shekhar modi

Change Proponent, Political Observant, Pragmatic Patriot

[Sidhant Sibal @sidhant]

When we needed Pfizer & Moderna vaccine, west refused to give it to us, says Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

@abhijeet_dipke Kar ke dekh lo

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

#BREAKING: Israeli President @Isaac_Herzog writes a personal letter to Braveheart Indian Pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for deepest gratitude for exceptional courage and determination, invites him to visit Jerusalem in Israel after recovery to accept appreciation from Israel.

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

The 1967 Uttar Pradesh assembly election produced one of the sharpest turns in the state’s politics: Chandra Bhanu Gupta’s government lasted only 19 days.⁠Wikipedia

Congress won 199 seats in the 425-member House — short of a majority — while the Jana Sangh took 98, the Samyukta Socialist Party 44, and smaller parties and independents filled the rest. Gupta, the veteran Congress leader, was sworn in as Chief Minister on 14 March as head of the single largest party.⁠Indianexpress

Within weeks Charan Singh, still a Congress MLA from Chhaprauli (where he had won by more than 52,000 votes), walked out with roughly 16–17 other Congress legislators. He formed the Bharatiya Kranti Dal and stitched together the Samyukta Vidhayak Dal, a non-Congress coalition that included the Jana Sangh, socialists and others. On 1 April, while the Assembly was discussing the Governor’s address, Gupta stood up and told the House that the Opposition now had the majority, so proceedings should be adjourned; he would go to the Governor and resign.⁠Indianexpress

He did. On 3 April Charan Singh took over as Uttar Pradesh’s first non-Congress Chief Minister, heading the SVD government. Gupta’s third stint in the post had lasted exactly 19 days. The coalition itself did not last long — it fell in early 1968 — but the episode marked the end of uninterrupted Congress rule in the state and established Charan Singh as the man who could topple a government from inside.

#UPElection

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

@Chellaney He won't; Even more so now

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

India’s batting is firing. The bowling, however, is in a worrying phase.

Yesterday’s Ranchi T20 was only the latest example. India put up 249/5 and still lost as West Indies chased it down in 18.3 overs. Mayank Yadav took 3/36, but the rest of the attack was toothless. Axar and Kuldeep were taken apart once dew set in. No score looked safe.

This is not an isolated case. Look at the recent ODI series against the same West Indies side. India conceded 295, 405 and 352 across three games. Even 351 wasn’t enough to defend in the third ODI. Young seamers and part-timers were carted around while the attack lacked any real control or wicket-taking threat in the middle overs and death.

The pattern is clear whenever Jasprit Bumrah is missing. Without him, the bowling unit looks one-dimensional and undercooked. Lengths disappear under pressure, spin doesn’t grip, and death overs turn into a free-for-all. Oppositions simply wait for the middle period and then explode.

Batting can paper over cracks for a while by posting 240+, 250+ or even 350+, but you cannot keep relying on the batters to win every game. When the opposition is set, no total currently feels safe.

With the 2027 ODI World Cup and 2028 T20 World Cup approaching, this is the area that needs the biggest and most urgent correction. Selection, workload management, death-bowling plans, and genuine depth behind Bumrah all have to be addressed now. Otherwise these high-scoring losses will become a regular feature on the biggest stages.

Bowling is our biggest concern right now. It needs a proper fix.

#IndvsWI
#IndianCricket

[Amitabh Bachchan @SrBachchan]

T 5880(ii) -

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

@CJP_for_India Ok

Try kar lo

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Somehow the demise of Nana feels so personal.

Sad. So sad

[President of India @rashtrapatibhvn]

Deeply saddened by the passing of veteran actor Shri Nana Patekar. Through his powerful and deeply evocative performances, he brought to life a wide range of human experiences. He portrayed characters that left a lasting imprint on the hearts and minds of people. His commitment to social service reflected his concern for the underprivileged. His passing is a great loss to Indian cinema. I extend my heartfelt condolences to his family and admirers.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Few actors possessed the intensity, individuality and unmistakable presence that Shri Nana Patekar Ji had. He brought remarkable versatility and creativity to every role and gave us characters that will be remembered for generations. He was also admired for his frank and forthright views, never hesitating to express what he believed in.

Shri Nana Patekar’s contribution to Hindi and Marathi cinema was immense. His passing leaves a deep void. My condolences to his family, friends and countless admirers. Om Shanti.

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

Nana Patekar is gone. The man whose eyes could start a riot and whose silence could end one.

