Biggest issue when I visit India is that every single time I step out of my home, I feel that I am always on the edge, and have to constantly look over my shoulders to avoid being scammed one way or another. Even for the tiniest of things.
You are one Vietnam trip away from realising how badly they scam you in India despite paying heavy taxes.
Vietnam got 10 million foreign tourists more than India in 2025 despite being 10x smaller.
Big lesson in there.
@JohnDoe1967a@addheeraj Quite literally. In the 50s, no one even bothered to try to run 4-minute mile, and when Roger Bannister did it, it was followed by many more achieving the same feat by 1960.
@think_in_points At AMS, I was at the boarding queue for a flight to BOM, one old guy jumps, and when I confronted him that there were others waiting too, he was like “no one is stopping you. Easy there!”
The old fart made it sound as if I was the problematic one.
A Pakistani content creator offered ordinary Pakistanis a wad of cash to burn the Indian flag.
Every single person refuses.
You can manufacture outrage. You can monetize hatred. But sometimes ordinary people remind you that patriotism does not require dehumanising your neighbour.
That is the Pakistan I recognise.
I visited the southernmost tip of India.
I stood at Indira Point. I walked under trees that have stood for centuries. I dove into coral reefs among the most vibrant on earth.
And I sat with the people who live there. Tribal communities, whose land is being taken away by violating the Forest Rights Act. Settlers, many of them former soldiers, placed on these islands by the Indian government, who aren’t getting fair compensation.
The Modi government and BJP tells you Great Nicobar Project is about defence. It is not.
Expand INS Baaz - we will back the government fully. The Navy has been asking for expansion for five years - it has been ignored.
They tell you it is about a transhipment port. It is not. India is already building one in Kerala, which is on the mainland.
What it actually is: 1.5 crore trees felled. Coral reefs erased from official maps. Soldiers and tribals displaced - so one businessman can build hotels and casinos on India’s most irreplaceable ecological land.
Every young Indian I have spoken to understands this. You know that no amount of profit is worth destroying what can never be recovered.
I stand for ecologically balanced development. These islands can be the most extraordinary sustainable destination the world has ever seen. That is the India worth fighting for.
#GreenOverGreed
#NicobarMatters
#WorldEnvironmentDay
Some of my best memories from my master’s were working with Iranian students from Sharif University. I had the honor of mentoring some of them. Brilliant, generous people. When the bombings by Israel and the US began, I kept hoping Sharif would be spared. But alas!
Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, one of Iran’s top science and engineering institutions, was bombed tonight, and a number of schools reportedly damaged.
Founded in 1966 (as Aryamehr University), Sharif is a cornerstone of Iran’s scientific and academic life.
Striking and destroying universities and schools is not just an attack on buildings,it is an attack on a country’s future.
With sincere appreciation for the support and solidarity of the esteemed people of India in providing humanitarian assistance through the Embassy’s bank account, we wish to inform you that, in response to your requests and in order to facilitate the process of aid delivery, this Embassy has established a dedicated bank account along with the QR code provided below.
Bank Account Name: Embassy of Iran
NEW Bank Account Number: 45027539287
IFS Code: SBIN0000691
You are kindly requested, henceforth, to transfer your contributions exclusively to the announced account number and to refrain from depositing funds into any other accounts.
Flight attendant: you’re seated in the emergency exit row; are you willing and able to help in the case of an emergency?
Me: I will lay down my life for the passengers of this flight
Flight attendant: ok don’t say things like that