DG

Unapologetically Opinionated. Esoteric. Realist. Aethiest. Islamophobic.

[Aravind @aravind]

USAID spent 21m dollars to "elect someone else" in India by "increasing voter turnout." We all know what this means and what was tried in 2024.

Trump is talking about the GLISCO-DS which USAID had been made a part of. The same DS that removed him in 2020.

[Parimal @Fintech03]

I will again say, Rajdeep Ji is super duper smart & funny as well. His selective amnesia is honestly a masterclass in narrative manipulation. It is fascinating how his generation claims to be 'permanently scarred' by India’s single 1-7 loss to Pakistan at the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games, while completely blacking out the rest of the actual calendar year from their spreadsheets.

Let us refresh his memory a little from the exact same yr, 1982:

12th June, 1982 (Champions Trophy, Amstelveen): India absolutely stunned Pakistan. Down 0-3 very early, the Indian frontline unleashed a furious counter-attack. Rajinder Singh Sr. scored a legendary hat-trick, Gurmail Singh converted a stroke & Captain Surinder Singh Sodhi struck a magnificent solo goal to leave Pakistan completely breathless. India defeated Pakistan 5-4.

But of course, Sardesai Ji will not remember the 5-4 thriller in Amstelveen where Indian grit broke Pakistan's momentum. He chooses to internalize only the defeats, using poor Indian sports history as a canvas to paint his personal, defeatist nostalgia.

[Chandana 🌻✨ @RoseOnX9]

Going outside with family be like

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

Long note + Thread: the scale of the Iranian victory, US loss & the betrayal of Israel

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• Full sovereignty over Hormuz
• keeps its nuclear, missile & drone programmes
• retains its right to master the entire nuclear fuel cycle, only existing stocks of enriched uranium to be down blended
• retains right to support sub-state actors- Hizbollah, Hamas, Houthis (HHH+)
• legal protection for Hizbollah & Houthis
• attack on HHH+ home bases will be considered a violation of terms.
• 100 billion unfrozen, 300 billion to be invested
• All sanctions (incl non-nuclear, terror related) to be lifted
• all above actions to be passed at UNSC removing any chance of unilateralism by the US (like Trump cancelling the nuclear deal)
• full recognition of Iran’s government & no interference in internal affairs
• full reintegration into the global order

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• blockade of Hormuz ends
• oil prices can recede & stabilise
• status quo ante 8 May 2018 (re:JCPOA)
• JCPOA had a 2031 sunset clause, when restrictions on enrichment would be lifted. The new deal does not have a sunset, the ban on enriched stockpiles is permanent
• Can disengage significant military forces from the gulf - permanently
• reduction in threat environment for gulf allies.

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• JCPOA had a 2031 sunset clause, when restrictions on enrichment would be lifted. The new deal does not have a sunset, the ban on enriched stockpiles is permanent
• oil prices reduce
• Given US abandonment of gulf allies, Israel’s position as a security provider to gulf states could possibly increase

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• permanent loss of enriched stockpiles
• permanent commitment to not develop nukes

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• Iran free to resume full scale terrorism across region under the guise of resistance (implications of Bahrain & Iraq), but this time any retaliation will be seen as breach of the treaty
• significant loss of trust in both gulf & israel

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• catastrophic geopolitical disaster
• all gains of last 3 years nixed
• right to retaliate in Lebanon nixed
• all coercive tools against Iran - military, economic, proxy - nixed
• bound by US promise to not carry out military action against Iran
• if Iran retaliates, most probably, no US shield
• Iran can purse terrorism as a tool against israel + retains full rights to build/use ballistic missiles & drones.

[Pavel Durov @durov]

Indian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users OUTSIDE India (including the UAE) via a rogue method called BGP hijacking.

The sabotage seems intentional, as Reliance has ignored multiple reports.

This may be part of a competitive war, as Reliance is partially owned by Meta — the company behind WhatsApp.

Network operators are advised to reject unauthorized BGP announcements from Reliance (AS18101) to prevent route hijacks and ensure stable Internet access for their users.

Such abuse of global Internet routing is alarming. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reliance/WhatsApp were also behind the recent lobbying effort to ban Telegram in India.

[AstroCounselKK 🇮🇳 @AstroCounselKK]

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I lack civic sense.

