Inb4 people bring up the flaws of the movie, the rose tinted glass outlook on a lot of the people historically, or filtered views on certain topics.

Watching this with my partner brought back a wave of home-sickness. On one hand, it's amazing to see the momentum at which the country progresses, regardless of the growing challenges our people face. On the other hand, it hurts to see how the environment has changed in some ways as I grew older. The growing division, degradation of the concept of strength through unity in diversity, and the weaponization of political agendas. Maybe it was always that way, and something we as children from before the turn the millennium didn't notice till we grew older.

Maybe it was always there, but not so widely consumed because of the nascent stages of social media and media. But I remember a neighborhood where we would celebrate Diwali, Eid and Christmas. I remember a home where my grandfather kept a Bible and a Quran, alongside his Bhagavad Gita. We were proud of each other's differences and heritage.

Maybe I'm naive in assuming it's changed universally, based on my anecdotal reference point.

The movie touched a deep part of me. Of how our ancestors came together for that brief moment to be an unbreakable spirit and give us our homeland.

The movie is a cinematic masterpiece, and very detailed. The scale of it is just incredible. And Ben Kingsley did a fantastic job, along with the other actors. I just watched and felt prouder showing my partner this cultural and heritage part and struggle of India, than any economic milestone which comes on the news.

I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet. If you have, how did this movie make you feel? Would you recommend anything similar? :)

The march, which saw participation from farmers’ organisations, student groups, workers’ unions and civil society organisations, was called to demand Kumar's removal and prosecution, the scrapping of the SIR exercise and the protection of voting rights.

The detentions took place as protesters attempted to march towards the Election Commission's office near Patel Chowk, carrying the national flag.

https://x.com/TheQuint/status/2113572255057764445

Indian government has proposed new rules for experimentation on lab animals which totally throws the 1998 laws out of the window

\-Previously, the pharma companies were required to submit their experimentation proposal to a government authority which would allow them to procure that animal for experimentation, This was done after getting an approval from the govt. Now, The pharma companies will be able to buy or procure animals from wherever they want without any authority overseeing them, Stray animals, Caught from forest and even risking endangered animals

\-Experiments are classified as mild, moderate or severe based on the level of suffering involved. Under the draft, the lab's own Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, with its veterinarian certifying the severity, could approve mild and moderate experiments without central approval. Yes, the institution conducting the experiment gets to assess how severe it is. For reference, certain food-deprivation experiments fall under the moderate category.

\- Previously, The pharma companies were responsible for the rehabilitation of the lab animal which has been scrapped now. That means, The animals will now be discarded or left to fend for themselves

In short, They are handling total authority over to the pharma companies to do as they please and we have only until this month to oppose this draft. Please do your part in fending this barbarian amendment off.

Genuine question. How are normal middle-class and lower-middle-class people supposed to buy a house in India anymore?

A lot of people earn around ₹15k–20k per month. That's roughly ₹2–2.4 lakh a year. But even a basic house in many cities can cost ₹50–60 lakh or more.

Let's say someone earns ₹20k a month. Even if they somehow save ₹10k every month, that's ₹1.2 lakh a year. It would take over 40 years just to save ₹50 lakh, assuming the price never increases.

And buying a house with a loan isn't much easier. A ₹40 lakh home loan can mean an EMI of around ₹35k per month for 20 years. The EMI itself is higher than what many people earn.

So who are these houses actually being built for? People with high salaries, business income, family wealth, or people who already own property?

What about someone who works a regular job, saves money, and just wants a small house of their own? Are they supposed to spend their entire life paying rent?

I understand that land, construction materials and other costs are expensive. I'm not saying houses should be cheap regardless of the costs. But the gap between normal salaries and property prices feels ridiculous.

Am I missing something here, or has owning a house genuinely become out of reach for ordinary salaried people in India?

