Sagar Tanksali

In 2001, I was standing in the check in queue at BLR to return to Middle East. There were just two other passengers in front of me. That's when I made a decision to not proceed. Came out of the queue and went home to Belgaum. A few years of intense struggle followed. I had to go to UK - not to work but to get an MBA - leaving my family (wife and two daughters) behind. On returning I was forced by the circumstances to accept the first job that came my way. Worked hard and moved up the ladder across companies until becoming SVP in a major software house. Left that job to start my own business in a completely different area in 2014. Now, almost 12 years later, my company is the global industry leader in its segment and, more importantly, I enjoyed every minute after that fateful day in 2001. Hard work does pay!

With so many anti-India narratives going around, here’s my story. I was born into a lower middle-class Brahmin (UR) family in a small village. I studied in a government Kannada-medium school and continued my entire education,right up to my super-speciality in cardiology—through the merit quota. I completed my schooling, pre-university, and MBBS from BMC , MD in Medicine from Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, and DM Cardiology from SGPGI all at a nominal cost. (The maximum annual fee I paid during my MD was around ₹8,000.) In short, I received a high-quality education at an extremely affordable cost. Today, my wife ( medical oncologist)and I have chosen to return to our native place, serving semi-urban and rural communities. At one point, I wanted to join a premier teaching cardiology institute in Bangalore, but I couldn’t afford the “informal costs” that were expected. So I moved into the corporate sector where, merit, skill, and hard work are better recognized. I now earn a decent annual income. I own a comfortable 6000 sq. ft. home, a German luxury car, and two other vehicles. We employ household staff and a driver. Most importantly, a majority of my patients come from lower middle-class backgrounds, and nearly 70% of my cases are covered under the Ayushman Bharat scheme so my work is a balance of service and sustainability. My parents live just a few hundred meters away, and I’m available whenever they need me. The cost of living and support systems here make this possible. I pay a substantial amount in income tax every year. Yes, India has its flaws,corruption, bureaucracy, pollution, and lack of basic civic sense. But portraying it as a hopeless “hellhole” or comparing it to failed states is simply not true. I came from very modest beginnings and built a comfortable, fulfilling life close to family, with professional satisfaction and financial stability. Those who choose to go abroad have their reasons, and that’s perfectly fine. But this country doesn’t lack opportunity. For those willing to work hard and stay rooted, India can offer a meaningful and rewarding life. I love my country—not because of who is in power, but because of the opportunities it provides. Jai Hind

It is dangerously naive to believe that any such infrastructure would not have been blown away by the U.S. forces in the first few days of the war. In that case, not only would India have lost all the investment but ended up with bonus egg on the face.

Socialism is the flat earth theory of economics.

On her third solo and the young pilot loses her nose gear. Another pilot waiting for departure clearance guides her down. Lovely video/audio! He didn’t know her… but the moment she needed help, he became her dad in... youtube.com/shorts/ef1yqBa… via @YouTube

We understand there's been some concern around Flight IC3401. There was absolutely no technical issue with the aircraft. Due to bad weather over Hubballi, the flight was diverted to Bengaluru in line with standard operating procedures. Our experienced pilots and crew handled the situation efficiently. There was zero compromise on safety. For certain flyers, such conditions can feel unsettling. The flight remained safe throughout.

So, 'panic was caught on camera'! This begs the question, if the person had the presence of mind to video record, was it really panic? Or, was it #ContentCreation? Still, @fly91_IN should clarify why was the flight diverted to #VOBL when #VOBM, #VOGA, #VOGO (#Fly91's HQ) and even #VAKP were available much closer. I have no doubt there were very sound reasons for diverting to Bangalore but, such reasons must be made public to stop the aviation illiterate people (especially journalists) from making adverse speculations. indiatoday.in/india/story/fl…

