Harish Kaushik

@whizkidd Having said that Kerala contractors must learn from their Maha counterparts how to make money every year from the same roads It’s patented art! @CratersOfMumbai

This is the Kottayam-Kumarakom road in Kerala. This road gets frequently flooded and remains submerged for an average of 20 days a year, and endures harsher monsoons and higher rainfall than most of Konkan. Yet, there's not been a single pothole in the past 3 years I've seen this road. The road surface is smooth, and its a joy to drive/ride on. Maharashtra should learn a few things from Kerala as far as making quality asphalt roads is concerned. That being said, Kerala PWD can't make good quality concrete roads.

Below is my recent presentation I did at @_groww and at @Bharat_Nivesh event. I talk about business and market cycles. And how these affects stocks. The cyclical ones as well as the non-cylical ones. Many case studies in the presentation. There is absolutely no investment advice or recommendation on any stocks mentioned in the presentation. Any stock in the presentation will only be there for the purpose of explaining investing concepts. Hope this is of help for value investors, primarily. slideshare.net/slideshow/buy-…

@ians_india Tell this man to do it all 364 days! #ashishsood

Delhi: Minister Ashish Sood says, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken about energy conservation, and in line with that, the Delhi government has also decided that on Mondays all public representatives and officials will use public transport. Accordingly, I also travelled today from my home to Civil Lines, then used an e-rickshaw to go to school, returned by e-rickshaw, and now I have reached the Secretariat using public transport..."

@1K_Nazar Governor talking or a political leader? Samhja nahi aaya…

राज्यपाल महोदय ने अपने मजाकिया अंदाज में नेता प्रतिपक्ष टीकाराम जूली के खूब ठहाके लिए, "इनका मुख्यमंत्री बनाना मुश्किल लग रहा है इनके आगे खूब लोग बैठे है इनका नंबर कब आएगा , लेकिन हमारे महाराष्ट्र में नेता प्रतिपक्ष ने इस्तीफा दिया और सत्ता धारी पार्टी में मंत्री बन गए... इस पर नेता प्रतिपक्ष टीकाराम जूली जी ने हंसते हुए "ना" का इशारा कर दिया।

March 2020. The pandemic began. Demand for milk rose sharply. Over the next six months, we scaled procurement to 56,000 litres a day. Then the unlock happened. Demand fell from 56,000 to 30,000 litres. Almost overnight. We were still procuring at full capacity, and we didn’t know what to do. The average landing cost for one litre of milk at our plant was Rs. 55. We were selling surplus milk at Rs. 17. Buyers exploited the situation. Some of them were people I knew well. And I didn’t see it coming. The company ran out of cash. We couldn’t sustain beyond three months. Every day felt like a decision between bad and worse. In that desperation, we took whatever capital we could find, at whatever cost it came. Survival was all that mattered. Some of those decisions are still not fully repaired today. What we should have done was simple and brutal. When demand fell to 30,000 litres, procure only 30,000. Sell the surplus at a loss and absorb it. Have an honest conversation with our farmers. Tell them what was happening. Tell them we needed to stay afloat or we would shut down entirely. We didn’t do that. And it cost us. The damage from those months took years to undo, and some of it never fully did. It is easy to connect the dots looking backwards and conclude what should have been done. But some decisions, even when the right answer seems obvious in hindsight, are incredibly hard to make in the moment. In the middle of it, there is no clarity. Only noise. We should have taken the hard call early, before the damage became permanent. A mistake made while acting is forgivable. Permanent damage from avoiding the call is not. Working through the hard calls, in the field, where it matters most. Notes from the field on rain-fed farming systems in Telangana. Diversity has to go up, not one lifetime work.

