New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav welcomed Alexa to the ongoing language debate after Amazon’s digital voice assistant took to speaking Hindi — something that ought to enormously please Home Minister Amit Shah.
Amazon ने Alexa में हमारे देश की सर्वाधिक बोली जाने वाली भाषा हिंदी को जोड़ा है, जो एक स्वागत योग्य क़दम है और साथ ही ये अपेक्षा है कि अन्य भारतीय भाषाएं भी शीघ्र ही जोड़ी जाएंगी. ये भारत की भाषिक समृद्धि की सफलता है.https://t.co/GHo1paJ9sm
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) September 18, 2019
BSP chief Mayawati isn’t a frequent Twitter user so when she does tweet, you pay attention. Here she is, calling out injustices on Dalits.
1. दिल्ली में प्राचीन संत रविदास मन्दिर को ध्वस्त कर दिया गया। फिर कर्नाटक में सत्ताधारी बीजेपी के ही दलित सांसद को मन्दिर में जाने से रोका गया और अब लखनऊ किंग जार्ज मेडिकल कालेज परिसर में बाल्मीकी मन्दिर को जबर्दस्ती कल गिरा दिया गया। ये सब शर्मनाक व अति-निन्दनीय।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) September 19, 2019
Translation: The ancient Sant Ravidas Temple was demolished in Delhi. Then in Karnataka, the ruling BJP’s Dalit MP was prevented from going to the temple and now the Balmiki temple was forcibly demolished yesterday in the Lucknow King George Medical College campus. All this is shameful and condemnable.
Congratulations to Union Minister Jitendra Singh who went on a twitter spree and spoke on just about everything — from Bollywood and Amul butter to PM Modi.
"Follow the spirit of @narendramodi Government". https://t.co/W2Jz2nQR2f
— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) September 19, 2019
Amul Dairy’s video diary on PM @narendramodi goes viral https://t.co/5D8rno6hrX
— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) September 19, 2019
Congrats both of them, for the well-deserved laurels.#IIFA2019: @RanveerOfficial wins the best actor for Padmaavat, @aliaa08 bags best actress for Raazi.
pic.twitter.com/vKUc8C8mE5— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) September 19, 2019
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman just received some unsolicited help from Kanchan Gupta, distinguished fellow at the ORF, on what millenials want and don’t want.
See bozos? You were horribly wrong about millennials and that Ola-Uber thing. Now go wipe the egg off your face. https://t.co/bWTo9TTV9t
— Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) September 18, 2019
Congress leader Sanjay Jha is stuck in a bad dream. Read on to know why.
After E-cigarettes the government may ban mineral water.
Filtered cigarettes and alcohol can prosper.This government is truly nuts.
Is this the power of lobbyist networks?— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) September 18, 2019
Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi is not one to change friends along with her politics. Here she is celebrating her reunion with an old friend and former party colleague. Find out who.
Former colleague, Forever buddy! Somewhere behind us is The White House that we successfully zoomed out! @JaiveerShergill ?? pic.twitter.com/rCC5jhvUX7
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) September 18, 2019
Article 15 and Mulk director Anubhav Sinha had a very ‘happy’ take on the reasons for the communications clampdown in Kashmir.
कभी कभी मुझे doubt होता है कि शायद कश्मीर में इतनी happiness हो गयी है कि छुपाना पड़ रहा है वरना पूरी country बोलेगी हमें भी वैसा ही कर दो।
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) September 18, 2019
Translation: Sometimes I suspect that there is so much happiness in Kashmir that we have to hide it, or else the entire country will demand the same.
Depending on your opinion of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, you may find this tweet on the economy either amusing or insensitive.
“Howdy” economy doin’,
Mr Modi?Ain’t too good it seems. #HowdyEconomyhttps://t.co/p2NTW3fLZo
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 18, 2019
And no, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is not dressed up for a fancy dress party. Rather, he is all geared up to fly in the face of history, aboard the indigenous light combat aircraft — Tejas. So Top-Gun of you, sir!
All Set For The Day! pic.twitter.com/JUUdzafutq
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 19, 2019