Comedians are not supposed to make jokes at the expense of the weak because when they do, they become part of a bully gang. Hence, for example, that’s why we don’t joke about differently abled folks. And thus, you will make jokes about one language imposition rather than the usage of multiple languages. Anyway, Ayyo Paapa Shraddha should have known that if “mile sur mera tumhara” were created today. It would have been one nation, one language, and one *sur* song.

Why do fascists target schools, libraries, museums, theaters, movies, and books? Whether it’s India, the US, or Nazi Germany, it’s an important question to ask for us Indians.

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Visiting lots of Smithsonian web properties. They have lots of interesting work.

Surendra Gadling’s bail application has become a Kafkaesque file in the Supreme Court. It appears on the cause list, only to vanish. It is mentioned, only to be deferred. It is scheduled, only to be adjourned. The judge presiding over it, Justice M.M. Sundresh, has turned the very act of not hearing into a form of adjudication

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Surendra Gadling’s Bail Delays Put Supreme Court’s Judicial Apathy on Display – Frontline

frontline.thehindu.com/columns

People who used to complain about Shakthi free transport scheme, how does “Saheli Smart Card” feel? instead of any ID card will work requirement in Karnataka.

Of course *they renamed pink ticket to saheli smart card and made it much difficult to use.