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My first docu-series as a director will be out on 20th Jan 22 on @PrimeVideoIN . Got to witness the other world of cinema which exists on the periphery of Indian Cinema. Kyuki Cinema Marte Dum Tak ❤️. #CinemaMarteDumTak #amazonprime #vice #vasanbala youtube.com/watch?fbclid=I…

Rich influencers in India often pretend to be 'middle class' to sound relatable! They frequently share sob stories (most of which are fabricated) of 'humble beginnings' to appeal to the masses. Comedian Vir Das has recently claimed that he came to Mumbai with 'very little' and made it big in life. Wow, a beautiful story of introspection! For those who don't know, Vir Das is the grandson of India's first ambassador to Bhutan. Brajbir Saran Das was a politician, diplomat and an IPS officer. He served in top positions at Air India and the Airport Authority of India. His grandson Vir Das went to 'The Lawrence School in Sonawar', where the annual fees are over ₹10 lakhs (as of 2026). This comedian went to the United States for his bachelor's degree in the 2000s. Of course, he had 'very little' when he came to Mumbai. Vir Das once did a comedy special about '2 Indias.' I come from the other India. My grandfather fled East Pakistan to escape religious persecution during Partition and lived as a refugee in India. After losing centuries of generational wealth overnight, my family worked tremendously hard to go from a refugee rehabilitation camp to having our own house. The upbringing I received was starkly different from my grandfather's lived reality. I was privileged to study at an English-medium convent school, pursue higher education at DU without taking an educational loan or worry about living costs in Delhi. This is a privilege which is still not available to millions of young men and women in this country. I understand this perspective and so have never claimed to have 'very little' of anything. Do you think a socially aware comedian like Vir Das doesn't understand this? He does and still tells you sob stories of his 'humble beginning' at Bandra studio apartment. But he isn't the first one. I have seen one of my favourite YouTubers, Ranveer Allahbadia (who went to Dhirubhai Ambani school), talk deeply about his 'struggles'. We have all watched the infamous interview of Ananya Pandey deliberating about her 'struggles' in the film industry. I know some people would now tell me that everyone has their own set of challenges, despite a privileged background. And I totally agree with it. But the upfront disclosure of privilege is important. In the absence of that, you are trying to convince the masses that you are one of them. You are not.

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I have said all religions including Islam are garbage, I have said all prophets (including Mohammad) are liars, I have said there is no Allah, no God, I have said Islam has to evolve or it will die (it is already dying in the parts of the world that matter, growing only in toilets like Africa and subcontinent). I have said Burqa and Sati are semantically similar (patriarchal impositions). In spite of that, I have Muslim friends because all my Muslim friends know that my views are based on my ideology as an atheist since a very young age, and NOT out of specific, unique hate for Islam/Muslims (which I did carry for a long time in my life). And also that I have harsher views on Hinduism. I reject and hate all religions (including Sikhism) and that makes me an atheist, maybe a militant atheist, but that does not make me an Islamophobe. I have always been willing to lose (religious) friends over this position of mine but I have found that most religious people (Muslim *and* Hindu) are very OK with my position and understand where am coming from. PS: My religious friends also believe am going to burn in hell forever for being a naastik/kaafir and I don't hate them for that either. 😛😛😛

One more slab is about to fall from mulund metro. this one is from opposite indian oil petrol pump somewhere close to the Saturday incident @MMRDAOfficial @mybmc @MulundPS @Dev_Fadnavis @Devendra_Office @mihirkotecha

I am not against Blink-it alone all of them are abusing the unfair advantage they have over the unemployed. If you guys can give us aggregate data of biryani, condoms & biggest orders while tracking them live… Just release the below aggregate data so we either end the conversation or start one… No of Delivery agents in 2024 No of hours they put in 2024 No of kilometres traveled in 2024 No of deliveries made in 2024 Money annually paid to per rider/ driver in 2024 The accidents/death at work & compensations given. (We can calculate the money spent on petrol, electricity, CNG & know exactly how much they’re are paid) If you can’t disclose this under the garb of data privacy, just a reminder sensitive customer data was stored in CHINA’s Alibaba by “some” of you before you grudgingly moved it to AWS… Is anyone working in these institutions @LabourMinistry & @MCA21India

@mahanagargas your customer care executive on emergency line called Pushpa disconnects the call without hearing what the customer has to say. Is this an emergency helpline or a joke?

@HitchhikerQ He is the bigger jumlebaaz than our PM

@missmaddenstein Fair enough

@Xulfee_92 DRS is a work in progress but I actually think his body language and field placings have been pretty good tbh (constrained by crap the bowlers are bowling). Ofc there is a learning process but it’s not “shit captaincy” and we deserve to give him some rope.

Bruv England are going to cakewalk this at 3.8 rpo required for the rest of the day. And if we lose we only have our backup seamers to blame, I’m so serious. It’s not even about taking wickets, they have been SHOCKING at even providing some semblance of control.

@missmaddenstein Individual brilliance apart, there has been a lot of rookie mistakes when it comes to captaincy. Fielding placements, body language and wrong Drs call. Maybe he will learn and do better in future tests

@Xulfee_92 Oh really??? He’s supposed to bowl now is he?! Or magically transform himself into fielders to hold catches? He has tried everything, made a 147 in this game. Do you know how difficult it is to rotate resources in these conditions when you have 2 seamers who are leaking runs?

