Darbadar Batni

whatever I will say, you will still judge.. so it’s ok.. baatni in exile..

[BheeshmPitamah @BheeshmPitamah]

What a thoughtful and beautiful message!!👏👏

@seriousfunnyguy

[Darbadar Batni @wanderingbatni]

@MonaADhar Ahh, reason to revisit!!

[The Cinéprism @TheCineprism]

In the end, they remained two strangers who knew everything about each other.

- 8 years of '96

[Abhishek @AbhishBanerj]

I am sure of one thing.

If the plane had crashed, BBC & NYT would have blamed the Indian pilot.

And sadly, a large number of Indian liberals too.

In fact, this is almost a Tukaram Omble moment.

Had Tukaram Omble not captured Kasab, ecosystem would have blamed 26/11 on RSS.

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

One of the most beautiful versions of Hotel California I have ever heard. It's magical.😱
The Eagles - Hotel California - | Moyun

[Swaksh Tripathi @SwakshTripathi]

Reminder that Atul Subhash has still not received justice.

[The Cinéprism @TheCineprism]

Someone had to say it: the RAMAYANA soundtrack and songs are TORTUROUS.

Hans Zimmer and A. R. Rahman collaboration had me genuinely excited, but the music has been a massive letdown. It lacks the emotional weight, soul and cinematic impact I was hoping for.

Honestly, Ajay-Atul would’ve been a much better choice. At least their music knows how to make you FEEL something.

[decodingmyroots.com - नित्यकर्म सर्वोपरि @MonaADhar]

A sister isn’t asking for protection—she is praying for your protection.

In a Kashmiri household, whenever a major celebration begins, whether it is a marriage or a Yagnopavit, the first ceremonial food is traditionally cooked by the bua or a married daughter of the house. She is also the one who helps decorate and prepare the home.

She isn’t invited merely as a guest. She is invited as someone who initiates the celebrations, because she was once an integral part of that home. Her presence, participation and blessings are considered essential.

It is less about being hosted and more about coming home to bless the family and begin the auspicious occasion.

She isn’t asking for anything she came to bless the house. 🥹

[Meghna Girish 🇮🇳 @megirish2001]

Sharing this excerpt from a whatsapp message because it is important 🙏

Gen Z or anyone else who goes for a holiday to J&K, Ladakh, North East etc must know...

It is a *strategically sensitive region* where tourism exists alongside security,

*not the other way around!!*

Military convoys do not roll because some officer woke up that morning and thought,

*“Let us ruin somebody’s holiday...”*

Movements are planned.
Routes are coordinated.
Timings matter.
Logistics matter.

*The mountains are not merely a backdrop for photographs.*

Those mountains have names written into military history.

*SOLDIERS FOUGHT THERE.… MANY OF THEM PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE*

527 soldiers gave their lives capturing the Kargil heights so that you can move there freely.

And all these 527 were also Gen Z*

And soldiers *still serve there*.

Do not stand in front of a soldier and say:

*“I PAY YOUR SALARY.”*

No - the belief that money paid to the Republic somehow places the Republic’s uniform beneath you… is totally wrong.

*IT DOESN’T.*

Paying income tax does not give you command authority over the Armed Forces.

And that certainly does not make national security subordinate to your holiday plans.

You waited few hours.

*Somebody else stood watch for months.*

You missed part of an itinerary.

*Somebody else missed birthdays, anniversaries, children growing up, and home.*

And while you eventually drove away from Kargil,

*HE STAYED.*

So no.

*You do not pay his salary.*

*You pay your taxes.*

*The soldier pays his own taxes and also pays for your security:*

*IN A CURRENCY FAR MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MONEY.*

Jai Hind Ki Sena 🇮🇳

[Ankit Pandey @iamankitpande]

Look at the pain in this auto driver’s eyes.

According to the video, he is sitting in his auto in tears, afraid that his licence could be suspended and he could be fined. He is scared to even go out and earn his daily bread.

He says, “We come from a village. We could barely study or write properly. Do you really expect us to learn Marathi overnight? At least give us proper time to learn.”

He came to the city to work hard and earn two meals for his family.

Not knowing a language should not mean losing the right to earn a living.

Is this really about respecting a language, or are we making the poorest pay the highest price for it?

[The Viral Fever @TheViralFever]

“इच्छा पूर्ण होतील... पण किंमत चुकवावीच लागेल!”

