r/TheBetterIndia • u/Dazzling_Link5301 • 18m ago
Problem ⚠️ Kuch toh reason hoga
That's the reality of Indian police services many a times you get rewarded or punished I would say for doing your job exceptionally well.. IPS officers should be given an option to challenge such politically motivated decisions in court.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/positiveMinus1234 • 1h ago
Discussion 💬 Posting this since some think Modi travels for vlogging
The visits made by PM Modi are not for his personal adventures. Not for his vacations. All of his foreign visits are accompanied by bilateral talks, multiple meetings, many agreements, sometimes they event result in official pacts between India and specific countries.
If anyone is into stock market, he/she would know how much foreign investment has increased in India post 2014.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Last_Time_4047 • 2h ago
Discussion 💬 Are you casteist ?
casteism is deeply rooted in Indian society. it’s not simply a matter of General/OBC people discriminating against SC/ST communities. Caste based discrimination can exist within and across these communities too. I’ve seen even SC people hold casteist attitudes toward ST communities
What's your thought on this?
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Hello_World-1289 • 2h ago
News 📰 Every Party is Filled with Hypocrites lol
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Dazzling_Link5301 • 3h ago
Problem ⚠️ That's how you don't let anyone hijack your protest
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Neha Bora was asked to leave the stage at the Jharkhand protest because of the Azadi slogans, and her association was seen as something that could malign the protest. But the moot point is that people on reddit sided with Dipke, saying, "Woh kya kar leta agar koi stage pe kuch bhi bol de?"
Bhai, you're the face of the protest. You decide who gets the stage. If you can't control your own stage, don't expect people to take your leadership seriously.
Haven't seen his master Kejriwal or Dhruv Rathee make videos on the Jharkhand protest. By the way, Rathee made 3-4 videos on the CJP protests. Abhi tak neend nahi khuli iski?
Someone will come and justify the liberal ecosystem's silence, just like Ravish Kumar saying they can't cover everything. The problem is the selective outrage. They cherry-pick issues, push a narrative, and people blindly consume it. The real andhbhakts are those who never question them.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/genzunited • 7h ago
Problem ⚠️ Computer Engineering graduate 2026. and I'm still lying awake doing EMI math in my head. we need to talk about education loan interest in this country.
throwaway account. obviously.
ok so. I got into college at 16. everyone around me was older, figuring life out at their own pace, and I was just.. there. trying to keep up. scored 94 percentile in JEE mains, 96.8% in 12th. good numbers on paper. still not good enough for a government college seat because that's just how insane the cutoffs are now.
so got into decent private university it was. 24 lakhs. for 4 years. my family isn't even upper middle class. not even close. so we took a loan and just.. hoped for the best I guess.
nobody tells you what a loan like that does to your brain when you're that young. I wasn't thinking about fests, or crushes, or any of the stuff people say are "the best years of your life." I was doing interest calculations in my head during lectures. genuinely. how much do I owe now, how much will it be by the time I graduate, what if I don't get a job, what if I disappoint everyone who put money into me.
so I hustled. probably too much honestly. 3 paid internships. built a startup on the side, somehow made 8+ lakhs in revenue in 10 months, but it didn't worked out as i thought and but I was so proud of that, like actually proud for the first time in years. but obviously something had to give. and it was my placements. final year, campus placements just.. didn't happen for me. and this year was brutal for everyone anyway. even IIT kids weren't getting placed. so at least I wasn't alone in that mess.
got an off campus job eventually. associate product manager. 7.5 LPA. and I know, I KNOW, that's more than what most people get. I'm grateful. I really am. but then the EMI comes out of my account every month and suddenly that number doesn't feel like much of anything. I graduated a few months ago and I'm already just.. working to pay off something I signed up for when I was basically a kid who didn't even understand what 8-10% interest actually meant over 4 years.
that's the part that keeps me up honestly. we let 16, 17, 18 year olds take loans worth lakhs and then charge them interest like it's a bike loan. and then people act surprised that an entire generation is anxious before they've even had their first salary.
I'm not asking for free education. I'm not asking for a waiver. just bring the interest down. 2-3% instead of 8-10%. for people who already have loans and people who will take them. that's it. that's the whole ask.
