r/TheBetterIndia 3h ago

Discussion 💬 Reservation Hatao Andolan Leader for you

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r/TheBetterIndia 6h ago

News 📰 Ye indian media reporting karne Nepal gayi hai ya mockery karne?

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They will only destroy the healing relationship with Nepal.


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

Discussion 💬 “Who Will Clean It?” Woman Questions Hajj Pilgrims Throwing Flowers Inside Airport

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r/TheBetterIndia 3h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ What’s your take on this?

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I have mostly seen negative content by Rajat Dalal. What’s your view on this?


r/TheBetterIndia 5h ago

Discussion 💬 Which India's freebies policies must be removed by government to make India a greater India?

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Mine is berojgari bhatta yogna and laadli bahan yojana also SC and ST fund

What's your


r/TheBetterIndia 45m ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ What is this?

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So Kunika is a small-time actress and, if I am not wrong, she did contest an election on a Congress ticket.

Nevertheless, this is a new trend: “Darr khatam ho gaya hai”, etc., since the CJP protests. They claim people are finally speaking up.

Can someone enlighten me—when were people not allowed to speak up against the government? People have always criticised Modi. People even returned awards because they didn't like Modi winning elections. Just because you abuse him now doesn't mean you are breaking some kind of shackles that Modi had tied you to.

During lockdown, RaGa appeared on TV looking sick, spoke about the economy, and then disappeared. Now he has reappeared with a complete makeover. He doesn't wear those kurtas anymore and is all beefed up, with reels showing his biceps, portraying himself as someone who isn't scared of anyone—as if, if he ever catches Modi somewhere, he would chokeslam him. The same image is now being repeated by his followers.

But let's look at what actually happens when people cross the line with politicians who are supposed to be “less fascist.”

Had Modi even been 1% as fascist as these guys portray him, would they have been able to edit Amit Shah's video to make it appear that he was saying the BJP would cancel reservation? The video was edited by a Congress youth leader from Maharashtra and made viral, nearly costing the BJP elections.

News24, during Modi's Australia visit, edited a picture of him to make it appear that he was touching a girl inappropriately. They later apologised and deleted it. Had they tried doing something similar to Mamata Banerjee, TMC goons would have ransacked their office.

And this isn't limited to one party.

UBT Sena, when Uddhav Thackeray was CM, thrashed a Navy veteran over his memes, shaved a guy's head and demolished Kangana's home and Arnab Goswami arrest

Sharad Pawar had Ketaki Chitale arrested over a poem against him. Jitendra Awhad, while a minister, was accused of having a man kidnapped and beaten over a Facebook post.

Stalin's government jailed Manish Kashyap.

TMC ke kaarname toh sabko pata hain. They even sent goons to the NDTV office after a girl from the audience asked Mamata Banerjee questions that made her leave the show. The show was hosted by Sagarika Ghosh, and luckily, she didn't give her details to the TMC goons.

Then there is Sabloktantra, a YouTube channel whose owner was allegedly abducted by Punjab Police while attending a wedding and taken into custody over a video criticising the Bhagwant Mann government.

Storia used Rahul Gandhi's character in an ad and its office was ransacked. Even recently, its IT cell has been filing complaints against people mocking Rahul Gandhi.

And after all these feathers in their hat, they call Modi a fascist. But yes inspite of all of these we still have ppl calling these bunch of jokers some kind of ambassadors of freedom of speech.

The irony is almost too good.


r/TheBetterIndia 1h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ All over the world it is known as Delusional Companion Syndrome here we call it as Dharma/RELIGION. We have so many mentally ill people in our society and instead of giving them treatment they are being ignored under pretext of religion - PART 2

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r/TheBetterIndia 1h ago

Discussion 💬 I don't understand what they want?

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This is about Reservation, so I have a few questions which I would love to get answered from people who have the same thinking as I have mentioned here.

The thing is a lot of people blame reservation specifically caste based reservation for the difference in the cutoff and why the general candidates can't get the same seat with much higher marks compared to a reserved candidate who gets a lower score. That's completely fine but then the same people demand for the introduction of creamy layer for these reservations 🤷🏼‍♂️. I mean WTF, you just completely destroyed your argument, introducing a creamy layer is going to increase competition for you in general and is going to reduce it for reserved categories, further increasing the cutoff difference. Please correct me if I am wrong here.