For those of us who grew up in the 90s, he was not just an actor. He was the sudden heat in the room. Sunday afternoon Doordarshan, a borrowed VHS, and suddenly a voice that did not sound like cinema. It sounded like someone who had already seen the worst of the street and decided to answer it.

Parinda gave us Anna, and we were too young to name what we were feeling. Fear, respect, the sense that a man on screen could be both monster and mourner. Krantiveer arrived a few years later and half the colony started repeating his lines without knowing why they stuck. Not heroism as costume. Heroism as anger that had run out of patience. Then Khamoshi, and the same man who could set a hall on fire played a father who could not hear or speak, and somehow said more. That is the part that still undoes people. Range was not a press-note word with him. It was the distance between Welcome’s comic menace and Natsamrat’s ruined stage king, between Ab Tak Chhappan’s cold precision and the farmer who simply would not bend.

As children we copied the stare, the pause before the line, the way he made a threat sound like a fact. As adults we understood he had been doing something harder: refusing to soften a character so we could like him. Three National Awards, the Padma Shri, decades of Marathi theatre before any of us knew his name. None of that is why the chest feels heavy today. It is the ordinary memory. A living room, a film starting late, a parent saying “yeh dekho, Nana hai,” and the rest of the evening belonging to him.

Om Shanti, Nana saheb. The screen will be quieter, and a little less true, without that face.

Rest in peace.

#NanaPatekar

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

@sardesairajdeep Woke up to this bad news

Omg ..cant believe it...so heartbroken

Om Shanti 🙏

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

@AdityaRajKaul As i said earlier, captain smit is a hero regardless of whether USA or Trump praise him or not

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@abhijeet_dipke @AmitShah Wasn't 2nd oct was the deadline you guys gave?

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

Political Story of Today #1

1984 Allahabad Lok Sabha fight: Amitabh Bachchan against Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna.

Bahuguna was no fringe name. He had been Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, had broken with Indira Gandhi, and in the 1981 Garhwal by-election had beaten the Congress by a huge margin even though Indira had campaigned against him personally. In 1984 he came back to eastern UP on a Lok Dal ticket, expecting a hard political contest.

Rajiv Gandhi, newly Prime Minister after Indira’s assassination, put up his childhood friend Amitabh Bachchan instead. Bachchan was born in Allahabad, had studied at Boys’ High School, and was the son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, who had taught English at Allahabad University. The local line was neta versus abhineta — the old UP strongman against a film star who could still claim the city as home.

Bahuguna was rattled. He worried that Kayastha voters and younger voters would go with the star, and that Congress would paint him as a man who had left eastern UP for Garhwal. The sympathy wave after Indira’s death did the rest. Bachchan took 2,97,461 votes, about 68 percent; Bahuguna got 1,09,666. The margin, 1,87,895, is still cited as the biggest ever on that seat. None of the other 24 candidates even crossed 1 percent.

Bachchan did not stay. He resigned the seat in 1987 amid the Bofors row, and the by-election was won by V. P. Singh — another Allahabad figure, and a future Prime Minister. So one constituency, in three years, produced a film-star landslide, a resignation, and the rise of the man who would later split Congress.

[Mohammed Taqi @MohdTaqi11]

لفتني في زيارة سمو الشيخ حمدان بن محمد للكابتن الهندي سميت ماتشهار تلك النظرة والابتسامة المتبادلة مشهدٌ كأنه يقول أنا ابنكم واحدٌ منكم وبينكم والكابتن سبق أن عبّر عن تقديره للإمارات وقيادتها واليوم تُبادله الإمارات الوفاء والتقدير

الامارات وطن التسامح والتعايش والسلام

[shekhar modi @shekharmodi]

@DXBMediaOffice Love, respect and absolute regards for the Government of UAE!!

[Dubai Media Office @DXBMediaOffice]

Hamdan bin Mohammed: During a visit to Captain Smit Machchhar… the flydubai pilot who embodied the highest degrees of courage, responsibility, and care for human life.

From us, and from the leadership of the nation, he has our full appreciation and praise.

We are proud that he is part of our team… part of the story of our nation… and part of what the UAE stands for… a nation of compassion… a nation of peace… and a nation of life.

[Comman Man @CommanMan777589]

Hindus and Jews two most moral people alive in the world

It is so heartening to see the JEWS flood the streets to honor the chad Hindu Pilot Captain Smith ❤️❤️

Am Yisrael Chai
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