Nikhil Jain

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

People get fined for overspeeding, wrong parking, no seatbelt and many other violations.

But no government official is ever punished for robbing citizens of their basic dignity on the road.

[Krishna Rao, K 🇮🇳 @krishnaraobsf]

India's Biggest Economic Challenge Is not Inflation, Oil, or War - It is an Unskilled Population Addicted to Distraction.

Every time oil prices rise, economists panic. Every time a war breaks out in the Middle East or Europe, television studios declare that India's economy is under threat. And yes, both matter. But neither represents India's greatest economic challenge. The real crisis is unfolding much closer to home.

It is a generation that spends more time consuming content than creating value. A workforce that debates geopolitics without mastering spreadsheets, artificial intelligence, coding, welding, precision manufacturing, sales, finance, communication, or even basic problem-solving. An economy where attention has become the most wasted national resource.

India is one of the youngest countries in the world. That should have been our greatest competitive advantage. Instead, we risk turning our demographic dividend into a demographic liability.

The Age of Endless Consumption

Never before has information been so accessible. Yet never before have so many people spent so much time learning so little. Hours disappear into political debates, celebrity gossip, cricket controversies, influencer reels, conspiracy theories, and outrage cycles that have absolutely no impact on an individual's earning potential. Ask someone how many hours they spent on social media last week. Then ask them how many hours they invested in acquiring a new professional skill. For many, the answer is uncomfortable. We have become experts at commenting on the economy while contributing very little to it.

Degrees Are Not Skills

India has no shortage of graduates. It has a shortage of employable graduates. Companies repeatedly report the same problem: vacancies exist, but suitable candidates are difficult to find. Not because people lack certificates. Because many lack practical skills. The world is rewarding competence, not credentials.
- Can you solve problems?
= Can you communicate effectively?
- Can you sell?
= Can you lead a team?
- Can you analyze data?
- Can you use AI to improve productivity instead of merely asking it amusing questions?
- Can you create something that another person is willing to pay for?
Those are the questions that determine economic success. Not the number of degrees hanging on a wall.

Attention Is the New Currency

The biggest theft today is not of money. It is of attention. Every notification fragments concentration. Every endless scroll delays mastery. Every hour spent consuming outrage is an hour not spent building expertise.

Modern economies reward deep work, specialized knowledge, creativity, and disciplined execution. Algorithms reward emotional reactions. Unfortunately, millions choose the algorithm.

The Coming Divide

Artificial intelligence is not replacing everyone. It is replacing people who refuse to learn. The future will belong to workers who continuously upgrade themselves. Those who combine human judgment with technological tools will become dramatically more productive. Those who stop learning will find themselves competing for fewer opportunities at lower wages. The divide will not be between rich and poor. It will increasingly be between skilled and unskilled.

National Growth Begins With Individual Discipline

Governments can build highways. Businesses can build factories. Universities can build campuses. But none of them can force an individual to develop skills. Economic transformation begins with personal responsibility. Spend one less hour arguing online. Spend one more hour learning. Read instead of scrolling. Build instead of complaining. Acquire one valuable skill every year. Become indispensable.

If millions of Indians made that simple choice, the country's economic trajectory would change more profoundly than any fiscal stimulus, any election promise, or any temporary fall in oil prices.

Wars will end. Oil prices will rise and fall. Markets will recover. But a nation that neglects skill development while surrendering its attention to endless distraction will struggle long after those headlines have disappeared.

The strongest economy is not built by the loudest voices. It is built by the most capable people.

#JaiHind

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

Wanting an honest education system, and immediate accountability isn’t a political issue, it’s a human one. If a student wants to scream that message from a cockroach party, ruling party, opposition party, Bhangra party or a kitty party…they should have everyone’s support.

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan running away after Media asked him to comment on NEET paper leak.

Same Dharmendra Pradhan gives hours of media byte if someone asks him to praise Modi on Camera.

