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Riye on the Run retweeted
Do you use Ola Postpaid or Amazon Pay Later ? Did you know they might have taken a loan on your behalf? Here's how I found out that I owe a random bank 30k, a loan that was taken without any consent -
Riye on the Run retweeted
Watching Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge at the Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai. One of my favourite Danish Siddiqui pictures for Reuters. #danishsiddiqui
Riye on the Run retweeted
@dansiddiqui 's death feels so personal to many of us even though we didn't know him personally. I think this is, in large part, because of his photos. Not just what he shot, but how he shot them. Thread 🧵
Riye on the Run retweeted
16 young Indian startup founders who are building amazing businesses in their 20s:
A THREAD
#threadsbyAP
Riye on the Run retweeted
Have nev heard this one in other contexts, like
"Only 3% of Indians pay income tax, and we expect Paris standard Central Vistas, New York standard giant statues, Shah Jahan standard imperial rallies, and Chola standard mega temples."
Riye on the Run retweeted
Some paradoxes of modern life:
1. The paradox of reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you’ll forget the vast majority of what you read.
Riye on the Run retweeted
Kind of surreal to take a photo of the singularly inspiring Bhagat Singh -- a revolutionary voice in 1920s India, who was hung by the British in 1931, at the age of 24 -- run it through the Heritage AI algorithm, and see him reanimated.
Riye on the Run retweeted
There is a transgender man who lives in Kolkata (for reasons of privacy I cannot reveal his name here). He has been rendered jobless partly due to COVID & has limited education. Initially, he used to work as an UberEats driver and was bullied to the point he could no longer(1/3)
Riye on the Run retweeted
Same script every time!
1. Infiltrate non-violent protests with gundas
2. Create chaos and violence
3. Godi Media shows how protest have become violent
4. Arrest and crackdown on real protestors
5. Win public opinion & end protest.
Riye on the Run retweeted
A village in #Rajasthan called as '#Piplantari' plants 111 #trees every time a baby #girl is born, in her honor. Native species are planted at various locations & which can be later utilized also. Started by Shyam Sundar Paliwal. Today he is awarded with PadmaShri.
Riye on the Run retweeted
#Verified
👉'Exact words used' in the meet between Modi sarkar & farmers
👉Farmers- 'Farm Laws unconstitutional'
👉Ministers- 'How?'
👉Farmers(show copies of replies made in Parliament)- 'You as minister said in Parliament that agriculture & Agri marketing is a STATE SUBJECT'
Riye on the Run retweeted
Exclusive:
Mystery of Bharat Biotech's Phase 1&2 Covid-19 vaccine trials:
Bharat Biotech registered its Phase 1&2 trials for Covaxin with India's Clinical Trials Registry (CTR) - a division of ICMR - which happens to be Bharat Biotech's partner.
Here's some shocking details 👇
Riye on the Run retweeted
"Nationalism,” John Le Carre once said, is “quite different from patriotism. For nationalism you need enemies.”
Riye on the Run retweeted
If there are books ( non-fiction ) that the young in India need to read, they should about Europe from 1930 - 40 ( the fascist era ) & about the Indian Partition in 1947. Unless people learn about the horrors these periods, they would never realise where they are being led to.
Riye on the Run retweeted
At a time when varsity cut-offs have hit 100, @IndianExpress tracked down a generation of Board exam toppers between 1996 & 2015 to find out the consequences of a convention that celebrates a few students every yr.
Our 3-part deep dive: Tracking India's Toppers 👨🎓🥇
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