@championswimmer @cruxture He actually admitted to the issues with his example of "the house not being good enough".
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Praful Gupta
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@cruxture @prflgupta Aisa hai .... ki ye gyan kisi aur ko chodna.
I've contributed enough, but everytime I encounter specimen like you who'd rather give moral lecture than admit the issues exit, it convinces me further that the contribution only goes to waste.
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I stayed in India for 8 years after graduating. In those 8 years I ran a mildly successful startup, creating 70+ jobs, and a lot of taxes since we were profitable. My Whatsapp inbox from my teaching time is full of thousands of messages of people getting prestigious high paying tech jobs. After that as an engineering leader at various orgs, hired at least 50+ more people. Paid multiple crores of personal income tax as well.
I did more than my fair share of creating employment, creating human capital and contributed enough to pay off my subsidised education (I’ll not deny I got more than good enough education both from school and university, both of which are partly paid for by the government)
In those 8 years, of my closest 10 friends, slowly slowly I found 8 of them now have moved outside India. More than half my college group is outside. And eventually on the balance of things, it really started feeling like I’m getting the short end of the bargain and those others who left were getting a better deal in life.
I had always assured myself that
a) I can always go out whenever I want, I am here by choice
b) I’ve consciously stuck to faster growth roles orgs but if I ever wanted to, I can go to big tech too
Finally a switch clicked in the head saying if you’re so sure of (a) and (b) why don’t you really just go and see. You can always come back.
In the long run I might be proven wrong (I’m aware of stories of one health scare or racism incident or ailing parents that pushes the pendulum back for many), but for now my lived experience only taught me exactly opposite of what Vembu has said below. In fact if 10 years ago I would have even slightly been convinced by the below tweet, today I’m convinced even less by it. From my perspective of the things I sought in life, the equation has only gotten worse not better.
Sridhar Vembu@svembu
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
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@svembu made an appeal in nations interest and it seems to have hurt a lot of folks.
Someone wishing good for the nation seems to have irked the usual suspect as always. And some of those expats looking to validate their exits (which no one asked them to).
Bhai nahi aana toh mat aao. X pe rona kyun laga rkha hai janta ne?
Sridhar Vembu@svembu
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
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@Ajain112 Bhai nahi aana toh mat aao. Woh konsa force kr rha hai. Itna rona kyun laga rkha hai X pe aap jesi janta ne?
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my entire batch is in the states, no one wants to come back. like no one is even considering it. like we can love our country but its not happening and this expectation should not be there. they took the right call. Also, I love my country very much and a lot of them do too.
Sridhar Vembu@svembu
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
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There's a popular saying - "Every mother wants a Bhagat Singh, but in the neighbours house"
You might have genuine reasons and incentives to not be in India and that's fine. But bhai "deshbhakti ka churan". Many have sacrificed not just with money/opportunity but with literally their lives for you to be able to shit on X with phrases like that.
Vembu made a call. Aana hai toh aao nahi aana toh mat aao. The fact that you think prefixing "Deshbhakt" with his name makes for a "statement" or whatever shows your sorry state.
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I have been a student of this guy. He took a couple of lectures for my Machine Learning and Deep Learning summer bootcamp back in 2017-18ish when AIAYN came out. I think he taught me backprop piece. He has also been one of the most active GSoC mentors in Delhi. Truly a tragedy that India lost such a talent.
Can’t complain since I am out now too. Tried my piece by being a part of the government org - pushing for changes from inside for 3 years and losing to red tape. I was making pennies while my friends were doubling/tripling their income in the same period. I will be returning back home — but for my Maa and Paa — not for some deshbhakti ka churan. A trade off I am making conscientiously knowing very well the opportunities I am gonna let go.
Also, for Mr Deshbhakt Vembu, it was cheaper to move to India than pay the 1.7 billion in Alimony. So stop falling for that stupid gimmick that the fellow is selling. He made his empire by leveraging the arbitrage of exploitative IT services sector, serving clients in the US.
