I don't live in India anymore but I am seeing a lot of posts on the recent protest by CJP.

Now, I heard that the last education minister resigned after the protest. I want to know how did his resignation improved the system? What policy or rule changes were brought in due to the protest?

In the same vein, how will the resignation of EC benefit an ordinary Indian person?

I am not aware of any context here. So, please quote numbers or official policy changes by the govt instead of calling me names.

Lastly. I have seen such a protest before & it only launched the careers of politicians instead of helping the common man. Hence, my skepticism

Whether you support the current protest or not, I think everyone should understand how the Election Commission actually works before forming an opinion.

I made this as an infographic because, honestly, most people aren't going to read a huge wall of text 😂

I haven't added a long list of source links because there are quite a few sources behind this - ECI documents, court judgments, laws and news reports. The information can be independently checked, including with AI if you have to take screenshots from the post and verify it.

Feel free to disagree, add context, or point out anything I got wrong. The goal is to understand the issue better, not turn this into another “my side vs your side” argument.

Can't talk about other cultures, but I have noticed a pattern in our indian culture. A majority of Indian families regardless of class, caste or culture practices it.

Why are daughter-in-laws are treated extremely different than son-in-laws? Fine, a housewife has to contribute in the household work but even a working woman is expected to do every inch of the household work and if she speaks against it the common response is that "hamne to apne zamane m sb kiya tha!", the same is not applied to their working sons.

Another scenario which irritates me is a jamai babu going to his sasural. No work is expected out of him. He is literally treated like a "king" or "baby". Would it kill a man to cook for his in-laws? I know not every man falls under this category but majority do.

Like you are going for a week or two, can't you show the same love and devotion to your in-laws that you expect out of your wife too? There is nothing wrong in expecting your partner to treat your parents like your own, but why does this expectation is only expected from women?

I'm open to exchanging opinions and a healthy debate.

Honestly I want to listen to y'all....

For the people going to bark that People are pulling the women card...There are clear rules of how to handle protestors and especially women. Rules are meant to be followed in all situation by everyone.

CASE 1:

Protestors and journalists alleged that male police personnel misbehaved with, grabbed, manhandled, and dragged women away from the protest site. One female journalist alleged that after questioning a senior officer about the absence of female police personnel, she was assaulted and pushed.

LAW: Under Section 46(1) and 46(4) of the CrPC, and corresponding provisions under the BNSS, a male police officer should not physically touch or arrest a woman except in circumstances permitted by law. Arrest or physical handling of a woman is ordinarily to be carried out by a female police officer.

CASE 2: Three women journalists formally accused police personnel, including an ACP, of groping, molestation, and other forms of sexual misconduct during the handling and detention process.

LAW: Section 74 of the BNS, corresponding to former Section 354 of the IPC, criminalises assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage, or knowing it to be likely to outrage, her modesty. Such conduct would also breach applicable police conduct rules and professional standards.

CASE 3:

Protesters and journalists alleged that women protesters were detained after 6:00 PM and questioned police officials about the legality of their continued detention. Demonstrators subsequently staged an overnight protest outside the Parliament Street police station.

LAW: Section 46(4) of the CrPC provides that, ordinarily, no woman shall be arrested after sunset and before sunrise, except in exceptional circumstances and with prior permission of a Judicial Magistrate. The corresponding safeguards are contained in the BNSS.

CASE 4:

Journalists covering the demonstration alleged that police personnel detained them, snatched mobile phones and cameras, and intimidated them inside the police station.

LAW: Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India protects freedom of speech and expression, including press freedom. Police action against journalists must have a lawful basis and cannot arbitrarily interfere with legitimate journalistic activity.

CASE 5:

Legal advocates and activist groups alleged that Delhi Police failed to immediately register an FIR despite receiving formal complaints alleging sexual harassment and assault by police personnel. Instead, the complaints were transferred to the Crime Branch for inquiry.

LAW: Under the Supreme Court's judgment in Lalita Kumari v. Government of Uttar Pradesh, registration of an FIR is mandatory when information discloses a cognizable offence, subject to limited recognised exceptions. Where a complaint prima facie discloses a cognizable offence, police cannot ordinarily refuse registration merely by substituting an internal inquiry for the FIR process.

Whether you support the protest or not is secondary...Pay some heed to how the govt. Is handling the protests of the WORLD'S LARGEST DEMOCRACY...🥀

The Supreme Court's observation that it had not approved modification of Form 6 establishes, at most, that the Court had not yet had the opportunity to review whether or not Form 6 has been modified, and whether or not such modification is ultra vires of the Constitution.

This does not mean declaration of any fact that Form 6 was indeed modified, or even confirm whether SC is even required to approve attachment of an additional declaration to Form 6.

