Reshabh Bajaj

Glad to have worked on this matter. The case raises a much larger question of the the extent of the Municipal Commissioner's authority vis-à-vis decisions taken by the General House of the Corporation.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigar…

Bhai kuch toh sharam karo

White towels are a legacy of British era, when there were few roads, fewer cars and no ACs. Officer toured on horses and towels were an integral part of hygiene routine. British left, horses were sent away, but towels stayed! It’s not just towels, the size of tables and colour of ink are also defined by hierarchy. When I was working at Joint Secretary level with the Vice President of India, I had to fight a stiff battle of sorts to order a smaller table that would fit better in my office. The system would not approve of a smaller table! Regarding the colour of ink to be used for noting and signature, Sh. Arun Shourie has written a hilarious, if not ridiculous, memoir as minister. In 1999, two officers in the Ministry of Steel made notings on files using red and green ink. This raised a furore as they were junior officers. The seniors were scandalised and an enquiry was initiated. India’s bureaucracy spent 13 months debating which colour ink officers could use on files. The enquiry was routed through several ministries and departments: Ministry of Steel wrote to Dept of Administrative Reforms It referred to Directorate of Printing (ink experts) Printing referred to Dept of Personnel & Training (DoPT) DoPT threw the ball back: “it’s your Manual, you decide” National Archives was consulted for longevity of ink colours Ministry of Defence consulted for Army ink hierarchy Conclusion after 13 months: juniors wrote in blue-black or blue ink, because that has the longest life of impression. In British era, the files had to travel to Britain, so juniors would write in ink that would stay for the longest. The top brass would sign in green and red. Ruling: Two new paras were added to the manual of office procedure: Para 32(9) says that only officers of Joint Secretary level and above may use red or green ink, and that too only in rare cases. Para 68(5), on the other hand, does not limit the use of these colours to any particular rank (as modern ball pen ink have no issues of shelf life for any colour!) The white towel on the officer’s chair. The red telephone on the desk. The peon standing at the door. The green ink reserved for the senior sahib. These are not accidents of history. They are architecture, the physical grammar of a bureaucratic culture that worships hierarchy.

Happy to be part of this case. Authorities themselves admit that illegal construction has taken place around Chandigarh since 2017. Yet enforcement on ground remains missing.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigar…

Happy to share a case I was part of where PHHC held that IME, Mumbai diplomas via distance mode aren’t equivalent to regular engineering diplomas. I represented Foremen who’d been reverted & lost seniority; the Court quashed those orders indianexpress.com/article/cities…

Honestly the only number that 3 really “owns” is 9. 6 is its own thing, 4 takes 12, 15 is clearly 5 territory, 18 & 24 are in the 6 family, 21 is embedded in 7’s lore, 27 only reminds me of 9 and 30 is obviously a 10 multiple.

@pasricha_pragya I've been told June is the month for positivity

I think sometimes you end up forgetting how life looks like when you live without anxiety and then it happens and it’s like a dark cloud has lifted and it’s all sunny and I can only hope life gives more sunny

If you tell a young person now that their goat is washed, they will fall into a deep despair. But if you told a 13th century serf that their goat is washed, they would experience such gratitude as to be almost overjoyed. This is how far we have fallen.

“Lmao” has survived, and even thrived, over the years, but its cousin “rofl” has faded into indignity. The cruelty of fate.

Yesterday wasn’t journalism — it was propaganda. Lies, spin, and zero truth.When people rely on the media, this betrayal is dangerous. THESE NEWS CHANNELS CANNOT BE TRUSTED! Listing some of the lies they aired yesterday in this thread. Stay tuned. #GodiMediaExposed

“M-m-my n-n-name is V-v-v-viraj…” Almost 30 years ago, I walked into Ajit Harisinghani’s clinic and said those words. We started practicing with an old metronome to slow down speech. Then came cassette recordings of audio beats I could use at home. Then mp3 files. I’d spend hours talking to a mirror or rehearsing with photographs cut out from magazines. Eventually, those turned into YouTube videos I’d talk to instead. Without realizing it, I was already integrating technology into my practice. Many years later, as I walked out of the clinic after a session, a young boy went in. His mother stood outside with tears in her eyes. She quickly composed herself and asked, “What do you do?” “I’m a s-s-software engineer,” I said. Her face lit up. Then dimmed. “My son can't even say his own name,” she said. “How will he ever get a job?” I wanted to tell her he’d be fine. That everything would work out. But I had recently been rejected by four Indian IT services companies, because I’d stuttered through the interviews. I didn’t know what to say. That moment has stayed with me. Ajit Harisinghani is a pioneer of speech therapy in India. I’ve been fortunate to seek his help many times over the years and will always remain grateful for his support. But not everyone has access to a great therapist like him! That’s why we should take the opportunity AI gives us to make speech therapy truly accessible to anyone who needs it. Because no child should feel broken for struggling to say their own name.

@weareji @ramkid Extremely underated reply

@ramkid Looks like an attempt by somebody to produce an electronic signature

Starting a series of wordgrams (patent pending). Word diagrams that (hopefully) convey their meanings. #1

Legal profession in India post 2020

@cjdahiya Please to share the history

Given the history of the song, this was a huge moment 🔥

Glad to have been able to help in this case. Thanks to Avaantika Chawla and Child Rights Clinic JGLS for their consistent and unwavering effort for the past seven months. barandbench.com/news/sonipat-c…

Indian men will look at failures of capitalism and start blaming a hypothetical woman that isn’t willing to marry them

finally completed a very important task i’ve been avoiding for several months. it took 8 minutes and zero effort on my part and i felt immediate and immense relief. i probably won’t learn from this

Trump vs Zelensky- well anticipated by Bollywood

Everything hipsters were into 15 years ago went mainstream. You can buy raw denim at Uniqlo. Target has vinyl records. Your corner store has craft beer. Right wing chuds dress like urban lesbians and graphic designers did in 2010. Everyone drinks fancy coffee now. They won.