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[smitha nair @smitharnair]

🧵Why China Building Infrastructure in Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim Should Worry Indians

@SushantSin explains in this interview to @scroll_in

#YourWeeklyFix #China #indiachinastandoff +

https://t.co/MKgZUxotZh

[Sudha Rajagopalan @swotithot]

Thousands of teenagers and young people in their early twenties were in the spontaneous and large scale demonstrations against the CAA. It was a spirited defense of the constitution, not organized by a political party. What is this inane “India’s first Gen Z protest” spin on CPJ?

[smitha nair @smitharnair]

@joybhattacharj 😂

[Doctor @DipshikhaGhosh]

Translation : Marital rape in India is apparently a necessity for men’s mental health.

A woman’s body whether recovering from surgery, healing from childbirth, torn open and stitched back together, is still LEGALLY required to be available.

A wife with pelvic floor repair? Available.

A wife with recurring infections because he won’t let her heal from the last one? Available.

A wife whose BV keeps returning because her husband’s bacteria keeps reinfecting her? Available.

A wife who simply doesn’t want to? Also available. Because apparently that’s not a reason (enough or at all). That’s a crime.

The court looked at a woman’s post-surgical body, her infected body, her exhausted body, her body that just said no and only saw a husband’s inconvenience.

They didn’t rule on his cruelty. They ruled on hers.

Her body is not a marital asset. But Indian law, just like Indian men hasn’t evolved.

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

MIRRA ANDREEVA ROLAND-GARROS CHAMPION 💫

#RolandGarros

[nana 🌺 @courtracks]

roger federer also won 20 gs in the span of 15 years and spent years as #1 all while not being a domestic abuser but those are minor details i guess

[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

If kids aren't allowed to be stupid, insolent, even crazy, then why is the age of adulthood 18?

But forget the age for a second, because that's not even the strongest point.

Saurav Das was 17 in 2017, a Modi fanboy. By 2019, two years later, he was criticizing Modi tooth and nail. And nobody wants to talk about that part.

1. Judge people by what they've done consistently, not by their worst moment.

Propaganda affects everyone. It's not proof of a weak mind, it's proof of how powerful the Sanghi machine is. You can't say, Sanghis win because of propaganda and then remove propaganda from all arguments.

Chit bhi meri pat bhi meri, is not an argument.

So if he fell for it at 17 and within two years not only recovered but completely flipped his stance, that isn't something to hold against him. That's something to celebrate.

And even if you want to push the date back further, fine. The point stands, because what matters is what came after.

2. Now something slightly ugly but true. Saurav has proven, consistently, for the past 7 years, that he's on the right side of both sane arguments and decent morality:

Stood against Modi and the Sangh.
Stood for Umar Khalid and for minorities.
Stood against the judges of India. Has a contempt case slapped on him for it.
Written deeply about the malpractice and immorality of India's justice system.

Seven years is a long time. That's not a phase. That's who he is.

So look at what you're actually doing. You can't name a single thing he's done wrong in the past seven years, so you're reaching back to who he was at 17.

And when I pointed it out, the answer wasn't an argument. It was calling me a Sanghi/Musanghi.

Me, a Sanghi or a Musanghi??? I mean, seriously!!!

For what? For asking you to build bridges instead of hate?

I didn't come at you. You came at me. I've been one of the most consistent voices against radicalization of every kind, and I've always stood for secularism.

If that gets me called a Sanghi, then the word has stopped meaning anything.

I'm a small account, have been for years, and I'm fine with that, as long as I get to speak my truths the way I see them. I'm secure enough not to feel threatened by anyone's rise. A lot of you don't seem to be.

Don't envy people who grow. Don't tear down people doing good work. Raise your argument, don't raise accusations.

Or simply, if you're capable, do better work. Become bigger through what you do. You want to be a thought leader? Please, be one. But at least graduate to it.

I'm sorry to say, but it sounds salty and schadenfreude-ish. You all can do better.

The Sanghis rose through hate, by bringing people down. We're supposed to be the alternative to that, not a mirror of it. We're fighting for a better India, not the Sanghi India they've turned it into.

Nobody ever became bigger by making someone else smaller.

Because in the end you may bring down people, but you will remain where you were, small.

[Beautiful Pictures @BeautifulPics29]

My daughter was 5 when my SaaS took her aside and told her your mother is mad. My daughter hates her to this day. Thank God I have a daughter and not a son. Son would be bitching about me on Twitter wanting to bond with my SaaS. Imagine draining my blood to birth such monster.

[Rajeev Masand @RajeevMasand]

Gups, there are many trade analysts and ‘30-second review’ walas who will answer to that reductive style of critiquing. Professional informed critics who take the time and effort to unpack a film’s themes shouldn’t be mocked for raising the level of dialogue around films. You don’t go to the Taj for misal pav. You go where they serve misal pav.