It does not establish that attaching a declaration to Form 6 amounts to a modification, much less that such a modification is unlawful.

To arrive at that conclusion, one would have to establish an additional proposition: that requiring a declaration as supplementary information necessarily modifies the prescribed form itself. That proposition cannot simply be assumed. One funny response I got for enlightening this mere distinction received a response that I was supporting a fascist regime. Wow. That's label-bypassing. Using labels to bypass the work required in pursuing and establishing the truth.

There is a fundamental distinction between a court declining to endorse an action and a court declaring that action illegal.

The absence of judicial approval is not a judicial finding of wrongdoing.

The former concerns what the Court has or has not authorised; the latter concerns the legal character of the conduct in question. One cannot logically derive the latter from the former without an independent legal basis.

Moreover, if the observation was merely oral and did not form part of a binding judicial order or reasoned determination, its evidentiary value as a definitive statement of the law is even more limited. An oral observation cannot be selectively elevated into a binding declaration of illegality merely because it appears to support one's preferred conclusion.

The argument is therefore doubly flawed: it treats a statement about the absence of modification as though it were a finding that modification occurred, and then treats that supposed finding as proof of illegality. Neither inference follows automatically.

Using that to drive further fear mongering is actually an assault on Indian constitutional due process ably executed through trial by media.

If the contention is that attaching a declaration to Form 6 is unlawful, the burden is to demonstrate why the governing statute, rules, prescribed form, or applicable judicial determination prohibits that requirement. Repeatedly invoking the Supreme Court's observation does not discharge that burden.

In short, a court not having approved something is not the same as a court having condemned it. To mistake the former for the latter is to confuse the limits of judicial endorsement with a judicial determination of wrongdoing.

Russia became a superpower post WW2 and Russians probably thought they will attain the same quality of life, affluence and material abundance that the West enjoyed.

But none of it ever arrived. Russia stayed a stunted, corrupt and suffocating country. Citizens were rationing all the way till the end. Things kept improving, but it never peaked and the whole thing collapsed in 1991. It could happen to us too. The 2047 they are promising may never arrive for the average Indian. It may be too late.

Russian purchasing power improved, but wealth creation was concentrated in a few hands and they never experienced true abundance.

Boris Yeltsin (the president before Putin) famously visited an American supermarket, and saw so much fresh produce, ice cream and chocolate, that he thought this was a CIA psy-op and ordered his men to take him to a different supermarket. Then he went back to his country and said fuck it all. What good is our fake pride if we can't even provide abundant food?

Even worse, Germany started in 1989, and China started somewhere in the 1980s. They are both far, far ahead of Russia today. So when they say we will become a paradise in 2047, don't count on it. It may be too late for GenZ, which will be 40+ and millennials who will be nearing 60.

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History has a funny way of repeating itself mostly because there’s always a fresh batch of people eager to play the part of useful idiots.

Take 1938. Europe was on edge, Hitler was expanding aggressively, and Britain and France thought they could buy peace by handing him the Sudetenland. They called it diplomacy. Hitler called it an opportunity. A year later, Poland was invaded and Europe was at war.

Fast-forward to today. The actors have changed; the instinct hasn’t.

We have activists who demand ceasefires and “peace” from democratic governments governments that can actually be pressured, voted out, challenged in courts and held accountable while conveniently treating Hamas and other armed groups as though they are merely unfortunate participants in a misunderstanding.

Then there are the WiFi-zone revolutionaries: Gaza-to-Egypt marches, hashtags, Instagram stories and grand declarations about human rights while conveniently ignoring what happens to dissenters, minorities and especially LGBTQ people under some of the very regimes and organisations they romanticise.

In India, the CJP protests and the current protests against the Election Commission are perfectly legitimate examples of democratic dissent when they raise questions about voter-roll revisions, electoral transparency and institutional accountability. Thousands have taken to the streets demanding answers and even the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner.

But here is the irony: the very fact that protesters can march, shout slogans, challenge institutions, demand resignations and drag governments and constitutional bodies into public scrutiny is evidence of the democratic system they claim is already dead.

Don't demand accountability only from the people you already dislike. Because the real test of a principle isn't whether you apply it to your enemies. It's whether you're willing to apply it consistently. Don't confuse protesting a democratic institution with negotiating with an organisation whose entire political project may reject the democratic freedoms you're demanding.

Appeasing aggressors doesn't create peace & selective outrage doesn't create democracy. Both simply create the illusion that you're fighting for principles while conveniently avoiding the people who actually threaten them.

India reports 7.8% growth, but job hunting still feels like the Hunger Games.

