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Happy Independence Day! 🇮🇳
#India #Indian #IndianIndependenceDay #JaiHind #Baby #Tiranga #Chicago #MastIndia #MastIndians
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CW: Indian politics
Should it be considered a failure of the democratic system that India's opposition parties have essentially given up the national vote?
They have apparently decided to simply wait, until some sort Deus ex machina occurs and finally invalidates the BJP.
#India #indianpolitics #mastodonindians #mastindians #SecondTryAtTooting
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So, I recently recorded to anonymize a character for an episode of one of my favourite podcasts @darknetdiaries with @jackrhysider!!
And the episode released yesterday! 🤩
Listen and tell me what you guys think of my voice-acting skills, yeah?
(PS: Be gentle with your feedback please. 🥺)
LINK: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/142/
#DarknetDiaries #Axact #Cybercrime #Scam #Podcast #VoiceActing #Voiceover #mastindians #india #asia
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“The low expected turnout in the upcoming elections reflects a popular rejection of the…political system, which is suffering from a legitimacy crisis and the absence of real opposition forces to vie with the parties in power…”
People decline to vote because they recognize that voting will not produce meaningful change, because it’s not worth it and because they don’t want to participate in a corrupt system…
You are only highlighting political apathy. That may not be the only reason in India. In mega cities of India, including Bengaluru, the calculation of low voter turnout percentage is wrong due to:
1. Out-of-sync voter lists in mega cities that have a lot of migration and inter-city movement. It may require significant effort to get the name added in the electoral roll after migrating to another city.
2. Duplicate entries and improper deletions, during an effort to clean up the electoral rolls, leading to the disenfranchisement of genuine voters.
The above does not necessarily mean that citizens can be absolved. Indian political parties must introspect why their election manifestos and candidates are failing to motivate voters to come out and vote enthusiastically.
#VoterTurnout #Elections #Politics #Demographics #ElectoralRegistration #VoterRegistration #VoterID #MastodonIndians #Mastindians #MastIndia #India
Reference: https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-assembly/low-turnout-not-poll-apathy-but-out-of-sync-voter-lists-say-analysts-and-citizens/article66839921.ece -
October
Through the Hindi movie October was released in 2018, I heard the Hindi song चल (Chal - come or let’s go) on FM Radio recently. A few lines immediately touched my inner chords. The song got over and I moved on. Then, much later, on an exhausted Friday evening those feelings reverberated in my mind again. Since I could not recall the lyrics properly, it took me quite a while to trace the song and the movie. This time I got completely immersed and listened to the song several times. Then I watched the Hindi movie October which left a lasting impression in my mind.
If I ever get a chance to meet the director Shoojit Sircar, I will thank him for crafting a nice and sensitive movie in an unconventional format with stellar performances and without any melodrama. It echoed my thoughts about unconditional human bondage in a poignant style. Similar to the character Shiuli Iyer, I too had a childhood attachment to the flower Jasmine.
I suggest that, if feasible, this movie October may be watched in Amazon Prime. The language will not matter due to good quality English subtitles.
The Hindi song चल (Chal - come or let’s go) is a beautiful expression of hope and unconditional bondage between two human beings. It is a reminder that even the tiniest moments can be wonderful, and that we should always treasure the time we spend with the seemingly insignificant things about which we care and with the people we love.
I am copying and pasting a portion of the lyrics (Hindi language) below.चल छोटी छोटी सीली
Life is short and the breaths are even shorter. It is worth to live the moments even by having a fake cup of tea together.
शामें जी ले चल
चल आधी आधी थोड़ी
झूठी चाय पी ले चल
चल थोड़ी सी हैं मेरी सांसें
दोनों जी लें चलचल भीगी भीगी हवाओं के
When life is short and breaths are even shorter, let us be the companion of the wet winds and live the moments by weighing the raindrops on our palms.
साथी हो ले चल
चल हथेली पे बारिशों की
बूँदें तोले चल
चल थोड़ी सी हैं मेरी सांसें
दोनों जी लें चलचल ठंडे ठंडे पानियों में
When life is short and breaths are even shorter, let us cherish the smallest of the moments by dipping our feet in the cold water or by singing the fisherman's song.