@thiruka Though hindsight but good lessons to take learning’s to good use way forward

@arvindchotia That’s the business model of Mandirs Or any place of worship for that matter Long distances, difficult approach, sparse facilities.. all these touted as test of your faith in your that endeavour; in turn submit to the SYSTEM prepared around that faith to exploit the gullible

करोड़ों रुपये का चढ़ावा आने के बावजूद श्री सांवलिया सेठ मंदिर में श्रद्धालुओं को धूप में नंगे पैर दौड़कर चलना पड़ रहा है ताकि उनके पैर न जलें। आखिर ऐसी अव्यवस्था पर ध्यान कब दिया जाएगा?

झालं एक दिवसाचं बुलेटचं तात्पुरतं नाटक संपलं.....!!!

IIT Delhi to IIM Bangalore to IAS. I got the best education my country had to offer. It taught me how to crack tough exams and manage big responsibilities. But it never taught me how to quiet my own mind or handle loneliness. We spend many years learning how to achieve, but not a single day learning how to be happy. My thoughts on what is missing in school education. Emotional Regulation: We memorized the periodic table, but no one explained the chemistry of a broken heart. School demanded we stay quiet, confusing silence with peace. Now, we don't know how to host our own storms without drowning in them. We feel lost because we were taught to suppress, not to process. Deep Communication: We were taught to write perfect essays, but not how to say "I’m hurting" or "No." While there is a strong emphasis on communication, we are not taught the vocabulary of the adult life. There is no course on how to stand our ground in face of bullying by a boss or how to protect our work boundaries by saying 'No' Critical Thinking: In school, the person with the most answers won. In life, the person with the most questions survives. This is the reason many adults can repeat opinions confidently without ever questioning where those opinions came from. We are told everything as the gospel truth. So we end up just following blindly Financial Literacy: We spent years learning maths and solving for x, but never learned how to keep ourselves from falling in a debt trap. Money isn't just about math; it’s about the dignity of choice. We do not learn how to use debt effectively without it controlling our freedom. How impulsive spending compounds over time, or how money affects stress, relationships, and mental peace. Financial literacy is missing because education often focuses on earning money someday, not managing it wisely once it arrives. Self-Discipline School is a world of bells and schedules. Someone else always tells you what to do and when. But adulthood is a world of total silence. We feel stuck because we were never taught how to push ourselves without a teacher watching. Discipline is simply the habit of keeping promises to yourself. This is a habit many of us are lacking Handling Loneliness In school, you are always shrouded by people. You never realize how loud the silence of adulthood can be until you’re in it. We feel lonely because we weren't taught how to be our own best friends. Peace is learning that being alone doesn't mean being lonely. It is a sacred space, not a sign of being unwanted. Reading People School is a time of innocence where friendships are often given to you. But as we go along, not everyone retains that purity. We feel cheated because we weren't taught to see the hidden intentions or the masks people wear. Reading people is the quiet wisdom of seeing the truth behind the words. Mental Health Maintenance We have gym class for our bodies, but nothing for our souls. We are taught to push through exhaustion to finish a project, which is exactly how we end up in burnout. Honoring your nervous system is the only way to make sure the light inside you doesn't go out. We should know when we are dealing with a stressor and unable to handle it anymore. We should know when to reach out for help if we feel that we are drowning in that distress Knowing Yourself We spend years trying to be the "best" student, only to realize we don't know who we are without a gold medal. We are left inadequate because we studied every subject except our own souls. The ultimate education is discovering what truly matters to you before the world tells you what to want.

This is so perfectly done 😂😂

@VinayDokania Galgotia University scholar, Anjana ko apni degree is tarah roz roz dikhane ki jarurat nahi hai