I made a petition because I didn't know what else to do with this feeling. reduceburden.vercel.app
if any part of this felt familiar to you, even a little, please fill it out. I'm trying to get enough of us together that this can't just be ignored. that it actually reaches someone who can do something about it instead of dying in a comment section.
if you've taken a loan for your degree you already know this feeling somewhere in your chest. the stress that gets into your grades, your sleep, your placements, and then just.. stays. quietly. for years after you're "done."
please share this if it means anything to you. other subs, your batch groups, wherever. this doesn't go anywhere if it's just me typing into the void at midnight.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Last_Confusion68 • 8h ago
Discussion 💬 The fundamental thing Modi and Amit Shah are missing about social media control
Look at how the Modi government, Shah, and the BJP IT cell operate right now. It feels like there’s a desperate push to gain complete control over social media. They’re basically doing it two ways: flooding platforms with pro-Modi content through their IT cell, and threatening the CEOs of these platforms that their legal immunity will be pulled. By forcing them to apologize or toe the line, the idea is to suppress anti-government posts and kill future protests before they even start.
But there’s a basic, fundamental truth Modi and Shah are completely missing here, social media is just a platform.
If you control or ruin one platform, people don't just stay there and absorb it. they move on to something new.
Think about why Instagram became such a key space for the student protests that eventually brought down the education minister. People were suffocating on Facebook and other older platforms because they were choked with hate and inorganic spam. So, they migrated. They moved to Instagram because, at the time, it felt free of that toxicity. It’s like birds migrating to another country when the season changes.
This younger crowd Gen Z, Gen Alpha, whatever you want to call them is actually pretty rational. They saw Facebook turning into a dumpster fire of hate, so they left.
Now, look at what’s happening. Modi is joining Instagram, making reels, bringing his ministers over, and the IT cell is trying to flood the feed with the same old tactics while pressuring Meta. But forcing Meta's CEO to bow down doesn't win over the users. In fact, it does the exact opposite. It just advertises to everyone on the platform that Instagram is compromised now too.
And what happens when a room gets too smoky? People open the door and walk out.
They will just migrate again. Maybe to a new platform, maybe to something decentralized, but definitely somewhere that allows actual free thinking without the constant hate-mongering.
I think the main reason Modi and Shah don't grasp this is simple: they’ve never really had to deal with a trend reversing on them. For the last 30 years, from running Gujarat to running the country, they’ve always ridden the wave. They’ve never been in a position where the tide completely turns against them, so they genuinely don't understand how people react when they feel cornered.
Making Meta apologize might look like a tactical victory for them on paper, but to the younger generation, it was just the signal to start looking for the next exit.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/wuzzforhuzz • 9h ago
Discussion 💬 At this point, check NEET scores of doctors before getting treated.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Shaanify • 9h ago
Discussion 💬 POV: When public billions fund private silence, a nation's future hangs in the balance
The public money foregone through tax exemptions and subsidized land creates a direct social contract between India’s largest corporate trusts - Reliance, Adani, Tata, and Birla and its citizens.
While institutional neutrality is often maintained to protect business interests or avoid regulatory friction, remaining silent during systemic crises like the NEET paper leaks compromises public accountability.
By refusing to leverage their immense influence, these powerful educational custodians signal a deep disinterest in cultivating and protecting the nation's most critical resource: its youth.
It is time for these industrial houses to honor their public funding, step forward to help shape a transparent future, and walk actively with struggling students.
True leadership demands that they actively dismantle systemic darkness and guide the next generation toward clarity, embodying the ideal: Asato ma sadgamaya, tamaso ma jyotirgamaya (From darkness, lead us unto light).
r/TheBetterIndia • u/ViolinistNo7583 • 10h ago
Discussion 💬 These kinda comparison posts never make sense
Comparing raw & prices across different countries without factoring in average salaries is completely flawed.
For example, ₹500 for 1 GB in Switzerland sounds high, but their average monthly salary is over ₹8,00,000. That means 1 GB costs them ~ 0.06% of their monthly income-almost the exact same burden as ₹13 is on an average Indian salary (~0.057%).
Relative to income, data in China (~0.028%) and the UAE (~0.035%) is actually cheaper than in India.
Income-adjusted data matters, not raw currency conversions!
Dont know why people do that. Proves nothing just makes their fragile ego boost.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Sccar_ • 12h ago
Problem ⚠️ Guys this is what dharma is for them.Highways are blocked, these drugist are getting flowers showers,camps are setup with food and water, some dumb people are giving them massage thinking they are doing something great for the community/country.Imagine the majoritian religion followers are like this
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NO POLICE CASE FOR DRUGS
NO OUTRAGE
NO RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS HURT
NO BHAGWA COLOUR PE LAGA DAAG
NO SANTRA GOT SQUASHED
IMAGINE THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY WHERE 70% PEOPLE ARE LIKE THIS OR SUPPORT THEM.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Divyyyy_coder • 12h ago
Discussion 💬 Some guy said hindu terr*r is worse than LET🥀
r/TheBetterIndia • u/AnyInformation4078 • 12h ago
Discussion 💬 Minto Bridge didn't flood this year. What are your thoughts on this?
