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दृष्टा صرمدئ
@drishta2016
Realist !! अमित्रं नैव मुञ्चेत वदन्तं करुणान्यपि। दुःखं तत्र न कर्तव्यं हन्यात्पूर्वापकारिणम्।।
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@Fintech03 It would be pertinent to query as to why we have run out of such brilliant minds in the present era? Why is the Indian education system unable to identify and throw up such geniuses anymore (If that be true!)
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In 1913, 3 boys sat in a classroom at Presidency College, Calcutta, competing to top their mathematics exams. Today, the 1st boy is celebrated globally for creating "Bose-Einstein Statistics." The 2nd boy is a household name for mapping the temperature of stars (the Saha Ionization Equation). But the 3rd boy, the 1 who actually beat them both to top the postgrad exams, traveled straight into the heart of Berlin, stood before Albert Einstein's closest circle & became the 1st Indian to mathematically unlock general relativity. Yet, while his classmates became immortal legends, he became a ghost whose foundational blueprints built India’s modern defense and aerospace tech from the shadows.
Born in Dhaka in 1894, Nikhil Ranjan Sen grew up as a quiet prodigy. When he entered Presidency College, he found himself surrounded by giants: Satyendra Nath Bose & Meghnad Saha were his daily desk-mates & Jagadish Chandra Bose was his teacher. In this clash of titanic minds, Nikhil did not just survive; he shattered the 1916 MSc Mixed Mathematics exam, topping the entire university ahead of his peers.
But while Bose & Saha focused on light & quantum states, Nikhil’s mind was locked onto the fabric of the universe itself: gravity. In 1921, he caught a ship to Germany, arriving at the Humboldt University of Berlin. This was the golden age of physics & Nikhil’s PhD advisor was none other than Nobel Laureate Max von Laue, Einstein’s most trusted confidant.
Nikhil threw himself into a mathematical nightmare that even the greatest European minds were avoiding: What happens to Einstein’s smooth eqns of spacetime when matter suddenly stops/breaks/collapses at a boundary?
His 1923 doctoral thesis solved the boundary conditions for gravitational fields at surfaces of discontinuity. He had mathematically proven how Einstein's laws held true even when cosmic space cracked/hit a hard wall of matter. He was the very 1st Indian to secure a doctorate in relativity, validated in the elite rooms of Berlin.
When Nikhil returned to India in 1924 as the Ghosh Professor of Applied Mathematics at Calcutta University, he did not seek personal fame. He chose to build. He founded the Calcutta School of Relativity Theory.
If we look at the greatest breakthroughs of Indian physics in the mid-20th century, we will find Nikhil Ranjan Sen's invisible fingerprints everywhere.
When his student, A.K. Raychaudhuri, created the world-famous Raychaudhuri Equation (which Stephen Hawking & Roger Penrose later used to mathematically prove the existence of Black Holes), he was using the exact mathematical foundations laid by Prof. Sen.
When India needed to understand how fluids rip apart at high speeds, Sen built the nation's very 1st Fluid Dynamics Lab.
When the newly independent nation secretly needed to calculate how missiles cut through air & how explosives detonate, Sen pioneered the study of military ballistics.
He was a mathematical polymath who could map the internal pressure of a burning star, model the expansion of the entire universe w/o Einstein's cosmological constant & calculate the trajectory of a missile, all with a fountain pen.
So why is his name missing from our text-books?
Nikhil Ranjan Sen suffered from the unique curse of the "Applied Mathematician." In the hierarchy of science, the world awards its ultimate glory to pure theoretical physicists who discover a single, catchy particle/an elegant cosmic law. Sen, however, was the builder. He was the man who took the messy, impossible theories of geniuses & forged them into practical, mathematical tools that institutions, engineers & defense labs could actually use.
He did not market himself. While his contemporaries traveled the world giving high-profile lectures, Prof. Sen spent his late yrs writing astronomy books like Soura Jagat (Solar World) in native Bengali, desperately trying to make complex astrophysics accessible to poor rural schoolchildren.
