Dr.Sushi Kadanakuppe

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In 1980, Kannada was being pushed aside in its own land, dominated by English and Hindi in administration and education. The Gokak report exposed this neglect, sparking a movement that grew into a massive uprising. That’s when Dr. Rajkumar stepped in and became the voice of the people, traveling across Karnataka and giving the movement strength and direction. Annavru's demand was simple, Kannada as the first language in administration and education. No hostility towards other languages, just respect for the mother tongue. The movement succeeded. Kannada got its rightful place. On his birth anniversary, we remember not just an actor, but a man who stood for his people, his language, and his land. Dr. Rajkumar remains a voice, a strength, and a lasting pride of Karnataka. #DrRajkumar #Annavru #GokakChaluvalli

My wife (Ria) went to AIIMS. I went to IIT Delhi. We watched 'Hello Bachhon' on Netflix this weekend. One kid in the show breaks down walls in his village to sell bricks so he can afford coaching fees. A girl hides her textbooks because her parents want her married off. Throughout the show, Ria and I realized that we never had to fight for any of that. We had access to coaching. Good coaching. Neither of us ever worried about whether we'd get to prepare. The IIT-AIIMS crowd loves talking about the grind. # of hours of self-study per day, the pressure, and sleepless nights. I've done it too. But that grind starts after you already have access. Most of us skipped the actual hard part and don't even know it because the people who are capable but can't afford access are invisible. They're not in your coaching batch. They're not in your college. You never compete against them because they never got the chance to show up. We credit hard work more than it deserves. Sometimes the biggest advantage was just being born in the right city to the right family. 'Hello Bachhon' made this truth hard to ignore. Great watch.

They are ants solving a geometric problem and it is mind-blowingly colorful.

A compassionate gesture by the dog while the kid learns early stepping 😊

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Epstein was a “power broker” because he pandered to the depravity of the rich and powerful and then blackmailed them with the evidence of their depravity. He was a successful power broker precisely because of this. If the anchor from NDTV had brains or morals, she would know this

This editorial in The Hindu of January 1, 2026 analyses how and why the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Review (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories has descended into farce — actually much worse than farce. A combination of high-handedness, ad hocery, incompetence, indecent haste, and motivated and unlawful manoeuvres threatens to turn (where it has not already turned) the SIR exercise into a means of mass disenfranchisement on an unprecedented scale. The ongoing West Bengal SIR is an egregious case of this incompetence and grave abuse of procedure and process by the ECI. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court of India has failed “properly [to] vet the new SIR procedure for constitutionality.” But “it is still not too late for the Court to take note of the infirmities and to decide firmly in favour of the electorate. The fate of the very idea of universal adult franchise hangs in the balance.” Descent into farce The Hindu, January 1, 2026 thehindu.com/opinion/editor…

This man will destroy all of India in his pursuit of profit. No government has been so callous about our environment, whether it's Delhi toxic air or slaughtering forests, the Aravali or Great Nicobar.

📉 Karnataka’s drop in farmer suicides from 1,254 (2023-24) to 377 in 2025-26, is welcome and deserves credit. Welfare support and better credit access have eased immediate pain. However, without structural reforms—irrigation, stable prices, Swaminathan MSP—the cycle can return.

It's time for people to ask those who get their jobs & salaries from their money & votes, what gave them the right to undermine the people's 'right to work'! ‘A bill to destroy MGNREGA’: Why experts fear the worst from new job guarantee bill scroll.in/article/108932… via @scroll_in

Sub: MODI MODELS Humanitarian Crisis 🚨 There’s much more to REMOVING Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the landmark employment guarantee scheme. This beautifully crafted Scheme by development economist Prof. Jean Dreze, to address the agrarian, rural distress and guarantee jobs and creation of community assets in the villages of India, is practically killed by the Modi Regime. After killing the RTI Act, 2005 similarly, the Modi Regime has now killed MGNREGA. The landmark Acts of UPA-I, a truly reformative Government, are being undone by Modi Regime. It is taking away the RIGHTS of the Citizens - Right to Information, Right to Work, Right to Education. Even the Constitutional rights viz. Fundamental Rights, especially of the Minorities, Right to Vote (to choose your representative), are practically TAKEN AWAY by Modi Regime. New Delhi and NCR residents’ Right to Life is seriously compromised, threatened, due to the Toxic Air, disrupting lives of Citizens. Your VOTES DONT MATTER ANYMORE, EVM+ECI does the Job of granting the facade of legitimacy to the Modi Regime.

