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.
Dear @narendramodi and @nitin_gadkari, I urge you to heed science, reason, and the concerns of ordinary Indians.
Here, I explain why India’s E20 policy hurts vehicle owners, water resource, and the environment; and helps the politician-middleman, the sugar, and the liquor lobby:
She was an employee at a Bengaluru daycare. She saw babies being tortured, loaded on to washing machines, stuffed down toilet bowls. She complained. She was sacked. She became a whistleblower and exposed the horrific crimes. She should have been rewarded.
She has been arrested.
Starting tomorrow, Supreme court of India is on a six-week summer vacation and will be operating at just 19% of its capacity. There are 53 million cases pending in Indian courts - 93,143 of them are pending in the Supreme Court.
A judge can go on a vacation, a judiciary cannot.
Steel bridge work above, live traffic below, every safety norm thrown out the window. One slip and someone becomes pulp worth ₹4 lakh in compensation.
Santosh nagar, Hyderabad.
#Khamenei helped India escape UN sanctions on Kashmir (1994).
He gave India cheap oil
He helped India for strategic use of Chabahar port.
A shocking display of cowardice.
Ayatollah Khamenei has reportedly been killed by US–Israeli forces, yet even after 24 hours there is complete silence from “Farzi Vishwaguru”.
There are 10,000 Indians in Iran — a country that has long been our reliable partner.
Are we waiting for cues from Tel Aviv and Washington? Have we surrendered our self-respect, sovereignty, and independent voice?
Remember — 9 million Indians live in the Gulf, accounting for 40% of remittances and nearly half of our oil imports from Gulf.
This is not diplomacy. It is capitulation. #IranWar
Open Letter to Shri Raghav Chadha,
Member of Parliament, India
Dear @raghav_chadha,
I listened to your recent Parliament speech supporting an increase in STT on derivatives and a reduction in LTCG. I appreciate the intent behind your proposal.
With my limited 20 years in market, I would like to share a few simple and practical points.
Increasing STT on futures is not a good idea. It reduces market liquidity and increases the chances of manipulation. In such conditions, small and less-informed investors usually suffer the most.
Higher STT in futures will also push small traders towards options buying. Options buying already has a very high probability of loss, especially for people with limited capital and experience.
Instead, STT in the cash market should be reduced to improve liquidity and support healthy long-term investing.
STT also leads to double taxation. If STT is treated as a tax, investors should get a credit or rebate against their final tax liability. No one should be taxed twice for the same transaction.
Reducing LTCG and increasing STT will not reduce speculation. Speculation is a natural and important part of market structure. Higher transaction costs also drive out market makers, which hurts liquidity and price discovery for everyone.
If the real objective is to reduce risky retail participation in derivatives, a better approach is to focus on access and suitability, as done in South Korea:
1. Higher minimum capital to open derivatives accounts
2. Stricter margin and risk rules
3. Allowing only qualified or experienced retail investors to trade certain products
4. Mandatory education and risk declaration before allowing derivatives trading
5. Restrictions on complex and high-leverage products
6. Stronger suitability checks by brokers
This approach reduced retail participation in futures and options, while shifting activity towards institutions and professional participants. It also lowered excessive speculation.
A healthy and mature market needs thoughtful design, not only higher taxes. If markets are allowed to function, they must be made safer and more efficient, not weaker.
I hope you receive this note in the same positive spirit in which it is written. I truly appreciate your efforts in representing citizens in Parliament.
Warm regards,
Biggest Health Crisis in India 🚨
FOOD ADULTERATION - खाने में मिलावट
👉Urea in Milk
👉Oxytocin in Vegetables
👉Caustic Soda in Paneer
👉Brick powder in Spices
👉 Yellow dye in Honey
👉 Steroids in Poultry
👉 Detergent in ice cream
We all are consuming slow poison!
Raised this serious issue in Parliament today. Watch my intervention.
