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Nupur Sharma is the first employee in post liberalisation India who is terminated by her employer for following exact rules and policies of her company. Those who believe in workers’ right should stand by her.
Colonial hangover is so potent on Indians ( ironically on staunch Nationalists ) that when a random fake account pretending to be a foreigner tweets something in support of government, the official handle sees it as a major achievement. By the way, the person behind this fake
Booked this room in Mumbai in 2011, where the manager promised the split AC room. It was literally a split AC room which was split into two rooms. One half in ours and rest in another where 2 uncles were playing ay Ganpat chal daaru la song in full volume till 4 in the morning.
A Muslim in India can win the Arjuna award, the Padma Shri, Bigg Boss (reality show), be the top scientist at ISRO and in charge of solar and lunar explorations, be the top entertainer (movie star/musician), tennis star, and what not!
This is the India of merit not mollycoddling
A so-called "humble" pujari has the power to prevent the President of India from visiting the sections of temple. Caste remains the ultimate social and political currency. A perfect example of where the real power center lies in India.
"If someone says it's raining & another person says it's
dry, it's not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the f window and say, thank you, modi ji, for this rain."
Bhargavi from MGM College in Udupi says that friendships have been broken over the hijab row in the college. Reporters ask about whether they can bury the differences with their classmates. She says that stand-off will go on till classmates stop wearing hijab to college.
I know I am going to lose liberal followers for saying this but I am genuinely thankful to Modi Ji for easy and quick payment gateways which is helping us to quickly buy groceries, food, liquors, medicines and MLAs.
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| Delhi | As Sudha Murty visits the Parliament, she says, "It is so beautiful...No words to describe. I wanted to see this for a long time. It was a dream come true today. It is beautiful...It's art, culture, Indian history - everything is beautiful..."
Interesting incident:
In 2017. We were three bachelors who wanted to rent an apartment in Andheri, Mumbai. We were called for the ‘interview’ with the society members as it usually happens. We sat inside the room and had to wait for 30 minutes as the main saheb was busy with
Himanta is even better fact checker than Zubair because he swiftly fact-checked the Prime Minister's claim of BJP not discriminating based on religion by promptly tweeting about ‘Hussain’ Obama.
9 years old kid from my own Meghwal community was killed by the oppressor caste teacher for touching the waterpot. Earlier Jitendra Meghwal was killed for sporting a mustache. There is no end to this caste terrorism which is killing Dalits for merely existing in Rajasthan.
If there have been an equal society where everything was determined by ‘merit’ then talentless people like you wouldn’t be relaxing at their posh balcony. The fact that mediocre Savarna writers can earn good money is itself a proof that this society is not based on merit. (1/2)
The fact that paresh rawal has problem with cooking of fish fry in Gujarat and not with cheese oreo pakoda/fanta omelette tells us exactly what is wrong with the country.
Savarnas searching for aesthetics in misery of under privileged. In any civilised nation this image would be an heartbreaking reminder of the terribly broken society but here .....
Sandeep Reddy’s lead characters are so stupid that he has to deliberately give them intelligent professions so that audience takes them seriously. Highly trained doctor in Arjun Reddy. Aeronautical engineer in Animal.
I wonder why in Vir Das's popular new monologue there is not even a single mention of caste. "I come from India which is brutally divided on lines of caste and Dalits are killed for sporting moustache or wearing new clothes."
Why is caste still a taboo subject for liberals ?
When a privileged filmmaker discovers a working class boy. Nothing inspiring here. Just a glorification of unnecessary struggle in the name of ‘hustle culture.’ Most of this republic’s joys are based on watching people struggling for very basics in the name of sincere hard work.
This artwork is shared widely on social media without proper credit given to the original creator. It’s made by Snehal P Sanathanan. One of the sharpest and underrated satirst of our times who creates fantastic anti-caste critiques through his art. His profile link in next tweet.
Not sure why he considers himself ‘non-elite’. IIT/IIM graduate. Worked with Goldman Sachs. Hit films made on his books. Earns in crores, most possibly. He is talking as if he is a struggling UPSC aspirant from Almora who is trying to arrange money for raat ki choti gold flake.
