Injected.
No choice.
Family planning police.
Family planning jail cells.
Demolition of homes.
Torture of relatives.
This was a war on the womb.
Now add the other deaths.
Great Leap Forward.
1959 to 1961.
State engineered famine.
30 million dead.
Cultural Revolution.
1966 to 1976.
Purges.
Executions.
Mass violence.
1.5 million dead.
1950 to 1953
Korean War.
300,000 Chinese soldiers dead.
Total excess deaths: 32 million.
Now the math.
Natural growth at 0.7% per year.
Starting from 542 million.
77 years of honest compounding.
Natural projection: 920 million.
Realistic population: 890 million.
China claims: 1.41 Billion.
Math says: 890 million.
Gap: ~520 million.
Conservative Estimates: ~514 Million.
Now ask yourself why China inflates this number.
Reason 1.
India also claims 1.4 billion.
China cannot afford to look smaller than India.
Reason 2.
A billion plus population signals an unlimited labour force.
Unlimited consumers.
Unlimited economic gravity.
Remove 500 million, FDI calculus changes overnight.
Reason 3.
In geopolitics, population is military potential.
It is draft capacity.
It is war endurance.
A China of 890 million fights a very different war,
Than a China of 1.41 billion.
Not one country questioned this.
Not the UN.
Not the US.
Not even India.
Why?
Because a smaller China is a less frightening China.
And a less frightening China disrupts too many power equations.
Numbers are power.
Inflated numbers are manufactured power.
What Were the Final Days of Swami Vivekananda Like?
Swami Vivekananda passed away in 1902 at the age of just 39. It was 9:10 p.m. at Belur Math. At that time, neither Belur Math nor the nearby villages had electricity, although there was a telephone. Yet no news reporters arrived, and remarkably, none of the newspapers published in Bengal carried the news of his death the following day. Nor did any prominent political leader or celebrated Bengali publicly express condolences. It is astonishing to think about. 🔴
Throughout his short life, Swami Vivekananda endured humiliation, neglect, and repeated rejection. After his father's death, he became entangled in legal disputes with relatives over family property and had to appear in court on numerous occasions.
His family lived in extreme poverty. Every morning he would leave home in search of employment, wandering from office to office. Many days, knowing there was no rice, lentils, oil, or salt at home to feed his mother, brothers, and sisters, he would tell his mother, "Don't cook for me today, Mother. I've been invited to a friend's house for dinner." In reality, there was no invitation. He often went hungry so that the rest of the family could eat. It is almost unimaginable. 🍂
He struggled with poverty throughout his life. At the age of 23, he secured a teaching position at the Metropolitan Institution, founded by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. However, the headmaster—Vidyasagar's son-in-law—disliked Narendra Nath Datta and reportedly had him dismissed, alleging that he did not teach well. This happened despite his extraordinary intellect, scholarship, and eloquence.
Once again, he found himself unemployed.
Even abroad, a Bengali religious leader allegedly spread false rumours that Vivekananda had several wives, ten or twelve children, and was nothing more than a fraud and a gambler. 💥
He often endured hunger both in India and overseas. In one of his letters, he wrote:
"Many times I have passed days without food. I felt that perhaps I would die that very day. Then I would rise, crying, 'Victory to Brahman!' and declare: 'I have no fear. I know neither death nor hunger. I am beyond thirst. What power does the world have to destroy me?'"
When the ailing Swami Vivekananda returned to Calcutta after achieving worldwide acclaim, many prominent Bengalis reportedly declined to attend or organise a public reception in his honour. Eventually, Paryichand Mitra agreed but is said to have remarked that since Vivekananda was a Kayastha rather than a Brahmin, he could not truly be a monk and would therefore address him merely as "Brother Vivekananda."
By 1898, Americans were deeply inspired by his speeches and writings, while many in his own homeland remained indifferent.
That same year, the sick Swami consulted the renowned physician Dr. Rasiklal Dutt at his clinic on Sadar Street in Calcutta. The doctor reportedly charged him forty rupees as a consultation fee and another ten rupees for medicines—a considerable sum in those days. The money was paid by Swami Brahmananda from funds collected for Belur Math.
There is no known photograph of Swami Vivekananda after his death. Nor is there an officially preserved death certificate, despite the existence of the Bally–Belur Municipality at the time. Ironically, that same municipality imposed an amusement tax on Belur Math.
