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sf is going to sort of collapse if it does not build more housing at lightning speed

Today a court in Madurai sentenced all 9 police officers to death. Their crime was murder. Their victims were Jayaraj and Bennix. A father and son who kept their mobile shop open 45 minutes past curfew in June 2020. They were beaten for 7 hours through the night. Forced to wipe their own blood off the floor with their clothes. Jayaraj had 17 injuries. Bennix had 13. Both died within 3 days. The judge called it rarest of rare. Today India told every police officer in this country. Nobody is above the law. Not even the law itself. Selvarani waited 2192 days for this moment so as we.

> 70 years ago, Iran looked just like any Western country. > Short skirts, rock’n’roll, open universities. > It’s 1953. Iran elects a secular socialist: Mohammad Mossadegh. > He nationalizes oil. That pisses off BP. > Cold War excuse. > CIA and MI6 stage a coup. Operation Ajax. > Mossadegh is overthrown. > They install the Shah, a brutal US-backed dictator. > Secret police. Torture chambers. > Iran turns into a puppet state. > People are that desperate, they turn to Khomeini, an exiled cleric, promising independence and dignity. > 1979: Islamic Revolution. > The Shah flees. > US embassy stormed. Hostage crisis. > America never forgives. > Arms Saddam Hussein. > Iraq invades Iran. > US provides chemical weapons, satellite intel, logistics. > 1 million Iranians die. > Iranian kids sent into minefields with plastic keys around their necks. > US shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 > 290 civilians dead. > No apology. > Fast forward today, Israel attacks Iran. > The U.S. immediately says “we stand with Israel.” > They talk about “regime change.” > They say that Iranians “deserve freedom.” > No mention of the coup they started. > No mention of the dictator they installed. > No mention of the war they fueled. > No mention of the decades of sanctions and sabotage. > They created the monster, and now they attacked it because it was still breathing. > Watch who they try to put on the throne next. > The son of the Shah is already being presented as the “alternative.” > The same dynasty. > The same foreign backing. >The same promises of stability. > History will repeats itself. > And it’s not gonna end well.

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What a wonderful time this was. Where mutual respect, hospitality and friendship were the hallmarks of India/Pakistan cricket series. I guess we didn't know how good we had it back then...

If this were a film, we would have wept in the theatre. But now… we scroll down. 💔💔💔 We’ve lost our humanity.

The caste census debate reveals India's most significant macro risk: identity politics trumping economic growth. Markets need certainty, not divisive distractions Will India prioritise infra & manufacturing competitiveness, or waste its political capital on internal divisions?