Husein Upletawala

Doing another Ramzaan Food Walk, my last one for the year, on Thursday 20th March @ Kausar Baug, Kondhwa, #Pune. DM to book a spot! :) instagram.com/p/DHTcbdpoui6/

What a humbling data- Foreign Tourist Arrivals (2025) India → 9 million Bali → 7 million An entire country vs one island

🤠🧔‍♂️🫥 This week’s comic for @thenewsminute

India launches Mumbai local's first non AC closed door rake. Just imagine the ride inside during 40°C heat. We're basically ruled by fools😭

When an artist’s body of work is more than 12,000 songs, it becomes impossible to choose a best. But here is one that always brings joy - Aaiye Meherbaan from Howrah Bridge. Asha ji’s silken voice combines with Madhubala’s incredible beauty to create magic. RIP Asha ji.

If the Netflix writers’ room wrote this scene for their fictional president, it would be rejected as too silly and unbelievable.

Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!

Therapist; “There is a tiger in you” The tiger in me:

still the best tweet

There’s no confusion if you report the facts.

For whatever reason, I decided to read American Psycho last week. Imagine my surprise to find that the lead sociopathic character, Patrick Bateman, idolizes Donald Trump. The book mentions Trump dozens of times. It was published in 1991.

His name is Suchir Balaji. He was 26 years old. Indian-American. An AI researcher at OpenAI for 4 years. He helped build GPT-4. One of the most powerful AI systems in the world. In October 2024 he quit OpenAI and gave an interview to the New York Times. He said OpenAI was training its AI on copyrighted content without permission. He said it was illegal. He was named as a key witness in the NYT lawsuit against OpenAI. He wrote in his journal: “I am a credible threat because of New York Times.” One month after the interview he was found dead in his San Francisco apartment. The official ruling: suicide. His parents say: murder. His pen drive was missing. His computer was left open. CCTV footage for only 2 of 7 days was provided. GHB was found in his system. His cheekbone was broken. A second bullet was allegedly found lodged in his skull by independent radiologists. Elon Musk replied to his mother’s post: “This doesn’t seem like a suicide.” Tucker Carlson said in a September 2025 interview with Sam Altman: “He was definitely murdered.” The SF police closed the case. His mother Poornima Ramarao is still fighting. Alone. From India. Against one of the most powerful companies in the world.

Nepal Prime Minister introduces strict reforms to transform the nation • No photos of political leaders in government offices. • No caste based politics equality for all. • No road blocking for VIP convoys • All Ministers and Goverment employees kids must study in goverment schools • Political party affiliated student groups to be removed from schools and universities within 60 days. • Government introduced a digital transparency platform called Pratipakchya to track the government’s promises and progress. When will India introduce the same laws as Nepal?

Trump: do as I say, or I will bomb you back to the stone ages Iran: best I can do is this 10 point plan where you give us everything we want Trump: deal! FoxNews: Trump is a master negotiator

Tamil Nadu - 74 lakh votes deleted. Kerala - 24 lakh votes deleted. Bengal - 90 lakh votes deleted. Probably the only democracy that focuses on reducing participation rather than widening it.

If anyone doubts the importance of copy editors!

BREAKING: The people who did this to Gaza are deeply concerned that Iran might have broken international law.

Insane that a former president is tweeting about college sports while the current president is pledging genocide tonight at 8pm. The inanity of top Dems in a single tweet:

Sorry, what? Being a civilian at a civilian site is normal. What’s banned under the Geneva Convention is deliberately bombing civilian sites, especially those indispensable to everyday life.

33,000 military veterans are currently homeless.

Give credit where it’s due, this is a proper headline.