Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb
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The tough executive decisions New India's elected executives have to make
The decision to drop “dham” was taken by CM Suvendu Adhikari following a request from BJP leader and Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi. scroll.in/latest/1093470… Sambit Patra, Lok Sabha MP of Puri, where the main Jagannath temple is located, handed a letter from Majhi to Adhikari.
Cockroach movement is a reflection of the decay of political parties, an expression of a crisis of representation that pervades democracies today. The claustrophobia of a post-truth polity with captured media and institutions exacerbates this disconnect toda.org/global-outlook…
Since October 1, 2025, the US has accepted 6,668 refugees. Of those, 6,665 were white South Africans. The Trump administration is spending more than $100 million to fight the “emergency” of “white genocide” in South Africa motherjones.com/politics/2026/…
If the point of these meetings is to show that the idea of INDIA bloc doesn't work, maybe they need to stop trying. Everybody kind of already knows openthemagazine.com/politics/you-i…
Old India was about building. New India is about destroying. We are condemned to suffering dangerous kakistocrats
When a Congress chief minister bred on RSS samosas can: 🤡 name Hitler as his inspiration 🤡 fabricate Hitler's favourite word 🤡 talk blithely of assassinations 🤡 compare building demolitions in Hyderabad with Gaza and Iran and receive applause, you can see India's future.
We were absolutely floored by the millions of you that watched us make silly water sillouettes on our driveway last summer. We are starting out the summer the only way we know how, and this time it’s all about movies! What else do you want to see? We have a whole summer ahead, a driveway and a hose. The possibilities are endless!!!
"Aap log to chahte hi nahi koi padae hum logon ko"
खान सर की छात्राएं FIR का नाम सुनते ही ऐसे पुलिस पर भीड़ गई.......
Modi did it better
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Trump drops NBC’s mic on the ground, walks off an interview with Kristen Welker.
Sharon Stone gets emotional talking about the moment her marriage ended after her husband got FURIOUS over her decision to have a double mastectomy and breast removal due to a breast tumor instead of focusing on her health 😳💔👀 “He was furious. And the doctor said to him, ‘If I had more patients like her, we’d have more women alive today. You need to sit down.I said, ‘I make the decisions, not you.’ That was the end of the marriage.”
Priorities
Na padunga, na padne dunga
The administration in Ghaziabad has intensified action against madrassas following the murder of a youth named Surya on Eid al-Adha in Khoda. After the demolition of Madrasa Arabia Islam in Dasna and the sealing of at least two madrassas in Khoda, another madrasa in Kanavani
I explained it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
"The Indian state was never able to achieve China's social modernization or its dramatic improvements in human capital. When India opened its economy, its people were simply not prepared the way China’s were. China invested in its people; India did not." (davidoks.blog/p/why-china-go…)
₹33 lakh a metre for this piece of shit?
Mrunal Tai Gore flyover extension opened up for motorists hour an hour back.
Today, I experienced something that left me deeply saddened. After checking into a hotel in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, I was later (After an hour) asked to leave because of concerns linked to my Kashmiri identity. The owner was courteous & candid. He acknowledged that the decision was unfair and hurtful, but said he was following instructions. I appreciated his honesty and left without any confrontation. I am not sharing this to seek sympathy or assign blame. I share it because such moments remind us that while laws can unite a nation, trust and understanding take longer to build. For decades, countless Kashmiris have worked to strengthen the bonds between Jammu & Kashmir and the rest of India. Most Indians have welcomed us with warmth and respect. Yet incidents like this show that stereotypes and apprehensions persist. My faith in India and its people remains unshaken. I hope we continue moving toward a future where no citizen is judged by their region, faith, or identity, but by their character and conduct. That is the India we must strive for. Cc:- @PMOIndia @narendramodi @HMOIndia @AmitShah @CMOMaharashtra @Dev_Fadnavis @mieknathshinde @nitin_gadkari @maha_governor @DGPMaharashtra @DMAurangabadMH
In India, 3.4 million people were prevented from casting their votes in the most recent election only because the government could not complete the voter verification process in time, and nobody protested
Today, THOUSANDS of Koreans gathered on the streets in Seoul to protest the most recent election. Certain precincts RAN OUT of ballots, which prevented some Koreans from casting their votes. Everyone chanted “Re-election.”
Sorry, what exactly is a respectful revolution?
The revolution has begun. Peaceful & respectful. It’s not against anyone it’s against the rotten system. Jai Hind. Well done GenZ
"The Indian state was never able to achieve China's social modernization or its dramatic improvements in human capital. When India opened its economy, its people were simply not prepared the way China’s were. China invested in its people; India did not." (davidoks.blog/p/why-china-go…)
So, where are we on the Muslim demand to ban cow slaughter and the government saying, 'no thanks, it's fine to kill cows'? How did we manage to let that slide?
Speaking at an event in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath responded to recent demands by some Muslim clerics and organisations to declare the cow as the national animal of India. Yogi Adityanath said, “I have come to know that some maulvis have demanded that
"Bengal's welfare scheme now has a religious criterion. Indian citizens who are Muslim and whose names were deleted from the rolls are not entitled to receive the benefits. But Indian citizens who are Hindu refugees from Bangladesh will"
"In international border management, pushback is the interception of a person at the frontier, before he has entered the territory, and the refusal of entry. There's no pushback from the interior of a country. Sonali Khatun was taken from a room in Delhi" deccanherald.com/india/west-ben…
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