Seema

Tech for social good, yoga & meditation enthusiast.

[Seema @s1joshi]

The fight is to strengthen people's voices, to strengthen democracy, not silence dissent.
We all have a role to play. Standing here at Harvard, I feel an even greater responsibility to speak up, to preserve and strengthen the democratic ethos of India.

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Delhi: Rajat Sethi, Executive Committee Member of the Harvard Club of India (the official alumni group of Harvard University), says, "As a member of the elected body of the Executive Council of the Harvard Club of India, which is the official alumni group of Harvard University alumni in India, I wanted to issue a clarification that certain individuals have gone ahead and issued a letter remarking on and making comments about the recent protest and the detention that followed. I wanted to issue a clarification that this is not the official position of the Harvard Club of India. Also, the charter and the mandate of the Harvard Club of India prohibit issuing any political statement on either its behalf or on behalf of Harvard University. Therefore, this clarification is to explain to the larger audience that certain individuals who happen to be alumni of Harvard University have issued the statement in their personal capacity. While we respect personal expression, that is not a substitute for institutional representation."

[Amock_ @Amockx2022]

This is absolute cinema 🍿

Rahul Gandhi was standing alone at entrance of Parliament

He was looking at his phone

Ràghåv Chàddha was climbing stairs while looking at RaGa 🤣🤣

RaGa smiled and said "Hello"

Just notice that smirk from Rahul Gandhi at the end 🗿

BJP tried so hard to paint him Pappu for years but look at his Aura 🔥

[Kannan Gopinathan @naukarshah]

Dear PM @narendramodi,

Congratulations on another achievement. If there was an award for institutional destruction, I am pretty sure you would be the first and the only one to get that.

My only request to you is to take more naps. Sleep, take rest. Or please go on more foreign tours and take naps there.

Please go a bit slow on destroying my country. You don’t have to do it all by yourself.

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

He could speak 8 languages and they said he could recite all 37 of Shakespeare's plays from memory. An award winning playwright & stage artist and one of Satyajit Ray's favourite actors.
Also one of India's finest comic actors in films like Golmaal, and Hirak Rajar Deshe. The irony is that the marvellous comic roles in Golmaal and other films, what most people outside remember him for, is what he regarded as the least important "I have developed a technique of shutting my mind off, switching it off, rather. I will not be able to tell you even the names of the films I have acted in or even the name of the character I have just finished shooting.”
He was also a brilliant writer & regular theatre reviewer. “Mr.Dutt as Othello was rather a pitiable sight, with his voice gone, his breathing laboured and his bulk enormous.” This was Utpal Dutt reviewing his own stage performance using the pseudonym Iago.
He also loved classical art and there is this wonderful story told by his daughter. "When we went to Italy, it meant we would have to spend at least one day on viewing each sculpture. We had hired the services of a guide. But, we found that Baba knew more about the place than the guide. The next day, the guide asked us if we would be ready to go on our own."
A true renaissance man and a principled one, not scared to go to prison for his views. Utpal Dutt was truly one of our greats.
97th birth anniversary today.

[Bengal's untold tales @Gramergolpo]

The footpath where knowledge is constantly traded. #CollegeStreet

(The footpath becomes essential for students, researchers, and book lovers hunting for second-hand textbooks, rare editions, and affordable books.)

[RichaChadha @RichaChadha]

We will need to do this now.

[Neha Singhal Trader @nsinghal211]

- Bumrah took a Bump Catch
- Sakshi thought it's out
- She started celebrating
- MS Dhoni saying to her to calm down
See more..

#INDvsENG

[RichaChadha @RichaChadha]

With corruption, contamination, pollution in each and everything, get ready to fall sick. Very sick.

And then, with more than half the hospitals now run by private players, get ready for American brand medical bankruptcies.

Save this tweet.

[Sanket Upadhyay @sanket]

Scenes from BSNL Prayagraj office.

[Sonal Kalra 🇮🇳 @sonalkalra]

Sarla Maheshwari, popular Doordarshan news reader (at the time they were called that and not news anchors) of the 80s era died today in Delhi. She would be remembered by many for her simple grace and poise. She was 71.

[Shekhar Kapur @shekharkapur]

Throw back pic from my first film, Masoom.

On the first day of release, I went to the main theatre … and there were only two people in the whole cinema hall.. and one of them was me !

Those days ‘black marketing’ of cinema tickets was really prelavent .. young men, or even gangs, would bulk by cinema tickets and then sell them at higher prices on the day of the show.. of course if the hall was full ..