THE "SAFETY" MYTH — TRANSPARENCY VS. CENSORSHIP 🇮🇳📂 The Pune Su-30MKI hard landing (April 18, 2026) is being used by trolls to mock the #IAF safety record. But they are missing the most critical "Second-Order" truth: Visibility Not Equal to Incompetence. 1. The Democracy Tax (Transparency): - In India, a hard landing at 10:25 PM is a headline by midnight. The IAF Media Coordination Centre issues a public statement, and Union Ministers provide war-footing updates on runway repairs [1.1, 4.2]. - The Reality: We know every tire burst and technical snag because the IAF operates in a vibrant, transparent democracy with a free press. 2. The Informational Black Hole (Neighbors): - Compare this to neighbors who operate under Informational Lockdowns. 🤫 - When an aircraft crashes in an authoritarian state, it is scrubbed from social media within minutes. Independent analysts only "discover" crashes months later via satellite imagery of scorch marks on runways. - The Myth: They don't have "fewer accidents"; they just have 100% censorship. 3. Operational Tempo & The "Mixed-Fleet" Strain: - The IAF flies the most diverse combat fleet in Asia—Sukhois, Rafales, MiGs, and Tejas—in the world’s most extreme terrains (Siachen to Rajasthan). 🏔️🏜️ - The Logic: High-intensity combat training + extreme environmental stress = higher technical failure rates. The Bottom Line: A professional air force that tests its limits in public is inherently superior to a "Parade Force" that hides its failures in the dark. Is your perception of "safety" based on real flight data or just better state-controlled PR? Quote this if you value operational transparency. 🧵👇

@Vinod_r108 @1030478480abc It's a golden jackal, most likely a juvenile.

@1030478480abc Yes

Sometimes a small act of kindness can change an entire life... Thank you human for your kindness 💖🤗

@ShashiTharoor @INCKerala @INCIndia True. The pictures don't show it at all! In fact, one would assume, without the benefit of your explanation, that you were in a funeral meeting.

My closing press conference at @INCKerala headquarters today. My message was upbeat, though these pictures don’t show it! I believe people will vote for a change of government on April 9 and we will win a resounding victory. #ThinkTomorrowVoteUDF @INCIndia

Cab driver gyan, perhaps!

Resolve, unfortunately, is not the same as (forex) reserve!

@MariaDavidson Another data point is needed here: changes in the number of cops. I'm sure the numbers have dropped considerably.

California's population grew 0.4% in the last decade. The number of state employees grew 24.5%. Total state spending grew 48%, inflation adjusted. You have to ask - where did all the money go?

Slavery was practiced in India predominantly by the Muslim royalty. They imported slavery into India from the middle east and Persia. There's no word in any Indian language for 'slave'! The word 'gulam' is a Persian import into Indian languages. 'Daasa' (which many people conflate with 'slave') means 'servant' and not slave.

Alarming!

@GabbbarSingh "what would you have done?"!! Well, for starters, I would blockade the Karachi port, end overflyiing rights, ensure that Pakistani fishermen cannot venture out etc. Sky literally is the limit. And, of course, kick Paki players out of IPL.

And you wonder why your dad loves Modi ji so much, coz he has seen this x.com/devzoy/status/…

I have a q here. Did #Jinnah really think of a country made up of pious Muslims? Or, was he interested in getting his own country (he knew he couldn't overrule Gandhi's preference for a pliant Nehru)? Did he use the islamic card as a convenience? It's also well known that he knew he had TB and was a lost cause.

