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"Bansi ka bajana to khel hai Dhanush chalana khel nahi." Barobbar sangithla, boss.

Waiting for achche din since 2014. (Langurs at our hotel in Ranthambore. The 'bore' is significant in the context of this post.)

4 YEARS AGO: (Clockwise from top L) Wife, daughters, grandchildren rafting near Kalimpong. Where was I? Guarding their valuables - and catching up on a much-needed puff! Changey Falls. The magnificent Hotel Elgin Mount Pandim, Pelling. Daughters at the Rabdentse Ruins.

From 1 year ago. An almost forgotten hero and an unforgettable captain.

The ugliness that darkness hides is revealed by the rising sun.

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It's idiotic to fight over numbers at a rally or gathering, when the cause itself continues to exist. No point in sharing real and fake videos saying "Dekho!" As long as Gyanu is in his seat, and SIR has not been rolled back, numbers - for or against - are meaningless.

MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS, BOSS! (No matter how blah you decide to be, you cannot beat Modi 😂) @mrgnk

Nidhi-Omar: Has the troll army gone berserk with "Love Jihad" yet?

When BJP hollowheads say, "Only party workers joined the crowd at Ram Lila Maidan," I want to ask them: "When Nabin led his charade, who joined it - party workers and RSS affiliates like VHP, or ordinary people?" A political party *will* mobilise its own. It's a re-affirmation.

Halitosis of the brain. Stinky thoughts imagining a rift between Rahul and Priyanka. Don't know who this worthy is? That's just as well.

I think the next big andolan must be against freebies, especially the cynically exploitative ones like pre-election doles, whether given by the BJP or others. Enough is enough. Give me good schools, decent roads, garbage-free cities, affordable healthcare, zero corruption.

Shah compressed it well: "We will be No.1 in all fields." No drip irrigation like Rajnath Singh. Kabhi defence production toh kabhi semiconductors. By the way, by the time you catch up with the rest of the world of 2026 in 2047, we'd have fallen 75 years behind. Stop talking.

Criticise Modi's policies: "Urban Naxal, Anti-national, Anti-Hindu". Write against him: "Tukde-Tukde Gang". Protest against him: "Andolan Jeevi". Analyse his failures: "Dimagi Naxal". Buy Chinese stuff because they are better, cheaper: "Not nationalistic". Jokers 😡

Congratulations, Central Banklof India. @centralbank_in You have paralysed online transfers since Friday morning. I couldn't buy shares when I wanted to, and now (8:50 AM, Sunday) I can't transfer funds to my "Other Account." Such a long downtime? How do you do business?

There is one important state in India - a crucible of a hateful ideology - that seems unconcerned by widespread protests against the ills of flawed governance. Paper leaks didn't affect its peace; rampant voter deletions didn't bother it. "As long as it's not us."

Piyush Go Yell has been flooding social media with quotable quotes. Each more ridiculous than the previous. The microphone is often an enemy, not an ally.

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As AI eats up jobs by the tens of thousands, will HR folk will be the early ones to be jettisoned, or the last - after they've done the dirty work for their bosses?

Don't be misled. The duty he refers to is not to improve our lives, increase our incomes, reduce our pain points, fight malnutrition, poverty and unemployment, or unify us and lead us to collective prosperity. The duty he's referring to is electioneering. Every waking moment.