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@debabratam @GuptaPragnya Good observation!

@GuptaPragnya How come she was going through those manuscripts? She was not conversant with any ancient language except English, not even Sanskrit. Forget about Pali, Prakrit or Brahmi scripts. Her only source of reading is translation by white scholars. It's a propaganda of the highest order

In 1958, inside the silent library of SOAS, London, a young Romila Thapar was studying ancient manuscripts to understand Emperor Ashoka—not just as a ruler, but as a moral and political thinker. Her research later became Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, redefining how ancient India was studied. Born into a disciplined military family, Thapar grew up witnessing India’s diversity firsthand. As a historian at Jawaharlal Nehru University, she showed rare courage during the Emergency of the 1970s by refusing to praise the government, despite threats and pressure. Her groundbreaking idea of India’s transition “from lineage to state” explained how early societies evolved into organized political systems. For Thapar, history was never mythology—it was evidence, reason, and truth. She famously rejected the Padma Bhushan twice, believing government honors could compromise academic freedom. Even today, Romila Thapar stands as a symbol of intellectual honesty and fearless scholarship. - Tamal Bose

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@nsitharaman tdscpc portal was revamped and the revised portal has no data of TDS. I have to submit form 16b for Feb transaction. No definite commitment by helpdesk. Request intervention

@LaDameBlanche03 ಕನ್ನಡ - ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ವಿವಾದವೇ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಇದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಈಗಿನ ಗಲಾಟೆಗಳು. ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ DMK ವಿಚಾರಧಾರೆ ಆಮದು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳದೆ, ಸರಿಯಾದ ಚರಿತ್ರೆ ಓದಿದರೆ, ಈ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಬಿದ್ದು ಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ!

ಹರಿಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಬಂದರೂ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತವನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದಿಂದ ಬೇರ್ಪಡಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ! ಈ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಗೆ ಕೆರಳಿ ಕೆಂಡಾಮಂಡಲವಾಗುವವರು ತಮ್ಮ ನಾಮಧೇಯ ಯಾವ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಮೂಲವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ಮೊದಲು ಪುನರಾವಲೋಕನ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಿ 💅🏻

@sabeer The events so far do not support your views. If you understand that the root of the problem is the venomous tenets of the Book being taught to young children, facilitated by your kind of views, then reform can happen and future will be good

Partition happened in 1947. I wasn’t alive then - and neither were most of us. Carrying forward inherited hatred between nations, for events we didn’t cause, is childish. The future belongs to individuals who choose understanding over division.

@waknis_shubhada @KanojiaPJ Exactly. Go to England and say that cross is banned but Hijab is ok.

When you invest hard earned money, you should also be taking care of employees and customers who belong to a majority shouldn’t hurt their sentiments. Want business from Hindu customers and in parallel mock them for their tradition. Doing business by hurting sentiments of majority of population is creativity?

I am saying this again, India is no longer a country for free and fair business, nor a land of creative freedom. You invest your hard-earned money to build something from scratch, and suddenly 2-rupee Bajrang Dal goons show up at your doorstep to shut it down, just because you try to create a neutral space or say something that doesn’t fit their politics. The attacks on Piyush Bansal and Namita Thapar will push a whole generation of entrepreneurs to leave India. Economic growth depends on a strong ecosystem, and when people don’t feel safe to build or speak, why would anyone stay? On one side, Hindutva goons. On the other, what does the government offer? High taxes, constant Income Tax and ED notices, harassment of the very people trying to create jobs and value. And let’s be clear, this doesn’t happen without political patronage. BJP cannot deny that these mobs are part of the ecosystem that benefits them. You build something, and one day 100 unemployed goons can walk in and destroy it. Is this the environment we want for business and innovation?

@Virginia_wolfie @KanojiaPJ @sanjayuvacha So, standing up for the rights of Hindus is spreading hatred. Should they simply watch when bindi is banned but not hijab?

@KanojiaPJ @sanjayuvacha I saw one lady and many hindu organisational hooligans wearing lots of red thread and tilak visiting Lenskart. They are harassing everyone and applying tilak on everyone . They being the one in power are entitled to do everything . Come on don't spread this much hatred .

@JaipurDialogues The success of the British Empire - ensuring that mental slavery continued even after half a century after they left!

