#India events

[insightfultake]

Kumbh 2025: The Divine Dance of Spirit and Faith

As the first rays of the January sun kissed the rippling waters of the Triveni Sangam, an otherworldly energy seemed to stir the air. This was no ordinary dawn; it marked the beginning of Kumbh Mela 2025, an event as ancient as the myths of creation and as alive as the hearts of millions who gathered there. The question lingered, as it always does: Is Kumbh Mela a spiritual awakening or a religious tradition? The answer lay in the blend of the ethereal and the human, in the way the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers embrace, both real and mythical, uniting the mundane with the divine. Expand to read more

[sayruq]

[unholyasshole]

to all my desi people; i know these times are tough with the war being declared n all and its scary af but please try to stay indoors and stay SAFE most importantly!! i know this is scary but our grandparents survived the '71 war and we can survive this one! Our governments suck but please try to refrain from hate towards the civilians of the opposing nations, its not their fault please help each other in the time of need and stay safe<333

[gojover]

i was debating making this post for a long, long time, because i don’t like getting political on a fandom space, but as an indian, i felt the need to talk about this. i can’t engage in fandom content without feeling deeply guilty & worried for all the soldiers and innocent lives already lost and at stake, so here’s a brief masterpost to spread awareness about what’s going on in jammu & kashmir at the moment.

i have linked all my sources, and have aimed to be as unbiased as possible. if you find any discrepancies or inaccuracies, please don’t hesitate to tell me so that i can edit accordingly.

before i get into any of the actual details, i want to talk about what triggered this entire conflict between india and pakistan: the pahalgam attack, which took place on april 22, 2025.

(it’s also worth knowing that the india vs pakistan conflict over J&K is not something that was caused by this isolated incident; there are decades of history between the two countries dating back to the partition of india. you can read briefly about it here.)

the pahalgam attack was an attack on 26 tourists by five armed militants in a popular tourist destination known as baisaran valley (located in india-administered kashmir), which is surrounded by dense pine forest and is only accessible by foot or horseback.

the militants singled out the men & asked for their religion, before shooting the hindu and christian tourists. the attackers also asked some tourists to recite the islamic kalima to identify non-muslims. of the 26 people killed, 25 were tourists and one was a local muslim pony ride operator who tried to wrestle a gun from the attackers before being shot. the tourists included several newlywed couples, and the men were shot point-blank in front of their wives.

some hindu men were forced to remove their trousers to check for a lack of circumcision before being shot at close range. the militants also told some hindu women that they were spared so that they could narrate the horrors of their mens’ killing to the prime minister of india, narendra modi.

the national investigation agency (NIA) formally took over the pahalgam terrorist attack case on april 27. the lashkar-e-taiba proxy the resistance front (TRF), claimed responsibility for the attack.

in retaliation to the pahalgam attack, india launched operation sindoor on may 6, 2025.

the indian armed forces carried out precision strikes at around 1 am on terror infrastructure in pakistan and pakistan-occupied kashmir (PoK). nine sites were targeted, and each were selected because they had a history of association with major terror plots and infiltration attempts against india (such as the 2001 parliament attack, the 2019 pulwama attack, and the 26/11 mumbai attacks). no pakistani military facilities were targeted, as stated during the press briefing on may 7.

you can read about the nine sites & why they were targeted here.

as an additional note, it is worth noting that the central government directed all states and union territories to conduct mock drills on may 7 across 244 categorised civil defence districts in the event of a hostile attack.

following the indian attacks on may 7, pakistan resorted to unprovoked artillery shelling across the line of control (LoC), resulting in 13 casualties, with the poonch sector in jammu being the worst hit. this is not the first time pakistan has violated the LoC ceasefire agreement.

as of the time of writing, several cities/districts present on the border of the two countries have been facing blackouts. this comes as a counter-offensive against pakistani drones and missiles which violated the indian airspace several times over the entire western border with the intent of targeting indian military facilities along the western and northern frontiers. however, india was able to neutralise this attempt to hit military stations in jammu and other locations.

tl;dr: this thread on x offers a more concise version of the same events.

the main reason i wanted to make this post is because i saw this post on x and had to take a minute to recover because. genuinely what the actual fuck. in my opinion, a caucasian british person should be the last person speaking up on this matter. the selective activism and hypocrisy is glaringly obvious.

edit: here are a few more resources that provided good insights into what’s happening

articles on the pahalgam attack and its immediate aftermath: one two three

regarding the TRF statement: one

more articles about india/pakistan escalating the war: one two three

posts about what’s been happening in azad kashmir: one two

how to download tiktok (if you’re indian): here

please take the time to read through these and educate yourselves if you’re unaware of what the conflict is about.

