China is "far ahead" of India is a myth. In terms of development and tech, yes they are ahead. But not "far ahead."
Most of China's tech are copies of US/European tech got by buying up companies, forced tech transfers, or outright stealing which India doesn't do.
Their fighters, engines, rockets, tanks - most are copies of Western/Russian tech. Sometimes part for part. 2000 years ago too they were good replicators, traveling thousands of kms to India to copy Indian texts on religion, science, philosophy, medicine. Commendable.
They do a good show with the robots and drones, producing them in numbers and deploying them publicly. But most of them are still behind what the US has. And all the tech was first innovated in the US/West.
They still assemble 80% of a smartphone "Made in China" from imported parts. They still rely on western tech for their chips. Yet, not a single Chinese will ever mock themselves as "only assembling." This is their strength.
Their AI models are definitely good, but most of them are distilled from western models, trained on illegally obtained sanctioned American GPUs, and lag in capabilities to frontier US models.
Their cities are definitely built to impress. But built by printing huge sums of money and taking large amounts of debt. And rebuilt from scratch razing down entire localities without any choice given to citizens.
Their development model is something a democracy like India simply cannot replicate.
When some in India compare some infra from China, as it is trend now, and mock India's, also ask them to say in the same sentence:
"Let's have a dictatorship, I am ready to go through a cultural revolution that destroys all dehati behavior including mine, I'm ready to leave my religion, and give up all I have to the govt to redevelop India."
They won't. But this is what happened in China before to get what it has now. Millions of historical books were burned, religions and local languages were destroyed, millions of dehatis killed, teachers were roasted and eaten, tanks rolled over protestors. Not a single thing I said in this para is an exaggeration.
And some of their practices like stealing tech and sabotaging others to rise, or use their women like assets to influence the weak western elites to gain from them are somethings India will never do.
Indians must get rid of this inferiority complex instilled into us by clever psyops and propaganda to disillusion us and derail our development.
India has long been the land of innovators and riches. A rich India shielded China from the worst of Islamic invasions and western colonialism.
China's "century of humiliation" they play up pales in comparison to 1000 years of oppression India faced destroying its culture, civilization, and capabilities.
Yet, India has risen up since independence, and even with a democracy where reforms can't be pushed through and no cultural revolution killing 30-40m, India has done well enough to keep up with China.
At present, if you look worldwide in developed nations where both Indians and Chinese migrate to, you will see Indians far outpace the Chinese in wealth, income, innovation, startups, leadership, politics etc. In every single nation. No exceptions.
Given similar opportunities, Indians and India will do extremely well. Indians do better than even natives while starting from scratch. And this is across castes, religions, and regions.
Come to a country like the US or take UAE - Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Malayalis, Punjabis, GCs, STs, Christians - every Indian group will have people who have excelled.
I am not saying the Chinese aren't capable or inferior. That's what they do to us trained by CCP's toxic supremacist propaganda. We don't need to be them. But every Indian must understand, India will quickly catch up and surpass China if it is allowed.
This is something many Indians do not realize themselves, but China and the US realize. They can already see an India doing wonders in development at current per capita. That's why they actively try to sabotage and slow down India.
You may be of any political ideology or religion or region in India, but you can't deny that India has been constantly attacked and sabotaged from rising up.
It was the British during Nehru, the Americans during Indira, and now China has joined them to derail, destabilize, and disillusion India during Modi.
Leave aside politics and you will see clearly outside interference and destabilization efforts on India since independence. From meddling in internal politics to creating protests to outright assassinations of our leaders and innovators.
So stop listening to these blackpillers day-in and day-out mocking India comparing it with China when it suits them. They themselves are puppets of a psyop and hence do it, but otherwise will say "India and China can't be compared. China's centuries ahead."
I agree India doesn't need to be compared with China. But not because China is centuries ahead (its more like 10 years now), but because India need not be China. India can be better and will be better.
And for that every Indian has to do their part without derailing and destabilizing everything in a fit of rage because somethings you want aren't happening soon enough and some are constantly telling you a revolution will sort out everything.
The revolution is already happening. Peacefully. The changes will happen, the country will rise, and it is inevitable if there's political stability and current pace of development, India will have much better cities, facilities, and reforms that all want.