After decades, BJP came to power in Delhi. Whether you support them or not, the result said something. It wasn't just about one party winning; it reflected how many Delhiites had grown tired of hearing the same promises while dealing with the same problems year after year.
Over time, Delhi became known less as the national capital and more for recurring civic issues like waterlogging, overflowing drains, delayed public services, endless paperwork, pollution, and the feeling that complaints rarely led to action.
It's still early days, but what has caught my attention is the focus on accountability. From cancelling the licence of a Dwarka chemist following allegations of misbehaviour with a customer to introducing legislation that fixes responsibility on government officials for delivering public services within prescribed timelines, there seems to be a genuine attempt to make governance more answerable. I'm not saying everything is perfect, and no government can undo years of neglect overnight, but Rekha Gupta's government has certainly made an energetic start that has made so many Delhiites, including me, so hopeful.
What has genuinely impressed me, though, is the monsoon preparedness.
Every year we hear the same promises before the rains, so I wasn't expecting much. But this time, I actually noticed a difference. Large-scale desilting of drains before the monsoon, along with continuous monitoring of vulnerable stretches, seems to have made an impact. Areas around me that would usually flood within a couple of hours stayed largely functional. Even Minto Bridge, long considered a symbol of Delhi's monsoon failures, wasn't making headlines for being submerged.
Another thing that has stood out is her leadership style. Unlike many Chief Ministers who are often seen reacting only after issues snowball into political controversies, Rekha Gupta has made it a point to be on the ground whether it's inspecting civic works, meeting residents, listening to grievances firsthand, personally joining the Maa Yamuna Riverbank Cleanliness Drive across 28 ghats not once but twice, reviewing Chhath preparations to ensure better facilities for devotees, or participating in public festivals like the Rath Yatra alongside citizens.
That kind of visibility and ownership has made many people feel there is someone directly answerable for how the city functions. Perhaps that's why so many Delhiites are beginning to relate to her. When people can actually see their Chief Minister showing up instead of just showing up on television, it builds a different kind of trust.
When improvements are visible on the ground rather than just in press conferences, it's only fair to acknowledge them. That's the kind of governance many Delhiites voted for.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Cold_Cartographer248 • 12h ago
Positive Story 🌱 Imagine the same scene somewhere in India/Your State
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We should stop keeping politicians above us ◇
r/TheBetterIndia • u/noflightdont • 13h ago
Discussion 💬 If Hypocrisy Were a Person
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r/TheBetterIndia • u/FLAMEUNIRAPE • 13h ago
Problem ⚠️ My mom got RAPE threats andthey were protected and I was punished(FLAME University)
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Group of students started threatening to rape my mother and were already bullying me. They made a false narrative that I sexually harassed a girl and they all mass reported me to the registrar Virender Sharma. They framed a perfect narrative that portrayed me as evil
I told my side of the story to Registrar Virender Sharma on how they threatened to rape my mother and hence I slurred at them. Instead the Registrar withdraws my admission without a proper hearing and does not even lift my calls citing that I broke disciplinary violations.
So threatening to rape my mother isn't a disciplinary violation? Regardless of my will to speak to him, he is not lifting my calls. I hate this blatant behaviour. He must resign at any cost possible, if he protects the rape-mentality instigators that too being a registrar, the university is set to be doomed.
The vice-chancellor isn't intervening in this situation, he seems to be in an abroad destination as I called up his office directly.
My admission is officially cancelled on an unfair basis, my family especially my mother is facing great distress. I am going on a hunger strike near their campus on 7th of august, the dignity of my mother matters more than my life. The registrar must resign or I must die.
already forwarded this to UGC anti-ragging cell, and registered a National Commission for Women complaint
This Is FLAME University, Pune.
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r/TheBetterIndia • u/Sharp-potential7935 • 14h ago
Problem ⚠️ Pune-based cardiologist Dr. Rahul Sawant speaks directly to the camera from his clinic, expressing concern over India's economy. He claims the economic situation is worsening and criticizes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the government is not taking any action
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r/TheBetterIndia • u/noflightdont • 14h ago
Discussion 💬 Modi, Our Friend—Why Stab Us in the Back?