Prakash Raj claims Ram was a North Indian, Ravan a South Indian tribal, and their conflict began because Ram "STOLE FRUITS."🥲 This is what happens when you learn itihas from church

@Imdead108_ybc Broadly I second your view. One thing - pl stop using "religion" for Dharma. This is disastrous translation by Britishers. Also we need to teach about the "religions" which negate others, unlike Dharma.

Nowadays, when Hindu girls get trapped in love jihad cases, it is not only the girls who are responsible. Their parents, religious leaders, and Hindu society are also responsible. We send children to school for education, but we often forget to teach them about their religion, culture, and values. If parents sit with their daughters and talk openly like friends, and explain their religion and identity clearly, girls will not get easily influenced by others. There is still time. Talk to your daughters and sisters honestly, guide them, and make them strong so they can make the right decisions.

@meparikshit @Dev_Fadnavis Our tax payers have been paying taxes all along. Nothing new in this. "Approve" means very different in the official context. Not what it means in personal context

@Dev_Fadnavis Approved?? Is it paid by Narendra Modi and Ashwini Vaishnaw from their individual pockets? It's our tax money that you guys use. So say thanks to the tax payers that due to our tax, you all are able to enjoy everything free of cost.

🚄Good news : New Vande Bharat Sleeper From Mumbai to Bengaluru approved! Thank you, Hon. PM Narendra Modi Ji and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Ji for approving the Vande Bharat Sleeper train from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) Mumbai to KSR Bengaluru. This is a transformative step for passengers travelling between these 2 important cities. With Vande Bharat’s world-class amenities and speed, the journey is now just as rewarding as the destination. @narendramodi @AshwiniVaishnaw @RailMinIndia #VandeBharat #Mumbai #Bengaluru

@Dev_Fadnavis Sir, This is great news. Other trains in this section also need to take much less travel time. Request your help in that. Now it takes 24 hrs.

@HALDERG12 @ANI That is putting a lot of drama in a very routine process. Names are never deleted without a reason which is published. Can always be appealed.

@ANI NO PROBLEM WITH SIR . PROBLEM IS TO DELETE THE VALID VOTERS WITHOUT ANY REASON !!!

#WATCH | Delhi: Former Joint Director and Chief of Protocol at the Election Commission of India, Mohd Amin, says, "I just heard about the situation in Malda, these have always been the criminal states... Earlier, Mamata Banerjee was criticising why we have the seven rounds of the elections... This time during the SIR, their state leaders and their TMC leaders are against that. SIR is the legal process, and this is endorsed by the Supreme Court of India for the election process... SIR is very clear-cut and purifying for the voter list... What happened in Malda is a very shameful matter; we condemn these things. The Supreme Court has already condemned this..."

@OpIndia_com Carrying out the unfinished agenda of the Raj of breaking Bharat. Talking against an individual is very different from talking about an entire state of millions. Just because of some idiotic statements by likes of Mohua, can we brand an entire state?

TMC MP Mahua Moitra insults Gujarati community, claims they had no role in India’s freedom struggle. She ignores key figures like MK Gandhi and Sardar Patel, raising questions over factual accuracy. opindia.com/news-updates/t…

@Jairam_Ramesh Assume that your claim is true. Should it make you sad as a Bharatiya or make you happy that your political opponent has a reduced stature, never mind he is the PM of Bharat. Truly sad for a party which has repeatedly claimed credit for freedom.

Multiple reports in leading international media outlets have identified Pakistan as one of the intermediaries being used between the US and Israel on the one side and Iran on the other. If these reports are true, they represent a severe setback and rebuff to India - and it is all attributable to the self-styled Vishwaguru. For over a year, it has been abundantly clear that in spite of our undoubted military successes in Operation Sindoor, the sad reality is that thereafter Pakistan’s diplomatic engagement and narrative management has been markedly superior to that of the Modi Govt. Pakistan which was in a hugely precarious situation —politically, socially, economically and globally — has received a fresh lease of life. President Trump warmly and repeatedly embraced the man whose incendiary and inflammatory rhetoric formed the backdrop to the Pahalgam terror attacks on April 22 2025, and hosted Field Marshall Asim Munir twice in the White House (including for an unprecedented lunch). The Pakistani establishment has developed a cosy relationship with President Trump’s immediate circle. Mr. Modi’s ill-advised visit to Israel, that ended just two days before the unprovoked US-Israel aerial assaults on Iran began, will go down in our political history as a singularly disastrous choice - one that has made us retreat from a position where we could and should have mediated. The Prime Minister’s huglomacy stands brutally exposed. The country is being forced to pay a price for this.

