Does India need Mahatma Gandhi in this era?

 The time of Mahatma is long over.

India today needs a leader like Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) who built Singapore with his hard work and gigantic vision.

He was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades.

• He is recognized as the nation's founding father.
• He eschewed populist policies in favor of pragmatic long-term social and economic measures.
• He promoted meritocracy and multi-racialism as governing principles.
• He brought discipline in the people of Singapore with strict laws and even stricter enforcement.

Singapore moved from the "third world to first world in a single generation" under his leadership.

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We need a leader like Lee Kuan Yew to take India forward now.

Source of pictures: Google Images

EDIT: Vinoth has shared an excellent video of LKY. I can’t help sharing it to let people know what he was.

Footnotes

[1] Lee Kuan Yew - Wikipedia

Who is the cutest actress in India?

 It would have been easier to answer ‘who is the most beautiful actress in India’ :D I’m all for celebration of feminine beauty at its finest. But ‘cute’ is another ball-game altogether.

A ‘cute’ actress would need to have some childish charm, a little innocence on her face and in her overall body language. So let’s see. Here’s my list in no particular order…

Nazriya Nazim

Samantha Akkineni

Trisha Krishnan

Hansika Motwani

Madirakshi Mundle

And her lookalike, Namitha Pramod

Alia Bhatt

Gayathri Suresh

And some from the yesteryears…

Divya Bharti

Sridevi

Mumtaz

Sharmila Tagore

Who introduced VFX in India?

 Ajay Devgun too deserves a mention.

VFX technique has changed a lot and it existed long ago. The first credit should go to movie Maya Bazaar which was made in Tamil and Telugu in 1957. The VFX work of the film was done by EFX under the supervision of Prasad. It was a fantasy mythological drama where main characters were of Lord Krishna and Gatotkacha where some portions were created but not under the name of VFX. It was also the first Telugu movie to be digitally remastered and colourised.

One more film with the same name Maya Bazaar was released in 2006 where the main CG work was animating Pushpak Vimana.The work involved 3D tracking and it was the legendary singer S. P. Balasubramanyam who was shot against blue matte at that time and later composited with the model of Pushpak Vimana.

The technology developed miles if we compare with Ra-One VFX work.

In between there has been developments in technology and glimpses can be seen in Haatimtai, Paatal Bhairavi, mythological movies, Mr. India (which was done by Peter Pereria ) and mainly called special effects.

Shankar used a lot of VFX in films like Jeans and his recent films. But you will be surprised to know Ajay Devgun has mentioned that first Bollywood movie to properly handle VFX was for the title song Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha shot on Remo Fernandes and Jasbinder Narula.

According to Ajay, he himself has shot the song and executed on CG. This was the first VFX ever done against a green screen in India and holds a mention in the Limca Book of Records trophy for the same.

So it's been a long journey having different versions and techniques but you have to give credit to Prasad, Maya Bazaar, (both films) Shankar and some creative minds who enhanced and improvised the technique to this magnum level.

Image(s) Courtesy: Google

What is India's longest local train?

 •You mean longest distance covering local train, then 13553/Asansol-Varanasi Jn Memu Express is the longest distance covering local train in India.

•It covers 480 km in 14 hours 50 minutes, connecting West Bengal, the Land of Black Diamonds, with Varanasi, a famous pilgrimage site in Uttar Pradesh.

•2nd longest distance Memu Train 63557/Barkakana Jn-Varanasi Memu | 453 km

⭐Other local trains in Indian railways long distance over 200–300 km, state wise:-

•Long distance local train in Tamilnadu:-

🔵56112/Tiruchirapalli-Villupuram Memu Via Ariyalur | 178 km

🔵66063/Chennai Beach–Tiruvannamalai MEMU via Katpadi Jn | 224 km

🔵16088/Salem-Arakkonam Jn Memu Express | 265 km

🔵16812/Salem-Mayiladuthurai Memu Express via Trichy | 281 km

•In Kerala

🔵66603/Ernakulam South-Kollam Memu Via Alleppey | 141 km

🔵66609/Palakkad Jn-Ernakulam South Memu | 149 km

🔵Ernakulam Junction-Kollam Memu Via Kottayam | 155 km

🔵66323/Kannur-Shoranur Junction (Palakkad ) Memu | 175 km

•Between Kerala & Tamilnadu:- 66306/Kollam-Kanyakumari Memu | 151 km

•Between Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh:- 🔵66069/Chennai Central Suburban-Tiruchanur Memu | 139 km

🔵16870/Villupuram-Tirupati Memu Express via Tiruvannamalai | 265 km

•Between Tamilnadu and Pondicherry:- 66051/Chennai Egmore-Pondicherry Memu | 195 km

