Glad to be in a room and getting some rest....thankful for being alive...never had such a frightening experience in my life...plane went into free fall...couldnt believe CP's composure and calmness as he stood beside pilots trying to save the situation.
It's very painful to see the relatives of Covid victims struggling to get death certificates & access bank account, lockers, insurance claims etc. Grieving families must not be burdened with bureaucratic delay & insensitivities. We should make documentation processes hassle-free.
Words are not enough to convey my special thanks and appreciation to
@srinivasiyc
,
@iyc
& its
#SOSIYC
team for helping with so much efficiency and kindness the numerous requests I have been forwarding. Their dedication, hard work, and sincerity is truly commendable and inspiring.
Wishing a very
#HappyNewYear
to all my dear friends!!! Thank you for all your support, love, and kindness in 2020. We hope that the new year is filled with good health and success for you and all your loved ones. Looking forward to a brighter and prosperous 2021 😄
#AbHogaNyay
campaign song beautifully sung by very renowned folk singer Shri Prahlad Singh Tipanya ji-
आगे बढ़कर हाथ को थाम ले, न्याय होगा रे
न्याय होगा, न्याय होगा, अब न्याय होगा रे .....
#OnThisDay
in 1893, Mahatma Gandhi was forced to leave a first-class compartment of a train in South Africa because of
#RacialDiscrimination
. Then, the first act of
#CivilDisobedience
& a turning point in history.........
India's vaccination plan is falling apart while cases continue to mount. The Modi govt’s own statistics show that Covid vaccination rates have crashed by more than 50% in the last month. The Govt must do whatever it can to increase vaccine supply. There is no alternative to this.
Wishing all my dear friends a very Happy New Year. May the year 2020 be filled with warmth, peace, love, health, and cherished memories! Special wishes from Baby K :-)
"Hate speech is rife, peaceful dissent is criminalized, freedom of expression and association faces new constraints, and the jails are filling up with political prisoners and peaceful dissenters as a servile judiciary looks away."
7 Key issues have taken a backseat due to
#PadmavatiControversy
:
1. Pollution
2. Aadhaar-related starvation deaths
3. Winter session of Parliament
4.
#ParadisePapers
5. Allegations of corruption against Govt
6. Unpaid NREGA wages
7. Drama in
#SupremeCourt
“कांग्रेस सरकार द्वारा स्थापित की गई सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली के साथ-साथ मनरेगा सबसे गरीब व कमजोर नागरिकों को भूख तथा गरीबी से बचाने के लिए अत्यंत कारगर है। खासतौर से कोरोना महामारी के संकट के दौर में यह और ज्यादा प्रासंगिक है।”
Warm wishes to all my fellow citizens on the occasion of 75th
#IndependenceDay
. We have come a long way. We must not let anyone stifle our
#freedom
, suppress our voices, and divide us. Let's commit ourselves to protect and foster the free and open exchange of ideas.
#IndiaAt75
Self-serving leadership trying to protect its image just isn’t what our country needs right now. Desperate times need different kinds of leadership - having strategic foresight, proactive in resource management, and empathetic in its communications.
#WishfulThinking
#Covid19
Heartiest greetings and warm wishes to all my dear friends on
#EidUlFitr
! May this auspicious day bring joy, peace & happiness into our lives and shower upon us abundance of reasons to celebrate our humanity with love, kindness & compassion.
#EidMubarak
#ईदमुबारक
Best wishes to all my dear friends on the occasion of
#EidAlAdha
. May the festival further strengthen the spirit of togetherness, compassion & harmony in our society and bring peace and happiness for all of us.
