Ramanand

Many summers ago, I had done an India quiz for @bcqc on the three real-igons of India, called Balls, Ballots, Bollywood. Pesh-e-khidmuting some of the questions below:

And you marvel at the fitness of the players who do 2 to 6 hours a day on this ground. I could hardly last 10 mins outside the shaded areas. Best to be a press box invitee!

The tour is guided (in groups) and the guide was well informed about Mumbai cricketing history (the focus of the museum). Reasonably interesting even for those who may not be into cricket. Some great memorabilia on display. Spotted an honours board for journos.

The MCA has a nice tour of the Wankhede Stadium. Includes a tour of the stadium, a visit to the dressing room, and the in house museum.

@JuanLop89593424 @kshashi You can try it here: claude.ai/public/artifac…? (some elements have been slightly altered; the connections remain the same)

@kshashi @quatrainman What is the answer?

Today's connection was a disaster. Anyway, I could solve this one (set by @quatrainman.) Try it.

Earlier this year I was getting frustrated with Claude's charts, fed this book to claude and had it generate a Tufte skill. Instantly got simpler/more beautiful visualizations. gist.github.com/aparente/e48c3…

For Marathi books, I use Bookganga, Akshardhara or Mehta book sellers (Kolhapur). They have superior selection, good discounts and nominal delivery charges. Recently, Mehta book sellers managed to procure out of print books for me. Support your regional book stores.

it’s in gemini, just create it in ai studio. oh, that’s for your personal google one account. for workspace you need gemini business. no, not gemini advanced, that’s ai pro now. unless you need ai ultra. oh agents? you do that in spark actually. no, not gemini api managed agents, that’s different. for coding use jules. unless you mean the agentic ide, that’s antigravity. no, that’s the old antigravity, download the new one. actually gemini cli is being deprecated, use antigravity cli. no the flash model is smarter than the pro model. unless you need pro. if it’s video, use flow. no, flow uses veo. no, nano banana is images. actually that’s in gemini now. unless you’re in search, then it’s ai mode. no, research is notebooklm. anyway it’s all very simple.

Sad news. I discovered him via his podcast where he was an articulate & curious interviewer.

An icon of Pune industry, Ravi Pandit passed away earlier today in Pune. A huge loss for Pune and the Indian Industry. A visionary, a mentor, a great leader. Always softspoken, helpful, humble and ready to guide so many of us. Along with being the chairman of @KPIT, Ravi Pandit was actively involved with institutions like @PuneIntCentre, @MCCIA_Pune and many more. Om Shanti 🙏

Wow. Finally breached. And like London buses, two.

4 my fellow brethren and sistren.

@TheMonaFactor I'll DM you Ayushi, thanks.

@quatrainman Ramanand would you like to join my community of readers? Mixed bunch but I curate it and its a one day a week open only so no spam

For some of us, World Book Day should really be called World Friendship Day.

Hi Everyone, I am Dr Bhooshan Shukla, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Pune, India. My account since 2012 is (@docbhooshan). I was hacked in march. I still have not been able to get control of it. So i have created this account to continue to be on X.

I know that, in some circles, Reader's Digest is a bit déclassé, suffering the same criticisms as any summarised format. But for me, it was a gateway drug into the world of words, ideas, and literature. Happy World Book Day!

But as I age and go down the way of the rest of the male of the species in becoming bad at social connections, I think I’ll seek the comfort of fiction again.