Yogesh Joshi

From flunking math to advising bizmen: Rise and fall of rape-accused ‘godman’ hindustantimes.com/s/1PhxlYG

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Politics, faith and the comfort of godmen hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne…

The mere fact that Pune’s administrators are thinking about LEZ suggests a small but significant realisation: that the city’s air cannot be treated as an unlimited resource hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne…

'#Pune plans big, but struggles to finish what it starts -- The problem lies somewhere between planning and execution — a gap that commuters experience every single day' hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne… Well put @ymjoshi ... this is a problem across Indian cities - but yes, especially worse in Pune. One key reason - lack of political and bureaucratic will! Pune is the largest city in the country, which is not a capital city. Capital cities get some attention by the state governments, starting with the CM). Pune loses out here. Plenty of examples across the past few decades across all areas of infrastructure and other large projects (airport, ring road, railway, highway, metro, buses, etc.) ...lagging behind other large (capital) cities.

Probe, conducted in 2nd week of Feb, was prompted by an unusual surge in insurance applications for banana crops. ✍️: @HTDheeraj hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne…

Rohit Pawar and the act of speaking alone — I write about this in today’s HT hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-…

Bhor Ghat on e-way to get median openings every 2.5 km hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne… @CMOMaharashtra @mieknathshinde @DGPMaharashtra @aparanjape @writemeenal @ymjoshi

#Pune needs more buses... I have been writing/tweeting on this topic for over a decade now. The PMPML bus service for the Pune region needs better routes, better frequencies, better connections with the metro. Also better maintenance of buses. Note - today, among large cities in India, Pune has one of the lowest percentage usage of the public transit bus service. cc @PMPMLPune @navalMH @MDNagpure @SidShirole @mohol_murlidhar @Dev_Fadnavis

Darshan turns 50: How a restaurant helped shape young lives hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne…

When Pune’s protests make noise, but say little hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne…

'Monday musings: When Pune’s protests make noise, but say little' hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne… - @ymjoshi Street protests in this city once carried a sense of civic urgency. They were about water cuts, power shortages, unaffordable education, land acquisition, or public transport. Today, many protests appear detached from everyday concerns, driven more by political messaging than by public need.

Remembering the victims of the German Bakery terror attack in Koregaon Park, Pune... 16 years ago this day. On February 13, 2010, during busy evening hours, a bomb blast at this popular restaurant killed 17 people and injured at least 60 more. #GermanBakery #Pune

If democracy is a festival, Maharashtra has just lived through a long and tiring season hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-ne…