#EidAdhaMubarak
संघर्ष ही समाधान है,
संकल्प में ही सम्मान है,
सहयोग, समर्पण, संवेदना
इरादा ही हमारा ईमान है ।
विनम्रता, बराबरी विधान है,
नीयत, संविधान प्रमाण है,
परिश्रम, परिक्रम, परीक्षा में
जुड़े जो कदम, महान है ।
अतीत का अभिमान है,
“हाथ” का निडर निशान है,
भय, भ्रम, भूख, भेद का
Less than 7% of Uttar Pradesh & Bihar’s population, the two states account for 1/4 of the country’s people, has got the 1st dose of vaccine so far. Unless we address this regional inequality, there will be no sustainable way out of the pandemic. A very worrisome situation indeed!
#EidMubarak
to all my dear friends celebrating
#EidAlAdha
. May the festival further the spirit of peace and brotherhood among us, bring happiness and prosperity to all, and amplify the opportunity to share whatever we have with all.
#MerryChristmas
to all my dear friends! May your world be filled with warmth and good cheer this festive season, and throughout the year. Love & Hugs :-)
Warmest wishes to all my friends celebrating
#EidulFitr
and the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Hope this festival brings us together to share love and happiness all around.
#EidMubarak
Wishing all my dear friends a very
#HappyHoli
. May the vibrant colours of Holi add a splash of optimism and joy to your life. होली की ढेर सारी शुभकामनाएं :-)
बलिदान का दान बने
रेखायें यूँ आसान बने
घाटी का घाट बने
कुछ नहीं बात बने
संकल्प ना विकल्प रहे
संवेदना स्वल्प रहे
सवाल से श्राप लगे
शौर्य भी संताप लगे
प्रतिज्ञा पर प्रहार चले
दबाव में दरबार चले
इन्कार के हुंकार लगे
धैर्य से धिक्कार लगे
ये जो खेल है,
आँख मूँद हम देखते रहे I
Greetings to all fellow citizens celebrating the 72nd
#IndependenceDayIndia
. We remember the struggles of all those who fought for our Independence & protected the peace & unity of our great nation. Let's reflect on our achievements and our determination to build a better future.
Wishing all my dear friends a very
#HappyHoli
. Let's spread the message of love, happiness, unity, and peace & add more and more colours to our beautiful life! आपको और आपके परिवार को होली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं :-)
Many congratulations to
@DuteeChand
for winning the
#gold
🥇 in the Women's 100m Sprint at
#Napoli2019
#Universiade
!!! What an exceptional achievement for India🇮🇳 :-) First ever....making us all so proud
Wishing all my dear friends and their loved ones a very very
#HappyDiwali
. May the colour and lighting of this festive season brighten your life with love, hope and success & fill your home with joy, happiness and peace!
आप सबको #दीपावली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं !
हर साल की तरह इस बार भी बिहार बाढ़ की चपेट में है।हर तरह हताशा और निराशा का भाव है, मगर प्रशासन से लोगों को बहुत कम उम्मीदें हैं।सबने आश्वासन, सर्वेक्षण, राहत सामग्री, सहयोग राशि को ही अपनी नियति मान लिया है।पता नहीं, यूँ ही कब तक चलता रहेगा ? क्या कभी, कोई स्थायी निदान भी होगा ?
"ज़रूरत तो ग्राहकों की जेब में पैसे डालकर बाजार में मांग बढ़ाने की है, मगर सरकार व्यापारियों और उद्यमियों को क़र्ज़ देने पर बहुत ज़ोर दे रही है। क़र्ज़ तो कोई तब लेगा न, जब उसे पैसे की ज़रूरत हो। दरअसल यह पैकेज कम और पैकेजिंग ज़्यादा है।"
@BBCHindi
With Covid death count rising, the crematorium workers are working tirelessly risking their lives on the frontlines. They are still unrecognised, underpaid, uninsured & unvaccinated. I hope the Govt considers them as frontline workers and provide justice.
