Shireen Dhar

posting it here before I lose my train of thought..

Psychologist. Kashmiri. Anxious.
VERY curious.

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

We're living beings with consciousness.

We're fucked.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

An Open Letter to the Jantar Mantar protestors:

My dear young friends,

I address you today not as a politician or an MP, but as someone deeply troubled by what is happening to your generation of young Indians.

This is personal for me. I was born to a middle-class family: my father was a salaried newspaper employee, my mother a homemaker, with three children to educate on one income. For a family like ours, merit was not a slogan. Scholarships, fair examinations, honest results — these were the only way one salary could carry three children's dreams.

I went to school in Mumbai and Kolkata, to college here in Delhi, topped the University and earned admission into IIM — and chose instead to follow my passion for international affairs, in America, on a scholarship. Nothing was inherited; everything was earned by hard work and yes, Exams.

So I know that a fair, merit-based system is the only ladder for young people from lower and middle-income families to climb up. When that ladder is broken — papers leaked, examinations cancelled, trust destroyed — the children of the rich and powerful do not suffer. They have other ladders. It is your dreams, and your families' sacrifices (and tragically, in some homes, young lives themselves) that are betrayed.

To the young people gathered at Jantar Mantar, and those raising your voices peacefully across India: this country hears you. Your anger is not indiscipline — it is the anguish of a generation that did everything right and was still betrayed . You are not alone.

And to the millions of young Indians watching quietly: your generation is not a problem to be managed. You are the answer to India's future. Do not lose hope. This ladder will be rebuilt — by you, and by every Indian who stands with you.

To Shri Sonam Wangchuk-ji, my heartfelt appeal: please end your fast. You have awakened the conscience of the nation; that is what a fast is meant to do. India needs your voice for the long road ahead.

With Parliament in session again from Monday, we will have an opportunity to raise the students’ issues in the highest forum of our democracy. That’s where the problem should be addressed, not by fasting unto death. Please heed my plea.

And finally, to the Government: I respectfully urge you to reach out and engage in the dialogue our democracy owes its young citizens. That is not weakness; that is statesmanship.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

“I was an ordinary person who studied hard. There are no miracle people.”

- Richard Feynman, Fun to Imagine (1983)

[a. @annie_mazharr]

women are sooooo pretty, men really don’t deserve them

[miia @miiagarro]

"i can see your bra"

good it was fucking expensive

[✧ @cessonmute]

In China, a women's gym membership is 37 days, not 30. And it's all because during their periods, women often miss one week of workouts.

[Madelaine Hanson @MadelaineLucyH]

Men: you're a 2
Women: a 2 in what
Men: attractiveness, it's our new scale
Women: got it, how are you calculating that
Men: how attractive you are to men
Women: got it, so a woman who loads of men find attractive is very attractive
Men: no that just means they want to fuck her
Women: ah so how are you calculating attractiveness
Men: how beautiful she is
Women: awesome, how are you doing that
Men: facial symmetry, skin condition, fertility
Women: fantastic because that would make someone very attractive to men
Men: yes exactly
Women: so a woman who loads of men find attractive is attractive
Men: no

[Save A Man @Save_A_Man]

Things to teach your kids;

- Chess
- First aid
- Resilience
- Astronomy
- Persuasion
- Adaptability
- Self-respect
- Self-defence
- Cooking skills
- Assertiveness
- Managing time
- A good attitude
- Public speaking
- Problem solving
- Self-awareness
- Gardening skills
- How to volunteer
- How to negotiate
- Living off the land
- Basic home repair
- Starting a business
- Money management
- Good communication
- Don’t watch the news
- Emotional intelligence
- How to manage stress
- Basic car maintenance
- How to make a decision
- How to influence people
- How to be a great mother
- It’s okay to feel your emotions
- Mental frameworks for thinking
- Understanding healthy relationships
- Building others up, not tearing them down
- Problem-solving over memorization
- Exploration over conformity
- Creativity over rote learning
- The value of hard work.
- How to be kind to everyone.
- Why failure is the path to success.
- How to think, not what to think.
- How to adapt, not conform.
- How to lead, not follow.
- How to create, not consume.
- Taking care of animals.
- Good use of language.
- Opposite sex relationships.
- Healhy food choices.
- Music, listening and performing.
- General culture.
- Foreign languages.
- Leadership.
- Stoicism.
- Fasting.
- Sports.
- Video games.
- Spirituality.
- Travelling.
- Copywriting.
- Drawing.
- Self love.

What would you add?

[goma @soigomaa]

The feminine energy is so strong that men had to create patriarchy and religions to control it. I said what I said.

[Dr. Priyam Bordoloi @DocPriyamMD]

Arranged marriage is a safety net for the socially stunted and a bailout for men who never bothered to develop a personality. Without it, half of Indian men would be single forever.

​I have dozens of friends who are just waiting for a "wife delivery" from their parents because they can’t hold a sane conversation with a woman. They have no idea how to flirt, how to impress, how to respect, or even how to make a girl smile and keep her happy.

​They have no clue how a relationship works; some of the things they say are mind-blowing in the worst way and better left unsaid online. Worse, they harbor so much hatred for guys with girlfriends and shame girls for dating, simply because they lack the basic social intelligence to get into a relationship themselves.

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

@flipkartsupport Yeah sure, @flipkartsupport
The chat on which you give me useless responses how you acknowledge the concern and then dont do ANYTHING about it.

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

Does anyone know the process of filing a case in the consumer court? Because apparently, #Jeeves has lost my phone after picking it up under a warranty claim.
@Flipkart @flipkartsupport #servicefail #warrantyfraud #consumerrights @jagograhakjago

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

@jaagograhakjago @JaagoGrahak

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

I’m DONE with #jeeves @Flipkart @flipkartsupport
I initiated a paid warranty claim for my phone. The money was deducted, the pickup was done, and then out of nowhere, the claim gets auto-cancelled. No explanation. No resolution. Just useless, robotic emails that lead nowhere.

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

Meanwhile, the festive season is slipping away and I’m left without the phone I’ve paid EMIs for. I want my phone back, fully repaired, immediately.

Never again. Never trusting #Jeeves #JeevesScam #CustomerServiceHell #WarrantyFraud #FlipkartScam #Flipkartsupport #FlipkartFail

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

It’s been DAYS. I still have no idea where my phone is or when I’ll get it back. Every time I reach out, it’s the same scripted nonsense. ZERO accountability.
Imagine paying for a warranty, then again at the time of the claim, only to be trapped in this time-wasting nightmare.

[Rohit Sharma @rhtshrm658]

Three weeks wasted dealing with @SamsungSupport only to be denied a repair for the infamous Green Line screen defect on my Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus. They admit it's a priority issue but refuse to fix their own failure. Asking customers to pay for their systemic hardware defect.

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

BRUH

#earthquake

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

@vhmth I have a few ideas about what you can do for me, TIA

[Women Posting W's @womenpostingws]

she's clearly got a bright future in STEM

[Shireen Dhar @shirphol]

@Im_HarshKore @bewakoof I so agree with you. Even I am not getting any response and they are sending promotional mails like anything on the other hand!!! It seems like such a scam. Even on X it looks like a bot is responding to the tweets its just insane. Never ordering from here again