Rethin Ramakrishnan

[Pratik Sinha @free_thinker]

The Union Government of India used its entire ecosystem including police, media and social media followers to get 4 kids to post apology videos. A very impressive achievement.

[Arvind Gunasekar @arvindgunasekar]

We were booed at JNU - we labelled them “anti-nationals”.

We were booed at Shaheen Bagh - we labelled them “jihadis”.

We were booed at farmers’ protest - we labelled them “khalistanis”.

Now we are being booed by the students’ and the young.

No, we don’t have anymore labels left, it’s time, we introspect.

#Journalists

[Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri @vivekagnihotri]

A few communication lessons for the Government, BJP and everyone in public life:

1. India’s biggest communication problem is TV news and MSM.

At least, that’s how a large section of people now sees it. They believe it has destroyed trust and poisoned public conversation.

You may not realise it now, but India’s biggest enemy is Indian TV news. It has now become your enemy too.

The more you use it, the more damage it is likely to cause.

After graduating from the @IIMC_India , my first job was at @IndiaToday because, like every journalism student then, I wanted to become like the great journalists I saw there.

Today, if a child wants to become a journalist, can any parent or teacher name three TV journalists as role models? Why not?

An aspiring cricketer has Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli or Yashasvi Jaiswal. Who does an aspiring TV journalist have?

In fact, many young people are told, “become anything, but don’t become a TV journalist”.

2. If you don’t want another protest that you neither understand nor know how to handle, rethink TV news.

Right now, it’s working against you, not for you.

Why should hardworking salaried reporters get all the hate for decisions taken by editors and owners?

Next time there’s a protest, ask the owners to stand in front. That alone could transform the TV news business model.

Seriously, why are the owners in hiding? Shouldn’t they also be accountable for damaging India’s socio-political fabric?

3. Don’t make the mistake of believing this happened because of Instagram.

And don’t make the bigger mistake of thinking Instagram can be fixed to defeat the Gen Z narrative.

It will backfire.

No matter what you do, you can’t manufacture authenticity.

4. Everyone even remotely in power should switch to silent mode for a while.

Ask the shouting spokespersons and television regulars to disappear for a while.

On the environment, send environmental experts. On the economy, send economists. On education, send educationists. On healthcare, send doctors and public health experts.

Stop relying on political performers who turn every debate, whether it’s about pollution, jobs, education or healthcare, into communal or factional politics.

Replace them with genuine subject experts.

5. We don’t want India to become Western.

But we must make India modern.

Stop celebrating regressive ideas.

Talk more about science, philosophy, art, poetry, creativity, innovation and the dignity of every citizen.

6. Fix our crumbling cities.

Clean our air.

7. Listen more. Let your work speak.

I hope this moment becomes an opportunity to rethink how we communicate with a new generation.

Looking forward to a developed, happy and innovative India.

[atul kasbekar @atulkasbekar]

Pls take the five mins it takes to watch this moving piece from this young man

From his heart to ours

[Tanveer Awan @hTanveerAwan]

دہلی میں احتجاج کے دوران طلبہ نے ایک پولیس اہلکار ک�� پکڑ لیا جس کے پاس ڈنڈا تھا اور اس پر کیل لگی ہوئی تھی طلبہ کا کہنا ہے کہ یہ پولیس اہلکار کیل والے ڈنڈے سے طلبہ کو مار رہا تھا تاکہ ان کو گہرے زخم آسکیں

[SHWETA JAYA @Shweta__Jaya]

क्य��� Protesters को विदेशी Funding मिल रही है?

"Who Is Funding You?" Protesters Respond to George Soros Allegations

#ShwetaJaya
#GroundReport
#JantarMantar

[atul kasbekar @atulkasbekar]

I sincerely hope this day marks the death knell for some of the hopelessly compromised, soulless pimps in the media
Utterly cringeworthy excuses for ‘journalists’

Those who forgot their jobs/duties of the single most impt aspect of a democratic country; a fearless media

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Cancer patient was about to die. She pleaded. Her plea has been listed 57 times. The court has still not heard it. Teesta Setalvad was about to be jailed. She pleaded. Her plea was listed out of turn. The court heard it at midnight.

Cancer patient is dead. Teesta is alive.

[OMR Updates @OMRupdates]

See the condition of #radialroad. The most unsafe road in chennai !

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

This is the kind of compliment our state truly needs.

Way to go. Kudos to all concerned in the Government.

[BLACKCAPS @BLACKCAPS]

One of our greatest ever, signing off.

Kane Williamson has announced his retirement from international cricket effective immediately.

Head to https://t.co/Pm8RiU65zt to read more.

[Subhakeerthana @bhakisundar]

I can't fathom what I saw. A CM bites into an apple, flings it at the crowd. Picks up another, gnaws at it like a monkey, lobs that one too... and the crowd scrambles for it like a divine blessing. This country is beyond redemption. Nobody can save these people from themselves!

