Ujwal Vij

Silence is golden, but to speak up is platinum!

Trainee Pilot | Aerospace Engineer

@booksonthemetro

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Mama,

I last saw you and Papa together more than 35 years ago. Since the day Papa left, I have watched you face everything life threw at you with never-ending courage and dignity. Only Priyanka and I really know what you have been through, and how difficult your life after Papa truly was.

I am happy, and so proud, that your story - “Belonging: A Journey of Love” - will finally be read by the millions of people who love you. I know how hard it was for someone as private as you to tell the world your beautiful story.

Today, on his birthday, I can see Papa smiling and looking down proudly at his beautiful Sonia.

Love,
Rahul

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

“He never went to Boston University… He is a fraud…”

How do I tell these losers about the kind of fun I had at BU? Even my 80-year-old professor was cooler than Pawpaw’s IT Cell.

PS: Of course, I had to play Backstreet Boys on the last day with my batch. :)

[Sincere Dibya @TheSincereDude]

From the Red Fort on Independence Day, the Prime Minister of 140 crore Indians stood up and called a section of his own citizens “dimagi naxals”, and ordered them to be identified and isolated.

This is not a one-off slip. This is a pattern.

Urban Naxals.

Khan Market gang.

Tukde-tukde gang.

Anti-nationals.

And now “dimagi naxals.”

Every few years the same man invents a new pejorative for Indians who refuse to clap on cue. Students, journalists, academics, opposition voices; anyone who questions him is quickly turned into an internal enemy who must be hunted and isolated.

A Prime Minister of a constitutional republic does not get to decide which thoughts are legitimate and which minds need to be quarantined. That is not leadership. That is contempt dressed up as patriotism.

When the highest office in a sovereign nation speaks of its own people this way, the failure is not in the citizens. The failure is in the man who cannot lead without manufacturing enemies among them.

140 crore Indians did not elect a Prime Minister to police their minds. They elected him to protect the republic. He has failed that basic test; repeatedly, publicly, and from the Red Fort itself.

This is not strength.

This is insecurity at the highest level of power.

Say it without fear.

[Sakshi Narula @mssakshinarula]

"Sorry I'm a man and I am saying this"

Never before has a politician spoken about the incessant control the men of this country exercise on the lives of women in their own homes and how patriarchy has kept them out of any conversation. Prime Minister.

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

Departed 23:59 ago!
Does anyone feel the smell the world record?

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Delhi: On the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Abhijeet Dipke, Founding President of Cockroach Janta Party, says, "I want to say something very important. Don't make me a hero because Dharmendra Pradhan resigned today. Don't make this mistake. Don't make me a hero because of Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. The country has been ruined because of making one person a hero..."

[Ujwal Vij @ujwaluponatime]

@livspace @livspaceSG Please check your records rather than posting an automated response. Your executive should reach out to us directly now.

[Ujwal Vij @ujwaluponatime]

Livspace? More like Deadspace.
Curated feeds on the outside, but a ghost town of unaccountable vendors on the inside. Projects go dark, timelines vanish, and homeowners are left stranded. Where is the accountability? 📉🔨
#LivspaceFail #HomeRenovation #ConsumerBeware
#Chandigarh

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

Proud of this kid. He seems amazing. Humbly, It feels like your channel is exploiting him to invalidate other kids. Maybe the next time a bridge collapses you could interview someone who took a longer route to work and got promoted. Instead of engineers or people under it.

[Congress Kerala @INCKerala]

Modi is a coward!

[Ujwal Vij @ujwaluponatime]

@wingXaviation Very good

[Shubhanshu Shukla @gagan_shux]

Twenty years ago today, I pinned on my ranks, marched out of the Air Force Academy, and became a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force.
Twenty years. Somehow it feels like five. I think that's the quiet honesty of a life well-lived — the good years don't drag, they fly. And before you know it, you're standing at a milestone wondering where the time went, and feeling grateful rather than shortchanged.
I genuinely don't know how to express how fortunate I feel. Not in a polished, speech-giving kind of way — but in the way that catches you off guard on an ordinary Tuesday, when something small triggers a memory and you realise: this has been a remarkable life.
The IAF gave me things no classroom could. They handed me the controls of a fighter aircraft when I was still young enough to be reckless, and trusted me with the responsibility of leading men before I fully understood the weight of that.
The failures taught me as much as the victories. The friendships forged in those years are the kind that don't need maintenance — they simply endure.
Joining the IAF was part decision, part destiny. I had intention, yes — but something larger seemed to be steering. And whatever that force was, I am deeply grateful it brought me here.
To the Indian Air Force — thank you for twenty years of a life I could not have designed better myself.

Touch the Sky with Glory. Always.

#shux #space #indianairforce #shubhanshushukla #india

[Bhaumik Gowande @bhaumikgowande]

An empty DTC bus at 9 PM. Not because there are no passengers—hundreds were waiting at bus stops along the route. The driver simply wouldn't stop. Route 356STL Dwarka Cluster Depot 22 buses are notorious for this.
The only reason I managed to board was because, as I saw the driver not slowing down at my stop, so I pulled out my phone and started recording with flash. The driver immediately stopped.
For many Delhi residents, these are the everyday hurdles involved in something as basic as boarding a public bus, especially the old orange ones. Operator contracts need stricter infractions clauses for not stopping.

[Francisco Cunha @OnDisasters]

Cathay Pacific A350 Go-Around with bounce: just hear it spool up at around at 12s! (BTW anyone know the location?) 📹Hunter Aviation

[Sanjiv Kapoor @TheSanjivKapoor]

Amazing! Tens,even hundreds of thousands killed in road & rail accidents each year in India, 2,000+ a year on Mumbai's suburban rail alone, and people don't bat an eyelid. Air India has had a stellar safety record for decades, one tragedy and people lose all sense of perspective

[VT-VLO @Vinamralongani]

Farewell, VT-ANB.
A trusted member of the @airindia fleet, now gone far too soon. You carried 242 souls on your last flight — 241 lives heartbreakingly lost, 1 miraculous survivor.
This post is my way to honour their memories and the aircraft that bore them.
Om Shanti
#AvGeek

[Sanjiv Kapoor @TheSanjivKapoor]

What they should teach in school:

1. Don't litter
2. Don't spit
3. Don't listen to your phone in public without earphones
4. Wait for your turn
5. Don't push both up and down buttons when calling the lift
6. Wait for those in the lift to exit first
7. Smile and use magic words

[Frustrated Trainee Pilot @AnnoyedTrainee]

Trainee pilots and passengers are the most important parts of the aviation industry.
They are also the most abused in the country

[Griffin @6ESinger157593]

Now hiring : Captains at Etihad,Qatar and Saudi at 2x the pay offered by most Indian carriers.Singapore Airlines group hiring First Officers. And some Indian companies think they can overwork,underpay and mistreat their pilots.This is going to get interesting.