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Everyone deserves to have their story heard but it takes two very good story tellers like @venkatatweets & my idol Sriram Veera to bring out such a deeply human tale of Laxman Sivaramakrishnan. Must read

Ouch... Dard hua lagta hai Arora saab ko... Packing for chana is a good reuse. Environmentally friendly. Sadly, aapne jo paisa dubaya logon ka can't be reused...

Imagine how thick-skinned bureaucracy, municipal and netas are. Even after so much noise, most of them are chill. What is stopping them from cleaning it. What is stopping from imposing penalty on people who are seen/recorded throwing garbage on roads?

BREAKING: The US and Israel have struck new Iranian energy facilities including a natural gas pipeline belonging to an Iranian power plant in Khorramshahr. Brent oil prices are pushing above $100/barrel.

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐞’𝐬 “𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭”: 𝐀 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 Just off the bustling Pune‑Bengaluru Highway, near Balewadi, lies a sight that would make any civic official wince—if they ever bothered to look. From the highway, a kilometre‑long trail of mixed garbage spills across the open ground. This is not a municipal garden. It is not a waste‑processing plant. It is a place where Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) garbage trucks unload their contents day after day, leaving behind a toxic open‑air dump that operates with a human cost no budget line item ever captures. 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗵” 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘀 Under a relentless sun, a handful of women labourers—wade through mountains of stinking refuse. Their tools: bare hands, a few plastic crates, and raw determination. They tear open black garbage bags collected from housing societies, restaurants, and hotels. With practiced precision, they fish out cardboard, hard plastic bottles, metals—anything that can be sold to recyclers. Small trucks arrive periodically to carry away these “valuables.” What remains is the real garbage: low‑grade plastic, mixed waste, organic matter and filth that no hand can separate. Then comes the night shift—unofficial and unlawful. The leftover waste is set on fire. Plumes of thick, acrid smoke rise into the sky, poisoning the air for kilometres around. 𝗔 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 ₹𝟭𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗬𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 The PMC’s annual budget for 2025‑26 is a staggering ₹12,000 crore. Meanwhile, countries like Singapore, Japan, and European nations have long replaced manual rag‑picking with mechanised waste‑processing units, robotic segregation, and closed‑loop recycling systems. Even China, often cited for its environmental struggles, has invested heavily in automated waste‑to‑energy plants that handle garbage without exposing human beings to its hazards. In Pune, however, the city’s waste management is simply outsourced to contractors who find it cheaper to employ women with bare hands than to invest in machinery. The system is a perfect recipe for exploitation: no protective gear, no health insurance, no dignity. And when the contractor has done the bare minimum, the leftover waste—too toxic or too mixed—is left to smoulder in the open. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 “We see PMC advertisements everywhere—‘Swachh Bharat’, ‘Swachh Pune’,” “But what happens behind that hoarding is something they don’t want you to see.” The spot is clearly visible from the highway. Hundreds of vehicles pass it every day. Yet, the Municipal Commissioner and the city’s political leaders have remained conspicuously silent. When asked, officials deflect responsibility—blaming the contractor, citing budget constraints, or promising an “inquiry” that never comes. The irony is that the same leaders stand on podiums posing with brooms, cameras capturing the perfect photo‑op, while just a few kilometres away, women in torn slippers wade through toxic waste with nothing but their hands. 𝗔 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 What makes this site a national shame is not merely the filth—it is the callous indifference of those entrusted with the city’s health. In the age of artificial intelligence, where even our mobile phones have become smart, Pune’s garbage continues to be processed by low‑wage labourers working in unhygienic, hazardous conditions. They are the invisible backbone of the city’s “waste management,” yet they are treated as disposable as the trash they sort. Every night, the flames rise from that dump. Every night, toxic fumes drift into the lungs of those who live nearby, and into the lungs of the women who work there. And every morning, the PMC’s trucks arrive again, unloading fresh waste onto a site that has already become a public health emergency. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 It is not enough to issue tenders. The PMC must immediately: - Install mechanised segregation units at all major waste collection points. - Provide PPE, health check‑ups, and fair wages to all workers involved in waste handling. - Ensure that no waste is burnt in the open; set up genuine waste‑to‑energy or scientific processing facilities. - Hold contractors accountable with strict penalties for unsafe practices. - Conduct regular inspections—not announced, but surprise visits—to sites like Balewadi. The people of Pune have a right to clean air, safe surroundings, and a civic body that respects both the environment and the humanity of those who keep the city running. The PMC’s inaction is no longer a failure of administration; it is a failure of basic morality. #PMC #Garbage #Handling @MahaDGIPR @MAHA_UDD @CPCB_OFFICIAL @mpcb_official @CMOMaharashtra @mohol_murlidhar @ChDadaPatil @BalwadkarAmol @madhurimisal @navalMH @prithvirajbp @MDNagpure @SalimAli_Bird @MrMcgreely @AnathpindikaS @whattosayfolks @TamhiniGhat @PuneRivers @bonyuppal @SpeakUpPune @amardasbhalla @RajaSubramani22 @navipeth @sumedh_bp @Pushkaraj2020 @bbnmpune @vandymini @WMMaharashtra @RupeshSarode03

Yes, Corruption is a skill.

I’ve never seen this level of corruption & con job in international crises before.

