Jagan varanasi

Eccentric, never get tired...

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Has the Government so completely abandoned its duty of accountability that it now relies on detention to silence those who demand it?

At Jantar Mantar, young citizens exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest, even while waving the national Tricolour, find themselves in judicial custody. At India Gate, the grieving parents of Ankita Bhandari, seeking justice for their daughter, are detained at 4 in the morning, alongside Congress workers who stood in solidarity with them. A protester is not an offender. A grieving parent is not a threat. The distinction should not need explaining to those entrusted with governing.

What threat to public order do peaceful protesters pose? What purpose is served by subjecting bereaved parents, already enduring an unimaginable tragedy, to such indignity?

The Constitution does not guarantee citizens the right to protest only when their questions are convenient to those in power. That right is not conditional upon the Government’s approval. Nor can it be restricted merely because its exercise causes discomfort.

The power to detain is not the power to silence. The demand for justice does not end at the gates of a police station. Nor does the courage to speak out disappear at the threat of arrest. The people of this country have never needed permission to stand up for what is right. And they must never be made to believe otherwise.

@INCIndia

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

A heartfelt message by a parent, K Sharad Haksar to Neha Bora.
“When I got married, I knew I wanted only one child. And in my heart, I hoped it would be a girl.
I was blessed with a daughter.
The first time I held her, I made her a silent promise. You will never have to share my time. You will never have to wait for my attention. Whatever I have, you will get all of it.
I had seen families with four or five children. Parents running from morning to night, and still some child was always left waiting. I also felt our country has too many people, and nature is paying for it. One child felt right. It felt responsible.
For years, I never questioned it.
Then this year, I saw Neha Bora.
She is 29, a PhD student at JNU, a theatre artist from Khatima, a small town in the hills of Uttarakhand. When the NEET paper leak happened, she sat down at Jantar Mantar for students she did not even know. Children who had studied for years. Parents who had spent their savings on coaching and still lost.
She did not eat for 23 days.
She was 66 kilos when she started. She lost more than 7. Near the end, doctors were taking her blood three or four times a day.
The night I read that, I could not sleep. I kept seeing my own daughter in her place. On a hot Delhi road. Thin. Tired. A doctor holding her wrist again. And I knew I would not be able to stand there and watch. I would have begged her to stop.
But Neha did not stop until the work was done. And when it was over, she said her body had forgotten how to eat. It had to learn again, like a baby. Even then, still weak, she went to Bihar to meet more than 600 students who had been arrested. She did not go home to rest. She went to the ones who had stood by her.
I am a dowser. Every day I work with energy. I have learned that anger is heavy. It burns out fast. Nobody can live on anger for 23 days without food. Only love can carry you that far.
Then I read that her father was in the Army, and the family kept moving from one posting to the next.
My wife's father was also in the Army. I never call him my father-in-law. To me, he is simply Papa. My wife studied in 13 schools. Thirteen first days. Thirteen times walking into a class where nobody knew her name. Thirteen goodbyes to friends she never saw again. Army children learn to smile, pack their bags and start again. Nobody asks them how much it hurts. I see that strength in my wife every day. I saw it in Neha too.
In Ranchi, a man threw ink on her face and called her anti-national. She said she had already faced pellets and lathis in Delhi. Ink would not scare her.
Ink washes off. In energy work, we say that what people throw at you only stays if you take it in. She seems to know this without ever holding a pendulum.
Her family did not agree with her. There were fights at home. But during the hunger strike, her mother came to Jantar Mantar.
I don't know what they said to each other. I don't need to. I am a parent. I know what a mother feels when she sees her child weak and thin on a road, and still standing. Every argument is forgotten in that moment. All that is left is: this is my child.
Neha said she has not spoken to her father yet.
I don't know him. But I am a father too, and I know how hard it is for men like us to say some things out loud. So if he cannot say it yet, let me say it for him, from Chennai.
Beta, we are proud of you. Now go and eat something properly.
Somewhere in all this, a thought came to me that I never expected. I wish I had one more daughter. One like Neha. This takes nothing away from my own daughter. She is my world. She always will be. But Neha made me ask myself a hard question. We spend our whole lives keeping our children safe and helping them get ahead. Do we ever teach them to look back at who is being left behind? And if one day they stand up for someone else, will we stand next to them as Neha's mother did? Or will we ask them to come home and stay quiet. Our job is to protect that light, even when it scares us.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Good work @aishe_ghosh - way to go!

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

They blocked Sabeer’s video. But watch it here to see how Adani & Modi stole India.