Anjana Om Modi be like - "Mujhe Sholay ki daadi bol ke kyu toda" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel, has a $10 plaque behind his desk that reads: "If we're all going to eat, someone has to sell." Of all the things this man could surround himself with, he chose a cheap plaque with a blunt truth about business. "You're always selling. You're selling to candidates. You're selling to vendors, you're selling to counterparties, you're selling to customers." And if you're always selling, you know what you're going to hear a lot of? "No." Griffin doesn't sugarcoat it. He tells two stories that illustrate just how brutal rejection can be. 1994 was a rough year, with Citadel losing ~4% of its capital. Griffin flew to Switzerland for a crucial lunch meeting, sat down, and his guest arrived only to say: "Oh, I thought you were John Griffin from Fen Church. I got to go." His lunch date got up and left the table. Later that afternoon, a Swiss banker spent 45 minutes with him in a beautiful office, smoking a cigar, before closing with: "Such a pity that such a bright young man picked the wrong career." Two rejections in one day for the founder of one of the most successful hedge funds in history — and his takeaway was simply this: "You just have to tolerate. You're going to hear no a lot, but you need to become accustomed to having to market your ideas and market what you represent and what you stand for." Absorbing rejection and continuing anyway is the actual skill, whether you're hiring, raising capital, or winning customers. Most people avoid selling because they're afraid of no. The ones who build great things have learned to expect it.

@IndianGems_ तुम्हाला समजले का? तुम्हाला समजले नाही

"Cockroaches' Remarks Were Aimed at Fake Degree Holders." — CJI Suryakant

@REDBOXINDIA This is the last nail in common person back #BEST buses missing from roads, Locals are choco-block, footpaths missing and encroached upon with active political support, dictate for no self driving @CMOMaharashtra restrain your Transport Minister' shenanigans

MAHARASHTRA ASKS APPLE & GOOGLE TO REMOVE UBER, OLA & RAPIDO APPS AMID CRACKDOWN ON UNAUTHORIZED BIKE TAXIS

When you watch Parul Chaudhary, you find yourself longing for the camera frame to stretch beyond the television screen. Unless the broadcast ignores the frontrunners entirely, she rarely shows up early on. It has always been like that. Except, of course, at the Asian Games where even if she bides her time in the middle pack, the final four laps of the 5000m, like in the last Asian Games, or the 3000m steeplechase, belong to her entirely, stretching her lead until she completely commands the frame. ​We watch swinging between despair and happiness, depending heavily on which continent she is running. Yet, when she runs, your journalism or fandom aside, she forces a realization: the word possibilities hold such immense power that merely indulging in it allows your entire being, even one that strains to remain unbiased to take a leap into pure imagination. With a national record of 9:12.46, one naturally wonders: can she pull off a sub-9-minute? It is the threshold that would propel her into the stratosphere of world reckoning. ​She may not possess Tokyo Olympic Games gold medallist and the winner at the Shanghai Diamond League, Peruth Chemutai’s front-running ease, nor the Ugandan’s style of hurdling that slightly bizarre, legs-together jump, executed as if holding down a skirt that might blow over. But Parul offers her own wonder. Her stride, at times seemingly plodding, though it isn’t, even when it looks like she is facing down imminent collapse - is a step-by-step, fiercely determined journey around the 400-meter track, multiplied by seven and a half. ​In Budapest, at the 2023 World Championships, she gave immense joy, breaking the national record and sealing that Olympic spot. She was radiant. Months later at the Asian Games, her excitement after winning the 5000m gold and 3000m steeplechase silver was of a different, pragmatic kind: she could now become a Deputy Superintendent of Police, a life-altering security promised by the UP government for an Asian Games gold. ​To find pleasure in her running is to go far beyond the cold calculations of wins and losses. The losses will always be higher numerically, especially when she competes outside of continental meets. But with Parul in particular, you have to find joy in the doggedness. You have to go with her step by step. You watch the elite lead runners who somehow make the stadium clock tick faster, and then you watch Parul - entirely beyond the clock. ​Ultimately, we watch for the sheer spirit of competition. We watch to see her pit herself against the world’s absolute best, having emerged from an environment that simply isn’t built for athletics, let alone a passionate fandom. We don’t have the running-mad crowds of Kenya or Ethiopia; here, only a few thousand might even be tuning in, sadly a few hundred probably. ​Understand when she runs in Europe or at a World Championship and when the African phalanx breaks away at the 1500m mark, Parul is often left running in a no-man’s-land. Running, being with her, at that moment is all she wants. #parulchaudhury #steeplechase #athleticsindia #athletics

@gurjota by telling him to behave...nothing else works

Traveling in Shatabdi, and the intelligent person next to me is sitting cross legged clearly entering my space for past 30 mins. How do you solve this idiotic civic sense of educated illiterates in India?

