Ann Francis

love my country... work in publishing, love music, art, photography, running, badminton, reading, traveling, cats, dogs and most animals and FOOD!

[Ann Francis @AMF_ANN]

@AnupamPKher Surf Modi and BJP ko Khush rakhna hai… sab log kyo?

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@kunalkamra88 7500 thoda kam nahi hai… I hear the Maharashtra me sab kuch double hai!!!

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@mrmikeMTL Yes! Make it 30 days… and o still say yes!

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@AdityaMenon22 You forget we are a racist bloody bunch except for when we want to make money!!!! 💰 💰 samajdar ko ishara Kafi hai….. 😜

[Maheshwer Peri @maheshperi]

There’s a particular kind of fear that only a parent knows. The fear that comes watching your child choose a life you can’t quite protect them.

Vinayak is an engineer by education. He was in product, good at his job, well liked and adding value. Everything about it looked right from where I stood: Security, salary, work place etc.

But he felt that he didn’t fit. Not as a complaint but a quiet truth. He didn’t like the closed spaces, the stillness and the daily routine.

On a family holiday, he took to deep sea diving. He went back again, to the same diving site. He learnt. He trained. And he started interning with them and helping tourists. He would check the oxygen cylinders, give demos, instructions. And he soon got certification as a deep sea diving instructor.

And one fine day, he announced that he is quitting from his corporate life. He went abroad and learnt more. And more. And more. He trained. Got every certification - On diving, surviving etc.

He is now a deep sea diving instructor, working in Indonesia. He earls less than half the pay, carries cylinders, spends long hours underwater, lives without the comforts I spent a career trying to provide. No AC room. Not even a wash basin in his room. No safety net.

He is happy. Underwater, undercompensated, and, by every real measure, more himself than he ever was in that office.

My fear hasn’t fully gone. I don’t think it’s meant to. He didn’t need me to protect him from this choice. He needed me to trust that he knew himself better than I did. That’s the harder thing to learn, as a parent: sometimes love means stepping back and letting someone be honest, brave and trusted.

I am proud. He had the courage that I didn’t have. He gave up comforts and chose what his heart said. He trained. Learnt. He was happy to be a subordinate than be the promoters son. He chose the difficult path. The not so treaded path. He is happy. And I am proud.

Happy birthday Vinayak.

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@TheTennisLetter Are they going there to play or to walk the ramp…. WTF?!!
One trying to outdo the madness of the next. If I want drama, I know where to go!

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@tumisole Get real dude…. Drama is drama…. think we all when it is drama and when it is not.

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@bsdhanoa @RURALINDIA We all know what the results of that test are going to be!!! We have a selfish bunch of ministers who are power hungry and want to get richer! Does anyone doubt this?

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@Zwxsh 0/10 … this is not the aura I want on a tennis court! Here for the game not the drama.

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@sardesairajdeep Time to hang up their boots Rajdeep…
let everyone play cricket!!

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@Joydas Some Gujju baba from here will still misspell it and send.

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@Dailymeoww1 ALL Orange cats are loony…. What else to say?!

[Cdr Abhilash Tomy KC, NM @abhilashtomy]

If it gets students dreaming of the ocean, I’ll take

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Vembu tried to tweet his way through but the BJP wanted cash!!!

[Dhivya Marunthiah @DhivCM]

Connect the dots now.

Well done @svembu 👏

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@Aunindyo2023 I would like try my hand at being an electrician, do a course and all that… I think I’ll make a good one…. and as a hobby I want to learn shoe making.

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@Aunindyo2023 50000 bass!!! I’m curious at how you arrived at that exact number…. So I will watch the video!

[Dr.Sivaranjini @dr_sivaranjani]

Every year, more than one lakh children die due to diarrhoea, in India. ORS(WHO RECOMMENDED FORMULA) is a life saver. It's very disheartening and angering to see
1. @fssaiindia giving permission to eRZL (looking exactly same as the high sugar ORSL), inspite of the harm caused to children for 2 decades, and inspite of us literally begging to not do it.
2. @Kenvue, your Indian subsidiary seems to be the most unethical company here. It doesn't seem to care for the lives of our Indian children! eRZL is being handed as ORS now. It's a shame!
3. The president of @iapindia, I hv literally begged u to ask Kenvue to rebrand in such a way that the new branding doesn't resemble the erstwhile high sugar ORSL, and instead you release a position paper influenced by Kenvue! The children of India vs Kenvue, and u chose Kenvue.

