Mudit Bahukhandi

[Sanjeev Sanyal @sanjeevsanyal]

We know we have lost the plot as a society when a child is made to feel that some board exam is more important than the death of her mother

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Historic win for India as our chess contingent wins the 45th #FIDE Chess Olympiad! India has won the Gold in both open and women’s category at Chess Olympiad! Congratulations to our incredible Men's and Women's Chess Teams. This remarkable achievement marks a new chapter in India's sports trajectory. May this success inspire generations of chess enthusiasts to excel in the game.

[Ronny bhaiya @Zakirism]

Aur banao

[Harsh Gupta Madhusudan @harshmadhusudan]

Veer Savarkar’s seven shackles of Hindu society. Worth replugging. #Hindutva

[Anupam Kher @AnupamPKher]

Angry, Pained and Saddened by the cowardly attack on pilgrims in Reasi. Jammu! May Almighty give the loved ones of victims the strength to bear the pain and loss. Prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. 💔🕉

#ReasiAttack #AllEyesOnReasi

[David Cohen @DavidBCohen1]

India has been the biggest victim of Islamist extremism throughout history and continues to be one of the places most threatened by it. Many say the ultimate target of today’s Red-Green extremist alliance is not #Israel, but “the West” and “Western values.” But why exclude essential allies like #India, Japan and other countries whose values are not Western—they arise from their own rich, ancient cultures—but are very compatible with Western values?

What’s a more inclusive name for the target of the Red-Green alliance? The Free World? Something else? Please weigh in.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

After 19 years of service, farewell, @chetrisunil11. 🇮🇳​❤️

#WCQ | @IndianFootball

[Shekhar Gupta @ShekharGupta]

A most powerful government suffered a massive setback. All totally peaceful. No rigging, hijack attempted. No candidate harmed. Mexico elections coincided and saw 37 candidates killed. Its per capita GDP is 4x India’s. India’s election process is a global common good.

[The Cinéprism @TheCineprism]

Netflix owes us for cancelling this.

[Sufiya Sufi Runner @sufirunner]

Both images are taken at the same location,📍The Rohtang Pass 🏔

The first image is taken just a month ago when the Rohtang pass was not open to tourists.

The second image is from a couple of days before when Pass is open for tourists.

If you are going to mountains, carry your own trash with yourself.

Please be a responsible tourist 🙏🙏

#beresponsible #keepthemclean #notrash

[Sanjeev Bikhchandani @sbikh]

On the Ashoka WhatsApp group there is a discussion on the convocation speech and what kind of convocation speakers we should look for. Most people are posting videos of commencement speakers from US universities.

I posted the following message

👇

A random thought on convocation speeches.

We want a convocation speech that is slick. One that is delivered by a speaker in polished sophisticated English. With the right accent using the right words.

The convocation speaker in my graduating class at IIMA was V Krishnamurthy. Chairman of SAIL. He said all the right things but guess what - thirty four years out I don’t remember a word of what he said and I don’t think what he said made any difference to the lives of any of my classmates. That speech did not change anyone’s behaviour or influence any of the choices we made in our lives.

However I vividly remember remember the speech made by the chief guest at IIMA in the previous year. Being in the junior batch I was not invited to the event so along with several others from my class I watched the function from the first floor of the building on the side.

The chief guest was Dr Verghese Kurien Chairman NDDB.

He was not polite. He was downright rude. He was condescending. He was sarcastic. He was caustic. He was insulting. He spoke a few home truths to the graduating class. He taunted us.

He opened by congratulating the graduating class. He then said that this is not the Indian Institute of Management. This is the Indian Institute of Management for Shampoo Salesmen. And that the entire graduating class could now look forward to a life where they spend their time selling soap and shampoo. For that is the limit of our aspiration and ambition he said. We just wanted to work for Multinational Corporations peddling their wares to Indian consumers. Such a collosal waste of talent he called it. And throughout his speech he repeatedly used the term “shampoo salesmen” derisively to describe the graduates of IIMA.

He challenged us to do something more meaningful with our lives and try and make a difference.

But then he lamented that his words were going to fall on deaf ears and that we would take the safer option.

Now it requires some guts to go as a chief guest to a function and then make a 30 minute speech berating and insulting your hosts. But that was Dr. Verghese Kurien. In your face. Blunt. Calling a spade a spade.

By the end of it our ears were burning.

But guess which speech we remembered.

And Some of us did do something different.

The class of 1989 has produced the most number of entrepreneurs in the history of IIMA.

Sometimes warm fuzzy convocation speeches don’t make lasting impact.

[Neha Singh @NehaSiingh_]

“I love Bihar with added minerals”. Bro you love Jharkhand.

#JustBihariThings #ILoveBihar

[Sagar @sagarcasm]

Third umpire always sounds so horny:

Can I get another angle please?

One more time, nice and slow

Keep going, keep going

Satisfied

[Mudit Bahukhandi @MuditBahukhandi]

@harshmadhusudan 6 done:-
Mallikarjunam, Mahakaleshwar, Omkareshwar
-Mamleshwar, Vishveshwar, Trayambkeshwar, Kedarnath.

[Cricketopia @CricketopiaCom]

Happy Faces, Tendulkar and Dhoni together 🔥😍🔥

[Vijay Shekhar Sharma @vijayshekhar]

Paytm, a business built from scratch with conviction on Digital India.
From our first app release to becoming a verb in India to operating EBITDA profitability milestone - all in 10 years !
Super Proud of @Paytm team. 🤗
Thankful to all who have supported & cheered us along. 🙏🏼

[Nirmala Sitharaman Office @nsitharamanoffc]

'Borrow & spend & even print money to reboot the economy' was the suggestion by former FM & others during COVID. As we close 2022, we should look at the negative effect of use of this suggestion by other countries, which have gone into recession

- Smt @nsitharaman in RS.

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Very sad to see ⁦⁦@Cristiano⁩ in tears as his dream of winning the World Cup ended. Those mocking him should remember what he’s done for football. For me, he’s the 🐐- and a great guy who’s had the toughest year of his life on & off the pitch. He’s earned our respect.

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

1995 election coverage of Doordarshan. Calm. Respectful. Watchable.

[Rashid Khan @rashidkhan_19]

Kabul 💔💔 😢😢🤲🏻🤲🏻 #DontKillEducation 🙏🙏