Sumit Saxena

Writer. Director

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

@x_rahulraj What memories from back in the day!

[Rahul Raj @x_rahulraj]

Sometime in 2007, we were preparing a full-length play for Carpe Diem, the cultural festival at IIM Calcutta.

It was an audacious experiment by Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares to perform a metatheatrical comedy with a large ensemble cast. The small theatre team from the then IT BHU was incredibly ambitious and determined to create its own legacy.

Even before this, Varun Grover, from the same theatre club, had taken the bold decision to leave behind a software career and pursue the far more uncertain path of cinema.

The play received an overwhelming response. When the curtains fell at IIM Calcutta, the audience rose to their feet and applauded for nearly 15–20 minutes.

Many students came up to us afterwards to congratulate the team. Some spoke about their own creative aspirations and how difficult it was to pursue them under the weight of the prestigious IIM tag and the expectations that came with it.

Later that evening, during a casual conversation, the joyous Sumit simply said:

"Bhai Log, phod denge."

Sumit probably wanted to create a Pyramid Scheme that keeps churning out artists, writers and creators.

That team went on to produce an extraordinary group of writers and directors like Sumit Saxena, Vaibhav Suman, Abhijeet Parmar, Akshendra Mishra, Vijay Verma and Lokendra. The theatre club continued nurturing more talent, including Nikhil Sachan, Abhay Mishra and @uncle_sherry (Shreyansh Pandey).

Yesterday, I was watching "The Pyramid Scheme" on Amazon Prime. It's a beautifully crafted show by the TVF team. It is engaging, sharp, and wonderfully executed.

Written by Akshendra Mishra and directed by @uncle_sherry, it instantly transported me back to those unforgettable IIT BHU theatre days.

Kudos to @ArunabhKumar for building this grand infrastructure.

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

@x_rahulraj Excellent this is! Bravo!

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

Morality, fairness, and justice were the unwritten critical conditions to follow for people in power since the early days of civilisation. Even if they didn’t follow them, they made efforts that history remembers them as the good guys who tried.

And then sometime in the last two decades (after a century of dabbling with the idea) a new set of kings arrived who said - what if we choose to be openly immoral, unjust, and even vile. What could go wrong (for us)?

And nothing did - in fact their powers, mandates, and evilness kept on increasing. They don’t care about history or the written word documenting their deeds - in fact have an active disdain for it. Both history and future are just tools to their agenda - of accumulating more power in the present.

And the most fascinating paradox hidden in this choice is that these kings have proudly made religion and their own religious identities as the central argument to their position.

Religion - a way of life that above all surmises that actions have consequences (even for Gods) - being used by people who firmly believe in zero consequences. These kings, more than even the godless atheists, know there are no gods, no afterlife, no rebirths, and no punishment here or anywhere else.

Nihilist power-grabbers have taken over the world while the common believers are left to deal with the consequences.

It’s not just the end of ethics, it’s the end of the biggest lure of the religions itself - that in the end, there’s justice. It’s the end of religion.

[Rahul Raj @x_rahulraj]

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[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

One feature I really miss on X: the ability to sort replies by “Most Recent.” When a post goes viral, the conversation keeps evolving, but it’s hard to see the latest responses without endless scrolling. @nikitabier

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

At one point in the conversation with @BeerBicepsGuy, it seemed like @ericweinstein was hinting that Elon’s private Grok may have cracked some new physics and opened a new window into the cosmos. Unfortunately, Ranveer didn’t prod further. Wish Eric would elaborate.

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

@RahulSeeker @the_hindu Very interesting. Followed you!

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Ek taraf baaz shikaar karne ke liye hai taiyaar
Toh dusri taraf sach ka rakshak hai hoshiyaar…
Iss Diwali, kiski hogi jeet?

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[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

@elonmusk Proscribing Kimmel! Coming from a free speech absolutist, does feel like a betrayal though!

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

Is it possible that the Final Destination (2000) was an inspiration for this famous Honda Cog commercial?
https://t.co/akTpynIlGa

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

What Deepseek just accomplished, will have them all worried about @ssi , if they weren't already. If Deepsake can do what it did with just 6 Million, what kind of genie will they unleash with their 1 Billion? Maybe Illya Sutskever has also figured out a radically new way to train models without drowning in compute and data; which is why he didn't go to @xai after the @OpenAI mess, even though he was being massively chased!

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

@elonmusk This makes me think of Aaron Swartz for so many reasons. The very first being - Aaron and Reddit. Suchir and Quora.

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

@elonmusk Could you please the name the artist?

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

@MikeTyson Sir, despite of what happened in that exhibition ring, your two punches that sound like one will continue to echo through history forever.

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

The ring @jakepaul stepped into was built for showmanship; entertain and reap attention. For @MikeTyson , however, the ring was once a sacred space—a battleground where he fought demons, fears, and the weight of his own existence. It was his place of prayer.

[Sumit Saxena @dotsandsquares]

Perhaps the hardest battle wasn’t the physical preparation, but the psychological one: to silence the echo of his own words from that “prayer room” 19 years ago:

“I’m not going to disrespect the sport anymore by losing to this caliber of fighters.”