The mentalist

People of Bengal will stamp Modi and Shah as cowards if they fail to protect their cadres. Bengal is the land of Gopal Patha, Subhash Chandra Bose. Feel the pulse of people. They are angry. You are not losing your family members, People here are. Respond to their cries. #Bengal

@SupriyaShrinate Did you wake up this morning in the middle of the night??

You still believe elections in India are free and fair? Cute! Happy hibernating! But the rest of us are wide awake.

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@iron_heart9 We will never learn. Do we? We all know, even after not attacking them, these TMC goons will resort to violence again, the moment they get a chance. Speak in the language these bastards understand.

Raharhat-Gopalpur BJP supporters ensured no TMC karyakarta will be harmed, given safe passage.

@gargiMu48960835 Aber bolo khela hobe khela

BJP is torturing Trinamool leaders and workers, demolishing the houses of Trinamool workers. Destroying Trinamool party offices. Where is the Election Commission now? Where are the paramilitary forces?

@kings_anyi WWE can ignore Chris Benoit and delete him from their history but why others are doing it as well.

Legends Never Leave. ❤️ Some bonds go beyond the ring; some moments become history. #WWERaw

@Ravenismeee Adulthood

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU’RE NOT SUICIDAL BUT JUST REALLY TIRED OF BEING ALIVE ???

@Rajiv1841 People have been preparing for the last 4 years now. I think the preparation is complete now.

- he retired from tests in the middle of the series surprisingly & announced Virat Kohli as permanent captain. - he announced his white ball retirement unexpectedly when everyone were trying Dalgona Coffee at home during covid Expect the same for IPL, he is available since last few games & still not coming to the ground to not disturb the XI & not to take any limelight away from youngsters. One fine day, you will see a retirement post or press conference from him this season, prepare yourself for that!

@JasperFortd9ga @mayukh_panja In India it will need a hefty fine. Jail term for repeating offenders. That will do it. And I agree, people won't care if they are embarrassed in public for littering.

I have a theory about why some Indians have such extreme apathy about things that don’t directly affect them whereas they have significantly more empathy towards friends and family. First of all, it is important to recognize that there is no malice in this behavior. It is just that, by and large, people don’t fundamentally care about anything beyond their immediate convenience. I think it boils down to two reasons: 1. The concept of India is pretty new. There is no shared sense of identity and pride, at least not in the way you see in other countries. Americans take pride in being American and proudly put up the American flag in their homes and places of work. Europeans don’t put up flags everywhere, but they take immense pride in being German, French, British etc. They don’t show it but it is there. Also European countries are extremely homogeneous and almost every country has a dominant language. That already makes a huge difference. Indians don’t take pride in being Indian. In fact, a lot of upper class Indians are busy trying to shed their Indian identity. And significant portions of the populace are still exclusively tied to their caste, region and linguistic group. It has been 80 years since independence and we still don’t have a coherent national identity that trumps regional loyalties. 2. Indian culture prioritizes loyalty to family over everything else. It is perfectly okay to pull some strings and get your brother a government job. A corrupt politician in his head is probably a selfless parent: he is building generational wealth so that his sons and daughters may have opportunities that he never had. This attitude shows in everything. Our homes are clean but streets full of filth. Every day, ordinary people will happily cut corners, pay a bribe for the slightest bit of convenience. But you see the same people making extreme sacrifices for their families. Indians are capable of all the things that are needed to build a functioning society: sacrifice, understanding 2nd order consequences, delayed gratification. When I was younger I saw nationalism as an irrational sentiment because our nationality is determined by pure luck. I now think it is a useful sentiment to nurture. Whether it is rational or not, is besides the point. It must be seen, at least by the intelligentsia, as a means to an end. Especially the left liberal types who are typically wary of such sentiments.

@purplebayman @mayukh_panja A few months back I came across a video that was explaining why Indians litter a lot and did not care about it. To a large extent I agreed with it, if I get the link I will definitely share with you.

@dr_mindblaster @mayukh_panja You're proposing a solution, but this doesn't explain why it happens in the first place.

@mayukh_panja Sorry I commented just after reading the first stanza. Did not read the full post. Constant littering I guess because of the absence of strict laws. If strict laws are implemented then within a generation or two it will become a habit in everyone.

@dr_mindblaster how does it explain the constant littering?

@monali_dambre On the second viewing I felt season 1 was awesome, better than other reasons.

Making someone watch The Office is such a great experience. You're like, I promise I have good taste, just get through the first two seasons. I know Michael is unbearable, I’m sorry. Just stay. And then they call you when Jim and Pam get married, like this is the greatest love story ever. And you say this is the third-best love story in the show. The top two haven’t even started for you yet.

@mountain_rats @braddy_Codie05 Jayasurya and Gavaskar top high. Murli and sanga too low. Dravid, lara , marshall , sobers and kallis not in the list.

Absolute accurate? Or will you change anything?

@Rajaban74609782 Minority votes will return to congress, that's what he means.

10 Janpath Antim Satya hai

@isaacrrr7 That's not the man you are talking about. The video is from India. People speaking in hindi can be heard clearly.

¡Así murió el millonario Ernie Dosio, brutalmente aplastado por una manada de cinco elefantes enfurecidos junto a su cría! Mientras cazaba antílopes, los gigantes se sintieron amenazados y, en una estampida de furia salvaje, lo pisotearon sin misericordia hasta dejarlo destrozado bajo sus toneladas de músculo y rabia. Un final tan cruel como inesperado para un hombre que lo tenía todo. @Jhonffonseca

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@TheSincereDude If Rahul Gandhi retires from politics, you will see how fast congress grows again. It's not a question of ideology but competence.

Two of India’s sharpest politicians just proved something Rahul Gandhi has been saying for years. And neither of them meant to. Raghav Chadha — ICA qualified, articulate, camera-ready. Joined BJP after 15 years in AAP using a constitutional loophole. Shashi Tharoor — PhD, Oxford, UN career, probably the most eloquent Indian in a room. Praised Modi’s anti-terrorism policies. BJP’s media celebrated him. He called it “pro-India.” Two men. Peak qualifications. Peak communication. Zero ideological spine. And this is the part nobody says out loud; Ideology isn’t a quality. It’s the only quality that matters. Degrees tell you HOW to argue. Personality tells you HOW to charm. Communication tells you HOW to perform. Ideology tells you WHY you’re in the room at all. Without it, you’re just a talented man looking for the most comfortable side. Raghav found his. Tharoor is still warming up to his. Then there is Rahul Gandhi. No constitutional loopholes. No praises for the authoritarian regime. No skipping strategy meetings because he felt disrespected. Just Bharat Jodo on foot; 4,000 km. In the cold. In the heat. When nobody believed. Just walking into Parliament; against a majority that mocks him, and saying “I will not yield” on minority rights. And not yielding. Just forcing a caste census out of a government that never wanted it. Raghav had the talent. Tharoor has the words. BJP has the power. Rahul has something none of them have; a reason that hasn’t changed since day one. That’s not charisma. That’s not education. That’s ideology. And in a country fighting for its Constitution, that is the only currency that actually holds value. The fight against RSS-BJP’s tyranny doesn’t need the most brilliant speaker. It needs the one person who refuses to leave the battlefield. That person is Rahul Gandhi. And that’s exactly why they’ve spent a decade trying to destroy him; because they know ideology without ego is the one thing their money and machinery cannot buy.