Dwiti Krishna Mishra

The first one to have introduced Paragliding at Deomali Koraput #Paragliding #AdventureTime #Odisha #Mountains #Koraput #Deomali

@mananbhattnavy Cdr Nkhil Joshi, happened to be my Exo on Vidyut, a very fine officer. This incident happened post this tenure

24 March 2015: 25 nautical miles off the coast of Goa On a moonless night in March, the Arabian Sea swallowed an aircraft whole and kept two souls in its depths, leaving a nation to mourn what the waves had claimed. At 2200 hours, the radio at INS Hansa crackled with a routine message that would be the last words anyone on the ground would hear from the crew: "Ops Normal." Inside the cockpit of the Dornier Do-228 maritime surveillance aircraft, three officers of the Indian Naval Air Squadron 310 the famed "Cobras" were executing a night training sortie that demanded they fly as low as fifty feet above the black water, testing the limits of machine and nerve. Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi, a veteran with four thousand flying hours, was at the controls. Beside him sat twenty-four-year-old Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori of Udaipur, an electronics engineer who had turned down lucrative corporate offers to wear the Navy's wings, the first in his family to be commissioned as an officer. In the rear, operating the aircraft's sensors and surveillance systems, was twenty-seven-year-old Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat, a "Cat C" qualified Observer with over 750 hours of flying experience. She had marched down Rajpath only two months earlier as part of the Navy's first all-women contingent at the Republic Day parade, and was married to a fellow naval officer, Lieutenant Vivek Singh Chhoker. Born into a Navy family, she had lived her entire adult life in uniform — "Born in the Navy, joined the Navy, married in the Navy," as her family would later say. At approximately 2208 hours, the aircraft vanished from the Naval Air Traffic Controller's radar screen. It had been gaining altitude after a low-level pass when something went terribly wrong. The Dornier, one of the workhorses of India's maritime reconnaissance fleet since its induction in 1991, plunged into the sea. In the chaos, Commander Joshi ejected and was rescued about an hour later by a local fishing vessel, a miracle on a night that offered few. What followed was one of the most extensive search-and-rescue operations the Western Naval Command had mounted. Twelve ships, four aircraft, and teams of naval divers scoured the dark waters. INS Makar, a naval hydrographic vessel, deployed its side-scan sonar and detected a large metallic object lying fifty to sixty meters beneath the surface. It was the fuselage of the Dornier, broken but intact enough to hold its secrets, and its dead. Late on 26 March, divers from INS Matanga reached the wreckage. Inside the fuselage, they found Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat. She became the first woman officer in the Indian Navy, and indeed, in all three services, to die in the line of duty. The next morning, they recovered Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori from the same shattered shell. Both bodies were brought back to Goa with the solemnity reserved for those who give everything in service of the nation. Abhinav Nagori was a man of quiet passions. An avid swimmer, a nature lover who spoke to his plants like children, a violinist who filled his quarters with music, and a cook who experimented with recipes when he wasn't studying flight manuals. He had dropped every civilian job offer that came his way after engineering college because the Navy was his "first love." In his twenty-four years, he had managed to pack more purpose than many find in a lifetime. Kiran Shekhawat was known among her peers as the "Iron Lady." A first-class B.Sc. graduate in Physics from Andhra University, she had spent part of her childhood in Tokyo and spoke Japanese with the same ease she handled surveillance radars. She was bold, far-sighted, and fiercely committed to changing the role of women officers in the Navy. Her peers described her as upright, courageous, and devoted — an ideal daughter, sister, and wife who always placed service before self. The Arabian Sea does not forget. And neither must we. Jai Hind.

@MumbaichaDon Prayers for safety of the people 🙏

Horrific! Devastation caused by the floods & landslides in Keyi Panyor District in Arunachal Pradesh. Let's pray for safety of our brothers & sisters. Rescue & Rehabilitation work also becomes very difficult in this challenging terrain.