[Feminicidio·net @feminicidio]

El testimonio de Sharon Stone y otras mujeres cuyos maridos las abandonan cuando enferman.
La actriz ha revelado cómo reaccionó su exmarido Phil Bronstein cuando el médico recomendó mastectomía, gritando y dejándola sola en la misma consulta: "Eso fue el fin del matrimonio", recuerda ella.
https://t.co/kHIX1L729u

[Kajal K Iyer @Kajal_Iyer]

The foreigners who died yesterday were not white or rich, hence the coverage has almost died down. #MalviyaNagar

[smitha nair @smitharnair]

Played lights out tennis #RolandGarros

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

19 year old Mirra Andreeva easily beats Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 to reach her first Grand Slam final at #RolandGarros.

Great performance.

[Vijaita Singh @vijaita]

Excl: Ground reality vs official records: Census fieldwork is throwing up data that differ from govt records on open defecation free villages, use of cow dung cakes/kerosene/crop residue for cooking in urban areas despite LPG connection, no electricity. Enumerators asked to revisit and review the “data discrepancies”.I ✍️

https://t.co/1LaYwpiiED

[Vinayakk @vinayakkm]

Hello, hello! 👋🏻

I am starting off something new (hopefully daily, but let's see) on Substack.

What we Watched Today – with the first piece on PV Sindhu vs An Seyoung. (Of course it had to be badminton 🏸😃)

A quick note on what the idea behind it is👇🏽

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

'Men will be men' with a wonderful twist!

For the Swiss retailer Migros, agency Thjnk Zürich takes a refreshingly unconventional approach to showcasing fresh produce.

The most predictable route would have been to feature two mothers competing to pack the most imaginative, healthy lunchbox for their kids. But that trope is tired, and wouldn't have made a dent at all. In fact, if it were two mothers, the narrative would probably lean into them exchanging recipes and happily shopping at Migros together.

Instead, by putting two dads in the arena, the ad unlocks a hilarious, hyper-competitive dynamic. What starts as a simple lunchbox comparison quickly spirals into an absurd arms race of food art with cucumber crocodiles and carrot race cars to an all-out gourmet standoff at a neighborhood barbecue.

It’s the petty, silent game of oneupmanship between the dads that makes the ad memorable, all while seamlessly driving home the brand's message: they have the widest range of fresh produce to fuel any culinary ambition.

#advertising #marketing #creativity

[Vijaita Singh @vijaita]

Enumerators said they were also getting requests from underprivileged people to help them get government schemes.
“Most households in my area of responsibility did not have basic facilities. No roof, door or walls. Where are we supposed to write down the Census household number? The residents assumed that we could help them avail government schemes and services, such as LPG connections, running water, a subsidised house or a toilet and even a pension,” said an enumerator from Uttar Pradesh.

[Vijaita Singh @vijaita]

Another enumerator from Uttar Pradesh said, “Being government officials, we have been asked not to select options that may show the government in a poor light.”

[Vijaita Singh @vijaita]

An enumerator from Rajasthan told The Hindu on condition of anonymity, “In the mobile app, if we enter that a household has a tin roof, we are asked by our superiors to change it to concrete. Are we supposed to lie? Similarly, if the house does not have a toilet and occupants are defecating in the open, we are told to check if there is a toilet nearby, even that of a neighbour or a relative, which they may be using occasionally or even a public urinal. Then the entry can be changed from ‘open defecation’ to having access to a toilet.”

[هارون خان @iamharunkhan]

This is Armaan, Owner of mattress shop in Malviya Nagar. He laid out all his mattresses so that people trapped in the burning hotel could jump onto them and save their lives. in this way, several lives were saved too.

Armaan is a real life Hero❤️

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Chwalinska d. Kalinskaya 7-6(3) 6-3

Maja is a Roland Garros semifinalist.

Qualifier & world #114.

8th consecutive win since the start of qualifying.

16 sets played, 1 set dropped.

0 top 50 wins before this tournament.

Now she’s had 3 in a row & will be a top 50 player for the first time.

✅1st Slam SF

One of the stories of the year.

🇵🇱❤️

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Chwalinska d. Diane Parry 6-3 6-2 at Roland Garros

Stunning everyone this week.

Qualifier ranked #114 in the world is shaking up Roland Garros.

Playing on the biggest stage of her life, Maja delivered & took out the last French player in the draw.

Beat Olympic gold medalist Qinwen Zheng as well as a former Roland Garros semifinalist.

✅1st Slam QF

This is her breakthrough.

🇵🇱❤️