Brown Jain Guy in UK
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@sehr_chic @drsunita02 Lol in India my 18 year old cousin licence at home .
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@drsunita02 When was the last time you took a driving test in india? Everything here applies in india too. Problem is everyone forgets once they get the license
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Getting a driver's license in India is easy.
In UK, it's tough, atleast it was in 2007, when I got mine.
I already held a driver's license in India. I sort of knew how to drive, i thought so.
When I took during classes in UK from a driving school, I realised how pathetic my driving was. I realised I wasn't taught even 70% of the stuff in India. I made mistakes.
My husband taught me in evenings and weekends. And we used to have raging arguments on my driving. It's a miracle that the car doors didn't fall off (poor car had to endure lot of door slamming) and it's a miracle that we still went home to have dinner.
My husband only taught me one thing "It's my duty to ensure that I am safe driver. Even if the other party is making a mistake, I should anticipate their mistakes and keep myself safe".
In UK, first there is a written exam. We have to pass it. Then after a few weeks we will receive a date for the practical exam.
I passed the theory exam. For the practical exam, I go to the exam centre and an examiner sits beside me. He then asks me to drive, all the while giving instructions on what to do.
He checks on my driving, my looking at the mirrors, 5 point check (checking left shoulder, left front mirror, rear view mirror in the car, right front mirror and right shoulder), changing lanes on highway, using indicators correctly, parking (reverse parking, parallel parking, normal parking), turning in the middle of the roads, stopping suddenly, sticking to speed limits, driving around the complicated UK roundabouts which have anywhere from 4 to 6-8 exits ....etc etc
For the next 30 minutes I drive. He scores my driving. We go back to the centre.
He tells my result: I fail.
He said, I received 2 minor faults and 1 major. He said, the major fault was I didn't do the 5 point mirror check before pulling out from the roundabout. He said rest of my driving was OK and that he was strict with me, but it was for my good.
He asked me to apply immediately within couple of weeks for a retest.
2 weeks later, I again apply for a retest. To my discomfort, I get the same examiner. I hoped he wouldn't recognise me. But to my discomfort again, he did indeed recognise me.
I was tensed now.
Anyway, we go driving again. I had no other option. I was sure he would fail me again
To my pleasant surprise, this time I passed.
In UK, once we get the driving license, we shouldn't use the L board (that's what my instructor said). He comes out of the car and removes the L board.
Asks me to continue driving safely.
I passed in my second test. I know of quite a few Indians who despite having an Indian license and having driven in India for many years, failed the UK test 5-6 times.
It's that strict....
And frankly speaking driving license tests should be strict. This ensures safety of self and others.
#driving
come to exam centre. An examiner sits next to
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@GabbbarSingh But there is no industrialisation happening in India and also it's not 18th century you dumb fuck . You are comparing the inventor and pioneer of industrial civilization to a hellhole
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This is London in the 18th century, every developing country on its road to industrialisation has to bear some ecological costs. Which can be mended later.
Gabbar@GabbbarSingh
Western countries acquired land, cut trees & industrialised before the climate activists were born. Now when it’s India’s turn to build infrastructure, these guys have woken up. LOL
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@ekwufinance @GANNTRADER2 bro you are cooked with data . Just picking random headlines and days and claiming power of astrology
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India just has no luck
After losing its main source of energy supplies, a heat wave has hit the nation, leading to record-high electricity demand
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@BritIndianVoice Lol you didn't do anything it was already there you were just cheap labour .
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I want to ask Britain something today.
Not with anger.
With a genuinely breaking heart.
We built your NHS.
We coded your technology.
We fed your high streets.
We topped your school league tables.
We paid every tax.
We broke no laws.
We raised our children to be proud Britons.
And 80% of us have still faced hatred for being Indian.
EIGHTY percent.
What exactly did we do wrong?
I am still waiting for an answer.
💔🇮🇳🇬🇧 #BritishIndians
British Indians Voice 🇮🇳🇬🇧@BritIndianVoice
My grandfather came to Britain in 1965. He didn’t speak much English. He worked night shifts in a factory in Birmingham. He paid his taxes. Kept his head down. Never complained. His son became a doctor. His granddaughter is a tech engineer. His great-grandchildren were born British. Three generations. Zero crime. Zero benefits fraud. Zero debt to this country. And still, STILL someone tells us to go home. Where exactly is home supposed to be? 🇮🇳🇬🇧 #BritishIndians
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@Dank_jetha The wind her will cut through your bones in 12 hours
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Geographical luck is the least talked about thing on the internet.
