Michael Scarn

Social media trends have turned the world’s most beautiful places into endless bathroom lines at a concert, where everyone waits for hours just to take the same photo to show to people who couldn’t care less 🌎📸 Nothing captures the shallow decay of our time better than this

BREAKING: Beijing summons Indian ambassador and lodges formal protest over "Chinese caste" meme.

There are some utterly fascinating, almost forgotten threads that link Punjab with Hitler and Nazi Germany. Since most able-bodied young men from my "martial race" belt of Punjab's Potohar served in WWII, references to Hitler still linger in our vernacular till date. Even today, when we want to describe someone as "tough", we call them "German". It's fascinating to hear simple old villagers, who don't even know the country of Germany, proclaim "Oh kedda German ae" - "how German he is!" - simply because their WWII-veteran fathers defined toughness with the word "German". Additionally, there are a plethora of oral tales of Punjabi mother equating their young sons' brashness in awe with Hitler's renowned ferocity. Moreover, one of Goebbels's vital propagandists was Haider Khan from District Rawalpindi, who oversaw Nazi propaganda for the entirety of pre-partitioned Punjab, NWFP, Delhi, and Balochistan. Furthermore, quite a few Punjabis - including Habib ur Rehman, Shubhas Bose's Chief of Staff who later led Pakistan Army's guerrilla planning for the 1948 Kashmir War and founded "GHQ Gujrat" - fought under the Axis alignment for Bose's Free India Legion.

Can't stop thinking about the fact that there's a Pakistani Panjabi movie from 1986 where Hitler survives WW2, runs off to Panjab, settles down with a local wife and raises a son named Hitlar who grows up to be a gangster in rural Panjab.

Spending time "means a lot to me", French President Macron tells PM Modi. Indian Prime Minister invites French President to India, which the latter accepts.

not a brahmin preaching something they don't practice.

Deeply saddened by the passing of Mr. Robert A. F. Thurman, an eminent scholar of Buddhism, a distinguished teacher and a lifelong friend of India. Through his works, he popularised Buddhist thoughts globally and also built enduring bridges of understanding between cultures. I fondly recall our meeting in New York City a few years ago, where we had an excellent conversation. My thoughts are with his family, friends and admirers in this hour of grief.

girls just want to have fun…with guns 🧨 ALPHA in cinemas from 3rd July!