MGNREGA is not merely a scheme, it is a constitutional commitment to dignity, decentralisation, and federal responsibility. But this VB–G RAM G Bill weakens all three, fiscally, institutionally, and morally. At its core, this Bill cuts the idea of a guaranteed 100 days of work. By introducing state-wise "normative allocations," it places a financial ceiling on a legal right. When funds run out, work stops. A right that depends on budget availability is no longer a right, it is a concession. The Centre further abandons its responsibility by shifting from full wage funding to a 60:40 cost-sharing model, forcing States to either stretch their finances or deny work. This undermines cooperative federalism and allows the Centre to claim credit while States absorb the political and fiscal blame. But the deepest impact will be felt on the ground by rural people across the country. For millions in rural India, MGNREGA was the only locally available, legally guaranteed, and predictable source of paid work. It enabled families to survive lean seasons, reduced distress migration, and provided a basic income floor. By capping work, suspending employment for 60 days during agricultural seasons, and making access conditional, this Bill pushes rural people back into uncertainty, debt, migration, and dependence. When work is suspended by law, it is rural households that lose their safety net. When funds dry up, it is rural workers who are turned away. When biometric systems fail, it is rural people, including women, elderly workers, single women, migrant wives, persons with disabilities, and digitally excluded households, who are excluded without appeal. Administrative discretion replaces legal entitlement, and survival becomes negotiable. The sidelining of Gram Sabhas and Panchayats further erodes the voice of rural people. MGNREGA strengthened local democracy by allowing communities to plan and prioritise works. The new framework replaces this with central dashboards, GIS layers, and AI audits, turning citizens into data points, and constitutional institutions into mere implementing units. The renaming of the Act is not cosmetic. Gandhi’s name had to be removed and replaced with "RAM." This is ideological rewriting, not policy reform. The intent is to erase a rights-based, dignity-centred framework and replace it with a controlled, conditional labour model aligned with a different political narrative. MGNREGA recognised rural people as rights-holders. G RAM G treats them as costs to be managed. This Bill does not modernise rural employment. It shrinks guarantees, weakens States, centralises power, and abandons rural India, economically, institutionally, and constitutionally. #MGNREGA #NREGAUnderAttack #ParliamentWinterSession2025 #Parliament

MGNREGA is being repealed by stealth. The Modi Government may keep the outer shell of NREGA, but it has ripped out its spine — the legal, enforceable right to work. This Bill is a classic BJP model: Delhi grabs all the power, States are left to carry the burden. The Centre will control the scheme, dictate the terms, and still avoid accountability — while States are expected to manage the fallout, fund the gaps, and face people’s anger. In short, the Government is downgrading a hard-won constitutional promise of dignity through work into a token, centrally-controlled programme with no enforceable rights. VB G RAM G is an assault on rural livelihoods and federalism and it must be opposed, tooth and nail.

Today, we have officially banned social media accounts for under 16s.

Should have got the Bharat Ratna in his lifetime, if not posthumously. Sadly, no votes to be garnered by giving him the country’s highest civilian award. Nor was he always on same page as those in power. Never too late though! Happy birthday to India’s Milkman , Dr Verghese Kurien 🙏🎂

NSTD 25 Webinar 18.08.25 @ 7 pm Status of Scientific temper in India Today Speakers Amardeo Sarma, former chair of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations & Gauhar Raja, ex scientist, NISTADS Chair: Priya Hasan, Scientist, MAANU Zoom ID: 835 2686 8869 Passcode: 985459

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How will you rate S Jaishankar's performance as the Foreign Minister of India ? [ Out of 10 ] Be honest.

@satishacharya 😂 fantastic

Credit Jeevi. #IndiaPakistanWar #DonaldTrump