I got a visa to India and was supposed to leave this morning to attend the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad. I had been invited as a panelist and speaker on the future of media and press freedom.
But «orders from above» in the Ministry of Home Affairs have cancelled my visa.
Here is my message for @AmitShah
The board of Indian chess - the board of 100 GMs is complete! :) Thank you @vishy64theking for inspiring an entire nation! It took us close to 40 years to achieve this milestone!
The next 100 is going to be way faster! :)
You can never go wrong with the classics! 🏛️
White to play and draw.
Yes, White can push their h-pawn, but they must reckon with ...c3-c2+ — one misstep, and the whole house comes crashing down!
#chess#chesskala#chessranga#composition#solving#chessbaseindia
Every decision taken by Gyanesh Kumar has now been reversed. But reversing those decisions raises an even bigger question: If his actions were serious enough to warrant reversal, shouldn't there be consequences for the man responsible?
And more importantly, what if @RitikaChopra__ had never exposed this? What if there had been no public outrage? Would these decisions have ever been reversed?
How many such decisions go unquestioned simply because nobody exposes them?
@RShivshankar People underestimate you, you know, Rahul. You should be studied in a laboratory because how does a man with an entire ass for a brain just casually keep existing, typing out his all-caps drivel, and everyone else is like, eh its just Rahul Shivshankar
No matter what is happening in whichever part of the world, you can always rely on this fcuker to be holed up in his corner, frantically trying to figure out how to spin it in favour of Modi. Truly, no sycophant has sycophanted like this scophant. Fascinating specimen.
to the most respected finance minister. i have a doubt. please find time to answer me.
you say that the venue for a debate is the parliament.
you say that my home minister, amit shah has offered a special session to debate.
you say that if rahul gandhi - the leader of opposition, wants to debate my prime minister, he should come to the parliament.
ma'am, let's start by pointing out some facts.
jul 20 - the parliament session opens. narendra modi, the ever so hon'ble prime minister - addresses the media - outside the parliament. he asks for a fact-based debate.
jul 24 - Amit Shah's National Honour Bill is introduced in Rajya Sabha, by Nityanand Rai, who is MoS for home affairs. Jairam Ramesh asks "Where is the Cabinet Minister". This is present in the RS Transcript.
jul 29 - Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition - asks "why is the Home Minister not here today?". This is also present in the LS Transcript.
jul 30 - Rahul Gandhi asks "why Shah is so scared of coming to Parliament"
aug 4 - Amit Shah, is seen in the parliamentary complex. at an NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting. He Doesn't enter the house. as per reporting from Navbharat Live.
aug 6 - Mallikarjun Kharge, in Rajya Sabha, asks "Why is the Prime Minister not coming? Why is the Home Minister not coming?" as Per Kerala Kamudi - this is consistent with the RS transcript.
aug 11 - congress MP Manickam Tagore attacks the absent home minister. as per reporting by the ANI.
aug 12 - Amit Shah says to the media, "have been coming to Parliament regularly since the Session began; I sit in my chamber."
talking to the media, at around 12:30 PM, Amit Shah offered "If the Opposition wrote to the speaker, there would be a debate from 3 PM wednesday (12 aug - the same day) to 3 PM thursday (13 aug - the next day)
this was roughly a 2 hour window to submit the letter.
he further said "I will sit in the House; I will listen to everyone and respond to every point."
Rahul Gandhi said "We are not interested in listening to his lecture, Who shot those students? Who blinded that student? Who ordered the lathi charge?"
this referred to the Pellet Shots fired at the Student, Sahil Lochav. He asked about the Lathi Charge that happened in the protests on July 20th.
The Opposition wanted a statement from Shah about this, Shah wanted them to submit a letter to the speaker, in a window of roughly 2 hours - after not being present for 17 straight settings. with no recorded appearance.
aug 13 - Lok Sabha sits for 4 minutes. 11:00 AM to 11:04 AM. The National Song, Vande Mataram, is played. and then, the house is adjourned sine die. Both ever so honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shri Amit Shah were present on these days. for the 4 minutes.
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Respected Finance Minister Ma'am,
These were the facts I have pointed out. I have not said anything that was my own opinion. I have not framed the facts in a way that support any party. My facts were gathered by scraping Documents from the LS and RS portal, OCR'ing the PDFs, then parsing them and then Aggregating News Sources. - and pointing out facts from them. Cold, Hard, Records.
I have not asked any questions yet - which I will do now.
I am a human. I have evolved Pattern Seeking skills.
I spot a pattern here. I see that for the entirety of the Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Modi, and Home Minister Shah, did not utter a word on the record of the Lok Sabha. They were not present in the house except for the last 4 minutes, on the last day.
Shah says "He was sitting in his cabin",
Ma'am, I don't think debates happen when you sit alone in a cabin. It happens on the floor, where the other side can ask questions too.
I don't see a meaningful debate happening in an environment like the Parliament. I say this with utter disappointment.
If Parliament is the venue for debate, why did the two most senior members of the government not speak there once in 19 sittings? And why was the one offer to debate made to the press on the 18th day, with a deadline of a couple of hours?
Why are there "offers" even? I think it is your responsibility to be in debates because that is your entire job.
As you say, "Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them." -- Well, were Amit Shah or Narendra Modi, hearing the Questions being asked? They were not in the house even.
Please Answer my Doubts. I would be very obliged if you do so.
Regards,
Sarthak
If you want to understand the State of India’s education and our priorities, read this:
1. In Hyderabad, a university declared a holiday so that students can watch a movie.
2. In West Bengal, the Madhyamik exams were postponed as teachers were on census duty.
3. In Bareilly, schools were shut for a BJP padyatra about protecting democracy!!
4. In Ladakh, a school run by Soman Wangchuk is being asked to shut down.
5. In mumbai, 24 of the total 34 teachers of one school were moved to booth level officer duties.
6. In Karnataka, students got less scores as teachers busy on SIR duty couldn’t teach.
7. In Maharashtra, the election commission recommended alternate days of schooling so that teachers can do election related work.
8. In Maharashtra, 95 FIRs were filed against teachers who refused election work.
9. In Orissa, all schools were closed in a city during the PM’s visit.
10. Calcutta University moved its exams as Central forces were housed in 12 of its affiliated colleges and there was no space to hold exams.
Demographic dividend, any one?
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I’m just venting, so please don’t take offence.
I sincerely appreciate @INCIndia, @saptagiriulaka, @theliverdoc, and the locals for standing by Dr. Randall Sequeria and making every possible effort to help him when it mattered most. Thanks to @surheeta maam for offering legal help.
What is the use of these so-called doctors’ associations if they cannot take a stand for a medicine specialist who sacrificed his comfort to serve the tribals of Sijilami & Kutrumali, Odisha, raise their concerns, and stand by them? He was arrested and slapped with arbitrary charges simply for taking a stand!
This is what the so-called unity of doctors looks like. Is it any wonder that doctors are beaten across the country and so many are denied justice?
I will never forget how no doctors’ association stood by a senior doctor when the system harassed him for fulfilling his fundamental duty as a doctor, not merely engaging in politics. And yes he is still behind bars.
Pic- @IndianExpress & @theliverdoc .
@RahulGandhi