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

WHY I WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN YOU ALL IN DELHI...!
Despite all efforts of the government to hinder & damage our work we continue to work for national security... making preparations as another winter comes.
This includes making artificial glaciers for water security & experiments for GLOF or glacial lake flood security... to difuse the 200+ ticking water bombs in high Himalayas.
Adapting Faiz Sahab's words I would say...
Aur Bhi Gham Hain Zamaane Main Siyaast Ke Siva...
Rahaten aur bhi hain wasl ki raahat ke siva.

Hence I send my bestest wishes to all & urge the leaders of different groups to stay united & show statesmanship, meanwhile I urge all the genZ friends to once again stay absolutely peaceful at all costs. This was the gift of Baapu that I tried to bring to Jantar Mantar in June,
I hope we won't let Baapu down.
#JantarMantar #protest #CJP #CEC #sonamwangchuk

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Satyameva Jayate!

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

CAN WE SEEK THIS GIFT FROM THE HONOURABLE PM
ON THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY...!
A Decriminalised Parliament, as promised by the Prime Minister in 2014. And I'm sure the LOP Sh. Rahul Gandhi and all parties will readily agree for this revolutionary step to clean up our democracy.

And please don't forget my gift... Suggest names of selfless men & women substance for me to consult and learn from.

@narendramodi @RahulGandhi

[Jagan varanasi @varanasi_jagan]

@ShivalkarVedant @ShashiTharoor Read what @ShashiTharoor mentioned. There is no disrespect shown in any way. By the way respect need not be exhibited.

[Jagan varanasi @varanasi_jagan]

@skar_connect @ShashiTharoor @IndianExpress Check the facts properly.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

A moving and powerful article by Sonia Gandhi ji on the extraordinary legacy of Dr Manmohan Singh in today’s @IndianExpress .

She writes about one of the most egregious habits of the current government: “Dr Singh's record of integrity and accountability stands in stark contrast to how the Narendra Modi government has operated, so clearly and grossly misusing agencies designed to investigate crime and corruption like the ED and the CBI. Its purpose has been to exert pressure on politicians. Leaders are either silenced through coercion or cynically folded into the BJP or, in some remarkable instances, rewarded with ministerial positions as well. When credible accusations of corruption emerge, the Modi government simply brushes them aside. Corrupt when you're in the Opposition, suddenly clean when you jump ship!”

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Today, Thiruvananthapuram bade farewell to one of its bravest sons. Rajesh, whose heroic final act on the Tejasvi River has moved all of Kerala, was brought home and cremated, mourned by family, friends, and the countless people whose lives he touched and, in so many cases, saved.

I knew Rajesh personally and saw first hand the energy, warmth, and utter selflessness he brought to everything he did. The man who handed his own life jacket to a stranger in raging floodwaters was the same man who saved many lives in the 2018 floods and who rushed to Wayanad after the 2024 landslides, always ready to put himself at risk for others.

He asked nothing for himself in life. In death, we owe him this much: that his wife Lakshmi and his children are not left to face the future alone. I urge the government to extend every possible support to his family, and I will do all I can from my side as well.

Farewell, Rajesh. Your courage will outlive us all. Om Shanti.

[Jagan varanasi @varanasi_jagan]

@SANJEEV_ATREY @GitanjaliAngmo @PrashantKishor Too much longer statement. But no use or. Essence

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

Everyone is demanding educational reforms.
Excellent idea.
But can we begin by reforming the media first?
Today, our biggest influencers are not our teachers but TV studios, WhatsApp forwards, YouTube channels and social media trollers. Some of them teach us to hate before we understand, react before we think, and choose narratives over truth.
Whether we call ourselves andhbhakts or wear any other political label, we've all been conditioned to become more partisan and more narrow-minded.
Forget educational reform. Reform the media first. A nation that is fed propaganda every day cannot be educated. It can only be conditioned.

[Jagan varanasi @varanasi_jagan]

@Wangchuk66 No need to prove anything. You have already shown the pathway. Your selfless actions prove

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

AFTER 26 DAYS OF HUNGER DO I NEED TO PROVE MY SINCERITY !!!
Do please watch and help spread the word. Find the full 22 minutes video on my YouTube Channel: Sonam Wangchuk

[Jagan varanasi @varanasi_jagan]

@dpradhanbjp @RahulGandhi @INCIndia He is doing his job as LOP. You do your job correctly. You failed miserably

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

शर्म नहीं आती, ऐसा अख़बार छापते हुए?

LIES OF INDIA

#CJPProtest

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

“Madarchodo ko maaro”! Wah @DelhiPolice - vardi tera Motabhai ne diya hai kya? Taxpayers pay your salaries to keep law & order not unleash filth & brutality on our kids.

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

Who made this masterpiece on the massive student protest? Let me know. Must credit the genius

Am on Insta > https://t.co/6CDtrZqT1R

[Susmit Yadav @susmityadav_]

@abhijeet_dipke