India. Economics. Public policy. Technology. History. Culture. Curious by nature, sceptical by choice. I follow the evidence—not the crowd.

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I am going to point out, one by one, the logical flaws and the leap of faith in this @nyt piece and the overall picture that it misses in the final thread. 🧵 1) NYT: “expunged” 130 million names. Flaw: The underlying Indian Express investigation says 13 crore names were struck off draft rolls. Struck off seems to suggest they were not added back. At least 1.4 crore names were added between draft and final rolls in the first two phases alone, although the EC has inconveniently not disclosed how many were restorations rather than new voters. Calling the entire 13.37 crore “expunged” is like reporting everyone who failed the first draft as having been expelled from school.
Nearly a billion people in the world’s largest democracy are being asked to show documents to prove that they should keep the right to vote. Our sweeping look at what is behind the recent fury in India -- and what is at stake. @HariNYT @CopiousNotes27 nytimes.com/2026/10/06/world…
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I have zero expectations of a mediaeval legal system. We can outrage all we want but it will be of no avail. Barbarians don't listen. The disrespect given to the kaffir religion won't even register as a basis for mitigation.
A dog used to follow pilgrims to a Hindu religious site in Sri Lanka, and videos of it were shared warmly in Sri Lankan Hindu circles. In late June, offended by the videos, a Muslim man went to the pilgrimage site, located the dog, kicked it, and uploaded the video, sparking outrage. During one such argument, a Sri Lankan Muslim wrote a derogatory post against the Hindu deity. Anojan Sivarasa, a Sri Lankan Hindu working as a laborer in Saudi Arabia, didn't like the comment and responded with a reply that was allegedly derogatory to the Prophet. Anojan's well-wisher immediately warned him. He took down the comment and issued a video apology within five minutes in which he said he was responding to an insult to his faith. However, it was too late. Anojan's fellow Sri Lankan Muslims had already taken a screenshot and emailed it to his employer in Saudi Arabia. His employer promptly reported it to the authorities, who arrested Anojan and put him on trial. He has been sentenced to death. Saudi Arabia rarely reverses a decision once it has made one, but there should be global outrage over this. Blasphemy laws or whatever, the man was only responding to an insult to his faith, deleted the comment, and issued an apology within minutes, yet he will still have to pay with his life while those who provoked him are rejoicing in Sri Lanka. This is unacceptable. Anyone calling themselves a free speech supporter and not opposing this is a hypocrite of the highest order.
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Ek kachori, do samosa, in mardon ka kya bharosa. Young women in Delhi were seen chanting it. With the second half I have no quarrel. Men have earned that line. My problem is the first half. Delhi girls should be the last people on earth to ignore crucial details in a delicious slogan? At best, it is a confession of cluelessness. Someone stood at a roadside stall, looked at two completely different lives being lived in oil, and prefixed random numbers in order. Because a Delhi girl will not legit say Ek Kachori, Do Samosa. Here's how it must have happened. Samosa is there because it rhymes with bharosa. Kachori is there because somebody needed three syllables. Kachori arrives hot, slightly passive-aggressive, and only calms down once aloo-tamatar ki sabzi comes down to negotiate. Chutney is the witness. You do not pair it with a samosa. That is an invitation to kalesh. Samosa has its own ego thing going. It wants chhola. East of Banaras, it wants ghughni. If no chhola/ghughni, it will live with the chutney (imli meethi, or mirchi wali hari or both), because it longs for company. What it does not want is a kachori. Two swords do not share one sheath. For kachori and samosa, it's beneath. Their dignity, I mean. Whoever coined this had only heard other people place orders. One. Two. Something fried. Something else fried. Done. That is how you end up with a plate that looks like an all-party meeting before a parliament session. Everyone present, Rijiju ji in