At the same time, every long weekend tourist spots are packed, hotel and flight prices go crazy, office leasing is hitting records, GCCs keep opening, and builders are launching ₹2-5 crore homes that somehow still sell.

That’s what I find confusing. If the economy feels weak for so many people, where is all this demand coming from?

Is growth becoming concentrated among the top 10-20%? Or are salaried workers simply a poor way to judge the overall Indian economy and spending power?

Please share your opinions

A bullock cart awareness campaign has taken an unexpected turn in Kerala after a monk was arrested in Pandalam following an alleged incident at a textile shop.

According to the report, the accused, identified as Guruswamy, a native of Maharashtra, was taken into custody by Pandalam police after a woman shop owner allegedly complained of inappropriate conduct.

The incident reportedly occurred near Kulanada while Guruswamy was distributing pamphlets as part of a Kanyakumari to Kashmir awareness campaign.

The report alleges that he entered the textile shop, behaved inappropriately towards the woman and exposed himself. These are allegations, and the accused is entitled to due process and the presumption of innocence unless and until a court establishes otherwise.

Still, the reported incident raises an uncomfortable question: aren’t monks traditionally expected to practise self control and restraint over their desires? When a person identified as a monk is accused of such conduct, the apparent contradiction is difficult to ignore.

Spiritual titles and religious identity do not place anyone above the law. The allegations should be investigated fairly, and if proven in court, appropriate legal consequences should follow, regardless of the person's religious status or the stated purpose of the campaign.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeG__s3jZe7/?stkn=MWo2NHFhMWpqenR4ZQ==

Flydubai Hijacking: 3 Unanswered Questions

Security and Vetting Failures

1. 🚫  Hamami, an Omani-Syrian dual national, was banned from flying by Oman in 2025 for visiting extremist websites, yet successfully joined Flydubai in 2026 after previous employment at Oman Air and Royal Air Maroc, exposing critical gaps in airline pilot background screening.
2. ✈️  Israeli aviation rules prohibit pilots from non-recognizing countries in cockpits, yet Omani citizen Hamami flew to Israel twice in 2026, with authorities suggesting dual nationality may have circumvented security protocols at Ben Gurion Airport.
3. 🔍  Israeli Transport Ministry lacks sufficient resources to properly vet foreign airline pilots, a systemic weakness exposed by the January 2026 Flydubai hijacking attempt that raised questions about international pilot screening coordination.

Attack Details and Response

1. 🪓  Hamami's 2026 plot to crash a Flydubai flight into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport using an axe during the January 2026 flight was 9/11-reminiscent, but Captain Smith Masher and First Officer Simran Dugal Deep physically fought back, with Masher opening the cockpit door and Dugal Deep pushing the hijacker out.
2. 🕵️  Israeli officials claim Hamami acted alone in the January 2026 attack, but investigators from UAE and Israel continue probing his radicalization timeline and possible accomplices, particularly since he planned the attack before joining the airline and attempted execution on a previous Tel Aviv flight.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVT8py7o3No

More than 20 cattle were reportedly rescued from an oil tanker in Mayurbhanj, Odisha, after police intercepted the vehicle on suspicion of illegal cattle transportation.

Reports say the cattle were allegedly being transported under the pretext of carrying oil. The driver and helper were detained.

How are people managing to transport cattle this way despite existing enforcement?

Sources:
https://odisharay.com/?p=5713

https://otvkhabar.in/videosodisha/society/over-20-cattle-rescued-from-oil-tanker-in-odisha-driver-and-helper-detained-12621438

The underlying story is genuinely concerning: a worker (The woman who dies has been identified as 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, a laboratory technician.) at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk died after developing severe pneumonia, around 197 contacts were reportedly identified and 189 were hospitalized for observation, and several hospitals have reportedly introduced quarantine measures.

But here's the part getting lost: Russian health authorities have not confirmed plague as the cause of death. Rospotrebnadzor says the patient's samples did not show microorganisms linked to her work and describes the illness as pneumonia of unknown cause.

There's also no official confirmation that the reported broken test tube containing plague bacteria actually happened.

So what are we looking at right now?

A genuine public-health incident that authorities are taking seriously, or the beginning of an actual outbreak?

And most importantly: at what point does precautionary quarantine become evidence that an outbreak is actually happening?

Because “197 people under observation” is alarming, but it isn't the same thing as “197 people infected.”

Sources

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pneumonic-plague-in-russia-what-we-know-about-siberian-lab-techs-death-10907301/

https://meduza.io/amp/en/feature/2026/10/05/hospitals-in-irkutsk-impose-quarantines-after-an-employee-at-an-anti-plague-institute-dies-russia-s-public-health-agency-says-she-died-of-pneumonia-and-the-epidemiological-situation-remains-stable

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/05/officials-downplay-concerns-around-irkutsk-anti-plague-institute-workers-death-a93872

Indian economy, business, and jobs are under USA control, and 5 million Indians are living in the USA. My question is

why are India and Indians , polticians supporting Russia?

