Ishtiaque Al Amin

Today, I was traveling home by bus. A Muslim girl was sitting on the seat next to me. She was wearing a black burqa and was completely covered, with only her eyes visible. The heat was intense, so during our conversation, I casually asked her, "We are feeling so hot even in a T-shirt and trousers, don't you feel hot in these clothes?" She replied, "I do, but it is better than the heat of the fire of Jahannam (Hell)." Think about the level of brainwashing that makes people believe that suffering themselves in the name of religion is the right thing to do.😬

Islam itself is not an Integral part of Bharat. You should be glad Hindus are still letting u stay here.

Marco Rubio did not land in New Delhi to talk friendship. He came with a checklist. Buy American oil. Buy Venezuelan oil routed through US channels. Pay the premium. Do not ask questions. Washington has kept the Strait of Hormuz in a slow boil deliberately. Russian refineries sit under sanctions. The squeeze on global energy supply is not an accident. It is architecture. Manufactured scarcity to make US crude the only viable option at whatever price Washington decides to name. India is the target market. The mediation offer on Pakistan is another arm of the same agenda. The US wants to position itself as the indispensable middleman before any India Pakistan flashpoint escalates. What that really means is this: India must inform Washington before taking any unilateral defensive action. India must seek American approval before responding to aggression on its own soil. That is not mediation. That is a leash dressed up as diplomacy. And then there is the immigration lever. Hundreds of thousands of Indians are embedded in the American economy, in tech, in medicine, in finance. Washington knows this. Rubio knows this. The visa threat is the silent weapon sitting in the corner of every room where these conversations happen. The opening stop at Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata was optics. It was a signal about values and about who controls the moral framing of this visit. The agenda was set before the plane touched down. India has navigated far more sophisticated pressure than this. The answer must be simple and non negotiable. Strategic autonomy is not a talking point. It is the policy. India does not pre-inform. India does not pre-seek permission. India does not buy overpriced oil because Washington engineered a shortage to make the math work. Rubio came with a list. India should hand it back unsigned.

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Islam itself is not an Integral part of Bharat. You should be glad Hindus are still letting u stay here.

Fun fact: the cultural distance between North and South India is actually greater than that between North India and Pakistan.

Taiwanese Kaohsiung candidate's billboard vows to ban Indian immigrants.

If you’re seeing s sudden surge of anti India emotions across the world, it’s not random. It’s not widespread, but it’s starting to gain ground. Media to local leaders, think tanks to social media - they are coming for us. Coordinated attacks against anything that’s Indian, from culture to competence, will be used to destabilise India. Nobody likes a rising power that’s not keen on bending to others rules. Accommodate, yes we can do that at times. But following rules set for us because it’s beneficial for you, is not going to happen. We all have a role to play here. It’s us against those who loved watching India in articles of poverty porn and lists of grants given. We’ve come a long away and that’s not going well with anyone. And it never will. That’s the way the world works. Defending your own place is a never ending effort. Since the time we’ve known recorded history, the moment any empire gains footing, the violence level increases. The only ones who survived and prospered were the ones who understood the perfect mix of diplomacy and war. Your velvet glove should always have an iron fist inside it. Otherwise you’re just a footnote in history.