Kalam Gave You a Rocket. They Gave You a Remote Control.
Today is October 15. A boy from Rameswaram was born on this day in 1931. He sold newspapers. He built rockets. He became President. He asked the young to dream. Ninety-five years later, the nation remembers him. Every party posts his photo. Every IT cell types "Missile Man." Every leader says students are the future. Now look at what they do with the science he gave you. This week, Delhi streets filled with protest over voter rolls. Within hours, phones filled with fiction. Fake videos of police firing. False news of a leader injured. Police say around 500 misleading posts came down and four FIRs were filed. Then came the counter-strike. A news channel announced a Pakistani plot behind the protests. A fact-checker answered that one flagged account proves nothing about the opposition. Memes flew both ways. Nobody waited for evidence. Everybody picked a jersey. See the machine. One camp sells you fear: "They are shooting at the crowd." The other camp sells you a...
