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Legit move or just damage control for the student protests?

Legit move or just damage control for the student protests?

PM Modi announced a massive new initiative to provide AI skill training to 1 crore youths and launch a completely free online coaching network for competitive exams. He specifically called out how wildly expensive private coaching has become and the massive financial and emotional toll it takes on middle-class families.

While free educational resources are always a win on paper, the timing makes this look a whole lot like strategic damage control. Just weeks ago, the country saw massive, nationwide student protests over severe exam irregularities and paper leaks—backlash so intense that it forced the Union Education Minister to resign in July. The youth were completely fed up and out on the streets demanding accountability.

By suddenly rolling out a massive, state-sponsored coaching platform, the government is directly targeting the exact demographic that was just protesting. It reads like a classic political play to win back the trust of frustrated students and parents, offering a shiny new digital initiative to cool down the anger over the recent exam chaos instead of just focusing on the root corruption in the testing agencies.

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u/Potato-Patahto — 5 days ago
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Journalist Nivedita cried when Delhi Police tried to contain stone pelters. Now she's justifying Jharkhand Police's lathicharge on students. Hypocrisy

u/Potato-Patahto — 9 days ago
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A foreigner spent 10 years cleaning our stepwells... while we turned them into trash pits. 💔

This is Caron Rawnsley, an 80-year-old Irish heritage enthusiast who is known as “Paagal Saab” by the locals of Jodhpur.

While we walk past centuries of history every day without a second glance, an Irish man dedicated a whole decade to cleaning Jodhpur’s stepwells with his own two hands.

A foreigner restored our history while we looked away. When will we start taking accountability for our own heritage?

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u/21Kuranashi — 12 days ago

We always blame Indian parents for raising kids with biases, but no one is talking about what toddlers are watching on YouTube.

Whenever a young kid makes a joke about someone’s dark skin or body weight, our first instinct is to blame the parents. But watch modern kids' animation channels for five minutes, and you’ll see where so much of it actually starts.

Mass-produced rhymes constantly treat darker characters as comical caricatures, frame heavy bodies as cheap punchlines, and push fair skin as the standard for "pretty." Toddlers watch these on an infinite loop, and that catchy repetition quietly turns colorism and body shaming into normal vocabulary before they even hit school.

​It’s high time we, as elder siblings, parents, and guardians, closely pay attention to what we’re feeding our kids in the name of innocent entertainment. Don't just let the algorithm babysit—actively check what's playing on their screens and report these types of videos when you spot casual stereotypes.

What do you guys think about it?

u/Potato-Patahto — 6 days ago
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When will crowd start approaching things with neutrality 😑 ??

As soon as they see a abla naari , there all braincells die in 1 second 🥀.

Why can't they approach things with neutrality ???

u/21FinIndia — 12 days ago
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Will UPI actually stay free, or are shopkeepers going to start charging us extra for online payments?

With the government introducing legislative changes that allow for merchant fees (MDR) on certain UPI transactions, the official stance is still that UPI will remain completely free for end consumers and that only merchants will bear these charges.

But let's be real for a second, how does that actually work in the real world?

If a local shopkeeper or small vendor gets hit with a fee every time we scan a QR code, they aren't just going to absorb that loss. They will either raise overall prices on everyday items so everyone pays for it implicitly, put up a sign asking for extra rupees on UPI payments, or simply start demanding cash for small transactions. So even if banks don't deduct money directly from our accounts, the customer still ends up paying for it.

If you run a small business or shop, how would you handle these merchant fees? And as a customer, would you go back to carrying cash if vendors start asking for extra on digital payments?

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u/Potato-Patahto — 11 days ago