Here is @ChitleenKSethi - @ShekharGupta ‘s intern journo with her report -note “allegedly” despite videos of killing & facilitations by Nihang jatthas- this “allegedly” disease of Print can be traced to their reporting on court adjudged matters as well! theprint.in/theprint-essen…
Times of India reported in Dec about Nihang’s joining Singhu border protest site along with few Muslims from Punjab on the same day - cute! timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/group-of…
And guess what the social media armies of fake Kisan movement glorified entry of Nihangs by sharing videos which was fact checked and founded fake even by various “small minded” media platforms like @IndiaTodayindiatoday.in/fact-check/sto…
No dignity in life, no dignity even in death- this is what Lakhbir Singh had to endure- was begging for the death to escape pain of suffering and cruelty inflicted on him by NIHANGS….. and now @CHARANJITCHANNI Govt didn’t even accord him dignity in death!
For past few days,lot of ppl are blaming Govt for attacks on Bangladeshi Hindus; some even went to the extent of blaming CAA for this and how electoral considerations made govt do that and blah blah-it is another matter that CAA came after 2019!
It was in end 2004, when I visited Dhaka & I remember how hostile it was during those days.I was stopped by BD army enroute my hotel in Gulshan area and just because I could feel the hate in the way they talked and checked my passport….to cut long story short, it was bad for us!
The hostility for Indians in in BD then existed at both -Govt & societal level. Thanks to Indian support and more so after @narendramodi govt came in, hostility of the Hasina Govt toward India has become a thing of past-so much so that Islamist parties accuse her of Indian agent!
In less than 2 years, I have seen some very good friends of Twitter & belonging to the same ideological spectrum as me, become an adversary.
Does this causes me pain; of course it does. Was I at fault; of course not. So, what went wrong?
Let me try & analyse in this thread!
Firstly are we (me & my friends from twitter as mentioned in the quoted tweet) really an adversary?
The answer is an emphatic NO! Then where is the problem?
After an analysis, I realised that it is all that war between perception & perspective!
It occurred to me that relationships formed on SM can sustain itself only if we have similar perspectives or perceptions.
Other option is to allow “let us agree to disagree” maxim become cornerstone of bonds. Else, very nature of social media will end up consuming what u create!
At 7:45 this morning, I recd a call from our house help-a Nepali family. She wasn’t supposed to come as today was Dussherha- the biggest of festivals for Nepalese around the world. She was excited abt celebrations n had all her relatives invited to her place….it was a SOS call!
She said-“bhaiya,hamare ghar par police aa rakhi hai. It took me a little to figure out the issue as I knew that she was to be on leave today coz of celebrations at her home.Nepalis cook meat today and it is a day of family feast and all.They too had been rearing goat for months
When I reached there, I saw a girl but no police. The girl was doing recording of their premises and asking Qns. As plot is of my uncle, so I told her to get out of plot as her action was trespassing. She began recording me…. I knew that this must be some PETA shit and all….
Let us try to understand what all kinds of regulations were extended to BSF by previous Cong govts in the notified areas -
1 Sec 13 & 14 of Passport Act 1968 2. Sec 4 of Passport (entry into India) act 1920
# Sec 41, 47, 51(1), 52, 100, 131, 149,150, 151 and 152 of CrPC 1973.
# Sec 100-110 of Customs Act
# Sec 42 and 67 of NDPS Act
# Sec 19,22(2),23 & 24 of Arms Act in notified areas!
All of them were done during Cong Govt
Why make changes in area limits in border areas- 1) to bring in uniformity by making it uniform for 50 kms limit for all border states with non hill terrain like Guj, Bengal, Punjab and Assam- 50 kms limit is for hot pursuits within 1 hour range 2) 15 kms for hilly n NE states
I know usual suspects within Uttarakhand will call FLS sanction by @narendramodi Govt for Tanakpur- Bageshwar Railway line as an election gimmick- but let me share my views as to why it is NOT a gimmick but a huge development that will make this line a reality - thread follows!
What is FLS in the context of Railways?
Ans) Once route of new line is decided, FLS is done-
a) To study the contour maps
b) To prepare working details
c) To make accurate cost estimates
d) To prepare working details and make accurate cost estimates
In short it is DPR!
It can take anywhere b/w 1-2 years to complete FLS, it is done by efficient agency - given the experience of @RailVikas ,I feel it would be good if @AshwiniVaishnaw run ministry allots this survey to RVNL (gvn Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail experience) instead of Moradabad division.
Very good thread - democracy 1.0 comes with these associated risks and that’s why world of democracy has to evolve…especially in a country like India where corruption pervades every societal layer & one’s capacity to indulge/ or not in corruption is dependent on the opportunity!
That we tend to regard everyone, with access to an opportunity to indulge in making money by illicit means, as corrupt, is a example of society we live in. But brighter side of our society is that we also idolise everyone who conducts differently- @narendramodi is an ex of this!
One good thing about BJP is that it has an inbuilt mechanism where people who representing it leadership positions within states as CM are generally immune to corruption. They operate a cleaner administration and this is hallmark of BJP- u may not accept it but it is a reality!