@KanagiVijay @Jairam_Ramesh @abbas_nighat The problem is the wrong approach of demonizing Muslims, instead of curing the disease, which is being transmitted even now to young minds. So, support those within the community advocating reforms. An Open Letter to Moderate Muslims share.google/AXVtNJ5pRPjrTs…

@Jairam_Ramesh @abbas_nighat

The former Chief Justice of India Shri Ranjan Gogoi has retired as nominated member of the Rajya Sabha today. In the only speech he ever made in the Rajya Sabha on Aug 7 2023, Shri Gogoi drew attention to TR Andhyarujina’s book called Kesavananda Bharati Case. The book provides fascinating and unusual archival detail on how the Supreme Court put in place the ‘basic structure’ doctrine on April 24. 1973. Anybody interested in our political and legal history must read Mr. Andhyarujina’s gripping narrative. There is another reason why the book is so valuable. It is the only place where Mr. Nani Palkivala’s letter of Nov 9 1975 to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has been published in full. No biography of the great Mr. Palkivala makes any reference to it. In the letter the legal luminary rubbished the June 12 1975 verdict of the single judge bench of the Allahabad High Court that changed the course of Indian politics profoundly.

@sreejithunni @talk2anuradha British left us in 1947. But they have firmly established their colony in our minds!

Seriously? You have a problem that with a bull enjoying the sea? Would you say the same if it was a dog? And all the comments about "this is what is wrong with the country"! No, this is not what is wrong with the country. What is wrong is agonizing over some 40-50 foreigners!

Around 30-40 foreigners were taking a dip before this happened. And I’m talking about one of the most popular beaches in Goa. Why can’t we maintain basic standards at our major tourist destinations?

@ambedkariteIND The British destroyed our entire societal values, education and culture and replaced them with things suitable for them. They left in 1947, but we are still fighting on those lines. Time to go back and redesign our systems

OUTRAGED: The anger of dominant castes that has stalled the UGC regulations has in reality stalled the last-mile delivery of Article 14. This image has been featured on the cover page of Frontline magazine, and Brahmin groups are protesting against it.

@ambedkariteIND @priyanka2bharti @Kanchanyadav000 @Profdilipmandal @arvind_kumar__ @dpradhanbjp @EduMinOfIndia "When do you consider this caste discrimination can be called as ended?". If this question can be answered then only there is hope for this country. Otherwise it will continue forever, even after the 10th generation!

Before re-implementing UGC regulations, the Govt must reform the Equity Committee structure. Institutional heads must not chair it. When head like JNU VC Shantisree deny caste discrimination, how can Dalits expect justice? Equity needs independence and accountability. #UGC

@whitefull4 @priyankagandhi That's why he gave freehand to our forces in dealing with our great neighbours, unlike the courageous Congress PMs who produced dossiers and gave away territory to China:-)

"... The leader of the country is supposed to give direction. The leader of the country is not supposed to run away from decisions and leave decisions to other people's shoulders. That is what the Prime Minister has done." ~ LoP Shri Rahul Gandhi ji

@TheSincereDude DQ-ICT award is awarded by DataQuest magazine. Modi would have been the guest at the function. As usual, narratives of the detractors!

Narendra Modi once held up Galgotias as a “top” private university in academics and global linkages, personally handing them the DQ ICT award and certifying its “vision”. Today the same campus has been thrown out of India’s AI Summit for passing off a cheap Chinese Unitree Go2 robodog as their own “Orion” innovation, complete with staff on camera claiming it was developed at their Centre of Excellence. This is Modi’s education model in one frame: reward branding over brains, photo‑ops over genuine research, and private monopolies that recycle imported tech while real Indian talent is sidelined. When a PM turns universities into event props and hands out “top” tags like party favours, global embarrassment at our flagship AI summit is not an accident; it’s the system he built.