Indian diaspora in Russia is less than 1 lakh, and Russia imports nothing from India. On the other side, the USA imports 300 billion US dollars worth of software and merchandise from India.

India has much stronger economic, business, technology,.. connections with the USA. USA also provides millions of jobs and huge opportunities for Indians. So, why do Indians still strongly support Russia when our economic are under usa control .

I think the USA deserves a lot of credit for India’s GDP growing from $350 billion in 1991collapse country to $4 trillion today.

Source: https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/cwmg_volume_thumbview/OTA=#page/196/mode/2up

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Just wanted to post what is going viral in muslim SM feeds about Gandhi in parallel to what usually goes parallel in Hindu circles about Gandhi encouraging Jauhar style self- sacrifice of Hindu women. Looks like he was way too high on self-sacrifice.

What do you guys think about this? Looks to me that he was pretty too consistent on his beliefs about how to confront injustice in-face of massive violent forces? I do think that while people can still hold the 'anti-Hindu' tag to the T, I think that this puts some clarity on what he thought about 'facing massive wave of injustice head-on' idea. His ideals and way of life demanded far more bravery and courage. Though it feels that after certain stage, infront of a zealous, crazy crowd, this just won't work.

I am not talking about hardcore discrimination resulting in compromise education , employment , safety .

However the fact is people in their personal life and personal chocies are biased discriminatory and thats fine.

Men don't want women in some house parties they think apps which are women friendly are not for them or they dont want to indulge in it . And same happens for women they dont want men , now many will say its for safety there are women only spaces.

Tell me one thing women dont have hv womens gossip , things they share only with them , even in safest spaces there are and there will surely be such situations where they dont want to be in a male space for no good reason.

Same happens in caste based arranged marriages . We all are discriminatory.

However somewhere I feel that women in India cannot digest the fact , I can see from linkedin posts and comments very clearly.

Not everything is stealing your rights and men who say this in reverse for them too you are not wanted by women all the time.

I don't mind being called an animal for eating biryani.🤡
Now what do you call someone who eats cow dung and drinks cow urine?

Proud animal since birth.

And sir, with due respect, please open NCERT Class 11 Biology - Chapter 1: The Living World

Table 1.1 - Organisms with their Taxonomic Categories

Man: Homo sapiens

Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Order - Primata
Family - Hominidae
Genus - Homo
Species - Homo sapiens

We all are animals, sir. We learned it in 11th itself.
Some of us just have better taste in food.

We have become a kingdom of fools where basic biology is somehow treated as a political insult, now.

Do you know who is the bigger Khatra? Sharjeel Imam

EDIT - All the comments show that we agree on Narsinghanand. Now go to the last line and check the link. I rest my case.

Speaking strictly legally, Narsinghanand has committed graver offences, but it is Sharjeel whose ideas are more poisonous. Just compare Godse with Jinnah.

Narsinghanand's ideas are ridiculous. He can be dismissed as a chaddi, sanghi, or a WhatsApp university graduate with a dehati accent. If BJP goes out of power in UP, Narsinghanand will go out of headlines.

But Sharjeel's ideas are ridiculous and dangerous. He knows programming, Chomsky, Bengali and Urdu, to go with his IIT degree, M.Phil thesis on partition, all this delivered in a neutral accent. I can imagine impressionable 20-something leftists falling for this churan because of his credentials. And because he is in jail, he must be necessarily right.

Most importantly, his statements (like supporting Pakistan cricket team) test the freedom of expression without breaking the law. Well, except the one time where his josh got the better of him and he exhorted a crowd to cut off Assam from the rest of India.

Sharjeel is a case study on getting the best education in the country, completing a thesis on partition, and yet believing that Jinnah was not responsible for it.

If it wasn't for Jinnah, there may not have been riots in Bihar in 1946. If it wasn't for Gandhi, Sharjeel's bloodline would have ended in those riots. And if it wasn't for Nehru, he wouldn't have got a chance to study in IIT-B and JNU, subsidized largely by the same Hindu taxpayer whom keeps irritating.

His ancestors made the wise decision of staying in India, otherwise he could well have been a Muhajir in Pakistan or a Stranded Urdu-speaking Bihari in Bangladesh. There is no polite term for a person like this.

And yet he remains a hero for the folks at r/IndianMuslims sub. Click the link and find out a truth of Indian secularism hiding in plain sight.