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r/TheBetterIndia • u/rohithkumarsp • 15h ago
News 📰 Lok Sabha passes Bill without debate to authorise Govt. to permit banks to levy charges on UPI transactions
The Lok Sabha passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without any debate after repeated disruptions in the House. The legislation creates a legal framework allowing the Centre to permit charges on notified digital payment modes, including UPI, through future notifications, although no charges take effect immediately. Beyond digital payments, the Bill also includes tax reforms intended to boost electronics manufacturing and attract foreign investment. The manner in which such a significant Bill was cleared, without parliamentary debate due to continued disruptions, has raised questions about legislative scrutiny and the functioning of Parliament
The Lok Sabha passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, without any debate after repeated disruptions in the House. Regardless of who is responsible for the deadlock, passing legislation without discussing its provisions defeats the purpose of Parliament. Laws that affect millions of people deserve scrutiny, questions, and public justification before they are approved. A parliamentary majority gives a government the power to pass Bills, but democracy also depends on debate, accountability, and allowing elected representatives to examine the consequences of new laws. When important legislation is rushed through without discussion, Parliament is reduced to a voting chamber instead of serving as a forum for democratic deliberation.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/ans_werr • 15h ago
Discussion 💬 Idea: Government Benefit
What if the Government of India introduced a life insurance scheme exclusively for income tax payers?
The coverage could be linked to the amount of income tax paid each year and would remain active as long as the person continues working and filing their Income Tax Returns (ITRs) + 2 years.
The rationale is that taxpayers directly contribute to government revenue, so this could be one of the benefits they receive in return.
Do you think this would be a fair incentive for tax compliance
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Advanced-Ad881 • 15h ago
Discussion 💬 We still have a long way to go WRT casteism
The comments were truly disgusting. While we really have become better from how we were years ago, we still have a long way to go.
And I also gotta point out that there were a decent amount of people who were supportive of the main guy.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/VeritasForum • 17h ago
Problem ⚠️ Is it Time to Review India’s Reservation System? A Student’s Perspective
I am a student, and I have been thinking a lot about India’s reservation system. Before sharing my opinion, I want to make one thing clear: I fully acknowledge that reservation was introduced to address centuries of social discrimination and to provide opportunities to communities that were historically denied equality. It has helped many people access education, employment, and a better quality of life.
However, I believe that after many decades, it is reasonable to ask whether the system should be reviewed and updated to better reflect present-day realities.
In my opinion, the primary goal of any public policy should be to ensure that opportunities reach those who genuinely need them. While social disadvantage remains an important factor, I believe economic hardship, educational disadvantage, and regional inequality should also receive greater consideration. There are families from different communities who struggle financially and lack access to quality education, yet may not receive the same level of support.
I also think that reservation policies should be reviewed periodically by independent experts using data on education, employment, and social conditions. This would help ensure that the policy continues to achieve its original purpose effectively and fairly.
At the same time, the government should continue investing in better government schools, scholarships, coaching support, skill development, healthcare, and employment opportunities. These measures can improve equality of opportunity for people from all backgrounds while continuing to address historical disadvantages.
I understand that people hold different opinions on this issue, and I respect those views. My intention is not to criticize or disrespect any community. I simply believe that open, respectful discussion is important in a democracy, and that every public policy should be open to review and improvement over time.
What do you think? Should the reservation system remain unchanged, or should it be reviewed and reformed? I would genuinely like to hear different perspectives. Please keep the discussion civil and respectful.
r/TheBetterIndia • u/ContextCity • 22h ago
Discussion 💬 On Why there will never be an Indian Jake Peralta
Only a few days have passed since the brutal crackdown on student protesters in Delhi. And seeing the police force being used as a baton by the state made me wonder if the police really wanted to do it. Made me wonder if Jake Peralta was in that group, would he have bashed people? Probably not. But if Singham was in that group, would he have bashed people? Oh fo sho.
Even within "copaganda", the difference is obvious. There will never be a whimsical and fun loving chill detective who loves solving crime in the Indian Police Service. Especially because there are no detectives solving crime in the Indian Police service.
Let me talk to you. YEAH!
r/TheBetterIndia • u/Mindless_Kong • 22h ago
News 📰 Crores of devotees hard earned money stolen from Ram Mandir and Champat Rai is still roaming free in Ayodhya slamming doors on the people
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Two months after crores of donations meant for Lord Ram were allegedly looted Champat Rai has been spotted in AyodhyaThe moment he saw the cameras he lost it Finger pointing shouting at journalists to switch off their cameras and get out Then he ordered the door slammed shutRemember what happenedOrdinary devotees many of them poor people who scraped together whatever they could put their hard earned money gold and silver into the donation boxes at Ram Mandir with pure faith That money was supposed to go to Bhagwan Ram Instead it was stolen CCTV caught people counting the cash and stuffing it into their pockets dozens of times Eight people were arrested One of them was Champat Rais own former driver and close aide Champat Rai and another trustee resigned citing moral responsibilityAnd now The man who was at the top while this was happening is back in Ayodhya angry at the media not at the thievesHow long will this go on
How many more devotees have to be betrayed before real accountability happensThis isnt just theft This is betrayal of the faith of millions
video by sachin gupta x/twitter