Amit Pankaj

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[Amit Pankaj @Amit_Pankaj]

Literature exists in the realm of the hypothetical, the suppositional, the improbable, the imaginary. We relish books for their exploration of the implausible which sometimes defines a new possible for the rest of us. https://t.co/9DwEJlF2f8 via @NewYorker

[John Cusack @johncusack]

“ The cockroaches took the capital city by storm. They came by train, by bus, by air, by metro, their numbers increasing by the hour. Hours before the first rays of sun lightened Delhi’s monsoon skies, they began to pour into Jantar Mantar in the tens of thousands. By sunrise it was clear that a generation of desperate and furious young people who have seen their future snuffed out before their eyes, was going to reclaim what their parents and grandparents’ generations had conceded: our dignity as a people and as a country. Our rights as citizens of a democracy. The protesters exorcised the corrosive fear that has become second nature to us all with their sheer courage and grace. And humour. By the end of the day it was clear that the protest had become about something far bigger than what the protesters or their leaders were demanding”

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This old Portuguese commercial is brilliant

[Parth MN @parthpunter]

This is how you use your voice and influence. Not copy pasting hashtags the government wants you to promote.

[History Photographed @HistoryInPics]

For a quick moment, imagine you were born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

When you're 29, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, global GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet.

When you're 41, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war and the Holocaust kills six million. At 52, the Korean War starts and five million perish.

At 64 the Vietnam War begins, and it doesn’t end for many years. Four million people die in that conflict. Approaching your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, could well have ended. Great leaders prevented that from happening.

As you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends. Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you survive all of that? A child in 1985 didn’t think their 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. Yet those grandparents survived through everything listed above.

Perspective is an amazing thing. With so much happening right now and as 2023 ends, let's try to keep things in perspective, knowing that we will get through all of this. In the history of the world, there has never been a storm that lasted forever. This too shall pass.

[Ad Professor @The_AdProfessor]

23 creative ads I collected this year:

1. Nescafe

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

1993: “What’s the big deal about Internet?”

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

The Rolling Stones performing "You Can’t Always Get What You Want" at Rock and Roll Circus, 1968.

Among the audience were John Lennon, Eric Clapton and more artists who went to play there as well.
#TheRollingStones

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

For India 🇮🇳 For Indian Comedy. Every breath, every word. Thank you to the @iemmys for this incredible honour.

[Amit Pankaj @Amit_Pankaj]

A cruelly unsung feature of Australia’s resurgence has been their fielding. Elastic frames hurling themselves on the ground; throws bulleted from the outposts; catches frantically chased and swooped, boundaries intercepted with acrobatic zeal. https://t.co/HtRmkVNgov

[Pavilion Opinions @pavilionopinion]

So much to love about Travis Head, not least that he always looks like a mugshot of a Florida man arrested for an amusing but criminal incident involving meth, an alligator and a rollercoaster.

[ScoopWhoop @ScoopWhoop]

Heartbreaking 💔
Rest in peace Matthew Perry. You were the reason for so many people's smiles. You'll be missed Chandler 💐

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

What an absolute legend. This is a must watch!

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

"The last paradox is that the tale of Palestine from the beginning until today is a simple story of colonialism and dispossession, yet the world treats it as a multifaceted and complex story—hard to understand and even harder to solve."

Noam Chomsky

[Kunal Purohit @kunalpurohit]

Of all the stories about #MahatmaGandhi, this one sounds nearly unbelievable in these times:

Gandhi, the man who had led India to defeat the most powerful global empire to exist, refused to be in Delhi on 15 Aug, 1947. He refused to seek credit, refused to be in the limelight. No 'Thank you Gandhi ji' events, no receptions to take credit.

He instead, chose to be in Calcutta, trying to quell the riots. He simply decided to fast and pray on Aug 15 in Calcutta, still engulfed in the flames of communal riots.

The result?

[S.L. Kanthan @Kanthan2030]

Apple CEO Tim Cook on "low manufacturing wage" in China:

"The popular conception is that companies come to China because of low labor costs.

I'm not sure what part of China they go to, but the China stopped being the low labor cost country years ago.

That is not the reason to come to China from a supply point of view. The reason is because of the skill."

[Rare Stories @rarestorees]

How the Matrix’s famous Agent Smith clone fight scene was done

[John Lennon @johnlennon]

AMERICA.
We’d learnt the whole game: we knew how to handle the press when we arrived. The British press are the toughest in the world – we could handle anything. We knew we would wipe them out if we could just get a grip. [1970]

[Devina Mehra @devinamehra]

Mobile penetration in India was nearly 86% in 2018...Is ~ 81% now

Nearly 60% of India needs free food

Number of income tax payers is DOWN by 20 lacs from pre pandemic levels

Those tweeting about luxury car & high end home sales etc, 'people like us' aren't the whole economy!

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

By now, Cadbury and Ogilvy have totally nailed the 'goodness' zone they invented for themselves. Cadbury Dairy Milk is now a symbol of 'thank you'/'happy for you'. The 5 new ads work effortlessly, hence. My favorite was the one featuring the liftman - it was damn cute :) 1/2