Arnav Gupta@championswimmer
I stayed in India for 8 years after graduating. In those 8 years I ran a mildly successful startup, creating 70+ jobs, and a lot of taxes since we were profitable. My Whatsapp inbox from my teaching time is full of thousands of messages of people getting prestigious high paying tech jobs. After that as an engineering leader at various orgs, hired at least 50+ more people. Paid multiple crores of personal income tax as well. I did more than my fair share of creating employment, creating human capital and contributed enough to pay off my subsidised education (I’ll not deny I got more than good enough education both from school and university, both of which are partly paid for by the government) In those 8 years, of my closest 10 friends, slowly slowly I found 8 of them now have moved outside India. More than half my college group is outside. And eventually on the balance of things, it really started feeling like I’m getting the short end of the bargain and those others who left were getting a better deal in life. I had always assured myself that a) I can always go out whenever I want, I am here by choice b) I’ve consciously stuck to faster growth roles orgs but if I ever wanted to, I can go to big tech too Finally a switch clicked in the head saying if you’re so sure of (a) and (b) why don’t you really just go and see. You can always come back. In the long run I might be proven wrong (I’m aware of stories of one health scare or racism incident or ailing parents that pushes the pendulum back for many), but for now my lived experience only taught me exactly opposite of what Vembu has said below. In fact if 10 years ago I would have even slightly been convinced by the below tweet, today I’m convinced even less by it. From my perspective of the things I sought in life, the equation has only gotten worse not better.
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Hey man! Love your story and rooting for you and Wispr. But posts like these, somehow they don't sound genuine or something someone like you would or rather should write. Giving too much LinkedIn vibes. Not sure if it really helps you get more eyeballs for Wispr (that converts) but genuinely feel you can do without it.
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i asked my co-founder to argue with me in front of our whole team. that one moment changed our entire company culture.
early on at wispr, i'd give presentations and nobody would push back. they'd nod. take notes. say "sounds good."
but i knew some of those ideas were half-baked. and i needed someone to tell me.
so i asked my co-founder to disagree with me during a presentation. just to show the team it was okay.
he did. i took it well. made some quick fixes based on his feedback.
no big speech about "radical candor." just one public example.
next meeting, someone disagreed with me. then someone else. now it's normal.
if people are afraid to tell you when something's broken, you won't hear about problems until it's too late.
the best founders aren't the smartest people in the room. they're the ones who've built a culture where the smartest idea wins, even if it's not theirs.
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bhai people are raising questions on how they calculate revenue. isme itna kya toh bhi crab mentality lana. emergent batana chahe bata de na chahe na bataye lekin ye victim mentality kis lie? and dont forget we have seen the likes of Byjus which hurt the startup ecosystem so asking questions should never be penalised or labelled as “crabs”.
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The crabs shitting on emergent are the once who’ve never done anything worthwhile themselves, might look fancy hiding behind safety nets of big orgs, and find satisfaction from celebrating when something goes wrong with people who are ambitious and take risks.
Be like emergent, not the fufas of Indian startups.
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@_svs_ I used to think that you might be someone who is biased against BJP/Modi and putting across the opposition PoV which is totally fine and welcome I would say. But no. Aap toh bhai gadhe ho. Gobar soch hai aur shayad gobar hi insaan hoge.
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Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Isn’t it?
Political Kida@PoliticalKida
“A toilet is more pure than a mandir” Said Rahul Gandhi’s Commander Jairam Ramesh about Ram Mandir in 2012 These are the people who want to rule India again. Share this max so Gen Z knows their real face. You may know their reality, but the younger generation doesn’t. Do your part.
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@_svs_ I think they got off easy with just their house demolished. I wish they are brought to justice and hanged.
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If we stop to hear both sides of the story how would we demolish their houses?