@kisankonnect_in placed the order last night. Couldn't cook in the afternoon because it is 5pm and there is no update on the order. Multiple calls to the service centre is also not helping. Pathetic service. Didn't expect this from a trusted brand like you.

Congratulations 🎉 🎉 A Rajeshwari, a 17 year old tribal girl has cleared the JEE Advanced exam securing 417 rank, a student of Government Tribal Residential Higher Secondary School, Karumandurai, her father is deceased, mother is a daily wage agricultural labourer. #Tamilnadu

For anyone who wonders why it is almost impossible to make a good and truthful Hindi film, what is happening with the Phule film is an excellent example.  Ananth Mahadevan directed the Hindi biographical film Phule, which focuses on the lives of social reformers Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule.  The film, which stars Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa, is set to be released in April 2025 and will highlight the Phules' fight against caste and gender injustice in nineteenth-century India, as well as their pioneering work in education, such as creating the first school for females in Pune in 1848. However, as soon as the trailer was out, Brahmin organizations in Maharashtra started raising their voices, claiming that the film defames their community.  I mean, sincerely, the film is literally about Brahmin atrocities against oppressed castes.  How they were denied schooling for hundreds of years and persecuted. These are known and accepted facts.   Specifically, critics contend that the famous scene in which Brahmin children throw garbage at Savitribai Phule is factually false and encourages casteism by portraying Brahmins as uniformly nasty. (And these are all true incidents, accepted by historians).   To handle the outcry, the filmmakers delayed the release by two weeks from its initial date of April 11, 2025 (Jyotirao Phule's birth anniversary). To make matters worse, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has again played it's dictatorial role by omitted several portions illustrating caste-based discrimination, which weakens the film's message about the systemic oppression the Phules battled against. (List of Scenes in the Picture) I've also attached a list of the censor board members; look at their surnames and castes. How can anyone tell truthful and sincere stories in India? Seriously, how?

Manual scavenging. In Bandra. In 2025. Over a decade after India passed a law banning this inhuman practice, and despite multiple Supreme Court judgments demanding dignity, safety, and protective gear for sanitation workers—we are still here. Watching a man enter a manhole with no safety harness, no protection. Just his body. His life. At stake. I'm being told that this is private work being done in a residential society and not part of any civic project. This underlines the harsh truth; our society never really wanted to end this cruelty. We want clean drains, but we look away when a human being is made to crawl into filth. We pride ourselves on AI and automation, but can’t seem to automate dignity. This is not just illegal, it is a stain on our collective conscience. I urge the authorities to crack down on private contractors indulging in this practice. Book them. Penalise them. Make an example out of them. And to citizens; do not hire such contractors. You are not just breaking the law, you're breaking a human soul. Machines exist. Technologies are available. What’s missing is our will. Let us be clear—manual scavenging isn’t just a job, it’s a human rights violation. We are the richest civic body, surely we can find a way to ensure residents have access to automated solutions and are encouraged to go for the same. We must end it. Not tomorrow. Not with another policy but with collective responsibility, now! #ManualScavenging #EndTheInjustice #HumanDignity #BanManualScavenging #RightToLife #Mumbai #SanitationWorkers #StopThisCruelty 📸 @ALM_Khadeshwari @INCSCDept @DalitCamera @ambedkariteIND @BezwadaWilson

@Johanna_Deeksha This is so true. Suffered a horrible internal amputation because the doctor thought it was a routine infection.

This week's #CommonGround - Did you know that a huge number of amputations that occur in the country are completely avoidable. Often, it is a person's privilege that will determine whether or not they get to keep their limb. It is the poorest who suffer. shorturl.at/kAlgj

@missmaddenstein Fariyas at Apollo Bunder or grand hotel in Ballard estate for the vibes.

Hello lovelies, looking for reccos for hotels to stay in South Bombay — please share if you’ve stayed or heard good things?

Hyderabad's Nizam Museum was hit by a daring heist where thieves vanished with royal treasures worth crores—until an unexpected twist changed everything? Documentary feature #HeistOfHyderabad (2025) by #Xulfee, now streaming on @onetribedocubay.

While we enjoy the convenience of quick commerce I’d like my first tweet of 2025 to be about the dark side. Platform owners exploit gig workers & they aren’t job creators. They are landlords without owning any land. They don’t have a bone of creativity or innovation all they do is exploit people by offering them freedom that they can’t afford while giving them wages that can’t meet their aspirations. They are thugs that are using data as oil without paying for the oil fields. Someday there will be regulation that humbles them…

If you ever want to understand what's right and what's wrong, read Ambedkar. If you want to be a better person for people around you, read Ambedkar. There is nothing in the world that explains equality, morality, and social justice like him. If you have not read him, you are missing the greatest learnings of your life.

A part of me is definitely going to enjoy seeing privileged Indians who rarely raise their voice for various issues cry about scarcity, black market, unfair practices, scams, mismanagement, etc. because of Coldplay. Hehe.