Her name is Sonia Meena.
She is a young officer, still in the early years of her career. She seized the trucks of one of the most feared mining mafias in her state. In return, she got a death threat. She kept going to court to give evidence against him anyway.
She came from Rajasthan, cleared the civil services examination in her early twenties, and was posted into the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
She was handed the kind of postings that break people, districts where the sand and mining mafia runs a parallel government, where trucks strip the riverbeds through the night and everyone, from the local strongman to the officials meant to stop him, has quietly agreed to look away.
She did not look away.
As a sub divisional magistrate, she went after the illegal sand mining directly. She impounded the loaded trucks of a powerful mining operator, a man used to being untouchable.
She did not accept the usual arrangement where the raid happens, the fine is paid, and the trucks quietly return to the river the next night.
So the threats began. The mafia boss she had taken on was reported to have threatened her openly. A formal death threat followed, serious enough that the state had to increase her security.
Here is the part that tells you who she is. Even under threat, she kept travelling to the other district to submit her evidence in court, in person, so the case against him would not collapse. The easy thing was to fall ill, to be busy, to let the file go cold. She refused.
She is not a famous name. She has no film about her. She is simply one of those officers who took the oath seriously, in a system that often punishes exactly that.
They thought a young woman in her first postings would be easy to frighten. They were wrong.
> Judges are public servants
> PM & CM are public servants
> MPs & MLAs are public servants
> IAS & IPS officers are public servants
> Every govt official is a public servant
These lines should be written on first page of every NCERT textbook.
Enough of the slavery mindset!
Prabal Pratap, you’re our hero.
We, the people of India, salute you, young man.
You risked your career and showed the judiciary its place by breaking the norm, replacing “Your Honour” with “Mr. Judicial Servant.” You reminded them that they are servants of the Indian judiciary and the people of India. You did what the people of the Republic of India wanted to do. You represent the ongoing condition and sentiments of the 1.4 billion people of this country.
Thank you for your service.
Thank you, Prabal Pratap. 🙏🏻🫡🇮🇳
62% of Indian resident doctors work more than 36 hours at a stretch. 86% report severe sleep deprivation. 97% earn less than an entry level civil servant. 76% are assaulted while on duty.
We can call ourselves civilised only when we learn to treat our doctors like they treat us.
A laborer working on a site near a hospital in Pune came to the hospital with his pregnant wife in an emergency. Dr. Ganesh Khairi examined the woman and said, "I have to perform a cesarean section immediately to save the mother and child." For a moment, the laborer thought he would be stuck with a huge expense, but with no other option, he allowed the doctor to perform the operation.
The operation was successful, and a daughter was born. The laborer's biggest question was how to pay the bill. When the laborer met Dr. Ganesh and asked how much the bill would be, Dr. Ganesh smiled and said, "I don't charge for the birth of a daughter." The laborer was astonished.
The doctor clarified, "Every daughter is an incarnation of Lakshmi. How can money be taken during Lakshmi's incarnation?" When I was studying, my mother told me that when God sends a daughter into this world, to help her and her family in every possible way. Obeying my mother's orders, I don't take any money at the time of my daughter's birth."
The laborer immediately fell at Dr. Ganesh's feet and said, "You are truly a manifestation of God." It's been a decade since Dr. Ganesh opened his hospital. In ten years, nearly 1,000 daughters have been born at his hospital, and not a single penny has been charged to the parents of any daughter.
Her name is Shreya Singhal.
She was twenty one years old, a law student, when she challenged a law that allowed people to be arrested for what they posted online.
She took the fight to the Supreme Court, and she won.
In 2012, two young women in Maharashtra were arrested.
One had questioned on Facebook why an entire city had been shut down after a politician’s funeral.
The other had simply liked the post.
Both were arrested under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.
The law made it a criminal offence to send online messages that were “offensive” or caused “annoyance” or “inconvenience.”
Those words were never clearly defined.
That meant almost any online post could become a criminal case if someone in authority decided it was offensive.
Across the country, people were arrested under the law for cartoons, jokes and criticism posted online.
Shreya Singhal was not a politician or a well known lawyer.
She was a student who believed the law violated the Constitution.
She filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging Section 66A.
The case took three years.
On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A in its entirety, holding that it violated the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and expression.
With one judgment, a law that had been used to make arbitrary arrests over online speech ceased to exist.
She did not fight with the backing of a political party or a powerful organisation.
She fought because she believed an unjust law should not survive.
A law that threatened the free speech of millions was struck down because one twenty one year old law student refused to stay silent.
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Every morning, the first thing Charmie Kapoor does is open her door to check the water bottles kept outside for delivery partners and anyone passing by.
If the bottles are empty, then she refills them.
She has been doing this for the last 2 years.
She also stuck a paper above the bottles in multiple languages so anyone can read it.
She says that people are really liking this and using it. On hot days, all the bottles get empty, and she refills them regularly.
When she is at home, she offers fresh water, but for the people who are shy to ask, this idea works well.
It's a 5 minute routine, but it can make someone's day easier.