The story of #HanumanAnsh will be taught as a case study. Made on a shoestring budget of ₹2 crores, the movie struggled at the BO for the 1st few weeks. Then the surge happened, through word of mouth, & now it's grossed ₹99 crores! Incredible!
First @amitsurg raved about. Then @sahanasunshine & @sandiipgandotra recommended it. Curiosity piqued, I went with my ma. TBH I expected a nice, dharmic story with a low budget look & feel. I was wrong. The was an authenticity to the characters & set. The story didn't drag. The music was refreshing & fabulous. Overall a beautiful experince.
https://t.co/cCMWqRhYJQ
This middle class madam you see here pulling her own luggage, always dressed humbly, with a no-nonsense attitude?
She needs a big applause for what India has pulled with a 7.8% growth during one of the toughest global economic climate year.
She has delivered consistent growth for India, maneuvering India through multiple crises, while keeping inflation low and reducing deficit.
She just doesn't get enough credit for what she has done. In fact, she gets hate and mockery mostly. I think just because she's a woman.
> She has cleared 10 lakh crore NPA from banks
> Delivered 7.6%+ avg GDP growth for past six years (after Covid, Ukraine war, Gulf war and trade war with USA)
> And cut income tax up to 13 lakhs and indirect tax to 9% at its lowest
> Done so many things for India better than all those Oxford, Cambridge economists before
But most people are being constantly blackpilled about the economy by foreign adversarial and political propaganda.
They keep parroting "high tax" "high inflation" as if everything was lower before. But the truth is, they were much higher and she has brought all down (taxes, deficit, NPAs, and inflation) while keeping growth good.
Even under this post we will find people complaining because that's how powerful the propaganda is. It is easy to blackpill and make people feel miserable when actually things are better now than before in so many ways.
Wanted to take a moment to thank someone who gave @SkyrootA its first real lift-off—Mukesh Bansal.
8 Years ago, we sent him a cold LinkedIn message.
He replied.
We met that very weekend.
Soon after, he became Skyroot’s first investor with a ₹10 crore cheque.
At the time, there was no space policy. No proof that we could build an orbital rocket. Immense technology risk. And every reason to say no.
Yet he looked beyond the uncertainty. He believed in our passion and saw possibility long before there was evidence.
But what stayed with me even more than the investment was the trust.
He gave us complete freedom to build, trusted us to make the right decisions, and was always there to mentor us whenever we needed him. More than capital, he helped shape our thinking with one piece of advice:
“Always do the right thing. This journey will be much longer and much harder than you imagine. Build two things with equal importance: the product and the organisation.”
This has guided us through every phase of the journey and continue to shape how we build Skyroot today.
The first cheque is never just capital. It is belief.
Every great startup needs someone willing to take that first leap of faith—when all they can really invest in is the founders’ conviction.
India needs many more such risk-takers backing ambitious deep-tech entrepreneurs long before success becomes obvious.
Thank you, Mukesh. 🙏
@mukeshbansal06
P.S. This picture was taken during one of Mukesh’s visits to our factory in Skyroot’s early days. We were showing him just how light Vikram-S’s carbon composite structures were—a small moment from a journey that has since come a long way. 🚀
What a day. One for the history books. 🇮🇳🚀
A dream launch to orbit, followed by the most memorable conversation with Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi.
Deeply grateful to Modi ji for watching the launch livestream with such excitement and for making the first call to congratulate Team @SkyrootA as Vikram-1 successfully launched satellites into orbit on its maiden attempt.
Every word from him was a powerful vote of confidence in India’s young engineers, entrepreneurs and dreamers.
A day I will never forget.
Onwards and upwards from here. 🚀🇮🇳
#Vikram1 #MissionAagaman #MissionAccomplished @PMOIndia
200 years ago, people thought travelling at 60 kmph was impossible
150 years ago, people thought flying was impossible
100 years ago people thought speaking to each other across continents was impossible
85 years ago, people thought a bomb that can destroy an entire city was impossible
70 years ago landing on the moon was impossible
50 years ago people thought instant messaging from Antartica to the Arctic was impossible
40 years ago people thought knowledge of any subject that too for free, at the click of the button was impossible
35 years ago, people thought a communication device that would fit in your pant pocket but can connect you with anyone in the world, was impossible
30 years ago, people thought a 1 TB hard drive which is less than the size of a thumb, was impossible
25 years ago, people thought watching a movie on a device that would fit in your pant pocket, was impossible
20 years ago, people thought making a million dollars by making goofy faces on a camera was impossible
10 years ago, people thought writing an entire working software application, complex code, generating images and videos by simply typing your thoughts in broken English was impossible
5 years ago, people thought competing with Google in search was impossible
I guess what you think is impossible today, will be something that will be routine and taken for granted, in the next 5 years
I am in Jodhpur for the Maheshwari Global Convention event and I am talking to young entrepreneurs from the community today.