Postcard from Britain@BritainBloom
In England, you could walk by the sea and have a bench to yourself with such a scenic view
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People in south Italy be earning 20 LPA on average, enjoying their weekends off and yet desis be cribbing about their 30 lpa packages in India and saying they need 40cr for retirement.
What gives?
Michael A. Arouet@MichaelAArouet
Each time I travel to Italy, I wonder about the massive economic gap. Why is the North one of the wealthiest areas in Europe, while the South remains so extremely poor? Isn’t it the same country, with the same language, culture, taxes, and laws? Can someone please explain?
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@riteshmjn Lol Indians don't care they own trillions of dollars worth of Gold that they don't sell
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This is probably my most important post.
The FED stole your future and there is no going back
"The system is rigged. The deep state does not want us to be free. The American dream is dead."
Statements like these conjure images of deep pessimism, a worldview where you have no agency, where you are merely a puppet dancing for malignant powers you cannot see or touch. We are not people who live in that camp. But sometimes, certain data points are so damning that they leave us no choice but to admit: something is seriously wrong, and it needs to be laid out in the open.
Every time I visit India now, I find people agitated. Even those in the top 10% of the income bracket, earning anywhere from ₹50 lakhs to a crore per year, feel like they are running on a treadmill that keeps accelerating. No matter how fast they move, it is never enough. At the ground level, the situation is far worse. It is the same story everywhere. In Canada, both partners in a household work full time and still fall short each month. In Australia, young professionals earn well and own nothing. In Germany, the middle class quietly shrinks. The geography changes. The exhaustion does not.
And the origins of this mess are not in New Delhi or Ottawa or Berlin. They are in Washington D.C. All of us are paying the price for a policy disaster handed down from ivory towers, by people most of us never elected and, frankly, never even saw.
Consider this: the U.S. money supply (M2) grew by 40% in just 2 years
*The Federal Reserve United States Money Supply M2*
January 1, 2020: $15.4 trillion
January 1, 2022: $21.6 trillion
A staggering ~40% increase
As of Mar-26, $ 22.6 Tn
( so they never reversed the increased money supply although Covid got over)
Unprecedented in the history of the Federal Reserve post-World War 2 era. (Source: FRED) This massive injection of liquidity created asset bubbles across the economy. Wages stayed stagnant. Those who owned capital benefited enormously. Everyone else got the inflation.
Most people have not yet identified the cause of their frustration, but they have begun to feel its effects viscerally. And that feeling, that the system simply cannot deliver on their aspirations, has become the quiet tailwind driving a very dangerous behavioural shift.
The more people sense that conventional paths are closed off, the more they reach for asymmetric bets, even knowing the odds are stacked heavily against them. The explosion of betting apps and prediction markets, Kalshi, Polymarket, Dream11 and their many cousins, are not trends. They are symptoms of a broken economy. The feverish rise in F&O trading and the massive uptick in exchange volumes are different expressions of the same underlying truth: when people stop trusting the system to reward honest effort, they start gambling on outcomes instead.
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Every time I see a discussion about prostitution, it just confuses me. In a low income area, women are exploited by the men
In a high income community, women still practice prostitution and its various forms, but with freedom.
So then, are we against prostitution itself or the fact that women should be able to do it without men’s control in the equation?
You’ll see arguments for both sides. But it’s a very slippery slope.
Dr Shalini@Thhuk_69
In India it's hard to be a women ❤️🩹
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i don’t know much about the us or canada but definitely not true in europe.
do people say such retarded things purely to grab attention?
The Exploited TaxPayer@IndiaNewGen
Important piece of advice from @ravihanda ji who achieved financial independence at 37. In western countries, if you worked for 15-20 years, you can retire handsome. No need to worry about small small things. In India, you would still be paying tax, school fees & EMIs at 45.
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Is gold a hedge against INR falling?
Gold from 2012–2018 made almost nothing.
Gold in INR: +4.8% cumulative over 7 years. USD/INR: +31%. S&P 500 in INR: +190%
Rupee's fall should have saved gold. It didn't.
You should have gold.
BUT. It is global AND gold. Not global OR gold.
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@GabbbarSingh Indian parents be like - humne tujhe pala posa bada Kia kya matlab tu budhape me humari chaddi nahi saaf karega
Indian parents love is pure transactional
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People who are averse to having kids and live a DINK life. It’s perfectly fine. But they are missing on one key thing in life:
The purest form of love in the world is what a parent has for their kid. Their own blood. It may not be vice versa. Relationships, marriages often devolve into transactional setups. Love between a couple diminishes with time & becomes a most optimal peaceful settlement. But the affection for your kid is pure.
