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beastoftraal, 18 days ago to random

The same tactic in both sides - Katchatheevu and Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara. In the former, it was stoking old fires to singe ties with a friendly nation just for electoral gains. In the latter, it is completely overlooking the fact that Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara was well within the grasp of Indian troops, but it could have extended the war. The tactic is to revise history to show himself as 'brave' to win votes in the present, without any context of the on-ground situation in the past.

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beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

Dei, put one room and talk to each other before making claims in the name of elections.

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

What happens when blind, deaf, and dumb hero-worship corrodes the brain.

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

"Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied".

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

What could/should be India's official state gesture, I wonder. As simple as 'folded hands' 🙏 since that is the universal namaste in the country?

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

Never forget: "Instead of using the space January provided to reinforce social distancing, we allowed massive election rallies and Kumbh Mela. India has one of the lowest public healthcare budgets. That coupled with leadership that lacked foresight may just change the map of India forever."

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

You may fall in one of two buckets after watching the new ad for iPad Pro. Conceived in-house, using a popular theme of demolishing/crushing things and appealing to our sense of excited discomfort in seeing things being smashed to glory.

So, we see a range of things including assorted music instruments (including a grand piano), TV, cameras, music players, many cans of paint, books, etc. being pulverized in an industrial crusher. And voila, all the 'junk' vanishes to reveal a single iPad. 1/5

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beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

I had no idea about the existence of Lahori Zeera, but after watching the terrific new ad by the agency Enormous, not only do I know it exists, but I also have a tremendous urge to try it out 😀

The ad's narrative is an old trope of showing a lot of people being the product's users/customers. But it is the creative device that truly stands out by stretching advertising exaggeration to its limits and beyond, enough to make it truly preposterous and memorable! 1/4

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beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

Total arrogance and 'anything-for-votes' shamelessness
vs.
Self-respect.

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

"At least women in villages don’t have to ask their husbands for money to go to their parents’ homes or to take the children out, even if it is to go to the temple. The men are jealous that the women don’t need their permission anymore", says Sreedevi M, a homemaker from Bengaluru who is part of a group of four travelling to Saundatti Yellamma. It’s an apparent reclamation of the public space by one half of the population – a sight so disruptive and unusual from less than a year ago".

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

"The best arguments in the world won’t change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story. And what do all good stories do? They turn you into something you weren't."
—Excerpt from 'The Overstory', by Richard Powers.

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

Turnouts exceeding 100% - too much democracy 😏

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

Quite a contrast in approach:
"Here's our team"
vs.
"Here's our one superhero".

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

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beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

Never forget: "In the face of calamity, Mr Modi froze. From April 25, after he called off the Kumbh and his West Bengal rallies, Mr Modi disappeared. He made no public appearance for 20 days. The Prime Minister of India fled the field when his people needed the government most. This is not history from 1526, this happened to us just three years ago and must not be forgotten".

beastoftraal, 1 month ago to random

PR vs. News.
Two Indias.

beastoftraal, 2 months ago to random

A misdirection by BJP in one newspaper, and a response to that from another newspaper.

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beastoftraal, 2 months ago to random

The state of Japan, today. Perhaps the state of the rest of the world too, soon?

beastoftraal, 2 months ago to random

"The action against Mr Kejriwal—by an enforcement arm of the government just weeks before parliamentary elections are due, when the alleged infraction concerns a case that dates back two years—surely merited intervention by the EC because of the timing". —Now itself BJP is behaving like this means, after supposed "400", India's next election may be like Russia's recent joke-election.

beastoftraal, 2 months ago to random

In today's episode of, "How stupid does BJP think Indians are?". Does BJP think Manipur—a BJP run State—does not belong to the Northeast?

beastoftraal, 2 months ago to random

Looks like there's a competition to be disgusting, though no one can touch BJP in that department, with a long history of vocally supporting violent, disgusting perpetrators WHILE taking the name of assorted Gods in the same breath, thereby severely abusing and insulting Hinduism.

beastoftraal, 2 months ago to random

"Lakhs of Indians are bitten every year. Most of them must be poor because if this had happened to middle-class people or the rich, India would have probably exterminated stray dogs by now. India has among the most compassionate regimes in the world. Some of the laws that protect homeless dogs are so thoughtful that it would appear a stray dog has infiltrated lawmaking."

beastoftraal, 2 months ago to random

Electoral Bonds corruption + BJP's mega washing machine, together, in one irresistible package.

Rithwik Projects Private Ltd., founded by BJP Rajya Sabha MP.
January 14, 2023: Awarded EPC contract for 382-MW Sunni hydroelectric project.
January 27, 2023: Purchased 5 electoral bonds of ₹1 crore each.
April 11, 2023: Purchased 40 bonds worth ₹40 crores.

This BJP leader was with TDP earlier.
October 2018: ED and I-T searched his home and office.
June 2019: Our man joins BJP.

beastoftraal, 2 months ago to random

At No.2 in TasteAtlas's '38 Best Rated Coffees in the World' - South Indian Filter Coffee (aka Kaapi): https://tinyurl.com/bestratedcoffees

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beastoftraal, 3 months ago to random

BJP's wet dream! - "Social trust is the bedrock of collective action and therefore, in a dictatorship, to be feared. Political spying thus kills two birds with one stone: it identifies potential threats to the regime, and it sows distrust among the population."

In a way, we are seeing this in action already. We proactively silence ourselves and do not criticize BJP/Modi in any way for fear that someone may take offense. 1/2