Why Dhurandhar 2 has upset Pakistanis 1. First of all, it must be understood that Pakistan is not an end in itself, but the means for the eventual conquest of India. Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his Muslim League cohorts were clear that Pakistan was just the beginning and their followers had to work long-term for Ghazwa e Hind. 2. Pakistan is thus the original al-Qaeda - the base. Jinnah's Muslim League compared the (partial) exodus of Muslims from India to Pakistan with the hijrah of 622 CE - the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina. In Jinnah's view, just like Muhammad and his followers returned eight years later in 630 CE to conquer Mecca, and cleansed the Kaaba of idols, the Muslims of Pakistan would triumphantly return to India as conquerors and plant the flag of Islam on Delhi's Red Fort. 3. This Ghazwa e Hind is the ultimate fantasy of many Pakistanis. From Iliterate cricketers like Shoaib Akhtar to sufi singers and army commanders, they all want to genocide or convert Hindus. In fact, on August 16, 1947, a day after India became independent and the Indian tricolour was raised over the Red Fort, the Urdu newspaper Dawn, which was still being published from Delhi and had not yet relocated to Lahore, wrote an editorial against it. 4. The Dawn criticised "petty minded jubilation by the Hindus under the mistaken impression that by hoisting the flag of their state on the seat of power of ancient Muslim kings, they have somehow stretched a spiteful hand back into the historic past and dimmed the imperishable glory of Muslim rule." The editors of Dawn had no shame or fear because they knew seculars would protect them. 5. A Muslim magistrate in Delhi thought the bandstand at Connaught Place good enough for the "national flag of Hindustan." If India's flag flew on the Red Fort, so should Pakistan's, with the Red Fort jointly controlled by both countries, he declared. 6. Dhurandhar 2 flips the script. When the movie shows Pakistan - their supposedly impregnable military base - as thoroughly penetrated by Indian intelligence agencies, with even (SPOILER ALERT) the mayor of Karachi revealed as a RAW spy, the Pakistani is upset, angry, helpless, and impotently raging inside. 7. Pakistanis have long basked in the adulation received from Hindu seculars and Bollywood. For 70 years they have been used to being treated as the favourite child. Pakistan can start wars, launch terror attacks and kidnap Indian fishermen, but in Bollywood, he's always the noble neighbour. 8. In Dhurandhar that entire fake narrative has come crashing down. Now you see the Pakistani in his true colours without the secular filters. Major Iqbal's father boasts that in the 1971 War he rped 1,000 Bangladeshi women and thus he has 1,000 offspring running around in the paddy fields yet his own son is incapable of giving him a healthy heir. That boast is likely true. There were 93,000 Pakistan Army soldiers in East Pakistan and together they rped over 400,000 women. 9. Dhurandhar shows the real Pakistan - which organised the largest genocide after World War II; which launches terrorist attacks on Indian civilians; which fantasises about eating cow kebabs in Delhi; which lusts after Hindu women; which tortures Indian POWs to death. 10. Major Iqbal's fantasy of enslaving Hindu women in India parallels real life events. Such as Pakistan backed Kashmiri terrorists taunting Hindus that they want a free Kashmir without Hindu men but with Hindu women. 11. Dhurandhar 2 doesn't have qawwali songs lauding the 'greatness' of Hinduphobic sufis like Chisti and Shah Waliullah. It shows mujahideen being wiped off the face of the earth by .50 calibre antiaircraft guns. Not a nice scene for a Pakistani to see. 12. Dhurandar showed Indians how simple it was to pull down the wall of lies built by Bollywood. It showed Indian movies can make money without the Gulf and Pakistani markets. Perhaps that is its greatest role.

@SandipGhose @TVMohandasPai @TheEconomist @nandinisundar @AmitShah Sir, no one pays money to read @TheEconomist. As such, screen shot, even if grainy, would be appreciated.

A headline in @TheEconomist that wouldn’t make our Page 3 Urban Naxals like @nandinisundar happy - “The end of the world’s longest-running Maoist insurgency”. A rare and well deserved tribute to @AmitShah from the Leftist British rag. economist.com/asia/2026/03/2… #Naxalism

@BobMurphyEcon @LawrenceMLudlow Nor is that 'understanding' greatly desired. The Austrian school, with its emphasis on pure theory and little analysis of empirical evidence, in my opinion makes it akin to pithy sounding thought experiments.

@tsagar @LawrenceMLudlow If you can’t understand this what hope is there for you to understand bohm bawerk

All the analysts talking about the Middle East brought to mind this hilarious paragraph from Ludwig von Mises.

@DrGeneCallahan @BobMurphyEcon And I would have responded with something crisp and pointy.

@tsagar @BobMurphyEcon I think Mises would have pointed to your perplexity as another example.

@LawrenceMLudlow @BobMurphyEcon Thanks

@tsagar @BobMurphyEcon He's just saying that if Germans can't acknowledge undisputable facts, how can a sophisticated argument be accepted--especially in a "primitive?" society, which (he assumes) is incapable of subtle thinking.