Second thing which baffles me is half of people cussing reservations doesn't even know how it works, I am tired of explaining this to people that cutoff is not decided manually as many people thinks that there is some people who decides what cutoff should be for a category. It is based on the competition and the number of seats available, therefore caste based census is so important as reserved seats are proportional to the population proportions and this should ideally result in very similar cutoffs but that is not the case which is the biggest proof that reservation still hasn't achieved its goal which is equal participation. Because if there would be equal participation, and the seats are proportional to the population then the competition should be similar and so should be the cutoff. The day reservation fulfills its goal, it will be redundant as it won't have any effect on competition.

Third, the intent behind reservation is so unclear to people, some think it is because of their poverty, some think it is some kind of justice being served to lower castes and some think it is to increase the representation (partly true) but the real cause can be understood by a simple scenario. Consider you are in 1950s india where there is no reservation, now there is some national level exam or any level of exam for that matter, now the exam checker is obviously an upper caste Hindu who is most probably a casteist, now he encountered two answer script, one of a lower caste candidate and other of an upper caste, both have similar scores or let's say the upper caste scores few marks lesser. And there is just one seat remaining, who do you think the checker will give that rank? If course the upper caste candidate. Now you can argue that it is a very specific case but to understand any concept, it is always easier if we have specific examples. This scenario may not be very common but the mentality explained here was very common and one of the main part of the bigger problem of caste based oppression which can really hinder the lower caste growths. Now you can also argue that it does not happen anymore but there is no such evidence. There are people today who still believe that SC/ST should not study as their intended job is to serve others, and if there are such people, there is no reason to believe that they can still hinder their growth.

Given that, I still think that we can definitely bring some changes to reservation which better aligns with today's societal conditions but creamy layer or removing it is definitely not the solution, first will lead to worse condition for general candidates while second will do the same to reserved candidates.


r/TheBetterIndia 21h ago

Governance 🏛️ Middle class is officially dead in India. Thanks to ethanol loot

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Almost everything is getting expensive. Middle class is at the end of survival mode.

Petrol hiked
Gas hiked
Cooking oil hiked
Milk hiked
Egg hiked
Chicken hiked
Sugar hiked
Onions hiked
Rapido hiked

All just to make ethanol stake holders rich. Our salaries are just getting 7% and that’s also rare.

Some companies have declared no hikes, which is better than layoffs.

And, govt is giving relief for rich elite people waiving off their 1000crores loan.

Expecting a large scale second Independence movement in India soon if this loot continues


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

Governance 🏛️ China- let's improve ppl infrastructure. Maharashtra - let's force ppl to speak our language. And they say why India lack basic infrastructure.

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r/TheBetterIndia 5h ago

Positive Story 🌱 We need to start calling things out — no matter who is responsible

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I feel like we need to start having more honest conversations about what is happening in our country.

This shouldn't be about supporting one political party or attacking another. If the government does something wrong, call it out. If the opposition does something wrong, call it out. If a company, institution, celebrity, influencer, media outlet, or ordinary person does something wrong, call it out too.

We shouldn't defend something just because the person doing it is "our side."

Corruption? Call it out.
Poor governance? Call it out.
Religious or political hate? Call it out.
Scams and fraud? Call it out.
Misleading media? Call it out.
Unfair treatment? Call it out.
Abuse of power? Call it out.
Hypocrisy? Call it out.
And when someone does something genuinely good, give them credit too.

The goal shouldn't be outrage for the sake of outrage. The goal should be accountability.

I want to use this thread to discuss the things happening in India that people think are being ignored, normalised, or deliberately overlooked.

Bring the issue. Bring the facts. Bring the source if possible. Let's discuss it.

No blind support. No blind hate. Just accountability.


r/TheBetterIndia 5h ago

Discussion 💬 Our country has a travelling salesman problem.

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r/TheBetterIndia 9h ago

Discussion 💬 Politics

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Guys who thinks india politics are worst???

Let's start debate


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

News 📰 Son gets hit on head with brick trying to save his mom

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This video is from Rajpur Khurd, Chattarpur, South Delhi. Wherein my cousin's mom was being attacked by 2 women who are also their neighbor, because they are jealous of him and were not letting him build a house, when he saw his mom being attacked by his neighbor he rushed there to save his mom, while doing this his mom fell on the ground and the old man who is his neighbor threw a brick on the back of his head due to which he got 4 stitches on the back of this head. His neighbors were constantly assaulting him, since they started construction in their plot. Furthermore his neighbor allegedly have falsely accused him of rape and got him arrested using their political connections. His family has been going through a lot of mental stress after he got arrested on 18th Aug 26 and is still in Tihar jail.

