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@TARUNspeakss White House corrspondents dinner guests took away wine bottles. There are all kinds of people, everywhere.

You know your society has hit the trough when first thought that comes in mind of people, after witnessing an accident, is to loot the person instead of helping him. They are stealing soft-drink bottles. India sarrrr, 6th largest economy sarrrrrrr!!

So you are saying that in a Chinese conflict, we will choke China via this point? You are very intelligent: you are fully aware that we have no bargaining power versus the Chinese. With $110 billion deficit, our economy runs on China and will close down if they turn off the taps. We have no cards versus them or versus America either. While we are on this subject, why did we so meekly give up on Gwadar? That was supposed to be a counter to CPEC Chabahar, right? I am not interested in the politics of Nicobar project. I am only questioning whether the strategic value you are writing about at all exists in reality given our weakness and meekness qua the 2 genuine superpowers

@Baytaal @virsanghvi Why does Assam and TN need to wait for weeks?

@virsanghvi When Assam and Tamil Nadu can wait for weeks to count votes..why can’t West Bengal wait for few days?

Frankly it’s crazy to count votes several weeks after they have been cast in several states. The EC says that it is impossible to do it any quicker Even if this is true (which I doubt) then how can anyone support simultaneous elections for centre & all states as the BJP wants?

@itsasreddy @virsanghvi Can your brain understand his question?

@virsanghvi 2024 general elections were held for over a month, and it’s very normal for all general elections which coincides with state assemblies too. What’s your brain doing till date in asking this question

In case you’ve forgotten. Here’s the recap😅

Sunday musing: A friend raises a good point: why do we need 4 days @ECISVEEP after final voting for counting to begin? Think about Kerala and Assam: EVMs have been kept in strong rooms for almost 4 weeks. Doesn’t happen in any other part of the world.

Union Minister CR Patil got suspended from Police Head Constable job for liquor sale. Then dismissed by Gujarat Police for being caught for liquor trade. Liquor is prohibited in Gujarat for past 70 years. Then he joined BJP & became President of Diamond CoOp Bank. Was in Jail for Rs.600 cr bank fraud. Got bail from SC on promise - he will deposit Rs.300 crore in 6 months. Again jail for keeping promise of bail condition. Next year he paid and released from 3 year jail life. Became BJP MP and in 2019 became BJP Gujarat State President. 2024 onwards Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga Modiji’s Cabinet Minister!

A content creator reveals that government PR reached out to her even before the news of LPG price hike broke, asking her to justify the price hike by comparing it with other countries

Why all the cases of MPs, MLAs go to one judge only and especially in opposition case? And CJs give these cases to that particular judge everywhere and we can see through the judgements in the last few years. It’s like rigging the whole system. — Listen to Kapil Sibal Ji

Trump on US Navy Seizing Ships: It’s a very profitable business. We’re like pirates.

Err . . . Let's see 🤔 Swami Vivekananda - Non vegetarian Ram Krishna Paramhansa - Non vegetarian Subhas Bose - non vegetarian But but but . . . . . ADOLF HITLER - VEGETARIAN! See, how that works? Idiotic!

IMPORTANT: as predicted and expected, prices of 19 kg Commercial cylinder has been increased by Rs 993 from today. A 19 Kg cylinder will cost Rs 3071.50 in Delhi from today. No change in domestic cylinder prices. Elections over, exit poll drama done, reality strikes! 🙏

NDTV’s 10th straight quarterly loss says everything we need to know about the takeover. A media company that is reportedly losing nearly ₹100 crore in just three months is still being kept alive, not because it makes business sense, but because it serves a larger political purpose. No corporate house keeps losing money like this out of love for journalism. The point is simple - this was never a business decision. It was about control. It was about owning a platform, shaping the narrative, and keeping a propaganda machine running for a political master. The Delhi High Court quashing the Income Tax notices against Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, and imposing a ₹2 lakh cost on the department, makes the picture clearer. Those cases now look exactly like what many had said from the beginning - pressure tactics to weaken the founders before the takeover. So this is not just about NDTV’s losses. This is about media capture. A big corporate house willingly bleeding money to run a news channel tells us what the takeover was really for. Not profit. But Propaganda. Not business. But political obedience. Nothing we did not know. Just saying it out loud again. #NDTV #MediaCapture #CorporateMedia #IndianMedia #MediaIndependence #PropagandaMachine #PoliticalControl

@SMahashur @ravihanda Shokz open is a great option 👌

@ravihanda Shokz.

Need headphones / earphones / earpods for my Dad. He needs something on which he can listen to songs while he is on his morning walk and has his phone in his pocket. Any recommendations? He has a Redmi phone.

The reason most people stay average is because that’s how normal distribution works 😭

Interesting: a day after polling ends in West Bengal, ED chooses not to oppose regular bail to Vinesh Chandel, co-founder IPAC in an alleged money laundering case. Raat gayi, baat gayi?🙏

Did you guys know that the judges that issued international arrest warrants for Netanyahu were sanctioned by the United states and as a result are completely unable to access their bank accounts or do any banking due to Visa and Mastercard?

@shantanugoel @ravihanda It's just a question of following the trail, getting to the bottom. Each account is supposed to be heavily KYC'ed and verified. The follow thru investigation needs will from the top. Not sure while its lacking.

There isn't much that police does to go beyond first level connections in most cases. Even when they do I don't think there are enough convictions. If they did, yeah they could curb it. A lot of scams even run out of proper office buildings but a lot of police is paid off/involved. In many cases, bank employees are involved.

I have a very basic question about cyber fraud - how does it actually work? These are all transactions that happen in white money. Bank accounts need PAN, Aadhar, Mobile, address proof. If the money is still in accounts, it can be frozen and refunded. They cannot withdraw lakhs and crores in a couple of days via ATMs because of cash withdrawal limits. How is it such a big problem without any solution.

Last 5 days of shoot: >Boat ride in Bengal >Temple visit in Kolkata >Roadshow in Gangtok >Football in Gangtok >Temple visit in Varanasi Who is actually running this country?