I am hearing "Rahul Gandhi lacks gravitas". Can somebody please rank India's top 10 politicians in descending order of gravitas? Curious to know who all are thought of as having 'gravitas'.
The will of the people is supreme. If Bengal wanted BJP then Bengal has got BJP. We respect that. We fought the good fight against unimaginable odds on an uneven pitch and for that I am proud of my leader & my party. We will continue to stand & fight for a secular country where the constitution, not brute majoritarianism, is the last word. Jai Hind.
WHO KILLED HAREN PANDYA⁉️
One BJP leader dared to speak the truth about Narendra Modi — and paid with his life.
Haren Pandya, former Gujarat Home Minister and a trusted RSS man, wasn’t silent. He went to every top BJP and RSS leader in Delhi and Nagpur with a clear warning: “Modi will destroy the party and the Sangh for his own personal gain.”
Senior leaders listened. They decided to pull Pandya out of Gujarat and shift him to Delhi — national executive member or party spokesman. A safe exit from Modi’s Gujarat.
Modi tried to scuttle even that transfer.
Three months later, on the very day after Pandya received the official fax ordering his move to Delhi, he was shot dead in Ahmedabad. March 26, 2003.
The Gujarat police and CBI immediately sold a neat story: Pakistan’s ISI, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Dawood Ibrahim conspired to kill him. Twelve men arrested. Case closed.
Eight years later, the Gujarat High Court tore that story apart.Every single one of the 12 accused was acquitted.
The judge didn’t mince words:
“The investigation has all throughout been botched up and blinkered… The investigating officers concerned ought to be held accountable for their ineptitude resulting into injustice, huge harassment of many persons concerned and enormous waste of public resources and public time of the courts.”
A complete, court-certified disaster. The timing couldn’t have been more convenient.
The motive couldn’t have been clearer. The investigation couldn’t have been more compromised.
Vinod Jose’s devastating report in The Caravan lays it all out —
how trust inside the Sangh Parivar was weaponised,
how a rival was eliminated, and how the system shielded the powerful.
Pandya’s own father accused Modi directly of ordering the murder.
23 years later, no honest answers. Only a botched probe, a dead whistle-blower, and a mountain of uncomfortable questions that refuse to die.
Who really killed Haren Pandya?
The official story collapsed in court. The real story still hasn’t been told. The common Indian deserves to know the truth.
Not convenient narratives.
Not buried files.
Just the truth.
Read the full investigation:
https://t.co/9rwGQnG4xA
By the way, there is an easier way to get through the Epstein files. This site builds network visualization options based on communities and individuals more/less connected to Epstein - and there is a keyword-based search function: https://t.co/pJTvIeYASs
I wonder how long before such a procedure would moves out of the research labs and into patient's bodies, as standard treatment, and what it would cost? Also how soon before such technology is copied, improved upon and made generic? What next for nanobots in medicine?
Swedish scientists develop microscopic nanobots that could prevent heart attacks without surgery.
These microscopic machines move through blood vessels, locate hardened buildup, and break it apart with incredible precision — restoring blood flow without the need for stents, surgery, or long recovery times. Early trials show that the nanobots can clean arteries far more effectively than today’s procedures, offering a powerful new option for preventing heart attacks and strokes.
The technology works by steering the bots with magnetic fields, guiding them directly to blockages that normally require invasive interventions. Once in place, the nanobots gently break the plaque into particles small enough for the body to process naturally, leaving the artery smooth and open. Patients in initial tests saw improved circulation almost instantly, proving just how transformative this approach could be for cardiovascular care.
But the breakthrough has sparked controversy in the United States, where cardiologists perform millions of repeat procedures each year to manage plaque buildup. Critics say the adoption of nanobot treatments could dramatically reduce the need for costly surgeries, cutting into billions of dollars in annual revenue from angioplasty, stent replacements, and other recurring interventions. Supporters argue that patient health should come first — and that technology capable of cleaning arteries in minutes should be embraced, not resisted.
Here is is the explanation for Trump's ear showing no signs of being hit by a bullet
So it destroys all the speculation about the whole event being staged
WELL DONE RAHUL GANDHI.
Personally speaking, I don’t care much for public posturing, ceremonial position in a queue, sequence in hierarchy on stage, seat on the table etc. In politics, however, these optics are sliced and diced. But truth is m, it shows an insecure mind, a big ego and a thin skin. Indian politics is full of this trash.
But on the Republic day celebrations , making the Leader of Opposition ( a shadow prime minister) Rahul Gandhi sit rows behind the others, shows you that we have a coarse, petty people in power, cunning, insecure and cowardly, like those sly village moneylenders seen in the 1970’s Hindi movies who have no scruples, and are shady, untrustworthy characters.
Rahul Gandhi may have things he can do better, but the decency, grace and gentlemanliness he brings to India’s current political toxicity is like a breath of fresh air. He carried himself with distinction. No fuss. Nothing. He sat where he was allocated his seat, craning his neck for a better view.
When this government is defeated, the Congress must not make the current man who will be ex-PM sit on the third row. No tit for tat. Give him respect: give him a front row seat. That will be the ultimate humiliation.
I repeat, we need a new politics. And a new leadership.
