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@blaiklockBP I agree. The quality of Barbers has gone down so bad in this country, that young men are forced to drive around with atrocious haircuts.

The face of everything wrong in Britain.

@nabilajamal_ Yay! Now we don't have to deal with the morons at VFS or the rude embassy staff.

#BREAKING India has amended its OCI rules, shifting the entire system online Applications, renunciations and cancellations will now be processed digitally, with e-OCI cards to be issued alongside physical ones What's changed: - OCI cards can now be issued electronically (e-OCI) - Biometric data linked to Fast Track Immigration Programme - Appeals now handled by an authority one rank higher - Minor passport dual-holding restriction formally codified - Duplicate paperwork requirement scrapped

@akashku74072411 @Nishant_Bliss It is so obvious from the language that an AI has written it. Almost every tweet, post reads like this.

@Nishant_Bliss Brother chatgpt se ye likhte h kya

UAE Leaving OPEC Is Not About Oil. It’s A Geopolitical Masterstroke. It’s not. UAE knows the next phase is not about who has oil, it’s about who stands with you when things go wrong. By stepping out, UAE is aligning itself closer to India and China as these two countries will benefit the most from it, the biggest energy buyers. More dependency → more influence → more silent protection. So tomorrow, if tensions rise with Iran or the Strait of Hormuz gets disrupted, UAE won’t stand alone, India and China will treat and deal with it separately from gulf countries. This isn’t an oil decision. This is UAE making sure it becomes too important to be ignored, too connected to be attacked, and too valuable to be isolated. Smartest move in the region, period. This is the reason I quoted last night itself, that Dubai/UAE has one of the smartest government out there.

@ramprasad_c As much as I find this cringe, I wouldn't put it past the Indian side to do the same, and have Bharatnatyam dancers greet visiting delegation on the tarmac. Indian andbPakistani Babus are cut from the same cloth. This performative nautanki cuts across subcontinental borders

This was the first clue that the talks would fail.

@parang1228972 @ErikSTownsend Thorium reactors are stage 3 of the Indian nuclear program. The stage 2 PFBR cooks the thorium to Uranium 233.once they have stockpiled enough U233, they can use that as fuel in the upcoming Thorium reactors.

@ErikSTownsend + thorium reactors

The importance of India and China's advances on breeder reactor technology cannot be overstated. If we could simply find a way to use modern mass manufacturing technology to make economic the rollout of a massive fleet of breeder reactors, it would literally change the course of human history. A few pioneer companies like @AaloAtomics are working in that *direction*, but they're not building breeders yet because current supply chains, regulatory frameworks, and technology stability are not yet in place to allow this. China and India are making it a NATIONAL PRIORITY to develop this technology because they know that whoever truly solves energy transition away from fossil fuels with ECONOMIC, scalable, safe nuclear energy will dominate the global economy for the next 100+ years. USA is *finally* making progress under the leadership of @SecretaryWright at DOE, but NRC has been standing in the way of such progress for decades and we've lost our technology leadership edge over the rest of the world. Question for Dr. Nick: Imagine someone magically inventing a way for Traveling Wave style breeders fueled by DU to be mass-produced at scale, so we have 10TW(e) of deployed breeder capacity globally. How long could we run the ENTIRE global economy on that reactor base using only LEFTOVER DU that was discarded as "waste" from the enrichment cycle, without having to mine a single pound of U3O8 because all the fuel we needed could be found in leftover U238 in DU? (Assume the need for kickstarter fuel is covered by MOX made from reprocessing existing spent fuel waste).

@dekhane_mukul I'm happy to kick the butt of anyone who goes "awwww. Those were the good old days.“ Good old days, my foot. They were shit times and we were conditioned to think that they were good times.