पांव डाले चल चल साहिलों पे माझी वाला
गाना गा ले चल
चल थोड़ी सी हैं मेरी सांसें
दोनों जी लें चल
During the course of the movie October, we get to know that one of the lead characters was given a Bengali name Shiuli because of her fondness for the shiuli flower, which she loved collecting as a child with her grandfather. And aptly, throughout the movie, the viewer may experience the subtle fragrance of the flower shiuli.
The flower Jasmine is called শিউলি (Shiuli) in Bengali language. Every autumn (typically during October in India) the flower blooms during evening and the tree sheds the flowers in the wee hours. As I child, I used to wake up early morning, with my brother, to feel and collect the flowers, with a divine fragrance, in a basket. This was my annual routine for several years till the tree was chopped off. Recently I got to know that it was due to the unavoidable menace of caterpillars.
Towards the end of this movie one of Tagore’s many brilliant compositions “আমার রাত পোহালো শারদ প্রাতে” (My night has ended with the dawn of autumn) started lingering in my mind. In this song the flower শিউলি (Shiuli) renders the delicacy of nuance which portrays some aspects of the poignant emotions of this movie.
Here is a nice translation of song (translated by Ratna De) from Bengali language to English.My night has ended with the dawn of autumn
#Hindi #Bengali #Mastindians #MastIndia #India #Movie #HindiMovie #IndianMovie #RabindranathTagore #RabindranathThakur #Bangla #IndianCulture
O flute, who should I leave you with
In your heart played the tunes
Strung with farewells and arrivals
During spring and autumn, at dawns and at nights
The words that stay secret in the heart
You had stolen them in songs
Its time is now over
Like the stars at the end of night
Let it perish with the death of the Shiuli
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Lackadaisical approach towards Fake Advertisement
On 15th February 2022, Nandan Nilekani declared here the following.
You may have encountered a post on various social media platforms claiming that I have launched a crypto project. This is #fakenews! Please avoid clicking on it and report it as misleading/false information on the platform where you see it.
Even today (29th December 2023), that Nandan Nilekani has launched a crypto project appears as a Google advertisement (sponsored web link) in the Google News page of mobile phone. On clicking the advertisement, the landing page falsely claims that Nandan Nilekani has invested ₹892m in a new trading platform to make ordinary people richer.
As per analysis by Virustotal
1 security vendor flagged this URL as malicious
After refreshing the Google News page on mobile, I continue to see new avatars of this advertisement with different names of sponsors. I believe that Google can become more responsible.
#Mastindians #MastIndia #India #Transparency #Disinformation #Misinformation #Ethics #FakeNews
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I love dosas. And I love the buttery Davangere benne dose even more. Under normal circumstances Davangere benne dose followed by a cup of filter kaapi is one of my preferred choices for breakfast or evening snacks.
Davangere benne dose or Butter Dose is a type of dosa which traces its origin from the city of Davanagere in Karnataka, India. The term "benne dose" in English language simply corresponds to butter dose. It is prepared by addition of generous amount of butter while preparing the normal dosa, and accompanied by coconut chutney. Its batter is very different comprising a mixture of rice, dal, puffed rice, etc. and is prepared on wood fired pan. It is similar to masala dosa or set dosa but smaller in size, made out of rice batter and much more butter. It is served with liberal helpings of butter sprinkled on it.
The off-white colored paste in the photo is called coconut chutney which is another delicacy mostly in the southern part of India.Coconut chutney is a south Indianchutney, a side-dish or a condiment, common in the Indian subcontinent. The condiment is made with coconut pulp ground with other ingredients such as green chillies, tamarind, salt, coriander and water. Coconut chutney is made with both red chillies or green chillies. It is served with dosas, idli, bajji, bonda, and vada. In Karnataka, coconut chutney is also served with rice dishes such as pulao, puliyogare, tomato baath, and vangi baath.
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@dancinyogi Did #mastindians find this poll? Cause I honestly didn't expect the ratio to be this high. I thought most of the western world was nearly totally automatic. #til
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@thejapantimes to underscore this point, here’s the 1 year stock price graph of Coal India, the public sector utility that mines and processes the overwhelming majority of coal in #india.
this was a loss-making entity earmarked for privatisation not too long ago.
looks like even santa won’t have enough to reward naughty children this year.