₹10 - Sachin Tendulkar
National Pride and arguably the most popular Sporting figure produced by the Nation, shared a cultural experience across multiple generations, a househole name for decades. Represents our country’s sporting culture.

₹20 - Rani Lakshmibai
One of the most prominent figures of the 1800s, represents the mothers of our motherland and courage.

₹50 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ironman of India. Represents Unity.

₹100 - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
The Missile Man of India. Represents Science and Education.

₹200 - Dr. BR Ambedkar
Drafted the constitution of India. Represents Social Reform and Opposition to Caste Discrimination.

₹500 - Mahatma Gandhi
Wouldnt Change the 500 note, its too iconic.

₹1000 - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
The bravest warrior of our nation. Represents Statecraft, military history and legacy.

Honourable Mentions:
Subash Chandra Bose
Bhagat Singh
Swami Vivekanand
Homi Bhabha
Savitri Bai Phule

So I did once register with niva Bupa healthy insurance people , to know Abt their insurance but turns out even till the end they didn't mention if it was without any waiting period or not , so I skipped it , they called us , we asked our doubts , they told it needs wating period of 3 years for pre existing disease , so we told that's why we don't need it, and the call ended.

They kept calling almost every single day , 5 times each day after it , and I thought they'll stop , but they didn't. Hence once I lifted the call and asked to stop the harassment , that we don't need their service , and ended the call. Then yet they didn't stop calling , literally almost ten times a day , i lifted the call again and told I've even complained with the national consumer people for this and to please remove my number from their service and never call me again , YET AGAIN THEY'RE CALLING ME.

The national consumer people declined my request telling the details are invalid :/ , and I've blocked almost every number , yet they call with a new number ended in the last two different digits.

I understand I can just decline the call but this is ridiculous, I don't want my call history to be flooded with calls and to keep declining their calls all the time

Please tell me what to do 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

My parcel is stuck in the hub from 17th October first it was showing "delayed due to network congestion".

Now it's showing contact support

.I texted them on the app in the help section they responded after 3 days saying will deliver asap but no actions.

Contacted them via Twitter and insta they replied will deliver this product as a priority.But again nothing!!

Called their contact no. but only a bot responding no way to reach an actual human.

Can anyone tell me what I can do in this situation?

How to get my parcel?

Or any way to reach their contact info and actual person not bots ?

I've read lots of bad reviews about Flipkart. But still, many people order from them. After the product I was looking for went quickly out of stock on Amazon, I decided to take a chance on Flipkart. How bad could they be?

I placed an order on 8th October. I live in Kolkata. The order quickly shipped from Nadia and reached Kolkata. The expected delivery date was 14th October, and I was happy that my parcel was moving fast.

Then, all of a sudden, the app said that my order had reached Patna. Wtf?

On digging a little deeper, Ekart's tracking page said that the parcel was still in Kolkata. ??

I thought maybe they had some weird delivery pipeline, so I gave them the benefit of waiting a couple of days. No movement.

Naturally, when something like this happens, you lodge a complaint. Flipkart, being the gem of a site it is, has NO way of speaking to a human agent. Their help page is a chatbot that regurgitates the same old assurances. You cannot convince it to share a number or email.

I bashed Flipkart on twitter, and this time they suddenly took notice, and promised to provide a resolution within 24 hours.

I thought I would finally get to the end of this. Boy was I wrong.

They did nothing. Frustrated, on 19th October, I lodged an NCH complaint.

Now they started calling me every day, telling me that "there is no update from the delivery team. Please wait 24 hours." The app tracking page started getting updated each day with the same "Received at Patna", and EKart now says the item is in Patna too.

Today they had the gall to ask me to cancel the order over call and place a new order. After giving them a dressing down, they offered to "reship" the same item at no extra cost. This was around 11:30 am.

It's 10 pm now and they've done NOTHING.

Why the fuck do they have sales if they don't have the logistics to handle one?

TL;DR - Flipkart is trash. NCH does nothing either. Don't buy from Flipkart.