Just to remind you all, India was dirt poor when it refused to be bullied & used muscular hard power to achieve its foreign policy goals. We liberated Goa, merged Sikkim under China’s nose, bifurcated Pak, split the atom at Pokhran in Smiling Buddha, deployed troops in Sri Lanka & stopped a coup attempt in the Maldives. Nothing is more important than izzat & gairat, we should unite & stand up against this bullying.
Height of Appeasement
It is awfully shocking to learn that the CM @sidddaramaiah has made not a single annoucement for the Kannada Medium Schools in Karnataka, whereas he has announced 1000 Cr for Urdu Medium Schools and Maulana Azad Model Schools
Mr CM, is Urdu the new State Language?
An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇
"As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions.
Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation.
So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East.
Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse.
A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."
@OfficialADCB I am waiting at Dubai mall branch for one hour for simple support on my account, branch has only one staff for account support but many customers are waiting for this service, why can’t you increase the staff for this service.
I’m told this clip is from the Thiruvaanaikaval temple (Tamil Nadu) Akhila the elephant’s birthday celebration. I love her typical desi, sideways shake of the head. And her happiness is infectious… A good clip to watch if you ever need cheering up…
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If all the world swore off meat, it would cut global emissions by 8 gigatons a year — roughly the same as shutting down 2,000 coal-fired power plants https://t.co/l9mVubfkOV via @bopinion
Chief Justice Roberts speaking at his son’s school graduation in ‘17. Not at some Ivy League college. But the best commencement speech I’ve heard. I can almost hear him add the lines: “...and I hope you might experience a global pandemic, so that you value a connected world.”