If you are okay with not experiencing it, it’s totally fine. :)
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@sshrishh The slippery slope is: allowing prostitution to continue (even high income with agency), is still an indication of societal decay. It still contributes to the objectification of women.
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@ActusDei @pillarcap I'll add some more data - average usd : inr for the year.
2000 : 44.31
2005 : 43.50
2006 : 46.92
2007 : 49.32
2008 : 43.30
2009 : 48.82
2010 : 46.02
2011 : 44.65
So that's 11 years of nothing if exchange rate is the only return driver.
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Every year Indians debate whether to invest globally.
Every year the rupee settles the debate for them.
₹84 → ₹95 in 12 months. That's a 13% currency loss before your equity even blinks.
The dollar doesn't care about your hesitation.
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INR is a falling knife.
Change 5000 INR into Thai currency (THB)-- you will get 1030 THB.
Now, try changing that 1030 THB back to INR, you will get only 2989 INR back (instead of 5000).
This 40% "spread" indicates how illiquid (& weak) INR is.
- No one bothers.
- Media won't educate you.
- Everyone says: why even bother, you will stay in Indis; spend in India, right?
Wrong.
That's not how it works.
Just because YOU don't spend in USD or AED, does not mean that it doesn't hurt you. India is a net importer. And, is likely to remain so.
Whenever something is imported, you need to pay in a foreign currency. Just because you are not paying this "directly" does not mean this payment is not happening.
As the currency falls, your buying power (globally) gets depleted.
Solution? if you want to travel abroad, send kids abroad, plan your retirement or simply retain your buying power:
Start saving in a foreign currency. Example: invest in US stocks. This is legal. One of the many ways.
Else, you might look at your SIP growth= 12%
Pay 12.5% tax= roughly 10.5%
Currency depreciation = 8%
Net returns= 2.5-3%
The new reality is: to retire in India, you need to invest abroad. The sooner you get started the better it is.
India is a great growth story. Use it strategically. Don't buy it at any valuation. Buy it only when the valuations are low.
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@RakshitSomani @EvryPaisaMatter Toh lodu aise toh restaurant me dal makhani k 800 mat do khud banao curate karo chutiye nandan
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Amit ji "Time is money" agree but curating an itinerary is all about enriching your experience and not saving a buck or a two.
Personally for me - Its always better to curate one for self- you learn more about the place , your trip starts the moment you start mapping points and location with all being a fun drill than a mere assignment.
There is def a market , but yeah for me that market is nothing but a ghost town i would love myself to debar from 😅
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Happened to stumble across the profile of a local travel blogger of this particular European country on Instagram .
Asked her the itinerary charges : for 7 days € 139.
No of followers: 5700
Honestly charging for an itinerary in todays age is a fallacy.
In an era where every hidden gem is tagged on Instagram and every bus schedule is a thumb swipe away, putting a price tag on a list of locations is like charging a subscription fee for the sunrise point. You are not selling a secret ,you are just trying to invoice someone for the sunshine! 😅
#TravelTips
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@singhsahana No wonder condition of women is so bad in India.
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All the man did was to gently say that the respect for Indians in America will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself, which is true. He did not guilt-trip Indians living abroad. He spoke as one who has walked the talk of living in an Indian village and showing a different model of business development. People disagreed with his suggestion which he did not resent but replied politely to. Why go and throw dirt on him over personal matters that we will never be in a position to judge?