[Shobana Ravi, Author. @ShobanaRaviNews]

Dear English #NewsAnchors, the phonetic transcription for
#Annamalai is ˈʌn nɑ: mʌ laɪ

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Read this story. Carefully.

CBSE called for OSM tenders thrice. Zero bids the first time. No qualified bidder the second time. And finally, the technical bar was lowered until COEMPT could clear it.

Scanning resolution cut. Robotic scanner requirement dropped. CMMI certification lowered from Level 5 to Level 3. Penalties for errors in answer sheets removed.

TCS, India’s biggest IT services company, qualified in the third round too. TCS lost. COEMPT - a company with a spectacular track record of failure - won.

And what are CBSE students complaining about today? Badly scanned answer sheets. Missing pages. A broken evaluation portal.

Teachers had warned CBSE that the OSM system needed at least a year or two for further preparation before nationwide implementation, yet it was rushed through.

So I ask again - who wanted COEMPT to win? Who lowered the bar, step by step, until this company could clear it?

Pradhan ji and CBSE say “due process was followed.” That is not an answer, that is not accountability. The question is whether the contract was honestly awarded to the best company which could do the job correctly.

The futures of 18.5 lakh children were handed to a company that could only qualify after the rules were bent for it.

To the BJP Ministers attacking me for asking questions - I have, from day one, demanded an independent judicial probe. Expand it from CBSE to every contract awarded to COEMPT. Our youth deserve the truth.

And Modi ji, your silence on the CBSE debacle and inaction against the Education Minister tells the country what you actually care about - not the futures of lakhs of students, only the survival of your own government.

[Jawhar Sircar @jawharsircar]

Dharmendra Pradhan's son
is studying in America, so did Nirmala's and Jyotiraditya.

Piyush Goyal's son is studying in Singapore, Anurag Thakur's son is studying in Canada.

S. Jaishankar's son is studying in the UK & even Smriti Irani (who hardly studied) sent son to study there.

Nishikant Dubey's son studied in Scotland

So why would these people bother about NEET paper leak
or CBSE scam or communal distortion of history by NCERT?

Or care about your children getting pushed around in trains and buses or even committing suicide?

Government of Hypocrites from Top to Bottom!!

[TVK Party HQ @TVKPartyHQ]

தலைமை நிலையச் செயலக அறிவிப்பு

கழகத் தோழர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் வணக்கம்.

தமிழ்நாட்டு மக்களின் நலன் ஒன்றையே குறிக்கோளாகக் கொண்டு தொடங்கப்பட்டதுதான் தமிழக வெற்றிக் கழகம். தமிழ்நாட்டு மக்களின் ஏகோபித்த நம்பிக்கையைப் பெற்ற, தமிழ்ச் சொந்தங்களின் குடும்பத்தில் ஒருவராக இருக்கக்கூடிய வெற்றித் தலைவர், மாண்புமிகு தமிழ்நாடு முதல��ைச்சர் அவர்கள் மிகப் பெரிய பொறுப்பை நமக்குக் கொடுத்திருக்கிறார் என்பதை அனைவரும் நினைவில் கொள்ள வேண்டும். அதை நோக்கியே நாம் பயணிக்க வேண்டும்.

எனவே கழகத் தோழர்கள் யாரும் பிறந்தநாள் விழா மற்றும் குடும்ப விழாக்கள் தொடர்பாகப் பொதுமக்களுக்கு இடையூறு ஏற்படுத்தும் வகையில் சாலைகளிலோ, மக்கள் அதிகம் கூடும் பொது இடங்களிலோ அல்லது போக்க���வரத்திற்கு இடையூறு ஏற்படுத்தும் வகையிலோ எங்கும் பேனர்கள், பதாகைகள் உள்ளிட்டவற்றைக் கண்டிப்பாக வைக்கக் கூடாது. பொதுமக்களுக்கு இடையூறாக எவ்விதக் கொண்டாட்டங்களிலும் யாரும் கண்டிப்பாக ஈடுபடக் கூடாது.

பேனர்கள், கொண்டாட்டங்கள் உள்ளிட்ட எவற்றின் வாயிலாகவும் பொதுமக்களுக்கு இடையூறு ஏற்படுத்தும் வகையில் யாரேனும் நடந்துகொண்டால் அவர்கள் மீது கடுமையான நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படும் ��ன்பதைக் கழகத் தலைவர் அவர்களின் ஒப்புதலோடு தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறோம்.

என்.ஆனந்த்,
மாண்புமிகு அமைச்சர்,
பொதுச் செயலாளர்,
தமிழக வெற்றிக் கழகம்

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Little girl had a balloon ceremony to say goodbye to her pacifier

[Vinay Kashyap @vinaykashy]

.@BlrCityPolice Can you please do something about transgender people coming and creating nuisance during family functions! They took 2000 and went after creating a huge mess! @CPBlr

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

An angry lady’s image shouting at a political leader and his party for having stopped the road has gone viral.
That one woman has said what millions of us feel. Stop blocking roads for your political agendas. Stop blocking roads, temples, for VIPs.
People have work, emergencies, lives. This entitlement has gone too far.