Suriti Chowdhary

🔥 We took the bullets. They hired the lawyers. The Govt just spent ₹244 CRORE in legal fees to fight its own soldiers in court. The goal? To stop them from getting benefits worth just ₹109 CRORE. They literally paid lawyers 2.2x MORE, just to deny justice to our troops. Taxpayer money burned. Heroes harassed. Bureaucracy 1, Logic 0.

I recently spent 2 weeks in China. 6 cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an, Zhangjiajie, Chongqing and Chengdu. I went there with curiosity. Like many Indians, I had heard a lot about China through media, social media and conversations. I expected to see progress, maybe discover some business ideas, and understand what the country is actually building. I came back with a very uncomfortable feeling. Not because I found a business idea for myself. But because I saw 100 things that governments can do when infrastructure, tourism, transport, urban planning and civic systems are treated seriously. I travelled within China by flights, trains, cars and local transport. The infrastructure was honestly stunning. Clean cities. Smooth roads. High-speed trains. Well-managed traffic. Public spaces that actually feel designed for people. Tourist destinations that are built, maintained and promoted like national assets. And then I kept thinking about India. We keep comparing ourselves to China. Our media keeps telling us how India is catching up, how China is restrictive, how we are better in so many ways. After spending time there and speaking to people, I realised how much of that narrative is just comfort food. China is not perfect. No country is. But on infrastructure, execution, tourism, civic discipline and quality of urban life, they are not 5 years ahead of us. They are decades ahead. The saddest part for me was the currency. Everything felt expensive. Not because China was insanely expensive, but because the rupee has weakened so much that even normal spending starts feeling heavy. As an Indian taxpayer, that genuinely hurt. We pay taxes. We work hard. We talk about becoming a global power. But where is the quality of life? Where is the civic sense? Where is the infrastructure that makes daily life easier? Where is the tourism vision beyond religious tourism? I met travellers from other countries who were excited to visit China because they wanted to see its progress. When I asked about India, many had no real desire to visit. Not out of hate. India simply was not on their aspirational travel list. That should bother us. Even the so-called “closed internet” surprised me. We are told people there are missing out because they don’t use Google, Instagram, WhatsApp or Facebook. But China has built its own digital ecosystem. Payments, maps, transport, messaging, shopping, everything works inside their own infrastructure. People did not seem to feel deprived. They seemed adapted. Again, this is not a hate post. I love India. That is exactly why this trip bothered me. Patriotism cannot only be about saying we are great. Real patriotism is having the courage to admit where we are falling behind. China made me realise one thing very clearly: India’s potential is not the problem. Execution is. And unless we stop comforting ourselves with comparisons and start demanding better infrastructure, better governance, better tourism, cleaner cities and a higher quality of life, we will keep celebrating the idea of progress instead of actually living it.

महंगाई मानव मोदी का फिर से हमला। पेट्रोल-डीज़ल के दाम किश्तों में बढ़ाते हैं - ताकि चुपके-चुपके आपकी जेब कटती रहे। मैं महीनों से आर्थिक तूफान आने की बात कह रहा था। पर मोदी जी तब हमेशा की तरह चुनाव में व्यस्त थे - और चुनाव खत्म होते ही पेट्रोल-डीजल ₹8 महंगा कर दिया। और, ये बढ़त होती ही जाएगी। महंगाई मानव मोदी का एक ही काम है - चुनाव में वादे, और बाक़ी समय जनता की जेब पर वार।

Dalits farmers in Andhra Pradesh are protesting against Google data centres but no coverage by mainstream media x.com/i/status/20584…

World so fucked even I FULLY agree with what the Pope said here in his first encyclical

@RahulGandhi Pls help!

‘Mohammad’ Deepak’s gym faces eviction, he struggles to pay house loan EMI #Echobox=1779706806" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">indianexpress.com/article/india/…

When the ship sinks, rats leave first While PM is telling middle class not to spend foreign exchange, Indian billionaires r pushing their money out of India to west. They were the first ones to teach hyper-nationalism to middle class , and now they r running away to greener pastures.

But the PM gave melody to meloni?

We, Nepalis, were busy building our lives too. The protest started because of students who have competitive exams. Millions of people with real job and real issues took to the streets. No need to frame India as too busy to revolt, just say you guys are pussies and move on lol ✌️

Take a look! Lt Gen NS Subramani as CDS—right man, wrong process theprint.in/opinion/lt-gen…

A visual from Rajasthan where heavy forces have deployed against Congress workers protesting against Modi govt for NEET paper leak. GenZ should understand that while they are being fooled by someone sitting in US through AA2.0 platform, It’s Congress which is fighting on ground.

World’s largest party they said🤭

• When will you take the name of Manipur? • When will you talk about the NEET issue and sack Dharmendra Pradhan? • When will you talk about Hardeep Singh Puri’s relationship with Epstein? • When will you talk about the falling rupee issue? • When will you talk about corruption in the Jal Jeevan Mission? • When will you talk about farmers’ issues? • When will you talk about inflation? • When will you talk about unemployment? • When will you talk about your previous video on Suvendu Adhikari?

@fpv_labs So much fun working on this - can't wait to push the next one!

🚨 New Paper (ICRA Workshop, 2026) MobileEgo Anywhere: Open infrastructure for long-horizon egocentric data on commodity hardware. Existing robotics egocentric datasets are limited by short episode durations and rely on gated hardware. We release a framework designed to facilitate the collection of robust, hour-plus egocentric trajectories on a commodity iPhone.

🚨India loses all spots in world's top 100 companies as equity crash bites For the first time in years, not a single Indian company figures among the world's top 100 listed firms by market capitalisation , a measure of how deeply and relentlessly the selloff in domestic equities has cut. Reliance Industries, the country's most valued firm, has slipped to around 106th globally from 57th at the start of 2025 and 73rd at the start of 2026. HDFC Bank, India's most valued lender, now ranks 190th, down from 97th at the start of 2025. Bharti Airtel stands at 202nd, falling from 164th at the start of 2026. ICICI Bank and State Bank of India have dropped to 274th and 276th respectively, from 215th and 231st at the start of 2026. The decline has been sharpest among India's top technology stocks. TCS, the country's largest software exporter, has seen the steepest fall, with its global rank dropping to 314th from 84th at the start of 2025 and 171st at the start of 2026. Infosys, India's second largest IT firm, now ranks 590th, down from 198th at the start of 2025 and 330th at the start of 2026. ITC has slipped to 702nd from 296th and 466th at the start of 2025 and 2026 respectively. By @rravindia moneycontrol.com/news/business/…

Journalism is sometimes confrontational. We seek answers. If any interview subject, especially with power, do not answer what I asked, I will try to interrupt and get a more focused response. That is my job & duty. I want answers and not just talking points.

I am a Proud Parasite. I file RTI. I question authorities. I do not bend before power. I am not scared. I am the future of India. Accept it Uncle. 🙏🏻 #CJI #SuryaKant