Putin: 73 years old
Trump: 79 years old
Xi Jinping: 72 years old
Khamenei: 86 years old
Netanyahu: 76 years old
Narendra Modi: 75 years old
All these leaders have lived their lives and are now destroying world peace and the future of coming generations.
The world needs young leaders.
I’ve served on the Homeland Security Committee for the past three years. I’m 100% for strong safe secure borders and stopping narco terrorists and cartels from trafficking deadly drugs and human trafficking into America.
Fentanyl is responsible for over 70% of U.S. drug overdose deaths and fentanyl comes from Mexican cartels made with chemical precursors from China and trafficked across the U.S. Mexico border.
Mexican cartels are primarily and overwhelmingly responsible for killing Americans with deadly drugs.
If U.S. military action and regime change in Venezuela was really about saving American lives from deadly drugs then why hasn’t the Trump admin taken action against Mexican cartels?
And if prosecuting narco terrorists is a high priority then why did President Trump pardon the former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez who was convicted and sentenced for 45 years for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into America? Ironically cocaine is the same drug that Venezuela primarily traffics into the U.S.
The next obvious observation is that by removing Maduro this is a clear move for control over Venezuelan oil supplies that will ensure stability for the next obvious regime change war in Iran.
And of course why is it ok for America to militarily invade, bomb, and arrest a foreign leader but Russia is evil for invading Ukraine and China is bad for aggression against Taiwan? Is it only ok if we do it? (I’m not endorsing Russia or China)
Regime change, funding foreign wars, and American’s tax dollars being consistently funneled to foreign causes, foreigners both home and abroad, and foreign governments while Americans are consistently facing increasing cost of living, housing, healthcare, and learn about scams and fraud of their tax dollars is what has most Americans enraged. Especially the younger generations. Boomers and half of Gen X will cheer on neocon wars and talking points, but the other half of Gen X and majority on down see through it and hate it.
Americans disgust with our own government’s never ending military aggression and support of foreign wars is justified because we are forced to pay for it and both parties, Republicans and Democrats, always keep the Washington military machine funded and going.
This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end.
Boy were we wrong.
As the baby boomers slip away both in votes and power, the electoral future will be decided for candidates that focus on American economic populism and promising prosperity for Americans only.
As of right now, neither party is offering the solution.
@ibrahimmajed Maduro has had a bounty on his head for years on charges of narcotics trafficking and criminal organizations. The US has said it is not looking to escalate after capturing Maduro. I think your analysis on oil is exaggerated.
The next 72 hours are critical for the world.
If the United States succeeds in imposing control over Venezuela, and by extension over the world’s largest proven oil reserves, it will mark a major shift in global power.
Such a move would not be about restoring democracy or protecting human rights, but about reasserting strategic dominance over energy, trade routes, and regional alignments.
In that case, Iran would likely move to the forefront of Washington’s strategic priorities.
Securing control over Venezuelan oil would reduce U.S. vulnerability to energy disruptions in the Gulf and provide a buffer against supply shocks in the event of a confrontation with Iran.
With a reliable alternative source of heavy crude under its influence, Washington would be better positioned to absorb or offset the destruction or shutdown of energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf during a war.
This would lower the economic cost of escalation and make military pressure against Iran more politically and economically manageable.
At the same time, such control would strengthen the United States’ ability to shape global oil flows and pricing, reinforcing the central role of the dollar in energy markets and helping preserve the petrodollar system that underpins U.S. financial power.
Venezuela would thus become more than a regional issue.
It would become a strategic precedent, a demonstration that economic pressure, political engineering, and, if necessary, force can be used to restructure sovereign states and realign the global balance of power.
However, if the United States becomes entangled in Venezuela and faces sustained resistance, the outcome shifts dramatically.
A prolonged crisis would drain political capital, stretch military and economic resources, and weaken Washington’s capacity to project power elsewhere, including in the Middle East.
That would also complicate Israeli strategic planning, which is closely tied to U.S. regional leverage.
What happens in Venezuela will not stay in Latin America.
It will shape the future of energy control, the limits of American power, and the direction of geopolitical confrontation far beyond Caracas.
Never expected any Indian Journalist to give it back to someone as powerful as Kailash Vijayvargiya, Amit Shah's man.
Seeing this video of an Indian Journalist questioning and holding power accountable brings hope.
@Anurag_Dwary ✊
I am not against Blink-it alone all of them are abusing the unfair advantage they have over the unemployed.
If you guys can give us aggregate data of biryani, condoms & biggest orders while tracking them live…
Just release the below aggregate data so we either end the conversation or start one…
No of Delivery agents in 2024
No of hours they put in 2024
No of kilometres traveled in 2024
No of deliveries made in 2024
Money annually paid to per rider/ driver in 2024
The accidents/death at work & compensations given.
(We can calculate the money spent on petrol, electricity, CNG & know exactly how much they’re are paid)
If you can’t disclose this under the garb of data privacy, just a reminder sensitive customer data was stored in CHINA’s Alibaba by “some” of you before you grudgingly moved it to AWS…
Is anyone working in these institutions @LabourMinistry & @MCA21India
As 2025 comes to a close, I'm continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music. I hope you find something new to enjoy—and please send any recommendations for me to check out!