KISHOR SAMUDRA

Dear Parle, you’ve just been handed the biggest global launch for any Indian confectionery brand…build on it, become the next Ferrero Rocher.

Thank you for the gift

#WATCH | Keralam: Thrissur Pooram - a Hindu temple festival held in Thrissur at the Vadakkunnathan Temple, celebrations underway. A large number of devotees gather to witness the celebrations.

ആ പാട്ട് ഒരു ക്രിസ്ത്യൻ ഗാനമാണെന്ന് ഭൂരിപക്ഷം പേരും അറിഞ്ഞത് ഈയടുത്താണ്‌, അതിന് മുൻപ് എത്രയോ ക്ഷേത്ര ഉത്സവ ഇൻസ്റ്റ റീലുകൾക്ക് ആ പാട്ട് BGM ആയി വന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്.

Kerala becomes the first state in Indian history to endorse child marriage. The govt pulled out all stops to issue a marriage certificate to a minor girl using fake documents given by Farman Khan. This is nothing short of state-sponsored Love Jihad.

Kedarnath Temple - Unshaken for thousands of years, an eternal symbol of faith!🔱

This is the northeast happy clean and prosperous

@ShivAroor That doesn't Looks like mangoe,marian plum instead ..

It's the season of the king of mediocre fruits. (Except for 1 variety.) #ShivsMediocreFoods

Panchari Melam,

@amshilparaghu Wow

New cooking trick unlocked 😅

Whats wrong with India? This is after Oscar's award event.

Iraq has endured more than FOUR decades of near-continuous WAR, sanctions, occupation, insurgency, and instability starting from 1980 and somehow still looks better than the capital of 4 trillion economy India!

Dear @narendramodi It’s been 12 years since Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, yet our cities are full of garbage. Kindly bring "National Garbage Ranking System" Reward clean cities with subsidies on: > House tax > Water & Electricity bills > LPG, etc It's time for a new strategy !

Hypothetical transformation of the polluted Yamuna riverbank behind the Taj Mahal...

What is holding India back from becoming a global tourism hub?

6 YEARS: FROM COVID TO IRAN TIME FOR SOME PAINFUL TRUTHS 🚨 Six turbulent years from Covid to the Ladakh standoff to Ukraine war to Trump’s tariff offensive to the current Iran war have exposed a hard truth. India remains dangerously dependent on the world for things a serious power should control at home. Energy first, since that’s on everyone’s mind right now. India imports about 85% of its crude oil and roughly 50% of its natural gas. We depend heavily on overseas supply chains for critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel that will power the next generation of batteries and energy systems. Any disruption anywhere from the Strait of Hormuz to sanctions on major producers immediately ripples through LPG prices, electricity costs and inflation. The current LPG anxiety during the Iran war is just the latest reminder of how exposed we are. Defence is worse. Despite decades of rhetoric about indigenisation, India still imports roughly 45 to 50% of its major weapons systems, making it one of the world’s largest arms importers, if not the largest. During the Ladakh standoff with China (which is still on) the country had to rush through emergency purchases of munitions, drones, artillery shells and winter gear because either we don’t make those items or domestic capacity could not surge quickly enough. A country facing two nuclear adversaries should never have to scramble for weapons in the middle of a military standoff. Pharmaceuticals reveal another uncomfortable truth. India is known as the pharmacy of the world, yet around 70% of our active pharmaceutical ingredients come from outside, including China. During Covid this vulnerability became obvious as India scrambled for oxygen, PPE kits, ventilators and key medical inputs. Technology dependence is the most alarming of all. More than 90% of advanced semiconductors are imported, most high end AI chips and servers are foreign made, and critical digital hardware depends almost entirely on global supply chains. In an era where AI will define both economic power and military capability, this is a profound strategic vulnerability. Add fertiliser precursors, rare earths, electronics components, solar modules and specialised machine tools and the list becomes even longer. Each time the world experiences a shock (Ukraine, Iran, Azerbaijan, Covid) whether it is a pandemic, sanctions on Russia, a war in West Asia or rising great power tensions India is forced into code red emergency management mode. The uncomfortable reality is that true strategic autonomy requires historically painful decisions. Building domestic capacity in energy, weapons, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and AI will demand huge investment, long term industrial policy, and years of political risk. It may mean accepting higher costs and slower returns in the short term in order to build resilience for the long term. But India’s election to election political cycle rewards short term thinking. No government wants to take decisions that may, beyond a point, take a decade to pay off. The decisions these crises compel from a country like India will mean a total dismantlement of our politics as we know it today. It will mean a generation of turning the country on its head. Yet the alternative is worse. As things stand India remains structurally vulnerable. A country that has to scramble every time the world shakes cannot claim true strategic autonomy. From COVID to Iran, the last six years have made that painfully clear.

Went to Thrissur and ended up mesmerised by the most beautiful Shiva temple I’ve ever seen, Thr kind you reminisce about for days

@Shahrcasm Yessss

An elite, who enjoyed his vacations on Indian Navy Ships & celebrated his birthdays in chartered flight, never worked in his life, went to foreign tours whenever he wished, born with silver spoon, never ate outside 5-star hotels, is today sitting on floor drinking a road side tea. 12 years ago, these scenes were not possible, but 1 man made it possible. The Priest King...

Pandimelam, #melam #chenda #pandimelam

The US Embassy has openly stated that it is not in a position to evacuate or assist private US citizens, advising them to make their own arrangements. Think about that. This is the most powerful country in the world, refusing to evacuate its citizens from the soil of a strong ally, and yet there will be no public outrage, no social media theatrics, no performative victimhood. Now compare that with India. India has no direct stake in the conflict. It repeatedly advised its citizens to leave. Many ignored those warnings. Yet when the situation worsened, and airspace closed, India still scrambled resources, and worked to ensure their safety. And in return, it will still gets taunts, mockery, and political point-scoring. The same thankless voices who ignore advisories are usually the first to ridicule rescue efforts. This isn’t new, we saw the same during the Ukraine crisis.