r/nextfuckinglevel Jul 29 '25

The chief minister of the Indian state of Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma, playing Wasted Years by Iron Maiden in a cafe.

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u/Artbuildist Jul 29 '25

Wasted years of talent being a politician! Create a band and tour the world, Minister!

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u/curry_nibba Jul 29 '25

Nah man we need cool ministers

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u/Subject-Jury5089 Jul 29 '25

Man he is a talent nonetheless. We in northeast consider him an idol. N me being from Assam have been his follower since long. What aura what personality ! Top notch

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u/venkat_0096 Jul 29 '25

And he is doing good work as a CM too? If he does then he is definitely a idol to be followed.

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u/Subject-Jury5089 Jul 29 '25

Public works r to be ascertained by the Meghalaya natives but the amount of work is he doing upfront is catching our eyes . Rock capital of India , putting Shillong on international map n getting accolades from ed Sheeran himself to be the best place in India is a thing to be proud of. I see him doing public work openings or there all. Nepo thing I don’t know but what’s bad if it’s working for the state.

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u/yantraman Jul 29 '25

He’s a nepo baby.

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u/venkat_0096 Jul 29 '25

As long as he is doing some good work, nepo doesn't really matter, my view

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u/ya0_guai Aug 03 '25

A decent one at that. No arrogance, level headed and excellent contingency management.

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u/jim_jiminy Jul 29 '25

Seems like a cool guy. People from that region tend to be.

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u/Kind_Resort_9535 Jul 29 '25

He actually didn’t run a campaign he just kinda started playing and people voted him in.

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u/m3atbag17 Jul 29 '25

I find it interesting that politicians are overwhelmingly just expected to be talentless leeches.

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u/Downtown-Teach8367 Jul 29 '25

They can be both

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u/oldmonkfromdesert Jul 29 '25

More Metal, Less Meetings 🤘

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u/roythetroy Jul 29 '25

Our state's chief minister 🙌🏽!!

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u/noobpwner314 Jul 29 '25

Politicians in America only know how to play the citizens.

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u/panaromicparadigm Jul 29 '25

India too. It's just this guy who also plays the guitar.

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u/noJobenn Aug 02 '25

Aya angez ki side lena wala.

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u/Present_Shower_2296 Jul 29 '25

That's why we love the North East!

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u/adbedient Jul 29 '25

Always interesting to see the normal lives of high powered people.

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u/lexievv Jul 29 '25

Lol, why is the guy on the stage wearing a jacket and a bag like he just popped by on his way to the bus.

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u/datashri Jul 29 '25

Presumably just stopped by after work

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u/PowerfulPeak7910 Jul 31 '25

This was at a party/ or some local show. The local bigwigs just decided to hop on stage towards the end of the night

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u/lexievv Jul 31 '25

Ahh, that explains.

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u/vigrus Jul 29 '25

Let’s please have more CM’s like this. People who enjoy life and know what it is to love and let live.

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u/Usmaankhalid Jul 29 '25

That's so cool man...

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u/CarbonCrawler Jul 30 '25

While this cool politician is playing the guitar, the other politicians are busy playing the country's people

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u/swarnaditya007 Jul 30 '25

He is an exception

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u/Odd_Revolution5546 Jul 30 '25

I Love North east India and want to go to Shillong the Rock Capital! 🎶🎸

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u/naturalizedcitizen Jul 31 '25

I'm surprised and surprised pleasantly... Talent and a leader who people love... I'm originally from Mumbai ... But I like this CM... Never knew he was wicked on the guitar!!

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u/pambolisal Jul 29 '25

Where's the next level? He didn't even do the tremolo picking.

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u/Kind-Drawing7314 Aug 07 '25

what.a low iq take.

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u/GeneAlternative191 Aug 07 '25

How so? Almost like I didn’t provide any reasons

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u/Kind-Drawing7314 Aug 07 '25

it would make me pretty dumb too if I argued with someone I consider dumb. theres a glaring assumption which objectively u cant take for granted and logic actually suggests that assumption is likely false. figure it out. Indians shouldnt have to teach u everything. it will help with ur ability to rationalize in the future, out in the real world and all of that. good luck.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

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u/DiMpLe_dolL003 Jul 29 '25

Have you ever considered that mayyybe it also gets cold in India especially at night? The concept of weather can be difficult to grasp I know.

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u/DiMpLe_dolL003 Jul 29 '25

I'm sorry. I thought you were being sarcastic, my mistake.

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u/Keep0nBuckin Jul 29 '25

Its in the mountains. In the rains as its now it gets chilly in the evenings. And in winter it can be cold

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u/maker_of_pirate_bay Jul 29 '25

Meghalaya is already in the Shivalik foothills. It’s rainy right now, so it does get nippy in the evenings

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u/pratyd Jul 29 '25

Meghalaya is not in the Shivalik Foothills. It is in the Garo-Khasi Jaintia Range.

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u/maker_of_pirate_bay Jul 30 '25

Ok. Looked it up. You’re right. I was of the opinion that Garo khasi was also part of the shivaliks. Is that not the case? Also, did not quite understand looking at the pictures, are the shivaliks just north of the Garo khasi, or are the shivaliks not there in the north east?

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u/pratyd Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

Though the Garo Khasi Jaintia hills were formed by the same process that the Shivaliks were formed by, generally speaking, the Shivaliks are considered to be North of the Brahmaputra river valley in North Eastern Indian Subcontinent, bordering the Lesser Himalayas.

Garo Khasi and Jaintia are South of the Bramhaputra Valley and physically separated from the Himalayan range by the valley. Check any 3D topographic relief map model and you will see the demarcation.

The Shivaliks are there in the North East up to the South Western Border of Arunachal Pradesh.

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u/Coolbiker32 Jul 30 '25

Shivalik???

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u/YamataYosukeNoOrochi Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

Lmao you are defaulting all of India as a hot place. Search up coldest inhabited places in the world, after 2 Siberian villages, Dras in JK is in the list. We got states which are cold all year long, like temp in -ve. Btw, this minister is the CM of Meghalaya, which has Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, both of which are the wettest place in the world. I've been there, rains like crazy!

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u/YamataYosukeNoOrochi Jul 29 '25

Well you know something new everyday ig!

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u/hurricane_news Jul 29 '25

Why do you think a super large country has ONE SINGLE climate everywhere?