Harshil

Life Update : Got to marry this beauty @JeelSanghvi1 on Nov 30th, 2021. Can't believe how lucky we're to get married & had amazing experience at @sunsiyamresorts Maldives before #Omnicron arrived & on the top of that, I get to be with her for the rest of my life! #CoupleGoals

I wonder who is that lucky bhajipav neta whose son has coincidentally started a textile shop recently to sell uniforms at wholesale prices to colleges and universities

TCS’s Bank of America project has become another centre of controversy. Project managers and delivery heads are behaving like gods which they aren’t Even after PM Modi’s call encouraging Work From Home where possible, employees are being arm-twisted into mandatory WFO. What’s worse — even system-approved WFO exceptions are being denied manually. This culture of forcing employees despite official flexibility policies needs scrutiny.

it’s in gemini, just create it in ai studio. oh, that’s for your personal google one account. for workspace you need gemini business. no, not gemini advanced, that’s ai pro now. unless you need ai ultra. oh agents? you do that in spark actually. no, not gemini api managed agents, that’s different. for coding use jules. unless you mean the agentic ide, that’s antigravity. no, that’s the old antigravity, download the new one. actually gemini cli is being deprecated, use antigravity cli. no the flash model is smarter than the pro model. unless you need pro. if it’s video, use flow. no, flow uses veo. no, nano banana is images. actually that’s in gemini now. unless you’re in search, then it’s ai mode. no, research is notebooklm. anyway it’s all very simple.

A rather annoying cartoon from a self- satisfied country of 5.6 million people with no historical or civilisational depth, or experience of handling complex and diverse societies or the depth of challenges that a country of 1.4 billion people faces. Resorting to an offensive snake charmer stereotype of India, that has a racist overtone. India does not need Norwegian oil. It has huge oil rich countries in its neighbourhood. Doesn’t need to charm them as India is a huge market, being the second largest importer of oil. The cartoon reflects the shallowness of Norway’s journalism as this is the country’s largest newspaper.

In defense of Indian 🇮🇳 democracy! During Prime Minister Narendra Modi most successful visit to Norway a minor incident happened. A Norwegian journalist demanded that the prime minister starts holding press conferences. She claimed that Indian democracy is in bad shape. May be its time to pause? May be its time to be a bit curious to the world’s largest democracy? Two weeks ago five Indian states and territories held elections. The turn out in the battlefield state of West Bengal was 94%. In the last local election in Norway it was 62%, in many European local elections turn out is below 50%. Can voting in massive numbers be a signal Indians trust their democratic process? In the same election BJP won big in Assam and West Bengal. It lost even bigger in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Can this diversity be a signal that Indian democracy is reflecting the will of the people? The journalist referred to a democracy ranking putting India at 157 in the world, behind many dictatorships and deeply troubled states. When a ranking is so obviously contrary to common sense, why not ask critical questions to those making the ranking rather than demand that leaders shall comment on nonsense? I recommend Salvatore Babones book “Dharma democracy”. The book debunks convincingly the flawed methodology of these rankings. It was referred to a ranking claiming it’s very dangerous to be a journalist in India. Reality is that it is more dangerous to be journalist in the US and far more dangerous in the vast majority of other nations in the world. Let’s be real. India is not perfect. Of course there are incidents. India has a population the size of North America, South America and Europe combined. But India is much more peaceful than Europe or the Americas. That’s remarkable - given the ethnic, language and religious diversity of India and the many development challenges. Unless we consider democracy a form of government only suited for some very small, peaceful and homogeneous Western European nations, may be we should commend Indian democracy? India is the only major former UK colony which became and has remained a democracy. Its sometimes claimed that the Brits taught India democracy. If that was the case why isn’t Myanmar or Pakistan or the Gulf kingdoms democracies??? Reality is that Indian democracy is both homegrown and extraordinary successful.

@ndtvindia Well as the PM Modi said, it's a decade of disasters. Bear some losses, it's fine. You all have made millions & billions when crude was low impost COVID.

