Thane - 70 y/o objects to cab driver spitting on the road - cabbie beats him up causing a fracture
Delhi - Musician objects to loud noise outside his house - 8 people beat him to death
Kanpur - Trader objects to men urinating on the road, gets beaten to death
As unfair, unjust or cowardly as it may seem, there is no point in an individual private citizen trying to instill basic civic sense in the heads of unruly citizens.
People who break smaller rules shamelessly will not think twice before intentionally harming you for pointing out their lack of civic sense.
When the police aren't bothered, the civic authorities aren't bothered, the big influential politicians aren't bothered, it is not a wise decision for you to risk your life being bothered.
Hi @FLAMEUniversity
This is an extremely disturbing case where you have cancelled the candidature of this boy over allegations from one side when this boy has shared video where several boys and girls are bullying him & one of them is saying he will come to his home and r*pe his mother.
We shall extend all possible legal and emotional support to this boy over this cancelled candidature if it is based on verbal allegations of a girl - of whom also this boy has evidence against. We expect you to do a thorough and fair investigation into this case before you come to a conclusion
These kids are just starting their lives and a one sided decision will seriously impact their entire life- telling one that she can ruin anyone's career with mere allegation and telling the other just because of his gender he will be presumed guilty
🚨 SECOND SUCH INCIDENT IN PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD! A road was blocked for an Instagram reel, with car MH14NN0005 seen in the video. This comes days after the Bavdhan highway reel chaos. How many more roads will be blocked for reels? Stricter action like is needed just like last time
These are not violent aggressors. These are not domestic terrorists. These people are not anti-nationals. They are intern DOCTORS at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradhesh, in India - getting blasted like flies with a water cannon by the police for peacefully protesting near Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's official residence.
The reason? Intern doctors asked for raise in their monthly stipend from INR 14,337 ($152) to INR 30,000 ($317).
The protest came AFTER the BJP government failed to fulfill a promise made during previous demonstrations a month prior to revise their pay.
India is probably the only country to revere her doctors for free Whatsapp consultations and treat them like sh*t when asked for basic rights.
Shame on the State for doing this to young doctors. You fckrs do not deseve to be in power.
This is now on the streets!? Such hypocrisy Maharashtra netas! Let’s hear @NCPspeaks on this. @supriya_sule@PawarSpeaks - your party closed dance bars and killed livelihoods. Now this is our cultural and religious celebration?
A dispute over the treatment bill of an injured Govinda at Relief Hospital in Palghar escalated, with Shinde Sena workers abusing and assaulting hospital staff.
CCTV footage captured the assault, including a staffer being slapped. Police booked 17 people and are investigating the incident.
Journalist Ravi Raj showed real courage in confronting the contractors who tried to stop coverage of the alleged large-scale corruption in the ₹4,400-crore Ram Van Gaman project linking Ayodhya to Chitrakoot.
Stellar work, @ravirajprayagi!
A telling video by activist Santosh Pandit from Pune:
While ordinary people struggle, a BJP leader who holds no posts, nor is an elected representative, is accompanied by police cars and is given the VIP treatment. Why @MahaPolice?
Outstanding work, @MumbaiPolice! 👏 You’ve once again given us a live demonstration of how the VIP culture works, and how being a commoner is apparently a punishable offence.🥵
Two Indias. Two sets of rules. One glorious VIP culture!
Kudos to Medha Tai Kulkarni for doing what too many elected reps are incapable of doing, taking a clear stand.
She has called for a ban on DJs & strict limits on Dhol Tasha &
has gone on record to add that restrictions on loudspeaker driven public nuisance must apply across the board, Eid, Dahi Handi, Ganeshotsav, Jayantis, every religious celebration.
And what do we say about our brave Punekar, Vidyanand Bapat?
By staying focused on the actual issue, refusing to get dragged into identity politics & not getting rattled by the ridiculous personal comments thrown at him, he is setting an example.
For the last 10/15yrs many of us simply assumed that loudspeaker tyranny was our fate, that there was no point questioning it because those supporting it had enough political muscle to drown out every sane voice.
Turns out we do have a choice.
We can say NO.
R&D Lessons from China: After Reliance, JSW Halts Battery Mfg Plans
(a) RIL & JSW: “China has weaponized access to battery tech” (b) FACT: Chinese firms failed for 30 yrs doing R&D, while we focused on quarterly EBITDA (c) Renting vs Owning Mentality.
