NRI Prof. C. Ramakrishna Rao won the Nobel Prize in Statistics at the age of 102.

Truly an inspirational story: 

C. Radhakrishna Rao retired at the age of 60 and moved to the United States to live with his daughter and grandchildren.

There, at the age of 62, he became a professor of statistics at the University of Pittsburgh, and at 70, he became a department head at the University of Pennsylvania.

He obtained American citizenship at the age of 75.

At the age of 82, he received the National Medal of Science and an honour at the White House. Today, at the age of 102, he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Statistics.

The Government of India had previously honoured him with the Padma Bhushan (1968) and the Padma Vibhushan (2001). Rao says, "In India, no one cares about you after retirement. Even colleagues respect power rather than scholarship."

Receiving the Nobel Prize at the age of 102 while enjoying excellent health is perhaps a unique instance. It is an event we should always remember. Retirement does not mean becoming inactive. Life is about living with full enthusiasm until one's very last breath.

Truly a learning lesson.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos versus the NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Jeff Bezos thinks he's smart; Zohran Mamdani actually is smart.

One day after Jeff Bezos criticised New York’s school spending, Zohran Mamdani announced the city had recovered $9 million in unpaid fines from Amazon delivery trucks. 

Jeff believes he worked hard to earn his wealth, which shows just how delusional Jeff is.

Bezos donated $1m to Trump's campaign. Trump imposed tariffs, which the American citizens paid. Trump refunded tariffs—$600m to Bezos' Amazon. Bezos is currently quite wealthy and can easily afford the $9 million fines. Good on Mamdani for clawing back some of the people's money.

China is ahead of the United States of America in the infrastructure and technological development.

प्रतिष्ठित वुहान रेलवे स्टेशन चीन के बुनियादी ढांचे और तकनीकी प्रगति को प्रदर्शित करता है। इसमें देश का पहला स्टेशन है जहाँ उच्च गति वाली ट्रेनें सीधे मुख्य प्रतीक्षा क्षेत्र के नीचे चलती हैं। फुक्सिंग और हेक्सी बुलेट ट्रेनों की पंक्तियाँ प्रस्थान के लिए तैयार हैं, जो चीन की उन्नत रेलवे प्रणाली का प्रतीक हैं। "चीन चीन में निवेश कर रहा है" और आंतरिक निवेश पर जोर देता है। इसके विपरीत, the U.S. और भारत की रिपब्लिकन पार्टी और भारतीय जनता पार्टी अपने-अपने देशों को "लूट" रहे हैं।

 चीन ने 2025 में अपने व्यापार अधिशेष से एक ट्रिलियन डॉलर बचाए और इस राशि को अपने नागरिकों के कल्याण में निवेश किया। यह बताता है कि U.S. ने 9/11 के बाद से युद्धों पर $9 ट्रिलियन और पिछले तीन महीनों में ईरान पर बमबारी में $40 बिलियन खर्च किए हैं। संदेश इस बात पर प्रकाश डालता है कि चीन बुनियादी ढांचे और प्रौद्योगिकी में भारत और U.S.से बहुत आगे है, जो क्रमशः "प्रकाश वर्ष" और "एक सदी" आगे है।

The iconic Wuhan railway station showcases China's infrastructure and technological advancements. It has the first station in the country where high-speed trains run directly under the main waiting area. Rows of Fuxing and Hexi bullet trains are ready for departure, symbolizing China's advanced railway system.

The phrase "China is investing in China" emphasizes inward investment. On the contrary, the text criticises the U.S. and India, claiming that the Republican Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are "looting" their respective countries. China saved a trillion dollars from its trade surplus in 2025 and invested this amount in the welfare of its citizens. It says the U.S. has spent $9 trillion on wars since 9/11 and $40 billion bombing Iran in the past three months. The message highlights that China is far ahead of India and the U.S. in infrastructure and technology, which are "light years" and "a century" ahead, respectively.

Opposition parties failed to grab the student protest and unity.