लगातार हो रही बारिश के कारण बिहार और असम में कई नदियां उफान पर हैं और बाढ़ की स्थिति गंभीर बनी हुई है। उम्मीद है कि इस��े प्रभावित इलाकों में राहत व बचाव के ठोस प्रयास किये जा रहे हों I मुश्किल की इस घड़ी में सभी सक्षम लोगों से अपील है कि वे हरसंभव मदद के लिए आगे आयें।
#BiharFloods
वेदना के भी रंग होते हैं,
चुप्पी की भी सतहें I
फर्क कर, फिक्र करते हैं
भूगोल देख रोष I
क्या कहें,
आजकल बस
'हम' और 'वो'
वजह के आयाम ढूंढते हैं
उधर कुछ और
इधर कुछ और II
Decades of progress in reducing inequality & poverty in India has been wiped out by mismanagement of economy & pandemic. Unfortunately, we aren't prepared to manage, and possibly to prevent, the social crisis that seems sure to follow the increase in joblessness, debt, & poverty.
My special tribute to Shri Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary. He is remembered for setting up Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country to provide quality education to rural talents. JNV gave hope to my parents. As a Navodayan, I know how it changed my life.
#RajivGandhi75
"This is the time for facts, not fear.
This is the time for science, not rumors.
This is the time for solidarity, not stigma.
We are all in this together." -
@WHO
Aggressive vaccination drive is the only way to crush the virus & slow the proliferation of variants. Yesterday we administered only 14 lakh doses in total. Unless we solve the challenges of throughput, hesitancy, & equitable distribution quickly, the pandemic won’t be contained.
Heartiest greetings to all fellow workers on
#CongressFoundationDay
. We must remember the sacrifices and struggles of the past and pledge to continue our efforts with more vigour & sincerity to take the party & the country to greater heights. स्थापना दिवस पर सभी साथियों को बधाई I
Wishing all my dear friends a very
#HappyGaneshChaturthi
:-) May the blessings of almighty lead all of us to peace, happiness, and success. सभी साथियों को गणेश चतुर्थी की बहुत शुभकामनाएँ I
The only effective way to ensure maximum vaccine coverage in an equitable manner is better planning. However, we delayed rolling out the vaccine policy, allowed a duopoly in production, created a complex & multi-layered pricing plan, and focussed prematurely on vaccine-diplomacy.
What a great day for the Indian women's hockey!!! Our women team scripted history by qualifying for the Olympics semifinals for the first time :-) that’s also beating the three-time champions Australia
#Tokyo2020
#Olympics
#Hockey
"As FM in 1991, I ended my budget speech by quoting Victor Hugo, "no power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come" 30 years later, as a nation, we must remember Robert Frost's poem, "But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep"". - Dr. Manmohan Singh, Ex-PM
“We are building a nation and we are laying the foundations of One Nation, and those who choose to divide again and sow the seeds of disruption will have no place, no quarter, here, and I must say that plainly enough.” -
#SardarVallababhaiPatel
Wishing all my dear friends a very
#HappyDussehra
. May this Dussehra light up for you and your loved ones the hopes of joyous times ahead and the courage to follow the path of righteousness.
The 1918 influenza pandemic occurred in three waves and was the most severe pandemic in history. I wish if only we had
- learnt from the past
- not declared the ‘endgame’ of
#Covid
in early March
- not facilitated biggest super-spreader events
- not lauded our PM as
#VaccineGuru
दिल्ली कोंग्रेस की हमारी टीम रात दिन दिल्लीवसियों की सेवा में हाज़िर है !
मैं और हमारी टीम के कई साथी ‘रोज़ा’ रख कर भी लगातार कोशिश कर रहें है और करते रहेंगे !
#SOSDPCC
#आओ_मदद_का_हाथ_बढ़ाए
"Modi’s fraught relationship with pandemic data has harmed India. The BJP’s creative use of numbers has made a bad situation worse. Rather than using numbers as a critical tool to inform policymaking, they treat data for manipulating political narrative."
