Pradeep Sharma

Today it’s MSCI rebalancing Yesterday was crude Last week :we r Anti AI trade Last month : Iran conflict Last year : 50% tariffs by US Truth is FIIs have given up on us due to excessive n unpredictable taxation.This is when entire globe (AI & non AI) has got FDI & FPI flows.

बीकेसीच्या मध्यभागी असलेली तब्बल ५ एकरांची सोन्याहून मौल्यवान सार्वजनिक जमीन — ज्याची किंमत हजारो कोटींमध्ये आहे — ती आता प्रत्यक्षात MMRDA अधिकाऱ्यांच्या आणि त्यांच्या कुटुंबीयांच्या खासगी ऐशोआरामाच्या अड्ड्यात रूपांतरित करण्यात आली आहे. करदात्यांच्या पैशातून बांधलेला आणि बांद्रा पूर्व तसेच आसपासच्या नागरिकांसाठी “ग्रीन लंग” म्हणून उभारलेला तथाकथित “सिटी पार्क” आज त्या नागरिकांसाठीच बंद करण्यात आला आहे ज्यांच्या पैशातून तो उभा राहिला. मी स्वतः आज या पार्कला भेट दिली आणि पाहून संतापलो की सामान्य जनतेसाठी प्रवेश पूर्णपणे बंद करण्यात आला आहे, तर प्रवेश फक्त MMRDA च्या ‘जेतवन’ स्टाफ क्वार्टर्समधूनच दिला जात आहे. एकीकडे सामान्य मुंबईकरांना चालण्यासाठी, व्यायामासाठी किंवा मुलांना खेळण्यासाठी मोकळी जागा मिळत नाही, आणि दुसरीकडे काही निवडक नोकरशहा सार्वजनिक पैशातून देखभाल होणाऱ्या भव्य बागा, अत्याधुनिक टेनिस कोर्ट्स आणि क्रिकेट टर्फ्सचा राजेशाही उपभोग घेत आहेत. इतकंच नाही, तर MMRDA ने अलीकडे या बंदिस्त पार्कमध्ये अधिकाऱ्यांसाठी खास क्रीडा स्पर्धांचं आयोजनही केलं. हे प्रशासन नाही. हा सत्तेचा माज आहे. मुंबईतील सार्वजनिक जागा या निवडून न आलेल्या बाबूंच्या खासगी मौजमजेच्या मैदानात बदलू शकत नाहीत. MMRDA आयुक्तांनी तात्काळ उत्तर द्यावे: • कोणत्या अधिकाराखाली या सार्वजनिक पार्कचा प्रवेश पूर्णपणे बंद करण्यात आला? • करदात्यांच्या पैशातून अशा सुविधा का चालवल्या जात आहेत ज्या करदात्यांनाच वापरता येत नाहीत? • सार्वजनिक सुविधेचं रूपांतर अधिकाऱ्यांच्या बंदिस्त वसाहतीत करण्याचा निर्णय नेमका कुणी घेतला? मुंबईच्या जनतेला उत्तर हवे आहे. सार्वजनिक जमीन ही जनतेची आहे — सरकारी बंगल्यांमध्ये बसलेल्या मोजक्या विशेषाधिकारप्राप्त लोकांची नाही. 5 acres of prime public land in the heart of BKC — worth thousands of crores — has effectively been converted into a private retreat for MMRDA officers and their families. The so-called “City Park”, developed using taxpayers’ money as a green lung for the people of Bandra East and surrounding areas, is today shut to the very citizens who paid for it. I personally visited the park today and was shocked to see that public access is restricted through the ‘Jetwan’ staff quarters of MMRDA. While the common Mumbaikar struggles to find open spaces to walk, exercise or let their children play, a select group of bureaucrats is enjoying exclusive access to sprawling gardens, state-of-the-art tennis courts and cricket turfs — all maintained using public funds. To make matters worse, MMRDA recently even hosted exclusive sports events for officers inside this restricted park. This is not governance. This is entitlement. Mumbai’s public spaces cannot become the private playgrounds of unelected Babus. The MMRDA Commissioner must immediately explain: • Under what authority has public access to this park been restricted? • Why is taxpayers’ money being spent on maintaining facilities inaccessible to taxpayers themselves? • Who took the decision to convert a public amenity into a closed officers’ enclave? The people of Mumbai deserve answers. Public land belongs to the public — not to a privileged few sitting in government quarters.

