Every time a Kashmiri Pandit is killed on my soil. It's a bloody reminder to us. Dont you pandits dare to come back. You will not be spared. This is a complete failure of our govt. We don't matter to anyone in this country. Nothing has changed for us. All they know is to condemn.
Now that my daughter’s birthday is coming to an end and I am back home, I can respond to this properly.
The problem with woke people (and they come in all shades of opinion) is that they must slot, stereotype and label people in coloured chambers they have created. No diversions are acceptable to them.
Everything, they feel, fits definitions of the world that they have conjured. I am done with such people a long time ago.
In one tweet that was a response to my daughter’s wish that I make breakfast on her birthday, this lady @devinamehra
1. Took my statement full of plain humility (“I don’t know how to make anything”) and slotted me in her stereotypes;
2. For effect, she added by herself that I don’t know what is found where in my kitchen)
3. She quickly slotted me among “entitled Indian men”
4. She also assumed that I am among those who share “oppressed by wife” jokes on WhatsApp.
What nonsense.
I know that my cooking stories since my school days are a joke in my family. I am the laughing stock for once having made pulao for guests as a student without washing or peeling the potatoes (I know, I know 🙄). But I am sorry Madam, I don’t fit the stereotype you are throwing at me.
Gender roles were reversed very early in our family.
Our mother used to spend time running our village school in rural UP and our father brought up me and my brother in Nainital. He used to cook every day and we used to assist him with anything from kneading flour to cleaning utensils. No big deal. Hundreds of millions do it.
But I am not a foodie. I don’t cook. My wife doesn’t. For decades, my late mother didn’t. Did we all know how to cook? Of course! Did we cook every day or even regularly? No!
We were busy with other things. Our family has been madly driven with trying to do socially productive missions to a degree that it seems foolish now. Food was cooked by those who were much better at it than us.
“You don’t cook? You are privileged!” Is that your moral judgement about me? Of course I am privileged. The women and men in our family did not have to go through cooking as a job, as millions of homemakers sadly do, as a compulsion — as against cooking as a passion. But it’s a privilege that helped us achieve more things in life for us and mostly for others.
You know nothing about my life, my views on women and their journeys, thousands of our stories about strong inspiring women characters, my world view — and I don’t give a damn about you or people who judge people on the basis of their cooking skills or your own woke benchmarks.
Don’t slot me into your narrative and your stereotypes, because I have for years through our stories fought the very idea of women being confined to kitchens and unable to achieve self-actualisation.
But I am not one of those men from the WhatsApp groups you slotted me in. Don’t you bring your stereotypes anywhere near me.
Devastated to see this video. Parents of 34 year of Sarthak Mattoo who was killed by a speeding Thar while he was driving his bike in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj. Hope justice prevails. On His Way To Work, Gurugram Rider Dies As Thar Rams Him In Delhi https://t.co/mSiFVOwIQU
Gm Abhisar bhai. If I am a "sycophant" of the Union Govt because I do not agree that our INDIA is not an Emirates or Palestine or Cuba, then I leave it to your judgement. I continue to hold you in high regards and respect your pov! BTW you remember our dinner at BBQ nation, Noida: where you asked me to help you and talk to a present Union Minister wrt some trolling about your family. This was in the first term of this government. I got back to you on details and then you went in appeal etc. Maybe that time I, Tehseen was not the adjectives you called me . But bhai, I am a self made person &the future is mine! Love ❤
The voice that turns every match into a movie! 🎙️🔥
Whether it’s #T20WorldCup2026, Pro Kabaddi, or world sports on @JioTV, the commentary hits different thanks to @shoonyakumar. 🏆🙌
A huge salute to the man behind the mic! 🫡✨
#ICC#T20WorldCup#Kabaddi
@warikoo Most Indian parents fear that their child might end up poor. In a country like India where system is a complete rot, poor people have zero acceptance.
Internet is a game of perception. Either live with the image which you have built over the years or break the character before it's too late. Otherwise boss aap to gaye. #screenawards
Thread !
1/ It’s honestly no surprise to see the recent coordinated campaign against @AdityaRajKaul. For those of us who have followed the geopolitical landscape of the valley for years, this kind of targeted hostility was almost a mathematical certainty.
The voice that turns every match into a movie! 🎙️🔥
Whether it’s #T20WorldCup2026, Pro Kabaddi, or world sports on @JioTV, the commentary hits different thanks to @shoonyakumar. 🏆🙌
A huge salute to the man behind the mic! 🫡✨
#ICC#T20WorldCup#Kabaddi
That Jihadi dog has been clearly responsible for two beheadings till now , everyone knows that he instigated , but the nincompoop Govt of India has been incompetent enough to take action.
This country is not for us anymore.
@PawanDurani This is so sweet of you. I wish one day if I could also be a part of a cult film like Dhurandhar. Till then let's aim high and stay happy with your manifestation. Thank you so much for the wishes.
@DeepikaBhardwaj Happy birthday to the person who stands where once the darkness was the dominant force. You are light to the millions now. Wishing you all the good luck, happiness and prosperity in life. Stay blessed!
It takes me back to my childhood days. Every now and then, my Grandpa (Bobji) used to play all the folk music available on Cassettes. This is one of then.