3 trash piles appeared in last 4 months or so within 300mtr of each other on Tamil Sangam Marg. There is a sarkari officers colony opposite one of them 😄 tomorrow will share other side of road as well. Delhi trash pile up is alarming. Well done @gupta_rekha

Pune wants to remove reservations on 28 acres of land - to build a convention centre. Indian municipal corporations are so hollow in their governance - that they forget why Master Plans exist. And Reservations exist to ensure schools, hospitals and gardens are actually built

The FT now reporting that, even without the energy shocks, there's a pretty good chance that the closure of Hormuz will pop the AI bubble and lead to a stock market crash

This is from a former senior Israeli intelligence officer who once headed IDF intelligence on Iran. He has been saying for days that the U.S.-Israeli war strategy is based on specious and shifting assumptions and thus is potentially counterproductive. x.com/citrinowicz/st…

Stock market party is over for the bachcha party My Paisanomics column for the Mumbai Mirror. The BSE 500 – which is a good representation of the overall Indian stock market – has fallen 8 per cent during March. The bachcha party, which has grown up listening to financial influencers and the well-shaved, tie-less, suited-booted types in the business of managing other people’s money (OPM), has found the fall to be out of syllabus. The finfluencers sold them a dream that it was possible to get rich – just before lunch time. The OPM types were like, lunch time is difficult, but we can have you up and running by tomorrow morning. And this felt right, as long as prices went up. But if you buy stocks at very high prices vis-à-vis the earnings of the companies they represent, making money on that investment is going to take time. You might even lose money. The finfluencers and the OPM-wallahs largely specialise in telling people that stock prices will continue to go up because they’ve been going up. This is a sales trick that is as old as the hills. As EB White, my favourite non-fiction writer, wrote in The New Yorker magazine in 1929: “The collapse of the market, over and above the pain, couldn’t help but be amusing… The quake, furthermore, verified our suspicion that our wise and talky friends hadn’t known for months what they were talking about when they were discussing stocks.” The point being the finfluencers and the OPM-wallahs have an incentive to sell what they do, irrespective of the state of the stock market. But it’s the bachcha party’s incentive to figure out what’s right for them. Will they? Julian Barnes in his book ‘Flaubert’s Parrot’ quotes the French writer Gustave Flaubert as saying: “Whatever else happens, we shall remain stupid.” The stock market party was never about investing – it was about belief. The bachcha party bought stories, not stocks. Now the bill has arrived. Markets ultimately punish hope that is dressed up as a certainty. The next cycle will come, with new stories. The only question is: Will the bachcha party pay twice for the same lesson? Their parents clearly did. mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/party-…

If you can betray your own father like @SinghaniaGautam did you are capable of anything. Also the whole alleged hushed up violence with his wife. Unbelievable with the fresh allegations that no action will be taken. Truly sad that money can make you get away with anything in India

The jam session the leaders of Japan and South Korea held during a summit in January.

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Atheists: 🇨🇳 China: 91% 🇯🇵 Japan: 86% 🇸🇪 Sweden: 78% 🇨🇿 Czech Republic: 75% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 72% 🇧🇪 Belgium: 72% 🇪🇪 Estonia: 72% 🇦🇺 Australia: 70% 🇳🇴 Norway: 70% 🇩🇰 Denmark: 68% 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 67% 🇩🇪 Germany: 66% 🇰🇷 South Korea: 65% 🇪🇸 Spain: 63% 🇨🇦 Canada: 63% 🇫🇮 Finland: 62% 🇫🇷 France: 55% (CEOWORLD magazine)

Cave Restaurant In Polignano A Mare, Italy 🇮🇹

How to eat sushi the right way by renowned Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa 🍣

Notice from Income Tax: "Explain ₹50,000 credit in your savings account." That's literally your grandmother's gift for your wedding. Now submit - Gift deed, her IT returns, bank statements, relationship proof, notarized affidavit. For YOUR money. From YOUR grandmother. This is terrorism.

Proxy War, Reversed? According to President Zelensky, Ukraine has sent more than 200 drone specialists to Gulf countries to help counter Iranian drones. But India’s arrest of six Ukrainian drone experts with military backgrounds suggests that Kyiv dispatched such specialists to India as well — without New Delhi’s knowledge. The six Ukrainians, along with an American veteran of covert wars in Libya, Syria and Ukraine, reportedly smuggled a cache of European-sourced drones into India and then delivered them to insurgents in Myanmar by illegally crossing the Indo-Myanmar border. India’s National Investigation Agency, which arrested them after their return from Myanmar, told a New Delhi court that the seven operatives appeared to be part of a wider covert network using Indian territory as a staging ground to arm and train Myanmar insurgents with close links to rebel groups in India’s northeast. The seven have been charged with terrorist conspiracy and weapons smuggling. The episode points to a striking reversal of the proxy dynamic. Just as Ukraine has been central to a U.S.-led proxy war against Russia since 2022, Kyiv now appears to be implicated in a parallel proxy war against Myanmar — channeling lethal drone technologies from Indian territory into that conflict. The possibility had surfaced earlier. A year ago, Lalduhoma, the chief minister of India's Myanmar-bordering Mizoram state, warned, "We have specific intelligence that Ukraine war veterans traveled to Myanmar’s Chin State via Mizoram to train rebel outfits fighting the military junta."

The more things change, the more they remain the same!