My Demand: Make Long Term Capital Gain TAX on Equities NIL for individual investor.
I welcome the hike in STT (security transaction tax) on derivatives as it can curb reckless speculation. Nearly 90% of retail investors lose money in F&O, turning markets into gambling.
When STT was originally introduced, LTCG was zero. But now with both STT and LTCG in place, investors are disincentivised.
I urge the govt to abolish LTCG on equities for individuals, as done in Switzerland, Singapore, UAE & others. This will boost household wealth, reduce speculation, and shift savings from gold & real estate into equities.
Today, I delivered a speech on the Union Budget 2026-27 titled the good, the bad, and the way forward.
Speeches on Union Budget are either applause from the Treasury benches or outrage from the Opposition. Today, I tried to take an objective view and offer constructive criticism to the Hon’ble Finance Minister.
From STT in markets and relief to middle-class to the public health funding gap, income tax slab rate revision, state capex, fixing land records via blockchain, making long-term capital gain tax on equities zero, legalising virtual digital assets like crypto, and much more. I laid it out clearly in Parliament.
Watch the full speech here.
https://t.co/pgB9P8womn
India needs to move towards One Nation, One Medical Treatment, where access to best medical care is available to all, regardless of income or influence.
That is exactly why I questioned the low health allocation in this Budget and demanded a relook in Parliament. In this Budget, health gets around 2% of total government expenditure, roughly ₹1 lakh crore. But the real gap is bigger.
Under the National Health Policy 2017, India committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on public health. In 2026, we are still at around 0.5% of GDP.We are nowhere near our own target.
Other countries understand the value of health spending. Kyonki jaan hai toh jahaan hai. The US spends around 18% of GDP on healthcare, the UK around 12%, Germany around 13%, and countries like Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and Spain spend around 10%.
The consequences are visible. Government hospitals are understaffed and under-equipped. Overworked doctors, too few beds, shortages of machines and medicines, and waiting dates that delay treatment.
When families cannot wait, they are pushed to excruciatingly expensive private hospitals. One health emergency then becomes a debt emergency.
India has scripted history.
Biochemistry, the crème de la crème of the sciences, whose discoveries are adorned with 56 Nobel Prizes, whose portals are illuminated by Indian giants like Khorana and Subbarow, has today officially welcomed a student who scored minus 8 out of 800.
Indian stock exchanges are closed today for Mumbai's municipal elections.
The fact that our exchanges, which have international linkages, are shut down for a local municipal election shows poor planning and a serious lack of appreciation for second-order effects.
As Munger said: "Show me the incentive, and I will show you the outcome."
The holiday exists because no one who matters has any incentive to oppose the market holiday.
It also tells you how far we have to go before global investors take us seriously.
28 year old guy. 29 days. 490 km.
One man walked the Mumbai–Goa highway, documenting every pothole, every failure, every danger and submitted a report to Nitin Gadkari.
11 years in power. Endless speeches. Zero accountability on this highway. Nothing will change.
Respect to the citizen. Shame on the Minister.
Honourable Member of Parliament Sh. @ravikishann spoke about the impact of false accusations on lives of Innocents & their families and how government must bring change in laws to address the rising misuse of laws
Thanks Ravi ji for speaking on countless men who are suffering
संसद में आज उस दर्द को उठाया, जो हर आम भारतीय परिवार झेल चुका है -
Insurance Company और Private Hospitals के द्वारा exploitation
कभी Cashless इलाज मना हो जाता है, कभी claims ठुकरा दिए जाते हैं, कभी मरीज़ महीनों अपनी reimbursement के लिए Insurance Company के पीछे दौड़ता है।
यह exploitation है।
Health Insurance should not be a gamble, it must be a guarantee.
When a respected ASI veteran like Prof. K.K. Muhammad says:
“The last 11 years of BJP have been the darkest age for the Archaeological Survey of India”
it should shake every Indian to the core.
#Watch ⬇️