Neelam Narula

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

Minna Saran, a Mother Whose Support for the Queer Community Will Always Be Remembered https://t.co/GQPxWOTUjH via @thewire_In

[Sann @san_x_m]

A teacher in Dehradun told his class that light travels only in straight lines.

One boy in that room spent the next forty years bending it, and the internet now runs on what he built.

His name was Narinder Singh Kapany.

Born in Moga, Punjab in 1926. Schooled in Dehradun, graduated from Agra University, worked as an officer in the Indian Ordnance Factories. In 1952 he went to Imperial College London.

There, with a professor named Harold Hopkins, he bundled thin strands of glass together and transmitted a clear image through them. Around corners. Along bends. Nobody had done it before.

That is fibre optics. Undersea internet cables, endoscopy, laser surgery. He gave the field its name in a 1960 article in Scientific American.

Nehru wanted him back in India as scientific adviser to the defence ministry. He went to America instead. Founded Optics Technology, took it public in 1967, held over a hundred patents, and became one of the first Indians to build a company on that scale in Silicon Valley.

In 2009 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the transmission of light through glass fibre. It went to Charles Kao, who had solved the problem of impurities in the glass swallowing the signal.

Kapany was not named.

Whether he should have shared it is still disputed by people who understand the physics. What is not disputed is that Fortune had already listed him among the seven unsung heroes of the twentieth century, ten years earlier.

He died in California in 2020, aged ninety four. India awarded him the Padma Vibhushan the following year.

[Arjun* @mxtaverse]

We still haven't seen the face of Nirbhaya's juvenile rapist because his identity is protected by law as he was a minor btw.

[Maheshwer Peri @maheshperi]

Before we get into making a safe examination system, @NandanNilekani must examine the need for any entrance exam. Most exams are territorial power centres and business opportunities.

Take for example CUET. It is the most unnecessary examination Imposed on the hapless Delhi students that made the CBSE scores useless and killed school education. This was done to neutralise the AAP investment in government schools a waste. These kids cannot afford private coaching and a state topper is also denied a seat.

Similarly, NEET is useless for those who want to join a private medical college. The price differential (5 lacs and 1.5 crores) is so huge that at rank 30,000 all government colleges close their admission while even at rank 13 lac, private colleges are unable to fill seats. Private colleges are reserved for the rich 1% of India. If you indeed fighting against reservation and for meritocracy, shouldn’t you include this?

The TET, even JEE advanced, UGC NET etc can be modified to make it a test for those who don’t cross a certain level of education.

We must reduce the entrance exams. We must reduce the number of students who should take the exam. Increase the eligibility. For Ex: Make 80% in boards a qualification to get into all India institutions like AIIIMS, IITs etc. Make school education mandatory. Punish those in dummy schools. Hedge. De-risk. Spread.

Make sure that a 3 hour exam doesn’t become the life altering exam. It will reduce stress. Reduce suicides. The business of entrance exams has to be reformed before we reform the conduct of such exams.

[Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 Commentary @RoflGandhi_]

Jo E20 ko lekar halla karte hain wo kekde hain.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

अब सब कुछ Gen Z ही करेगा क्या, बाक़ी लोग भी कुछ कर लो इस देश के लिए.

[St. Broseph @St_Brosephs]

Sir, the parents of Aditya Prabhu, a Bengaluru student who died by suicide in 2023 after his own professors told him to kill himself, called your office EVERY SINGLE DAY for SIX MONTHS just to get an appointment to expose the college's misconduct.

You didn't give them those five minutes. Their cries went unheard. I have witnessed years of agony that they've lived through since then.

Because of your apathy, three more students died by suicide at the same "University" that year. The chargesheeted accused still show up to that campus every morning and teach. You did nothing. You are still doing nothing.

This rage was not built in a day. It was built by your silence while children were dying. This has nothing to do with any political party, so please don't make it about politics.

Do the right thing for once and pave the way for someone who is more competent and is actually interested in running the Education Ministry properly.

It's the only thing anyone wants from you anymore 🙏

[Tamal Bandyopadhyay @TamalBandyo]

Here's where India stands in global stacking order when it comes to EDUCATION:
# India accounts for nearly 18% of humanity and runs one of the world's largest higher-education systems.
Yet, no Indian university sits in the global top 100.
# QS World University Rankings 2027 (released June 2026): India's best is IIT Delhi, at 118.
# Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026: India's best is Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, known as Tata Institute, in the 201–250 band.
What more do we need to say what are we doing for our youth and education?

[Batto @Batto079]

Bro watching The Odyssey inside the Trojan Horse.

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

Exam paper ���र मंदिर का चंदा चुराने के बाद अब सोनम जी को ही चुरा लिए ये लोग।

[Sann @san_x_m]

His name was Brigadier Mohammad Usman.

At Partition, Pakistan wanted him. He was one of the finest Muslim officers in the army, and he was offered seniority and a future in the new Pakistan he could not have dreamed of in India.