Judges should talk less in Court By Justice Katju While hearing a petition of a lawyer who wanted to be designated as a senior advocate, the Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant reportedly said that some unemployed youth were like cockroaches, and end up becoming media persons, social media users, and RTI activists, who start attacking anyone. He also reportedly said '' There were already parasites in society who attack the system, and you want to join hands with them ? ''. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/youngste… When a lot of criticism was made of these remarks, he issued a clarification stating that he had been misquoted, and he was referring to people entering professions with fake and bogus degrees. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/misquote… The point, however, is that why should he have made such observations at all, which compelled him to issue a clarification ? The bench presided over by the CJI should have heard the petitioner and the respondent, and then passed whatever order they thought suitable. How do cockroaches and parasites come into the picture ? There is an oft quoted statement of a former Lord Chancellor of England Sir Francis Bacon '' A much talking judge is like an ill tuned cymbal '', which means judges should talk less in court. Their job is to listen, not talk, in court. Talking is the lawyer's job. Of course if the judge needs some clarification, he can ask the lawyer for it. But otherwise he should remain silent, and after the hearing pass whatever order he thinks appropriate. The pen is ultimately in his hand. indicanews.com/judges-should-… When I was in London once I visited the British High Court during the hearing of a case. There was almost pin drop silence in the courtroom, the lawyer arguing in a very low voice, and the judge hearing silently. Occasionally, the judge would ask the lawyer for some clarification, but otherwise he was silent throughout the hearing. This is how courts should function. A Court should have an atmosphere of serenity, tranquillity, and calm, and judges should speak little countercurrents.org/2025/05/indian… Former CJI Gavai, on a plea in a petition before the Supreme Court by a Hindu to restore the beheaded idol of Lord Vishnu at Khajuraho reportedly said : “Go and ask the deity itself to do something. You say you are a staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu. So go and pray to it ( to restore its own head ) “ Where was the need for such a remark ? Gavai could have dismissed the petition simply saying that there was no merit in it. Former CJI DY Chandrachud would talk endlessly in Court. All this lowers the dignity of a Court, and it also increases the chances of the judge being misconstrued. As a former Judge of the Supreme Court and as an elder brother, I respectfully advise the CJI and his companion Judges of the Supreme Court to pay heed to the dictum of Sir Francis Bacon, and start talking less in Court

@gurdeepsappal Palestine added to the last para!

The Chief Justice Called Them Cockroaches. History Knows Where That Language Leads. I write ✍️ It is well documented that the words like cockroaches, parasites, vermin, termite have three distinct impacts:   ·      It frames the targeted group as exploitative and extractive persons, who attack a healthy body, extract illegitimately from it and weakens and infects the host body (nation/society).   ·      It implies the existence of a healthy 'host' that must be protected at all costs by removing the parasite.   ·      It positions the elimination of parasites as a therapy or a treatment. The violence against parasites is often considered as cure rather than crime. Exterminating parasites carries no guilt.   That’s why International law, developed in the context of holocaust,  Rawanda, Combodia, Bosnia, Darfur and other atrocities, is unambiguous on dehumanising language thewire.in/law/the-chief-…

@AstroCounselKK Save it for self

Nice One .. सरदार जी की तरह कभी-कभी GEN Z जनरेशन को सुधारने के लिए ऐसे निर्णय लेने पड़ते हैं, सरदार जी की सही समय पर सही खोपड़ी खिसक गई ,कभी कभी बच्चों का यही इलाज है 👍👌💯✅️

FIIs have sold Indian equities worth over ₹2 lakh crore in 2026. Despite this selling pressure, FIIs increased their stake in these 20 companies during the recent quarter. 1. Acutaas Chemicals Ltd 🔸FIIs Holding: 19.48% 🔸Change in FII Holding⬆️: 2.81%