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Krishna with Flute said:

13 Car launches are scheduled in January 2026 in India.

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Your Vishwaguru PM has told all Indians to use public transport and stop consumption of some essentials.

Indian economy is in serious life support. Just stop the lies. It's getting embarrassing.

Krishna with Flute said:

India's 3rd Quarter GDP growth touches 6 Quarter high to 8.2% quarter. All predictions proved wrong. India's GDP growth Q1-7.8%, Q2-7.4%, Q3-8.2%. Forth Quarter is always good. India may touch 8% real growth rate in financial year 2025-26.

India set to end 2025 on strong economic footing with high growth, low inflation: Govt​

India’s real GDP expanded at 8.2% in the second quarter of the financial year 2025-26, marking a six-quarter high​

India set to end 2025 on strong economic footing with high growth, low inflation: Govt

India's economy is set to end 2025 strong, achieving high growth and low inflation, driven by resilient demand and exports.

www.thehindubusinessline.com

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Despite India’s much larger economy and (supposed) faster overall growth, Bangladesh’s GDP per capita in current US dollars is projected to be slightly higher than that of India in 2026 (per IMF):

• Bangladesh: about $2,911 per person
• India: about $2,813 per person

Krishna with Flute said:

This is how a nation reacts in the time of crisis. He can say that because people listen to him unlike your nation where a guy who was outside the nation was imported to head the nation and replace the one who was paradropped by US and restricting the ruling party to participate in election.

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We don't tolerate uneducated fascist dictator third-rate liars like Modi or Hasina as leaders - sorry. Bangladeshis were patient to a degree, until they were not.

Even current PM Tareque may be ousted, if he licks dirty Hindutva feet too much. Bangladesh is not a nation of subservient, meek, submissive knee-benders like India is. Our leaders serve Bangladeshis as free-thinking sovereign people, as all Muslim leaders should. It is expected, or else.

Funny you should mention that Indians listen to Modi. Most of the listening it seems - is one way. Vishwa guru liar has not held a press conference - ever. Even in Norway.

Current Status of Press Freedom in India​

Press Freedom Ranking​

• 2023 Ranking: India ranks 161 out of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders' Press Freedom Index.
• Change from 2022: This is a decline from 150 in 2022.

Key Issues Affecting Press Freedom​

• Violence Against Journalists: There has been a notable increase in violence targeting journalists, contributing to a hostile environment for media professionals.
• Government Restrictions: The government has imposed various restrictions on the media, including censorship and legal actions against journalists.
• Censorship: Ongoing censorship, particularly in sensitive regions like Kashmir, has further limited journalistic freedom.

To come back to the subject of this thread, Indian economy is in dire straits, GenZ movement will prove it. Let's elaborate.

India has a serious unemployment problem for young people.

The economy is growing apace overall, but job creation—especially stable, white-collar or skilled work—has not kept pace with the huge number of graduates entering the labor market every year. Youth unemployment (particularly among educated urban youth) remains much higher than headline national unemployment figures.

What’s happening now is less a classic depression-era unemployment crisis and more a crisis of:

1. -underemployment,
2. -precarious gig work,
3. -exam/job recruitment scandals,
4. -delayed middle-class aspirations, and frustration among educated young people who feel the “India growth story” is not reaching them personally.

That is the backdrop for the viral “Cockroach Janta Party” phenomenon. The movement emerged after controversial remarks attributed to Chief Justice Surya Kant comparing some unemployed youth to “cockroaches” or “parasites.” Even after clarification attempts, the insult stuck symbolically.

A few things are going on simultaneously:

1. - Economic frustration became cultural humiliation
   - Many Gen Z Indians already felt mocked by:

The “cockroach” label transformed diffuse frustration into a shared identity. Instead of rejecting the insult, young people memed it and reclaimed it. That’s a classic internet-age protest tactic.

1. - Gen Z political language is different
2. - Unlike older protest movements built around ideology or party structures, this one is highly ironic, meme-driven, decentralized, and aesthetic. Humor is the delivery system for anger.

The “Cockroach Janta Party” is not really a conventional political party. It functions more like:

• - a digital protest community,
• - a satire movement,
• - and a signal of alienation from mainstream politics.

This mirrors broader global Gen Z trends:

• - irony mixed with activism,
• - distrust of institutions,
• - online-first mobilization,
• - and emotional exhaustion with formal politics.

1. Why the movement exploded
   The movement resonated because it condensed several anxieties into one symbol:

• “We studied hard.”
• “We did what society asked.”
• “We still can’t get stable futures.”
• “And now elites ridicule us.”

