Yogendra Jog

Duty conscious citizen, Chartered Accountant. Live and Let Live, Command Respect.

[Satish 🇮🇳 @bombaylives]

Can we please have a badge or rating tag for drivers who DON’T chew paan, gutkha, or mawa while driving? Sitting in traffic while the driver rolls down the window to spit every 2 minutes isn't the commute anyone signed up for. @Uber_India @Olacabs @rapidoapp_

[मुंबई Matters™🇮🇳 @mumbaimatterz]

BMC’s latest #pothole repair on Link Road, Malad West isn’t road work.

It’s a free anatomy class on public asphalt.

Workers dump loose black mix into random blobs that look like a dissected liver, a misplaced kidney, and whatever organ they couldn’t identify in first year.

No square cut. No compaction. No finish.

Just #thookpatti” science while contractors still cash the monsoon pothole repair cheques.

@mybmc @mybmcinfra

📷 © @Mhatre_Sheetal

[Maharashtra Bandhu News @BandhuNews_in]

₹20 ची पाण्याची बाटली, ₹30 लाखांची गाडी, पण सिव्हिक सेन्स ₹0!

ब्लॅक टिंटेड ग्लास, चालत्या गाडीतून पाणी पिऊन रिकामी बाटली रस्त्यावर फेकणे, गाडीवर भाजपचा पक्षाचा स्टिकर लावून सार्वजनिक रस्त्यावर कचरा पसरवणे आणि सुरक्षेशी खेळ!

व्हिडिओ सोशल मीडियावर व्हायरल.

वाहन: Mahindra XUV700
नंबर: MH02GP6613.

#Mumbai #CivicSense #BJP #RoadSafety #MumbaiTrafficPolice #MumbaiPolice

[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@CrewsMat10 What a treat for those photographers near the sideline

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@GabbbarSingh Good one. Curious to know - why the last line on forts in Pune?

[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@paakittadnya This is a fake video

[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@mybmc So shameless of you to put such messages. You don’t care about design aspects such as putting proper slopes and leveling at the right places.

[Viren Rasquinha @virenrasquinha]

At a time when we are bidding to host 2036 Olympics, it cannot be that our playgrounds get usurped by politicians to build convention centres. We need community playgrounds for our kids. The only grounds that seem to be available are ‘Pay & Play’. Most cannot afford this. SHAME!!

[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@ShivAroor True..but the paradox is that this video was useful in nabbing the murderer.

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@mumbaiheritage 1) Arre boss…
2) Kya faaltugiri hai..

Many more..

[Options.India @Options_IndiaAB]

I recently spent 2 weeks in China.

6 cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an, Zhangjiajie, Chongqing and Chengdu.

I went there with curiosity.

Like many Indians, I had heard a lot about China through media, social media and conversations. I expected to see progress, maybe discover some business ideas, and understand what the country is actually building.

I came back with a very uncomfortable feeling.

Not because I found a business idea for myself.

But because I saw 100 things that governments can do when infrastructure, tourism, transport, urban planning and civic systems are treated seriously.

I travelled within China by flights, trains, cars and local transport. The infrastructure was honestly stunning.

Clean cities. Smooth roads. High-speed trains. Well-managed traffic. Public spaces that actually feel designed for people. Tourist destinations that are built, maintained and promoted like national assets.

And then I kept thinking about India.

We keep comparing ourselves to China. Our media keeps telling us how India is catching up, how China is restrictive, how we are better in so many ways.

After spending time there and speaking to people, I realised how much of that narrative is just comfort food.

China is not perfect. No country is.

But on infrastructure, execution, tourism, civic discipline and quality of urban life, they are not 5 years ahead of us.

They are decades ahead.

The saddest part for me was the currency.

Everything felt expensive. Not because China was insanely expensive, but because the rupee has weakened so much that even normal spending starts feeling heavy. As an Indian taxpayer, that genuinely hurt.

We pay taxes. We work hard. We talk about becoming a global power.

But where is the quality of life?

Where is the civic sense?

Where is the infrastructure that makes daily life easier?

Where is the tourism vision beyond religious tourism?

I met travellers from other countries who were excited to visit China because they wanted to see its progress. When I asked about India, many had no real desire to visit. Not out of hate. India simply was not on their aspirational travel list.

That should bother us.

Even the so-called “closed internet” surprised me. We are told people there are missing out because they don’t use Google, Instagram, WhatsApp or Facebook.

But China has built its own digital ecosystem. Payments, maps, transport, messaging, shopping, everything works inside their own infrastructure. People did not seem to feel deprived. They seemed adapted.

Again, this is not a hate post.

I love India. That is exactly why this trip bothered me.

Patriotism cannot only be about saying we are great.

Real patriotism is having the courage to admit where we are falling behind.

China made me realise one thing very clearly:

India’s potential is not the problem.

Execution is.

And unless we stop comforting ourselves with comparisons and start demanding better infrastructure, better governance, better tourism, cleaner cities and a higher quality of life, we will keep celebrating the idea of progress instead of actually living it.

[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@Nigel__DSouza Erstwhile Dukes Retreat..amazing views in monsoon.

[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@timesofindia Yaaks 🤮

[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@PMCPune Please fix the road - opposite Sports Dynasty store (Baner Road) below the under construction metro station. The road was dug up and wasn’t restored. It is slowing down the traffic and causing a lot of inconvenience. Google Maps link provided.

https://t.co/CtcWQeHc3U

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@mumbaiheritage Marine Drive

[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute @BhandarkarI]

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[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@smitadeshmukh Aurangzeb of politics

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@80s90sCricket Botham had a swag similar to Viv Richards..absolute delight to watch both of them when in full flow..

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@RoadsOfMumbai There should never be autos in South Mumbai. Why are they in the suburbs? - this question has no relevance - clock can’t be turned back.

[Yogendra Jog @yogijog]

@RoadsOfMumbai Our civic sense was near zero and with time it has probably turned negative..