Pratik Khasnabis ☁

A small example of living in Australia. I put new down lights 4 yrs back. One stopped working. Took it out to the store, gave my number, no receipt. They checked in system and gave me instant replacement under 5 yrs warranty. Warranty rights are so easy here.

I'm in Australia this week, and we're releasing a new country report from the Anthropic Economic Index. Here's what we found about how Australians use Claude. 🧵

Bunning homepage search today #fuelhoarding #fuelpricehike

@deedydas Feluda books are surely under copyright, how can you make it free.

I grew up reading Byomkesh Bakshi and Feluda: two legendary Bengali detective series that almost no one outside India knows. Now all ~70 novels are translated to English and free to read on grandoldbooks.com. My goal: build the world’s internet library. Every great book, in English, free forever. We shipped 10x more books in the last 48 hrs. Follow @grandoldbooks for more.

@ALeighMP Ban it only for C level. $183k isn’t exactly high income in 2026.

More than 3 million Australians are bound by non-compete clauses, contract terms that can restrict where someone works after leaving a job. We're banning non-competes for low and middle-income earners #auspol

Tried @SarvamAI , the default text-to-speech on the dashboard in Bengali. The voice is not 100% native natural Bengali (Bangla). There is a Hindi accent which is noticeable. Good step but not realistic yet.

Recently I was in India, looking after my dad's health issues. The MRP for the cancer drug he was prescribed is Rs 50,000 for only 4 days supply of tablets. In Australia the same drug will cost $7.7 ( Rs 462). #India may have decent pvt hospitals but not affordable healthcare.

I read a lot of posts on issues with health insurance in India. I live in Australia. The main issue is HI in India requires underwriting, wheareas in Australia it doesn't. Rules are not customer friendly in India with best interests for its citizens. Why I wonder?

@theliverdoc Reassuring. My parents get medicines from CGHS as my dad worked in Central government service. Most medicines are PM Jan Aushadhi generics.

STAY WITH ME. A few years ago, a patient was referred to me because he was diagnosed with complicated cirrhosis. He had an infection which led to a condition called hepatic encephalopathy (brain failure due to high ammonia levels). The treatment largely involved ammonia reducing therapies. One drug was central to this - Rifaximin - a non-absorbable antibiotic that reduced ammonia in the body. I prescribed him Rifaximin for 6 weeks and advised him follow-up. He came back to me, not after six weeks, but in 4 weeks, this time, in liver coma (worst stage of brain failure - due to very high ammonia). He spent two days in the ICU and six days in total in the hospital. His hospital bill was close to INR 80,000. He had no insurance and his wife borrowed the money from neighbors and friends to clear hospital dues. Upon questioning, I found that he was not taking the Rifaximin drug I had prescribed. He was only on the other two drugs (one, a syrup called lactulose for improving ammonia clearance in gut). I was furious, because the patient spent a whole week unecessarily in the ICU and wasted so much money that he never had - just because he was "not compliant" to my orders. I decided it was time for me to school him a bit. But I was wrong. He was compliant. He had purchased Rifaximin and was on it. For 15 days. Thereafter, he could not afford it. He was an autorickshaw driver who shuttled school children every morning and evening. He could hardly make ends meet. He had two children of his own. The Rifaximin brand I prescribed him was 42 rupees per tablet. He had to consume two a day - which would mean 2520 rupees a month. He just did not have that money - so he skipped it - to not compromise on other important matters - childrens education and food. He was confused and scared about opting for a cheaper version of Rifaximin because one, he was unsure about the quality of Rifaximin that was not prescribed by me and two, he was "scared" that I would scold him for buying a cheaper Rifaximin and if that got him into trouble. I was confused and scared about prescribing a cheaper version of Rifaximin because one, I was unsure about the quality of Rifaximin that was not "a good promoted brand" and two, I was "scared" that his family would scold me for prescribing a cheaper Rifaximin and if that got him into trouble. It is heartbreaking that many doctors still simply don’t trust generic medicines. Too often, they worry that these cheaper options are lower quality or might cause more problems than the big, famous brands. This fear leads them to prescribe expensive drugs instead, and the real tragedy is that it pushes vital healthcare out of reach for the ordinary people who need it most - like my patient. This narrative, that generic drugs 'are never good' and that only big pharmaceutical marketed drugs are what works has been deeply ingrained into doctors and patients alike - I do not know by whom and since when. Looking back, these strong emotions were based on either opinions, testimonials or second- and third-hand information. Not evidence. Like I said. Stay with me. This is life changing and will disrupt the drug market in India. Here are the results of The Citizens Generic vs. Brand Drugs Quality Project. 1/11

This is not Samosa. This is Bengali Singara, with small cubed (not smashed) potatoes, groundnut and only in winter cauliflower. Flavour of ginger and spicy.

This is why I love India. Absolutely delicious onion masala dosa at a local joint for breakfast. Also hing kachori. Yes, I can get these in Australia but the taste is just not the same. #indialove

Indian business process (at least customer interactions) runs on #WhatsApp. This is my observation when recently dealing with my dads illness. If whatsapp stops or shuts down many business will grind to a stop.

@GergelyOrosz My traditional Australian bank allows to lock card and report stolen card from the app. They also have automatic fraud detection. It even allows to chose specific transactions and dispute them.

Why Revolut is winning and traditional banks left behind: Last time my “traditional” credit card # got stolen: I noticed it, spent ~15 minutes on the phone to report it; got a new card 1 week later With Revolut: THEY noticed it, 1 tap to cancel; 1 minute for a new card! Amazing

This is morning vegetable shopping, we are lucky to live in New Town (Kolkata) within 50-60 km of fertile farm lands. The sabjiwalas start at 5AM in the morning on jugad motorised van rickshaws and by 7am they are selling freshest veggies picked last night. #lifeinindia

McCain frozen potato fries, very popular in Australia and made from sunflower oil. Today I bought in India and it is made from Palm oil. This is not acceptable. Indians deserve better.

My dad is 82 and have this Mediclaim health insurance policy for a long time when he had his citibank card. Now they notified that the policy doesn't get GST exemption. What a rort.

Just encountered another mindless rule in India. To open a free tier AWS account you will need to upload an Indian PAN card/Voter ID/Driving License. This after providing an Indian mobile number and Indian debit card. So much friction, as an OCI visiting India don't have any.

Why does the patient needs to collect test/scan results for one counter and take to the doctor in the same hospital. These should be made available digitally on Doctor's computer. There is great scope to apply design thinking and simplifying the process.

Hospitals should design a patient centric, single window process, especially for seniors. The actual clinical treatment he is getting and his doctor are very good. Why does everyone still carries a folder full of reports and prescriptions.

I am experiencing Private Hospital system in India while accompanying my dad who is 82 years old and has complex health problems. My first observation is that there are too many manual paper processes and it is the patient who has to navigate it, running from counter to counter.