He passed away quietly on 13th Jan, 1963. Today, every time an Indian missile launches safely into the upper atmosphere/a physicist calculates a fluid pipeline's turbulence, they are using the mathematical math-models carved out by this 1 man.
His classmates' names are permanently etched into the stars & the quantum universe, but the man who taught India how to mathematically calculate the heavens died in absolute silence. We built an entire nation's aerospace & defense matrix on his back, but we left Nikhil Ranjan Sen to remain a ghost standing at the boundary line of his own eqns.


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Indians are blaming Infy/Murthy/Nandan for a lack of home-grown LLM. But that blame is misplaced. Infy/Murthy/Nandan could never start an AI company. They had money and they could have fund something. But that again, is their money and why should they risk it?
The real culprit here is Amitabh Kant and other IAS like him. These are the people, why I left India and started two companies in the US. These are the people, why much of Indian talent left to work for US based companies. And these folks did well.
Let's say the government gives me $10B and ask me to set up an AI lab in India. Am I qualified to do it? YES. Will I do it? HELL NO
And you would ask why? Some would say that I have a cozy life in the US. Some would say, I have deep connection in the US, including family. All of that is correct but does not pin point the reason why I wont start a company in India.
The real reason is Babu. Unlike, many In India who think competing for 1000 seats using some bullshit essay writing contest makes Babu some wizard, I have not come across one, I will hire as an analyst. Under no circumstance, I am gonna report to a babu (Happy report to Dharmendra Pradhan or Smriti Irani though). Also, under no circumstances, I will accept a position where I am unable to fire and put an IAS in jail if they reported to me and indulged in some corruption.
Till this babu problem is fixed, no NRI would come to India. If I were the CIA or CCP, trying to ensure that India does not gain AI independence, I would make every effort to protect Babu fiefdom.
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@JoeRoganRecaps Measuring Time is a way for the human brain to make sense of the reality around it
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New: Joe Rogan leaves NASA astrophysicist Michelle Thaller completely stuck after asking her a deep question about the reality of time:
ROGAN: “The weirdest thing that I’ve ever heard anybody say is that all time exists currently.”
THALLER: “That’s Albert Einstein.”
ROGAN: “When we measure time what exactly are we measuring? When we create a clock that runs 24 hours per day what is it measuring?”
THALLER: “That’s a deep question. That question caused everything in physics to fall apart.”
ROGAN: “I still don’t understand what we’re measuring.”
THALLER: “I don’t think I have an answer for you. I don’t think anybody does.”
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@GemsOfINDOLOGY Why do you say “Langoor”? Why not a monkey? Because if I remember correctly, there are some tales in panchtantra wherein monkeys are hunted for meat!!
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𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐤𝐚. 𝐀 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤.
Look closely at this rock painting.
A lone archer lunges forward.
Bow stretched. Legs wide. Momentum exploding toward the target.
And the target?
A langur.
But notice the langur’s body language.
Torso pulled back. Limbs spread. Tail extended.
It is not running.
It is **shocked**.
The painter captured a split-second reaction - the instant an animal realizes danger.
Speed and surprise in a single frame.
What makes the scene puzzling is the choice of prey.
Langurs are among the most **harmless primates** around humans. Even today they sit calmly near people, rarely aggressive, often the opposite of the notorious macaques.
And in India’s cultural memory, langurs are not hunted figures.
In the **Ramayana**, the vanaras - Hanuman and his companions - are allies, not prey.
No epic celebrates the killing of a langur.
So why would a prehistoric archer attack one?
A few possibilities emerge:
1. Opportunistic hunting
Hunter-gatherers hunted whatever was available. A langur on a cliff ledge could simply be easy meat.
2. Competition for forest food
Langurs and humans share fruits, leaves, and tubers. In lean seasons, they were rivals.
3. Skill practice
Arboreal animals require remarkable accuracy to hit. This may reflect **training in archery**.