पेट्रोल-डीजल की कीमतों में बढ़ोत्तरी के बाद भी तेल कंपनियों को हर दिन हो रहा 750 करोड़ रुपये का नुकसान #Petrol #Diesel ndtv.in/india/despite-…

TCS has cross all the limit this year. For A band where they used to give 8-10% hike now they are giving 5.6%. For B band it was 5-8 they have given 1.2 to 3% hike, imagine getting 4000 increments to your annual salary. For C and D they have literally decremented the salary, After Ratan tata, they first started layoff and now this. Are they on the mission to destroy the legacy that was created by TCS??

@HappymonJacob @HelleLyngSvends read this a 1000 times

You ask uncomfortable questions to a diplomat: That is journalism. The diplomat answers the questions in a manner he can: That is diplomacy. You heckle the diplomat repeatedly & stage a walkout: That’s activism, not journalism.

I dare @google to formulate such policies for the US customers! Why this cuck behaviour @GoogleIndia @sundarpichai?

Someone went on a rant on my post yesterday when I said I have a kid studying in middle school and 2 regional languages were too much with all the other core subjects in 9th and 10th. 10th being the year for Board examinations is as is very stressful. Indian languages are tough to learn and to start something new in 9th is just ridiculous. Students also start preparing for competitive exams from 9th onwards because that's how tough entrance tests are for universities in India. They have that burden too. Also not all children are good at learning different languages. Kids struggle even with 2nd language Hindi which is tough in 9th and 10th. But yahan sab gyaani hain who have no skin in the game but will keep ranting on social media that oh but there is no board exam for it etc etc. Yeah shut up man!

@gaurav99071SIFF New way to put employees on PIP and lay off!

This has been happening for decades. I have been voicing this out from the day I was working in TCS way back in 2008. TCS cleverly planned the salary increments in such a way that none of the pay hikes comes from the balance sheet. One year, one employee gets it once he/she gets a high rating. Next year, if he/she does not get that rating equally or better than previous years, TCS reduces their salary. That reduced salary goes to another employee and so on and so forth. By this way, TCS efficiently manages the pay hikes between employees and nowhere does the salary hikes comes from the balance sheets. Way back in 2010, when I voiced it in the town hall, they employed an agency to do the survey and even in that I voiced out my opinion. Result - just as any other survey they do, it went into the bureaucratic black hole (I’ll write about this in a separate thread soon - this TCS bureaucracy will put our babu’s to shame). To sum it up, there is nothing new to be astonished at. It’s TCS’s way of life. 😇😇😇

Ashwini the only Hindu accused in the TCS Nashik case who was a Posh committee member but took no action on the victims complaints has also been denied bail. But you will not see a single Hindu defending her in the beginning or now. But a whole leftist gang was shielding Nida Khan. And this is the difference between us and them. They will continue to shield criminals of their religion. We won't.

RJ Sayema should use metro to know that there are washrooms. This elderly man looks fully fit and is in his senses. If he has such habit to urinate anywhere he should carry a urine bag. " Zero Civic Sense" RJ Sayema.

@_sayema This is unreal. Read the article first & understand the person's attitude. Such a pathetic ecosystem you guys have. Muslim ko crime karte dikha to defend kar leta hu. Kuch bhi.

Elderly often have troubles holding their urine. It’s a medical issue and not difficult to understand if one wants to. Prostrate issues, loose bladder n other complications often lead to episodes of incontinence. We need sensitivity and patience. Also, a lot of understanding. In India, bigotry and hate against minorities are add ons.

@dhruv_rathee Sharam kar lo thodi..itna ignorance kahaan se late ho?

International Bezzati for Modi

Unpopular opinion : I support a zero language policy from 9th standard. Full focus on math and science.

Can’t imagine someone is defending a man caught urinating in a Delhi Metro lift that too in front of two girls by calling it hate and bigotry. Try defending this act by a senior citizen in London, Singapore, Dubai or any civilised city in the world & you’d get your answer! This act doesn’t need sensitivity and empathy it exposes lack of civic sense & disregard of public utility.

@imYadav31 I think they even asked to remove the footwears which is more discomfort for me rather than removing gadgets from the bag.

Crossed 3 airport security checks in Vietnam: Hanoi, Da Nang and Phu Quoc. One thing that genuinely surprised me: Not once did I have to take out my gadgets, electronics, power banks, or empty my backpack like we usually do in India. Not sure what the exact reason is, but this makes airport security so much smoother and stress-free. Small thing, but very appreciable.