siddharth sinha

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[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.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

भ्रष्ट, अन्यायी, पक्षपाती, बेईमान - ये चार शब्द मेरे नहीं, ये देश के छात्र आज भारत की शिक्षा व्यवस्था के लिए इस्तेमाल कर रहे हैं।

और सच यही है - भारत की शिक्षा व्यवस्था अब एक बेईमान वसूली तंत्र बन चुकी है।

जो व्यवस्था बच्चों के भविष्य को तैयार करने के लिए बनी थी, वो आज उन्हें और उनके परिवार को कर्ज़, तनाव और निराशा में धकेल रही है।

इसी भ्रष्टाचार ने पेपर लीक माफ़िया को जन्म दिया - जो तैयारी कर रहे लाखों छात्रों की सालों की मेहनत एक झटके में लूट लेता है।

यहां दोषी vendors और अधिकारियों को मिलती है tender और तरक्की। और सजा किसे मिलती है? छात्रों को, जिन्हें टूटे सपनों के साथ अकेले छोड़ दिया जाता है।

मोदी सरकार और शिक्षा मंत्री यह सब देख रहे हैं। पर उन्होंने चुप्पी चुनी है - जवाबदेही से मुँह मोड़ लिया है। और मीडिया में? बस एक लंबा सन्नाटा।

अब बहुत हुआ - अब वक़्त है शिक्षा में Revolution का।

17 जुलाई, देहरादून - मेरे साथ आइए, ‘छात्रों की गूँज’ को और बुलंद करें।

यहां जुड़ें: https://t.co/g6mbw7X5XC

#ChhatronKiGoonj

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

Al Jazeera reports on Modi’s lack of press conferences & why India under him has fallen to 157 position out of 180 countries in the Press Freedom Index

[siddharth sinha @sidshanghai]

RIP : Foreign Services . They have now started representing the Government of India instead of Republic of India.

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

Kiwi Journalist 🇳🇿 : Why Narendra Modi never holds a Press Conference?

Babu : Because Indian population is mostly rural, they don’t like spoken down to, they want direct speeches.

RIP Logic 😭

[siddharth sinha @sidshanghai]

The self obsessed dictator.. & his bootlicking foreign ministry . What a shame this man is.

God Save Our Homeland

[Jawhar Sircar @jawharsircar]

Look at Australians taking a punch at Indian Govt Paid extravaganza to tickle Modi's Giant Ego!
Modi runs away from Press Conferences, but he's so easy with Teleprompter!
The whole world mocks his obsession to hug white leaders and to pick up 'impromptu' medals!

[Sanjay Jha @JhaSanjay]

A tale of two Prime Ministers

One wrote classics like The Discovery of India and Glimpses of World History, while in prison during the freedom struggle against the British. There was no Word Document: edits, save, rewrite, Thesaurus etc. He wrote with a fountain pen.

Decades later, we have 1+7=8 and 2+6=8. And 1+1=2 and 1+1=11.

We become what we choose.

[Supriya Shrinate @SupriyaShrinate]

New Zealand Journalist: Why doesn’t Modi ever hold a press conference?

Ambassador Rudendra Tandon:

“The Indian electorate is predominantly rural. They want direct contact. They don’t like being spoken down to, and they don’t want to be spoken to through intermediaries.”

🏃 Logic left the room.

🏃 Followed by accountability.

🏃 Democracy followed next.

Press conferences are meant to pose questions, seek clarity, and hold governments accountable.

Monologues are no substitute for public scrutiny.

[siddharth sinha @sidshanghai]

India needs @RahulGandhi @INCIndia . India is done with the fanatical Feku #MODI

[Bharat Jodo @bharatjodo]

India deserves leadership that speaks with confidence and engages with the world without a script.
India Needs Rahul Gandhi. 🇮🇳

[Abhishek Singhvi @DrAMSinghvi]

Is criticism now a trigger for coercion? Shekhar Suman speaks truth to power. Days later, his close associate is under the ED scanner. If this is merely coincidence, the Government must ensure that institutions remain above suspicion. Democracy cannot function under the shadow of fear.

[Bharat Jodo @bharatjodo]

Rahul Gandhi is the leader India deserves. 🇮🇳

[siddharth sinha @sidshanghai]

Wah MODI JI Wah

[SHREE RAM @JAWAHARNEHR]

Australian Newspaper exposed the secret behind the massive crowd gathering for the Modi meeting.

“Free Curry and Roti pulled massive crowd.”

This is an international-level humiliation.

[siddharth sinha @sidshanghai]

Wah modi ji wah. Shabash

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

Dictator is scared of a Show-host!!

Shekhar Suman returned with a banger show, heavily criticising Modi & BJP

His clips went viral & that pissed Modi off.

ED has raided Dharmesh Sangani, a film producer & co-founder of Shekhar Suman Film Academy

ED didn’t raid Champat Rai or other Trustees or MP CM but a close associate of show-host.

This is state of affairs of Democracy in India under Modi.

[GarvSeSecular @GarvSeSecular]

“This is about as close as you would get to Narendra Modi on his trip to Melbourne. He famously avoids unscripted news conferences, preferring instead more stage-managed appearances.”

- Australian TV

#ModiInAustralia

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

Narendra Modi’s childish ‘diplomathy’ is a national embarrassment yet not a single one of his very smart advisers has the guts to tell him to stop doing this.

[siddharth sinha @sidshanghai]

@PMNehru you Rock Sir. ModiSurrenderDas must be cursing himself 😁😂

[Mumbai Congress @INCMumbai]

Modi : International Shame
Nehru : International Fame

#PanditJawaharlalNehru #Modi #India
#Mumbai

[Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 ಪವನ್ ಖೇರಾ @Pawankhera]

Narendra Modi may well go down in history as the only leader who spent thousands of crores of taxpayers' money travelling the world to collect awards and honours.

By contrast, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's contributions to anti-imperialism, democracy, and the Non-Aligned Movement were so significant that his legacy continues to be honoured decades after his passing.

The very award that Modi supporters are celebrating today had already been conferred upon Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru posthumously in 1995.

It was also conferred upon Biju Patnaik in recognition of his vital contributions to Indonesia's freedom struggle — interestingly, for tangible actions, not through desperate lobbying.

Most importantly, leader's legacy is not measured by the number of awards collected on foreign soil. It is measured by how they governed -- with justice, prudence, and a commitment to democratic values.

By that standard, Modi scores a big fat zero.

[Cockroach Party of India @Cockroach4India]

Imagine travelling abroad on hard-earned taxpayer money just to say things like this on an international stage.

“January 26… 2+6 = 8.
President’s birthday 17… 1+7 = 8.”

This is not diplomacy. This is WhatsApp numerology with a passport.

India deserves serious foreign policy, serious speeches and serious representation abroad not random maths tricks that make the country look like a school assembly joke.

Taxpayers pay for these foreign visits. At least give them statesmanship in return.

— Cockroach Party of India

[Sagarika Ghose @sagarikaghose]

The childish playfulness overseas with “Melody” toffees and “2+6=8” is a bizarre contrast to the sinister, violent and destructive reality of the @narendramodi regime at home. It is a lethal clownishness—performative, meant to be comic, yet unsettling and strangely chilling.

[Supriya Shrinate @SupriyaShrinate]

This is how Modi has consistently lowered the level of public discourse.

As the leader of the world’s largest democracy, every word from the Prime Minister must carry immense weight.

Silly quips, shallow conjectures don’t elevate but embarrass India.