गुजरात चुनाव खत्म होते ही धड़ाम हुए मूंगफली के दाम: चुनाव की घोषणा से पहले विजय रूपाणी सरकार ने मूंगफली की न्यूनतम कीमत 900 से 1200 रुपये प्रति क्विंटल तय की थी, लेकिन चुनाव के नतीजों के बाद इसकी कीमत 400 से 700 रुपये प्रति क्विंटल तक आ गए हैं via
@aajtak
Remembering former Karnataka CM Shri Devaraj Urs, architect of land reforms, pro-people programmes, and empowerment of marginalised sections, on his death anniversary
“If we wish to maintain democracy not merely in form, but also in fact, the first thing in my judgement we must do is to hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic objectives.”
#AmbedkarJayanti
We must understand that by downplaying the pandemic’s severity, ignoring critical health interventions, and most importantly, not doing anything at all to curb the misinformation and anti-science rhetoric broadcast, we continue to compromise our path out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Congratulations, France 🇫🇷! ⚽⚽⚽ What a
#WorldCup
full of surprises: Germany exiting early, Messi & Ronaldo going home without doing much, Russia reaching the quarterfinals, Croatia entering the final for 1st time & France getting the 2nd title :-)
#WorldCupFinal
#CROvsFRA
The Govt keeps trumpeting all Indians to be vaccinated by Dec end without any credible road map for ramping up manufacturing, sorting out vaccine inequalities of all kinds- regional, digital, rural-urban, private-public & poor-elite, & addressing issues around vaccine hesitancy.
"The country's largest lender
#SBI
collected Rs 1,771 crore during April-Nov 2017 as charges from customers who did not maintain their minimum monthly average balance in their accounts." This is how now a days banks make maximum profit from the poor.
This world health day let us thank all the doctors, health workers, essential workers, covid warriors and the scientists who worked relentlessly and sacrificed a lot to fight the pandemic!
Warm wishes and heartiest greetings to all my dear friends on the auspicious occasion of
#GaneshChaturthi
:-) May the festivity spread happiness, harmony, and brotherhood all around. #गणेश_चतुर्थी के शुभ अवसर पर आप सभी को ढेर सारी बधाई और शुभकामनाएं।
#GanpatiBappaMorya
Wishing all my dear friends and family members a very happy and prosperous Diwali. May you get to create special memories with the ones you love, this Diwali. दीपावली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।
#HappyDeepavali
.
The Covid pandemic has widened divide between large and small businesses. While big businesses are gaining market share, MSMEs struggle to survive & face challenges related to financial liquidity, debt repayments, meeting expenses like electricity, rent, wages, statutory dues etc
"Over 270 million Indians were hauled out of poverty between 2005 and 2015, according to UNDP. But after decades of hard won progress, Covid threatens not just to stagnate or slow India’s development over the next decade but even roll it back."
As the year ends, I look back on the happy memories, new friends made, new places travelled, the lessons and the learnings. Hope all of you had a good 2017. Let’s march towards the new year with optimism and courage.
#HappyNewYear2018
"I have been keenly following the political discourse during this election campaign. Modi ji has indulged in the most vicious form of hate speeches, which are purely divisive in nature. Modi ji is the first Prime Minister to lower the dignity of public discourse, and thereby the
#RamzanMubarak
to all my friends. May this holy month be filled with blessings and love. Praying that the spirit of harmony, compassion & brotherhood will be strengthened in our daily lives.
#RamadanMubarak
Heartiest greetings & good wishes to all my dear friends on the joyous occasion of Dussehra. May you get success and happiness in everything you do. दशहरा की आप सभी को बधाई और अनंत शुभकामनाएँ!
#HappyDussehra
#विजयदशमी
Deeply saddened to know that Dr Gail Omvedt, one of the greatest intellectual voices on Dalit politics, women’s struggle & anti-caste movement, is no more with us. She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew about her works. Her life will continue to inspire social movements.
As the wholesale inflation hits a fresh high and retail inflation breaches the upper band of RBI’s target, it’s a matter of concern especially in the context of muted demand & weakness in jobs and incomes. The govt must cut excise duty on fuel & resolve supply constraints issues.