Swedish artist Karl Jilg, through this illustration commissioned by the Swedish Road Administration, depicts how our cities are designed to accommodate more cars than people, and how car-obsessed we've become as a society.
Apps like Truecaller must have put a serious dent in the telemarketing business. Now that I can screen all my calls, I don't have to listen to a telecaller just because I feel sorry for them. If I don't pick up, neither they nor I feel bad. But TRAI needs to crack the whip on these telemarketers. Despite being registered on DND, I receive at least 10-12 spam calls everyday. Sure, I don't answer those calls, but the calls are an intrusion. I hope TRAI does something about this soon.
I don't normally watch stand-up comedy shows, 'coz it's not a format that I enjoy. And Indian stand-up I definitely avoid. I guess it's because most Indian stand-up comedians have only 1 or 2 good sets in their entire career, and the rest is almost always rubbish. But for some reason I decided to binge-watch
#OneMicStand today, and I liked the format. The first 4 episodes were a flop, but boy, I did not expect Shashi Tharoor to pull that off like he did! Brilliant orator, great personality. 👏
@Vishsai That's a very good analogy! You're right, deal with the bigger evil first. Makes sense ☺️
@raman I'm not sure about your categorization of people who don't have nice things to say about Hindus, but that's a different matter. But you're right about the fact that people are hurt, and they're venting. It will take a lot of patience and hand-holding to convince them to trust again. But all I was trying to say was that we must try and avoid questioning other people's faith and beliefs, because that will only take us down a dangerous path.
@Vishsai No, but that doesn't sound right to me. It's not just about defeating the BJP, is it? We cannot afford to bring down one fascist regime, and install another one in its place, can we? That doesn't make sense.
I think people are beginning to be so blinded by their hate that they are beginning to do the same things (in some cases, go beyond) that they're accusing the other side of doing. They are blindly resorting to sharing of false propaganda just so that they can make a point. I'm not sure what their true intentions are, but surely that can't be healthy either. If you're in a fight, fight fair, and be honest. Stop making a mockery of other people's beliefs. The end does not justify the means.
I'm an atheist. Well, sort of. And I'm anti-BJP (and the RSS, Shiva Sena, and other Sangh Paiwar parties) only and only because they peddle this Hindutva nonsense, which threatens the secular fabric of this country. However, that does not mean that I'm anti-Hindu, or pro-Islam/pro-Christianity. I honestly couldn't care less about any of them. But I'm beginning to think that not all anti-hindutva advocates feel the same way. Some folks here seem to be anti-hinduism. Now, that's not secular is it?
@wabbster Not sure how you understood that question, but an uprising did happen on Twitter a couple of weeks ago, where folks upped and moved here as a mark of protest against Twitter's biased policies. Counts as an uprising in my view.
So...does this mean that the Mastodon uprising is over?
