India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. --Mark Twain
Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating across our country and around the world. Let us remember the message of the Festival of Lights — the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.
🪔✨Wishing everyone a happy and joyous Diwali! 🪔✨
May the festival of lights fill your home with joy, prosperity and many blessings 🙏🏼
🪔 शुभ दीपावली 🪔
#HappyDiwali
Best wishes to all those celebrating Diwali in the UAE and around the world. May this celebration and the year ahead bring good health and prosperity to you and your families.
Muslim Americans are very hypocritical. They are kameenas, as Muqtedar Khan describes Hindu Americans.
So, by his own logic, Muqtedar Khan is a hypocrite and a big kameena. He sits in America and openly supports the Islamist regime in Iran, which executes people, brutally suppresses dissent and persecutes women over compulsory hijab. He goes out of his way to defend that regime, passionately argues with anyone who criticises it, and appears to share its stated hostility towards Israel, including its ambition to wipe Israel off the map. Yet he will never go and live in Iran.
The picture he paints of India is actually much closer to the reality of the countries he identifies with religiously. Across more than 50 Muslim-majority countries, how many offer democracy, ideological diversity, religious freedom and political dissent on a level comparable to what he enjoys in America or what Muslims enjoy in India? Not even one.
And he constantly portrays Muslims in India as a persecuted community, suggesting they are marginalised, discriminated against and have little space in the country. But Muslims in India enjoy freedoms and a degree of security that Muslims living in the very countries Muqtedar identifies with can only dream of. Forget the majority of Islamic nations that have been perpetually plagued by conflict fuelled by Islamist politics. Even some of the more stable countries in the Middle East have faced violent attacks by Islamist groups and fellow Muslims, a reality Indian Muslims have never had to experience. And don’t even get me started on what is happening in our own neighbourhood, particularly Pakistan, where Muslims continue to die in terror attacks carried out by their own brethren.
And being the name-dropper that Muqtedar is, someone who rarely speaks of an interaction unless it involves a president, prime minister or foreign minister, he has often name-dropped his meetings with India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar, recounting what he discussed with him and what he told him. This is quite amusing for someone who hardly has anything positive to say about India and constantly portrays it as an intolerant country where Muslims have little space or freedom. Yet the supposedly intolerant Indian establishment is accessible enough for him to secure an audience with its senior-most representatives. For someone so fond of disparaging India, he seems rather comfortable enjoying the access and recognition that the very system he criticises affords him.
In fact, this very name-dropping habit of his exposes the contradiction in his own narrative. His repeated references to meetings with India’s top political leadership only go on to demonstrate that India has a vibrant Left, liberal and socialist political tradition, alongside space for competing ideologies, including hardcore Islamist politics.
So, by the very standards he applies to Hindu Americans, who exactly is the hypocrite here? And who is the kameena?
My heartfelt gratitude to all my brothers and sisters, friends, and well-wishing elders for your warm greetings that made my birthday truly special.
Your immense love, affection, and continuous support have given me the motivation and enthusiasm to work with even greater dedication for the welfare, safety, and prosperous future of all sections of our society, especially Tamil Nadu's farmers, youth, women, and children.
I remain forever indebted to your love and trust. Once again, my sincere thanks to everyone.
🚨 INDIA'S NEW RENT RULES 2025.
1. Landlords cannot charge more than two months’ rent as a deposit.
2. Tenants cannot be forced out without a clear legal process.
3. All rental agreements must now be digitally stamped and registered online within 60 days.
4. A landlord can revise the rent only after 12 months and must give a written notice at least 90 days before the increase.
5. A landlord must give a written notice at least 24 hours before entering the property for inspection or repairs.
6. If a vital repair is needed, the tenant must inform the landlord. If there’s no action in 30 days, the tenant can fix it themselves and deduct the cost from the rent.
7. Any action like changing locks, shutting off electricity or water, or threatening the tenant is now punishable.