natalia_sabharwal

Natalia is the 'ideas' person for LANDZX as well as the main driving force for the company. She's brimming with ideas and plans.

[S Gurumurthy @sgurumurthy]

I have been pursuing this Political and Business Bucanneer for the past 15 years over a case of open and shut fraud

As telecom minister Maran, the bucanneer, installing a 1000 line secret Telephone exchange case in his home in the name of the Regional Manager of BSNL unknown to the system was a famous expose by me in the New Indian Express in 2010

He was using it for uplinking Sun TV progs and benefitting hundreds of crores. The secret phones were also national security breach as they could make any call to anyone without being monitored. At that time the DMK was in love relation with the biggest national security risk the LTTE

But the buccaneer with his money political power and media power delayed a case which could he completed in months by a decade

This is the 7th time the buccaneer telecom minister went to the supreme court to quash and/or delay the CBI probe into the fraud exposed in 2010

The case was investigated in 2007 by an honest inspector of CBI who used to go by scooter from Beasant Nagar to Shastry Bhavan in Chennai. He risked his life and asked for permission to file FIR.

But the UPA govt of which the DMK was a constituent prevented the CBI from registering FIR

I had to file a writ in Supreme court in 2014 to direct the CBI to file FIR

The buccaneer went to the High coourt and then to Supreme Court and almost got the case quashed with the then Attorney General almost colluding with them

The AG who had given opinion to govt that the secret phones were in breach of national security conceded in the court contrary to it

I had to write a scathing article to expose the Attorney

During the hearing then CJI even said it is after all 1.72 cr cable laying expenses and that can be paid by Marans and the case closed.

Then I wrote an article saying that it is not a case of cable laying expenses but secret telephone exchange of over 1000 lines installed at the ministers home and used for uplinking Sun TV progs (for which a secret cable laid at a cost of 1..72 cr) the benefit in which would be hundreds of crores

I also reminder the Supreme court that just months before the court had confirmed sentence on a clerk for accepting a bribe of Rs 265 declaring that corruption should not be tolerated

I wrote that if a clerk has to go jail for a bibe of rs 265 the higher the stature of the corrupt greater should be the punishment

That attempt to quash the case failed and the charges were framed.

Then a pliable trial court first discharged them.

I scathingly attacked the trial court order as perverse

The Madras High court set aside the perverse order and the buccaneer minister went to the supreme court.

The supreme court asked them to face the trial

They delayed the trial by several years and now the trial is over and all witnesses had been examined.

Then the buccaneer began another round of litigation to delay the trial by getting Madras HC to order that the present telecom secy be summoned as court witness .. an absolutely untenable order

The CBI came in appeal to the SC against that order and shockingly the AG who appeared for the CBI earlier appeared for the buccaneer!

Then in a detailed article the OpIndia recounted the whole case from the start and the role of the then AG and now Maran counsel

https://t.co/ygmfwthZIj

After the OpIndia article the then AG didn't appear in the case

The SC finally told Maran that the telecom secy may be called not as court witness but as defence witness.

What is the difference

If he is a defence witness his statements will be admissible against the accused

Not if he is a court witness

They will now.probably not call the telecom secy as defence witness

Hopefully the trial will conclude soon and justice will be done

....20 years after the fraud was discovered by CBI but blocked by UPA

....16 years after it was exposed by me in the New Indian Express

...12 years after the legal battle began

https://t.co/V84GRbYt7q

[Parimal @Fintech03]

Every EV, every solar storage system, every phone battery on Earth runs on lithium and India has almost none of it domestically.....

Lithium, cobalt, nickel all imported, all subject to global price swings and geopolitical chokepoints, the exact same vulnerability with rare earth magnets.

Dr. Vilas Shelke and Dr. Manjusha Shelke, a husband-wife scientist duo, founded a company called Rechargion Energy in 2021. Rechargion is trying to make that dependency optional by building battery cells that need none of those three metals at all.

Dr. Manjusha Shelke is also a Chief Scientist at CSIR's National Chemical Laboratory, India's premier government chemistry research institute.

This is not a garage startup pivoting into hardware, it is an official spin-off from NCL, built directly on the work of Shelke's own research group, which is why the science checks out rather than being marketing.

Sodium-ion batteries using sodium instead of lithium as the ion that moves and stores charge....

The company has patented its own hard carbon anode material, proprietary electrode materials, and sodium compounds, and this is the elegant part.....

The sodium is derived from seawater and aluminium, 2 things India has in near-infinite domestic supply, unlike lithium.

Rechargion's cells have demonstrated a cycle life of 10,000 charge cycles translating into a potential battery life of 25+ years. A typical lithium-ion EV battery today lasts ~8-10 years before serious degradation.

This is claiming ~3x that, using metals that do not need to be imported at all.

Why it is credible, not just a claim....

- In August 2025, the Automotive Research Association of India ran an independent 2 month evaluation of Rechargion's cells at its Chakan testing centre covering vibration, mechanical shock, crushing, high-temperature endurance, short circuit, overcharge, and forced discharge, under the international IEC 62660 protocol.

- Rechargion became the 1st company in India to achieve IEC 62660 compliance for sodium-ion batteries, independent, govt body verified safety testing, not a startup's own lab claims.

Rechargion is almost entirely non-VC, which is itself telling, support has come from the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries, the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, Tata Power-backed Social Alpha, ARAI, Venture Centre Pune, and Rice University, Houston.

This is patient, institutional, science-first capital, not hype-chasing venture money.

A pilot plant installed in 2024 is already producing 10 Ah capacity cells, and the company is now building a facility to scale to 500 cells per day, moving from lab research into actual commercial manufacturing with an initial focus on India's massive electric two and three-wheeler market.