The number of leaders of the peasant class among the youth of the Hindi belt is as follows: -Chandrashekhar Azad: He was the biggest leader of the Dalit youth of the Hindi belt, aka the Gobar belt of the country, but was left to find his place within the sponsored cockroach movement. 

Hanuman Beniwal: The biggest farmer of the Hindi belt comes from the community; it is very popular among the youth, but they were also looking for a place among the cockroaches instead of making a big movement together with their CC class. Rajkumar Roat: The biggest leaders of Bhil Pradesh spread across three states; the youth coming from the tribal class and those who had to become the loudest voice of the tribal class in the Hindi belt were not seen anywhere in the scene. 

Abhay Singh Chautala: Although his father had allowed the RSS to enter Haryana, the whole family is being punished for it, but at present there is little credibility left in Haryana. 

Akhilesh Yadav: There is a good hold in the main cow dung belt of UP-Bihar; there is no plan of action to fight the problems across the country. Just parallel to the movement of the cockroaches, the red cap was worn in Parliament and Lutyens's. 

Rahul Gandhi: The biggest opposition party. They raised the issue of the paper leak. The cockroaches came and could not decide whether to support or stick to their plan! The leadership was empty when lifting Sona Wangchuk but could not do anything. King Harishchandra remained in front of the group of rascals! 

South India, as always, remained silent on the cow-dung-belt furore. The silence of the South is extremely worrying. In the age of social media, negligible participation forces one to think. The so-called farmer leaders of the Gobar belt, Dalit leaders, tribal leaders, etc. continued to act as tools of the agenda this time as well and managed to marginalize their class. The youth of Gobar Patti who think that my leader is a lion, look at this picture! Source: Prem Singh Siyag.

The UCC and Char community in Assam

My article with Dr Ashraful on the UCC and the minority community in the Char areas of Assam was published in Forward Press. Without improving the socio-economic status of the Char community, the UCC will not be significant. There were already a couple of laws regarding social issues such as child marriage, polygamy, dowry, and others that existed in Assam. Still, the UCC was brought to appease core voters, not for the welfare of the minority. 

असम के चार क्षेत्रों में यूसीसी और अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय पर डॉ. अशरफुल के साथ मेरा लेख फॉरवर्ड प्रेस में प्रकाशित हुआ था। चार समुदाय की सामाजिक-आर्थिक स्थिति में सुधार किए बिना, यूसीसी महत्वपूर्ण नहीं होगा। असम में बाल विवाह, बहुविवाह, दहेज और अन्य सामाजिक मुद्दों के संबंध में पहले से ही कुछ कानून मौजूद थे। फिर भी, यूसीसी को मुख्य मतदाताओं को खुश करने के लिए लाया गया था, न कि अल्पसंख्यकों के कल्याण के लिए। 

https://www.forwardpress.in/2026/07/assam-uniform-civil-code-and-muslim-women-of-the-char-areas/

Five Judges are elevated to the Supreme Court of India

Journalist and legal commentator Abhinav Sekhri has criticised the Supreme Court Collegium over recent judicial appointments, alleging that fiercely independent and upright judges are consistently being overlooked for the country’s highest constitutional court.
Referring to the proposed elevation of five judges to the Supreme Court, Sekhri said that some judges had superseded their seniors, while judges known for their integrity and independence, including Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Atul Sreedharan, lacked institutional backing within the Collegium.
He argued that the judiciary was being weakened through “silence, compromise, opacity” and the “normalisation of mediocrity over brilliance and integrity." Sekhri also warned that if the erosion of institutional credibility continued, people could begin losing faith in the legitimacy of the judicial system itself.
The remarks come amid growing public debate around judicial appointments, transparency in the Collegium system, and concerns over the independence of constitutional institutions. Source: The Jamia Times.

Assam Assembly Elections -2026

News| In the 2026 Assembly election in Assam, delimitation, AI propaganda, and communal rhetoric combined to structurally disadvantage Muslim voters. But the community’s own electoral choices complicated the picture.

https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/assam-delimitation-bjp-muslim-vote-strategy/article70908040.ece