@MEAIndia why does Indian High commission insist on cash payment at their embassy in this cash free era. One teller at the embassy even 4 ppl in queue and one will wait for an hour+ to pay. Why not use card ??
@dhl_india is worse company for door to door delivery . Personal effect from his house for more than20 yrs was sent to India after he retired and went there. The pkt is ‘with customs’ 100% examination-Done- no demand note for duty & paying 600 daily for demurrage Cheers DHL
@havellsindia Ur ad in IPL making fans look meek & stupid & cricket players superior is disgusting.
Did not expect an indigenous company to mock a common man . Especially when fans are used by common people more. Let’s ✋🏾 idolising cricketers and Hollywood people! Enough !
@Uber_India Uber is a different service in India. March 8 at Mumbaı airport bid a Uber got a reference & proceeded to the pick up point. Actually, no point all Uber drivers refused to go after hearing my destination -Prabhadevi. Any improv plan? Sure Uber users have same issue.
@sagarikaghose@narendramodi@rashtrapatibhvn Sagarika at least he was there Unlike your DIDI who did not bother to come NOR did she send any Minister to receive her ! Insulting the President’s office in a worse way!
@amulcares waited at your international terminal counter for ice cream guy said no staff I should comeback in 10 min . Hope my flight will wait for your staff 😂
@TajHotels disappointed that I left a medical item in the room - (though of not of monetary value so much but very important for my daily routine ) Called your back office they connected me to hotel in Delhi spoke to receptionist but since then no response- not Taj like at all.
Her foreign opponents fixated on #SheikhHasina through a narrow lens: elections that didn’t meet Western democratic aesthetics, long incumbency, centralised power, human rights reports. All real issues, but treated in isolation, stripped of context. Bangladesh was judged as if it were Denmark with a turnout problem, not a fragile, densely packed state with a violent Islamist history and a traumatised political culture.
In doing so, three hard realities were ignored.
First, Hasina was a stabiliser, not a revolutionary hero, but a state-builder in a hostile environment. She kept Jamaat and its offshoots contained, maintained civil-military balance, protected minorities better than any realistic alternative, and kept Bangladesh economically and geopolitically predictable. Her western opponents knew this. They just chose to downplay it.
Second, they overestimated the “democratic opposition”. There was no credible, unified, liberal alternative waiting in the wings. Removing pressure from Hasina didn’t empower democrats. It empowered street power, radicals, and actors who thrive precisely when institutions weaken.
Third, there was the old habit of believing that toppling or delegitimising a strong incumbent automatically opens space for pluralism. History says the opposite. In divided societies, power vacuums don’t fill with moderates. They fill with the loudest, angriest, and most organised forces. Often religious, often violent.
These were destructive missteps. Not because Hasina was flawless, but because state collapse is always worse than imperfect order. Chasing democratic optics ended up accelerating a counterrevolution that hollowed out politics, normalised persecution, and destabilised an entire country.
This wasn’t values-driven paternalism . It was context-blind activism masquerading as strategy. And Bangladesh will pay for it long after the policy memos have been forgotten.
#Bangladesh
#CounterRevolution
#RuleOfLaw
#PoliticalViolence
#IslamistExtremism
#MinorityRights
@ShashiTharoor Indeed @BCCI should schedule matches in Kerala we cricket lovers are feeling disheartened that yesterday's match got cancelled due to fog and pollution we have wonderful and beautiful stadiums at kerala with no fog and very less pollution Bcci should hear Dr @ShashiTharoor advice
@RAMMNK@MoCA_GoI SOno compensation for the trauma public went thru. INDIGO at least give a free tkt to all passengers whose flight was cancelled or luggage was lost - learn from @VirginAtlantic they gave a free tkt because one flight was cancelled! @IndiGo6E@IndianExpress
@TheVijayMallya Compensate all the employees of kingfisher airline who were left cold with families and responsibilities and now where to turn to. Then tell us what and how U have been living it up in UK ?
@Uber_India No control over your drivers are U so short of them. Uber stands for RELIABILITY Normally but Abdul made us wait for 20 minutes and then cancelled the ride for no reason - any Compensation any reprimand did U know ? Did U take any action NO NO