Middle Class India of the 80s. This relates to all of us For those who grew up during the 80s in middle class India , here are some things that you can identify with…… 1. Though you may not publicly own to this, at the age of 12-17 years, you were very proud of your first "Bellbottom" or your first "Maxi" . 2. Phantom & Mandrake were your only true heroes.The brainy ones read "Competition Success Review". 3. Your "Camlin" geometry box & Natraj/Flora pencil was your prized possessions. 4. The only "Holidays" you took were to go to your grandparents' or your cousins' houses. 5. Ice-cream meant only - either an orange stick, a vanilla stick – or a Choco Bar if you were better off than most. 6. You gave your neighbour’s phone number to others with a ‘c/o’ written against it because you had booked yours only 7 years ago and were still waiting for your number to come. 7. Your parents were proud owners of HMT watches. You "earned" yours after SSC exams. 8. You have been to "Jumbo Circus"; have held your breath while the pretty young thing in the glittery skirt did acrobatics, quite enjoyed the elephants hitting football, the motorcyclist vrooming in the "Maut - ka - Gola" and it was politically okay to laugh your guts out at dwarfs hitting each others bottoms! 9.. You have at least once heard "Hawa Mahal" and "Binaca Geetmala" on the radio. 10. If you had a TV, it was normal to expect the neighbourhood to gather around to watch the Chitrahaar or the Sunday movie. If you didn't have a TV, you just went to a house that did. It mattered little if you knew the owners or not. 11. Sometimes the owners of these TVs got very creative and got a bi or even a tri-coloured anti-glare screen which they attached with two side clips onto their Weston TVs. That confused the hell out of you! 12. Black & White TVs weren't so bad after all because cricket was played in whites. 13. You thought your Dad rocked because you got your own (the family's; not your own own!) colour TV when the Asian Games started. Everyone else got the same idea as well and ever since, no one came over to your house and you didn't go to anyone else's. 14. You dreaded the death of any political leader because of the mourning they would announce on the TV. After all how much " Shashtriya Sangeet " can a kid take? Salma Sultana also didn't smile during the mourning. 15. You knew that " Indira Gandhi " was somebody really powerful and terribly important. And that's all you needed to know. 16. The only "Gadgets" in the house were the TV, the Fridge and possibly a mixer. 17. Movies meant Rajesh Khanna or Amitabh Bachchan.Before the start of the movie you always had to watch the obligatory "Newsreel". 18. You thought you were so rocking because you knew almost all the songs of Abba and Boney M. 19. Your hormones went crazy when you heard “Aap Jaisa Koi Meri Jindagi Mein Aaye” by Nazia Hassan . 20. Photograph taking was a big thing. You were lucky if your family owned a camera. A reel of 36 exposures was valuable hence it justified the half hour preparation & "setting" & the "posing" for each picture. Therefore, you have at least one family picture where everyone is holding their breath and standing at attention! And we were really happy then.... Have a happy walk down the memory lane.. Cheers 🎸🎸🎵🙏🙏

@anjusabu Even stations in London have signs in Bengali, Punjabi etc. These signs are just practical marketing for diaspora convenience, not cultural kinship. Your post Ignores shared Indian identity (citizenship, history, governance, religion) binding Tamil Nadu to "Hindia"

This is why we in Tamil Nadu will always have more in common with countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka than north India. I’d definitely feel more culture shock in Hindia than in those countries.

@th_anonymouse Kapil Sharma show is a marketing vehicle where money and PR play a big role in who gets invited. Producers pay 3-5Cr to get "invited" to promote their movies. Pure merit or "truth-telling" films don't automatically qualify if the commercial side doesn't line up.

He is Kapil Sharma 👑 Invites every cast, every film, every voice but refuses to turn his stage into a propaganda circus. And the propaganda gang didn’t get invited for : The Kashmir Files The Kerala Story (1,2) The Bengal Files Chhava Dhurandhar (1,2) Not everything deserves a platform. Some scripts belong exactly where they are. Take a bow, king.

@aditiraaaj I came out of Animal wondering what everyone was raving about it was a crap movie, razon thin story line. Rationale for all that violence and blood was stupid. Bobby Deols character could have been fleshed out a bit more. It was a mid movie.

Dhurandhar 2 further exposed how stupid we were as an audience to accept such a $hitty movie! Dhurandhar 2 further exposed how $hitty and overrated this movie was from every possible angle- 1. Unrealistic pathetic over the top action scenes when Ranbir’s character beats up dozens of people all by himself. 😂 😂 2.⁠Unnecessary $ex scenes, which is probably the only reason the movie was a hit among the horny uncles and youth. 🤣 3.⁠Absolutely terrible acting by Rashmika. Rakhi Sawant would have probably done a more convincing role than her. 🤡 4.⁠No real chemistry between Ranbir and Anil Kapoor.

