Social media calls itself a community. It's really a mob with Wi-Fi.
You donโt get to outsource your self-esteem to the crowd and then complain when the crowd behaves like a crowd.
The West didn't just build institutions. It built fandom around them.
NASA hoodies. Air Force jackets.
Great seeing ISRO and Indian forces merch on the shelves, and soon in my wardrobe :)
A confident country doesn't just celebrate its institutions, it turns them into culture.
GLP-1s put Type 2 diabetes into remission in many cases, drive major weight loss, lower heart/stroke risk, and are now FDA-approved for sleep apnea.
Why is there still so much stigma?
Is it because we still treat obesity like a character flaw?
We accept statins, SSRIs, and insulin.
No one tells people with high cholesterol: โYou just need to try harder.โ
Toured my son's school today.
Wished there was one for grown-ups. Build robots. Saw wood. Imagine. Tell stories. Ask questions.
Instead we get doomscrolling, emails and ice baths.
In India we're so busy building the room, we forget to leave the windows open. Creativity doesn't show up when it's busy filling out forms. It shows up when you give it room to wander, make a mess, be wrong out loud.