Apan Singhal

I am willing to lay the opposite bet. I was with the 3 foreign tourists recently in India for a few days. When you look at it from the lens of F2 tourists, barring Taj Mahal & Rajasthan Palace Hotels, there is nothing else that they want to see here with they cannot get anywhere else. ( And of course the approach to the Taj ,less said the better) International cards don't work in many many places. They don't want to carry a lot of cash around because of safety. The dirt, squalor ( just outside beautiful Deer park in Delhi, there is a dump truck permanently parked and never cleaned. Non existent roads and payments in most parts Terrible driving ethics whether it is on red light or coming the same way in a one way road whether it is within the city or on highways People who are not cultured or polite or even with basic manners of holding doors open or saying thank you Eg, Goa could have been our Bali , Phuket. But for that we need a swinging liberal culture not moral policing. And yes we need garbage free roads. Out of the 90 lakh tourists every year that come, I am counted a minimum of 20 times because I visit India that many times per year. NRIs are probably 40- 50% of that number. Genuine F2s, F2- esses are probably half. Other countries have not stood still and they have executed. People want amazing places to spend money on. Bali has 80 lakh tourists. Happening night life. Super cheap. Phuket too. Vietnam. Here we only talk and that's where it ends. But yes, this opportunity is a permanent past , present and future opportunity

In the red versus blue poll, let us make a slight change. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. Otherwise whatever number of red buttons were clicked, that exact number of people chosen RANDOMLY from all people survive. Which button would you press?

Liberalism can be critiqued for many things but it's a positive and sensible aspect of liberalism that it doesn't overreach in trying to explain everything and that it can accommodate openness to even critiques of itself, thereby aiding its survival.

must be so blissful being a lib, no ideological framework for why things happen, no coherent understanding of history or economics, just individual issues that you interpret solely based on vibes

must be so blissful being a lib, no ideological framework for why things happen, no coherent understanding of history or economics, just individual issues that you interpret solely based on vibes

Bengal SIR: The patter deepens - what the data from Malda and Murshidabad is asking? AltNews has digitised electoral rolls of 12.8L+ voters: Kolkata : Bhabanipur & Ballygunge Malda : Manikchak & Mothabari Murshidabad : Baharampur & Samserganj Thread.

Disney apparently is not too happy about Avatar: Fire and Ash box-office numbers. The company is now aiming for cheaper and shorter Avatar films. The fourth installment has already been shot by James Cameron up to 20% or so, and with the fifth film also planned, Cameron intends to complete both films before moving on to other projects. Avatar: Fire and Ash earned $1 billion less than Avatar: The Way of Water. While the film was received positively by both the audience and critics, its lower box office earnings can be attributed to its reliance on the impact of the first two films. The third film didn't have the fire to create enough urgency. The perspectives of audiences around the world have changed, and no matter the budget, a film must now be treated like an event. That's why Nolan's The Odyssey, set for release on July 17, 2026, sold all its tickets a year in advance. Nolan approaches his projects as a celebration of cinema. For Nolan, releasing a film in theaters has purpose. It's an opportunity he creates for his following project, which creates momentum. But Cameron is still the king of the box office. To remain in such a position, it's necessary to rethink the strategies. Make us crave Avatar again.