Shekhar Dutt
@DuttShekhar • 65,003 subscribers
A teacher, creating single digit UPSC ranks.. On Twitter: trying to speak my mind beyond UPSC
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This is so deeply tragic… This shall never happen to anyone, anywhere 🙏 There was a girl named Laiba Twenty-two years old. A gold medalist in Physics She wanted to go to Harvard for her Master’s Her father sold milk from a motorcycle They lived in a rented flat She just wanted to study hard and lift them out of it A consultant told her he could get her into Harvard with a scholarship He asked for around seventy lakh rupees Her father sold their only piece of land Her mother pawned her jewellery The papers came She smiled Then she checked with the university herself Everything was fake She sent one last message to her maama: “Don’t tell Papa. It will kill him” After that, she left home… and never came back To me, this isn’t just Laiba’s story This is every middle class family that empties its savings for a child’s dream The same dream we see in our own homes, the coaching classes, the agents promising foreign degrees, the quiet hope that one child will change everything What the government can do: License education consultants properly Blacklist the ones who forge documents Run simple, loud campaigns so families know the red flags before they pay What families can do: Never hand over large amounts of money first Always verify the admission letter yourself with the university’s official contact If an agent says “don’t speak to the university,” walk away immediately What universities can do: Teach students the red flags early Help them verify documents Don’t leave them alone with agents Laiba was a gold medalist Her family stood behind her with everything they had She never imagined the papers could be fake Right now, somewhere, another girl is studying late Somewhere, another father is thinking of selling land If we only say “what a tragedy” and move on… the next name will be someone else’s Verify And don’t leave each other alone with these dreams No dream is worth a life 🙏
Shekhar Dutt371,817 views • 7 days ago
Mark My Words: 3 Big Twists in Indian Politics Are Coming! Remember how the slogan “Chowkidar Chor Hai” failed to gain lasting traction And it was effectively countered by the ruling party But the growing “Vote Chori” controversy appears to be unfolding differently Following the Opposition’s march to the Supreme Court, I anticipate three major developments: Legal: The Election Commission could face tough judicial scrutiny over nearly 13 crore voter-roll deletions, with SIR and earlier decisions potentially coming under review Political: Wider protests, growing Opposition mobilisation and fresh challenges for the ruling party Institutional: A deeper crisis of public trust in the Election Commission, raising questions that go beyond party politics But one question could change the entire debate: Who should bear the responsibility of proving voter eligibility, the citizen or the Election Commission? These are predictions, not confirmed outcomes And always remember that the deletion figures alone do not establish electoral fraud What do you think is going to happen Let me know 🙏 #VoteChori #ElectionCommission #SupremeCourt #RahulGandhi IndianPolitics SIR
Shekhar Dutt253,889 views • 6 days ago
The intense online hate campaigns against India’s 2036 Olympics ambition is mind boggling 🤯 It aims at broader negative portrayals of India Replies and related posts themselves include explicit racial abuse (“poopjeet”, “filthy India”, “street shitter”) AI memes of polluted water and garbage and claims that India is inherently incapable of hosting major events I find it absolutely like a wave of racist derogatory comments and stereotypes rather than focused policy critique Even Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) analysis found anti-Indian content on X tripled in 2025, with over 24,000 posts generating more than 300 million views The reasons found being US immigration debates (especially H-1B visas, which Indians dominate) The thing to notice is that a small number of accounts drove a disproportionate share of engagement Similar patterns appear in reports on anti-India rhetoric tied to economic anxiety, diaspora success in tech and even political rhetoric This is deeply rooted in older colonial imagery or selective highlighting of remaining problems in a country of 1.4 billion The worst part is that social media rewards and scale it Because social media dynamics are increasingly known to amplify outrage, memes and fringe voices far beyond their actual prevalence Yes, a smaller share of certain substantive concerns like: - air quality in candidate cities - past event-management issues - costs of hosting - doping rates - Olympic medal performance get overshadowed or weaponised by the racist framing To me, volume and tone indicate that a meaningful portion of the “immense hate” is prejudice and network-driven amplification rather than a dispassionate reading of India’s progress or readiness Legitimate scrutiny of any Olympic bid should exist BUT the form much of the online reaction takes does not 🙏🙏
Shekhar Dutt154,112 views • 6 days ago
I explain why this BRICS meet will REDEFINE INDIA and the entire non-western world 🙌
Shekhar Dutt549,267 views • 1 month ago
Is This Rahul Gandhi’s 2014 Moment ? Is it the same BJP’s old playbook which now Rahul’s learning it’s moves from ? I share 5 similarities on how Rahul Gandhi borrowing BJP’s pre-2014 playbook His Delhi protest against the Election Commission and “vote chori” allegations raise a bigger question Do you think Rahul Gandhi can do a 2014 ? #RahulGandhi #DelhiProtest #ElectionCommission #BJP #IndianPolitics
Shekhar Dutt116,223 views • 12 days ago
Why Machhar, Hathi, Ghoda as Surname ? I explain the Sociology of it 🙏
Shekhar Dutt104,613 views • 15 days ago
I try to explain how Our most important institution, the protector of our democracy, the election commission of India might be compromised That it is not acting as a Commission.. And is acting like a one man agency But after this we all need to ask if we are still a democracy? And, most importantly Can we win it back ?
Shekhar Dutt129,492 views • 25 days ago
Bittu Tabahi haar gaya.. and congratulations guys, we defeated him.. our society defeated him… our useless system defeated him… but he says, he’ll start again… he’ll clean up the river again… can we at least put some pressure on authorities to (at least) preserve what he has achieved 😖
Shekhar Dutt24,469 views • 4 days ago
Are we lenient towards Americans ? Because a Delhi Court Has Allowed Foreigners in Myanmar Case One-Month Family Travel The seven foreigners, arrested in March 2026 for allegedly entering India on tourist visas, slipping into Myanmar without permits and training ethnic groups in drone warfare at Camp Victoria, received default bail when the NIA’s September chargesheet stuck to immigration violations under the Immigration and Foreigners Act The NIA court in Delhi released their passports and modified bail terms They have been allowed to travel to the US and Ukraine to see relatives, provided they share foreign addresses, contacts, and return to India after 30 days While the broader probe into possible terror links continues, it’s worth asking if they come back and whether India was used as an arms route
Shekhar Dutt94,656 views • 23 days ago
