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Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu

“Last time we lost in Arambagh, Goghat, Khanakul, Pursura…but we spared you out of magnanimity. This time, I personally take responsibility. After May 4, I'll see whose father from Delhi comes to save them.” ~ Abhishek Banerjee’s open threat to voters.

The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee strongly condemns the brutal killing of Congress supporter, Debdeep Chatterjee, in Asansol, who was known to be working closely with Asansol North Congress candidate, Shri Prasenjit Puitandi, in a shocking incident of violence during the post poll phase. The victim was attacked and beaten by miscreants linked to the ruling All India Trinamool Congress and succumbed to his injuries shortly thereafter. This tragic incident exposes the complete collapse of law and order in the state and raises serious questions about the safety of opposition workers in West Bengal. The fact that such violence has occurred immediately after polling highlights a deeply disturbing pattern of political intimidation and vendetta. The Congress party stands firmly with the bereaved family and demands: * Immediate arrest of all those responsible for this heinous crime * A fair, impartial, and time-bound investigation * Adequate compensation and protection for the victim’s family It is deeply concerning that even an FIR had not been registered at the time of reporting, further indicating administrative apathy in the face of such a grave incident. The Indian National Congress reiterates that democracy cannot survive in an atmosphere of fear and violence. We will continue to raise our voice against such atrocities and fight to ensure justice for every victim.

Nobody thought it was weird in the big bang theory that Penny; a waitress, was able to afford rent in a building where two physicists with PHDs were roommates just to split rent?

Delhi High Court pronounces order on AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s recusal plea against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, while pronouncing the order, observed that as she began writing the judgment, “the courtroom had fallen silent,” leaving behind the solemn weight of her oath to the Constitution of India. She states that her silence as a judge itself had come under scrutiny, and that the issue at hand concerned not just her personal fairness, but the integrity of the judicial institution as a whole. The judge remarked that the easier course would have been to step aside without adjudicating the application, but she chose to decide the matter, as it involved the larger question of the institution. The Court noted that the task was made more difficult by the contradictory stands taken during arguments while it was asserted that there was no doubt on the judge’s integrity, a request was still made to transfer the case on the basis of a perceived apprehension of bias rather than any actual bias. The judge further observed that such a plea, in effect, places the judicial institution itself under scrutiny.