charge, Naddaji smiling, and they all come out agreeing on absolutely nothing. Samosa and Kachori have never been agreeable in their history. Try it on the vendor outside your society. He will pause to swallow the choicest words that almost left his lips. Then he will do the maths of regret. In his head, the kachori is already committed to sabzi. The samosa has been dating chhola for years. And here you are, asking him to arrange an inter-snacks marriage. The vendor bhaiya will remember the soiled 10-rupee note that warned us all: Sonam Gupta bewafa hai. Bewafai he knows too well. Anybody sneaking out with anybody these days, muttering this he will make the plate. He has made worse. But he will curse under his breath, because where he comes from in UP, you do not marry outside the gravy. You eat it. First bite kachori, second bite samosa, third bite kachori again because you no longer know whose side you are on. The chutney is confused. It was prepared for one relationship and got assigned to a situationship. Big kalesh. Both kachori and samosa have fillings. But not for each other. You the eater end up full and still unsatisfied, which is personally offensive. The acid rises up your food pipe to make you revisit the decision. "Variety bhi koi cheez hai" is no defence. Variety is finishing the kachori properly and then starting a samosa like an adult who can sequence events. The kuleen respect the order of the cuisine. That is what makes them kuleen-ary delight. One can add, "aur thoda dahi dono pe." Dono pe. Dahi is a mediator, not Rajeev Shukla. It cannot be deployed everywhere just because you refused to choose a side. So yes, in mardon ka kya bharosa. Say it loudly. But a movement about trust cannot open with a plate on which nobody trusts anybody. Samosa is from Mars, Kachori is also from Mars. Venus is AWOL. Fix the order first. Ek kachori, sabzi ke saath. Do samosa, chhole ke saath. Separate plates. Then we can talk about the men. But in mardon ka kya bharosa?
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Public are frustrated.. public is facing the hardships due to this clown.. and public is absolutely clear about his antics and his drama..
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Rajdeep has such a love-hate relationship with modi, and its just natural, Rajdeep witnessed the leo messi of indian politics who changed almost everything, advani bought this guy as a tactical disposable who he expected to just obey his orders and expel him whenever he wanted to... This man wasn't supposed to survive post Godhra aftermaths, THERE WAS NO FREAKING WAY, the entire media, be it foreign or domestic, EVERYONE WAS AGAINST HIM, his closest aid, amit shah was not allowed to enter his home state for almost half a decade, they were forced to admit that modi had direct hands in Godhra riots, so they could thwart him... Yet, he survived, and thrived, despite his visible shortcomings he was still better than the most...now the eldritch of indian politics completes his 25 years in power without losing a single election, he fought, that too in a country of 1.5 billion...
MODI@25: When Narendra Modi @narendramodi took charge as Gujarat CM this day 25 years ago, few expected him to last more than a year. He was the backroom figure who hadn’t contested an election, didn’t belong to a dominant caste, the Gujarat BJP was split wide open, the state had seen four CMs in the previous 5 years. And yet, Modi has proven all the sceptics wrong. 25 years and counting: no single individual has consolidated power around himself for such an extended period in post independence India. It’s been the age of ‘MODITVA’. 🙏
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Replying to @bhakisundar @phbalu
You are not supposed to feed any stray animals irrespective of how cute they are. There is a reason all wildlife conservationists do not meddle with nature. Your empathy cannot override science. Please don't do that.
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I think the opp now does things to stay busy. I would rather watch Netflix.
Full meals, idli, Dosa, Gulab Jamun on the menu. Agenda of the meeting - how to take the protest forward? How to get CEC to resign.
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Lavinia from South Mumbai is angry, as the barber has not been watching her Insta reels and hence has no idea of the doom and gloom prevalent in India.
