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IF Neha Bora takes inspiration from the Bangladeshi uprising, Dhruv Rathee speaks of police personnel organising against the government and Prashant Bhushan openly declares that the fight IS for regime change, I think it’s time we discussed what those words could actually mean.
LET’S ASSUME, purely hypothetically, that they succeed.
A change of government replaces the ruling party but a revolutionary regime change can replace the institutions, political arrangements and economic structures through which a country is governed.
A revolution can begin with peaceful protests, grow into nationwide civil disobedience and culminate in the collapse of a government. What happens next depends on who assumes power, how they acquire legitimacy and whether existing constitutional institutions survive.
Now imagine one extreme possibility.
Suppose a movement becomes so consumed by its determination to remove the BJP that its participants overlook the intentions of those supporting them.
Suppose foreign powers recognise an opportunity to weaken India and cultivate relationships with influential people within the movement.
Suppose some participants knowingly cooperate while others remain completely unaware.
And suppose the movement succeeds. The government falls. The streets erupt in celebration.
Now what? Who governs 1.5 billion Indians?
Who commands a parliamentary majority? Who manages the economy, defence, foreign policy, internal security and public administration?
What is the alternative political programme?
The movement’s liberals want constitutional reforms. The established opposition parties want power. The socialists want redistribution. The revolutionary communists want a fundamental transformation of the political and economic order.
They were united in wanting the BJP out. They were never necessarily united on what should replace it.
Now suppose the most organised revolutionary faction prevails.
It argues that removing the BJP isn’t enough. The institutions, bureaucracy, judiciary, corporations and economic structures associated with the previous political order must also be transformed.
Elections are postponed until the revolution is complete. Opponents are labelled counter-revolutionaries. Industries are nationalised. Private investment collapses. Capital leaves the country.
The rupee weakens, inflation rises, businesses shut down and jobs disappear.
The government responds with tighter controls and oublic finances deteriorate.
And suddenly India desperately needs money. Enter the foreign powers.
Loans, investments, infrastructure, technology and financial assistance come in but with conditions.
Strategic assets become tied to foreign financing and critical technologies become dependent on foreign suppliers. Defence procurement and trade policy increasingly reflect external pressure.
India remains sovereign on paper, but its freedom to make independent decisions begins shrinking.
Meanwhile, ordinary Indians begin protesting against unemployment, inflation and economic hardship.
What does the revolutionary government do? What do Marx, Lenin and Mao say in this?
Does it permit the same demonstrations that brought it to power? Or does it declare its opponents enemies of the revolution?
Suppose it chooses the latter.
The right to protest is restricted, media freedoms shrink, political opponents face investigations and elections are postponed again.
And what happens to you?
Your savings lose purchasing power, business struggles, children face fewer opportunities and taxes rise while public services deteriorate.
Your freedom to question those governing you diminishes.
Royal Enfield just officially put out the Himalayan 750 on their website!!
Exciting
#Himalayan750 #EICMA2026 #RoyalEnfield
Update on this.
@_amitchhabra was of great help in getting this sorted. Much appreciated!!
Both Mr Dharmendra and Mr Furqan at the Claims department were equally responsive in getting this sorted.
I felt more like a Policy Bazaar customer than a @HyundaiIndia or @UnitedIndiaInsu customer.
Twiiter, please do your thing.
My car insurer @UnitedIndiaInsu, my workshop @HyundaiIndia and the Surveyor are all asking me to sign the ‘Satisfaction and Discharge Note’ without taking the delivery of the vehicle.
Hyundai says UIIC doesn’t pay on time and hence, they won’t give me the vehicle till the time they’ve received the payment.
Surveyor says he is not allowed to submit the report without the ‘Satisfaction and Discharge Note’
The manager at UIIC says thousands of people sign it and they can’t create a new form for just me. UIC says I should get in touch with @policybazaar because that’s where I bought the insurance from.
What role does PB have here? What’s with this predatory behaviour?
I won’t sign an illegal document. All parties involved have blatantly supported the process of a customer signing the discharge note before taking the vehicle. ‘Everybody does it’ is what they say.
It has been 65 days since my vehicle sits in the workshop.
Can someone help me understand this?
My lawyer told me that we go to the Insurance Ombudsman first and then if they also insist on signing the discharge and satisfaction note before taking the delivery of the vehicle, then we go to the High Court.
@_amitchhabra @YashJain88 @irdaindia @InsuranceSamad1 @kovaihyun @TweetAbhishekA
Abhishek retweeted
Much as I love this saree (Nalli Kanchipuram Silk btw), please don’t wear this to a wedding.
The massive rally in Delhi today has confirmed on thing.
I also have some inside news.
On the 31st of November, Rahul Gandhi will take oath as the Prime Minister of India.
If 31st November is missed then on the 31st of April…
Mamata Bannerjee will be the Dy. PM
Lasan Kachori…
#RamlilaMaidan #RamlilaMaidanMahaRally #ramleelamaidan
#PoesLaw
Abhishek retweeted
A little difficult to write this, but here goes.
Things haven't been great financially for me lately. And honestly, with Diwali and the festive season around, it feels a little harder than usual.
I'm not sharing this for sympathy. I'm trying to find a way forward,
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Twiiter, please do your thing.
My car insurer @UnitedIndiaInsu, my workshop @HyundaiIndia and the Surveyor are all asking me to sign the ‘Satisfaction and Discharge Note’ without taking the delivery of the vehicle.
