Ramki

My years as a colony kid were some of the best years of my life. It was when Poona was just becoming Pune. We lived in IMD Colony in Pashan. This was at a time when Pashan was a scattering of science and research establishments separated by great wide spaces. +

@KiranManral Hi Kiran. I had no idea. Best wishes. Keep rocking.

And back at my happy place today after five months. a week and a half after my last chemo. A little embarrassed about starting with baby weights again. Not at my old baseline. But here I am, not trying to prove a damn thing. Just back. This body has been through war. Muscle mass has gone for a toss, stamina at baseline. But now I begin reclaiming it. Slowly. Steadily. One set at a time. I show up. I will show up every single day. This is not a post about strength, god knows I'm far from what I could do. This is not about bouncing back. That is not a narrative I am interested in anymore. This is about reclaiming myself. Rebuilding. Reacquainting. I need those damn endorphins. While I was always doing my freehand and functional at home through these five months, there is absolutely nothing like weights to push yourself. Ladies over 40, if you aren't yet, please lift, do weights. Your bones will thank you for it. With the spouse, @KiritManral who appointed himself Chief "Keep Drinking Water' Reminding Officer and my trainer Siddhant Patil, who has been with me from the start of my gym journey.

One of the most profound concepts in Indian philosophy is 'Saaf karne ke liye ganda kapda'.

@udupendra Sorry for your tragic loss. Condolences to the family.

Lost a young cousin to a senseless road accident earlier today. No fault of hers. An over speeding bus just mowed into their car. I'm just full of senseless rage and hatred towards the world at large now.

Major life update: I've moved on from @newslaundry after 7.5 great years and I'm looking for new opportunities. Please RT for reach? And get in touch with me at jayashree.a@gmail.com. Will be very grateful.

From today's @FT #ArtificialIntelligence #jobs

@ushrit2020 RIP.

A former colleague passed away on May 1. A warm, intelligent, witty, and passionate person. Had a sharp mind for brand strategy. Outspoken by nature, but revered by clients and co-workers alike. FB & Linkedin are flooded with tributes. RIP, Venu. You leave a big hole.

This is what happens when a country decides brick is not a basic material but a design language. Prestige University. Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Designed by Sanjay Puri Architects. Completed January 2026. 30,843 m². The defining feature is a 9,000 square metre walkable roof comprising 463 stepped platforms, usable as individual social spaces or as a single open auditorium for up to 9,000 people. The design was modelled on India’s ancient stepwells civic gathering spaces that existed for over 1,100 years before the building typology was ever theorized. The brick screens on the east, west and south facades are not only decorative. They are a ventilated climate skin, reducing heat gain in a city that sits between 30°C and 40°C for eight months of the year. Landscaped courtyards pull indirect natural light through every level. Minimal air conditioning. Minimal artificial lighting. This is brick doing structural work, climatic work, spatial work and cultural work simultaneously. Africa has the same soils for brick and enough resources to produce it. The same need for spaces where 9,000 people can gather. The question is when we start investing in our materials with the same seriousness. Architects: Sanjay Puri Architects | Indore, India | 2026 | Photo: Vinay Panjwani

@shuklanchinisha @twinsighter Yes, it is.

@ramkid @twinsighter I am assuming this one is in English

Just got @twinsighter's delightful book of folktales from Tamilnadu. You can be from wherever you are, but you and your kid will enjoy this.

One of the best branding exercises seen in recent times is Deva Bhau's. It ticks so many boxes. The team behind this should enter it for the effies.

@twinsighter They already have!

@ramkid Thank you so much! I hope the stories turn you from Ramki to Ramkid from time to time :)

This is incredible. Even more incredible is how someone discovered this.

@LouvinaA So sorry for this series of losses, Louvina.

@ramkid Just as heartbreaking when your contemporaries you should be chatting and joking around with have gone. Just like that. Three folks in less than three weeks.

I served out one less bowl of pet food today. This never gets easier.

Was on a podcast with AB DeVilliers, his 360 Show. And at one point the irony of him asking me about quizzing instead of me asking him about cricket absolutely messed with my head. And then I realized that he had enough people far more competent than me who had done that already. Thanks @abdevillers & @aryayuyutsu, it was a blast. youtube.com/watch?v=OwsesB…

@nimishdubey Congratulations, Nimish.

This just happened.

@KausarJH @ikaveri I'm so sorry. Heartbreaking.

@ikaveri @ramkid The other one passed away this morn😢. Doc, meds nothing came of use.

Varanasi - Banaras - is my father’s home town. I remember visiting the Vishwanath temple on a number of occasions with my grandfather who went there almost every day. On a few occasions, I saw this gentleman with a twinkle in his eye who would greet my grandfather with a “Kaise ho, Principal sahab.” (“How are you, Principal sir?”), and also sometimes offer him some poori and aaloo ki sabzi (rasse waali), a speciality of Paranthe Waali Gali, which was in the same region. My grandfather would nod and smile, introduce me as his grandson to the gentleman. “You must become a teacher too, like your Baba,” the gentleman would tell me, and advise my grandfather to make me read a lot (khoob padhana!) because that is what the country needed. My grandfather had retired as a school principal and was held in special regard. Teachers were the rock stars of 1970s India. They were supposed to be the ones who were “making modern India.” I did teach a little. And I did read a lot. I wish my grandfather had been around to see me do so. I think the gentleman in the lanes near Vishwanath temple would have approved too. My grandfather was Sharda Prasad Dubey. The gentleman was Bismillah Khan. #Varanasi #Banaras #VishwanathTemple #Childhood

@joybhattacharj .ai tells me .tv may not be at see level for much longer. :(

@ramkid 20 years ago, Tuvalu used to celebrate.

Make millions without knowing what ai means. Be like Anguilla. A little country that won the domain lottery. Every time someone registers on the .ai domain, a few dollars drop into Anguilla's kitty. Pretty place too.

What is a deck good for pace bowlers called? seam.ppt

@LouvinaA Sounds delicious.

@ramkid It is charmuri here. Chopped onions, green chillies, tomatoes, green mango, red chilly powder, salt, lemon juice, coriander leaves and coconut oil. I used to make it with toasted poha too - for breakfast.

Did you see the American jhalmuri? Bigger production. But just as credible.