@nehaGurung1692 Looking forward to it 😃

Welcome to my Homestay! 🌿 After months of planning and hard work, Champ Homestay in Maram is finally up and running — and I couldn’t be more excited to share it with you all. Nestled in Bungam Village, 6km from Maram-Peren Road, this place is built for peace, good food, bonfire nights, and memories with friends and family. Wake up to fresh mountain air, stunning views, and birds chirping. We’ve got cozy rooms from ₹700/night, home-cooked meals, and easy access to historic spots like Yangkhullen and Willong Village. We also have a common hall for events, tent camping, pickup/drop, and local guides if you want to explore more. Come as a guest, leave as family 💚 Bookings now open — call me at 9108557877 / 9774023840 / 8974601318 to reserve your stay!

@manas_muduli As the saying goes, Ghar ki murgi daal barabar.

When China does it: Innovation. When India does it: Complaints. An Indian startup has developed a filterless “dust-capturing solution” for urban streets, designed for outdoor use. If the same had been developed and deployed in China, many would have gone gaga over it and shared it widely. But when India does it, they criticise. 📍Bhubaneswar, Odisha

@gargiuvacha It's the best way to gain traction, speak ill of accomplished individuals and world renowned organisations

This person talking on Isha running crematoriums is either uninformed or deliberately dishonest. Isha is not “entering the cremation business.” It has been running Kayantha Sthanams in partnership with government bodies for years, with 33 crematoriums. In Tamil Nadu, Isha also offers free cremation services for below-poverty-line families. Its facilities use LPG, pollution-control measures, hygienic amenities, mortuary vans, mandapams for rituals, and trained staff. Why were they invited to Bihar? Because the model has worked. A decade-plus track record of dignity, efficiency, transparency, and corruption-free functioning is precisely why governments are trusting Isha with more such crematoriums. Bihar is not a random experiment. It is an expansion of a successful model. Similar requests have come from many other places too, because the need is real. The purpose is simple: dignity in death. A fixed standard fee, decided by the government, is charged to prevent exploitation. This fee is not randomly decided by Isha. It goes towards operation and maintenance of the facility. That means the family knows the cost upfront. No hidden bargaining. No random tips. No ad hoc “adjustments.” No middlemen turning grief into a revenue opportunity. This matters because everyone knows how crematorium costs often work on the ground. The official rate may look low on paper, but by the time wood, transport, rituals, informal payments, queue handling, priest/barber charges, “tips,” and local pressure are added, the real cost can become many times higher. Isha’s model cuts through that by putting the cost, process, and responsibility into a transparent structure. What exactly is the “profit” here? Cremation is not a money-making business. It is dignity in death. It is a service that requires staff, fuel, maintenance, vehicles, infrastructure, cleanliness, waste management, and operational responsibility. A government fixed charge for running such a facility is not profiteering. It is transparency. Bihar’s Bans Ghat arrangement reflects the same logic. The Patna facility has 18 cremation platforms, can handle around 50 cremations a day, and the fee is ₹3,500. The point is dignity, order, cleanliness, and freedom from exploitation. So the real question is not: “Why is Isha charging?” The real question is: why is he uncomfortable when a corrupt, opaque, exploitative system is replaced by a fixed-cost, cleaner, dignified, government-trusted model? When the poor get free service, the common family gets a fixed cost, and the departed get a dignified farewell, calling that “premium business” is not fact-checking. It is propaganda.

@Amitavdoc @bmcbbsr @safabhubaneswar @bmcbbsr @HUDDeptOdisha why such kind of shoddy work. Looks like someone worked without any commitment for his profession or without payment

@bmcbbsr @safabhubaneswar this is at entrance of Samanta vihar,near BMC office,almost a year,no action by BMC.Dug up road,may cave in any moment.

@anilsrinivasan @lydian_official You have put music in his veins. Enjoy his ride. God Bless 💐

So proud of you my dear child @lydian_official How time has flown, and how far you have travelled in this journey. I couldn't be prouder as an uncle. Congratulations on Symphony no.1 !!

Let's achieve Zero Litter. I want Nagaland to stand as an example of Conscious and Mindful Tourism. Zero concretisation of areas in proximity of Tourist Sites. All amenities should be made from local vegetation. Rs 1000/- per person charge for Dzukou Valley trek. Hefty fines on people not adhering to guidelines.

Serious question for all of you, मेरे प्यारे दोस्तों: What's the one thing you'd love to see or experience in Nagaland at least once in your lifetime?

