Well, the Goa chief minister has succumbed to protest threats by the Taxi unions. With almost no competition, city taxis will continue to fleece tourists. This is not what is expected from a state which relies heavily on tourism.

“𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮” 🦁🇿🇦

Given how terrible the record of these helicopter services in the hills is, they should have been forced shut long ago. But we don’t seem to value safety.

As far as parades go, this remains the funniest depiction youtu.be/U7PFv05-y8k?si…

People die in dozens daily in accident after accident and nobody loses their job. What a country!

As a friend who has actually lived in Goa says, the Goan taxi mafia is sponsored by Vietnam.

Didn’t know the ICC chairman was playing this game too. Kya chamche rakhe hain!

Some highlights of the career of Jay Shah: Here he is bowling during the infamous 1932-33 "Bodyline" tour.

HARASSMENT. TRAUMA. When some officers claiming to be of Delhi Police cyber cell tried to KIDNAP us in broad daylight. Here's what happened today that has left me and my husband (Rahul Saha) traumatized.

I was refueling at a Noida petrol pump when three individuals claiming to be from the Delhi police cybercell, dragged me and my husband (Rahul Saha) out of our car and forced us to get into a private car that they parked a few metres away.

Like everything about this country the commentary also has to be mediocre. But the thing about these guys is they have been groomed to be mediocre. So in a way they are a special kind of mediocre.

Both Ukraine and Iran show having nuclear weapons and delivery mechanisms is crucial to protect your sovereignty.

Damn, I wasn't ready for how this would feel. We didn't have a camcorder, so there's no video of me with my mom. I dropped one of my favorite photos of us in midjourney as 'starting frame for an AI video' and wow... This is how she hugged me. I've rewatched it 50 times.

Sen. Graham: "I've got 84 co-sponsors for a Russian sanctions bill that is an economic bunker buster against China, India, and Russia for Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine. I think that bill's going to pass...It's time to vote on that bill."

City after city, year after year. Nobody loses their jobs for this. No politician even promises (forget making an effort) to fix India’s urban hellscape.

If the Opposition is not working only and only towards common prosperity then what is its vision? Everything you claim to fight for ought to be for common prosperity. Handouts, caste census, reservations aren’t the aim. The aim ought to be common prosperity.

Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.

From a banker friend in Gurgaon.

Exactly the reason I learned to read Punjabi. Had to take public transport and didn’t like the boredom of being unable to read a lot of the signage or advertisements. Punjabi is much easier if you speak, read Hindi though.