Whenever you travel by air in India, you’ll come across these unique travellers in your flight : @IndiGo6E@flyspicejet@airindiain@goairlinesindia@airvistara 1. The Celebrity - will board just before the flight is about to take off. Accompanied by airline’s staff. Will throw
a perfunctory hello around and take the seat right in front
and will never take off sunglasses during entire flight. Will call the cabin crew to ask for ‘Papaya milk from Holy mountain in New Zealand milked by blind shepherds’; and then failing to get it will settle down with -
- “Oh, nothing then.” Will get down first. Everyone in the
Flight will get a chance to say “ X was in my flight today”, as a mark of self achievement.
2. The Corporate Consultant - This guys needs to show everyone how he’s the busiest, most frequently traveling technocrat in
this land of poor and uncouth. The charade is full ! That suit, however crumpled or sweat marks on collar, the headphones, the laptop bag, that cup of scalding hot coffee and that phone in front that is way more important than seeing where you’re going. They’ll never stop
talking on phone and if you notice, it’ll always be about “ let me check my calendar ...I’m flying again on this and that ..I spoke to Principal Secy or Minister ..” by far the most irritating characters on flight.
3. The couple or mom with a toddler - The toddler that never
stops crying. Personally, I’ve never had any problem with crying. They are toddlers, what else will they do. But it’s the reactions from fellow travellers and rolling of eyes that gets me. I mean what did your kids do when they were few months old, sing ‘O Fortuna’? Always feel
bad for the mom who’s trying to shush the kid sheepishly like she’s done a mistake by bringing the kid there. People need to be more accommodating and those moms need to learn some North Indian expletives.
4. The Invisibility cloak - My fav people. They’ll board, sit down on
whatever seat is allotted, no ring the bell for cabin crew, no talking, just read or sleep and get down calmly and out of airport !
5. The Young and Noisy - mostly a group of youngsters who will ensure that entire flight knows their secrets coz they just won’t keep quiet. At
some point they’ll open their laptop or iPad or phone and start playing something and watch it together. They are the lot that giggles the most when a pretty looking cabin crew passes by or talks to them. They enjoy the flight! Nice people :)
6. Daddy bought the airline - Just
because they bought a ticket, these people will do everything short of flying the plane, and not for the lack of will to do so. They’ll call the cabin crew a million times, get up every 15 min to just stand or stroll or take a piss, make the whole row get up twice if they are in
Window seat and even represent their displeasure to staff of the flight is running 34 seconds late. And in-spite of their snootiness and snobbery, you’ll find them in coach/economy. Surprises me always.
7. The Talkers - I can sometimes go days without even uttering a word. My
phone is meant for texting. I hardly take calls. So the biggest fear is sitting next to someone who shows his/her interest in my life. And they’ll attack you when you’re least expecting, leaving no chance to feign sleep. It’s pure torture!
8. The First time travellers - Mostly
elderly folk from small towns. I adore them how they are so conscious and respectful of everything and everyone. The most decent travellers. It’s really cute how they’ll ask small questions about stuff and battle with seat belt etc. In a way, it’s always rejoices me to see that
air travel has been made accessible to everyone. Three cheers to aviation industry!
Finally, thanks to the pilots and staff (ground and air) of all airlines to manage us all and ensure our safe and comfortable journeys. Happy landings to all👍👍
And I should add the chaos the cultured and educated lot create when the plane lands. The poor lady keeps saying - please keep sitting. But there are always these oversmart ones who will just pop up like pop corns, open the overhead storage and pull their bag out. Somehow
They believe that they will get out even before the plane stops, forgetting the huge population sitting in front of them that WILL get down before them. And people switching on mobiles the moment plane lands like Modi ji called them 15 times. And all you get one lousy Whataspp
notification saying forward this joke 🤦♂️ These Usain Bolts will keep in aisles and crooked in their seats for 15 min, get down like everyone , but the deep desire inside them to create a traffic jam is beyond me.
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Why would Pakistan agree to ceasefire now ? Firing on LoC and pushing of terrorists into Indian territory is business as usual for them. What changed ?