@tdsinghsays @BSF_India God Bless Kiddo, Join the Navy see the World

From watching the Indian Armed Forces serve in Jammu and Kashmir to becoming an officer in the same fraternity, it has been a long and challenging journey, inspired in no small measure by our father’s 36 years of service in the @BSF_India. I am immensely happy and proud of my younger brother, Simrandeep Singh, on his commissioning into the Indian Navy. #Indianarmy #Indiannavy @IN_NavalAcademy

@ilah108 Envious 🤪

In my natural habitat 🧿

@shantiswarup4u Keep it coming 😀

Khasadaa falls in Chandragiri could be the only water-fall in India where we can drive through in our cars 😃 #ILoveMyOdisha ❤️ #ଖସଡ଼ା_ଜଳପ୍ରପାତ #Gajapati

@CommanMan777589 How cruel 😔

A Bengali woman carrying a British merchant on her back… 📸 This photo was taken in 1903, at the height of British colonialism in the Indian subcontinent. This isn't just a picture… it's a slap in the face to all those who sing the praises of "Western civilization." This is the true face of colonialism, which they still try to beautify in history books. It's slavery and the humiliation of human beings, the crushing of human dignity, simply because they don't belong to the white race! And then they ask you about terrorism… The history of Western colonialism is full of massacres, slavery, plunder, and starvation… But they reduce terrorism to oppressed peoples struggling for their dignity! 🩸 The effects of what British colonialism did in India—the killing, starvation, plunder, and contempt for humanity—are still evident today. Millions were killed, wealth was stolen, and generations were displaced… all under the banner of a false "enlightenment"!

@hukum2082 They sacrifice life's and careers at one go. Warriors truly never aspire for ranks and double whammy is, crying baby gets the milk. Like every profession, you need to highlight your achievements, warriors don't give a damn

That sinking feeling when you realise that none of your Kargil heroes made it to Higher Command. Late Maj.Sonam Wangchuk (MVC) - Col Capt.Balwan Singh (MVC) - Col Capt.Sachin Nimbalkar (VrC) - Col Capt.Sanjeev Jamwal (VrC) - Col

@shantiswarup4u In vicinity is Ganda Hati waterfall

#Mankadadian #Waterfall #Gajapati is an under-rated gem 💎❤️

@37VManhas @YkJoshi5 Salute Sriman 🫡. Promotions and all mein kya rakha hai. Fauji, desh seva mein hazir hai🙏

Meet Col Sanjeev Jamwal who along with Capt Vikram Batra on this day in 1999 captured Pt 5140 in Kargil War. “Oh Ya Ya” and then “Yeh Dil Mangee More” on radio set to @YkJoshi5 Sir. DURGA MATA and Capt Vikram Batra keep blessing we all. #FreedomisnotFree a few pay #CostofWar.

@shantiswarup4u Enjoy your journey, don't know how much time you have for Kalahandi. Two recommendations from my side. 1) Thuamul Rampur a tribal village and a hill station. 2) Dhokra Chanchara, one of the best Waterfalls of Odisha.

Good morning Twitteratis cute friends... I am back from this road trip which was about 600+ kms, 40 hours, 4 districts, 2-3 national highways, around 2-3 state highways and tons of local Odias. A lot to share in small packets. This is just a beginning of my 2 years old dream of covering 30 districts in 30 months (30 ମାସ 30 ଜିଲ୍ଲା) #Odisha

@DeveshwariBisht Yes, mountains big or small is always a humbling experience. It's divine

There is a kind of power in the mountains, when you are there, they provide you with a unique energy and you feel peace.

@arunbothra Jai Jagannath

Completed an important assignment at Rairangpur and now heading back to Bhubaneswar. Today morning a friend from Puri messaged that he had lit a lamp before Lord Jagannath and prayed for its successful completion. The duty is over now. I do not know what role the lamp played, but the gesture brought immense happiness. Some blessings are felt long before they are understood.

@richa_dudani Beautiful place 👌

Just a day in Landour, collecting views and quiet moments. ☁️

@Shibyash_17 🙏

Usually, a mother-in-law welcomes her daughter-in-law home. Today, the daughter-in-law welcomed her mother-in-law into her new home. ❤️ A beautiful reminder that love, respect, and gratitude make a family.