⚠️ Bought Whole Farm roasted Channa from Blinkit. Even after washing it multiple times, it’s still leaving yellow colour in the water 😠 Saw a page on insta - unfiltered.haribros video highlighting the same issue. Is this artificial dye or something? Not feeling safe consuming it. @letsblinkit please clarify or take action on quality! #WholeFarm #Blinkit #Chana #FoodSafety 
This is supposed to be a healthy snack, not a chemical one. Anyone else faced this?

BIG NEWS 🚨 Oil India discovers MASSIVE Natural Gas reserves in Jaiselmer 🔥🔥 BIG BOOST FOR INDIA !! 1) Gas-bearing sand successfully discovered. 2) The gas is of better quality as it does not contain much carbon dioxide. 3) Discovery marks the first successful gas presence in the shallow Sanu Formation at a depth of around 950 metres. 4) Preliminary estimates suggest the field may hold around 75 MMSCM of natural gas reserves 🔥

They called him “Pagal Sardar” for collecting discarded mango seeds. Today, the world knows him as India’s Gutli Man.🥭 From helping struggling farmers in Bengal to growing 8 lakh+ fruit trees, Jasmit Singh Arora turned waste into hope, income, and a greener future. This mango season, don’t let a seed go to waste. Wash it. Dry it. Send it. Because what looks like a discarded gutli to you could become food, income, and hope for a farmer tomorrow. Want to contribute your mango seeds to the movement? Reach out to Jasmit Singh Arora on Instagram and be part of India’s growing mango revolution. #MangoRevolution #SustainableLiving #IndianChangemakers #EnvironmentalHeroes #FarmersOfIndia [Mango Seed Campaign, Jasmit Singh Arora, Sustainable Farming India, Fruit Tree Plantation, Environmental Conservation India]

The MF Industry should also restrict flows in Gold ETF.. put a daily cap of 5000 Rs per pan. I also urge govt to launch -gold monetisation scheme -India semiconductors n energy Bond fund in USD to increase inflows & provide growth capital. -tax FPIs on residency

At what point did the @MumbaiPolice @MTPHereToHelp literally reach a point where they simply don’t give a damn?!? Utter carnage on Mumbai streets People driving on the wrong side of the streets like it’s their birthright Two wheelers literally not caring about traffic lights like they’re in a video game wt multiple lives Total mayhem Have u guys simply lost control or simply don’t care anymore? Can’t u seriously enforce traffic rules or is that expecting way too much?

Nvidia market cap = $5T India total listed market cap = $4.97T That means a single company in US has higher market cap than all indian listed companies combined but that's not the most worrying part for India. The most worrying part is that around 33% of Nvidia Engineers are from India and not only from IIT or NIT kind of colleges but most of them are from tier 3 colleges. That's what you achieve if you provide good infrastructure, good work culture, good retirement support to taxpayers and security, even people from tier 3 college can be motivated enough to build world's most valuable company. Nationalism, make in India won't work if you use it only as slogans in election rallies. First build infra, build support, build respect for taxpayers, Indians are making outside, they'll make in India too.

₹19,000 crore. That is what Banks collected in last 3 years just for not maintaining ‘Minimum Account Balance.’ Not from the rich. Not from big borrowers. From the poorest accounts in the system. Their crime? They didn’t have enough money. A farmer misses the minimum balance - Penalty. A pensioner withdraws money for medicine - Penalty. A daily wage worker falls short by a few hundred rupees - Penalty. The poor keep money in banks for safety. Not to be quietly fined for being poor. Financial inclusion should protect small savings, not punish small balances. In Parliament today I proposed ending minimum balance penalties so the banking system stops charging people for their poverty.

