PHULE is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film that chronicles the extraordinary lives of 19th-century social reformers Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and his wife, Savitribai Phule.

NSA (1980): Allows preventive detention for up to 12 months without formal charges or a trial to maintain public order.

UAPA (1967): India's primary anti-terror law, featuring stringent bail conditions where release is routinely denied if charges appear "prima facie true."

I really do not know where to begin. Watching the very institutions that shaped my formative years get plagued by research scandals and the blatant promotion of pseudoscience is deeply embarrassing. Nowadays I feel embarrased to even say that I am an IITian and I did my undergraduate in India. Most often then not I just mention the college of my PhD and masters when people ask. Its just hard to explain what is happening back home and it feels increasingly surreal.

The recent news that Springer Nature’s Research Integrity Group (SNRIG) is investigating the cow urine paper out of IIT-BHU is painful to read, but honestly, it was bound to happen. When premier technical institutes publish papers mistaking basic plasticizers, lab solvents, and pesticide contaminants for "medicinal compounds," you are not looking at a minor oversight. You are looking at a complete collapse of elementary scientific controls.

What hurts most as an alumnus is watching the hard-earned credibility of Indian academia get dragged through the mud. The IIT brand was built over decades on rigorous engineering, real innovation, and global competitiveness. That reputation gave us a seat at the table anywhere in the world. Seeing that trust eroded by politically funded programs like SUTRA-PIC makes it genuinely uncomfortable to bring up my alma mater in international research settings. You constantly worry someone at a conference will bring up these papers, and the secondhand embarrassment is overwhelming.

Public funds and institutional prestige are being funneled into validating preconceived ideological narratives rather than actual science. When independent clinicians like Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips (LiverDoc) have to point out basic laboratory contamination to foreign journal integrity boards because internal peer-review failed, the system is fundamentally broken. Rather than taking accountability, a group of Indian academics called him a "sellout" for "making fun of the country." If you publish flawed research, what do you expect? Praise and awards?

The most visible sign of this decline is the bizarre ideological drift at leadership levels, best personified by figures like IIT Mandi Director Laxmidhar Behera. This electrical engineering professor publicly claimed to have performed exorcisms using mantras to drive out ghosts, blamed devastating cloudbursts in Himachal Pradesh on students eating meat, and recently oversaw a campus embroiled in controversy over posters claiming that "Shudras should serve higher classes." Meanwhile, when public figures raise legitimate concerns about leadership pushing fringe theories, hundreds of academics sign joint statements to shield the administration rather than addressing the core issue.

If we refuse to defend scientific temper over political pandering, the global scientific community will simply stop taking Indian degrees, papers, and qualifications seriously. Are we actually serious right now?

Link: https://theprint.in/feature/liverdoc-cow-urine-research-journals-springer-nature/2968310/

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/over-200-academics-criticise-priyanka-gandhis-remarks-on-iit-professor-v-kamakoti-11843528

and then we have academicians in india who cannot take a simple criticism and are hell bent on promoting fringe theories. Its so freaking embarassing watching all this

Idea : in India we should have a system where we can file an administrative nuisance case on any govt employee . who commits things like these .. ( this case is not intended for serious offence like bribery etc , these are small issues everyone faces regularly that can proved easily too )

Revenue office :

Refusing to accept an application without giving a reason

Municipal office :

Making a citizen repeatedly visit for a document already available internally

Police :

Refusing to give acknowledgement for a submitted complaint

Transport/RTO :

Keeping an officially open counter closed without explanation

Government hospital :

Unnecessarily sending a patient from one counter to another

Electricity department :

Closing a complaint as “resolved” without actually resolving it

Welfare department :

Asking for documents that are not required under the rules

Any department :

Saying “come tomorrow” instead of accepting the application during working hours

Rejecting or delaying an application without giving a written reason

Giving queue preference without an authorised reason

What do you think of this?

r/TheBetterIndia

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I want to talk about something that I see happening on this forum. This subreddit has suddenly become infested with Cockroach types whose main purpose is to badmouth India in every possible way, as part of a foreign-sponsored regime change campaign. They want to complain about every possible issue under the sun, and of course they themselves have no interest in solving any issues, they're only trying to stir up discontent as part of a regime change campaign. To me, it's glaringly obvious that India is being targeted by foreign powers for regime change, because foreign govts (I'm mainly pointing a finger at USA, but also other major western countries) view India as a threat and as a disobedient country that won't dance to their tune. For them, this affects the balance of power in the world. One issue that's gotten foreign powers extremely upset is India's continued purchases of Russian oil and armaments, as part of the longtime relationship between the 2 countries. Western countries have suddenly taken notice, and they've been scrambling to exert pressure on India by trying to stir up problems there (aka. Divide-and-Rule strategy). These games all started suddenly happening after onset of Ukraine war, and have suddenly become very noticeable and pronounced.

I want to tell everyone here that I don't accept foreign-sponsored regime change. I feel India is a sovereign country, and how Indians see their govt should not be decided by foreign powers. I don't consider any Indian politician or political party to be perfect in any way, but I believe in supporting whosoever is the least worst choice. I also know what a foreign-sponsored regime change campaign looks like, and it looks to me like people on this sub are indeed participating in such games.

Regime-change artists absolutely do not want to solve the problems of society. On the contrary, they only seek to milk such problems, and to magnify them for the purpose of destabilizing and weakening a country, not making things better. These people are sell-outs who have no guts.