That emotional arc matters more than the literal wording of the judicial remark.

The speed of growth—millions of followers in days—reflects how primed the audience already was.

It also reflects weakness in traditional opposition politics
One striking feature is that many young Indians do not feel represented either by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or by older opposition parties such as Indian National Congress.
So satire fills the vacuum.

Several analysts quoted in reporting argue that the movement’s popularity says as much about opposition failure as about government failure.

1. Important caveat: social media virality is not the same as mass revolution
   A lot of the online rhetoric is exaggerated. Some supporters frame it as a historic awakening; critics call it shallow meme politics or astroturfing. There are also disputes over follower authenticity and political affiliations.

Most likely, the truth is in between:

• the grievances are real,
• the movement is partly performative,
• but the emotional energy behind it is genuine.

The bigger issue is that India is entering a potentially difficult demographic phase:

• it has a massive youth population,
• rising educational attainment,
• high expectations,
• but insufficient high-quality job creation.

If that gap persists, internet-native protest cultures like this will probably become more common. The “cockroach” meme itself may fade quickly, but the underlying frustrations—employment insecurity, exam scandals, affordability pressure, distrust of institutions—are unlikely to disappear soon.

Krishna with Flute said:

Rather you should say that your Radical country do not tolerate elected leader. Hasina was nos not elected by Indian voters.

So far as dictator and press freedom is concerned, there is no nation in the world which has asked much freedom as India. Few days back, Rahul Gandhi called Modi a Gaddar. People abuse our gods and burn Ramayan. Nobody issue fatwa or call them wajib ul qutla like your shitty nation. Inspite of all misgovernance, Mamta was allowed to rule as she was the elected leader. Your Shitty nation is such that somebody from West can pull the string and topple your elected government any time and somebody living in west for years to rule your shitty nation as a proxy.

We are technology hub of of many technologies and a nation with highest number of development centers. We are set to be the no 1 economy and military power equivalent to US. Your nation is all set to become a nation in rop list of failed nation is n race with Pakistan to be the top in in the list of failed nation. Baggers who can not produce their food is trying to argue that world's forth largest economy and military power is a failed nation like theirs. Keep posting your &&&& here as you are not worth anything else.

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Hindutva Indians like you are experts at screaming and chest-thumping.

This is the auqaat and position globally of India as a third-rate nation (about the same as ours).

Close to World's worst at Hunger (Ranks 111 out of 118 in Global Hunger Index)



Worse than Bangladesh at GDP per capita Nominal



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Indian hypernationalism around "Indian achievements" and whether it comes from cultural cringe​

Opinion

In the last ten years there has emerged a certain cult of false Indian cultural achievements - whether it's the WhatsApp forwards about India becoming a superpower (UNESCO proclaiming Hindi as best language and that kinda stuff) or far fetched claims such as Sadhguru's claim that Indians built a certain temple in Lebanon or claiming that ancient Rome was a Hindu civilisation.

I feel like some of this desire that has emerged especially recently among Indians to invent fake histories that valorize nonexistent achievements (even as there are plenty of amazing things that India had achieved in ancient times which are not looked at) or chest thumping also emerges from a reflexive version of cultural cringe.

For those who don't know what cultural cringe means, it refers to (according to Wikipedia) "an internalized inferiority complex that causes the people of a country to dismiss their own culture as inferior (cringe-inducing) when compared to the cultures of other countries". This isn't a phenomenon unique to India, but I think that Indians, as a country which experienced almost 200 years of colonial rule and exploitation, followed by spending from the 20th century upto today an existence as a periphery state often looked down upon, have a lot of cultural cringe.

While this cultural cringe feeling often manifests among Indians who dislike their own culture and idolize the west (which is unfortunately prevalent even in liberal spaces) uncritically I think that it's also reflected in the hyper patriotic type of online Indian. People who create a cult of false achievements based on half truths (like Indian temples in Lebanon, ancient Indian UFOs etc.) and those who seek validation from white people like Karolina Goswami to feel good about their nation. Those who believe that India's past - whether the truths or the falsehoods of it - can solve the problems of its present in entirety in their minds.
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Enough lies from you - tired of your harping on the same Hindutva lies every day.

Indians fully recognize that the society they’ve built, based on caste and exclusionary in-vs-out groups is inherently odious to humanity.

So, they build themselves up with false narratives and tell themselves stories about past glory.

The alternative is to confront the truth that Indian ancestors were assholes and that Indians need to fix their mistakes.

Mah Daddy the best and Strongest!


Feel free to substitute Daddy for Country, Leader or Dictator.