•Between Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry:- 16111/Tirupati-Pondicherry Memu Express via Arakkonam, Kanchipuram | 287 km

•In Andhra Pradesh

🔵Narsapur-Vijayawada Memu | 138 km

🔵67274/Ongole-Vijayawada Memu | 138 km

🔵67247/Narsapur-Guntur Memu | 142 km

🔵 67262/Vijayawada-Rajamundry Memu | 149 km

🔵18028/Visakhapatnam Jn-Kakinada Memu Express | 164 km

🔵67260/ Bitragunta-Vijayawada Memu | 220 km

•In Karnataka

🔵Ksr Bengaluru-Ashokapuram Memu | 142 km

🔵Ksr Bengaluru-Kolar Memu Via Chikkaballapur | 158 km

🔵17347/Hubli-Chitradurga Memu Express | 224 km

🔵56911/Hubli-Guntakal Memu | 257 km

•Between Karnataka and Tamilnadu:-

Ksr Bengaluru-Jolarpettai Memu | 144 km

•Long distance local train between Karnataka and Goa:- 10108/Mangalore Central-Madgaon Jn Memu Express | 318 km

•Long distance train within Maharashtra:-

🔵71419/Pune-Satara Demu Express | 145 km

🔵Jalna-Nagarsol Demu | 153 km

🔵71421/Kurduwadi Jn-Miraj Jn Demu via Pandharpur,Dhalgaon | 189 km

🔵61101/Bhusawal-Badnera Memu | 218 km

🔵11113/Devlali-Bhusawal Memu Express | 262 km

🔵11119/Igatpuri-Bhusawal Memu Express | 307km

🔵11121/Bhusawal-Wardha Jn -Memu Express | 313 km

🔵11425/Pune Jn-Kolhapur Demu Express | 326 km

•long distance local train between Maharashtra and Gujarat

🔵Nandurbar-Surat Memu | 160 km

🔵Virar-Surat Memu | 207 km

🔵19101/Virar-Bharuch Memu Express | 266 km

🔵19106/Bhusawal-Udhna Jn (Surat) Memu | 330 km

•Between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra:-

🔵68715/Balaghat Jn-NSC Bose Itwari Memu | 175 km

🔵11116/Itarsi Jn-Bhusawal Memu Express | 306 km

•Long distance local train between Maharashtra and Telangana:- 77606/Hazur Sahib Nanded-Medchal Demu Express | 243 km

•In Madhya Pradesh:-

🔵Bhopal Jn-Bina Jn Memu | 138 km

🔵11601/Bina Jn-Katni Jn Memu Express | 262 km

•Between Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh:-

🔵68739/Shahdol-Bilaspur Memu | 193 km

🔵68749/Shahdol-Ambikapur Memu | 213 km

•In Chattisgarh:

🔵68737/Raigarh-Bilaspur Memu | 132 km

🔵68706/Dongargarh -Bilaspur Memu | 209 km

•Long distance Memu train between Delhi and Haryana:

🔵64465/New Delhi-Kurukshetra Memu Express via Sonipat Jn | 157 km

🔵14023/Delhi Jn-Kurukshetra Demu Express via Rohtak Jn | 247 km

🔵64461/Hazrat Nizamuddin-Kurukshetra Memu Express via Sonipat | 257 km

•Between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh:-

🔵 Delhi Jn-Saharanpur Memu | 164 km

🔵20411/Delhi Jn-Saharanpur Memu SF Express via Ghaziabad | 181 km

•Between Haryana and Rajasthan:- 14896/Hisar-Bikaner Demu Express | 307 km

•Long distance local train within Rajashthan:-

🔵74855/Bikaner-Ratangarh Demu | 137 km

🔵74831/Bikaner-Churu Demu | 179 km

🔵14896/Barmer-Bhagat ki Kothi Demu Express | 204 km

🔵76901/Ajmer-Gangapur City Demu | 293 km

•In Punjab:-
64552/Chhehartha (Amritsar)-Ludhiana Memu | 142 km

•Between Punjab and Haryana:-

🔵Nangal Dam-Ambala Cantt | 169 km

🔵74706/Jalandhar City Jn-Ambala Cantt Demu | 170 km

•Long distance train Between Haryana and Himachal Pradesh:- 74991/Ambala Cantt-Daulatpur Chowk Memu | 169 km

•Between Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand:- 64512/Amb Andaura-Haridwar Memu | 358 km

