ANUMOHAN

Modi, as PM, is an embarrassment to India. Never has this country seen a bigger coward and bully.

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pasted a band-aid over her mouth as a mark of protest (Source: MTMC)

I vow to not watch any movie or series or anything where this #vishaldadlani is involved.. Hit such majalchol right beIow the beIt. #cjpprotest #cockroachjantaparty #गांधी_जयंती #lbsjayanti

⚠️ IF THAT FLYDUBAI PLANE HAD CRASHED… 1️⃣ The Indian pilot would have been blamed instantly. 2️⃣ Racists would have flooded social media with “Indian pilots” narratives before investigators even reached the wreckage. 3️⃣ Pakistani troll accounts would have amplified it, turning a tragedy into another India-bashing opportunity. 4️⃣ AI171 and the Phuket incidents would have been dragged in as evidence of a “pattern of behaviour” of Indian pilots. 5️⃣ Every unrelated Indian aviation incident would suddenly have become part of a narrative about supposedly “unsafe Indian pilots”. 6️⃣ Meanwhile, Oman’s lack of any meaningful history of aviation terrorism would have been used to bolster the India pilot angle. 7️⃣ If Indian pilot Capt Smit hadn’t survived & fought back to save the plane, the world would have got an entirely different story.

It wasn't as simple as you're now making it out to be, Mr @virsanghvi. The allegations went far beyond Gyanesh Kumar being a "dictator," and it's disingenuous to suggest otherwise. Dictatorial people aren't unusual in any walk of life, including the media, where some editors were notorious for their imperiousness. That alone doesn't make a person tainted or their intentions mala fide. But the attacks weren't really against Gyanesh Kumar. They were against the institution of @ECISVEEP and, by extension, the government and the BJP. The insinuation was that the EC facilitated "Vote Chori" to keep or bring the BJP to power at the Centre and in the states. Gyanesh Kumar, whom you called an "old stooge" of those in power, was cast as the chief architect of this nefarious operation, even riding roughshod over his "dissenting" colleagues. This was also the crux of the LoP's grand press conference. There he displayed photos resembling a rogues' gallery: PM @narendramodi, Home Minister @AmitShah, their cabinet colleagues, businessmen and even a yoga guru, all shown alongside Gyanesh Kumar as accomplices and key players. The BJP is alleged to be the direct and selective beneficiary of this conspiracy, though SIR was conducted even in states where the BJP wasn't in power or didn't win, such as Keralam and TN. So the party has every right to refute the charge that it holds power by manipulating the system with the help of a pliant official. In doing so @rsprasad and @BJP4India are not speaking on behalf of anyone - but reassuring their own constituents who could be misled by sustained malicious propaganda. Gyanesh Kumar doesn't need to defend himself personally. His primary responsibility is to protect the institution's credibility and preserve the confidence of the people who have placed their trust in the EC. He has done that, albeit belatedly. Some may even argue it was "too little, too late." But one wonders: why are some eminent public intellectuals and opinion makers "of consequence" so quick to latch on to conspiracy theories about this government, without waiting for the facts to be sifted from mischievous fiction. After being called out they “doth protest too much”. CC: @rwac48 #GyaneshKumar #ElectionCommissionOfIndia

“50 साल से राजनीति देख रहा हूँ… इंदिरा गांधी जी बांग्लादेश का युद्ध जीतती हैं लेकिन 3 साल Anti incumbency को झेलती हैं….लेकिन बीजेपी के साथ…नरेंद्र मोदी के साथ anti incumbency क्यों नहीं होती?”- राहुल गांधी

The IIT Mumbai exam case reminds me of my own experience in one of the exams during my engineering course at Ujjain. I wanted to remember a complicated thermodynamics formula and scribbled it on my palm. I mugged it up through my travel to the college. Once inside the exam hall, I realised that I forgot to wash my hands. So I tried to rub it off with an handkerchief. Professor Khan saw me. He came close to me and said-- Kyon pakistan ki madad karna chahte ho? (Why do you wish to help Pakistan?) Implication being, a weak mechanical engineer will make faulty machines and instruments and will help our enemy nations. I apologised and explained that I had no intention of cheating. I just forgot to wash my hands. He sent me out to wash my hands. And now, here is IIT, the most prestigeous technical institute of the country. And a professor is being punished for stopping someone from blatant cheating. Even facing an SC/ST act for doing his duty. Obviously, loss of a young life is sad. But the way political party leaders are circumventing the real issue is shameful. Sanctity of higher education must not be sacrificed for political agendas. @IITmumbai @ajeetbharti @AnuraagGPurohit @talk2anuradha @AnumohanG @tehseenp

It doesn't matter that @nsui has lost the #DUSU elections. It's performance has been credible against huge odds. I was in DU when it was an ABVP bastion (in the name of JVM). The low margins of ABVP victory this year shows that students are not buying ideas blindly.. That's a good sign for all of India because DU hostels send messages across the country.

Our #50WordEdit on state-mandated vegetarianism

I hereby resign as the Chief Minister of MP with immediate effect. I thank Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji for giving me the opportunity to serve the people of MP, an opportunity in which I have clearly failed. @GovernorMP