All those harrumphing about @lpolgreen spending a week in India, out on the streets alongside protesters and writing about it for the @nytimes - I wonder how many of them spent not a week, but even five minutes with the protesters.
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Here's a journalist who spent a week in a country and wrote an article assessing the mood there. slate.com/news-and-polit…
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I would love to see respect for mandates to: not litter. Pick up your dog's poop. Observe speed limits. Not spit. Etc. You get the idea.
Instead it is a name that gets people upset.
Instead it is a name that gets people upset.
@DeathEndsFun If the name is officially changed to Mumbai way back in 1995, we need to respect not only state government’s mandate but also respect to the feelings of its Marathi manoos, the native residents! People accepted Kolkata, Chennai , Bengaluru but they have ISSUE with Mumbai!!
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Understand: Nobody has an issue with Mumbai. I like the name. I am a native resident as much as anyone else.
I say "hapus" in Marathi, "alphonso" in English. "Rugnalay" in Marathi, "hospital" in English, "aspatal" in Hindi.
People get used to saying things in each language.
I say "hapus" in Marathi, "alphonso" in English. "Rugnalay" in Marathi, "hospital" in English, "aspatal" in Hindi.
People get used to saying things in each language.
@DeathEndsFun If the name is officially changed to Mumbai way back in 1995, we need to respect not only state government’s mandate but also respect to the feelings of its Marathi manoos, the native residents! People accepted Kolkata, Chennai , Bengaluru but they have ISSUE with Mumbai!!
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There are plenty of other examples. That's not the point. The point is the suggestion that using a different name in different languages, as happens with so many places, is somehow "disrespect".
@DeathEndsFun Well, it is only matter of time. Else Ceylon , Burma, Turkey, Rhodesia (there could be more examples ) wouldn’t have changed their names…!
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What apples, what oranges?
Those names are different in different languages. No Japanese person will be baffled if I call her country "Japan", but that doesn't change the fact that she calls it "Nihon" or "Nippon" in her language. If I learned Japanese, that's what I'd call it.
Those names are different in different languages. No Japanese person will be baffled if I call her country "Japan", but that doesn't change the fact that she calls it "Nihon" or "Nippon" in her language. If I learned Japanese, that's what I'd call it.
@DeathEndsFun @ChitnisPurva The examples you gave are like comparing apples with oranges. There has to be one name (& not three versions) just like we individuals have. In fact, it is high time we start calling our nation as Bharat (& stop saying India in English & Hindustan in Hindi) .
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They stood with facts.
If Young India learns one thing from the EC protest debacle, let it be this: outrage has a price ... a price we only pay. Think! How many crores did our economy lose? How much public money was wasted? How many innocent vendors and shopkeepers lost daily wages? How many reputations were destroyed? And for what? Clicks, clout and virtue-signalling? Guys––Outrage isn’t evidence. Slogans aren’t statutes. Virality isn’t veracity. So, GenZ, protest––but protest better. Question––but question smarter. Take a stand––but stand with facts.
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I am a native.
@DeathEndsFun @ChitnisPurva You do not make any of these allowances for Ceylon, Madras, Travancore, Quilon. The natives want it called Mumbai, so why not ?
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Well Sanjeev, there have been reports like that (if not for Doordarshan), for example about the No Kings protests in the US.
One day, a journalist from Doordarshan will write: "I spent a week in DC, watching an extraordinary protest movement. Here's what I saw, and what I think it means for US, and the world."
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Dilip D'Souza retweeted
What a weird party! Abuse Gandhi, former PMs, opposition leaders, or outspoken women, and it’s free speech. Give them a taste of their own medicine, and suddenly it’s an outrage!
What a remarkable talent for playing both the bully and the victim! 👏👏
What a remarkable talent for playing both the bully and the victim! 👏👏
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#6: The issue normalised hate all over this country.
Hate BJP if you want. Criticise Modi all day.
But if you claim NOTHING has changed under BJP, explain these 9 developments.
1. Vande Bharat
2. UPI
3. PM-KISAN
4. Article 370 abrogation
5. Ujjwala Yojana
6. Ram Mandir
7. Chenab Rail Bridge
8. Ayushman Bharat
9. Highways & Expressways
Which one do you think made the biggest difference to India?
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Rant all you want about tech and AI and so forth. The point is that the real-life Swami said pretty much exactly the opposite of what this LLM-generated bot says.
This tweet perfectly demonstrates a complete lack of basic technical understanding.
You are comparing generalized, multi-billion-dollar commercial LLMs to a highly customized, domain-specific interactive AI HoloBot designed for cultural archiving and somehow calling it a failure.
It’s like comparing a commercial jetliner to a precisely engineered drone and claiming the drone is "beyond repair."
If you actually looked at real-world data instead of looking for superficial political angles, you’d know:
•The Performance Gap: The official State of India's Digital Economy (SIDE) Index ranks India 4th globally in overall AI performance, outperforming G7 economies like Germany, France, the UK, and Japan.
•Global Influence: India literally hosted the Global AI Impact Summit, leading a coalition of nearly 90 nations to establish international frameworks for global AI access and democratization.
•Deep Tech Realities: Beyond consumer chatbots, India is scaling specialized AI like the Garbhini-GA2 model for maternal healthcare and AI-driven deep-seated mineral targeting with the Geological Survey.
Using advanced conversational AI to preserve the historical legacy of figures like Swami Chinmayananda isn't a setback it is a sophisticated use case that shows just how deeply India is normalizing AI across every single sector.
Try reading an actual data report before declaring a country "beyond repair."
Morons !
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Dilip D'Souza retweeted
Election Commission’s software has made a massive blunder. It’s translating Hindi/Urdu names by treating them as if they were English.
For example, the name was Muhammad Iqbal Beg, but the software turned it into “Mohammad Iqbal Bheek Mangte Hain”.
Another example: A woman’s i, and the software changed it to “Murkh Kali Devi” .
Absolute chaos, what’s going on?
For example, the name was Muhammad Iqbal Beg, but the software turned it into “Mohammad Iqbal Bheek Mangte Hain”.
Another example: A woman’s i, and the software changed it to “Murkh Kali Devi” .
Absolute chaos, what’s going on?
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You fail to see a difference between a moral opposition to the death penalty, and "mercy", that's down to you.
Personally I would have liked to see murdering scum like Kasab and Kodnani condemned to life with hard labour. I had in mind cleaning railway tracks every day.
Personally I would have liked to see murdering scum like Kasab and Kodnani condemned to life with hard labour. I had in mind cleaning railway tracks every day.
203 Indians signed mercy petition for Ajmal Kasab
Congress : 82
AAP / CJP : 68
Communists : 53
BJP : 0
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