Got a hair cut via Urban today morning. The barber has been in Mumbai for sometime but is from Azamgarh. Works six days a week, morning to night and earns around a lakh rupees per month after his basic travel expenses. Said there is no dearth of opportunity or jobs, just need to work hard. Said wouldn’t take an entry level government job even if offered as he likes his work and autonomy. I asked him about UP. He said earlier it took 7-8 hours to go from his village to Lucknow. Now you can do a round trip in that time while stopping for lunch and tea. Added that your glass of tea is unlikely to spill on the highways - they are so good. Was very happy with the development work in the country. Said in the village his family got some scheme benefits but not in the city. Told me TDS is deducted so he proudly files his returns and often gets refunds. Has one son who he sends to a private pre-school and wife earned extra but is currently on break given the kid is small. I felt like telling him that he must let go of this toxic positivity about India and his life, and he must pronto create an account on X and Instagram to receive the “correct” opinions about our ostensibly ‘failed’ nation - but I didn’t have the heart to say that to him! ;)
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Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra assaulting police officers while their supporters attempt to lynch a lone policeman. They are trying to replicate the Delhi Riot.
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Proof that Women have to work four times harder than men to get noticed. 😀
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Gyanesh Kumar "breaks law"?Really? Are you braindead or just a dumb idiot? Form 6 was not altered..only declaration was added And before blabbering gibberish, educate yourself..this is what SC said on 27.05.26👇 Adding declaration is within CEC's ambit,vide Art 324/326,got it?
First, Gyanesh Kumar breaks law and illegally authorises tampering of Form 6. And then when they get exposed, they lie saying the SC allowed it. Imagine CJI Surya Kant clarifying that they did not. What a sh**show.
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This is precisely why Islam should be left alone in its place of Origin, and nowhere else.
Death sentence for a Facebook post? The case involved what authorities treated as confirmed blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Stop packaging a serious blasphemy case as a harmless social-media post just to manufacture outrage.
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No, people have a legal cell for that. But those booth pramukhs can explain how the electoral process works at the system and execution level. But the problem with most folks here is that they don't understand simple things because they look for complications where none exist. But long live revolution and digital masturbation.
How we wish constitutional questions should get answered by asking local BJP booth pramukhs.
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In the morning I posted about a man named Mohd Wasif and his partner Aniya Khan from Meerut repeatedly posting obscene and morphed content of two women on multiple social media accounts I posted some visuals - faces blurred and audio muted. I shared that he has been previously arrested by Lisadi Gate police My post was soon restricted and made not visible to public. So I deleted it I am waiting for @meerutpolice to contact me for details. Their DM is not open
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Her EV ran out of charge. An Army man pushed it for kilometres with his bare hands to a charging point & even dropped her to the city limits after charging. This is how our Army stands by us. Always. 🇮🇳💕 And yet, some filthy cockroaches abuse them!
Being Political
This is that one uniform that never disappoints anyone.
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Serbian President talks about attempts to create instability & undermine the popular mandate given by India's electorate to PM Modi👇
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Fuck your blasphemy, human life is more important
A 24-year-old Sri Lankan migrant worker has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for insulting Prophet Muhammad.
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Rich coming from an oligarch with deep ties to the Washington regime. Starlink is a security risk, end of. This Trump crony is throwing the toys out of the pram when shown the door and is hoping opposition politicians would use unverified accusations to pressure GOI. Won’t work. Why doesn’t he try these stunts with the Chinese? Get Starlink to work there…
Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in order to maintain their monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people. You can guess who they are … This is a crime against the people of India!
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Dear Delhi-NCR people, Mahua Moitra behaving like Stray 🐶. She is not vaccinated. Please venture out safely during evening & night. If you or any of your family members gets bitten by her, one might end up having 'Mahuabies'. Stay safe & carry a stick while going out.
When TMC had Govt in WB,Mahua Moitra used to file fake cases against social media accounts who criticised her. Now after losing power she has come down to 'biting' Delhi police personnel. I am praying for the good health of our Delhi police sisters who got in touch with her.
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So is @doctor_rahmeh a "moderate Muslim" or an "Islamist", will someone explain the difference. @GadSaad
When it suits you: 'Offensive speech = free speech.' When it offends you: 'Well done Saudi Arabia.' ​Thanks for proving to everyone that your commitment to freedom of speech and human rights are 100% fake.
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