We are being ruled by literal clowns 🤡

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan refuses to take any questions from the media on the issue of NEET UG exam, which has been cancelled following allegations of paper leak and examination irregularities

[Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge]

मोदी सरकार में परीक्षा प्रणाली पूरी तरह अव्यवस्था, अविश्वास और अराजकता का प्रतीक बन चुकी है।

NEET के अब तक कम से कम 4 पेपर लीक हो चुके है - 2026, 2024, 2021, 2016!

राजस्थान के सीकर में परीक्षा से पहले handwritten “guess paper” मिलता है, जिसमें से 135 प्रश्न सीधे NEET के असली पेपर से मैच हुए। ये खुलेआम धड़ल्ले से बेचा जा रहा था और केंद्र सरकार को इसकी भनक तक नहीं पड़ती?

करोड़ों युवाओं के भविष्य से खिलवाड़ करना भाजपा की आदत बन चुकी है।

ये निकम्मी सरकार नौकरियाँ देती नहीं,
भर्ती-परीक्षा में धांधली करती है,
पेपर-लीक माफिया का संरक्षण करती है,
पकड़े जाने पर लीपा-पोती में जुट जाती है !!

#NEETPaperLeak

[Prashant Kanojia @KanojiaPJ]

I am saying this again, India is no longer a country for free and fair business, nor a land of creative freedom.

You invest your hard-earned money to build something from scratch, and suddenly 2-rupee Bajrang Dal goons show up at your doorstep to shut it down, just because you try to create a neutral space or say something that doesn’t fit their politics.

The attacks on Piyush Bansal and Namita Thapar will push a whole generation of entrepreneurs to leave India. Economic growth depends on a strong ecosystem, and when people don’t feel safe to build or speak, why would anyone stay?

On one side, Hindutva goons. On the other, what does the government offer? High taxes, constant Income Tax and ED notices, harassment of the very people trying to create jobs and value.

And let’s be clear, this doesn’t happen without political patronage. BJP cannot deny that these mobs are part of the ecosystem that benefits them.

You build something, and one day 100 unemployed goons can walk in and destroy it.

Is this the environment we want for business and innovation?

[Dr. Rajeshwari Iyer @RajeshwariRW]

Pay:
• 30% Income Tax
• 18% GST on car insurance
• Around 60% tax on fuel
• Toll tax
• Road tax on your vehicle

After paying all this, you still wait for 1 hour on highway, for some corrupt politicians with thousands of criminal cases.

VIP culture is destroying India.

[Nikhil Jain @nikhill22]

@flipkartsupport, awaiting your response on the replacement of my Moto Razr ultra 50 phone purchased from Flipkart. The phone delivered was a refurbished/old phone, while it was marketed as a new phone. #FlipkartFraud #consumerRights #Phonefraud

[Nikhil Jain @nikhill22]

Ordered a brand new #MotoRazr50Ultra from @Flipkart on July 9, received a used device already activated in March 2025
Also found a dent on the screen after removing the guard. This is outright cheating @motorolaindia need an immediate replacement #ConsumerRights @flipkartsupport

[Nikhil Jain @nikhill22]

@ConsumrConxion @flipkartsupport @motorolaindia no concrete response your end so far. Have been continuously running between Motorola service center and Flipkart customer care bots. Please replace my phone asap #Flipkartfraud

[Nikhil Jain @nikhill22]

@ConsumrConxion

[Nikhil Jain @nikhill22]

@motorolaindia Awaiting for your assistance @motorolaindia

[Nikhil Jain @nikhill22]

@flipkartsupport no support from your team so far on this. I have been dealing with bots since 24 hours.

[Mastercard India @mastercardindia]

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[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

Our coaching classes spoon feeding culture and copy paste xerox of notes has resulted in a entire with terrible research skills.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Entry and exit gates of Janpath Metro Station was closed and security was beefed up at the Jantar Mantar where hundreds of civil society activists, students, Aam Aadmi Party and Left leaders gathered to protest against the #Hathras incident.
https://t.co/UW72fyxtp1

[Jayasree Vijayan @JayasreeVijayan]

. @smritiirani Irani held a protest against the growing rapes under the UPA govt.
Now she is enjoying power !!
#HathrasCase

[ET CIO @ET_CIO]

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