I studied in Chennai in a government-aided free Tamil medium school funded by the late Shri Jaigopal Garodia-ji. He was born in poverty in Sujangarh, Rajasthan and never went to school due to poverty. At age 10, he migrated to Kolkata in search of a livelihood, and eventually migrated to Chennai and found business success. He donated all his wealth to his charitable foundation that has funded education generously. A lot of schools in Chennai, particularly schools that poor and lower middle class kids attend, have been funded by him. I owe him a huge debt of gratitude.
My goal today is to urge the entrepreneurs to invest in long term patient R&D projects and think of it as the continuation of the educational and social service to the nation that entrepreneurs from Rajasthan are so famous for.
Today is the darkest day of my life.
My beloved son, Agnivesh, left us far too soon. He was just 49 years old, healthy, full of life, and dreams. Following a skiing accident in the US, he was recovering well in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. We believed the worst was behind us. But fate had other plans, and a sudden cardiac arrest snatched our son away from us.
No words can describe the pain of a parent who must bid goodbye to his child. A son is not meant to leave before his father. This loss has shattered us in ways we are still trying to comprehend.
I still remember the day Agni was born in Patna on 3 June, 1976. From a middle-class Bihari family, he grew into a man of strength, compassion, and purpose. The light of his mother’s life, a protective brother, a loyal friend, and a gentle soul who touched everyone he met.
Agnivesh was many things - a sportsman, a musician, a leader. He studied at Mayo College, Ajmer, went on to set up one of the finest companies Fujeirah Gold, became Chairman of Hindustan Zinc, and earned the respect of colleagues and friends alike. Yet, beyond all titles and achievements, he remained simple, warm, and deeply human.
To me, he was not just my son. He was my friend. My pride. My world.
Kiran and I are broken. And yet, in our grief, we remind ourselves that the thousands of young people who work across Vedanta are also our children.
Agnivesh believed deeply in building a self-reliant India. He would often say, “Papa, we lack nothing as a nation. Why should we ever be behind?”
We shared a dream to ensure that no child sleeps hungry, no child is denied education, every woman stands on her own feet, and every young Indian has meaningful work. I had promised Agni that more than 75% of what we earn would be given back to society.
Today, I renew that promise and resolve to live an even simpler life.
There was so much life ahead of him. So many dreams yet to be lived. His absence leaves a void for his family and friends. We thank all his friends, colleagues and well-wishers for always being there for him.
Beta, you will live on in our hearts, in our work, and in every life you touched.
I do not know how to walk this path without you, but I will try carrying your light forward.
Feminism has been funded and pushed by the Left to radically change society and destroy the most important institution in society, the family.
The family is the building blocks of society.
Not the individual.
End of an era - Urvashi Theatre, Bengaluru! Another Bengaluru landmark to fade into the history.
Which movie you remember watching in this Theatre?
One last look from the skies!
The shutdown follows a long-standing property dispute between Basetty Trust, the landowners, and Sreenivasa Enterprises, the theatre operators. Court records show that the land was leased in 1970, allowing the operators to build and run the theatre for a fixed period. That lease officially expired on April 23, 2018. While there was a provision for a possible 45-year extension, it required the landlord’s consent, which was not granted. The theatre operators argued for renewal citing heavy investment, but the landlords declined.
Initially, a trial court ordered the tenants to vacate the property within two and a half years. On appeal, the Karnataka High Court revised the deadline, directing that the theatre and land must be vacated by February 15, 2026. The court also clearly stated that demolition of the theatre building must begin at least four months earlier, by mid-October 2025, to ensure the site is cleared before handover.
Curiosity is a requirement for greatness. You win when you keep asking new questions every day. That’s why I am proud to announce my investment in Perplexity.
Perplexity is powering the world’s curiosity, and together we will inspire everyone to ask more ambitious questions.
https://t.co/xhCeLuW51J is just the beginning!