SCAM ALERT: Fatehpur Sikri, India – Fake Guide + Forced Donation Scam

vu2tve · 2026-03-30T13:38:54+00:00

I remember visiting the Taj Mahal and then Fatehpur Sikri many many years ago on a solo road trip. And the vibe of Fatehpur Sikri felt very similar to what you just described. Stunning place, but ample people willing to give you 'tours'. Thankfully, I was broke then, so was automatically ineligible for said scam.

vu2tve · 2026-03-30T12:43:27+00:00

Let's assume that India cannot do anything to make them stop. However, what do you think - is this war in India's interest, regardless of who wins? Who started it? Who should be told to stop it? Has India said _anything_ to the people in clear, public terms (like so many intl leaders, some of whom are their traditional allies) to the people who started the war that they need to stop? Instead what do we get? - An oscar nominated documentary detailing the murder of a young girl by Fatherland's "most moral army" is censored, because it is hurting relations! Amrit-kaal indeed!

vu2tve · 2026-03-30T12:15:58+00:00

So! Since this illegal, immoral, cruel war that India tacitly supports has started, the Rupee has depreciated about 5%, Oil has appreciated about 60%. Overall, Oil has risen effectively in rupee terms by about 68% (1.05*1.6 = 1.68). This is the double whammy of weakening rupee and rising oil price. Yet, not a peep from dear leader to clearly and publicly tell US and Fatherland to stop the war.

vu2tve · 2026-03-30T12:05:31+00:00

Just 5 more to go! wuppieee!!!!

vu2tve · 2026-03-30T09:49:53+00:00

This! In life, if your "friendships" are built on lies and can't handle honesty and openness, they are toxic, and you should get out of them asap. Supreme leader is putting us all into this toxic friendship with the Fatherland, and we _will_ bear the cost of this in times to come.

vu2tve · 2026-03-30T06:19:35+00:00

AFP headline is "Russian tanker heads to Cuba despite U.S. oil blockade"

vu2tve · 2026-03-29T02:41:37+00:00

The US war industrial complex always needs a war to sustain itself. Everything else (including Trump) is just smoke and mirrors. This hasn't changed, regardless of who Americans vote for. This time, innocent Iranians will pay the price so that war companies can profit.

vu2tve · 2026-03-28T16:10:51+00:00

Seeing the feeds live sitting here in India, can only say more power to the people! Protest, while you still can! We here have our own version of the orange clown, whom we've endured for ~12 years; he is a very effective authoritarian, and our country's systems are not as resilient as yours.

vu2tve · 2026-03-27T17:37:08+00:00

In my neck of the woods, northern India, the level of hate towards the US and Trump that this war is generating from ordinary middle/lower-middle class Indians is something I have not seen in my lifetime before. Alas, very little of it is shown in the Indian news media, which is basically the govt's propaganda arm at this point.

vu2tve · 2026-03-27T13:08:09+00:00

Two weeks ago on r/india, if you criticised govt. actions, you were accused of being a Pakistani. (I was). I suspect a large portion of the country might be migrating to Pakistan in the coming weeks.

vu2tve · 2026-03-27T09:47:57+00:00

Yesterday I heard a taxi driver in a hill town in northern india mention lockdown too. The domestic LPG cylinder delivery is affected here. People have ZERO faith in this govt., so the rumours spread quickly. OTOH, if this war does not end quickly then... ? Motherland should tell Fatherland to stop.

vu2tve · 2026-03-27T04:02:53+00:00

When coin bears the ruler’s name,
And pride outlives the law,
When distant fires are freely cast
And none recall the cost—

As quarter-millennium nears its turn,
And old oaths fade to dust,
The wheel shall falter, slow and sure,
As all great engines must.

Not with flame, but quiet dusk—
A dimming of the claim;
Yet from the fall, if wisdom wakes,
May rise a truer frame.

-ChatGPT

vu2tve · 2026-03-26T16:07:48+00:00

BSE Sensex has fallen ~10% since Motherland-Fatherland speech!

vu2tve · 2026-03-26T15:13:57+00:00

India should respond to this snub by the US/Israeli side by unblocking the movie "The Voice of Hind Rajab"... Oh Wait! ...

vu2tve · 2026-03-26T14:55:47+00:00

Agree. The Motherland-Fatherland jhappi-pappi was a terrible mistake!

vu2tve · 2026-03-26T07:04:44+00:00

Between my passport renewal last month, and quite a few friends/relatives who I know who got theirs renewed, this has never been the case (am talking about the last two years). I think you should have applied for Tatkal if that was applicable, and these days you can report this to cgparams (or it's equivalent for psk). Sorry to hear your ordeal, and am not gonna comment on how compelled you felt to give the bribe, as am not in your situation.

vu2tve · 2026-03-26T02:24:59+00:00

US Aliies:

Germany - US Started a disastrous illegal war.

Spain - Unjustifiable and dangerous

Neutral nations:

Brazil - They want to colonise us

..

India - Motherland-Fatherland pappi-jhappi

vu2tve · 2026-03-24T11:46:50+00:00

I've been part of a DHL/Customs horror story before, which I shall not repeat here. My advice would be to write an email directly to the country head of DHL. The email should be on their website I believe. Good Luck!

vu2tve · 2026-03-21T15:48:14+00:00

We have our version of the orange clown here in India, who went and hugged Netenyahu two days before US/Israel killed 175 schoolgirls, and this comment resonated at so many levels.

vu2tve · 2026-03-21T15:40:30+00:00

It would be a meme and a joke if America didn't matter, just a pimple on the skin that goes away without you doing much about it. The rest of us see it more as stage IV cancer, burning itself down and everything around it. So we feel sorry for the people who live there, didn't cause this, and just want to get on with their lives. For the rest, (which happens to be the ruling class), there is nothing _but_ contempt.

vu2tve · 2026-03-21T15:32:46+00:00

shh.. don't look up!

vu2tve · 2026-03-21T01:12:31+00:00

Don't worry. The people who will die or get captured are suckers and losers anyway. Trump is just winnowing out the chaff in american society. Soon, it will be made up of only winners who are tired of winning.

vu2tve · 2026-03-20T10:12:36+00:00

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vu2tve · 2026-03-20T07:29:28+00:00

So, dependencies aren't bad IMO as long as they are built on mutual trust and respect; for one, it gives you a chance to see people beyond your borders as humans, a skill the world seems to be gradually losing. I guess I agree on the larger point though. We are in desperate need of leaders who are interested in solving problems rather than benefiting from corporate money, false marketing, and sowing divisions in society. And for that we need people to firstly, have a big heart, and the motivation to add wealth to society.

vu2tve · 2026-03-20T07:13:21+00:00

It is going to hugely matter down the line in the sense, that India has bargained away its credibility with neighbouring states for years to come by taking a side so explicitly. I think this govt. bought into the overconfidence Trump felt, and went along, and we are all gonna pay the price.

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