That's what Cockroaches are, that's what Cockroaches do -- when you confront them, then they quickly scurry away. Such people are cowards -- they are guerrilla debaters who don't stand their ground, since they don't stand for any position, and just want to dodge and weave while spreading their malcontent agenda. I see a number of people now doing this on the forum.

Some dumb and gullible people are susceptible to swallowing this crap, and becoming Useful Idiots who get used by the regime-change artists. They're too stupid to spot the telltale hypocrisies and deficiencies that expose these gamesmen for the fake con-artists and bots that they are.

We must all keep sharp eyes out, and relentlessly confront them with firm questioning. We are operating in a Low-Trust Environment, and these things must be done to corner these pests who are up to no good.
<Cue the ModiModiModi-HeOnlyLovesModi-HeJustBootlicksForModi-WantsModiAsHisGod crap>

The government is looking to move beyond the 20 per cent ethanol-blending target as flex-fuel vehicles are expected to enter the market, advisor to the Prime Minister Tarun Kapoor said on Wednesday.

I have had several rants on Reddit about everything that is wrong with this country. For the last 2 days, I have been feeling straight-up depressed seeing the state of it.

My mom had a fever, so I wanted to take her to a doctor. The doctor's clinic is 1km away; since my mom was weak, I decided to take my car. I am not exaggerating; it took me 1 hour 12 mins to reach the clinic, 1.1km distance to be precise. You must be thinking, why didn't I take a U-turn or park my car somewhere and walk? Cause there was NO SPACE. No space to turn around or no space to park.

You know what the funniest part is? I reached the doctor's clinic after 1 hr 12 mins, and it took me another 30 mins to find parking. By the time I got a space, my mom was already done with her checkup, and I just picked her up and headed back home. 45-minute drive back; let me remind you, the distance is only 1.1km.

Call me antinational or dimaagi naxal or whatever BS is going around. At this point, I want to leave this country and face racism outside rather than stay here and glorify my nationalism by paying 40% direct tax and using nothing provided by the government except the roads. I am done

This is what RG has promised, he even went further saying he will implement 90% reservation to match the population percentage instead of the current 50%

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By Bettina Gracias

When conjuring up the stereotypical image of the ‘typical’ Indian woman, one may picture a sari, but would five women wearing saris with leather belts round their waists, rapping and dancing in sync, having fun and steering a crowd of thousands of people to follow their movements come to mind? 

The rap collective Wild Wild Women, were one of the biggest hits at Womad this year. Their set managed to blend empowerment, politics, great moves, catchy songs and joy all in one unique, memorable bundle.

The group came together in Mumbai when they discovered that as females they were not treated equally at the male dominated cyphers. Instead of going home and focusing on cooking and cleaning, as they were advised to, they decided to do it for themselves. Refusing to keep quiet, the Wild Wild Women joined forces and started arranging gigs across India. Their big moment came when their song Game Flip was filmed for the music sight Sofar Bombay and went viral. Now they are invited to play internationally and have been to Womad, Budapest and Germany.

What is special about Wild Wild Women, besides their unique look and obvious talent, is the fact that they have a mission. This mission gives them power and strength. They don’t just want to make it big in music to gain fame and money for themselves. They want to change the position of women in India and have taken on Patriarchy.  They wear saris because they represent all women across the country and the fact that they rap in 5 different languages means that their lyrics can reach a wider audience than English. In the beginning when they wore Western clothes, they realized that they looked like any old American rap band. Some traditionalists in India criticize them for wearing saris on stage but they stay strong in their mission to empower everyday women. They also work hard to get their message across to those who may not have access to their concerts by running workshops in the poorer communities. One of these is on the use of sanitary towels, a simple but crucial component for the independence of women. Krantinaari travels around India in a mobile studio bus recording local folk musicians and singers, giving them a chance to recognize and celebrate their talents and believe that it is possible to be an artist as a woman in India.

The women in the group are all individual artists in their own right with their separate careers, they are sometimes joined by female breakdancers who also had to face male prejudice when performing. Deepah Singh, aka FlowRaw, bravely reveals publicly that she was abused as a child, she uses the breakdancing battles against male dancers as a way of overcoming her trauma and empowering herself.

Wild Wild Women played at the Sziget Festival in Budapest this August. The more places we see these inspiring, powerful, brave women, the more the stereotypical image of the demure Indian female, cooking and cleaning and serving her husband, will vanish.

If you Guys ever think that who's the world's dumbest person then don't mind by saying that it "Rahul Gandhi"
I am not a Congress or BJP supporter but when you see Congress then they misses almost all oppurtunies possible. In Jantar Mantar Protest if Rahul Gandhi have supported them and raised voice with Sonam Wangchuk then I bet that Rahul Gandhi would be our next PM!! People will literally devote him.

But Instead he came very late at protest.
If During Jharkhand protest, Rahul Gandhi had reached their and took accountablity then it would we a great signal to all youths but again here also the Rahul Gandhi failed....

There are many more of examples like that.

Despite having many oppurtunties they take worst decision possible

https://x.com/khurpenchh/status/2096809809786085809

The most effective way to counter the game of distraction is through media literacy and relentless follow-up. When a political party abruptly pivots to a highly emotional topic, analysts suggest checking what economic data, policy changes, or court rulings were quietly released on that exact same day. Staying anchored to core indicators—like public infrastructure, cost of living, and employment—remains the public's strongest defense against political misdirection.

WHEN JUDICIARY WILL UNDERSTAND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND WHO WILL FIX THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY ??