smit choksi

[Aravind @aravind]

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My analysis based on what I am seeing:

> I am all for accountability, free speech, and democracy. But the DS fingerprint in some things happening in India now is hard to miss.

> Not at all saying all the students, youngsters, and people protesting are anti-nationals or anything like that. Or trying to trivialize any issue.

> But we have to understand there's a huge hand in using India's internal issues to incite more and more youth to cause anarchy and regime change. This is happening right now.

> A movement was started online and remained online for months since the issue they are protesting for happened. Right?

> Yet, suddenly, now they are being encouraged to climax their protests with a parliament session so other groups can also be incited to using the bills being tabled like minorities, farmers, workers etc by spreading misinfo on the bills.

> They started with "we need accountability from authorities," then "govt needs to address the issue", then called for resignation of a minister, but now some are making the entire agenda against the PM and the whole government.

> Yes, in a large country of 1.5 billion issues happen, and when issues happen the govt must address the issues and be accountable. But if the entire govt has to brought down for a paper leak, accident, or because 1000 people protest, that's nothing but an attempt at regime change.

> Such attempts end up poorly for the country and its people. None of their existing issues get solved and things become only worse. Only the power and its DS that's orchestrating the regime change benefit. Just look at Nepal and Bangladesh now. India has to help them.

> Some of them are openly talking about Nepal kind of regime change happening, are making radical speeches, inciting the youth to make subversive comments and break the law. IMO, all this is being orchestrated from outside India and put into their heads by Indian acting accounts using SM.

> Social media, especially Meta platforms, Telegram, and Reddit, which were heavily utilized for regime change ops in Bangladesh and Nepal are being again used to do these psyops on the protestors. Incite our youth to join the protests. And radicalize them to act in subversive ways.

> These foreign SM platform algorithms seem to be showing only one sided content inciting even the most peaceful grandma at home scrolling through reels to start talking against the govt.

> People like me who do not even use Meta, and are outside India, when we go to some random video on Insta and scroll, I get to see some content telling me Modi is a Nazi and inciting me to fight the Indian govt in just a few swipes down. Why? Alarming.

[Vijay Shekhar Sharma @vijayshekhar]

Actually, we entrepreneurs are the market economy’s outcome.
Neither capitalism is perfect nor socialism solves the world’s miseries.
It is always the market based economy that gives the opportunity to serve and build to everyone equally !

In a market-driven economy, the government can build; any one else who has some POV can build (Make half-hour deliveries or shorter; the market decides the winner.) or entrepreneurs can build.
This is the modern India, we see being built in last 10 years.

What you can’t pause/kill is the flow of the progress or market. That will stop the economy growth which took so long to start !

When capital decides policies, it is capitalism.
When collectivism prevails, it is socialism.
When the market decides, it is a market economy.
Today, India is the world’s best market economy and is thriving.
We have to protect it from any vested interest of the short term (typically commercial/politics) or long-term intents (typically geo-politics).

I am for a thriving Indian market, which attracts its own best talent to build world-class companies in India and then expand to rule global markets. ✨

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

Last one on this topic, and I have been holding this in myself for a while.

For centuries, class divides kept the labor of the poor invisible to the rich. Factory workers toiled behind walls, farmers in distant fields, domestic help in backrooms. The wealthy consumed the fruits of that labor without ever seeing the faces or the fatigue behind it. No direct encounter, no personal guilt.

The gig economy shattered that invisibility, at unprecedented scale.

Suddenly, the poor aren't hidden away. They're at your doorstep: the delivery partner handing over your ₹1000+ biryani, late-night groceries, or quick-commerce essentials. You see them in the rain, heat, traffic, often on borrowed bikes, working 8–10 hours for earnings that give them sustenance. You see their exhaustion, their polite smile masking frustration with life in general.

This is the first time in history at this scale that the working class and consuming class interact face-to-face, transaction after transaction. And that discomfort with our own selves is why we are uncomfortable about the gig economy. We want these people to look our part, so that the guilt we feel while taking orders from them feels less.

We aren't just debating economics. We are confronting guilt. That ₹800 order might equal their entire day's earnings after fuel, bike rent, and app cuts. We tip awkwardly, or avoid eye contact, because the inequality is no longer abstract. It's personal.

Pre-gig era, the rich could enjoy luxury without moral discomfort. Labor was out of sight. Now, every doorbell ring is a reminder of systemic inequality. That's why debates explode. It's not just policy. It's emotional reckoning. Some defend the system (“they choose it”), others demand change (“this isn't progress, its exploitation”).

And here’s the uncomfortable twist: the unsaid ask of clumsy ‘solutions’ isn’t dignity. It is about returning to invisibility.

Ban gig work and you don’t solve inequality. You remove livelihoods. These jobs don’t magically reappear as formal, protected employment the next day. They disappear, or they get pushed back into the informal economy where there are even fewer protections and even less accountability. Over-regulate it until the model breaks, and you achieve the same outcome through paperwork instead of slogans: the work evaporates, prices rise, demand collapses, and the people we claim to protect are the first to lose income.

And then what happens?

The rich get their old comfort back. Convenience returns without faces. Guilt dissolves. We go back to clean abstractions and moral posturing from a distance. The poor don’t become safer, they become invisible again: back in cash economies, back in backrooms, back in shadows where regulation rarely reaches and dignity isn’t even debated.

The gig economy just exposed the reality of inequality to the people who previously had the luxury of not seeing it. The doorbell is not the problem. The question is what we do after opening the door.

Visibility is the price of progress. We can either use this discomfort to build something better (which we keep doing continuously as delivery partners are our backbone), or we can ban and over-regulate our way back into ignorance. One of those choices improves lives. The other simply helps the consuming class feel virtuous in the dark.

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

Difficult to overstate what an amazing picture this is—an officially released photo of the Integrated Air Command & Control System (IACCS) that executed the insane symphony of India’s air defence during Op Sindoor. Heroes all.

Happy hunting, India salutes you! 🇮🇳

[smit choksi @smit1302]

@TanishJhanwer @lakshayhere Kar doo bhai tum bhi roast kar do life ne toh Kiya hii hai @_79_meet

[Lucknow Super Giants @LucknowIPL]

And we all grew up. 💙🥹

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

MS Dhoni said, "I've 8-9 months to decide, so why to take a headache right now. I'm always there for CSK".

[Chennai Super Kings @ChennaiIPL]

The long awaited glimpse of Thala! 🚁

#CSKvLSG #WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛

[Welspun World @WelspunWorld]

Great news! Welspun Corp has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality Award for 2023. The award was accepted by Mr. Atul Pandhare, Unit Head of WCL Anjar, and Mr. Jignesh Choksi, AVP (QMS). Congratulations to the entire team!

[IndianPremierLeague @IPL]

Marvellous! 👏 👏

This is a sight to behold! 👌 👌

Follow The Final ▶️ https://t.co/8QjB0b5UX7

#TATAIPL | #GTvRR | @GCAMotera

[Gujarat Titans @gujarat_titans]

How many Re-Tweets for these two? 💙

[Welspun World @WelspunWorld]

Congratulations, Mr. Jignesh Choksi for your 25 years of service at Welspun Corp Ltd. We are extremely proud of your hard work and dedication over the years. You are a true inspiration and we applaud the commitment you have shown towards the organization.

#LongServiceAward

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

We use the expression "end of an era" very loosely sometimes. But Dhoni giving up the captaincy of @ChennaiIPL is truly the end of an era for all those loyal fans with whom he forged a relationship of the kind very few have.

[Gaurav Taneja @flyingbeast320]

Vehicles, industries, stubble burning are constantly polluting the air throughout the year. Their contribution to environmental damage is much more compared to a few hours of bursting crackers once a year. Why is there so much hue and cry only about crackers?
#DontBlameDiwali

[Souradeep Banerjee @Sou_ra_binn]

@LicypriyaK If there is crowding at a place, it's the responsibility of the State Government and they should be answerable. In Vadodara, Gujarat, the facilities and regulations have been delivered as promised. Totally impressed and proud of @DG_NTA . A student of JEE myself.
Find better PR.

[smit choksi @smit1302]

@Teerth3122 Mark bhai saathe vaat thai gyi che 😂

[smit choksi @smit1302]

@narendramodi,@nitin_gadkari ,@PMOIndia Dear sir We are waiting for our turn at RTO Bharuch for driving licence & server is down since last two hours. In digital India how it is possible? Please do needful at your end. Bharat Mata ki Jay