Nippon Dash

The fact that water has no protein is genuinely one of God’s weakest decisions.

BREAKING: Jihadis from Bangladesh's Islami Andolan took to the streets in Dhaka, issuing open threats to PM Modi & CM Suvendhu and warn of "attacking India" unless ousted West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is reinstated following TMC's heavy defeat to BJP in the assembly elections.

Indian cuisine conversations often revolve around Punjabi, South Indian or Bengali food. Odiya cuisine deserves a much bigger place on that table. What struck me most was its restraint. No overload of cream, butter or chillies. Just balance, mustard, fermentation, texture and freshness. Dahi Bara Aloo Dum (popular street food), Drumstick-Brinjal Besara, Chhena Tarkari, Chakuli Pitha (like dosa) Aloo Patra Besara… all made at home.

Vijay Joseph came dressed like a saviour. But political messiahs are rarely self-made. The posters sold a hero of the poor. The money trail tells a darker story. Some are elected. Some are installed. A 26-month-old party suddenly built a machine. 108 seats. 70,000 booth agents. Digital warfare. Mega rallies. Constituency saturation. BJP took decades to build booth infrastructure. TVK did it in months. Money was flowing like monsoon water. Estimated TVK Campaign burn rate? ~₹1,500 crore. No declared donor trail. No transparent funding map. Just advertisements. Volunteers. Ground networks. Everywhere. So, I dug deeper. One face kept appearing beside Vijay. Every rally. Every frame. Every campaign trail. Aadhav Arjuna. TVK’s General Secretary. The Number Two. Aadhav is the son-in-law of Santiago Martin. India’s Lottery King. The same Santiago Martin. Who became the single largest buyer of electoral bonds. ₹1,368 crore. ED cases followed. Money laundering allegations followed. Assets attached. Raids happened. Yet the network kept expanding. One family. Inside multiple parties. Winning from multiple directions. No matter who governs… The Martin Family is inside. But Santiago Martin is not just a businessman. Pope Benedict XVI personally issued, an apostolic blessing to Martin and his family. One of the highest symbolic honours in Catholic circles. And then another layer appeared. Martin also served as Consul General for Liberia. Diplomatic access. Diplomatic corridors. Diplomatic insulation. Then I moved further back. Vijay’s father. S. A. Chandrasekhar. Born into a Catholic family. From Thangachimadam. A region shaped for centuries by missionaries. Then came Loyola. Vijay’s uncle Xavier Alphonse led Loyola College. A powerful Jesuit institution. Another uncle, Xavier Britto, Produced Vijay’s early films. After TVK launched, Loyola’s international alumni activity exploded globally. Fundraisers. Events. Networking. But Jesuit do not operate like normal organisations. They operate across continents. Across institutions. Across generations. Then came polling week. Catholic Bishops reportedly circulated pamphlets. Through churches. During Sunday Mass. The messaging was clear. Vote strategically against BJP. Then came the TVK poll promise. SC reservation for Dalit Christians. Now pause there. Because this is where ideology meets economics. Government jobs. Scholarships. Reservation benefits. Attached to religious identity. That changes the conversion equation permanently. And Delhi knows this. IB knows this. RAW knows this. The real question is whether anyone wants to confront it openly. Because Tamil Nadu is not just another state. It was always a centre of Catholic Missionaries. And now a new power structure stands there. Unexplained money. Transnational Lottery empire. Generational and Powerful Jesuits influence. This is not a rags-to-riches political story. This feels far more organised than that.

Khalistanis showed up with flags at Diljit Dosanjh's Calgary concert yesterday. He had them thrown out!!