He said no.

Twelve days short of his 36th birthday, he died fighting for India instead.

He was born on 15 July 1912 in Azamgarh, the son of a police officer. When he was twelve, a child fell into a well in his village. Usman jumped in and pulled him out. The rope tore his hands open. He carried those scars for the rest of his life.

He trained at Sandhurst, one of the few Indians the British allowed to become officers.

Then came Partition. His regiment, the Baluch, was sent to Pakistan. Almost every Muslim officer went with it. Usman was urged to go too, and offered rank and promotion in the new army.

His answer was simple. He was born in India. He would die in India.

Late 1947. Pakistani raiders poured into Kashmir and took Jhangar, planning to hand it over as a prize. Usman was sent to hold Nowshera.

His own men, raw from Partition, doubted whether a Muslim commander would be loyal. He made "Jai Hind" the greeting of his brigade and swore he would not sleep on a bed until Jhangar was retaken.

6 February 1948. Eleven thousand attackers hit Nowshera from every side. His outnumbered men did not break.

Nearly a thousand of the enemy lay dead by the end. Thirty-three Indians fell. They began calling him the Lion of Nowshera. Pakistan put a bounty of fifty thousand rupees on his head.

3 July 1948. Evening at Jhangar. He had just finished his prayers and was meeting his officers when a shell landed near his post. He died within minutes.

He was the highest-ranking Indian officer killed in that war.

Nehru and his cabinet came to the funeral. Maulana Azad led the prayers. He was given the Maha Vir Chakra. He lies buried at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi.

A man who was offered a future in one country, and chose to die for another.

[Dr Nandita Iyer @saffrontrail]

My book The Great Indian Thali was so thoughtfully written by me and produced by @RoliBooks
Indian vegetarian recipes divided by seasons and a special look and feel for each season along with QR codes for playlists for each season (this was my idea) 🌸
It’s a beautiful gift to take for a host or a wedding.

[TSR ☀️ @iam_tsr]

@ladynationalist guys go better watch Black Warrant

[hehehehe @AKasHnegi303]

@khansmeme boring hai case bohot short hai faltu ka drag kiya. black warrant dekhlo

[Neelam Narula @NeelamNarula]

@SobhanaNair Congratulations, Sobhana!

[Joy @Joydas]

While I totally admire and in awe of @sidhant_sarthak, here is a word of appreciation for his family. They didn’t stop him and say you are too young, focus on studies. They really are his support system. He is blessed

[Revathi @revathitweets]

Way back in 2019, I reported extensively about the Globarena Intermediate marks fiasco in Telangana.
In fact, I had run a major campaign on my media company Mojo TV. We were the first TV channel up pick the story too.

23 students died by suicide, I spoke with all their families and it was truly heartbreaking.

I remember one particular case where a single mother who worked as a farm labour was very proud of her bright daughter. The entire village came to support her education, everyone pitched in with books, commute and all expenses. When the Globarena marks mess up happened, she cried the whole night. Her mother told her it is okay, and she can go for reevaluation or write the exam again, morning the mother wakes up to see her daughter hanging in the middle of the house.

I had demanded blacklisting Globarena, arresting the officials. But I guess companies like Globarena are pests that never die, they just transform into something bigger and dangerous and come back to haunt.

Globarena now has become Coempt Edu Teck that messed-up the CBSE evaluation.

Globarena in 2019 messed up results of 9.74 lakh students in Telangana. Out of this total, approximately 3.8 lakh students failed. 23 suicides were reported. Back then too Globarena failed to provide the answer sheets.

After all this, Globarena transforms into Coempt Edu Teck, messes up the future of 18.5 lakh CBSE students across the country.

It is almost like they got rewarded for bad behaviour.

The officials who were giving approvals for CBSE just 74 days prior knew the history of Coempt Edu Teck. They knew the company is incompetent, but still decided to go ahead and give them the tender.

Yes, the Globarena/ Coempt Edu Teck guys are fabulous at landing tenders. The names and associations of Coempt Edu Teck board now seem to run pretty deep in the highest offices.

Unless the rot is burnt right from the root level, this won’t stop. All board members, directors, CEO, investors, government employees that tweaked the system to ensure Coempt Edu Teck got the contract should be dragged to the courts & never should be allowed near any business again.

But in this country that is so much in love with corruption, I doubt if this will ever change. Coempt Edu Teck may soon get the tender for all exams across the country.

PS: To all the students, one exam is not the end. Kudos to your fight. Keep fighting, never ever give up.

And if you are feeling low, speak with friends and family or reach out to any helplines.

Roshni Helpline, Telangana
[phone]

[Neelam Narula @NeelamNarula]

@sunetrac Reading this... I am glad I returned to fiction with this.

[Mel Redgrave: FOLLOW @WOLFHELVETICA (She/Her)🔞 @MelxRedgrave]

Nigga, just watch the news.

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

When Iran takes a stand for you but your own government can’t.