S. Raghotham (@sraghotham) profile picture

Former Opinion Editor@Deccan Herald

Bengaluru, India
Joined July 2009
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It's time the sub-registrar raj ended in this country, across states. It's time for a nation-wide protest against this. This is something political parties can't take up. But the @CJP can!
The most normalized open extortion in Indian middle class life: The Sub Registrar office on property registration day. You spend 10 years saving every rupee from your salaried job. You pay 30% TDS on your income. You pay 7% official stamp duty online via net banking. You pay 1% registration fee through a government treasury challan. Every single paisa is accounted for on your bank statement. Then you reach the government registration office with your builder or seller: The deed writer pulls you aside into a dusty corridor: "Sir, ₹25,000 to ₹40,000 cash alag se lagega for the desk. Official receipt nahi milegi." You: "Bhaiya, I already paid ₹4.5 lakhs in official government stamp duty online!" Agent smiles with complete indifference: "Sir, mat do. Phir file 'Property Under Valuation' mark hoke audit me chali jayegi. 6 mahine chakkar kaatna." You stand in an airless hallway, walk to the nearest ATM, withdraw ₹30,000 cash, and slip it inside the file folder just to get your own thumb impression scanned. We aren't a digital, cashless economy. We are a country where honest taxpayers have to withdraw physical cash just to get legal permission to own what they already paid for. Did your property registration happen 100% clean, or did you have to pay the "corridor settlement fee" too?
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Such are the judges and the godi-media crap of our country! What a bloody shame and a joke these people have made India in front of the whole world!
Who wants an apology? What purpose will that serve? Go back to the country whose passport you hold, you took the American Oath of Allegiance- Renunciation of foreign allegiance is part of that oath
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Look at these brutes in uniform of @DelhiPolice who only days ago were behaving like goondas with protesters. All of these cops in rebellion must be put behind bars! 80 Delhi Police Personnel Protest Outside PHQ Over Transfers Of Two Offi... youtu.be/1_ANlMwz8jA?si=rjUu… via @YouTube
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There’s plenty to talk about here. Let the games begin!
Mr Modi, stop lying to this nation. You became PM because of foreign help. You remain PM because of foreign help. Your financial system is fully controlled and supported by foreigners. Foreign social media fully backs you. I challenge you to an open debate about this. Any stage, any time. Come if you have the guts. You won't dare, because you are terrified of what I know about you. मोदी जी, इस देश से झूठ बोलना बंद कीजिए। आप विदेशी मदद से प्रधानमंत्री बने। और विदेशी मदद से ही प्रधानमंत्री बने हुए हैं। आपकी आर्थिक व्यवस्था पूरी तरह विदेशियों के नियंत्रण में और समर्थन से है। विदेशी सोशल मीडिया पूरी तरह आपके साथ खड़ा है। मैं आपको इस मुद्दे पर खुली बहस की चुनौती देता हूं। कोई भी मंच, किसी भी समय। हिम्मत है तो आइए। आप नहीं आएंगे, क्योंकि जो मैं आपके बारे में जानता हूं आप उससे डरते हैं।
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मिल गया, मिल गया, मिल गया। घुसपैठिया बांग्लादेशी मिल गया। @ravish_journo की रिपोर्ट ज़रूर देखिए। कैसे नफ़रती फैक्ट्री भाजपा ने आपके दिमाग़ में ज़हर डाला? कर्नाटक की 52 विधानसभाओं में 127 विदेशी नागरिग मिले, 12 मुस्लिम , 7 ईसाई , 108 हिंदू पूरे कर्नाटक में 97 लाख नाम कटे जिसमें 716 विदेशी नागरिक मिले , जिसमें 545 नेपाली हैं और 6 राज्यों में कुल 1600 विदेशी नागरिक मिले हैं। youtu.be/AfaTS5ZwxO8?si=kLml…
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Gyanu is trying to ensure the ECs close ranks and present an "all is well" picture. Sandhu, Joshi should save themselves by distancing from him early. 'Not Amended' But 'Entered Into' Online Page: EC Contradicts Itself in Latest 'Clarifications' on Form 6 thewire.in/government/not-am…
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An Entire Political Science lesson in one press meet! For the benefit of the uneducated and ill-educated at @RSSorg @BJP4India and all other andhbhakts, Godi Media. Neha Bora press conference | Right to peaceful protest being... youtube.com/live/x2zh4_AKOIg… via @YouTube
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Was this AI/software built by @TCS, @ceoup, or by any other Indian company? What happened to our famed Indian-language AI capability? Why did the system read ‘Ram’ as a Hindu name and not as ram, meaning a male goat?
