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I infact do have a lot of respect for these sindhi colleges. They have continously provided (comparatively) quality education while also providing a good platform for sindhi migrants in Mumbai. Maharashtra has 85% domicile quota across the board,surely no one argues to remove it?
Hi @Apurvasrani do you know all those colleges have Sindhi quota (except Mithibai which has Gujarati quota). Which means 50% or more seats are reserved for Sindhis. If you think the city is made by and for everyone equally, do you support removing the quota system?
Things changed now now but Ola/Uber were charging around 30% of ride price in commission while Rapido/Namma charged flat/subscription fee which was 10x less than that on average. Ola/Uber duopoloy would have killed the market if the newer entrants hadn't disrupted it.
Its absurd but not innocuous. Bag checking is just 1/n ways indian education system normalises blind submission to authority. Its exactly what powered Nazi Germany and we can see the effects in our society too.
I thought this was sarcastic or these were the 'before' photos. It takes special talent to build public transport in Mumbai which is not packed to the brim the next day.
Mumbai Metro 3 - WHAT A TURNAROUND 👏
From "who will use it?" to "where is the space to stand?"
Just 1 year old and Aqua Line @AshwiniBhide @MumbaiMetro3
is packed to capacity. Every trip - full house, commuters standing, no seats.
Mumbai has spoken. We needed this metro.
#AquaLine #MumbaiMetro3
Carrick after literally giving a farewell tour after the last match
Michael Carrick stays in charge of Manchester United after talks yesterday including Ratcliffe, Glazers, Berrada, Wilcox.
Surprising call after Bournemouth but there is clarity now, in short-term at least. Fascinating few days ahead ⬇️ #MUFC
nytimes.com/athletic/7726768…
What the fuck?
#ÚltimaHora 🔴 Microsoft propone salidas voluntarias a 60.000 empleados, el 27% de la plantilla elmundo.es/economia/empresas…
Why is the guy who spread fake news to kickstart the genocide and then has consistently supported the genocide, allowed to feign empathy and talk to Palestinian ambassador?
Apps like Rapido's Ownly are about 40-50% cheaper than Swiggy/Zomato for some places at the moment. But that's where Swiggy/Zomato were a few years ago. Is this just a cycle to be continued until all investors in this space run out of money
Graeber was a good guy but unfortunately his most famous book is the most unserious work done by any serious man. Its basically a rant about all types of jobs he doesn't like that goes on for far too long without any coherence of thought.
Tbf The Quint has ensured the interview is unreadable
So in India, if you make anti liberal, anti secular, anti democracy and anti-constitution arguments, you are kept in Jail for years without trial or... put in power like our current rulers?
1/5 Sharjeel Imam has given an interview detailing his Islamist manifesto. Surprisingly, no storm has been kicked up over pronouncements that are so unapologetically anti-liberal, anti-secular, anti-democracy, anti-Constitution—in a word, anti-national.
2/5 He openly calls the Constitution fascist, labels secularism a trap, and denounces democracy as a contrivance to deny Muslims their political rights.
3/5 The piece is a litany of indictments against the liberal class. Imam rejects any difference between liberals and Hindutvadis. In his essentialist worldview, all Hindus are the same, unanimous in denying Muslims political power they claim as a divine right.
4/5 Inadvertently, Sharjeel has recognised something that liberals have been fighting shy of acknowledging: that Hindutva’s idea of India is anchored in the same “overarching nationalist framework”— that Muslims are Indians above all else.
5/5 For more, read this Opinion article by Ibn Khaldun Bharati, who looks at Islam from an Indian perspective:
Sharjeel Imam’s Islamist manifesto will be forgotten. The silence of liberals will not
theprint.in/opinion/sharjeel…
At the risk of scaremongering, we are going to go through the worst summer next year where no place in India would have enough water left. Its barely the end of monsoon and drought has already started in some places, water levels are anywhere between 5-50% lower than expected.
Lmao Vietnam has stronger and significantly better implemented labour laws than India
I recently looked into because I was curious, Mumbai is about 2x as expensive for renting a house compared to fucking New York if you normalise the income. Buying is house is obviously impossible but so is renting.
Same thing happened to me in 2019 except I came to know right after I paid the fine that this is actually a known trick by Budapest to fleece their tourists. They know this has been happening for a long time and refuse to change their process.
One thing that can catch Indians off guard while travelling in Europe is how strictly the rules are enforced.
On my last trip, I bought a tram ticket in Budapest. You're supposed to validate the physical ticket using a machine inside the tram before travelling.
I knew this, but the machine was quite different from what I'd seen elsewhere in Europe. I couldn't figure out how to use it, and with the tram crowded, I decided to wait and see how someone else did it.
Before someone jumps into the comments saying I was trying to travel without a ticket or bypass the system, NO I wasn't. I had bought my ticket, and I knew validation was mandatory. I just couldn't figure out how that machine worked.
Before I could, a ticket inspector showed up. I explained the situation, but she was very clear. Having a ticket wasn't enough. It had to be validated too. I tried reasoning with her, but there was no getting around the rule.
I ended up paying a fine of 12,000 HUF, roughly ₹3,500.
The experience made me realise how differently we're conditioned in India. We're so used to negotiating our way out of situations. We explain what happened, give reasons, ask someone to let it slide, or try to find a workaround. Our negotiating skills can often influence the outcome back home.
In many European cities, you shouldn't expect that to work. The rules are clearly defined, and people enforcing them may not make exceptions just because you made an honest mistake.