Hyundai says UIIC doesn’t pay on time and hence, they won’t give me the vehicle till the time they’ve received the payment.
Surveyor says he is not allowed to submit the report without the ‘Satisfaction and Discharge Note’
The manager at UIIC says thousands of people sign it and they can’t create a new form for just me. UIC says I should get in touch with @policybazaar because that’s where I bought the insurance from.
What role does PB have here? What’s with this predatory behaviour?
I won’t sign an illegal document. All parties involved have blatantly supported the process of a customer signing the discharge note before taking the vehicle. ‘Everybody does it’ is what they say.
It has been 65 days since my vehicle sits in the workshop.
Can someone help me understand this?
My lawyer told me that we go to the Insurance Ombudsman first and then if they also insist on signing the discharge and satisfaction note before taking the delivery of the vehicle, then we go to the High Court.
@_amitchhabra @YashJain88 @irdaindia @InsuranceSamad1 @kovaihyun @TweetAbhishekA
Been 5 days and no one has responded.
Day 65 of my car at the body shop.
@UnitedIndiaInsu
Hi. I have an auto insurance with you. The surveyor appointed by you and the manager at UIIC here are both insisting that I sign and submit the attached form for a cashless claim.
They want me to sign the ‘Satisfaction and Discharge note’ without receiving the vehicle. The vehicle has been in the workshop for 2 months and has been ready since 2 days and @HyundaiIndia your workshop refuses to release the vehicle unless they receive the UTR from UIIC.
The payment won’t be released till I sign the discharge form.
I won’t sign the discharge note till I receive the vehicle.
The surveyor, the work shop, the claims officer and manager at UIIC- all have asked me to sign the Note. The UIIC officer even claimed that everyone signs this and it’s not a problem. @DFS_India @FinMinIndia are you aware of this practice and it is condoned?
On top of this @policybazaar is acting as a thorn in the side.
Hyundai doesn’t way to service me because I didn’t buy the insurance from them.
UIIC is saying Policy Bazaar is a big headache.
I don’t want to use Policy Bazaar because it should be none of their business.
It between me, my insurer and my workshop.
Please advice @jagograhakjago
#ConsumerRights #ConsumerProtection
More like a video game idea but,
I would like to see Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi open in Tests for India.
One entire WTC cycle, perhaps, without an axe hanging over them.
Fix Gill at 3, Jaiswal at 4, Reddy at 7, Suthar at 8
Padikkal/Pant/Rahul/Jurel/Sai/Safaraz at 5 and 6.
9, 10, 11 depending on whoever is fit and in form and the venue.
Both Sharma and Sooryavanshi have horrible red ball records, but across 20 matches and 80 innings even if they come off 20 times, we’d have won the match.
If one of those innings happens to be the first innings of a series then the effect is exponential.
#INDvsNZ
Abhishek retweeted
हर जगह यही काम है। बेसिक कैरेक्टर हो गया है।
🚨SHOCKING - FIR against Malabar:
A man walked into a Malabar Gold showroom in Bilaspur with a simple request: exchange his old 22-carat HUID-hallmarked bracelet.
The staff ran it through their XRF machine. Once. Twice. Three times.
Every reading came back the same: 20 carat.
They even told him the hallmark didn’t exist.
He called the local jeweller who had sold him the bracelet. The jeweller walked in, confirmed the HUID, and asked them to test it again.
Same machine. Same bracelet. Same room.
This time an employee adjusted something on the machine. Suddenly the reading flipped to 916 - pure 22 carat.
The jeweller recorded everything. The Sarafa Association arrived. Police registered an FIR against the showroom manager and the machine operator. The machine and DVR were seized.
This wasn’t a small local shop. This was Malabar Gold “the chain that advertises trust, purity, and BIS standards across India”.
One bracelet. Two readings. An 8% gap in gold value. And the only thing that changed was who was watching.
If a hallmarked piece can magically lose two carats the moment a customer wants to exchange it, and magically regain them the moment someone pushes back, what exactly is the machine testing?
Customers don’t walk into Malabar expecting a calibration error that only appears when they’re selling gold.
They walk in expecting the purity printed on their receipt.
The FIR is real.
The readings are on record.
The machine was seized.
Malabar still hasn’t explained why the same piece of gold needed a “setting” before it became 22 carat again.
Until they do, this isn’t a machine glitch.
It’s a business model.
Abhishek retweeted
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಐಟಿ ಕಂಪನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಾವಕಾಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅನ್ಯಾಯವಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ದೂರುಗಳು ಕೇಳಿಬರುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ವಿಷಾದನೀಯ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ ಇರುವವರನ್ನು ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಗಂಭೀರವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿದೆ.
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗನೇ ಸಾರ್ವಭೌಮ. ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಹಕ್ಕು, ಗೌರವ ಮತ್ತು ಅವಕಾಶಗಳನ್ನು ಯಾವುದೇ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೂ ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸಲು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಅವಕಾಶ ನೀಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಜಗತ್ತು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರನ್ನು ಭಾರತದ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯಾಗಿ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ನಮ್ಮ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆ, ಕೌಶಲ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಮಗೆ ಅಪಾರ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯಿದೆ.
ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರನ್ನು ಯಾವುದೇ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸಿರುವುದು ಕಂಡುಬಂದರೆ, ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ. ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಹಿತಾಸಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಧ್ವನಿಯಾಗಿ, ಅವರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸ್ಪಂದಿಸಲು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಸದಾ ಬದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ.