•Long distance train within Uttar Pradesh:-

🔵 Ayodhya Cantt-Prayagraj Sangam Memu | 154 km

🔵Pt.DD Upadhyaya Jn-Subedarganj Memu | 156 km

🔵64591/Subedarganj-Kanpur Memu | 190 km

🔵64565/Moradabad-Saharanpur Memu | 193 km

🔵65117/Ghazipur City-Prayagraj Jn Memu | 206 km

🔵11807/Jhansi-Agra Cantt Memu Express | 215 km

🔵65131/Mau Jn-Prayagraj Sangam Memu | 216 km

🔵Kanpur Central-Tundla Memu | 231 km

🔵13344/Shaktinagar-Varanasi Jn Memu Intercity Express | 233 km

🔵64702/Lucknow Charbagh-Jhansi Memu | 292 km

•Between Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan:-Idgah Agra-Bandikui Jn Memu | 148 km

•Long distance local train within West Bengal :-

🔵75719/Malda Court-Siliguri Demu -203 km

🔵18028/Asansol-Kharagpur Memu Express | 210 km

🔵75707/Radhikapur-Siliguri Demu | 217 km

🔵Sealdah-Lalgola MEMU | 227 km

🔵75714/Bamanhat Siliguri Demu-229 km

🔵13179/Sealdah-Siuri Memu Express | 248km

🔵68122/Howrah-Purulia Jn Memu | 282 km

•Long distance local train Between West Bengal and Jharkhand

🔵68011/Kharagpur-Tatanagar Memu | 133 km

🔵63592/Asansol-BokarovSteel city Memu | 137 km

🔵 68087/Bishnupur-Dhanbad Memu | 142 km

🔵68055/Asansol-Tatanagar Memu | 169 km

🔵63598/Asansol-Ranchi Memu | 199 km

🔵18304/ Howrah–Ghatsila MEMU | 212 km

🔵18019/Jhargham-Dhanbad Memu Express | 295 km

🔵63519//Bardhamman Jn-Bokaro Steel City Memu | 300 km

🔵18085/Kharagpur Ranchi Memu Express | 328km

13502/Bardhamman Jn-Hatia Memu Express | 348 km

🔵63141/Sealdah-Godda Memu | 364 km

•In Jharkhand:-Gua-Tatanagar Memu | 147 km

•Between Jharkhand and Odisha:- 68043/Tatanagar -Rourkela Memu | 163 km

•In Odisha:

🔵68411/Bhubaneswar-Brahmapur Memu | 166 km

🔵68408/Bhubaneswar-Baleshwar Memu | 205 km

🔵68419/Bhubaneswar-Palasa Memu | 240 km

•Long distance train between Bihar and West Bengal Bengal:- 75743/Katihar-Siliguri Demu | 203 km

•Between Assam and West Bengal:-75742/Dhubri-Siliguri Demu Intercity Express | 260 km

•Long Distance local Train within Bihar

🔵63312/Raxaul-Muzaffarpur Memu | 130 km

🔵 Saharsa Jn-Samastipur Memu | 136 km

🔵63303/Darbhanga-Raxaul Memu | 150 km

🔵15555/Patliputra-Bapudham Motihari Memu Express | 154 km

🔵Narkatiaganj-Muzaffarpur Memu | 160 km

🔵63301/Katihar-Barauni Memu | 180 km

🔵Patliputra-Darbhanga Memu | 206 km

🔵75215/Jaynagar-Raxaul Demu | 218 km

🔵63304/Samastipur-Katihar Memu | 231 km

🔵63306/Sonpur-Katihar Memu | 273 km

🔵 15525/Narkatiaganj-Danapur Memu Express | 318km

•Long distance train between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh:-

🔵63256/Gaya Jn-Pt.DD Upadhyaya Jn Memu | 205 km

🔵Patna Jn-Pt.DD Upadhyaya Jn Memu | 211 km

🔵63233/Patna-Varanasi Jn Memu | 229 km

•Between Bihar and Jharkhand:-63210/Patna Jn-Deoghar Memu | 227 km

•Between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh:- 13345/Varanasi-Singrauli Memu Intercity Express | 212 km

•Long distance Demu Trains in North Eastern States:-

🔵75730/Silighat Town-Guwahati Demu | 172 km

🔵75724/Guwahati-New Bongaigaon Demu | 182 km

🔵75769/Karimganj-Agartala Demu | 203 km

🔵75902/Ledo-Murkongselek Demu | 218 km

🔵75602/Tinsukia Jn-Lumding Demu Express | 336 km

•In Indian railways local trains refers to commuter local service Memu,Demu and EMU, not a long distance Express or Passenger train.

•Even though railway run few local trains under Express category as Memu/Demu Express with fewer stop, they still belong to the MEMU/DEMU category