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#WATCH | Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, "I think the government should at least have the grace to withdraw its earlier claims that the decline of the rupee under the UPA government was somehow a fault of the Prime Minister. If this decline is because of international forces beyond our government's control, then I think that places in perspective what happened during our time as well. So I think the rupee is obviously subject to a great deal of volatility these days. So we are not doing well...So I think the government should also have the grace to acknowledge that the earlier criticisms of the UPA on this call were certainly not warranted." On West Asia conflict, he says, "This crisis is affecting us, it's affecting many other countries in the region and beyond because now as oil prices go up and gas supplies go down, you're looking at problems facing everybody...This is a serious issue. I certainly think that we should be part of and ideally we should lead an international effort to bring this war to an end. There are many countries that will join us. No one wants to see this war continue. It's hurting a lot of us who have nothing to do with this conflict. And I think the time has come now to get both sides to climb down from their positions. They need our help. They need our encouragement and that of other countries. I hope we will play our part..."

A distinction should be made between colonists who rule from abroad and conquerors who don’t. The Mughals were conquerors who did not rule from abroad or had their capital outside the country. Their seat of government was in India. The Mughal Emperor was not a Viceroy. The British ruled from London. The Mughal conquerors did not ship their wealth out of the country, the British colonialists did. When India became independent the British went home. The Mughal empire ended without anyone going back “home”. The Taj Mahal was built by a conquering dynasty not “colonialists”. The word “ colonial” does not exist in any Indian language. Incidentally, were the Ottomans who conquered Asia Minor and Constantinople “colonialists”. Is the Topkapi Palace a colonial monument? @mattwridley @DavidDeutschOxf

#Roohafza time starts next week

Recently I visited Mumbai's Nair hospital to see one patient and came out depressed 🫥 This is where the government should spend money, all other infrastructures have no meaning

Amul Milk contains 98 times more Coliform than the limits set by FSSAI A YouTube channel is testing products, receiving legal threats from brands and FSSAI is literally sleeping India's bestselling milk failing quality standards explains everything about your future health

Blocking delivery staff from using lifts is just untouchability in a new form.

Waah. Brilliant

Any minor who commits rape must be treated as an adult and be subject to the same punishment.

@IndianGems_ Doesn't look appetising

Boiled chicken, Greek yogurt and white Rice. What’s missing here?

Imagine if 2200 people a day (or 6 a day) were killed on the New York subway or London Tube or Beijing Metro? We would never hear the end of it. However in Bombay we casually accept 6 commuters every morning never making it home, killed on the commute. Barely makes the news.

Agar achche banne ki koshish karni pade toh mat bano. #stayoriginal #thought

Whaaaat and nobody talks about it. Accountability

@WRWAAlmWorli Power cut in entire area? Reason?

Day 1 of the spirit of Mumbai begins... #MumbaiRain

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating. May this Eid bring you success, good health and happiness.

He should be awarded for his courage, he saved her life.

If one has 43 cr why would s/he go to Amrikaa. 🤔

Daya karo hum par 😉

Recording and sharing SS of phone conversations is so unethical. How can one trust friends, relatives 😉

Quiet Wisdom of Manmohan Singh: Martin Wolf, Financial Times, asked why PM Singh didn’t make a seemingly obvious policy change. Singh replied ‘I understand the economics. But if I make a mistake, 20 mn people die. If you make a mistake, you can correct it in your next column.’