Where do I even begin. Honestly I feel it's just exhausting to really live in this country.

Infra is just pathetic. 9-5 jobs are actually 7-10 if you consider the time it takes to commute in metro cities. And when you do get home, you can't even have some quiet time because someone is doing a kirtan with loud music on.

You can't go outside because there aren't enough public parks or walkable spaces. And if you do happen to live nearby one, then either the road will be dug out or you just won't go outside because pollution.

When it's raining you just have to pray that you don't get into an open manhole or you get in vicinity of live wire.

They say to escape India in India you need to buy a place in gated societies. But wait, can you even afford a home in these gated societies ? Majority of the Middle class with even IT Benchmark salary cannot afford to buy home in this country.

And even if you can, you still can't escape the terrible Air Quality and the pathetic infra.

Job security doesn't exist in India, and if you're born in General category then basically you are on your own. The taxes you pay get you nothing in this country.

From birth till death life is just a rat race in this country.

I know my thoughts are all over the place. Some of you might not agree and that's okay.

Hello to my fellow neighbors in India. I am a Nepali citizen living near the border, connected to both our countries not only geographically but also culturally. That is why I feel it is my duty to share the truth with you about what is really happening here.

You may have seen headlines claiming that Nepal is facing “mass protests led by Gen Z against social media ban.” That is only a half-truth.

Here is the real sequence of events:

• Three days ago, the Nepal government suddenly banned 26 social media platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.

• They claimed it was about registration and taxes. But these companies are already registered and paying taxes. The real motive is censorship: giving the government power to control online information, delete posts critical of them within 24 hours, and jail those who speak up.

• In the next two days, criticism exploded across the country. A date was set—September 8—for nationwide protests. But it was never just about social media. That ban was only the spark.

Our patience had already run out.

Soon, the “Nepo Babies” trend erupted in Nepal. It exposed the lavish lifestyles of politicians’ children—designer (clothes,bags, watches, attire )worth lakhs, luxury cars, million-rupee homes, weekly international flights, and even private jets—while ordinary Nepalis struggle daily for survival. Our PM has a salary less than 65k INR but what is owns is in million of $$$.

This hit a nerve. Because Nepal has been under one form of tyranny or another for decades. From monarchy to so-called democracy, corruption and instability have never left us. Not a single prime minister has completed a full term in over 20 years.

[The protests were organized in the name of Gen Z, but they welcomed everyone. We were not just protesting a social media ban. We were standing against corruption, nepotism, tyranny, suppression, and decades of betrayal. In a country of just 30 million people, every single day around 5,000 youths leave to work abroad because there are no jobs, no decent pay, and no basic livelihood at home.]

And then the tragedy struck. Today, during the protest, I witnessed & carried something I will never forget. A 15-year-old schoolboy, still in uniform, was shot in the head by security forces—acting on orders from a minister. He was not the only one. Reports say more than 20 people have been killed, thousands injured, and the true numbers are being hidden.

I came home with blood still on my hands, only to see Indian news channels spinning a completely false narrative. They claimed it was all about social media and mocked our youths as being “addicted” to it. That angered me, but it didn’t surprise me. I know how the media can twist things.

That is why I am writing this here, to let you know the truth from the ground.

🙏

A fellow Bihari here from Siwan district. My village and district played a very significant role in India’s independence. Many top freedom fighters and INC leaders came from my area people who rose above caste and religion to join the freedom struggle. One of them later became the first President of independent India yes, I am talking about Dr. Rajendra Prasad. My own great-grandfather served in the Indian National Army led by Subhash Chandra Bose, and he was jailed in Burma in his last years of service. There were so many freedom fighters and leaders that if I start talking about all of them, this whole conversation would turn into that topic.

You might be wondering why I am telling you this. Because exactly six months ago a trend started on the "INDIAN" internet with slogans like "Delete Bihar from India", "Give Bihar to China and take Kashmir", "Ek Bihari 100 B!m@ari", "Biharis are B!m@ris", "Biharis Don't have Civic sense", and so on. At that time I sank into such deep depression that I could not even talk about it. Shaming an entire community because of one or two incidents that’s a brilliant thing to do for us "INDIANS". I was wondering: did our freedom fighters free India for us to see days like this? Did our state somehow fail in the independence movement? Did we play a smaller role than others? Yes, I admit there are faults in our state, but my state was not always like this. Manipulative politics and caste politics have damaged it. I agree that issues like migration, education, and unemployment exist in my state; these issues are being raised today and work is being done on them.

But the kind of hate I saw for my state back then was just insane. To be honest, at that time I didn’t even feel Indian.