India’s Licensing Mentality
a. On Aug 26, 2026, Parth Jindal (36 yrs) told reporters that JSW has halted its ₹40,000 cr planned investment to manufacture LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery in India. Parth said: “China is guarding LFP technology like a weapon.”
b. At Reliance AGM 2026, Anant Ambani (31 yrs) told shareholders: “Access to battery tech is being weaponized.” Reliance was forced to halt its mfg plans for LFP battery after China refused to license cell technology.
c. Indian industry prefers non-export items like oil, steel, cement, power, ports, airports because a known playbook exists. Foreign competition disallowed, 100% domestic capture, predictable profits, multi-billion mkt cap, zero R&D.
China’s R&D Mentality
a. China controls 94% of global LFP capacity. Chinese Companies: CATL: 37%; BYD: 23% (BYD became a car-maker); Others: 34%
b. LFP technology did not fall from heaven into China's lap. 30 years ago nobody wanted LFP. LFP was cheap and safe, but it had a failing. Its conductivity was so poor it could hardly deliver current.
c. US researchers gave up on LFP after a long struggle as it looked impossible to crack. But it was obvious that LFP would one day win because it involved abundant, low-cost raw materials.
BYD 2002-2020: Lessons in R&D
18 Years of Blood, Sweat & Tears
2002: BYD was a small battery-maker founded by Wang Chuanfu, an orphan from one of China’s poorest provinces. Wang chose the long and painful road of LFP when everyone else believed it was the road to bankruptcy.
In 2002, BYD’s earliest investor was Charlie Munger. Charlie said: “I invested because Wang was a “chemistry genius” and a “fanatic who worked 70 hrs a week.”
2005: In 2005, BYD developed its first in-house LFP cell.
2008: BYD launched the world’s first hybrid electric vehicle running on its own LFP – three months after Warren Buffett bought $230 million of BYD stock.
2009-2012: Commercial testing was critical to scale up the technology. But car owners were not ready to buy EVs. Chinese govt backed the technology with “10 Cities, 1000 Vehicles” program, which put LFP on municipal buses and taxis.
2016-2018: The Darkest Years: Conventional NMC technology raced ahead due to govt subsidies. Competition intensified. Industry slogan became: “LFP is dead; stop burning money.”
2019: Near-Death Experience: BYD's net profit to shareholders fell to $267 million, while R&D expenses swelled to $1.25 billion. BYD had bet its last shirt on the technology.
2020: Redemption at Last: BYD’s legendary Blade Battery was born. It worked like a dream, having survived years of failures, bottlenecks, countless iterations, rebuilding of entire production lines, and a devastating lab fire.
R&D: How to Conquer the World
a. Dozens of Chinese EV and battery startups living off govt subsidies disappeared. BYD and CATL emerged as the survivors of a domestic bloodbath.
b. In 2025, the world’s largest EV seller BYD spent 9% of its sales revenue (not profit) on R&D. CATL spent 6%. To understand the scale: In 2025, CATL had 20,000 research staff and 43,000 patents & applications.
2025 BYD R&D Expense: $9B
2025 BYD Profit: $4.5B (Half)
c. China has innumerable companies today with such suicidal R&D expense ratios. India has ZERO because with a license raj DNA, the Indian promoter has no mad desire to change the world. He just wants to die rich.
India's Ambani-Adani Equation
The following equation sums up India's economic curse:
When you have zero R&D, your profit becomes:
$4.5B + $9B = $13.5B
India's family-owned conglomerates, thriving on protectionist policies, do not wish to waste even one dollar on R&D and innovation.
Their vision for India is to leave billions to their children. And the children think licensing another's IP is their birthright: “China has weaponized battery technology against us.”
@arabicatrader
IndiGo has raised its cancellation fee from 3,500 to 5,000; an increase of a whopping 43%.
Expect other airlines to follow suit.
Meanwhile, the @MoCA_GoI tried to create schemes like UDAN to make flying more accessible to the common citizen, while handing over airports to billionaire businessmen, increasing airport charges and pushing up ticket prices by over 10% compared to what we paid earlier.
And now, this will add further to the burden.
Congratulations, India!
You have chosen a king who loves collecting lagaan from every possible avenue that might not be visible to you.
Good job, Pune!
It is encouraging to see citizens across India’s cities take to the streets for clean air, less noise and protection of green spaces.
This growing civic activism will push political leaders to make quality of life a priority.
The next 25 years are crucial. Getting urban India right is essential to building a Viksit Bharat.
एक मेधाताई @Medha_kulkarni सोडल्या तर कोणत्याही भाजपा नेत्याने जनहिताची नि:संदेह भूमिका घेतली नाही.
हे पुढची १० वर्षे तरी व्यवस्थित लक्षात ठेवणे गरजेचे आहे.