Rashmi Samant

When comedy stops being clever, it becomes ad hominem. India builds rockets, reaches the Moon, and advances space science. The punchline offered is still "Garba." A joke isn't automatically intelligent because it is cynical. Sometimes it's just a stereotype with good marketing.

#KarnatakaPolitics | Siddaramiah ji does not come from a rich background like DKS, but he has still held the reins for Karnataka for so long; it says a lot about his leadership: @RashmiDVS, Political Analyst #Siddaramaiah #KarnatakaPolitics #DKShivakumar #Congress #KarnatakaNews #PlainSpeak | @ShivaniGupta_5

Helle Lyng admits she has never even been to India and her understanding of the country apparently begins and ends with “curry and yoga”, yet feels qualified to lecture 1.4 billion people about press freedom and democracy. The only “appetite” she is remotely equipped to judge is curry, and given the state of what Europeans call curry, even that remains questionable.

Karnataka Case Rollback Row During the BJP's time, 385 criminal cases were removed against BJP karyakartas...: @MCABBAS tells @MadhavGK Karnataka government withdrawing these 52 cases is extremely dangerous because dangerous criminals are being pardoned...: @RashmiDVS

The Cockroach Janata Party claims to be a decentralised, independent front, but it is not: @RashmiDVS, Activist We have so many followers on social media platforms; we should be out there on the streets: @Shubhrastha, Author @nabilajamal_ | #Cockroachjantaparty #Politics #BJP #BrassTacks

I think Gen Z is deeply misunderstood. I was born in 1998, which makes me Gen Z (1997-2012) People often describe our generation as distracted, impatient, overexposed, or chronically online. But very few acknowledge what it actually means to grow up in an age where the entire world arrived in your hands before you even understood yourself. We are perhaps the first generation raised with unlimited information but very limited certainty. We witnessed terrorism, recessions, pandemics, cultural collapses, identity crises, wars, social media revolutions & AI disruption all before turning thirty. We inherited a world moving at unnatural speed and were expected to build stable identities inside permanent instability. And yet, despite all this, Gen Z still strives. We still dream aggressively. We still build. We still create. We still care deeply about purpose. This generation does not merely want careers. It wants meaning. It does not blindly respect institutions. It wants authenticity from them. It does not inherit identity passively. It interrogates it, reconstructs it, and then wears it consciously. For all our chaos, there is also immense courage in Gen Z. We are willing to start companies at 22, challenge systems at 24, move countries alone at 19, build audiences from bedrooms, learn skills without gatekeepers, and speak openly about mental health, loneliness, ambition, and failure in ways previous generations often buried under silence. We are simultaneously hyper-global and deeply rooted. A Gen Z Indian can quote the Bhagavad Gita, build an AI startup, watch Korean cinema, speak multiple languages, care about climate change, practice yoga, and still return home for temple festivals with grandparents. That contradiction is not confusion. That is modern civilization itself. Our generation is not perfect. No generation is. But beneath the noise, trends, memes, and algorithms is a generation searching intensely for purpose, belonging, identity, and impact. And maybe that search itself is what defines Gen Z. Not cynicism. Not rebellion. But aspiration. Happy to hear constructive thoughts. PS: This post is unrelated to any current event.

White savior complex unlocked.

There was once a time in India when Opposition leaders understood the difference between opposing a government and humiliating India abroad. In 1994, PM P. V. Narasimha Rao sent Opposition leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee to represent India at the UN in Geneva on Kashmir because the nation came before party politics. Today’s opposition has reduced itself to mocking India’s Prime Minister during diplomatic visits over trivialities for viral engagement and international applause. You may oppose Modi, his policies, or his politics, that is democracy. But turning every global engagement into an opportunity to sneer at India’s leadership reflects neither maturity nor statesmanship. The tragedy is not ideological decline, but civilisational decline. Earlier generations of political rivals could stand united when Bharat’s image was at stake. Today, some seem more interested in embarrassing India internationally than strengthening India globally.

India’s linguistic diversity was never meant to create intellectual silos. Adi Shankaracharya travelled from Kerala to Kashmir debating, learning, teaching, and unifying Bharat civilisationally across regions and languages long before modern politics reduced language into a battlefield. The Three-Language Formula does not impose Hindi. The policy clearly leaves language choice to states and schools. Yet the political class continues selling “Hindi imposition” because manufactured outrage is easier than honest reading. I say this as a Kannadathi who speaks fluent Konkani, Tulu, Hindi, English & medium Marathi, Tamil, and German. Languages do not erase identity. They expand consciousness. Small politics fears what civilisation once celebrated.

Plot for the next Shah Rukh Khan blockbuster.

Mr. Khan, you teach at Mayo College and once served as Executive Editor at Vogue India, yet you shamelessly tell the world that “Indian Muslims are in danger.” In the very country you now defame, you rose to elite institutions, influence, and privilege despite being a minority. If India were truly the dystopia you peddle to international audiences, your own life story would not exist. Stop manufacturing persecution narratives to earn applause abroad while enjoying every opportunity Bharat gave you.

Dr. Patil, a British citizen holding an OCI card, wrote a post linking the Prime Minister of India to a sex scandal without an iota of evidence. That is not an “anti-BJP” post, that is plain libel. When Indians travel abroad, we are constantly expected to respect local laws and refrain from political interference. Had this happened in many other countries, the consequences would have been far more severe. India has tolerated far more than most nations would.

#PMModi | PM Modi is trying to ensure that there is zero negative impact of inflation on the common man: @pradip103, BJP PM is only asking us to partner with the govt, we need to participate: @RashmiDVS, Activist #TheRightStand | @AnchorAnandN

First thing that came to my mind.

But a Muslim or Christian majority constituency failed to elect a Hindu. That is where Indian secularism fails.

Wisdom comes when you realise RSS & BJP are the only thing standing between India and Pakistan, Bangladesh, China et. al.