1. Biden administration would like to have a strong military base in Pakistan now, to counter Iran and manage China’ growth in
in the region. Actually boots on ground and planes in sky will help this a lot. Also, since India’s air strikes proved that we can go inside Pak, US wouldn’t want to have a base where things can go volatile any moment.
2. Also a sign of change of government. Biden is very pro
Pak but has major leaning towards Zardari. By ensuring peace on LoC with India, Bajwa and Imran’s possibility of anything dramatically surprising to both India and US is reduced a lot. They wont break peace now for the fear of losing support from US. And that takes away from them
Firstly, the Range has not been vacated yet.
Secondly, it’s a threat to Chinese only if they are also deployed there and planning to move ahead. If they’ve moved back then we are just sitting there in middle of nowhere twiddling thumbs! We aren’t an endless resources nation. The
deployment has to match its value in threat perception. There’s a reason we don’t place soldiers on every inch. Limited resources have to be employed effectively. The Mutual disengagement means that the overall threat perception from both sides is reduced in South #Pangong and
overall #Ladakh region.
Making Chinese step back from F4-5 to F8 and assurances of dismantling infra, plus ushering in a stable environment in South Pangong should be considered a major diplomatic win. Every critic was saying this will become the new normal now. It did not,
Disengagement plan, as clarified by @rajnathsingh ji, is still in progress. There is another meeting within next 48 hours to finalise the final terms. However what’s clear is that we will maintain n dominate near F3 and Chinese will be at F8 on North Pangong area. The patrolling
will resume only after certain more terms have been agreed upon. Which means F3 to F8 will be a buffer zone for now. Given the fact that Chinese had built solid structures and defences right upto F4, this is a good progress for North bank, ensuring their step back to F8. The
Southern bank status is not clear as of now. But as everyone is saying - why should we give up heights that we control ?
Firstly, not every military plan is shared with public. We may not even know what all angles are being considered while this planning. So assuming that
The whole plot seems to have written a ‘Lame PR exercise’ all over it planned by Congress, and the critical meeting with PR agency could’ve happened in RaGa’s quick Europe trip, seeing the timing. Aim is to generate anti Indian gov feeling across the world. #Farmer’s protest
protest issue is now being taken across the world to hit the popularity of PM Modi and present government. The PR agency handling this must’ve been paid to only focus on biggest Handles on social media, irrespective of what they do. Porn stars, IG influencers, climate activist,
musician, singer ...doesn’t matter. If you have followers, just go ahead and tweet. The language itself is a direct giveaway. Various tweets from these celebs are using words like ‘ Bhakts, Media censor, paid actors’ etc etc which doesn’t happen unless you’re deeply engaged and
If citizens are the viewers of a movie called @PMOIndia in cinema hall called Gov, these are various types of critics on Twitter : 1. Genuine fans : They are fully committed and would criticise only when they feel the movie could be better. “ Great movie, but too many songs”.
2. Neutral lot : They view the government as just another government meant to serve the nation and people and save their criticism only on issues didn’t serve them well. “ It’s okay movie but I didn’t like the Hero at all. Mood kharab kar diya”.
3. Haters : They’ve been forced to watch the movie because it’s the only cinema hall and only movie and they will keep cribbing throughout the movie, irrespective of what’s good and bad. “ what is this stupid music ..what is this acting..why this scene..why that actor”.
There’s a reason India has so far kept itself at arm’s length on chaos in Afghanistan and should continue to do so. Especially now, India definitely shouldn’t meddle in US- Pak-Afghanistan boiling kettle. For one, we can clearly see what happened to Pak, another next door
neighbour to Afghanistan once the violence started to spill over across the border. India also is pretty close to ground Zero, and Pakistan would be more than happy to divert Taliban’s/other factions’ action and attention to India, should we jump in. Secondly, we have a very
healthy relationship with Afghan government. Why would we create an opportunity of losing that bonhomie by aggressive stance? Our non participation is our support to them and it’s been appreciated so far. And finally, Biden will favour Pak a lot and expect it to take on the