Why this matters for Bharat...

India's entire EV ambition currently rests on a mineral India does not have. If sodium-ion chemistry proves out at scale, the country's electric mobility future stops depending on lithium mines in Australia and Chile and starts depending on seawater and aluminium resources India actually controls.

A husband-wife scientist team out of a Pune government lab, quietly building the battery chemistry that could make India's EV revolution genuinely self-reliant. 🙏🙏

[Tathagata Roy @tathagata2]

Chandrashekhar Azad's mother died while begging on the streets of Shahjahanpur because some Congress members had branded her a traitor's mother. Some people in Shahjahanpur even claim that Nehru conspired to have Azad shot.

An Indian, Sobha Singh (father of the famous writer Khushwant Singh), appeared as an eyewitness against Bhagat Singh in a British court, a testimony that led to Bhagat Singh's execution. Later, the British honored Sobha Singh with the title of 'Sir'; he acquired vast tracts of land in Delhi in his name.
Kunj Bihari Thapar—grandfather of Karan Thapar and Romila Thapar—raised ₹1.75 lakh after his retirement for Michael O'Dwyer, the mastermind behind the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He was honored with the title of 'Diwan Bahadur' and, in recognition of his loyalty, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1920.

Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad was the great-grandfather of civil rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad. A barrister, he served on the Hunter Commission, which gave a clean chit to Michael O'Dwyer regarding the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
If there are 10,000 stories of bravery, there are just as many stories of betrayal.

[Mir Yar Baloch @miryar_baloch]

Celebrations fireworks
#11AugBalochistanIndependenceDay

@hyrbyair_marri

The world must act now and start recognition of the #RepublicOfBalochistan the world's most richest and prosperous country.

Balochistan is now a country and is free to have diplomatic, political, economic relations with the free world and our immediate neighbours.

[Mir Yar Baloch @miryar_baloch]

Welcome to the #RepublicOfBalochistan.

@hyrbyair_marri

[Raghunath AS 🇮🇳 @asraghunath]

A simple fact that the much-hyped Transport Minister @nitin_gadkari should have explained to the masses on the hot topic of ethanol, is demonstrated so effectively by @KVishReddy garu, the @BJP4Telangana MP from Chevella Constituency, through this simple video.
This is precisely why younger, qualified and articulate MPs like him should have been inducted into the Cabinet, rather than continuing with old and fatigued faces.

[Ajit Doval ᴾᵃʳᵒᵈʸ🇮🇳 @IAjitDoval_IND]

For the first time in history, a freight train carrying oil has reached Kashmir.

Congress ruled for over 50 years, yet it was Modi who finally made this possible.

[Office Of Vijay Patel @VijayGajeraO]

Hey @SauravDassss
You have removed your data from the Climate Action Front website, but forgot to delete the tweet below!🥲

By the way, who were your clients?

[Roop Darak @RoopDarak]

Ladies and Gentlemen - Meet @mugdhap, CEO of @iThrive

She’s not only justifying all filthy abuses girls have spoken at Jantar Mantar to our PM Modi and to his deceased Mother, SHE ALSO WANTS TO SLAP MODI HARD!

These are ungrateful pitches (sorry for the typo) who are living in India and will stand with anybody who speaks against a democratically elected leader!

iThrive products are on @Flipkart @amazonIN and she’s flourished staying in the same country.

@PuneCityPolice - please treat her threat of physically harming PM Modi seriously.

Cc @Dev_Fadnavis ji @HMOIndia

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

Personality Profile - Jan Gehl
https://t.co/43geeQ7PxL
#Dubai #DubaiLandscapes #DubaiBiz #UAELovers #BBG #Dubai #LovinDubai

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

2017 Sadie Gwin Blackburn Environmental Seminar: Jan 12, 2017, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
https://t.co/NFGcEc9vTT
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[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

2017 IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award: Call for Nominations
https://t.co/0RirY2Gm84
#Dubai #DubaiLandscapes #DubaiBiz #UAELovers #BBG #Dubai

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

Just a reminder folks!!

https://t.co/E9Z1u7rWxO

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

Some landscapes that that i liked... #Dubai #DubaiLandscapes #DubaiBiz #UAELovers #BBG #Dubai #LovinDubai
https://t.co/FGMFcpuTAj

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

Selfies!
#Dubai #DubaiLandscapes #DubaiBiz #UAELovers #BBG #Dubai #LovinDubai

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

Contemporary Front yard -
#DubaiLandscapes #DubaiBiz #UAELovers #BBG #Dubai #LovinDubai
https://t.co/ZYxoKxRaXl

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

Fascinating outdoor ‘staircase’..
https://t.co/dLY8ldLQwm
#Dubai #DubaiLandscapes #DubaiBiz #UAELovers #BBG #Dubai #LovinDubai

[HH Sheikh Mohammed @HHShkMohd]

The Etihad Museum stands beside the Union House, honouring our journey and unity; I urge our youth to visit and learn from our history

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

7th edition of SIKKA Art Fair
#Dubai #DubaiLandscapes #DubaiBiz #UAELovers #BBG #Dubai #LovinDubai https://t.co/UJFB69NxWt

[Dubai Culture @DubaiCulture]

The 7th edition of SIKKA Art Fair is currently accepting submissions and the deadline is on December 31st, 2016. https://t.co/K8CQKLCwIG

[natalia_sabharwal @DxbLandzx]

Sun dappled back yard…
https://t.co/1zGfF8aGW8
#Dubai #DubaiLandscapes #DubaiBiz #UAELovers #BBG #Dubai #LovinDubai