Except the first show on the first day for Masoom, the hall was completely empty !

Outside I got surrounded by some pretty angry looking young boys when they discovered I was the director .. they had lost their money that day ..

I must have looked pretty crestfallen. So one of them actually took pity on me, and said ..

‘Sir .. the problem is you’ve made an ‘article’ film’ .. if you want a career , don’t do that ‘

Article film ?? I kept wondering .. article film .. I realized he meant an ‘artistic film’ .. Don’t ever make an artistic film this young black marketeer was trying to warn me ..

Well, the Friday of release .. all the cinema halls were empty .. as they were on Saturday, Sunday , Monday , Tuesday ..

The Distributors of the film gave up trying to support the film. It was too expensive to keep the film showing to empty halls ..

I remember the feeling that day .. when they told me they had decided to give up trying to hold the theatres .. I walked the streets of Mumbai and thought about what I was going to do next in my life , for making films was certainly no longer an option.

Something strange happened on Thursday. A friend called me and asked if I could help him get tickets to Masoom. I told him that was a bad joke. But then ..

On Thursday one cinema hall had filled up .. then on Friday there were lines of people waiting to buy tickets .. and over the weekend the distributors were scrambling to get back the halls they had given up, and my ‘Article’ film was declared a hit ..

What happened that weekend ? People say in retrospect it was ‘Word of mouth’ .. but how could it be, when hardly anyone saw the film ?

What happened that Thursday ? .. I still wonder as am about to go into making ‘Masoom, the next generation’ .. years after Masoom the original became a cult film ..

Is ‘Masoom, the next generation’ another ‘Article film’ ?

#film #Masoom #throwback #directing #FilmDirecting #Career

[RichaChadha @RichaChadha]

People in the Netherlands protested when their AQI crossed 30.

In New Delhi, capital of the so-called 5th largest economy of the world, AQI has crossed 1000! ! !
Are people waiting for Bhopal Gas tragedy type of event to raise their voices ?
Is ANYONE incharge ? Clean air is NECESSARY FOR LIFE, it is not a luxury.

Those who pocket your taxes dgaf about you.

[Narendra Nath Mishra @iamnarendranath]

चुनाव आयोग ने नोबेल पुरस्कार विजेता 92 साल के अमर्त्य सेन को अपनी नागरिकता साबित करने को कहा है । SIR प्रक्रिया में।

चुनाव आयोग को कोई अंदाज़ा नहीं है आनन फ़ानन में किये इस प्रक्रिया ने उसकी साख को कितना प्रभावित किया है।

[Lokendra Singh @LSinghShekhawat]

ना भीड़ थी और ना तालियाँ
लेकिन मन में तिरंगा और 140 करोड़ भारतीयो का सम्मान लेकर बहन क्या खूब दौड़ी ….

गुमी, दक्षिण कोरिया में आयोजित 26वीं एशियन एथलेटिक्स चैंपियनशिप में भारत ने ऐतिहासिक स्वर्णिम डबल जीत दर्ज की,

ज्योति यार्राजी ने 100 मीटर बाधा दौड़ में शानदार प्रदर्शन करते हुए अपना खिताब बरकरार रखा और 12.96 सेकंड के साथ नया चैंपियनशिप रिकॉर्ड बनाया—जो रफ्तार, फोकस और निडर आत्मविश्वास का प्रतीक है,

[Sucheta Dalal @suchetadalal]

How on earth does anyone sensitise the judiciary- which is the last resort for legal,
Logical opposition?

[Dushyant Arora @atti_cus]

Congratulations India, keep worshipping your government.

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

AQI ka naam badal ke ‘Godse Bullet’ kar do.

Kills you but will be eventually justified by the regime.

[anand mahindra @anandmahindra]

India is the world’s 2nd-largest sugarcane producer.

But the woman who made it possible slipped into the footnotes of our history.

Hers is an extraordinary story of courage, ambition and service.
She is an outstanding role model for all young Indian women.

Yet how many children today could name her in a GK quiz?

Unsung heroes, especially women scientists, should not remain unsung.

Dr. Janaki Ammal is my #MondayMotivation

[Abijit Ganguly @AbijitG]

A pilot commented on my post that apparently Indigo had reduced salaries of all pilots saying work hours will be less due to guidelines implementation. And now they are going back to older workhours at the same reduced salaries. Man, this company is all kinds of evil.

[Rana Ayyub @RanaAyyub]

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