They can overturn cars, burn streets,
and vandalize a city after a championship game.
I dance at an airport excited about my first foreign trip, and suddenly I am the face of poor civic sense.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I steal jobs.

They move factories across oceans,
shift profits through tax havens,
and automate entire industries overnight.
I study, compete, earn a visa, work 18 hours a day, sometimes multiple jobs and somehow I am the one stealing jobs and scamming the system.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I am everywhere.

I build your software,
treat your illness,
teach your children,
drive your taxis,
and open your stores.
The world became a village,
yet my presence remains a problem.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I am too loud.

The evening news screams outrage.
Political rallies shake entire cities.
The internet echoes with anger day and night.
I celebrate a wedding, a festival, a victory,
and I am told my joy is too loud.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I smell of curry.

The world smells of gunpowder,
of hatred,
of division,
of endless arguments about race and religion.
I carry the fragrance of spices from my grandmother's kitchen,
and somehow that is what offends.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I have no culture.

I come from a civilization that counted the stars
when much of the world was still learning maps.
I speak languages older than nations.
I celebrate hundreds of traditions,
yet I am told I have no culture.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I am backward.

I send missions to the Moon.
I build vaccines for millions.
I run companies across continents.
Yet a viral video of one fool becomes evidence against a billion people.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I worship celebrities.

I celebrate my favorite actor's success
with flowers, music, and a few glasses of milk.

Others worship influencers who sell outrage, turn every disagreement into a battlefield, and every opinion into a war.
Yet my celebration is the one that makes headlines.

I am an Indian,

and everyone says I gather in crowds.

We walk together in processions,
celebrating our faith, our culture, our traditions.

Everyone is welcome.
No shops are looted.
No neighborhoods are burned.
No one is threatened for thinking differently.

We sing.
We dance.
We pray.
And somehow our gathering becomes the problem.

I am an Indian,

and everyone says I bring my culture everywhere.

I light a lamp in a foreign land.
I wear a saree in the snow.
I teach my children the language of their grandparents.

Others build walls between neighbors,
argue endlessly over identity,
and forget where they came from.
Yet I am told I should leave my culture behind.

I am an Indian,

and everyone says I live in the past.

But my past gave me yoga,
mathematics, philosophy, meditation,
and the idea that the world is one family.

The future keeps borrowing from my past,
while telling me to be embarrassed by it.

I am an Indian,
and everyone says I should be ashamed.

Ashamed of my accent.
Ashamed of my food.
Ashamed of my festivals.
Ashamed of my traditions.
Ashamed of existing.

But I am not ashamed.

I am the child of farmers and philosophers,
scientists and saints, workers and dreamers.

I come from a land that taught the world
that truth can be many-sided,
that all paths deserve respect,
and that the entire world is one family.

Yes, we have flaws. Every nation does.

But judge me by my actions, not by your stereotypes.

For I am an Indian.

And before you tell me what is wrong with me, look honestly at what you have normalized in yourself.

For I am an Indian.

The world may mock my accent,
question my customs,
laugh at my celebrations,
and judge me through a thousand stereotypes.

Yet I stand tall.
For I belong to a civilization older than empires, a culture richer than prejudice, and a people whose spirit refuses to bend.

Jai Hind

[Omer Ghazi @OmerGhazi2]

Just because there are a few terrorist organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Indian Mujahideen, Students Islamic Movement of India, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Afghan Taliban, Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Al-Badr, Al-Umar Mujahideen, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Ansarullah Bangla Team, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh, Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State Sinai Province, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State East Asia, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Ansar Dine, Katibat Macina, Al-Mourabitoun, Ansar al-Sharia, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Ansharut Daulah, Mujahidin Indonesia Timur, Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, Ansar al-Islam, Ansar al-Sunna, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Khorasan Group, Jund al-Aqsa, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Fatah al-Islam, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Islamic Jihad Union, East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Turkistan Islamic Party, Caucasus Emirate, Riyad-us-Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs, Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Armed Islamic Group, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Takfir wal-Hijra, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, Maute Group, Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao, Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, Ansaru, Jundallah, and Jaish ul-Adl, it doesn't mean Muslims need any reform or introspection.