Amit Schandillia@Schandillia
Man goes to America. Does PhD. Stays back. Gets job. Starts family. Starts business. Builds fortune. In that order. Years pass. All well. All perfect. Until not anymore. Problems in marriage. On the verge. Desperate to separate. Only one hurdle. California is a “community property” state. Which means that wealth generated during a marriage is generally split 50-50 in a divorce. Whatever man owns of his business, wife gets half of it. Can’t let that happen. Solution? Transfers almost all he owns to siblings in India. Shares, IPR, the works. Keeps only 5% to himself. And then? Back to India. Two oceans away from California laws. Away from American jurisdiction, under banners of “rural empowerment,” “austerity,” and “nation-building,” a new phase of life about to start. Unencumbered with the ghosts from the troubled marriage. But wait...man still married, right? WhatsApp to the rescue. Talaq...talaq...talaq. Sorry, he no Muslim, so no talaq. Just a polite WhatsApp text saying, me want divorce. Finally free. Unencumbered from the woman’s presence, breath of fresh air. New life. New narratives. “The recluse” who owns just 5% of his business! Except, sister safekeeps 47% and brother 35%. Nationalism, austerity, and build-in-India. Potent mix. Man becomes patron saint of Bharatmata’s arrival. But wife unwilling to give up. Stranded with a specially abled son, woman moves court. In California. Court passes verdict. Man guilty of abandonment. Asked to post a billion-dollar bond. Man appeals. Loses. Man tries restructuring business. Court says no. Man must distance himself from the corporate helm at his business to safeguard interests. Steps down as CEO. Steps up as “chief whatever.” Convenient. Effective? Time will tell. But for now... Quite the rockstar in home country. Writing open letters asking Indians to “come back for Bharatmata.” Basking in hero-worship. Might enter politics, the last refuge, you know. Unsolicited advice: Don’t listen to him. He had to, you don’t. There’s a reason you left home. And that reason isn’t just money. It’s a quality of life your folks back home cannot begin to comprehend.
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Brown Jain Guy in UK retweetledi
Why Did Sridhar Vembu Really Come to India?
The story you've been sold: A billionaire tech entrepreneur renounces Silicon Valley, returns to a Tamil Nadu village, lives simply, cycles to work, talks about dharma and reversing brain drain. Simple living, high thinking. A saint in a cotton shirt.
The story the California courts tell: He moved to India in late 2019. Filed for divorce in 2021. In between, he transferred ownership of Zoho's US subsidiary to entities controlled by his associate Tony Thomas and his sister Radha Vembu, who now holds an estimated 47.8% stake in the company, without his wife's knowledge or consent.
A California court didn't mince words. It found that Vembu had acted "without regard for respondent's interests in community assets and without regard for the law." It ordered him to post a $1.7 billion bond. Unprecedented, the court itself said.
His wife Pramila Srinivasan, who by her own account supported the household in Zoho's early years and was kept in the dark about the ownership restructuring, is still fighting the case in California. Their son, who has autism and requires lifelong care, lives with her in the Bay Area. He is 26 years old.
Vembu left him behind.
The move to rural India wasn't a philosophical act. It was a jurisdictional one. California's community property law requires marital assets to be split equally in a divorce.
The solution, apparently, was to move the assets and himself out of California's reach before the divorce became formal. The village was the alibi. The dharma was the disguise. This is the conclusion the evidence points to.
The trial is not yet concluded and Vembu has denied all allegations, calling them complete fiction. But the court, looking at the same evidence, found his explanations not credible.
And then came the reward. The Modi government gave him the Padma Shri on January 26, 2021 and appointed him to the National Security Advisory Board just days later, in February 2021.
The formal divorce filing came in August that year. The government honoured him while the marriage was already in ruins and the asset transfers were already underway.
But the courts and the Padma Shri are almost secondary. The real villainy is what he did to millions of ordinary Indians who believed him.
The man built an entire public persona on selflessness, on the idea that he had walked away from wealth and comfort for the sake of rural youth, for India, for something larger than himself. People quoted him. Teachers cited him. Young men from small towns looked up to him.
It was a performance.
Underneath the saint was a man who had abandoned his wife of nearly three decades, walked away from a son who needed him, moved a billion dollar empire out of legal reach, and dressed the whole operation up as enlightenment.
That is the real story of why Sridhar Vembu came to India.
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@twitsofsupratik @Sarv_shaktiman @ECISVEEP @grok Stop listening to Ankit Shah. His when family is settled in US along with Jaishankar son . You think you are smarter than Jaishankar? LoL
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@Sarv_shaktiman @ECISVEEP @grok You will know by the end of 2026 itself if its same argument or closure of 400 year cycle of Pound-Dollar single country reserve currency.
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Few years ago we won the @ECISVEEP hackathon and built digi voter , ran a small pilot within karnataka elections. It was simple on chain attendance with biometrics so voters don't repeat. I was young college kid whitepilled about vishwaguru.
Went to all state election commissioners and to my surprise the second conversation always was about bribes to run a pilot??? Firstly the election commissioner babus were too adamant to not have any technological prowess and treat voters as dehatis (well it's true for majority).
One IIT Kanpur passout commissioner blackpilled me and said I'm just wasting my time trying out any government project. I should just go get a job or build something else, and he gave me that advice as an elder. It stuck and I personally gave up. My friends are still hustling out to get some pilot for digi voter and that loop is never completed without a bribe conversation, only for some kids to run a pilot.
Sridhar Vembu@svembu
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
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