@sabeer Another rage bait by Bhatia. He has no answers to any of the issues he raises. Just ad hominem dismissal ("your brain/IQ is the issue") over actual policy discussion. Why should anyone listen to you, Bhatia?

Gist of my Stanford talk: I don’t fully understand the India–Pakistan rivalry beyond the 1947 partition—my own family lived that rupture. It was a “tribal” era: my side vs yours. But today is different. The internet has erased borders. From San Francisco, I engage with ideas across India, AI, sports, and global politics. We’re more connected than ever. This moment demands a shift—from tribal identity to individual exceptionalism. We are more alike than different. It’s time to bury the past and move toward a new India–Pakistan understanding—rooted not in history, but in possibility. Not just politically wise, but humanly necessary.

@18Kishann @Ra_Bies You don't build roads for today's traffic. You build roads for tomorrow's traffic. Just like your AAPs great leader built his Sheesh Mahal for his great grandkids.

BJP का भ्रष्टाचार देखो 🔥❗🔥 Ahmedabad–Dholera एक्सप्रेस हाईवे… ट्रैफिक है नहीं, फिर भी इतनी चौड़ी-चौड़ी सड़कें बना दीं… करोड़ों रुपये ऐसे उड़ाए जैसे जनता का पैसा नहीं, खुद की जागीर हो। नितिन गड़करी जी को इस मामले में जवाब देना चाहिए..!!

@Sam0kayy I was on a 10 hour Delhi to London flight. Watched the full Lord of the Rings trilogy back to back. Started when we took off from Delhi and completed just as we entered into UK. Nice to recap on all the characters and story after a decade. I would do the same for Dhurandhar.

So if Aditya Dhar combines Dhurandhar 1 & 2 and re-release it as one film. No parts. No breaks. Just the full story. Would you watch again sit through 8 hours of Dhurandhar??!

@theskindoctor13 My brain to me after I watched Jawaan:

Dhurandhar 1 had a different kind of craze. Pure mania! Almost everyone you meet has seen it and talks about it. It felt organic, like a cultural wave you couldn’t escape. The film pulled in around 1300–1400 crores. On the other hand, Pathan and Jawan? I’ve hardly come across anyone who has actually watched them or discussed them in real life as if they’re “the thing.” No street buzz, no random conversations, no everyday recall, just silence outside their fanbase. Yet somehow, both films magically ended up collecting almost the same numbers as Dhurandhar1, 1100–1200 crores. How?

@khanumarfa Translation: I really liked Dhurandhar so much l, that I went in for a paid preview. It was a great movie that all my fellow liberandus should watch in secret or when it comes out on OTT. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

DHURANDHAR 2- Full Review coming soon on my Youtube channel.

@SahilBloom Doing nothing. Most problems go away on their own. Maturity is knowing which problems are worth an intervention.

Complete this sentence with your hottest take: A lot of problems in life are solved by…

@islxlli Those friends better not be married, else this cul de sac is where friendships go to die.

Everyone's dream

@Worship_SRK Raone was a terrible movie that does not deserve a sequel

#Raone Director #AnubhavSinha in His Latest 🎙️ "I Am Really Interested in #Raone2 But It Will Take 2 to 3 Years To Make #Raone2. So Have To Check When #ShahRukhKhan is Available For That 2 to 3 Years as He Is Doing Back To Back Movies Now A Days."

@seledka_vodka Open secret among Indians, Nigerians, Chinese : tutoring your kid to the max for a grammar school is an investment in the future. There's no shame in it. In a dog eat dog world, why wouldn't you want the best for your kids future?