[mohabbaat]

[himejoshibutch]

to all Indians on this website, just because the trade union has refused to load and unload weapons to Isr*el from Indian ports doesn't mean the fight is over. we still need to pressurize the government to demand permanent ceasefire and to stop funding Isr*el in every way possible. so keep protesting, keep boycotting, keep donating to Palestinians. and remember we still need to fight for decolonization of Kashmir. so please dont stop talking about this!!

[hirarious]

The Border

I stand with my army by the border

Battered and bruised

Leaving my women in mourning

And the youth of a dying nation blue

The weapons stay clumsily scattered on the ground

My soldiers martyred on the frontlines

Yet the enemy still guards their leader

The devils affronted, concealing Lucifer behind

Away with all the marches

The generations of wars that we dealt

The leader and I were never one to call truce

Until our cities wreaked of genocide

And our towns rotted with death

I spent years running

Lives of civilians plagued and endangered

Stunting my growth and my stride

Feeding me illusions of emotions

And temperamental lies

The one I bolted from

Was no stranger

My people begged and pleaded

Shattered in drought and famine

Just a morsel of mercy to save them

Their cries shrouded in the explosions of bombs and battles and canons

Years wasted for the epiphany to hit me

The only way out was through

Familiarity had bred contempt

Surviving this great war and those staggering coups

My apathy held no bounds, segregation with seething fangs of resentment

Stood on the other side of the border

The enemy's notions and inklings

Anger consummating fire with gasoline

Fear soaring in the chants of trembling breath

Sadness in the tears of the sun's gleam

Guilt parading in fallen blood's wealth

Shame exchanged in the averting of eyes

Denial bestrewed in the redness of cheeks

The loss of hope in the predators who fled and were preyed

And the numbness that set in the stubbornness of dismissing defeat

The border crossed with the dragging of my wounded feet

Weaponless, sauntering towards the abyss of betrayal and swords and arrows and chains

Dull eyes proclaiming the death of the soul

Falling to afflictions and predicaments so arcane

Creeping to an entire nation before me

In a surrender of pains and hurt and aches

The silence of my people waving their handkerchiefs behind the border

The acceptance has diffused, ready to face whichever fate awaits

And so I leave behind my life at the border

Behind these pillars where the enemy hides

With nothing but my blood to sign the treaty of ceasefire

I no longer run from what is beyond the border

Waiting for the enemy to reveal itself to succumb to peace

Leaving the border with only me and that cowardly enemy

My past

And with it

My grief

hira • حرا

[affairsmastery]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed a "mega partnership" with the US during his meeting with President Donald Trump, announcing a deal to boost US oil and gas imports to India, aiming to reduce the trade deficit. Modi expressed openness to lowering tariffs, repatriating undocumented Indians, and purchasing US fighter jets, while Trump criticized India's high trade tariffs as a "big problem."

The leaders also discussed immigration, with Trump agreeing to extradite a suspect in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Despite trade tensions, both emphasized strengthening ties, with Modi playfully adapting Trump's slogan: "Maga plus Miga equals Mega partnership for prosperity."

[politijohn]

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Workers rising to the moment. Solidarity

[sayruq]

[forthlin]

i’m sorry what is it with the ‘extremely heterosexual paul mccartney’ narrative? have people seen that man?? where does that come from?? just because he wasn’t trying to shock papers in the 70s by intentionally feeding them gay rumors doesn’t make him extremely heterosexual. ??? am i missing something ??

pal i am completely with you. i understand citing his direct quotes about being straight and i'm not calling anyone a liar or whatever but why would anyone of his position/fame be yelling about his queerness from rooftops like of course he would deny being a lil fruity. (which i respect, his private life's always been on blast). that said i feel like he basically did yell about his queerness from rooftops and people just ignore it. i'm a staunch mclennon tinhatter but also i'm just saying if you threw all of the insane shit they said and did with/to each other into a biopic and changed the names to Carl Michaels and Brad Larson no one would question the existence of Homosexual Tendencies

[thedialoguedilemma]

Donald Trump and Marco Rubio claimed to have negotiated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after tensions and attacks have escalated over the past week.

India and Pakistan have both confirmed that the United States in no way shape or form was part of the negotiations regarding the conflict.

In fact, new drone attacks have been reported over India by Pakistan just hours after Trump “claimed” to have negotiated a ceasefire.

Art of the Deal.

[meerawrites]

We made it to the moon for cheaper than NASA or Russia, or any colonial power ever has! (very positive)

Take that Great Britain and screw you all colonizers and imperialism (extremely derogatory).

[jay-wasstuff]

I just woke up to Destiel News™ informing me of India becoming the first country to land on the lunar south pole of the moon with a budget lower than a goddamn hollywood film, like where else am I going to my news as clear cut and immediate as this? I love this app.

[princesscatherineblog]

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive for a Bollywood Inspired Charity Gala at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel during the royal visit to India and Bhutan on April 10, 2016 in Mumbai, India.

[politijohn]

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