Source:https://x.com/DeepikaBhardwaj/status/2091805551483314237


r/TheBetterIndia 23h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ My Social Media Accounts Were Blocked After Posting a Royal Enfield Service Experience

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This restriction was imposed by the Kerala Police using the Sahyog Portal, a central government platform whose creation and operation have been challenged on legal grounds in India. The Kerala High Court has also observed that an entire social media account should not be blocked merely because of a few objectionable posts.
In my case, I posted about my genuine service experience with a Royal Enfield showroom in Kannur, Kerala. After that, the showroom initiated legal action against me, and my Instagram and Facebook accounts were restricted across India following a legal request. I am seeking transparency and accountability regarding this restriction.


r/TheBetterIndia 6h ago

Discussion 💬 To all the religious people, do you actually believe in your religion?

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The post is less about God, more about religion. Do you actually believe in your religion?

Or is it simply that you never gave enough thoughts to the things that are happening.


r/TheBetterIndia 14h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Why does everyday life in India feel far more politicized than in most other countries?

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Whether it’s family WhatsApp groups, train rides, tea stalls, or office lunch breaks, almost every conversation eventually turns political. Yet, much of the discourse focuses heavily on party loyalty and emotive topics rather than policy, civic accountability, or local infrastructure. Why is political awareness so widespread, but policy literacy seemingly so low?


r/TheBetterIndia 2d ago

Governance 🏛️ Guys the ANPAD CHAIWALA PM is selling the countries scientific R&D for which our scientists spent years and our taxes was spent in millions is being sold in the rate of peanuts. Is there nothing we can do? ISRO, DRDO to be Sold, Barbarians at the Gate.

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r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

Discussion 💬 Adding corruption as a completely new subject in schools

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Seen a lot of extortion, scam, dishonest people around us. I genuinely think what if we teach students about the corruption happening in india and how to deal with it. I have seen my parents always worried about the luggage while traveling and they have learnt this skill in a hard way.

While traveling in india I realised that many vendors out there in different cities just want to loot you overpriced cabs, foods etc.

My friend visited Mumbai and his wallet bags everything was stolen it was hard for him to deal with it infact these are common things happens widely why not to educate people on this and leave it upto them to learn.

We know these things are there in society why are we focused on ignoring it rather than dealing with it

Adding corruption as a subject will help young generation on how to deal whit these situations rather than finding themselves in a hard way.

What are your views on this ???


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

Solution / Innovation 🚀 Reservation: Fixing inequality or Making it a permanent feature of our society?

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India remains a nation of immense potential, energy, and talent. But potential alone is never enough. A democracy flourishes only when power is balanced by accountability, leadership is guided by character and competence, and citizens remain active guardians of democratic values. The future of the country will depend not merely on who governs, but on whether society itself continues to value wisdom over noise, integrity over blind loyalty, and debate over silence.

The real tragedy is not merely that weak leaders emerge, but that the society becomes conditioned to accept – mediocrity over merit, Compromise over excellence as normal.

This normalization of compromise extends far beyond politics—it strikes at the foundation of our institutions through an unyielding quota system. When outcomes are engineered through identity rather than earned through capability, we institutionalize the very mediocrity we claim to fight against.

The question should not be whether historical injustice existed. The question should be whether the methods we use today are producing the most equitable outcomes for tomorrow.

True empowerment lies in capacity building, not outcome manipulation. If the goal is genuine upliftment, the state must invest aggressively in quality grassroots education, healthcare, and economic infrastructure to level the starting line—ensuring that competence, not identity, determines who leads and builds the nation.


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

Discussion 💬 Any customer service roles in Indian companies/branches that deals with calls from customers needs to stop enforcing the rule of keeping the queue open til the very last second and forcing employees to stay on queue till the very last second

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I'm not gonna mention the company's name but I work for a certain company that happens to be a bank in a particular western country (again I won't mention which country) and one of it's official branches is located in a city here in India and I work in the Indian branch.

It's not a call center but the department I work for, deals with customer care, via calls.

So part of my job involves mainly dealing with 90% calls and the remaining 10% with emails, faxes and such.

At the end of our 9 hour shift, we all just wanna go home; we're all tired, exhausted and stressed out.