After some effort, I was able to gather details of a 3 young #Meitei cadets who successfully passed out from the recent Passing Out Parade (PoP) at the IMA, Dehradun.
Congratulations to Lt. Rishav(1st) and Lt. Zelensky(2nd). Another Meitei officer is also among the newly commissioned officers, though his photograph could not be arranged.
Wishing all of them a distinguished career in service to the nation. Keep shining, Officers, and continue making the country and the community proud. 🇮🇳
@ManipurTimes@WorldMeeteiConv@meiteiheritage@manipurmygov@prodefkohima@adgpi
Dear @TRAI,
Imagine your recharge plan is going to expire in 2 days.
Imagine someone is following your sister late at night, and she is trying to call you for help.
Imagine you are injured on the road and desperately trying to call a family member.
But before the call even connects, telecom companies play long warnings like “your plan is expiring soon, please recharge” in two languages. During this warning, the actual call does not connect, and valuable time gets wasted.
In emergency situations, even a few seconds matter. These repeated recharge reminders are extremely frustrating.
We already know when to recharge. Customers should not be forced to listen to long, nonsensical warnings.
Please order all telecom companies to immediately stop these nonsense warnings before calls, or allow the call to connect while the warning plays in the background.
Be serious.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐡, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 $𝟐𝟐𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧!
𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰����𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 … 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲!
How long you will keep thinking, it’s a Manipur’s problem?
Who are the main beneficiaries?
Why the union govt is ignoring the issue in-spite of all the evidences?
What is the relationship of this narcotics business with SoO agreement itself?
How come Poppy cultivation was found in front of central security forces?
Note: Remember German/Tiger road, the SoO militant leaders who excavated a new road without environmental clearance and even proudly named it using their names, bypassing Imphal on way to Dimapur/Gauhati?
@narendramodi @AmitShah @IAjitDoval_IND
Dear National & International media,
This is Manipur right now at 10 PM IST (Friday, 17th April today). Is Manipur even a part of India? Why are you silent on Manipur? Wake up! No Justice, No Rest.
#HappeningNow
Singjamei | Manipur | 16-04-26
Shame! Shame!
Central security forces are destroying a CCTV camera at the scene of protest against the killing of children by Kuki terr0rists.
What are the security forces trying to hide?
What is it the "law enforcers" don't want to show the public when they are working in accordance with the law?
Many Meitei mothers have been injured by their actions.
Isn't this a self confession of their brutality?
These are the same forces who couldn't open the HW in Kangpokpi and who got beaten black and blue by Kuki mobs.
@YKhemchandSingh@NBirenSingh@LokBhavManipur@ndtv@IndianExpress@the_hindu
Son of a BJP MLA from Pichhore (Madhya Pradesh) ran over five people and arrogantly blamed the victims. He has a similar past case too. His father also has a glorious criminal record.
Look at his Thar: no number plate, sirens, modified lights, and his father’s photo and designation in bold. He must have been roaming like this, and no policeman would have dared act on these multiple RTO offences.
Given his confidence and our faith in the system, this time too he’ll face no action.
Happens only in Manipur India .
Security forces instead of securing the CCTV security camera,they destroyed it.
What can you expect from them??
Why wouldnt HM @AmitShah give an answer on this disgusting, disrespectful and disgraceful conduct of SFs.??
In #Manipur, children who are supposed to spend their days playing are now on the streets seeking justice for the 2 departed innocent lives. How can our children’s safety be assured when they are not even safe enough to sleep at home❓️
This is happening in INDIA 🇮🇳
#Tronglaobi
The footage is the Evidence of central security forces firing live bullets directly towards the angry protestors after the k!lling of two Meitei children by chin kuki terr0rists at Tronglaobi in Manipur.
While busy with election campaigns in Assam, 2 innocent lives were brutally lost, killed by #KukiTerrorists firing bombs in Tronglaobi early this morning at 1:00 AM. @YKhemchandSingh, will you act or just follow your master in Delhi? #KukiTerrorists#RevokeSoO@jeegujja
I am at a loss for words to express my anguish over the barbaric acts of #KukiTerrorists who brutally took innocent lives. Who will deliver justice for them? Are #Kuki truly peace-loving #Christian people? @HMOIndia, how long will you remain silent?
#RevokeSoO@diana_warep
#TomthinOinam playing with her little sister #LeisanaOinam before their home was bombarded by armed #KukiTerrorists (left). Right: their lifeless bodies, faces and heads shattered by the attack. Such cowardly acts echo the brutality we see in Palestine.
#JusticeforInnocent
Meet Priyanka Chaturvedi
Rajye Sabha MP from Maharashtra
-She raised the issue of corruption in the judiciary very boldly.
-She said that when corruption allegations are made against a politician or a government officer, action is taken and a proper investigation is conducted.
-However, in this case, no such action or investigation has taken place.
-She demanded that all three branches of governance — the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary — must be equal before the law.
-She also said that all of them should be accountable and open to scrutiny.
Thank you ma'am @priyankac19