Punit J Rajpara

In love with Shiv and Shakti. Proud Indian. Manchester United Season Ticket holder, follow the boys home and away.

[Punit J Rajpara @punitrajpara]

First time ever - in 10 years of flying with @IndiGo6E I’ve encountered a rude member of staff. Sad times. Indigo breaking my heart.

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@Fintech03 Indian IT sector needs to learn to pivot 🤷🏽‍♂️

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@samirsaran Love this.

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@PavanCShekar @svembu I know…but one can dream.
The answer cannot be to depend on smaller models - that too Chinese. We must build our own sovereign AI capability.

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@TheBarmyArmy Gotta be @icelandcricket for sure ;)

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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.

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[Punit J Rajpara @punitrajpara]

I love @IndiGo6E customer service. Made a spelling mistake on a booking, called them to sort. Instant answer. Called me back as I was calling form UK. Made change. 5 mins from start to finish. Outstanding customer service. Thank Rachit and Isha for your help today.

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@Sp1thfc £960

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- call again…no history of my conversation that gets cut off. Start again.
- keep trying to “build me an offer” instead of discussing the one they emailed me
- ask to speak to a manager - apparently they don’t have managers

@virginmedia - absolutely diabolical customer service

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Wow… @virginmedia has absolutely shocking customer service.
- Called to see if they would give me a retention offer - best offer was £125 pm
- Asked to cancel they told me to call Sky and sign up with them and Sky will initiate the cancellation process

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- I phone y’day to ask some questions - say I’ll get back to them today
- I go to accept offer today - it’s gone up to £123
- call to speak to them…20 mins in…cut off

[Punit J Rajpara @punitrajpara]

- called Sky. Agreed a deal for £100.
- virgin emails a copy of my complaint around a “I am unhappy about the arrears process” - I’m not in arrears
- then they email me an offer to stay for £79

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@telegram I can’t get into my account on a new device. Have sent a couple of emails.
Please help

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@rupkbk @AlokChikku I’ve corrected this for you…

When people don't need to work anymore, they find 'Adhyatma' to fulfil their leisurely life.
Please remember, that spirituality is a necessity and is a luxury.
Consuming luxury without spirituality makes you poorer

[Punit J Rajpara @punitrajpara]

@nimitmehra @RaoSumukh With YouTube premium you can have separate accounts so the algorithm can’t fk with you. (Unless your wife constantly uses your account to play shit for the kids! 🤦🏽‍♂️)

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@sanjana_writer Use @1Password

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@pizzahutuk @pizzahut Done

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Been waiting on a @pizzahut order for over an hour…branch not answering phone…my hungry kids are so not impressed