BJP MLA slapped by farmer in viral video; later says ‘he patted me with love’
A video footage purportedly showing UP BJP MLA Pankaj Gupta being slapped by a farmer during a function has gone viral on social media. “He is like my father and we’ve worked together also. He only patted me with love and didn’t slap me. Opposition is circulating an edited video but nothing like this has happened,” Gupta said.
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Faculty, students from IIMs write to PM over rising intolerance in India
A group of students and faculty members from the Indian Institutes of Management in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad flagged hate speech and attacks on minorities in a letter Friday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his silence “emboldens” voices of hate. The letter, mailed to the Prime Minister’s Office, has 183 signatories, including 13 faculty members of IIM Bangalore and three of IIM Ahmedabad. “Your silence on the rising intolerance in our country, Honourable Prime Minister, is disheartening to all of us who value the multicultural fabric of our country. Your silence, Honourable Prime Minister, emboldens the hate-filled voices and threatens the unity and integrity of our country,” says the letter. It urges him to steer the country away from “forces that seek to divide us”.Five faculty members of IIM Bangalore drafted the letter. They are Prateek Raj (Assistant Professor of Strategy); Deepak Malghan (Associate Professor, Public Policy), Dalhia Mani (Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship); Rajluxmi V Murthy (Associate Professor, Decision Sciences); and Hema Swaminathan (Associate Professor, Public Policy). Malghan is a prominent ecological economist.
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“I am so grateful to have such wonderful people in my life: Sushmita
Actor Sushmita Sen in an old appearance on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal spoke about how she has been shaped by the relationships in her life–be it with men, women or children–and the feelings she was left with after failed romantic bonds.Sushmita had originally appeared on the popular
chat show in the year 1997. She returned some years later with her daughter Renee, whom she adopted in the year 2000. “The more relationships you have, the more you grow in relation too,” the former beauty queen said, after host Simi Garewal pointed out that she had ‘loved and lost many time’, and whether she still felt as passionate about relationships as before.
“I am so grateful to have such wonderful people in my life, who have left at the right time for me to grow,” Sushmita said, noting that she wasn’t talking only about the people she had dated. But when Simi asked her specifically about the men in her life, Sushmita continued, “They’re all such amazing people, amazing men, and so wrong for me!”
