Sandeep Mahapatra

[Sandeep Mahapatra @sandeepkm]

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[Sandeep Mahapatra @sandeepkm]

@_dumblydorr @femiiiszn Asura by Ananda Neelakanthan

[Piyush Rai @Benarasiyaa]

Sit down, Anjana. You and your cabal have done more damage to this country than all these alleged coaching mafias combined.

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

Ishan Kishan is a terrific cricketer who has just essayed an amazing international comeback.
He has also made almost a 100 crores just from IPL fees, not counting international duty and endorsements. This cheque is not a 100th of what he has already made and he's not the greedy sort.
So one can only assume this was literally a payout for a photo-op with him to ensure that the others in the picture got into the papers and all over social media.
Obviously, why spend one crore of government money on creating facilities or training centres or bankrolling poor athletes when you can instead use it to create a photo op by paying the one of the few athletes from your state who really does not need the money!
And that's why sport in India is where it is.

[Sandeep Mahapatra @sandeepkm]

@OversLife Eknath Solkar

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

All these pretender Norteno Burritos can't hold a candle to the classic Nizam's single egg double mutton roll.

[Rocky Singh 🇮🇳 @RockyEatsX]

5. Eat a balanced healthy diet-attacked by vegetarians
6. Stick to milk and veggies-attacked by Vegans
7. Study science advance the nation-attacked by the religious
8. We are equal-attacked by castiests
9. Be better Indians - attacked by supremacists
- I say to hell with em all ❤️🙂

[Rocky Singh 🇮🇳 @RockyEatsX]

If you say -
1. Women deserve better in India - attacked by misogynists
2. I don’t want dogs to bite me - attacked by dog lovers
3. Modern medicine is what all leaders and sadhus turn to - attacked by mumbo jumboists
4. Need better governance - attacked by slave followers 1/2

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Archana Parkhe whose pottery shop was demolished is all smiles (for now).

After the authorities demolished her small pottery stall, her only source of livelihood was destroyed, taking away her ability to earn with dignity and leaving her literally begging on the streets for food and ration.

Credit to my cousin, who visited her with help, and to @TanushreePande for bringing various people onboard who will support Archana going forward.

Trying to get her a bank account with the help of my cousin so funds can be raised for her directly and transparently.

[Sandeep Mahapatra @sandeepkm]

@TanushreePande @nilanjanaroy @abhijeet_dipke Let me know how I can help...would love to 🙏

[Tanushree Pandey @TanushreePande]

Kuch log kehte hain Twitter echo chamber hai. I think Twitter is magic.

Dekhiye, sirf kuch ghanton mein kya ho gaya. I asked for help for this lady, and beautiful humans not only found her, but also reached her with rations and money. Please send all your love to @abhijeet_dipke and his family. God bless you guys ❤️🤗🧿🙏

They’re also helping her open a bank account. @arunbothra and @pavannair sir have also promised help. It’s because of people like you that the world still feels balanced. Ministers pe chhod denge toh hum sab mar jayenge 😭

Thank you, sirs 🙏 And thank you once again, @abhijeet_dipke.

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

Stuff we read from right to left - Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and the menu in expensive restaurants!

[Mukul Kesavan @mukulkesavan]

There is a form of liberal punditry about the BJP which goes “you have to hand it to them…” You don’t. When you tip your hat to a poisonous majoritarianism, you amplify its aura. When you give the devil his due, you join his baggage train.

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

West Bengal is the only state where the EC took extraordinary steps to delete 27 lakh names (of the total 90 lakh deletions) in the SIR — including people who had submitted forms and citizenship documents. Every independent investigation shows these deletions to be wrongful and targeted.

In Assam and Bengal, vicious communal campaigns crossed every limit while the ECI watched.

And for the first time, American-style gerrymandering entered Indian elections.

Taken together, these developments raise one hard question: have Indian elections fallen below the minimum threshold of electoral integrity?

▶️ https://t.co/YoJSZYf3JO

[Sandeep Mahapatra @sandeepkm]

@Vincentsjotting Krishna of @bookworm_Kris has built a personal connection with book lovers in the city. It also has an enviable antiquarian bookstore. My favourite place in Bangalore, by far🙏

[BesuroTansen @TrikaTriggered]

The city with highest population of slums is Mumbai, not Kolkata. Infact Kolkata does not even feature in top 3, but Delhi does!

[Preeti Choudhry @PreetiChoudhry]

My exit poll! As I leave #Bengal, it would be a disservice not to say this: I have come to deeply admire the way women inhabit space here. There is a quiet, almost subconscious elevation of women as independent beings . something that stands in stark contrast to the entrenched misogyny that still finds resonance across much of northern India. Perhaps it stems from a cultural understanding of shakti. A form of empowerment that manifests here in ways both subtle and profound, unlike anywhere else in the country, even in the south.
Any woman journalist who has covered political rallies across India will recognize the difference immediately. Other states, a crowd is not just a logistical challenge, it carries risk. the inevitability of wandering hands, the violation masked by chaos. Here, the crowds are no less dense, the air no less heavy with sweat and alcohol—but the hands, for the most part, do not grope. Men step aside to make way. When contact happens, as it inevitably does in chaos, there is visible embarrassment rather than entitlement. What you encounter is not chivalry, but something far rarer: equality. And equality feels far more meaningful. Was never a fan of chivalry in any case :) 
There is more. Women politicians across party lines campaign with a striking freedom, aggressive, sharp, unapologetically irreverent, often using what would elsewhere be labelled as ‘masculine’ rhetoric. In most states, such behaviour would invite judgment, even censure. Here, it is met with acceptance,  applause. What feels liberating to an outsider is, in Bengal, simply normal. What we frame as empowerment  here is a cultural undercurrent.
I have covered four elections in this state, and each time I have returned with the same sense of awe. Bengal, meanwhile, ambles on with a certain bemusement, as if unaware of what sets it apart. But it is a big deal. And perhaps the most remarkable part is that Bengal does not think so.
Governments will come and go. One can only hope that this constant endures, not just how Bengal sees its women, but how, in many ways, it doesn’t. ♥️♥️♥️

[nyx 🖤 @deebayleaf]

This is for everyone, not just for Indians. The lady in the video is Namita Thapar, a famous industrialist and TV personality. She constantly makes reels about yoga, fitness, and health; she never provokes or insults any faith, but is instead respectful toward all of them. In one of her videos, she simply stated the benefits of 'Namaz,' which should have been taken as a beautiful message. However, right-wing trolls attacked her because, as a non-muslim, she chose to speak in favor of its benefits. They began abusing both her and her mother. This is a common occurrence in India: when a woman says anything that provokes trolls, they resort to abuse.

[Namita @namitathapar]

I left for bombay at 6.30 am like the hard working professional that I am & stopped the car at 7 am to make this reel as I’ve long realised that silence is not a virtue & one must speak up when they are disrespected. Yes if wrong things happen at any workplace that are against basic human rights, me & all of us should speak up. I don’t care about the personal trolling, I’m used to it last 5 years since shark tank but the purpose of this reel is to request all the proud Indians in this country to start speaking up when they see something wrong, out of humanity, out of patriotism. Jai hind. Now off to another joyful & complex day at work !

[Sandeep Mahapatra @sandeepkm]

@free_thinker Paid, keep up the awesome work