Some people even mocked the monastery, dismissing it as a gathering place for idle young men and using insulting nicknames such as "Bichitra Ananda" or "Bibi-ka-Ananda"—
Perhaps that is why, toward the end of his life, he is said to have remarked:
"Only another Vivekananda could truly understand what this Vivekananda has accomplished."
Today, Swami Vivekananda is revered across India and around the world. Yet during his own lifetime, he endured poverty, insults, and neglect. One might even wonder whether, had he witnessed some of today's displays of admiration, he would have dismissed them as empty gestures
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🛢️ How does an LNG plant actually work?
It chills gas to -162°C and shrinks it 600 times so it can cross oceans.
Here's the machine behind it.
The goal is simple, turn natural gas into liquid so it fits on a ship.
Cooling gas to -162°C cuts its volume by roughly 600x.
That's what makes global transport possible.
It starts with gas processing, stripping out heavy hydrocarbons and impurities.
Then the Acid Gas Removal Unit pulls out CO2 and H2S to prevent corrosion and freezing.
Dehydration follows, removing every trace of water.
Even a little would freeze solid and block the system.
The heart is the liquefaction train, where refrigeration cycles chill the gas in stages.
At its core sit giant cryogenic heat exchangers, among the largest equipment in the entire facility.
Then storage in double walled tanks, and loading onto specialized LNG carriers for export.
The scale is enormous.
A single train can process 5-8 million tons of LNG a year.
This is the technology that lets gas reach markets no pipeline could ever serve.
It's why LNG is rewriting global energy trade.
Emperor-Caliph Akbar Bahadur was born a Muslim, lived as a Muslim, and died a Muslim.
As for Din-i Ilahi, no such thing ever existed. It is a fabricated term, and he never founded any new religion.
At his deathbed, he recited Kalimah, heard the Qur'an, & died affirming Tawheed of Allah Azzawajal.
— Tuzuk-e Jahangiri.
I oppose both Rasimanal and Mekedatu dam's. Cauvery is already a dying river with more than 100% utilisation in an average year. States that can't get out of flood irrigation methods are up in arms to destroy 26000 acre diverse forest and kill a dying river #SaveCauvery
Ayatollah Guys Are C'razy!
In spite of the fact that Dr. Abbas Araghchi (Iran's Foreign Minister) bagged his Ph.D at the University of Kent, UK, and speaks English fluently, throughout the negotiation process, he did not speak English.
He spoke Farsi (Iran's official language) in the presence of the Vice President of America, JD Vance. Other members of the Iranian delegation spoke Farsi, as well. They didn't speak English. 😆
They deliberately stuck to their language in order to assert their national identity. JD Vance was so jittery on sighting Ghalibaf and Araghchi. The fear was boldly written on him.
You can go and watch it on Al-Jazeera. I wish our leaders could be 10% as bold as the Iranians. I always feel impressed with their dispositions. People wey no fear America 🤣
Adejare Ibrahim
Jokes that are haram in islam!
1. Jokes about skin color.
- (Surah Al Hujurat 49:13)
2. Jokes about Height.
- (Surah Al Hujurat 49:11)
3. Jokes about Religion.
- (Surah Al Tawbah 9:65-66)
4. Jokes about death.
- (Sahih Al Bukhari 1393)
5. Mocking or insulting people
- (Surah Al Hujurat 49:11)
6. Scaring people as a prank
- (Abu Dawud 5004)
7. Offensive nicknames
- (Surah Al Hujurat 49:11)
Remembered my old tweet. Posting it again in the context of today's discussion in the Tamil Nadu Assembly:
Two Tamilians have made a significant impact on the lives of tens of millions of people in the country. They remain largely unknown outside Tamil Nadu.
Late Kamarajar, who introduced the mid day meal scheme for children in Tamil Nadu in the mid-1950s (around 70 years ago).
Following the Supreme Court’s 2001 order directing all states to implement the scheme, over 110–120 million children now receive nutritious mid-day meals across India.
It was decided in the Constitution (adopted in 1950) that English would cease to be an official language after 15 years - i.e., from 26 January 1965. Late Anna fought tooth and nail against this. He strongly argued that English was essential for India’s growth and unity.
After a massive agitation in Tamil Nadu lasting nearly two months (with protests building over a longer period), during which scores to hundreds of people lost their lives, the Central Government finally accepted that English would continue as an official language.
What would today’s India look like if children stayed out of school due to hunger and Indians remained cut off from English?
The nation owes a deep debt of gratitude to Kamarajar and Anna.
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They spent $75 billion fighting Iran, then another $300 billion rebuilding Iran, just to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the war started.
USA the superpower 🤡🤡😂😂