Here’s a clear explanation of why Trump attacked Iran, and why I think the war will end soon. The war isn't about nuclear weapons. It's not about helping the Iranian people. It’s not about doing Israel’s bidding. And it's not about Iran being a threat to the U.S. It's about China. China imports 45-57% of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has the capacity to shut it down. A U.S.-aligned Iran means an Iran that would choke off that strait if there's ever a real power struggle between Washington and Beijing. And there already is one. The U.S. and China have been locked in a tariff war for over a year now. Also remember when China threatened export controls on rare earths, encompassing any company anywhere in the world that uses Chinese rare earths? Yes, China essentially said that any company that uses their rare earths (China refines 85-90% of the world’s supply) must seek their permission before exporting their products. This means if a German manufacturer uses rare earths fro China to create chips for American companies, China can block the export of these chips. That’s how much leverage China has over the U.S., and that’s dangerous, especially if China finally decides to reunify with Taiwan. So controlling the Strait of Hormuz becomes critical for the U.S. It's the same reason Trump wants China out of the Panama Canal. The same reason Venezuela matters. The same reason he's eyeing Greenland, where shipping routes to China pass through melting Arctic ice. Energy is everything now. The AI arms race is the most important strategic competition on the planet. Limiting China's access to energy is how the U.S. wins that race, and anyone who believes in freedom and democracy should want America to win. China is investing heavily in domestic energy, building nuclear reactors, solar farms, wind power. They're leapfrogging the rest of the world. But they still import the majority of their oil. And a significant chunk of it comes through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran was reportedly nearing a deal for supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles from China, which would make it easier for Iran to threaten shipping in the Strait and strike U.S. naval vessels. That accelerated the timeline. Trump's comment today about doing in Iran what he did in Venezuela makes perfect sense in this context. He wants influence over who comes next. A regime that's workable for Washington. If he succeeds, this would be a massive strategic win for the U.S. and for Trump.

12–13 hours stranded on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway. ZERO information. ZERO facilities. No public announcement. No guidance to avoid travel or take a U-turn. IRB continued collecting tolls while passengers were left stranded for hours without water, toilets, or medical aid.
Helplines went unanswered. Officials vanished. VVIP convoys got priority. Common citizens got chaos.
This is not inconvenience, this is criminal mismanagement.
Refund tolls to all affected motorists. Fix accountability. #MumbaiPuneExpressway #IRB #TollLoot #PublicMisery #GovernanceFailure

A Gen Z joined the team. Week one. During onboarding, the manager said, “We sometimes stay late during peak periods.” Gen Z nodded. Then asked, “Is that paid… or just expected?” The room went quiet. - No attitude. - No rebellion. - Just a question. Later that day, HR mentioned “growth opportunities.” Gen Z replied, “Does growth include raises, or just more responsibility?” Again, silence. - No laziness. - No entitlement. - Just clarity. That’s when the team realized something. When people say “Gen Z is lazy,” what they really mean is: Gen Z watched old generation - skip meals, - miss birthdays, - work weekends, - and burn out only to be told “budgets are tight” and “be grateful you have a job.” So Gen Z chose differently. - They don’t romanticize overwork. - They don’t confuse suffering with ambition. - They don’t trade health for praise. They still work hard. They just refuse to work for nothing. It’s not laziness. It’s pattern recognition. And honestly, after everything old generation went through… Can you really blame them?

Gratitude for the past that fades away with 2025. Welcome 2026 - a year of hope, purpose and success. #HappyNewYear2026

One of New Delhi's most well known doctor Dr. Alok Chopra is a renowned Cardiologist, co founder Ashlok Hospital, New Delhi. He gives very useful & impactful advises on AQI Survival Guide. Not to be missed! Jai Hind! @YashwantSinha @Prithvrj @MamataOfficial @AITCofficial @GhatakMoloy @ShashiTharoor @ArvindKejriwal @SanjayAzadSin #RazaMurad

“Nobody has the right to live their lives being protected from offense or from insults or from hurt feelings. It is an occupational hazard of living in society.” — Ann Widdecombe

This happens everyday. But @mybmc officials said the signage is fine ( in india the people are always wrong). And politicians will keep changing names! Frankly I was clueless who was acharya atre chowk. Needed foreign google. And Lotus jetty? A joke.

It took me 60 years to finally see the Taj Mahal — yet it never felt like the first time. I’ve seen it through photos, poems, songs… maybe that’s why it felt so familiar. The crowds didn’t let me feel its calm, but ticking it off my list felt good. Wah Taj!

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💼 #EPFO now treats your savings like a privilege, not your right. You work for years. Every month, a slice of your salary is taken away as Provident Fund — no consent, no choice. Earlier, if you were unemployed for just 2 months, you could access your PF. Now? You’ll have to wait 12 months. And for your pension fund — a shocking 36 months. So if you lose your job today, you’re locked out of your own money for an entire year. What kind of “protection” is this? You’re forced to save, but when you actually need those savings, you’re denied access. This isn’t policy reform — it’s bureaucratic punishment disguised as discipline. #EPFO #EmployeesRights #PF #India #Policy

We all need a Krishna in our journey, someone who reminds us of our karmas and guides us back to our path✨ This is a MUST WATCH!