Urvashi Mishra

While the bail hearings by now seem to be empty exercises, the family finds solace in seeing him up close in court. At a hearing this summer, his mother briefly held Mr. Khalid’s hand. nytimes.com/2024/10/22/wor…

This clip went viral a while ago. An American vlogger discovers a Ph.D candidate running a food stall, part-time. What struck me as truly special, however, was the end, when he picks up his phone & the vlogger thinks he’s going to show him social media mentions of his stall—but instead, he proudly shows him online the research papers he has authored! Incredible. Unique. Indian.

I confess. I was devastated last night when @Neeraj_chopra1 didn’t win his second Olympic gold medal. But, this morning, I first want to congratulate Arshad Nadeem for his record-breaking throw. AND his sportsmanship & camaraderie with Neeraj. Then I want to tell Neeraj that he wins a GOLD medal for consistency. He didn’t fumble, get fouled out or get flustered. He quietly made his best throw of the season. And brought home a back to back medal and India’s first Silver. Reliable, predictable & consistent performance is the hallmark of a great sportsperson. Neeraj you are a truly great athlete and a good human being. You have made us all proud. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

After 13 years working as a correspondent in India, the authorities have denied me a permit to work as a journalist. I have thus been forced to leave the country. Here is my statement.

Hello Twitter Folks, Need Help! Conducting fun research. Have you ever visited the Domestic Airport website before/after your travel? & if Yes then why? I am known for treating people with coffee after my research so please comment or DM :) #UX #Research #airports #UXresearch

I request all of you to participate in the Survey below. There are two parts to the Survey - The first link is for the leadership of organisations (CEOs and CHROs), while the second link is for 'Women Leaders in Making'. Do help us make a difference!

Thy name is patriarchy.

How to fall. 🌸

Hello Delhi Twitter You've supported me while I've been #WalkingInDelhi. Now you can join me for a walk :D Hosting a (not a) Heritage Walk for @ThisDayStories at Chandni Chowk and the larger Shahjahanabad area where I talk about the Fakirs, Hakims, and Lalas who made the city the center of power, wealth, and intellectual might in Mughal India. The walk is an introduction to Chandni Chowk (and also to why you should not call all of Old Delhi by that name). It takes you through stories of the Sufi who came back to life 150 years after their death, and takes you through palaces that became banks. The walk focuses a fair bit on local legends and stories, where dreams and djinns have quite a role to play. And oh, also, (among many other things) we'll also talk a little bit about Ghalib's favorite cocktail, his drinking habits, and the kind of chakna that he preferred See you on Saturday, 28th of October, 7:30 AM. (Link to register in the next tweet because Twitter kills reach of posts with links) PS: Please RT and Share with your friends and followers in Delhi :)) #DelhiHistory #DelhiHeritage #DelhiHeritageWalk #HeritageWalk #DelhiTwitter #dilli #olddelhi

Historically, much of the gender gap in earnings could be explained by differences in education and occupational choices. However, this year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin has shown that the bulk of this earnings difference is now between men and women in the same occupation, and that it largely arises with the birth of the first child. #NobelPrize

Took part in an illuminating conversation with the wise @Infosys_nmurthy & @Nithin0dha as part of the @FortuneIndia’s 40 Under 40 Awards Startup innovators are changing the face of India. These 40 are doing amazing things. We must unleash the potential of India’s entrepreneurs.

I’m not even a Bhakt but have you observed that Indians look down upon fellow Indians for not knowing a western culture but the same find it “aww so cute they’re trying” when foreigners misspell/misdo Indian cultural things. The inferiority complex is so deep rooted.

Why are houses in Amsterdam so narrow? Well, it wasn't about creating a charming Dutch aesthetic — this was a direct response to taxes based on the width of a building's canal frontage. Beautiful architecture isn't always about "styles". Sometimes it just happens by accident... In the 16th century Amsterdam was becoming a commercial hub. As trade increased and the population grew, there was naturally greater competition for space, especially around the canals — because trade was all by boat. In response the authorities imposed a building tax on the width of a property's canal frontage. Then, as now, people wanted to save money. So they simply built narrow houses to ensure that they paid as little tax as possible. What we see in the 21st century are charming rows of idiosyncratic Dutch houses arrayed along the pretty canals of Amsterdam. Back then it was merely the obvious and practical response to tax law. When talking about architecture it's easy to focus on styles (Gothic or Classical, Bauhaus or Art Nouveau) or on specific superstar architects. But, it turns out, things as ostensibly boring as taxes are often far more important and powerful in shaping regional aesthetics and architectural identity. Think of a typical Art Deco skyscraper. What comes to mind? Probably something like the Empire State Building, the iconic shape of which is largely defined by its setbacks: a waterfall of masonry and glass. But those setbacks were mandated by the 1916 New York Zoning Resolution, which was enacted as a response to the Equitable Building. This was a structure more than 150 metres tall rising sheer from the sidewalk below, thus blocking light and air from reaching street level. So, a seemingly definitive aesthetic quality of Art Deco skyscrapers, and of Art Deco design more broadly, was the direct consequence of building code regarding public health — not the artistic choice of an architect. Then again, take Paris. Here we have a perfect example of practical building codes united with purely aesthetic concerns. When the Medieval city was torn down and rebuilt in the second half of the 19th century, Baron Haussmann — the man appointed to oversee this transformation — enforced quasi-dictatorial rules about the façades, specifying particular designs and even requiring that they all be constructed from a specific type of limestone. Sometimes regulations can be exclusively aesthetic. But a different Parisian regulation, from 1783, was height restriction: buildings could be no more than 20 metres tall. This gave birth to another unintended aesthetic triumph, because it was exemptions to this rule that led to the widespread adoption of mansard roofs and, after that, their resulting spread around the world. All of these examples are proof that architecture isn't always about "style". Indeed, sometimes the best architecture isn't a direct consequence of any actual intention to "create beautiful buildings" so much as a result of clever solutions to difficult problems. And it isn't always, or even usually, taxes or building codes that present these problems. In the past it was the availability of building materials or the need to adapt to local climate and environmental conditions. In other words, a question of what was possible. The steep roofs of Medieval German houses, the mudbrick towers of Hadhramaut in Yemen, the turf huts of Iceland, or the presence of courtyards in traditional architecture all around the Mediterranean. These are all examples of architecture responding to restrictions and problems and necessities rather than simple aesthetic choices. And even the architectural wonders of the world weren't purely aesthetic in nature. The great Gothic cathedrals of Medieval Europe, the sublime stepwells of India, and the tiered pyramids of the Aztecs — all would have looked different if their builders had access to, say, stainless steel and plate glass and elevators. The point here isn't that architects have not shaped styles or aesthetics, because they clearly have, and nor that they should be denied praise for their successes or absolved of blame for their failures. For example, even after the New York Zoning Resolution of 1916 it was down to inspired architects like Raymond Hood to design buildings according to those rules. He found a solution which was legal — and also beautiful. Still, it's worth remembering that the most boring or unlikely of things, like taxes or the scarcity of resources, can sometimes unintentionally lead to beautiful architecture. "The absence of limitations is the enemy of art," said Orson Welles. Very true, though he perhaps didn't have Dutch tax regulations in mind at the time...

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