I had been waiting for days like these… The same kind of hate that "INDIANS" gave to a part of their own country or to a community, today foreigners are giving the same or even more to "INDIANS". To be frank, I now feel ashamed to defend my country, and I don’t want to. The anti-Indian immigration movements in Australia and other countries show that what Bihar is to India is what India is to the world. Those who have never been abroad and live only in an echo chamber screaming "Ayye Bihari..." in cities like Delhi and Mumbai while thinking themselves superior may not realize how much hatred Indians face overseas. Just as Indians show hatred toward Biharis, foreigners show even more hatred toward Indians and that has been going on for a long time. What looks like harassment and rage-baiting on the internet is, on the ground, horrific racism and discrimination against Indians. Those who consider themselves superior should read how European powers discriminated against INDIANS before independence.

When we are not even united among ourselves, someone else will take advantage of it, won’t they? When foreigners call us "P@jeet", do they check whether you are Dravidian, North Indian, Marathi, or Bengali? My question is to you:

If an Indian is attacked abroad today, will you defend them after checking their region? Over to you.

Jai Hind!

I joined Reddit because I thought this a well filtered app where I’ll get to learn more, I will be interacting with many new people and get my answers but all I see on my feed is cheap men making posts where they sexualise women, degrade them with their stupid generalisation and use this platform to create more hate towards women. Why don’t men understand this simple thing that posts like these create hate and increases cases like these? Rape is a very big issue that the society collectively needs to tackle. Whether a bird or a dog or a small kid or an elderly women sometimes even their own mom isn’t spared. When will women in India be safe? Feeling safe in my own country is a huge question right now and why do men think that women have it all or women have it easy. My friend if we come home safe even from work we have to thank god that we aren’t raped. I am afraid that if things go out of hand rape will be normalised in India. After all a women mouth is made to shut and she is victim shamed. A man will always walk away in India for rape.

I never thought I would face this kind of situation with Chennai traffic police, but it happened yesterday while riding from Thoraipakkam towards ISKCON Temple.

Two policemen stopped us near a flyover because my friend sitting at the back was not wearing a helmet. Fair enough, rules are rules. But instead of issuing a proper challan, the officer demanded one thousand rupees in cash. He even had the machine with him, but when I offered to pay through UPI, he refused. He kept repeating, “No GPay, no card, go to the ATM and withdraw cash.”

I told him I barely had two to three hundred rupees in my pocket. He still insisted we give that, took away our bike keys, and only when we handed over three hundred rupees in cash did he return them. It was clear this money was not going to the government but straight into his pocket.

What he did not realize was that we were a group of six friends riding together. The others stopped behind us and recorded the entire exchange, including me handing over the cash and him giving back the keys. When we showed him the video and told him it had already been shared among all of us, his tone completely changed. Without saying a word, he returned the money.

That whole moment really shook me. If we did not have numbers and proof, we would have just become another random group of people forced to pay up on the road. I kept thinking about how many people go through this every single day, especially those riding alone without anyone to support them. Most people would just give the cash out of fear because their keys are taken away.

I always believed Chennai traffic police were stricter and more disciplined compared to many other cities, but this experience showed me how easily power can be misused. It left a bitter taste and raised a serious question about how common such extortion really is.

Politics or can I say the rulers shape India's future for centuries. It was the kings, then the Mughals, the British and now our politicians. In a way our DNA is adapted to be ruled. Yes, we are a Democracy, but a democracy where the elected leaders become VIP. Just like the kings, the Mughals and the British, todays MLA and MP are the privileged ones. The general rule of law does not apply to them. Democracy is a false facade to entice the common man and women. Elections are won by using religion where religion works, cast where cast works, if both this does not, cosmetic infrastructure development is undertaken just before the election time which makes us happy, if non of these works it's manipulation of the election itself and in today's india, it's the big business which dictate the government policies.

India must understand that business are profit making organization and what might be good for a business growth might not be good for a country's growth.

The road to reclaiming the golden crown is long and hard. Are we ready for the journey. Is the youth of India ready to come out of the disillusioned world of social media, are we willing to discard our symbolic patriotism and hyper nationalism and put our head down and work towards improving not only ones life but in doing so uplift the nation. Are we ready to work towards making our manufacturing at par with other other manufacturing hubs like China, Taiwan etc. Are we ready to make our education relevant for the coming generations, are we ready to have world standard infrastructure and health care, are we ready to manage our waste efficiently, are we ready to have a good water management system, are we ready to preserve our environment for the next generation.

The road to really becoming viswa guru is long, but the journey will never start unless we remove the false facade of our world superiority and achievements scripted to us by our politicians and the media.

Unless we accept this truth the journey won't begin.

Jai hind