Umar Khalid’s brilliant PhD thesis has just been published as a book. It is a rigorously researched and richly readable history of Adivasis in Chotanagpur. May his cruel incarceration end soon, and Dr Khalid write more fine works of historical scholarship.
@juggernautbooks
@sushitrash Going back to the older songs because they still feel like home to me. The new album has some beautiful moments too Nectar and BALLADS 1 just hold a special place in my heart 🥲🤍 #pissinthewind
Everyone is asking: will European cars get cheaper in India?
But the real story isn’t about prices.
It’s about how trade deals quietly redesign desire, access, and the future of manufacturing.
I broke it down here → https://t.co/jK60HsgVoW
The Arctic is no longer empty space.
It’s becoming the nervous system of the planet.
I wrote about Greenland, empire psychology, and why conquest language is failing in a systems world.
⚠️ Content alert: geopolitics, climate crisis, great-power conflict.
https://t.co/xEcha77FW0
@aaraynsh It’s the reminder that hate and revenge are the most efficient fuels for attention.
But when that fuel starts shaping identity, not just narrative—that’s where the curve turns dangerous.
Brought my new car home with the two people who made every dream possible. Watching my parents witness and relish this milestone is the real luxury. ❤️🫂🧿
Beijing had an AQI reading of 700+ in 2013.
It was called an 'airpocalypse'.
Schools were shut down. Flights were cancelled. Highways were closed. Hospitals overflowed. It was international embarrassment as foreign embassies issued health warnings and called Beijing “unlivable.”
But China didn't have a chalta hai attitude.
$100 billion were set aside and an anti-pollution strategy was put in place.
They banned coal in homes, shut 2500 factories, moved heavy industry out of Beijing.
Phased out old vehicles, limited car ownership, introduced electric buses.
Built ring roads lined with trees, cracked down on construction dust, and invested billions in clean energy.
Beijing's AQI in 2025 hovers between 30 to 50.
From 700 to 50 in 10 years.
It can be done. If China can do it, so can India.
All it requires is a national will and the ability to take tough decisions and execute. Do what needs to be done.
Treat it like a year-long crisis, not a seasonal nuisance.
No amount of development and prosperity is worth it, if our children can't breathe clean air in cities.
It must be priority number 1, priority number 2, and priority number 10.
Life has come full circle for Amol Muzumdar.
He is one of the greatest cricketers to never play for India.
He announced himself as the next big thing, scoring 260 on his Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai.
He didn't stop there. He went on to score over 11,000 more and absolutely bossed domestic cricket along the way.
Sadly, he played in an era when the Indian middle order had Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman and Ganguly.
In 2014, he retired from first class cricket, ending his illustrious career that lasted 21 years.
But he never wore the illusive India cap.
11 years after retirement, as the coach of the Indian women's team, he lifts the ODI World Cup.
It's a story of grit, resilience and redemption.
It's got a bit of Kabir Khan in it, isn't it? That too on SRK's 60th birthday.
#ICCWomensWorldCup2025