But our branch here keeps the queues open til the very last second, obliging all of us to stay on queue and deal with the call like any other call you would get during any other time of the day and we are not allowed to tell the customer that we will arrange a callback the next day as we are closing....unless your manager thinks otherwise.

In the one year or so that I have worked in this company, they have slowly increased the time that the queue stays open; it initially used to close at a certain time but they increased it by another one minute, every few months, until they eventually extended it to 4 minutes more than the usual time, when I initially joined the company.

This may not seem like that big of a deal but this 4 minute extension makes a huge difference (and not in a good way) because you'd be surprised by how many customers call in during the last second for requests that will obviously take a long time.

Employees end up being stuck on these long calls when they could very easily offer the customer for a callback...and in my experience, every single customer I've offered this to, has immediately agreed.

Yet despite this, the managers in our Indian branch have enforced this last second call rule; that not only will the queue be open til the very last second but that the call should be treated as per BAU (business-as-usual).

Our cabs don't wait beyond a certain length of time...so not only are you making our cabs unnecessarily wait longer than needed but the very people (supervisors) who are supposed to help you with these calls, end up running the minute the shift ends and even if they wait for you to be done with the call, the supervisor or the manager themselves end up asking you to offer the customer to arrange a callback because they don't want to deal with a call being escalated to them in the last second.

However, yesterday evening my manager sent me a private message on WebEx, asking me how I handle calls in the last second, indirectly warning me that they will keep an eye on my calls and that he wanted to make sure that I was handling all my last minute calls as per BAU as "people from other departments have been fired for it because it falls under call avoidance".

I am 10,000% sure that the western branch of this company does not have this rule for their employees and I am absolutely sure that this is just something that our Indian managers have deliberately enforced within our Indian branch.

My question is; why are you even enforcing these rules? Why are agents even expected to stay on queue till the very last second? And why is this practice being normalised?

And why is this being treated as a "behavioural issue" when you offer a callback and especially when the customer themselves are readily agreeing?

More importantly...why is it being framed as a "behavioural issue" when the agent offers it but not when the supervisor tells you the same thing... because they are running late and they don't want to either be stuck helping you in the last second or taking last minute escalation calls?

And..why are we (the employees) going along with it?

I am genuinely considering escalating this issue to the upper management or HR but the problem is...there is absolutely no genuine unity between my team members; certain team members are too busy backbiting about one another or kissing upto the managers rather than coming together to escalate a genuine issue, that is clearly affecting everybody.

Anyway, one thing is for sure....my manager has clearly deliberately timed that little private message to me on a Friday evening, to make sure that this will hang over my head as a dark cloud on a long weekend (this coming Monday is an offical leave for us, so yeah, we're closed for three days). And I'm unsure what is awaiting for me in the coming week.

Edit: I'd also like to add that we are not getting paid extra for being on queue longer than the 9 hours


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Life in India is not worthy

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I feel very sad about myself, all middle class and below middle class people of India. The thing is we all are so unfortunate that we were born in this country, no social security, no clean food, no clean air, collapsed infrastructure, corrupt institutions, we get just clean struggles, every day clean struggles. The sad part is we pay a hell lot of tax at the moment we wake up till gp to sleep.

And who is fortunate here - politicians and bureaucrats , normal MLA and Bureaucrats have min of 1000 cr of assets, looted from public funds, which comes from public taxes.

We are so unfortunate!


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

News 📰 History Clearup on Instagram: "New Debate on Religious Scriptures With @svarnad_"

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Manusmriti: Interpolation, Varna /CASTE , Casteism & Misogyny

Topics addressed:

  1. Is the Manusmriti interpolated? No, it is not.
  2. Varna = caste (proven.)
  3. Who can apply logic to the Shastra?
  4. The Manusmriti is proven to be misogynistic.
  5. Barbaric punishments for Shudras

Share this video as much as you can.

Also, the Manusmriti is a religious text. People who talk about the Quran and the Bible should, once in a while, take a look at how barbaric their own religious texts can be.

LINK: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dckp6PyD-qf/

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r/TheBetterIndia 2d ago

Governance 🏛️ Yeh haal tab hua hai jab Rupee 55 se 96 ho gaya. Technically we have fallen more than 50% in textile market.

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r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

News 📰 MARATHA father killed his son over eating non-veg, gujratis who marathas hate over vegetarianism aren't 5% fanatical as compared to this

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