#WATCH | Jodhpur, Rajasthan | On open letter to Priyanka Gandhi about her statement on IIT Madras Director Professor V Kamakoti, IIT Jodhpur Director Avinash Agarwal says, "He has made major contributions to the country such as original technology development for defense, Make in India initiatives, and advancements in chip technology aimed at making India self-reliant... The political leaders dragging this into political matter are disgraceful and low-class and we urge them to maintain a higher standard of discourse... We should set a good example for future generations... Such unnecessary politicization and humiliation of scientists discourage the academic community... An ideal political leader should retract their remarks and apologise in such situations..."
Testimony of a police officer’s daughter: My father was on duty at Jantar Mantar. He was almost lynched. He remained unconscious for hours. He was brought home drenched in blood. His attackers are now filing complaints against him.
The price of bravery in this country is blood.
@ANI She always reminds me of a special person who always irritates us on the train or at any happy occasions. By the way no one knows clapping better than them. Why there is no signature style clapping? It's undermining the protest.
@ANI These types of posts from Dawood lover certify that toolkit is running on the name of paper leak. Maaro in berozgar cockroach ko don't know why the state is acting so softly.
Every great scientist was once dismissed by their peers and ridiculed by the public as a madman for their ideas, only to be vindicated decades later as a visionary who changed the world.
The same will happen with Shri Nitin Gadkari. He is facing criticism now, with people calling him names and even abusing him, but remember, one day a Maruti Alto running on 100% ethanol will beat Ferrari in an F1 race, an Indian growing up drinking govt-supplied 100% ethanol from the tap will break Usain Bolt's 100m Olympic record, Vande Bharat running on 100% ethanol will break the space-time continuum and reach Mumbai from Delhi in minus 6.023 x 10²³ seconds, and the first human manend rocket that lands on Pluto will run on 100% ethanol. Only then will people realize who Gadkari truly was.
It is safe to say that he is India's answer to Elon Musk.
@sagarikaghose:
Sagarika Ghose, please spare us the sanctimonious sermon.
You slithered into public life on a silver platter handed to you by Mamata Banerjee when she nominated you to the Rajya Sabha. Your entire so-called “career” in politics is nothing but a pathetic handout, courtesy of one single phone call from Mamata Di. You are personally,
embarrassingly obliged to her. Your public life? It exists solely because of her benevolence. You have done absolutely nothing for Bengal. You have never lived a single day in Bengal. For all we know, your “entry” was exactly that, a cosy little phone call from Didi.
So get the hell off that high moral horse you’re prancing on, you nominated nobody.
Those who have actually contested elections, those who have sweated it out door-to-door, faced the voters, and won their seats the hard way, know the real public mood of Bengal far better than a Rajya Sabha parachute ever will. That mood is the boiling anger built up over years of Mamata’s anarchic, family-run mafia rule and her darling bhaipo’s antics. Bengal is exhausted, disgusted, and finished with their toxic communal politics and shameless minority appeasement.
If these leaders are finally aligning themselves with the thunderous public verdict delivered in the last election, they are not “traitors”. They are doing what real politicians do: listening to the people who elected them. Their standing in public life was earned in the trenches, not gifted through a phone call nominating them to the Rajya Sabha like some entitled freeloader.
You, meanwhile, sit pretty on your unelected perch, lecturing everyone about “loyalty” and “convictions” while you yourself are the walking definition of purchased loyalty. The hypocrisy is not just breathtaking , it is downright disgusting.
SHAME on you.
Why is the West not curious on the great Indian 🇮🇳 civilization?
This week Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Norway. The government rolled out the red carpet. King Harald invited for lunch. All bigwigs of Norwegian business turned up. This is of course as it should be at such a historic visit.
Rather different was media. No curiosity, no real attempt to understand India. When the third most powerful man in the world visits Norway, you may expect some real interest? An attempt to understand the world’s third largest economy, a global green leader, one of the world’s brightest civilizations??
It’s not that Norway is overrun with visit at this level. Last Indian top visit was Indira Gandhi in 1983. Last Chinese president visit was 1996, last American president was 2009.
Here are some taste bits from Norwegian media:
* Aftenposten the largest newspaper printed a caricature of Modi as a snake charmer, many found it racist and derogatory. The accompanying article (written by an otherwise brilliant journalist) described Modi as a “slightly annoying man” and simply showcased that India is not high on the papers reading lists.
* Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), the state broadcaster, explained “why prime minister Støre is clearing his desk to receive Modi”. From everyone outside Norway I got exactly the opposite question: Why did Modi use his valuable time in such a small and insignificant place?
* Dagsavisen, a left of center daily, sent a young journalist to throw questions after Modi - claiming that India is 157 on a global democracy ranking. When a ranking is so contrary to common sense - why doesnt she ask those who created the ranking why they spread such nonsense?
I am not aware of one Norwegian journalist closely following India. NOT ONE! How can the public learn more?
Unless you believe democracy only fits a handful of small, homogenous, ultra rich western nations, India is the miracle of democracy. The large, complex, lingustically and religiously diverse nation with many poor people - which has etablished a vibrant democracy and is much less violent than Europe or America.
India can in fact make a claim to be the worlds most homegrown and impressive democracy.
We are entering the Asian century. Unless we Europeans become more curious - to civiliazation, history, politics and economy in the Global South - we will become the big losers of history.
@tiwari_akash_ Yes, we retailers are extremely ‘aware.’ Even after endless media and social media clarifications, we’re still happily buying Parle Industries thinking it’s Parle Products — and proudly taking the stock to upper circuit for the second straight day.
@davidfrawleyved This is very true. Visit any big societies like Lotus Boulevard and Spacia in Noida Sec 100 and instantly you will notice the same. Most of house helper seems to be Bangladeshi they are neither speaking Hindi nor Bengali. Goverment must do proper check and crackdown.
One mother forbade medicines to the dying, converted them, then laughed at the death count; the other mother has provided free treatment to 5.9 million, built 13 million sqft, 95 OT, 101 speciality, 4050 bed hospitals employing 1540 doctors.
The first mother got the Nobel Prize.