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@gauravsabnis Following you predates X and Twitter. Been reading your blog since the IBM - IIPM days. None of the above.

Why do you follow me?

Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA)---an arrogant agglomeration of clubs, corporates and other fatcat fucks---occupies 16.32 acres of prime land on M.G. Road in Bangalore for a rent of Rs 1,600 per month? That is 7.1 lakh square feet for the price of 4 mugs of beer.🤑 @DeccanHerald

TOI must have put these news items next to each other for a reason.

Billionaires are wasting money on anecdotally testing longevity hacks. Here are the best longevity hacks that you learned in high school but forgot as an adult and then some. Avoid tobacco. Avoid alcohol. 3 cups unsweetened black coffee a day. Adhere to vaccinations for age. Take your booster shots too. Predominantly plant based diet. Minimum 8000 steps a day. Min 154 min of aerobics/week. Find and do work that makes you happy. Keep and care for a pet. Play video games. Avoid bro science. Avoid alternative medicine. Follow real experts. Not role playing ones. Listen to your doctor. Not the internet.

The extraordinary courage of the humblest citizens rivals the prodigious cowardice of our highest offices May a million more such bloom in this land!

When Charles de Gaulle led France, he treated public money as something untouchable. At the Élysée Palace, there was a strict rule for him: no personal expense could ever be paid for by the state. His wife, Yvonne, kept a small notebook in which she meticulously recorded all family expenses — from food and electricity to clothing and even soap. At the end of each month, she would send a check to the state treasury, reimbursing every last cent. Once, an accountant remarked that this was not really necessary. She calmly replied: “Everything that is not public is personal. And for personal matters, we pay ourselves.” This principle applied without exception. Their children and grandchildren were not allowed to use official cars for private matters. De Gaulle himself refused any privileges of office: he paid his own bills at the palace — even for the smallest things, such as soap or family meals. Moreover, he did not use his presidential salary, living only on his military pension. After his death, there was no wealth or luxury left behind — only a modest house in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, purchased before the war. It is said that he would sometimes personally send money to the treasury if he suspected that any personal expense might have accidentally been covered by the state budget. This was not a formality. It was a principle. ✨ An example of true integrity, honor, and responsibility in public service.

@seemasirohi @USAmbIndia From my perspective I would prefer if Trump doesn’t call Modi and get us involved in one way or the other. Not our fight.

They’re not even subtle.

“There is no problem with freedom of speech in India. The problem is what comes after the speech.” Prof P Sainath. Yet he spoke about how farmers, from soybean to cotton, are paying the price of US Trade deal. Btw, do we even care? Ever did? B. G. Verghese Memorial Lec 2026.👇🏾

@ranjithsankar DA is 1K/day in the state and 1.2K/day out of the state which adds up to 30K-36K/month. Life time pension. Health cover. Lots of perks. Don't go by the fixed numbers alone.

An MLA in Kerala earns around ₹70,000 a month — among the lowest in India. The average age is 50. At 50, with that income alone, can one really live a decent life?

Happy birthday to the super talented @satishacharya. Replugging an interview we did with him where he said, he doesn't believe he is courageous or brave but is just doing his job but we live in times where doing your job the way it is meant to be done is seen as courageous because everyone else is crawling when asked to bend. youtu.be/v4vlshDRBWw?si…

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WATCH: New video shows Air Canada flight crashing into rescue truck at New York airport

Something very disturbing about an influential publishing house teaming up with the police to seize xerox copies of books in a country where so many young people can’t afford original hard copies. What’s next? Armed anti-piracy units attached to publishing houses?

If you want a Rajya Sabha seat, maybe you should ask directly.

Just found out that in 2021, the UN tried to declare food a human right, two countries voted against it. The United States and Israel.

Madhavan became famous as Farhan in Three Idiots. Ranveer Singh became famous as Murad in Gully Boy. Look at them now.

In 2013, when Dean Spears cited poor nutrition & sanitation as a reason for stunting in Indian kids, Bhagwati & Panagariya argued that it was because of genetics. The “genetic” argument became the basis of the excluding eggs from Midday Meals under the BJP.