Smaran Tiwary

Why is the West not curious on the great Indian 🇮🇳 civilization? This week Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Norway. The government rolled out the red carpet. King Harald invited for lunch. All bigwigs of Norwegian business turned up. This is of course as it should be at such a historic visit. Rather different was media. No curiosity, no real attempt to understand India. When the third most powerful man in the world visits Norway, you may expect some real interest? An attempt to understand the world’s third largest economy, a global green leader, one of the world’s brightest civilizations?? It’s not that Norway is overrun with visit at this level. Last Indian top visit was Indira Gandhi in 1983. Last Chinese president visit was 1996, last American president was 2009. Here are some taste bits from Norwegian media: * Aftenposten the largest newspaper printed a caricature of Modi as a snake charmer, many found it racist and derogatory. The accompanying article (written by an otherwise brilliant journalist) described Modi as a “slightly annoying man” and simply showcased that India is not high on the papers reading lists. * Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), the state broadcaster, explained “why prime minister Støre is clearing his desk to receive Modi”. From everyone outside Norway I got exactly the opposite question: Why did Modi use his valuable time in such a small and insignificant place? * Dagsavisen, a left of center daily, sent a young journalist to throw questions after Modi - claiming that India is 157 on a global democracy ranking. When a ranking is so contrary to common sense - why doesnt she ask those who created the ranking why they spread such nonsense? I am not aware of one Norwegian journalist closely following India. NOT ONE! How can the public learn more? Unless you believe democracy only fits a handful of small, homogenous, ultra rich western nations, India is the miracle of democracy. The large, complex, lingustically and religiously diverse nation with many poor people - which has etablished a vibrant democracy and is much less violent than Europe or America. India can in fact make a claim to be the worlds most homegrown and impressive democracy. We are entering the Asian century. Unless we Europeans become more curious - to civiliazation, history, politics and economy in the Global South - we will become the big losers of history.

@volklub Hi sir, Dad wants to get an SUV in the 25 lakhs category, he is convinced with creta.. iam still open. What do you suggest ?

Delhi to Chandigarh Flight Maula Mere… Maula Mere…Maula Mere…🛫 Aankhein Teri… (Lands) 🛬

@Wisdom_HQ Paul “triple h” Levesque

@_PatilVishwajit Although its futile to engage with the likes of you but scammy vultures like yourself are the ones because of which the industry is called dark place sometimes. Haar maan le bhai, koi convince nahi hora tere draame se. Picture faadu hai aur numbers bhi.

The level of manipulation around #Dhurandhar collections is getting out of hand. Every day the numbers are being inflated just to create fake momentum, but the ground reality is completely different. You can clearly see that the box-office figures are being pushed far beyond the actual performance. No matter how much they try to manufacture hype, the audience is smart and fully aware of what’s happening. Genuine success doesn’t need fake numbers.

@kunalkamra88 Kunal you are just an elitist salty political stooge who can’t digest that the common man of this country has chosen someone whom are always defying. The meltdown is understandable plus engagement farming is also a thing.

India Is A Parody Account Of Democracy…

Harsh Gujral ate & left no crumbs

A few so called ‘critics’ or ‘Samosas’ are so unethical that whoever pays them, they would start humming their tunes and who decides not to, they start hate mongering against the same. War 2 and Coolie but are fun films starting revered actors. Celebrate cinema this weekend.

@Phunsukwangduji Zomato-Gpay-Rapido person

You're either a - Zomato- Gpay- Uber person or - Swiggy- Paytm- Ola person. There's nothing in-between.

@SDhawan25 Love you jatt ji♥️

Jo kadam 11 May ko liya, uspe aaj bhi waise hi khada hoon. Mera desh mere liye sab kuch hai, aur desh se badhkar kuch nahi hota. Jai Hind! 🇮🇳

To those asking, “What has India done to Pakistan?” — watch this video. RT MAX! WE HAVEN’T JUST RESPONDED. WE’VE DESTROYED THEM COMPLETELY. 🔥🇮🇳

@musk_news13 👍🏼

@TheDeshBhakt I always wonder, are you really this dumb or just oversmart to think you can fool people by showing a picture from 2016 !

Power doesn’t always guarantee class #OldIndia #NewIndia

@lostparkerr Alistair cook stands equal !

Show me more handsome cricketer than him I will wait

This is heartbreaking, truly heartbreaking. I am sad and angry. Atul Subhash, an AI engineer, tragically took his own life after enduring constant harassment from the court and his ex-wife over alimony. 💔 #JusticeForAtulSubhash

I’m continuously baffled by the sheer entitlement of the avg Indian consumer. Your food is travelling and reaching your house under 30 mins. That SHOULD be expensive in any rational society. Why do we expect free market benefits without free market costs?!

Despite living in Mumbai for sometime, one thing I haven't been able to figure out is, How do our Kaali Peeli Taxi drivers make a living? How do they survive? Because 1. A 16th Century Bullock cart is more comfortable than a Kaali Peeli taxi. 2. Most of the taxis are falling apart in more places than KL Rahul does on a swinging pitch 3. The drivers in Mad Max Fury road drive more cautiously than our Kaali peeli drivers. 4. In that rare circumstance you manage to sit inside a cab, you quickly realize there is no barrier between the seat and the suspension. Now the reason why I say rare circumstance, is becsuse our great Kaali peeli taxi drivers never agree to drive you anywhere. Even when they are sitting idle and swatting flies, they refuse your ride. You can see 17 of them standing in a circle at a taxi stand, but if you ask them to take you somewhere, they give you a look which is nastier than the one that warden gave Oliver twist when he asked for more. They look at you as if they were discussing some critical solution for Global Warming and you had the temerity to disturb them in their critical endeavor. As taxi drivers, they are supposed to drive to earn and survive. But Given that they never drive, I wonder how they actually survive? How they live in a city like Mumbai without earning any money, is beyond me.

@jammypants4 Bro you are legit becoming a joke now, your opinions are becoming biased and it’s clouding your whole purpose

NA SAR NA PAIR!

Singham !

This is why people love him. What a gesture PM Modi 🔥🔥 MAX RT!

@mr_mayank @mrsinha Also, you write “Rahul Gandhi’s Babbar sher” in your bio and he doesn’t even follow you, so much for enduring insults on a daily basis, i feel pity for you.

@mr_mayank @mrsinha She is an MP who beat a prolific politician by a huge margin, besides being a national award winning actor, who ushered the era of female centric hits in modern cinema while you are just a brainless monkey, who holds no office and wouldn’t even win a ward election. @mr_mayank

Bharat is more important than an individual (about herself) - Kangna Ranaut 👏🏻🫡 She'll go very far in Indian politics..