Meer Faisal@meerfaisal001
What is the truth behind the Uttam Nagar violence? So far, most accounts circulating publicly have come from only one side. I spoke to Shaheen from the Muslim family involved, who alleged that the dispute began after her aunt was harassed on the day of Holi, following which tensions escalated in the neighbourhood. According to her, Tarun later arrived with around 20–25 individuals carrying iron rods and sticks and allegedly assaulted several members of her family, leaving many seriously injured. She also claimed that a 14-year-old boy, Rizwan, was beaten, suffered seizures, and was later taken away from the hospital, after which the family has had no information about his whereabouts. Shaheen further alleged that despite multiple injuries in the family, several of their male relatives, including a minor, were arrested and sent to jail, while their homes and vehicles were looted and demolished, and women from the family were also taken into custody. These are serious allegations from the Muslim side that had not been heard publicly until now. The truth should emerge through a fair and impartial investigation. @TheOPHindi Watch here: youtu.be/JdWZHrzzb5U?si…
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@VedikaBhaia I think they are trying to narrow the pool to people who have been able to get to 2L+ by 27. Its quite an effective filter to spot high performers.
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So if I'm above 27 and make lesser but have the qualifications I can't apply???
Ruchir Jajoo@ruchirjajoo
We're Recruiting: Head of Growth 50 LPA - Bangalore Needed: - Extremely Articulate - Cerebral, High IQ - Love for Tech Twitter - Thinks LinkedIn is cringe - Not a 'balance' person. We're not a yoga retreat. - If you're 27+ and make <2L/month, probably don't apply - Goes to the gym - Healthy Workaholic - First principles thinking - Immaculate vibes - Top 1% Viral Sense - Deadline Anxiety WHO WE ARE: Social Capital does viral product launches for the world's fastest growing companies. We established the launch playbook. Icon .com ran it first, and Cluely made it famous. Since then we've done Twitter trending launches for Deel, Gamma, Lovable, Cartesia, Airwallex, Wispr Flow, and many more. We do everything: narrative, launch video production, assets, posts, strategy, and advise founders directly on story, landing page, offer, and pricing. We built custom software to precisely measure engagement and attribution. Our launches are trajectory-changing for startups through direct traction, brand, recruiting, and access to capital. THE ROLE: You will be forward deployed into the fastest-growing companies in Silicon Valley, advising founders directly and orchestrating company-defining launches. You will own the full launch. This role is extremely demanding. You're managing a team. You're running budgets north of a million dollars. Multiple launches live simultaneously, Founder's trajectory depends on what you ship. Apply here: binary.so/eAjd5GD
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@_svs_ Low key the best model to ensure law and order. They are demolishing illegal structure which govt has every right too. If the family has an issue go to court.
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@CourageousRo This stat actually makes the case for reservation and not against it.
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AIR 1 - Anuj Agnihotri (General)
AIR 2 - Rajeshwari Suve M (General)
AIR 3 - Akansh Dhull (General)
AIR 4 - Raghav Jhunjhunwala (General)
AIR 5 - Ishan Bhatnagar (General)
AIR 6 - Zinnia Aurora (General)
AIR 7 - A R Rajah Mohaideen (General)
AIR 8 - Pakshal Secretry (General)
AIR 9 - Astha Jain (General)
AIR 10 - Ujjwal Priyank (General)
All the top 10 belong from upper castes General Hindu, There is no one in this list from SC/ST
Reservation can never give you talent to compete with UC Hindus. COPE WITH IT
Gems@gemsofbabus_
🚨 UPSC declares final results of the Civil Services Examination 2025. Top 10 Ranks: AIR 1 - Anuj Agnihotri AIR 2 - Rajeshwari Suve M AIR 3 - Akansh Dhull AIR 4 - Raghav Jhunjhunwala AIR 5 - Ishan Bhatnagar AIR 6 - Zinnia Aurora AIR 7 - A R Rajah Mohaideen AIR 8 - Pakshal Secretry AIR 9 - Astha Jain AIR 10 - Ujjwal Priyank
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@_svs_ You have problem in people chanting "vande matram" "bharat mata ki jai" "jai hind" while seemingly celebrating the new metro? wtf indeed.
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This baalak and ignorant thing is getting very old now. No one believes it any more.
Rahul is smart enough. We all know it.