TVF Motion Pictures proudly presents TVF's first Marathi film, बायंगी - पाळायची नाही, टाळायची! - a supernatural comedy thriller inspired by one of Konkan's most haunting folktales.

Coming Soon to Cinemas.

@theviralfever @TVFMotionPic @ArunabhKumar #AbhayRaut #PralhadKudtarkar #AnandeshwarDwivedi @vijaykoshy @metaltoothpk #MeghaSharma @ameywaghbola #HardeekJoshi #ManmeetPem #AvinashKhedekar

#TVF #TheViralFever #Bayangi

[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

Millions of Mumbaikars trusted K Rustom for generations.

I asked Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe why it was suspended.

His team found unhygienic food handling, dirty clothes near food preparation areas, and rats on the premises. Things customers could never have seen from outside.

Before buying a house, we inspect every corner.

Before buying a car, we do a test drive.

But before eating food that goes inside our body, we trust blindly.

The next time you eat out, be more vigilant.

The more aware consumers get, the higher the standards restaurants will have to meet.

Because regulators can't be everywhere. But informed consumers can be.

Let's Make India Healthy Again 🇮🇳

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

We are witnessing a mass psychological manipulation happening in plain sight regarding the Ruchika Singh case..

Consider this hypothetical: a man named Bablu is caught breaking into a house, and the community demands consequences for his actions. Almost immediately, a coordinated effort begins on social media. One group starts painting Bablu as an impoverished victim of circumstances who was simply misguided. A second group shifts the focus entirely, arguing that politicians, judges, and bureaucrats commit far larger crimes with total impunity, so why single out poor Bablu? A third group takes a moral high ground, shaming anyone demanding justice by asking where their outrage was during higher-profile scandals.

Now Bablu is the true victim, supporting him becomes the trendy stance, and those original voices calling for accountability are guilted into silence. This step-by-step deflection is precisely how mass manipulation functions.

Applying this back to the real world, what Ruchika Singh did remains fundamentally wrong. The reality that powerful individuals routinely escape justice for far worse offenses does not magically transform her into a victim. If she is an adult, she bear the moral responsibility for her actions. If she is a minor (though serious doubts remain as to whether the individual in the viral video claiming to be 15 is actually her or perhaps a relative) the moral responsibility falls on her parents. Yes, she should not face legal action but the masses should know that what she did was wrong and not see her as victim. That's it.

Ultimately, one wrong can never be labeled right simply because greater wrongs occur elsewhere. If we accept the logic that lower-level wrongdoing is excusable as long as bigger criminals walk free, the entire fabric of personal accountability collapses, and literally any crime could be defended by simply pointing to a more severe, unpunished offense. Allowing rhetorical misdirection to obscure basic right from wrong only serves to protect bad behavior at every level of society.

[BheeshmPitamah @BheeshmPitamah]

I am too attached to old Ramayana. I don't have courage and conviction to overwrite those memories.

[Biswapati Sarkar @ChhotaThalaiva]

You don't cast him. @kaykaymenon02 chooses you.

[Biswapati Sarkar @ChhotaThalaiva]

Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya - Most Watched Non-English Show IN THE WORLD last week!!!

[Savitri Mumukshu - सावित्री मुमुक्षु @MumukshuSavitri]

The defining conflict of 21st century India will not be fought over left-wing versus right-wing, elections, GDP, military power, or even religion. It will be fought over something that is much less visible to us.

Which civilization is teaching our next generation how to speak - and by extension how to think?

Is it the one that believes speech to be a goddess divine, an instrument of self-mastery, guided by dharma, satya, and the discipline of vāk?

Or is it the one designed by algorithms to monetize outrage, express emotion through sexual profanity, reward obscenity and humiliation, and convert every disagreement into a performance?

The cockroach protests on NEET paper leak will eventually be forgotten. But the deeper leak is draining our civilizational life force every day. It is because somewhere between the village Panchayat square and the infinite scrolling, we did not just import some new technologies. Our youth began importing a new moral vocabulary altogether.

And civilizations rarely disappear just because they are conquered.

More often, they disappear because they start forgetting the very language in which they once understood themselves.

Read the entire article on my Substack.
https://t.co/NeIdjvayDc

[BheeshmPitamah @BheeshmPitamah]

Maine to pahle hee bola tha

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

Do you remember the price we paid for IC-814? Not immediately, but in the subsequent years? This is the exact same thing. Compound interest will accrue over the next few years. Brace yourselves.