4. A memorable encounter
Rock art often records unusual moments rather than routine life. Perhaps the shock itself made the moment worth painting.
And that is the most striking part of the image.
The painter did not show the kill.
He chose the **instant of realization** - when the harmless langur suddenly understands the danger.
A prehistoric artist capturing emotion, speed, and tension thousands of years ago.
One frame. One encounter. One unanswered question.
What made this moment unforgettable enough to be painted on rock?
Pic credit @BradshawFND

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Fr yeah, brain drain's a solid inversion example. India pumps billions subsidizing IITs/med schools, yet 1/3 grads + 1.3M+ students head West yearly (NITI Aayog: 25 leave per 1 arrives). Builds $198B for US tech/AI while India loses productivity ($35-50B/yr est.), doc shortages, innovation lag. Remits hit $129B (helps short-term), but zero reciprocity means net talent drain. To avoid the harm & help: back circular visas, diaspora investment mandates, or return programs.
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Charlie Munger: "One of my favorite tricks is the inversion process."
"If somebody hired me to fix India, I would immediately say, 'What could I do if I really wanted to hurt India?' I'd figure out all the things that could most easily hurt India — and then I'd figure out how to avoid them."
"It works better frequently to invert the problem."
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@pranesh @avzaagzonunaada @martinmrmar Because their version is apparently the first altered one for Bhagwat gita wherein they have changed the basic tenets of Hinduism of concept of Bhagwan to make he/she/it an abrahamic Male God
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@avzaagzonunaada @martinmrmar Given that there is no such thing as an unaltered or unadulterated interpretation, I'm not sure why it matters that it's "altered".
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@GroketerInd @prathgodbole All the documents are available at the land record archives at Pune
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@venom1s Persian is "extremely" close to Sanskrit, hence the confusion!
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@Indian__doctor Empathy is a very important quality for Teachers & Doctors!!
A nudge & guidance towards better behaviour works much better than harsh words for these two professions.
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Astronomers stunned by impossible star.
What is the star that makes no sense?
@JyotsnaKumar13 has more.
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@Bharatvidya1 But Purana and Itihas are two different things!!
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Cancelling Skand Purana is like cancelling sacredness of the Teerth of Kashi.
Ami Ganatra (અમી ગણાત્રા)@6amiji
Per your logic, Aren't we raising doubts on Valmiki ji then? Because he hasn't said any such thing in his chronicle abt the importance of Ravana's janm jaati. In fact, Sri Ram explicitly refers to Ravana as established in Kshatra Dharma, per Valmiki ji ?
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3x7 – What is Starfleet? 🪐 When the Jikaru said "She wants to die. It’s the only way she could find peace." I lost it. Such a sad one 🥺 Uhura carried this episode with her compassion, and the crew’s empathy shone beautifully through the story. #StrangeNewWorlds




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@VigilantFox @overton_news He was granted asylum by the US since he claimed to be a member of a banned terrorist organisation in india!!
He gave up his Indian passport and Indian citizenship! Where could he be deported?
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JUSTICE IS COMING
An illegal alien killed 3 innocent Americans on a Florida highway.
He ran to California thinking sanctuary laws would protect him.
Florida HUNTED him down and DRAGGED him out in SHACKLES to face justice.
Lt. Gov. Collins sent a DIRECT message Gavin Newsom:
“We’re DONE with that sh*t.”
And that was just the beginning…
🧵 THREAD

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@ShivAroor Let the administration of cities be carried out by professionals instead of bureaucrats.
Let there be a new law to govern cities since the DC/DM System has been proven to be a failure. All of Indian cities suffer from poor management.
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@RanaAyyub Truth is that while many mourned Gandhi’s death , It was celebrated by refugees, who had lost everything!!
History is not Black & white. While Gandhi was like a God to many, which is okay BUT he was also a villain to many including his own two nieces, which is also ok!!
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@nabilajamal_ The Hushy actually attacked the man!! And the lady walking with him got entangled in his leash and fell on him!!
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