@JamesPGoddard90 LOL they are probably second or third generation American citizens now.
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Varun Krishnan
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Varun Krishnan
@varunkrish
Founder @FoneArena https://t.co/lf9vaRVosv - India's OG Tech Portal since 2005 | PC / Mac Hardware | Travel / Visas @flyingarena | Chief Tinkerer @FoneLabsindia
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Idi Amin is one of the reason Patels own 80% of motels in the USA
🇺🇬His African for The Africans ideology meant the chicken tikka masalas got booted out of Uganda in the 70’s
🇮🇳 Many of them went to America however they lacked the skills and qualifications to get well paying jobs
🇺🇬So what they did next was straight out of the Indian playbook. One Patel family bought a motel, the entire family lived in one or two of the motel rooms, they sacked all the staff and got the family members to work.
🇮🇳Then they undercut the competition, other motels charged $25 per night they charged $19 and repeated the process until they dominated the market.
🇺🇸It sounds like America needs legislation that prevents foreigners from owning businesses
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India’s aviation regulator DGCA has classified the following airspaces as High-Risk and has asked airlines to avoid the same
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Tell us you’re a frequent flyer without telling us you’re a frequent flyer. ✈️
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@varunkrish Ignore the ignorant losers who really want to believe the pilots crashed the plane. There's more than enough data in the prelim report to tell us there was a catastrophic failure. Case in point: the RAT deploying before the fuel switches were even touched. Based on factual data.
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PSA : Please do not fly on any Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner for your own safety for the time being. It is difficult to trust either Air India, Boeing or DGCA at this point. It has been nearly 8 months since #AI171 crash and nothing but a half-baked preliminary report has been published.
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First @qatarairways flight from Chennai to Doha #QR529 since Feb 28 is now airborne after continuous cancellations for 18 straight days. There is a new timing and another aircraft is operating as #QR528 to Chennai and will return tomorrow.
Interesting aircraft rotation!
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@Kenu73 Try this
Amma's Kitchen (South Indian Restaurant) share.google/KQtDCpsTz2n7u9…
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I have been using Uber a lot in Taiwan. You have multiple options in the uber and one of the option is to go by the meter, it gives you a range while you board and the final fare can be anything.
Took more than a dozen ubers, none of them tried scamming, 0 cancellation and everyone has put the exact meter reading that I could see at the end. (They have to do that at the end of trip after customer exits for final bill)
And drivers are very respectful, infact one even started playing Indian music after I sat in. This is how you win tourists and leave an impression on them.
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Why would anyone buy an expensive electrical appliance which has a higher chance of being faulty online especially on Amazon. Items which require service and manual installation are best bought offline. That said both @myluminous and Amazon should be pulled up for selling a defective product
Rohan Das@rohaninvestor
🚨 SCAM ALERT: Amazon & @myluminous Sold Me a DEFECTIVE Inverter & Now Nobody Is Helping I trusted Amazon… and this is what I got in return. I ordered a Luminous inverter from Amazon in December 2025, trusting the platform’s promise of quality. What I received instead was a defective product right out of the box. During installation, the service team of Luminous confirmed it was faulty and attempted a repair by changing internal components. But in just 2–3 days, it failed again. What followed is worse. A senior representative from Luminous (Raju) assured me of a replacement or refund. It has now been over 3 months - no replacement, no refund, no accountability. So let me ask - why are FRAUD companies allowed to sell on your Amazon platform? Why should customers suffer after trusting your brand? When I reached out to Amazon support, I was bluntly told by Customer relationship officer (Mohak) “Amazon can’t help anymore.” Both Amazon and Luminous have failed completely. I demand immediate action - replacement or full refund. If this is not resolved, I will be forced to escalate legally and publicly expose this experience further. Shame on this system. @amazonIN @AmazonHelp @AmitAgarwal @amazon ⚠️ Buyers beware - this could happen to YOU next.
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@localteaparty Even without any exchange, they will take a long time 😂they are inefficient by design
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Went to Croma recently to buy a phone. I knew exactly what I wanted. Guess how long it took for them to bill me after exchanging my old phone?
1 hour.
Scan the old phone, generate QR code, send to biller, enter mobile number, generate OTP, resend OTP, enter OTP, download ID proof, send to biller, upload ID proof, generate another code, oh we don't have stock in this color....ayyayyayyaya
Customer is not the king. Customer is the last incidental step in the giant data capturing industry.
The consumer industry is an absolute mess.
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@varunkrish It is 40minutes already and delayed on departure also; but do you know what mean 40 minites at 1000km/h? A lot of fuel! And check how many passenger are on this plane... this is just to show "we are flying and right now we don't need to refund you over 28 march". It is a joke.
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Terrible news, Iran has attacked LNG facility in Qatar after Israel stuck a field in Iran earlier.
Energy crisis doesn’t seem like improving anytime soon.
The aggression of both these countries continues unchecked and the United Nations is a sitting duck!
QatarEnergy@qatarenergy
QatarEnergy Statement on Missile Attacks on Ras Laffan Industrial City QatarEnergy confirms that Ras Laffan Industrial City this evening has been the subject of missile attacks. Emergency response teams were deployed immediately to contain the resulting fires, as extensive damage has been caused. All personnel have been accounted for and no casualties have been reported at this time. QatarEnergy will continue to communicate the latest available information. #Qatar
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@varunkrish Great news after that long pause. Any idea if frequencies are ramping up quick or still limited for now? @flightradar24 @qatarairways #Aviation #FlightTracking
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@varunkrish Check your facts, this is old. Airport has been evacuated.
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@GiorgioSkn Yes quite some detour but not too much, 30 mins additional flying time
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@varunkrish The plane is not following a direct route. It had to descend south, skirt Egypt, and then head up the Mediterranean to completely avoid blocked or missile-prone airspace. The flight has an accumulated delay of over two hours. It's burning a huge amount of extra fuel just to exist
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@Creyative2 @qatarairways Also Qatar has 25% stake in IAG which makes them part owner of BA :)
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@varunkrish @qatarairways Malaysian airlines, Srilankan airlines are both part of OneWorld alliance with Qatar Airways, giving them flexibility for interoperability, also using their home base,
QA is using their slots in Lon and Col to fly direct.
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Couple of interesting repatriation flights from @qatarairways
London to Kuala Lumpur
London to Colombo
I hope they consider setting up another base outside Doha as a backup!
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@Deepakg198625 @qatarairways Depends on dates of your booking. Pl contact them. Cant assume.
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@varunkrish @qatarairways I have a question -
Does this mean people with pre-booked tickets involving these locations, will we be automatically booked on these flights for that given day or do these have to be booked separately..if it's the latter, what would happen to our prior booking?
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@ChennaiFlights @qatarairways New timings though as they are trying to keep operations limited to certain hours daily
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