Standing in the queue outside a South London grammar school, waiting for my children to finish their 11-plus exam, I noticed something that would surprise anyone who thinks selective education is a middle-class white preserve. I was in the minority. The families around me were overwhelmingly East Asian, South Asian, African. This pattern repeated at nearly every grammar school entrance in London where I found myself over the years of preparing my children for these exams. The queues are enormous. And they tell a story that contradicts the received wisdom that stopped Britain building new grammar schools decades ago. The argument went like this: grammar schools were becoming a way for well-to-do white families to secure elite education for free, since only they could afford the tutoring that gives children an edge. But look at who is actually competing for these places. Most applicant families earn less than their white equivalents. What they possess instead is something harder to measure and impossible to purchase - a cultural orientation toward education as the primary vehicle for a child's future. I watched an East Asian mother in that café, her older child inside taking the exam, her four-year-old beside her watching what I assumed was Peppa Pig. It was maths exercises in Mandarin. Some families begin preparation at age six. This is real, and it is widespread. The willingness to sacrifice runs deep. Immigrant families take fewer holidays, and cheaper ones when they do. Parents deny themselves things that British culture has come to treat as baseline entitlements - the weekend away, the new car, the kitchen renovation - to pay for tutoring. They have children earlier, in less comfortable circumstances, in rental properties in rougher areas, because children are understood as the point of everything else rather than something to be fitted around an established lifestyle. I saw this firsthand working alongside Asian colleagues at major firms in London. Even among those who had reached professional success, the cultural inheritance was identical: children are the future, marriage is an accomplishment, sacrifice for the next generation is simply what adults do. This is uncomfortable for white British parents to hear, myself included. But honesty requires acknowledging that when it comes to parental investment in children's prospects, immigrant communities are often willing to go further. Yet the real scandal is not cultural. It is political. The competition for grammar school places has become so brutal not because demand is unusual but because supply was deliberately strangled. We stopped building grammar schools entirely, driven by ideological commitments that sound generous in seminar rooms but have produced catastrophic results in practice. The theory was that comprehensive education would lift all boats. The reality is that state schools have not improved enough to compensate for eliminating the selective alternative, and now children who would thrive in an academically focused environment are forced through years of intensive preparation simply because there are not enough places to go around. Grammar schools work. When you gather children from families that value education - children who are curious, driven, competitive - and free them from the drag of disruption and the influence of peers whose families couldn't care less, something powerful happens. Teachers can teach. Students can learn. The result is not privilege being hoarded but potential being released. The artificial scarcity we have created serves no one. It forces six-year-olds into tutoring regimes. It turns the 11-plus into a high-stakes lottery that rewards test preparation over genuine ability. It tells capable children from families without the resources or knowledge to navigate the system that this path is not for them. ⏩⏩⏩

@Simon_Ingari These sort of conversations happen in the public sector and not for profit sector with junior staff. Never in corporate.

Boss: I have noticed that you are late signing in nearly every day. Employee: I am at my laptop at 8:00 a.m. and log in at that time, so I’m unsure what you are referring to. Boss: If you are only opening your laptop at 8:00 a.m., then that is late. Employee: And how so? Boss: When are you preparing for your day? Employee: At 8:00 a.m., when I start working. Boss: I start at 7:00 a.m. most days, so when 8:00 a.m. rolls around, I am very well prepared to begin my workday. Employee: Well, preparing for my workday is part of my workday. Boss: It’s fairly bold to start late every single day. Employee: And it’s fairly bold to suggest that I should be working prior to when I’m getting paid to do so. Boss: And let me guess, you also log out for your whole lunch hour. Employee: Yes, my hour for lunch is unpaid, as per company policy. Boss: I work through my lunch. I even eat at my desk. Employee: Okay. Boss: Moving forward, I want to see you online 30 minutes earlier so I know you are prepared to begin your day. Employee: (Declines a scheduled meeting.) Boss: Did you just decline my 4:30 p.m. meeting tomorrow? Employee: Oh yes, you just said you wanted me to shift my work hours to begin at 7:30 a.m., meaning that I will be done at 4:30 p.m., as I am contractually obligated to work eight hours a day. Boss: (Silence… unimpressed.) (Briefing ends.)

@Its_CineHub Still struggle to find any person that has actually seen Jawan. I questioned my life choices after trying to watch it on OTT. It was an incoherent mess of a movie.

#Jawan VS #Dhurandhar Comparison :- ⭐️ Screens :- 4500 / 4500 ⭐️ Opening Day :- 75cr / 28.60cr ⭐️ Opening Weekend :- 207cr/ 106.5cr ⭐️ Lifetime India Net :- 642cr / 895cr* ⭐️ India Footfalls :- 3.92cr / 3.55cr ⭐️ Overseas Gross :- $49M / $32.75 ⭐️ Worldwide Gross :- 1060cr / 1350cr Verdicts :-ATBB / ATBB ✅ Both the FILMs are HUGE BLOCKBUSTERS and made INDIA PROUD 🔥 @iamsrk @RanveerOfficial