ANI@ANI
#WATCH | Delhi: BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj says, "Rahul Gandhi is a five-time MP, meaning he should be considered a veteran of Indian politics. But listening to him speak only ignorantly, it seems as if he is not the leader of the opposition but rather an ignorant, naive, and stubborn child. Given the accusations he levelled against this country and its prime minister today, I want to ask, has he become a mouthpiece for anti-India forces?... I would like to remind Rahul Gandhi, who is spreading lies, that the people of this country have repeatedly rejected him... Rahul Gandhi should continue with the politics of allegations. The Narendra Modi government and every Indian believe only in a national policy based on results... You incite your workers to behave indecently. By coming to such a huge, international platform like the AI Impact Summit, the Congress Party workers sacrifice the country's reputation for their own selfish political interests. But India will continue to fly high in the world of AI and technology... In all the upcoming assembly elections, the people of India will once again give a befitting reply to Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party."
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It was tragic and something that INC should have hold BJP accountable for on the streets and in the parliament which I don't think they did.
Imagine if RaGa goes on a hunger strike on the issue of pollution. Other than the good he will be doing to the society, it will benefit him and the INC greatly.
My point is exactly that. As the LoP, he needs to work hard to keep the govt. accountable. He can't outsource this job to his social media trolls or rely on media to do the work of opposition.
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BJP might have a million problems but Congress is not one of them
Congress@INCIndia
When Power Refuses to Listen, the Youth Rise ✊
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For the same reason you dont have "💩" beside yours.
Just like while your comment is a shitty one, I don't believe you are a shitty person, in the same way while my reply is INC critical doesn't mean I blindly support BJP (if that's what you meant by the "🚩" which again shows your limited intellect and "labeling" mindset).
In its truer context the "🚩" is nothing to shy away from. Its rooted deep in our culture. My choice to not have it in my profile is just "my choice"
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What can be more important than an opaque sale of Indias interests where no cabinet minister can provide details and a signing of a pax silica that sells our data to the US.
I’m not saying any of this is proved. But to pretend that all is well is just willful ignorance at this point.
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Neither is the PM compromised nor is our election. What congress and their supporters so stupidly miss is that they are unable to and can’t convince the voters on these baseless allegations.
The issues they should be taking the govt. to streets are pollution, municipality level mismanagement, and 10s of other issues. But they don’t.
Whats stopping from RaGa, Kejriwal, Raghav Chadha or for that matter anyone in the opposition to go on hunger strike on pollution?
If they can’t even “work hard” to get in power, they sure can’t be trusted to govern once in power.
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Do you believe elections are free and fair? Are you aware of the SIRs, the BLO deaths, the absurd statements from CEC, the opacity, the late night vote surges.
Why are you so confident that these things don’t matter?
Would you prefer they did this where you could ignore them so you can continue not thinking about these things?
Did Modi just sell our data to the Americans under Pax Silica? Or is that another thing that you think it’s ok to not have an opinion on?
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@priteshlakhani You want to know how much they expect to make, but can't disclose how much you make? And someone is betting their future 2-3 yrs at a company and company can't tell what's its revenue? Major 🚩. I guess this ques was his respectful way to tell you to FO!
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How do you tell someone respectfully FO ?
Interviewed a guy yesterday. Cleared the basic test. Understood the role. All good.
We asked: What are your salary expectations?
Candidate: How much do you and the company make?
Pritesh Lakhani@priteshlakhani
Finding an accountant for data entry is difficult than fund raise. Have interviewed so many candidates this week and not even one of them can create a company in tally, create a ledger, item, invoice, payment receipt and reconcile the transaction. Irony is they want 40k for this and they can't do the basic stuff.
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@_svs_ I don't think there was any other option for the govt. But yeah how Indigo is penalised in the future gonna be a mirror on govt. I hope they are made an example to not fafo in the future.
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Government is strong only on the weak.
For the weak you get four hour notice for lockdown and yeah you can walk home idgaf.
For everyone else it’s a pussy cat.
Rahul Shivshankar@RShivshankar
MASSIVE ROLLBACK Civil aviation ministry withdraws instructions that enhanced rest period for pilots. MEANS INDIGO CAN GO BACK TO OLD ROSTER. Q: WHAT ABOUT PASSENGER SAFETY?
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