Big breaking: To protest against Adani, Anna has decided to go on 16:8 intermittent fasting. Will eat food only in 8 hours window and fast for 16 hours every day. He also thanked Joe Rogan at Ramlila maidan for introducing him to this simple protest fasting technique.
#Hidenburg
Many remix were created from this song. Rappers like Badshah made reels that fetched millions of views. This kid in the end won’t get any monetary support for his art. He should be treated like an artist and any celebs who benefited from his song should pay him.
These reels are great reminder for people who think that so called Gen Z (or whatever) would be any different from their parents. Same legacy of casteism is now carried on with their sons/daughters with nice instagram filter and smooth music. Cutting-edge casteism.
I'm just sorry to Savritimai Phule, Jotiba Phule, Baba Saheb Ambedkar and all our people who struggle & toiled very hard in Phule-ambedkarite movement for these Savarna women's liberation too. Who are today standing against our basic rights and justice.
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| Madhya Pradesh | The accused of Sidhi viral video, Pravesh Shukla was taken for medical test on 5th July after he was arrested late at night.
(Video: Viral video)
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This is getting embarrassing with each passing day. Modi bhai humein chahe 15 lakh mat de lekin ek badiya quality ka teleprompter kharid le Nehru Place market se 🙏
Friendship in Capitalism: I was walking in central park in Jaipur. Listening to calm music on this breezy evening. Accidentally stepped on 50 rs notes placed on ground. Got excited! There was a stranger who was also looking at the note. Perhaps before me. There was a silent
Our dedicated Pure Veg Fleet will only serve orders from these pure veg restaurants. This means that a non-veg meal, or even a veg meal served by a non-veg restaurant will never go inside the green delivery box meant for our Pure Veg Fleet.
One of the reason why I don’t watch Olympics with my father is that he keeps on saying in the middle of game : ismain kya badi baat hai. Yeh to main bhi kar sakta hun.
Google canceled a talk by an Indian Dalit activist after employees targeted her, saying she was "anti-Hindu."
Thenmozhi Soundararajan appealed to CEO Pichai — who belongs to an upper caste Hindu family — with no result.
25% of U.S. Dalits report facing verbal/physical abuse.
So it is revealed that the crying girl in viral video of Lallantop was at the 5 lakh rank in IIT JEE and yet she was blaming reservation. EWS - Emotionally Weaker Section.
Such is the societal pressure that on the result day even people who have never appeared for UPSC exams feels a strange kind of guilt for not being able to clear the exam.
Best anti caste film is Gehraiyaan. Characters don’t have any surname and maintain the illusion of castelessness. This film is not even casteless but also anti-anti caste film.
New kind of Scam in the market: I received a call in the morning from a person claiming to be from FedEx. He asked if I had used FedEx to send a courier to Taiwan. I replied "no why would I send something to Taiwan." He then mentioned that someone is misusing my Aadhar card
Nowadays every other super privileged folks are selling the meloncholy of struggle. India is the nation where humility is also an important assest to show off. This means in the conservative-capitalist society, privileged realised that suffering is the commodity that needs to be
Ronnie Malhotra's ( Host of The Ronnie M podcast) pathbreaking critique on Hijab/dress code issue in colleges and on preserving the real "Idea of India."
Uniform Civil Code Bill tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly mandates registration of ‘live-in relationships’ within a period of one month from the date of entering into the relationship.
Failure of registration would attract a punishment of three months.
This a perfect example to understand why the idea of gaze matters in photography and why this is such a terrible photograph with a more terrible caption.
Summary of Humans of Bombay: There was a brand named adidas. An Indian brand copied it and named their company kalidas. Now another brand copied kalidas and named mahakhali das. Now kalidas have sued maha khalidas for copying their brand.
Your connections, generational wealth and caste privilege made you whatever you are right now and all these three are synonymous to reservation that upper caste like you carry forward shamelessly. (2/2)
Such is the societal pressure that on the result day even people who have never appeared for UPSC exams feel a strange kind of guilt for not being able to clear the exam.
ONLY celeb death that I have ever cared about is of Irrfan's. Out of nowhere, sometimes I miss him and feel sad that this is the world where Irrfan is no longer present. I never met him but still it's a loss which is very difficult to articulate.