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

LOL!!! “First in press freedom index” prime minister refuses to take questions from Indian reporters

[SANATAN @Eternaldharma_]

Handmade white Chrysanthemum Flower

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

One mother forbade medicines to the dying, converted them, then laughed at the death count; the other mother has provided free treatment to 5.9 million, built 13 million sqft, 95 OT, 101 speciality, 4050 bed hospitals employing 1540 doctors.

The first mother got the Nobel Prize.

[Palki Sharma @palkisu]

#IndiaGlobalReview #IGR
An important announcement ⬇️

[Sai Deepak J @jsaideepak]

1. Just got off a call with @UnSubtleDesi. I couldn't be happier for her and both of us couldn't help but discuss the harrowing days of post poll violence in West Bengal in 2021. So I am going to share what happened five years ago just so ppl know what happened. #WestBengal2026.

[The Fauxy @the_fauxy]

🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐏𝐆 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐤𝐞

[Eminent Intellectual @total_woke_]

🚨 Real news : Govt gave very useful information to individuals and businesses that India has excess solar power before 5, so if we can reschedule our activities, we can actually contribute to the environment without having to cut down our usage.

Super useful info. I'm already using it. Share pls.

Of course these 100% literate ricebags who oppose every development project in the name environment will mock actually doing something to protect it. Scumbags.

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

Never forget what the Armenian Genocide was. Turkey has always tried to cover it up.

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Lenskart is yet to apologise for informing employees they are permitted to wear a hijab but not a bindi. Open challenge to @peyushbansal to inform employees they are permitted to wear a bindi but not a hijab.

You won’t have a head left to lodge your @Lenskart_com frames on.

[Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳 @ShefVaidya]

Sorry, does NOT cut it. Who drafted this atrocious document? How did it even pass the first cut in the internal meeting? Who drafts your policy? What is the current policy document? Why are you not making it public? How about a simple, clean, clear apology saying that you are sorry your company fu@&ed up? @peyushbansal, you don’t need to add ‘context’, you need to apologise. You company policy, as recent as Feb 2026 said explicitly that hijab was okay, but bindi/tilak/Kalawa was NOT okay. In a Hindu majority country where your customers are primarily Hindu. NEVER going to buy from @Lenskart_com EVER again. #NoBindiNoBusiness

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

When a computer tracks the Indian classical dancer in this video, it picks up perfect circles, triangles, and curves in every movement. There are exactly 108 of them. All 108 were written into a manual over 2,000 years ago.

That manual is the Natya Shastra. Six thousand verses, written somewhere around 200 BCE. It describes 108 specific dance movements for Bharatanatyam, one of the oldest dance forms in India. Each movement spells out three things: where your hands go, what angle your body holds, and the exact path your legs trace. Roughly 150 step combinations grow out of those 108 base movements. A trained dancer spends years learning 70 to 80 of them.

Watch the dancer's legs in the video. The bent-knee squat creates a diamond shape. Palms together make a triangle. When researchers plotted these positions in three dimensions this year, they found the moving body carves out twisted spirals and bowl-shaped curves, the kind of shapes you see in an engineering textbook, not a dance studio. Every limb holds a specific angle and moves a measured distance.

The rhythm is math too. A 7-beat song gets filled with dance steps of 3 and 4. Scale that to 35 beats and the groups of 3 and 4 repeat five times. Choreographers work out these splits in their heads while performing live. All 108 movements are also carved into the stone walls of a 12th-century temple in Tamil Nadu called Chidambaram, many panels still carrying the original Sanskrit description next to them. A choreography textbook in granite, still legible after 900 years.

A 2013 study put 25 people on a walkway rigged with motion-capture cameras. Every human stride has two parts: when your foot is on the ground and when it swings forward. The ratio between those two parts came out to 1.620. The golden ratio is 1.618. Your foot lifts off at 61.8% of every step you take, and it has done this your entire life. A Bharatanatyam dancer takes that same built-in proportion and amplifies it across 108 movements, each one tracing shapes that were set down in writing over 2,000 years before the tracking software in this video existed.

[The Fauxy @the_fauxy]

🚨𝗧𝗖𝗦 𝗡𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗸 𝗕𝗮𝗴𝘀 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁

[The Fauxy @the_fauxy]

🚨 𝗪𝗮𝗾𝗳 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗖𝗦