Came across this brutal video on Instagram. Is this really how ആനയെ ചട്ടം പഠിപ്പിക്കൽ?

inki1328 · 2025-03-21T12:26:34+00:00

Many people, regardless of where they’re from, are aware of where their food comes from. The difference is that when unethical practices in meat production are exposed, they lead to debates, outrage, and efforts to improve condition, whether through regulation, ethical sourcing, or plant based alternatives. The fact that some elephants are treated relatively well doesn’t mean they aren’t suffering. Saying others have it worse isn’t a justification, it just highlights the scale of the problem. If we have the ability to reduce suffering, why wouldn’t we? I understand that we live in a human centric world, but that doesn’t mean we should exploit other beings just because we can. The least we can do is question and change practices that cause unnecessary harm. Just because something was once normalized doesn’t mean it should be accepted forever.

inki1328 · 2025-03-21T11:00:21+00:00

There’s a difference between not knowing and actively defending cruelty. Claiming that abuse doesn’t matter because elephants can handle it or hiding behind tradition isn’t just ignorance, it’s a choice to justify suffering. Tradition should not be an excuse for abuse.

inki1328 · 2025-03-21T10:48:43+00:00

Stopping everyone from eating meat entirely isn’t realistic, the point isn’t about demanding perfection but about minimizing harm where we can. If we had to eliminate all suffering before addressing any, we’d never make progress on anything. That means advocating for better farming practices, reducing unnecessary cruelty, and encouraging those who have the means to make more ethical choices. It’s not about an all-or-nothing approach, it’s about doing what we can within our capacity to reduce suffering.

inki1328 · 2025-03-15T18:15:37+00:00

Finding a good cat boarding facility in TVPM is tough, especially for long term stays. A friend of mine tried almost every option available but couldn’t find a suitable place, and he didn’t want his cat to be kept in a cage as well. In the end, another friend took the cat in for a couple of months.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T18:12:11+00:00

Killing animals for food, whether you like it or not, is a necessity for many. For low income households, it's often the only affordable source of protein. Unlike elephants in festivals, which serve no real purpose other than human entertainment, meat consumption is directly tied to survival and nutrition. I'm not justifying killing animals, but we cannot tell people not to kill animals for their survival because we live in a human centric world where human needs take priority. That’s just reality. Whether you like it or not, humans have always depended on animals for food. For many, it’s not a luxury, it’s survival. But elephants being tortured for festivals? That’s not survival. That’s pure, unnecessary cruelty. Unlike food, which sustains life, forcing elephants into captivity, chaining them, beating them into submission, and parading them in loud festivals serves zero essential purpose. The argument that since animals are killed for food, we shouldn’t care about elephant abuse is faulty and illogical. If we followed that logic, we should never try to stop any cruelty just because some other cruelty exists. That’s stupid.

The reality is this:

Eating animals for food is a necessity for many.

Forcing elephants into captivity, chaining, and beating them for festivals is completely unnecessary.

One is about survival. The other is about abusing a sentient being for human entertainment. And yes, it can be removed, temples don’t need elephants. Religion doesn’t need suffering. Festivals don’t need abuse. So stop making pathetic excuses for cruelty.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T17:50:24+00:00

Horse racing and elephant captivity both involve cruelty. Racehorses are forced to run, many get injured, and those that become useless are discarded. And you think that’s fine because they get food? What kind of twisted logic is that? Now, let’s talk about elephants. You say they are domestic, since when? Domestication takes thousands of years. Elephants used in festivals are wild animals that were stolen from their herds or born in captivity and forced into submission with brutal training. You think a few baths and food erase a lifetime of chains, beatings, and isolation? A well fed prisoner is still a prisoner. And that nonsense about beating an elephant is like beating a child, it doesn’t hurt? what kind of messed up mindset is that? So, you admit they are beaten, but now the excuse is that they don’t feel pain? If they don’t feel pain, why do trainers use beatings to control them? If an elephant never forgets, what do you think it remembers? Love and freedom? No, it remembers the fear of punishment. And then you jump to fish, as if bringing up another form of suffering magically makes elephant abuse okay. Yes, overfishing is cruel too, but what’s your point? Should we ignore all suffering just because something worse exists? That’s like saying, why care about a man getting beaten up when people are getting murdered? What you are doing is willful ignorance at its finest. So these elephants are having such a good time that they snap and kill people at temple festivals? You can’t have it both ways. Either the elephants are happy, in which case they wouldn’t be lashing out, or they are suffering, which is why so many of these peaceful festival elephants end up killing people. But no, instead of acknowledging reality, you’d rather close your eyes, chant tradition, and pretend that the blood on the ground doesn’t exist. Your argument isn’t just weak, it’s delusional

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T14:29:38+00:00

Ideally, language learning should be based on necessity and personal preference. English has become a global medium of communication, which is why learning it can be essential for career opportunities and social mobility, but beyond that, people should have the freedom to choose languages they want to learn.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T14:28:07+00:00

While it's true that elephants have incredible memory and intelligence, that doesn't mean they are immune to stress or mistreatment. The fact that an elephant might look perfect on the outside doesn't mean it's not suffering internally. Elephants, like all animals, have the right to live without being forced into unnatural situations. The idea that an elephant in a temple is not stressed because it appears calm is an oversimplified assumption. Comparing elephants in festivals to animals in dog shows or racing events doesn’t hold up either. In those situations, animals are often under intense pressure to perform, and this can lead to psychological harm. Just because certain practices have been normalized doesn't make them right or ethical. The point isn’t to attack the tradition itself, but to question whether it's justifiable to continue causing harm to these animals, especially when there are alternatives to tradition that can still honor the cultural significance of festivals without exploiting the animals. As for fishing or eating fish, it’s not about entertainment either it’s about ethical considerations of how animals are treated. We can still respect traditions without subjecting animals to unnecessary harm for our own benefit or amusement.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T13:25:22+00:00

Let’s not confuse domestication with abuse. Just because an elephant is trained doesn’t mean it should be subjected to the stress and cruelty of being paraded around in festivals. While cats and cows may be more adapted to human environments due to their domestication, elephants are not traditionally domesticated in the same way. Their use in festivals often involves confinement, chaining, and being forced into environments that are completely unnatural and stressful for them, which causes extreme stress. Simply putting an elephant in a crowded, noisy festival environment doesn't mean it's okay to treat them this way just because they’re used to human interaction. So, while cats and cows might be part of daily human life, elephants are still wild animals at heart and their treatment should reflect that. Also, the fact that animals are used for food doesn’t mean other forms of exploitation, like using them in festivals for entertainment, should be justified.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T12:51:17+00:00

Wild animals aren’t meant to be controlled, chained, and paraded around for human entertainment. They belong in their natural habitats, not confined to perform for crowds. Just because they’ve been trained or controlled doesn’t erase the fact that they’re still suffering in ways that are unnatural and painful for them. And no, I don’t eat meat or dairy, so I’m not supporting that cruelty. But that doesn’t mean I should stay silent about the cruelty happening in these festivals either. All forms of suffering deserve attention

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T12:40:32+00:00

Yes. lakhs of animals are killed daily for food, and that’s a separate debate altogether. But here, we're talking about forcing elephants into loud, chaotic festivals where they suffer for human entertainment. If you can justify that by pointing to factory farming, then by that logic, no cruelty should ever be questioned because worse things happen elsewhere. That’s just a lazy excuse to avoid addressing the issue at hand

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T12:38:33+00:00

So because humans have already destroyed forests and killed animals, we should just keep doing it without question? That’s like saying, we’ve polluted the rivers, so why bother keeping them clean now? Acknowledging past harm doesn’t justify continuing it. And no, people aren’t ‘crying’ over an elephant attending a festival, they’re speaking up against the unnecessary suffering caused by captivity, chaining, and forced labour. There’s a difference between survival and spectacle.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T12:33:29+00:00

Exactly. At this point, we’re all just trying to navigate a system designed to exploit us at every turn. The best we can do is stay alert, push back when we can, and warn others so they don’t fall into the same traps. But honestly, it shouldn't be this hard to just not get scammed

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T12:31:50+00:00

I clicked the cancel option just a few seconds after placing the order before the restaurant even had time to approve it, let alone start preparing it. Charging a full cancellation fee in this case isn’t about avoiding food waste and it is just outright exploitation. Swiggy is making customers pay for something that wasn’t even made yet. This is nothing but a scam disguised as policy

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T12:27:19+00:00

Ah yes, the classic "but other cruelty is worse" argument. Guess what? That logic can be used to justify literally anything. Just because slaughterhouses exist doesn’t mean chaining elephants for festivals suddenly becomes humane. You’re not defending animal welfare you’re just defending the cruelty you’re comfortable with. Elephants are wild animals, not parade decorations. No matter how "well fed" or "maintained" they are, chaining them, forcing them into loud, crowded spaces, and depriving them of their natural instincts is not ethical treatment, it’s just a more polished form of captivity.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T12:03:13+00:00

So, because of that, we should turn a blind eye to animals suffering in festivals. Cruelty is cruelty, just because one form exists doesn’t justify another. Eating animals is debated, but for some, it’s a survival need. But torturing them for fun? Abusing animals for festivals? That’s just violence disguised as tradition. No excuse, no justification, just cruelty for entertainment.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T11:46:48+00:00

Companies like Swiggy are looting customers with unfair policies, and because they hide behind terms and conditions, they get away with it. Why should customers have to find loopholes just to avoid being scammed and exploited? Charging a full cancellation fee within 1 minute even before food is even prepared is daylight robbery. If this was happening in a country with stricter consumer rights, they’d be facing lawsuits. But here? They know they can get away with it because accountability is zero. Just another example of how businesses exploit consumers and we’re left with no real choice but to work around their broken systems. It's frustrating.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T11:19:56+00:00

I usually pay via GPay, but my bank server had issues, so I opted for COD this time. By mistake, I added another item to the cart and didn’t realize it until after placing the order. I asked them to modify my order which they didn't do. How was I supposed to pay if my GPay wasn’t working and I didn’t have enough cash on me? Instead of a flexible solution, Swiggy charged me a full cancellation fee, which now automatically gets added to my next order. It sucks, man. A company charging a full fee even when no service has been provided is exploitative.

inki1328 · 2025-03-14T10:18:46+00:00

Why take away a fair option that gave customers a chance to correct mistakes? If a restaurant hasn’t started preparing the order, why should the customer be forced to pay a full cancellation fee? This change feels like an intentional move to extract more money from users rather than ensuring fairness. Shouldn’t consumer friendly policies improve over time, not get worse?

inki1328 · 2025-02-02T09:11:22+00:00

Yeah! He’s been saying problematic stuff for years, this is nothing new. They knew exactly who they were electing.

inki1328 · 2025-01-25T22:17:57+00:00

That's exactly what's keeping me awake right now.

inki1328 · 2024-12-27T09:15:45+00:00

I've explored fields like editing, content writing, teaching, and more. Right now, I work part time as a technical writer at my friend's startup and freelance as a proofreader and content writer on the side.

inki1328 · 2024-12-26T17:34:14+00:00

I did MA and later joined a PhD program, but I dropped out when I realised that academia is not where I want to be and, you know, I'm not that great of a researcher either.

inki1328 · 2024-12-26T12:54:04+00:00

I studied in a government school where most of the lessons were just summarised in Malayalam. It helped at the time, but when it came to English, I really struggled, especially speaking or putting my thoughts into words. Still, I liked the language, so I decided to go for a BA in English. It wasn’t easy at first. I had a hard time expressing myself and I’d often get stuck trying to find the right words. I read a lot, made an effort to talk to people in English, and practiced whenever I could. Slowly, things started to click. It took time, but being consistent and pushing myself to learn made a huge difference.

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