Dear citizens of India, history is repeating! I hv taken up this issue legally, but that's going to take years, as u all know.

It's time that u stand up for the children of India once again, and ensure history doesn't repeat!

@MoHFW_INDIA pls ensure only CDSCO approved drugs(ORS) are available in the pharmacies and not FSSAI approved beverages! This seems to be the only way to protect the children of this country.

#ORSL #eRZL #WHOrecommendedformulaORS
#misbranding #misleadingmarketing #diarrhoea #death #children #diabetes #johnsonjohnson

[Lalit Rathi - LKR @lalitinvestor]

I think India has completely misread the biggest economic shift of the last decade.

Unfortunately the Government of India has failed. Not marginally. Not partially. It has failed in a big way.

For years we have been told that India is the fastest-growing large economy in the world. That our demographics are unmatched. That our consumption story is intact. That global investors cannot ignore us.

Yet look at what has actually happened.

Over the last 4–5 years the world witnessed one of the biggest reallocations of capital in modern history.

Trillions of dollars moved.

The US attracted capital into AI. Taiwan became the semiconductor capital of the world. South Korea became a key beneficiary of the memory and AI boom. Vietnam emerged as a manufacturing destination. Singapore strengthened its position as Asia's capital hub. UAE became a magnet for global entrepreneurs and family offices.

And India?

India largely watched from the sidelines while continuing to sell the same consumption story.

The numbers tell the story.

Net FDI inflows into India have fallen sharply from their peak years.

Private equity activity has slowed materially.

Venture capital funding is a fraction of what it was during the 2021 cycle.

Foreign investors have been net sellers for prolonged periods.

And despite all this there seems to be very little introspection within the system..

Instead every explanation sounds familiar.

"It's a global issue."
"It's temporary."
"It's an AI bubble."
"It's because of interest rates."

At some point we need to stop explaining away reality.

Capital does not care about narratives.

Capital follows opportunity.

And we failed to create enough of it.

China built manufacturing ecosystems that are still decades ahead of us. America built the world's most powerful innovation engine. Taiwan built the semiconductor backbone of the digital economy.

India built compliance.

Ask any foreign investor.

They worry about:

* tax uncertainty
* regulatory complexity
* currency depreciation
* capital movement restrictions
* compliance burden
* endless approvals

These are not ideological issues. These are execution failures.

What makes this even more worrying is that India continues to depend heavily on a consumption-led growth model.

But where does that consumption come from?

A large part comes from:

* salaried professionals
* IT employees
* financial services
* real estate-linked employment
* urban middle class spending

Now look at what AI is doing.

Whether people like it or not this is no longer a passing theme.

It is already reshaping hiring.

It is already reshaping productivity.

It is already changing how businesses think about incremental headcount.

If India misses this wave as well then the consequences will not be limited to the IT sector.

The ripple effects could hit:

* housing demand
* automobiles
* travel
* entertainment
* premium consumption
* retail spending

The second-order impact may be larger than the first-order impact.

And yet where is the urgency?

Where is the national AI mission at scale?

Where are the world-class research incentives?

Where are the regulatory reforms to attract global capital?

Where is the accountability from bureaucrats who have repeatedly missed these shifts?

The most dangerous assumption being made today is that demographics will save India.

Demographics are not an advantage by default.

They are only an advantage if jobs are created faster than aspirations.

Otherwise demographics become pressure.

And pressure eventually becomes unrest.

The world is moving faster than at any point in modern history.

The uncomfortable truth is that India is not competing against its own past anymore.

India is competing against countries that are moving with far greater speed and urgency.

The next 3 years will decide whether India becomes a genuine economic superpower or remains a country endlessly talking about its potential.

Potential does not attract capital. Execution does.

[Ann Francis @AMF_ANN]

@Aunindyo2023 How convenient… fires just break out at someone’s will. Why is there no will to chase these things down?

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@PRaiLAC @MeherM You give them too much credit….. This is a society that does not eve respect humans. What is an animal to them?!