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‘Satluj’ Co-Writer Niren Bhatt: ‘If ‘Kashmir Files’ Can Exist, Why Is Our Film Weaponized As Anti-National?'
The Only New States India Needs , Up and Mp Need to be new states
I have made a district wise Map With yes considering many factors and not some random map from Internet , If you have any doubts Ask me , For Names it would probably be (1) Harit Pradesh (2) Awadh(3) Purvanchal (4) Bundelkhand (5) Malwa/Avanti (6) Mahakaushal with Capitals being meerut, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur
My inner Kashi nath, When I see certain Dabbang "OBC" communities, running caste based violent Mafia in my area. While their B team, protesting against "Brahminism" in alliance with Ms.
Madhya Pradesh reconstitutes Waqf Board under new law, includes Hindu members
Elections should not be the only measure of a governments performance or a method for voters to give feedback
I recently started watching Ajeet Bharti and Anand Ranganathan.
I was listening to this podcast, and they raised a point that I genuinely found worth thinking about.
Right now, the only decisive and unified way for the public to give feedback to the government seems to be through elections. And if election results are the only real marker, then the BJP has every reason to believe that it is broadly on the right track and doesn't need to change much.
So how does the common public actually raise its voice? How do you tell the leadership, clearly and collectively, that they are getting something wrong?
One could argue that CJP was such a movement, but it eventually got sidetracked, lost direction, and is now mostly mocked. In short, it failed to become a unified public voice.
Any movement led by the opposition faces a similar problem. There is a general distrust of the opposition, and frankly, they simply don't have the backing of the majority. The Lokpal movement was supposed to create some form of public accountability too, but look at where that ended up.
Using elections as a feedback mechanism is also a dangerous gamble. You vote the wrong people into power just to "send a message", and things can go dark very quickly. The pre-2014 era still gives me PTSD. I genuinely don't want this country going back to those times.
But that leaves us with a serious question:
How do ordinary people tell a government they otherwise broadly support that it is wrong on certain issues-without gambling the country's future in an election just to make their dissatisfaction known?
How do we create a credible, unified public voice that neither becomes an opposition front nor gets hijacked and turned into a joke?
Video for context: https://youtu.be/Ei1pRGcbl4c?si=XufPTLrg2RX1ZbCI, around 36:55.
Religious conversion threat: Case registered against 8 people: Allegations of communal slogans on complaint of woman in Sidharthnagar
Indian man molests flight attendant on Singapore Airlines plane
Why does this keep happening?
Maharashtra: A major landslide occurred on the Missing Link section of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway near the Khandala Exit. Consequently, the Mumbai-bound lane has been completely closed.
Maharashtra: A major landslide occurred on the Missing Link section of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway near the Khandala Exit. Consequently, the Mumbai-bound lane has been completely closed.
According to preliminary information, no casualties have been reported. Efforts are underway to open the route.
₹6,695 crore Missing Link was promised to avoid landslide-prone Khandala ghat and it’s been barely 2months since inauguration and a landslide has already shut it. add to that pothole-like patches & stone-fall reports.
Heavy rain was expected, so was project designed as promised?
Sources:
https://x.com/ANI/status/2073952397957935140
This one is even more scary:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pune/comments/1uoo2e7/infrastructure_has_gone_to_the_dogs_in_india/
Kerala story gets tax free but this film gets ban
Type of people in our self proclaimed "progressive" "Indian" "student" subreddit.
This is one profile that coincidently had their profile open to all, imagine how many "Indians" on this very beautiful "Indian Student" subreddit are actually 20 rupees/day paijaan chuds from superpawar paxtan
Very specific edge case in SIR, would anyone know what to do?
So there’s a 85 yo in my household who I’m helping fill the enumeration form for. The form asks for details of the previous SIR enrolment in 2002.
However, back then he was working in a govt job posted in Meghalaya, and moved back home to Bangalore after he retired in 2003.
Here’s where the issue is - back then, SIR happened in the NE states + J&K in 2005, while the rest of the country was done with SIR in 2002. Since he relocated in 2003, his name is missing in the SIR lists for both Meghalaya and Karnataka.
Is anyone in a similar situation or does anyone know what to fill in the form? I scheduled a call from the BLO on the ECI website but they haven’t called yet so am a little stuck - the guy at the BBMP office collecting the forms said he had no idea and asked to call the BLO (lol)
There’s an option to fill in a relative’s name but as he’s 85 his blood relatives are all dead (one cousin is still alive if that works? Idk)
Is anyone else in this situation - moved to Karnataka or some other state from NE / J&K in 2003 or later and therefore missed out on the previous SIR in both states? Long shot, I know, but thank you.
Stop Using "Saar" and "Brown Sepoy" Against Your Fellow Indians: Why Have We Internalized So Much Self-Racism and Self-Hatred?
Being part of so many online discussions, I have noticed a pattern in Indian comments. Both left leaning or right leaning, savarna or Dalits, religious or atheist, many of them use words like Saar or brown sepoy against their fellow Indians when in disagreement. It's not limited to just one group; people from every group does it, regardless of their religious or political orientation.
And it's incredibly disappointing to see that, because these words are not neutral words. "Saar" is a mockery of Indian accent, a racist stereotype used by foreigners to mock Indians. I don't know its exact origin, but I think it came from the call center scam videos which were circulating online.
Similarly, brown sepoy is used in the sense of a person serving foreign interest. The problem with that phrase is that it's a product of the colonial era, used by our oppressors. I don't think it's appropriate to use their colonial vocabulary to mock fellow Indians, no matter how wrong you think they might be.
Believe me, it doesn't make you look cool. It only reinforces the internalization of anti-India prejudice and racist stereotypes, along with a form of mental colonization, by adopting language rooted in the mockery or subjugation of India and its people.
EPFO's New PF Rules Explained: Faster withdrawals, three-day settlement and other key changes
Ayodhya Ram Temple Trust paid Rs 400 crore in taxes over past five years
indianexpress.comPM Modi embarks on six-day Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand tour: What's on the agenda? | Today News
First japan, then Seychelles and now this. Will do everything except giving a press conference heck hasn’t even said a word on Neet leak or E20. Two of the bustling issues in India. Even if Sonam wangchuk dies of hunger, nothing will happen.
Public Office Isn't a Family Business
If a policy directly or indirectly benefits a politician's family business, the public has every right to demand maximum transparency. Dismissing questions isn't enough show the data, disclose every decision, and remove every doubt. Public trust is earned through accountability, not outrage at scrutiny. If everything is above board, independent scrutiny should be welcomed, not feared.
Restraining order needed': Trump fuels feud with Meloni, takes a jibe at Italy PM ahead of Nato summit
US President Donald Trump has reignited his long-running public spat with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni just as both leaders prepare to meet at the Nato summit in Turkey.
Satluj Movie removed by Zee5 and Unavailable in India until Further Notice
global warming solution
translation- the world worry about global warming and I teach them by doing ganga aarti (ganga worship) that the solution to this is in worshiping(bhakti) nature