Pradeep Sharma

🇮🇳Indian, Entrepeneur, Horticulturist, Marathoner

[Pradeep Sharma @pradeepsh187]

@theskindoctor13 Killing the underlying issue is a skill they lack or don’t care, they mask the symptoms

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@JaipurDialogues Sir commenting is accepting a narrative!!

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@ShivAroor No person should rule as a king

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

In defense of Indian 🇮🇳 democracy!

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi most successful visit to Norway a minor incident happened. A Norwegian journalist demanded that the prime minister starts holding press conferences. She claimed that Indian democracy is in bad shape.

May be its time to pause? May be its time to be a bit curious to the world’s largest democracy?

Two weeks ago five Indian states and territories held elections. The turn out in the battlefield state of West Bengal was 94%. In the last local election in Norway it was 62%, in many European local elections turn out is below 50%. Can voting in massive numbers be a signal Indians trust their democratic process?

In the same election BJP won big in Assam and West Bengal. It lost even bigger in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Can this diversity be a signal that Indian democracy is reflecting the will of the people?

The journalist referred to a democracy ranking putting India at 157 in the world, behind many dictatorships and deeply troubled states. When a ranking is so obviously contrary to common sense, why not ask critical questions to those making the ranking rather than demand that leaders shall comment on nonsense? I recommend Salvatore Babones book “Dharma democracy”. The book debunks convincingly the flawed methodology of these rankings.

It was referred to a ranking claiming it’s very dangerous to be a journalist in India. Reality is that it is more dangerous to be journalist in the US and far more dangerous in the vast majority of other nations in the world.

Let’s be real. India is not perfect. Of course there are incidents. India has a population the size of North America, South America and Europe combined. But India is much more peaceful than Europe or the Americas. That’s remarkable - given the ethnic, language and religious diversity of India and the many development challenges.

Unless we consider democracy a form of government only suited for some very small, peaceful and homogeneous Western European nations, may be we should commend Indian democracy?

India is the only major former UK colony which became and has remained a democracy. Its sometimes claimed that the Brits taught India democracy. If that was the case why isn’t Myanmar or Pakistan or the Gulf kingdoms democracies??? Reality is that Indian democracy is both homegrown and extraordinary successful.

[Pradeep Sharma @pradeepsh187]

@smitaprakash @TVMohandasPai “Gyan" is the colloquial spelling of the Sanskrit word Jñāna (ज्ञान), fundamentally meaning knowledge, wisdom, or higher understanding. Jñāna is apt here

[Pradeep Sharma @pradeepsh187]

@AdityaDharFilms @RanveerOfficial @rampalarjun @duttsanjay @ActorMadhavan Aditya what a movies, I have not watched Hindi movies in theatre, you drew me to the theatre to watch an epic movie twice, feel proud to say an stand out movie complete 360, take a bow, Jai Hind !!

[Pradeep Sharma @pradeepsh187]

@ReutersAsia I got my cylinder delivered in 4 days as of yesterday

[Pradeep Sharma @pradeepsh187]

@RMantri online advance tickets they are full for March 18

[Pradeep Sharma @pradeepsh187]

@ANI Go solar reduce the burden, commercial kitchens should go 50-50 solar and lpg in the immediate future stop this dependence

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@ShivAroor and you need to pay and read the content 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[Pradeep Sharma @pradeepsh187]

@AshwiniVaishnaw Sir have we thought of / investigated, the options of having AI-Cameras similar to dashcams we use in cars/bikes, which give us 360 views of the external events captured and recorded?

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@krish_lee

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@SandeepMall Yes, I will be interested 55yrs leaving a dream

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@SandeepMall On that note they do not require lights 😉

[Amish Tripathi | Author | Broadcasting | History @authoramish]

There's a form of architecture so difficult that no country has seriously attempted it...

...Except Ancient India!

Let me tell you about "Rock-cut architecture," the difficulties involved, and how India did the impossible...over and over again.

Thread:

[Incognito @Incognito_qfs]

A guy from Manipur, India went to Nepal....met some kids there and the link language was Hindi.

And this was in a small village, not a big city.

[Tejasvi Surya @Tejasvi_Surya]

Yellow Line Open Madi!

Plagued by years and years of delay, the all important Yellow Line between RV Road and Bommasandra is yet to be operationalised even after BMRCL missing multiple deadlines.

Bengalureans continue to struggle with traffic jams daily, especially at the Silk Board junction & many parts of the IT/BT corridors through which this line passes.

Our patience has worn thin. We feel we are taken for granted. This is not done. It’s time we tell this to BMRCL in one voice.

Join in large numbers at 9.30 AM, tomorrow, Saturday, 5th July, at Lalbagh Main Gate as we march to the BMRCL Head Office in Shantinagar and demand - #YellowLineOpenMadi.

[Cyberabad Traffic Police @CYBTRAFFIC]

Good evening,
Dear commuters,
Please note the following route advisory:
1) Commuters traveling from ORR towards Cable Bridge are advised to take the Shilpa Flyover.
2) Those heading from ORR towards Kondapur can now use the New PJR Flyover.

[Pradeep Sharma @pradeepsh187]

@pranavmahajan Bang on Pranav, most of the leaders climb the ladder through this channel with no material to offer, the current affairs are testament to all the appeasements

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Visited the crash site in Ahmedabad today. The scene of devastation is saddening. Met officials and teams working tirelessly in the aftermath. Our thoughts remain with those who lost their loved ones in this unimaginable tragedy.