So called #AirtelFastLane or #AirtelPriority for postpaid customers. Not even able to load reddit with images off at this speed of almost 12 MBps. What a scam.
Mumbai-Pune Expressway is a literal parking lot rn 🚗🚕
Traffic crawling for hours near Lonavala & Khandala due to truck overturn. If you absolutely don’t have to travel, don’t. #MumbaiPuneExpressway#TrafficJam#Maharashtra
@redbrute11603 The situation is the same throughout until the end of the ghat. I left for Mumbai at 7 PM, and it's 4:47 AM, and I haven't crossed Khopoli yet.
A pack of stray dogs mauled a child to death in a village in Sambhal (UP). The attack was so brutal that her left hand was torn off from her body and carried away by the dogs.
Not that I want this, but trust me, villagers don't care about PETA or courts. They'll handle the issue on their own. Days earlier in Telangana, frustrated villagers killed around 300 strays amid repeated attacks.
I don't support animal cruelty at all. Animals act on instinct; humans are expected to act through systems. But one should understand the root cause behind this too. There is absolutely no concern from the local or state authorities about handling this menace. Courts also don't care much. On the contrary, Judges gloat about how street dogs PIL gave them global recognition.
Millions of dog bites occur every year in India, and strays account for 36% of global rabies deaths. It's a major issue. Unless all stakeholders, municipal bodies, state govts, courts, and animal welfare groups, act proactively, humanely and in coordination, such tragedies will continue, and more situations like Telangana will inevitably repeat themselves.
She is Sunita Oyam, a 23 year old Maoist who had a ₹14 lakh bounty and has now surrendered. Under the MP govt’s Ladla Naxal surrender yojna, she is eligible for:
1. ₹14 lakh surrender incentive (since the incentive is ₹5 lakh or the declared reward amount, whichever is higher).
2. ₹20 lakh grant for the purchase of immovable property/land.
3. ₹1.5 lakh grant for house construction.
4. ₹20,000 to ₹4.5 lakh ex-gratia for surrendering working weapons (depending on weapon category).
5. ₹50,000 marriage allowance.
6. ₹1.5 lakh for education or vocational training.
7. Eligibility for a govt job, most commonly in the police department.
What a life, man! Pick up a weapon, wage war against the country, kill people, be wanted in three states, and then surrender one day to enjoy the good life. Meanwhile, there are people who slave away like donkeys to feed their families and still can’t save in a lifetime what a Ladla Naxal can get just by surrendering.
My car broke down today, so I booked an auto home. It was a brand-new electric one. The driver, Vivek Singh, looked to be in his forties: quiet, focused, the kind of man who keeps to himself.
At a busy red light, a delivery boy pulled up beside us and, eyeing the auto, asked, “Ek charge mein kitna chal jaata hai?”
Vivek started replying in excitement, as if he’d been waiting for that question. “Company 210 bolti hai, lekin 190 hai. Ek charge me poora din nikal jaata hai, chalate jao, chalate jao. 20–25 ride ho jaati hain, charge khatam hi nahi hota.” The delivery boy asked about earnings. He shrugged: “Din ka 3–3.5 hazaar ho jaata hai. Koi ghate ka sauda nahi.”
Signal green. We moved ahead. But the delivery boy was still interested. He started driving next to us and asked, “Kitne me pada?” Vivek said, “Interest mila kar 6 lakh. 13–13 hazar ki 44 kisht hai. 70–80 mahina mai kama leta hu, usme se kisht aaram se nikal jaati hai. Kyu kisi ke yaha 15–20 ki naukri karna?”
The delivery boy laughed and rode off, but now I was curious. I asked, 20–25 ride matlab poora din hi bahar rehte honge. “Subah 8 nikalta hu, raat 10-11 wapas,” he said.
I said, fir aapki life kya rahi. He replied, “Agar kul ko gareebi se bahar nikalna hai to kisi ek peedhi ko apna sukh chhod kar ji-jan se mehnat karni padegi. Ek baar ghar ban jaaye, bachhe kuch ban jaayein, fir jiyenge apni zindagi.” He said that with the same excitement, without any complaint, no gareebi, majboori ka rona.
He dropped me at my stop. I watched him merge into traffic, a quiet man doing what’s expected from a man: providing. While mothers get due love, care, affection, and respect for what they sacrifice for the family, and rightly so, fathers’ sacrifice is generally downplayed as basic duty.
I hope his children grow up to make all this worth it for him. That, at least, is the bare minimum he deserves.
Nothing says “animal rights hero” like buying a breeder pup, slapping a cute filter, and preaching “end animal cruelty” on Insta. Adopting a street dog? Nah, real change is posting empathy for the algorithm. #delhidogs#SupremeCourtofIndia