उत्तर प्रदेश में विधान परिषद के चुनाव की मतदाता सूची में नाम जुड़वाने के लिए पहली बार ऑनलाइन रजिस्ट्रेशन की सुविधा दी गई है । किसी भी कार्य को पहली बार करने में ग़लतियाँ होने की संभावना रहती है। मतदाता सूची 14,81,310 प्रविष्टियों में से कुल 158 ऐसी प्रविष्टियाँ हैं जिनमें मतदाताओ अथवा उनके संबंधियों के नाम अजीब प्रतीत हो रहे हैं। इन नामों का अजीबोगरीब होना इसी प्रकार की एक गलती है। सॉफ़्टवेयर द्वारा अंग्रेज़ी में टाइप किए गए नामों को हिंदी में ट्रांसलिटरेट करना था परंतु संभवत किसी त्रुटि की वजह से ट्रांसलेट कर दिया। उदाहरण के तौर पर किसी मतदाता का नाम रामहित यादव है तो उसको अंग्रेज़ी में टाइप करने समय यदि त्रुटिवश Ramhit Yadav के स्थान पर Ram hit Yadav टाइप कर दिया तो सॉफ्टवेयर द्वारा इसे ‘राम ने यादव को मारा’ ट्रांसलेट कर दिया। इस प्रकार उत्पन्न हुई ग़लतियाँ को एडिट कर सुधार करने की व्यवस्था थी परंतु जहाँ लोग सावधान नहीं रहे उस जगह इस प्रकार की ग़लतियाँ बनी रही। पिता के स्थान पर B Com टाइप करना मानवीय भूल अथवा लापरवाही है।मंडलायुक्त इस मतदाता सूची में निर्वाचन रजिस्ट्रेशन अधिकारी (ERO) हैं तथा संबंधित जिले के जिला अधिकारी AERO हैं । मतदाता सूची को सभी ग़लतियों से मुक्त रखना इनकी ज़िम्मेदारी है। उनसे इस संबंध में स्पष्टीकरण मांगा गया है। मतदाताओ को इस गलती की वजह से कोई परेशानी न हो इसके निर्देश जिला अधिकारियों को दे दिए गए हैं । @ECISVEEP
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Good one. Hope a lot of godi media and andhbhakts watch this and think about it.
If Godi media was present during Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919. Perfectly explained. 👇
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The @ECISVEEP plumbs new depths every day in its bid to save Gyanesh Kumar and his masters. What a shame for this country!
New ECI trick to hide information: Gyanesh Kumar's ECI is now trying a new trick to avoid furnishing information that can be inconvenient to him. RTI requests are being rejected basically claiming that "Public Information Officers of ECI have other work and are busy" This is nonsense because: 👉 Election work is ECI's permanent job. If that excuses delays/not giving info, ECI would never have to reply. 👉 ECI must appoint as many CPIOs as needed. Understaffing is ECI's failure, not the citizen's burden 👉 It has been RULED by CIC several times (e.g. Shiv Babu v MCD) that staff shortage and work overload are not excuses that can be given for not replying in time or for not providing information Basically Gyanesh Kumar is now in panic mode and is using all kind of excuses to avoid getting caught. Question is: HOW BIG are the scams at the ECI that they would go to any extent to hide information?
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What the hell is the Supreme Court doing? Where the hell is the NHRC? Has it been shut down? Or have they shut themselves down? newslaundry.com/2026/10/14/w…
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The Supreme Court is still serving the government of the day by giving them an opportunity to denotify Jantar Mantar as a protest site. This is a committed judiciary’s subterfuge.
EXCLUSIVE- JANTAR MANTAR SEALED - My Ground Report from Jantar Mantar-Was taken aback to reach jantar mantar this morning and find the historic designated protest site LOCKED & BLOCKED for protesters & media. A thick metal chain tied across the barricades was an image that said everything. The Police did not reply WHY everyoen was barred despite my questions. We now find out it's been de-notified as a protest site & 3 new sites announced-Burari, Ramlila, CBD Ground @themojostory
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These guys are brilliant! One heartening video amidst a sea of evidence of Amit Shah's @DelhiPolice's goondagiri!
Faila do ye video,,,,, Let every Indian Hear him how to tackle with MOSHAH PANIC NAHI KARNA HAIN ,,,,
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Delhi Police has been reduced to a force of goondas! If the Supreme Court can’t see the truth of this, then who can save this country from the goonda raj that Amit Shah has established!
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The crooks that Delhi Police have become!
UPDATE: On the detention of the woman journalist - Drish - who was detained earlier, Angad Mehta, the police official we were arguing with says he had no idea she was a journalist! And that he will order her release.
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This is clear evidence of the Delhi Police being in cahoots with right-wing goondas. Somebody please show it to the Supreme Court.
आज न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के रिपोर्टर अवधेश ने दिल्ली पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर गंभीर सवाल खड़े किए. आखिर बार-बार कहने के बावजूद भी कार की चेकिंग क्यों नहीं की गई? @MnshaP Video credit-Uday Bhatnagar, Dainik Bhaskar
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Gyanu is a more recent offender of the Constitution. The longer reigning offender of the spirit of the Constitution is the 2nd topmost legal officer of GoI, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who has been functioning as if he owes allegiance to Modi-Shah and not to the Constitution
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CJP’s Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Call Nationwide Protests Against Govt youtu.be/kbKITJjHqi8?si=xW88… via @YouTube This is a powerful indictment of Delhi Police and the government. The Chief Justice of India must take note of this and initiate sue moot proceedings in this matter.
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