Despite dowries being illegal for more than 60 years 90% of Indian marriages involve them. 35,493 brides were killed between 2017-22 for dowry. Nearly 400,000 female foetuses are aborted every year by families worried that daughters would cost them dowries
Subcontinent’s journalists may need to read this interview & learn how to expose populist, religious, hypocrites & bigots…Present facts, let the bigot speak & drown in his own pool of megalomania. Classic example
Another of my prized shots from Bandhabgar Tiger Reserve. It’s our day 1 & 1st early morning safari. All credit goes to the local forest guide.
@ParveenKaswan
@rameshpandeyifs
@MPTourism
@atti_cus
@ReallySwara
Going against the power needs strength, courage & sacrifice…it’s extremely hard for showbiz celebrities to do so & hence
@ReallySwara
is an exception. More courage to her.
From Mexico 1994 to Asia 1997, currency crisis is always correlated w/ economic malpractices & is reflection of deep rooted deficiencies of d economy - poor productivity growth, high revenue spending, poor tax base & most importantly corrupt kleptocracy
@AqilShah_
It’s just so painful to read…may be one of the worst global example of elite capture in the post war era where a handful of ruling elites chocked & plundered the society relentlessly, mercilessly.
“Agra has been India's biggest shoe making centre since the Mughals ruled. Cost of material imported from China, has gone up by over 20%. Now unable to earn even a Rs 10 ($0.1) margin on Rs 200 shoes. Before the pandemic he could earn Rs 20-25 on a pair”
@SreenivasanJain
@SukirtiDwivedi
As Sahir Ludhianvi wrote:
Zara is mulk ke rahabaron ko bulaao
Yeh kooche yeh galiyan yeh manzar dikhaao
Jinhen naaz hai hind par unko laao
Jinhe naaz hai hind par woh kahan hain?
Kahan hain, kahan hain, kahan hain?
@rameshpandeyifs
These forest rangers are fighting in the worst condition, from Ebola pandemic to insurgency, they are battling every kind of hostility that man and nature can offer. Their tireless efforts to protect the mountain gorillas of Congo & Rwanda r hardly been reported in d world media.
@MonaChaudhryy
@imranahsanmirza
After winning Nobel Dr Salam requested GoI to locate his Lahore college math teacher, Prof Anilendra Ganguly. Finally, Dr Salam went to Calcutta on Jan 1981 to pay his respects to Prof Ganguly. Uni of Calcutta also decided to award Dr Salam the Debaprasad Sarbadhikary Gold Medal.
@calxandr
I’m sure every conscious Pakistani r fully aware wat damage d mil is doing 2 deir country bt dey r helpless. Pak mil uses proxies nt only against its neighbours bt also aganst its own ppl. D army has only 1 key objctv: to keep its absolute control on Pak’s national resources.
"I am going to give you such a weapon that the police & the army will not be able to stand against it. It is the weapon of the Prophet but you are not aware of it. That weapon is forgiveness & righteousness. No power on earth can stand against it" - Bacha Khan (Easwaran,1985:117)
শেষের কবিতায় রবি বাবু লিখেছিলেন “যে পক্ষের দখলে শিকল আছে সে শিকল দিয়েই পাখিকে বাঁধে, অর্থাৎ জোর দিয়ে। শিকল নেই যার সে বাঁধে আফিম খাইয়ে, অর্থাৎ মায়া দিয়ে। শিকলওয়ালা বাঁধে বটে, কিন্তু ভোলায় না; আফিমওয়ালী বাঁধেও বটে, ভোলায়ও।” আমাদের শাসকরা হলো আফিমওলার দল - বাঁধেও, ভোলায়ও
As our vice chancellor said… “We give you the two most powerful tools: freedom & education…”
May 5, 2009, Ph.D. University of Houston;
March 17, 2023, M.B.A. Macquarie University…
And not done yet …🎓🎓🎓
@GulBukhari
@husainhaqqani
No...the ISI only defeated the 225 million wonderful people of Pakistan. It occupied and turned a resource rich country into a war ravaged nation whose common people lost their warmth under crushing poverty, illiteracy, & ignominy. ISI didn't concur anything except its own land.
@OmarIffat
After winning Nobel Dr Salam requested GoI to locate his Lahore college math teacher, Prof Anilendra Ganguly. Finally, Dr Salam went to Calcutta on Jan 1981 to pay his respects to Prof Ganguly. Uni of Calcutta also decided to award Dr Salam the Debaprasad Sarbadhikary Gold Medal.
Just to make it clear to the global Biriyani lovers, yes we put potato & egg in our Biriyani in Bengal and it is something that we are extremely proud of😀😀😀...So here goes some of snaps of divinity from the nawabi kitchen of Calcutta...
From Afghanistan to Iran to Sudan to Russia to Belarus, women are leading the struggle against autocracy to reform their respective societies towards democracy & gender equality. With the indomitable power they are the beacon of hope.
The persistent question that many non Bengali connoisseurs have: Is it possible to have Aloo in Biriyani? The answer is a resounding yes. Come to Calcutta & experience this amazing culinary magic. Chicken Awadhi biriyani & Aminia Special Mutton Curry (it’s their oldest dish.
One of the most iconic clip of 20st century - the Tank man aka Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel of
#TiananmenSquare
.
An unidentified Chinese man who stood in front of a column of tank.
Journalist Stuart Franklin filmed it for Time & Life magazine.
পশ্চিমবঙ্গকে অন্ধকার মুক্ত করার জন্য
নিজেদের রাজনৈতিক ভেদাভেদ ভুলে সমাজের প্রতিটি স্তরের মানুষদের নিজেদের এবং আগামী প্রজন্মের সুস্থ সামাজিক তথা অর্থনৈতিক জীবনের জন্য
@sairashahhalim
এর পাশে এসে দাঁড়ানো উচিত।
On 21 Feb 1952, 5 Bengali students Abdus Salam, Abul Barkat, Rafiq Uddin, Abdul Jabbar & Shafiur Rahman were killed in E. Pak while protesting for the right to speak their mother tongue.
In 1999 UNESCO declared 21 Feb as International Mother Language Day
@AWGoraya
More power to you. May democracy, freedom, and dignity of life establish in all parts of the earth, may the tyranny of gun & oppression end, may justice prevail.
De de ke ye awaaj koi har ghadi bulaaye
Phir jaaye jo us paar kabhi lautake na aye
Hai bhed ye kaisa koi kuchh toh
batana
O jaanewaale, ho sake to laut ke ana
Ye ghaat, tu ye baat kahin bhul n jaana
Meeting our very own the indomitable
@stephen_john28
..,soon will be joined by
@aamaurat0007
…an afternoon to remember…Friday night, friends & 🥃
The entire Galwan Vally incident seems like the Agatha Christie’ crime novel “And Then There Were None” or “No One Killed Jessica”. In addition the famous Tapan Sinha Bengali movie আতঙ্ক famous line “মাস্টার মশাই আপনি কিন্তু কিছুই দেখেননি”