When Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was arrested, handcuffed,& subjected to a strip search/CAVITY SEARCH in New York in 2013, New Delhi did not merely issue a strongly worded protest.
India hit back with reciprocal diplomatic measures:
-Removed security barricades outside the US Embassy in Delhi.
-Dismantled the illegal parking lot, the US embassy had erected for it's personnel.
-Withdrew special airport privileges and passes for US diplomats.
-Ordered US diplomatic personnel and families to surrender special ID cards.
-Reviewed tax, customs and other privileges enjoyed by American officials.
-Pressed Washington to withdraw a US diplomat linked to the dispute.
-Moved Devyani Khobragade to India's UN Mission, securing her full diplomatic immunity.
For once, India signalled that the dignity of an Indian official was not negotiable. The Obama administration protested strongly, but India simply brushed it aside.
Nations earn respect when they demonstrate that humiliating their citizens carries consequences. Btw, I forgot to mention the name of the Indian PM, then- It was MMS Ji.
Israel flattened Beirut in 1982.
No Hamas. No Hezbollah. No October 7 to point to then.
Just 17,000 dead Lebanese and Palestinian civilians.
Even US president then Ronald Reagan, who armed Israel, called Begin furious after seeing a photo of a 7-month-old baby with its arms blown off and said “It is a holocaust”.
They killed so many innocent people that the survivors had no choice but to pick up weapons.
Then Israel had the audacity to keep using “Self-Defense” excuse every decade.
Israel didn’t stumble into endless war. Israel built it. Brick by brick.
Own it.
अपने समय की और आज भी यह वृत्तचित्र मील का पत्थर है। इसे सेंसर की आदत है मगर आनंद का यह काम सेंसर से गुज़र कर भी अमर है। इससे किसी को तो आज तक दिक्कत हो रही है । क्योंकि इससे पता चल जाता है कि बीस साल का प्रोजेक्ट तीस साल पहले कैसे शुरू हुआ था।
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क्या आपको पता है कि टीम इंडिया के स्टार बल्लेबाज यशस्वी जायसवाल अंजुमन-ए-इस्लाम (उर्दू मीडियम) स्कूल से पढ़े हैं?
इस संस्थान की क्रिकेट टीम में 16 में से 11 खिलाड़ी हिंदू हैं, जिन्हें मुफ्त शिक्षा और ट्रेनिंग दी जाती है। मीडिया भले ही इन खबरों को न दिखाए, लेकिन यही हमारे देश की असली और खूबसूरत तस्वीर है। 🇮🇳❤
पूरा वीडियो जरूर देखें! 👇
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After rejecting STEVEN SPIELBERG multiple times the late great DAVID LYNCH was finally persuaded to play the legendary John Ford by Laura Derns, and a dressing room rider involving Cheetos.
THE FABELMANS (2022)
Did you know? After the One Ring was destroyed, it was not only Sauron who was destroyed. Barad-dûr was destroyed as well, and the Ringwraiths (Nazgûl), who were bound to Sauron's will, perished alongside him. However, Orcs and Trolls were not directly bound to Sauron's will in the same way, so they survived the destruction of Sauron.
The surviving Orcs and Trolls retreated in scattered groups to remote and dark regions such as the Misty Mountains, and they never again formed a great, organized army. Throughout the Fourth Age, they were hunted by Men and Elves, their numbers steadily declined, and they gradually faded from the history of Middle-earth.
Maulana Barkatullah lived and died for the freedom of his country, carrying the hopes of millions across oceans and borders.
That is why a university was named after him in Bhopal.
A scholar, journalist, and tireless campaigner, he joined hands with fellow exiles to form a Provisional Government of Free India in 1915, asserting Indian self-determination at a time when the prospect of independence seemed distant. As Prime Minister in that government-in-exile and as a close collaborator of leaders such as Raja Mahendra Pratap and Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi, Barkatullah took the struggle beyond India’s frontiers lobbying foreign governments, publishing fearless critiques of imperial rule, and inspiring young activists with the conviction that liberty must be pursued even from exile.
His final years in the United States did not dim his devotion. When he passed away in Sacramento on 20 September 1927, he was far from home but not from the work to which he had devoted his life.
Those who laid him to rest there recorded a hope shared by many: that his remains and his legacy would find their rightful place in a free India. That hope speaks to the deep bond between personal sacrifice and national aspiration.
Today, remembering Maulana Barkatullah is more than an act of historical recall; it is a reminder that freedom was achieved through the courage of those who organized beyond easy sight, who built networks across continents, and who kept faith when return seemed uncertain.
May his memory inspire continued commitment to justice, learning, and the dignity of all who strive for liberty.
reciting a fatiha at his grave in Sacramento some years ago.
Amo Game of Thrones y es una de las mejores series jamas hechas, puede que la mejor. Eso NADIE lo puede negar.
Pero su final fue HORRIBLE. Y destruyó el legado que construyó durante casi 10 años.
El final no fue épico, ni emotivo, ni satisfactorio, ni siquiera tuvo sentido con la trama y los propios personajes que nos habían introducido a lo largo de 8 temporadas.
A día de hoy me siento estafado y ojalá hubiesen hecho el final con el mismo amor con el que empezaron la serie porque a día de hoy podría considerarse una obra maestra y me duele que no sea así.
Gracias a su “gran” final ahora ya no se sigue hablando de ella como se debería de una serie de su calibre.
De El Señor de los Anillos se sigue hablando mas o igual y han pasado mas de 20 años. Una autentica pena.
Imagine in 1988, Hindu and Sikhs n Muslims used to get together, drink wine n hate on Wahhabis:
“Listen my cupbearer, Im a worshiper of unity, Im a drunk, whatever you wish give it to me, give me the key to the tavern, Listen my cupbearer, I am not a Wahabi.”
The man with imagination as soft as silk is no more.
In the 1987 Meerut riots, Bashir Badr's house was burned down.
His priceless unpublished manuscripts, years of unwritten poetry the world will never read, turned to ash along with it.
He had to leave the city he loved.
Out of fear, a poet with a delicate heart was forced to abandon everything and start over somewhere else.
He lived through a tiny partition of his own. Just as people were uprooted from their beloved lands in 1947, he was uprooted from his city four decades later.
He became a migrant in his own land.
I met him once. He still carried that pain quietly. When I asked whether this sher was autobiographical
Log toot jaate hain ek ghar banaane mein,
Tum taras nahin khaate bastiyaan jalaane mein.
He smiled and said, "Beta, tum bhi writer ho. Humara har harf kahin na kahin autobiographical hota hai."
Bashir Badr deserved a state funeral.
Petty, partisan, communal, bigoted politics should not have denied this honour to one of the tallest poets India has produced in modern times.
#BashirBadr was heartbroken when rioters targeted his Meerut home during the 1986 riots.
He was moved to Bhopal, and in dejection, wrote lines that will outlive him:
Log toot jaate hai ek ghar banane mein, tum taras nahi khaate bastiyaan jalane mein.