Weekly Notes 35/2025 | Thejesh GN
Month: August 2025
Every on called royalty including Mysore one should realize India is a democracy. They are royalty only inside their own home. The only part of Dasara that belongs to them is the private darbar, which theh may conduct however they like. The rest belongs to the public.
I didn’t know it was this easy to bribe US presidents
DataMeet gets a mention.
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Coding, community, and collaboration – The Hindu
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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/coding-community-and-collaboration/article69984222.ece
Modi should have thought before campaigning for Trump in USA.
What a facepalm.
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Trump’s 50% Tariffs on India Take Effect, Highest in Asia, in Blow to Modi – Bloomberg
Every time you think BJP at it’s worst they do better?!?
They are trying to do everything to make things communal in Karnataka.
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Shobha Karandlaje, Banu Mushtaq, DK Siddaramaiah: Temples Not Secular Places: Minister Slams Congress On Dasara Invite Row
We are back in 60s
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Amid trade tensions, India to suspend postal services to US from Aug 25. Here’s why | Latest News India – Hindustan Times
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.
“A court that can assemble a bench overnight to decide the fate of dogs but cannot summon the will to hear bail pleas pending for two years undermines its own moral authority.”
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Surendra Gadling’s Bail Delays Put Supreme Court’s Judicial Apathy on Display – Frontline https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/supreme-court-surendra-gadling-judicial-apathy-bhima-koregaon/article69968264.ece
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.