Sharadwat Majumdar

15 days. That’s all a newly inaugurated pontoon bridge in Mirzapur, UP lasted before collapsing. Inaugurated by BJP MLA Ratnakar Mishra just 15 days ago. The photo-op was instant. The failure was even faster. 🤡🤦‍♂️

Never ever take a Zoomcar. They ruined our trip and left us stranded. What happens when you rent a Zoomcar and the police seize it mid-highway? We had a ridiculous experience with @Zoomcar_India in Jaipur. Last Sunday, we booked a car in Jaipur to drive to Ranthambore. Number plate was masked on the app, so no idea what we were getting. We reached the car and it’s a Gujarat (GJ) white plate vehicle. I felt uncomfortable instantly, but it was too late to change the vehicle - this was the only 7 seater option available in the city. The owner reassured: “No issues. It’s been on Zoomcar for 4 months. Cops won't stop. Take my number if anyone stops you.” Within 45 minutes, we got stopped by the police. They seize the car, take the keys, park it in some random plot and ask us to call the owner. Owner proudly tells them that he’s been renting it out for months and never faced an issue. Police is adamant that this is illegal (and rightly so). The owner needs to visit the RTO and pay up. Any commercial vehicle playing for that long in RJ needs to pay Road Tax here + convert to yellow plate if used commercially. Road Tax alone would come to around Rs. 1.5 Lakhs. And then the cops just leave. So now we’re just standing there, at 38°C, in a random area off the highway. Owner doesn’t show up. Says it’s a Zoomcar problem and that he'll wait for their legal team to deal with this. Zoomcar support? Useless! “Err, It’s Sunday, our team will come tomorrow. And since your booking is still live, please don’t leave the spot; if any damage happens to the car, it’ll still be your responsibility.” Tomorrow??? And don't leave the spot??? We’re stuck in a live police situation and your solution is wait till tomorrow? We stood there for almost 2 hours before we could even figure out what to do next. Because of this: – Missed a ₹28,000 safari – Paid ₹12,000 extra for last-minute transport – Entire day gone After all this and 7 days of escalations, Zoomcar calls and says they’ll “refund the booking amount.” Think about this. No one would know the legalities of vehicle rules better than them. Yet, they listed this. And then abandoned us mid-crisis. And honestly - what if this happened at night, to a woman travelling alone? You hand over an illegal car and then disappear? I've been chasing Zoomcar for a week now. Let's see where this ends. @Deepankar8 @Zoomcar__India @nch1915 @jagograhakjago

Finally, someone is speaking up for the whistleblower. National Human Rights Commission member @KanoongoPriyank spoke firmly before the media and raised the issue with clarity. Thank you, Priyank ji. This support means a lot.

Let’s learn from others conflicts. Indeed, an opportunity would go missing if we didn’t. @IAF_MCC if you would like this, @sssdefence will be happy to get your good men a modular self defence weapon in quick time - a variant of our M72 family in 5.56x45 mm. Don’t waste your time & effort on anything imported here.

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मैं बोलना नहीं चाहता था, मगर चुप रहता तो बार-बार दोहराया गया झूठ भी सच लगने लगता। Three Allegations. Zero Truth. My Response:

Trump asks for direct talks — Iran

‘Terrible day’ for US in this insane list of aircraft & other losses

MAJOR CASUALTY COVER-UP BY HEGSETH ALMOST 750 US TROOPS KILLED/WOUNDED — The Intercept

This culture of “signed and stamped” documents must be ended without delay! Also the practice of every file needing four signatures. When will we shake off such bureaucratic relics of another era? #GetIndiaMoving!

hello US - your top officials can’t speak about bombing a country into the Stone Age and also argue that the missing pilot downed over Iran skies should be treated by the terms of the Geneva Convention if captured. I do hope he is, but in the Stone Age, such norms didn’t apply

🇺🇸🇮🇷 “For the first time in history: America requests a 48-hour truce, and Iran responds with ‘no.’ An unprecedented humiliation for America.”

Just as I was addressing the American people, the head of our Strategic Council on Foreign Policy was targeted in an assassination attempt, leading to the martyrdom of his innocent wife. Let the world judge; which side engages in dialogue and negotiation, and which in terrorism?

Iranian has rejected ALL US demands & is refusing to show up in 🇵🇰 to meet JD Vance for peace talks. So much for Indian liberals who were swooning over Pakistan “scoring a victory” over India. In other news both Saudi Arabia and the UAE have demanded full loan repayment by 🇵🇰

IRGC: "None of the desalination plants targeted in the region were hit by Iranian armed forces. Our way of war is not dishonorable like that of the United States."

After defeating Iran 37 times in a row, this brilliant no-strategy war they started has now been downgraded from “regime change” to “Hey! Can anyone find our pilots? Please?🥺” Wow. What incredible progress. Absolute geniuses.

There is something seriously wrong if a body charged with regulating food goes to the police to file FIRs against those who question its performance. What is the FSSAI really regulating? Food? Or people who question it? Deeply disturbing theprint.in/feature/fir-co… via @theprintindia

😂 “sensitive” documents at @fssaiindia 😂

The moment @raghav_chadha raised questions that actually matter to us, they punished him. Stay on track Raghav. Don’t get sidelined by hourly rental pygmies. You’re doing great - creating impact where it counts.

I always wanted India to beat China and today it did. Not in development, but in silencing the voices of people who question those in power. 🙏