Here are the highlights from the Republic Day celebrations 2026. May we always keep strengthening Constitutional values and realise the dream of a Viksit Bharat.
Here's my conversation with @narendramodi, Prime Minister of India.
It was one of the most moving & powerful conversations and experiences of my life.
This episode is fully dubbed into multiple languages including English and Hindi. It's also available in the original (mix of Hindi & English).
On X, I post the full English-dub version. See comment for more.
So the options are:
- Audio: English, Hindi, Original (Mixed), and more
- Subtitles: English, Hindi, and more
Timestamps:
0:00 - In this episode...
3:07 - Introduction
9:19 - Fasting
21:38 - Early life
33:33 - Advice to Young People
39:16 - Journey in the Himalayas
50:45 - Becoming a monk
52:33 - RSS and Hindu nationalism
1:00:17 - Explaining India
1:04:27 - Mahatma Gandhi
1:16:23 - Path to peace in Ukraine
1:19:37 - India and Pakistan
1:25:16 - Cricket and Football
1:29:41 - Donald Trump
1:40:51 - China and Xi Jinping
1:47:56 - Gujarat riots in 2002
2:03:33 - Biggest democracy in the world
2:13:48 - Power
2:18:34 - Hard work
2:21:42 - Srinivasa Ramanujan
2:23:48 - Decision-making process
2:31:35 - AI
2:41:50 - Education
2:52:06 - Learning and focus
2:57:56 - Mantra
2:59:41 - Meditation
3:05:38 - Lex visiting India
3:10:04 - Siddhartha
Did everyone else understand that Non Governmental Organizations, ie, NGOs, receive most if not all of their funding from the government, or was I just being ignorant?
If NGOs receive most if not all of their funding from the government, what is the basis for calling them non-governmental?
The answer according to Google is that an NGO is non-governmental because it operates without governmental control and oversight even though it receives government funding.
Why is it beneficial for there to be non-profit organizations, that is NGOs, that receive all or substantially all of their funding from our government, but don’t have any government oversight or control?
Non-profits are not known for having good governance. The combination of funding without oversight and control creates the opportunity for fraud, waste and abuse that we have seen in some of the USAID grants that have been made public in the last week or so.
In the private markets, that is the real world, a majority shareholder would have control and oversight. Why do we allow our government to make majority investments without control and oversight? It makes no sense.
It is time we scrutinize all NGOs and reconsider investing taxpayer money in private organizations without proper oversight and control consistent with what a majority investor would expect in a private corporation.
This is one of those situations when you lost but still won. I’m grateful for last night. No regrets to get in ring one last time.
I almost died in June. Had 8 blood transfusions. Lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital and had to fight to get healthy to fight so I won.
To have my children see me stand toe to toe and finish 8 rounds with a talented fighter half my age in front of a packed Dallas Cowboy stadium is an experience that no man has the right to ask for. Thank you 🙏
#PaulTyson
TRUMP: "My first week back in the Oval Office, my administration will inform every college president that, if you do not end antisemitic propaganda, they will lose their accreditation and federal taxpayer support... Next, I will inform every educational institution in our land that, if they permit violence, harassment, or threats against Jewish students, the schools will be held accountable for violations of the civil rights law."
For people who are confused about why President Joe Biden would refuse to step down ahead of the 2024 election.
The man has an insane track record of winning.
1972: U.S. Senate election: WON
1978: U.S. Senate election: WON
1984: U.S. Senate election: WON
1990: U.S. Senate election: WON
1996: U.S. Senate election: WON
2002: U.S. Senate election: WON
2008: U.S. Senate election: WON
2008: Presidential Election with Obama: WON
2012: Presidential Election with Obama: WON
2020: Presidential Election: WON
The guy wins. Of course he thinks he can do it again.
While no one was watching, RBI has shifted 100 tonnes of its gold reserves back to India from UK. Most countries keep their gold in the vaults of the Bank of England or some such location (and pay a fee for the privilege). India will now hold most of its gold in its own vaults. We have come a long way since we had to ship out gold overnight in 1991 in the midst of a crisis.
https://t.co/FX8JMKZ6aL
I’m a tech buff.
But I confess that seeing jalebis being made using a 3D printer nozzle left me with mixed feelings.
They’re my favourite & seeing the batter squeezed out by hand is, to me, an art form.
I guess I’m more old-fashioned than I thought…