The New York Times failed to include PSF’s categorical denial of foreign funding, and instead left readers to believe that the source of PSF’s funding (or Roy’s for that matter) might have come from China, rather than from the sale of ThoughtWorks. Their salacious headlines and misleading ‘reporting’ have now directly contributed to the arrest of innocent journalists.

Given the repression that is now taking place, it begs the question as to whether India is a safe place for foreign investors who carefully follow Indian law.

They’re all good girls & bois, Brint.

ps: She’s pretty.

Thats smart.

Indians eat with their fingers. Of the right hand only. No chopsticks, spoons, forks, knives or any such cutlery for us.

Yes! That was the word I was looking for!

Thank you.

It isn’t just the quality of the tea leaf/ powder in the teabag that is being called out, The method of brewing tea ruins it all. Proper tea (is theft, We all laughed, including the toaster) is made by boiling tea leaves/ CTC tea/ dust tea in water or water + milk not by dunking a teabag or 2 in a cup of tepid water for a few seconds, and then topping it with an even more tepid milk.

The Chinese brew lovely tea using loose tea leaves because the water they use is boiling hot and in a teapot, which lets the tea release its flavours quickly, and of course they don’t add milk.

You can try out all methods and compare the results. Of course, if you try loose leaf tea, you might not go back to tea bags.

An advantage of loose tea is you can customize your tea blend. Eg, blend Assam and Darjeeling in 1:1 ratio for a balanced tea of strength and flavour, 1:2 for a more flavourful tea with a decent body, 2:1 for an aromatic tea that can kick like a mule. A Ceylon tea blend of nuwara Eliya tea & Kandy tea is a balm for a tired heart.

LOL! Clever of them to use tea as an identity test. Quite like Ukrainians asking suspected Russians to pronounce ‘Palyanytsia’.

Glad you liked it. Tea is very serious with us and it should be boiled. Teabag tea is just warm dishwater in comparison.

A compliment on tea (chai achchi bani - the tea is made well) is huge and will make you a favouite & repeat guest.

Try to get your hands on loose Assam CTC black tea or (even better) loose Nilgiris CTC black tea. and go to town experimenting with spices and sweeteners (karupatti/palm jaggery adds a new dimension of flavour). Nilgiris tea is forgiving and doesn’t get astringent if you overboil it, while Assam will teach you a lesson in bitterness. Darjeeling is all flavour but lacks oomph (or as Indians say ‘not strong enough’ ). With spices, a little goes a long way. The spices should be crushed and added to the water right in the beginning so they can boil and infuse their flavour. Another trick is to close the lid and let it sit for 1-2 mins after taking it off the flame and before serving.

India, You’ll get properly boiled tea with milk (called chai) unless you specifically ask for black/ red tea which you’ll only get in Kerala (called black/kattan ) & in our NorthEastern states (called red tea/lal cha). Tea is by default served hot unless you ask for iced tea which is just tea-coloured flavoured sugar water made with a premix.

The 2nd best way to piss off an Indian is to serve tea brewed with teabags, the best to upset us is to serve tea brewed with teabags and using powdered milk.

We like our tea to be boiled with milk, water, spices, and sugar/jaggery. If you want to make our day, boil the tea with condensed milk, water, and spices and watch us beam. The spices will always be fresh and any combo of sweet cardamom, ginger, cloves, star anise, pinch of cinnamon, lemongrass, black pepper, fennel seeds,

In Kashmiti homes/ restaurants, you’ll get the saffron flavoured Kehwa (no milk in this one, but lots of flavour) and the pink colored salt tea (noon chai) made with green tea leaves, milk, rock salt, cardamom, pistachios, almonds. and baking soda.

Baby Yoda!

Talking of cowboys, have y’all heard of quick gun Murugan?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-mYzNbaRrU

You’re welcome.

First & most important, don’t compare yourself to other people. Y’all have different life experiences and personalities. Since your prior experences have jaded you, get therapy. It’ll give you the tools to understand yourself, your moods, and to manage them.

Till you get therapy sorted

1. Look for the positives in a situation
2. Learn how to identify negative thinking and then apply step 1
3. Use positive affirmations daily, and as often as you need throughout the day. (“You are smart, You are kind, You are important”) or create your own.
4. Smile. It’ll make you look & feel better and more importantly, it confuses the hell outta other people.

:)

If Jesus returned, they’d lynch him.

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson

Both religion and capitalism ensure white conservatives always have someone to look down on and they in return lends them their loud voice & violence.

ETA : Religion + capitalism’s symbiotic behaviour is not restricted to white conservatives. They have the same relationship with every ethnic & religious majoritarian conservative. India has been experiencing it since 2014 where Hindu supremacists support big corporates even when the corporates have created enormous inflation. In return these corporates control mainstream media and fund Hindu supremacist leaders who paint targets on the back of minority religions (currently, Muslims & Christians).

Thanks for this. It seems like something that can be done anywhere.

She said “Fight the real enemy” while tearing up the pic.

RIP, you brave beautiful punk soul.

To think that both Rosetta and Philae’ll be travelling the universe (maybe giving some aliens the shock of their lives) even after humans go extinct is somehow comforting.