Avantika Gupta

The Infinite Seagull

[Avantika Gupta @AvantikaGupta28]

Book Launched finally on 24.07.2021
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#TheInfiniteSeagull #Volume1 #AvasaOrganic

[Avantika Gupta @AvantikaGupta28]

@AirIndiaX
Sad state of affairs to Air India Express.
Delhi to Jodhpur. Aircraft has an issue since 3 AM and the airline is sending a message at 8:39AM that it won't fly at 8:40.
Please help @DelhiAirport @DelhiAirportGMR Is there any way we can get quick help?

[Prem Soni @ValueWithPrem]

My dad ran a small jewellery shop. This was about 15 years ago. Business wasn’t great.
Gold prices were high. People mostly came to ask rates and leave.

One afternoon, an old customer walked in. He looked tense. He said he wanted to mortgage his jewellery.

My dad asked why. After a long pause, he finally said: Credit card loans and losses in F&O. It didn’t happen overnight. One thing led to another and He was trapped.

My dad didn’t begin with the jewellery.
He asked about his EMIs. They sat and talked for nearly an hour.

My dad helped him understand what to clear first. What to pause. What not to touch again. My dad asked about other deductions. There was an LIC policy too.
He suggested closing it.

He gave him a little more than the jewellery so that the most urgent EMIs could be cleared.

“Clear the highest interest first,” he said.
“When things are better, come back.”

The man left silently. A few months later, he returned. This time, he didn’t need a loan.
“My friend is getting married,” he said.
“She wants to buy jewellery.”

My dad helped her choose within budget.
No pressure. No upsell. Then her cousins came. Then other relatives.

They invited us to the wedding.
At the wedding, they introduced my dad to others and After that, more people started coming to the shop.

People didn’t argue over price anymore. They were real buyers. Buying jewellery & Asking for advice. Many people took advice from him.

My dad passed away years ago.
But even today, people remember him for that.

It was never about jewellery.
It was about trust.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Scientists proved that human babies aren’t born afraid of snakes.

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

#BREAKING: India’s IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Davos strongly counters IMF Chief for calling India a second-tier AI power:

“I don't know what the IMF criteria is but Stanford places India at 3rd in the world for AI preparedness. I don't think your classification is correct.”

[Mayank Shekhar मयंक शेखर @mayankw14]

Laju Bhai aka Mr. Bhatia of Toto’s Garage pub—the lanky gentleman with cool shirts & dark glasses—is no more.

This is indeed a huge loss to Bombay, at any rate, Bandra’s nightlife.

Of which Mr. Bhatia was a permanent feature, over 30 years plus—every evening at the bar, milling around, making small talk, being the eternally friendly neighbourhood bar-man.

He told me once that despite multiple offers from investors & malls, Toto’s will never be a chain: “You have only one heart!”

It’ll stay tied to Pali Naka as an exclusive watering hole, rather than an expanding business.

Toto’s doesn’t even have a social media page. It has patrons who will swear by it forever; and likewise, miss Mr. Bhatia’s presence, forever, too.

RIP🙏🏽 Wrote a column on Toto’s once. Sharing it again👇🏽

[सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय @MIB_Hindi]

भारतीय अंतरिक्ष कार्यक्रम के जनक विक्रम साराभाई को नमन। उनकी दूरदृष्टि और वैज्ञानिक योगदान आज भी भारत के अंतरिक्ष अभियान को प्रेरणा देते हैं।

#VikramSarabhai

@IndiaDST @isro

[Mamata Banerjee @MamataOfficial]

Jo Bole So Nihaal, Sat Sri Akal

On the auspicious occasion of the Prakash Purab of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, may his teachings of courage and sacrifice inspire us all.

It is our pride that our government has declared a sectional holiday for the state government employees on this sacred day.

[Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh]

Saddened by the demise of former Union Minister Shri Shivraj Patil ji.
He was a seasoned leader, who served the country in various capacities and made effective contributions towards India’s progress. My thoughts are with his family and well-wishers in this sad hour. Om Shanti.

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

#OperationSagarBandhu unfolds.

@IAF_MCC C-130 J plane carrying approx 12 tons of humanitarian aid including tents, tarpaulins, blankets, hygiene kits, and ready-to-eat food items lands in Colombo.

🇮🇳 🇱🇰

[Hirav @hiravaero]

First private trainer aircraft facility: By year-end, Haryana’s Hisar may house India’s first private sector trainer aircraft manufacturing unit.

•Partnership: Tamil Nadu’s Sakthi Group and Austria’s Diamond Aircraft to jointly set up a final assembly line (FAL) for DA40 NG single-engine trainer planes.

•Orders & Production: 200 planes ordered for flying schools; first 50 as CKD imports (Austria/Canada), remaining 150 to be built at Hisar FAL.

[Hirav @hiravaero]

A Detailed video of Navi Mumbai International Airport (VANM) 🇮🇳

[Avantika Gupta @AvantikaGupta28]

@manaman_chhina @hiravaero .

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

In five constituencies, 1,50,000 voters are clustered around just 1200-1,300 households, an analysis of the draft electorate rolls revealed. We investigated 14 such cases in four constituencies — some with hundreds registered to a single address

https://t.co/EKuwQxKuAj

[Dhanya Rajendran @dhanyarajendran]

CEO Bihar responds to the story published on @newslaundry. The investigation was done by several reporters. These people obviously cannot go to every constituency and find issues. Should the reply not have been that we will look into these 14 cases?

[Avantika Gupta @AvantikaGupta28]

Har Har Mahadev

[Defence PRO AP Visakhapatnam @PRO_Vizag]

RM Shri Rajnath Singh presided over a historic commissioning. INS Udaygiri (F35) built @MazagonDockLtd 'City of Dreams' Mumbai, INS Himgiri (F34) built @OfficialGRSE 'City of Joy' Kolkata, the two Giri's join @indiannavy under @IN_EasternFleet @ "City of Destiny" Visakhapatnam.

[NewsBreak24 @NewsBreak24Live]

A 23-year-old woman in MP’s Khargone escaped after her drunk husband allegedly tied her up, tortured her, and burned her with a hot knife in a dowry abuse case.
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#MadhyaPradesh #DowryAbuse #StopDowry #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JusticeForHer #WomenSafety #BreakTheSilence

[Markandey Katju @mkatju]

Pakistan was doomed to fail as it was created artificially on theological basis by a British swindle in 1947 on the basis of the bogus 2 nation theory. That is why Pakistanis are fleeing their own country to the West.

[Amit Shah @AmitShah]

Speaking to @ANI. https://t.co/EQRkbv7K5M

[Ahmed Khabeer احمد خبیر @AhmedKhabeeer]

A viral clip of former Chief Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan asserting, "I am not the Chief Election Commissioner of the Government of India... I am the Chief Election Commissioner of 'India".