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[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen: a standing ovation for the full Daraxonrasib results

I feel inspired and energised, to put it mildly — we have a targeted therapy for pancreatic cancer now, and nothing is undruggable anymore

[Anurag @TheDocKnight]

Which Bollywood movie would you add to this list?
My pick- 'Kaun?'

[Cine Vichaar @Cine_vichaar]

🎬 Top 50 Greatest Thriller Films of All Time

50. Perfect Blue 🇯🇵
49. Enemy 🇨🇦
48. Tell No One 🇫🇷
47. The Invisible Guest 🇪🇸
46. Burning 🇰🇷
45. Cure 🇯🇵
44. Headhunters 🇳🇴
43. The Hunt 🇩🇰
42. Caché 🇫🇷
41. The Chaser 🇰🇷
40. The Vanishing 🇳🇱
39. A Simple Plan 🇺🇸
38. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 🇬🇧
37. The Secret in Their Eyes 🇦🇷
36. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 🇸🇪
35. Michael Clayton 🇺🇸
34. Shutter Island 🇺🇸
33. The Game 🇺🇸
32. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 🇺🇸
31. The Lives of Others 🇩🇪
30. A Prophet 🇫🇷
29. Nightcrawler 🇺🇸
28. Sicario 🇺🇸
27. The Handmaiden 🇰🇷
26. I Saw the Devil 🇰🇷
25. Memories of Murder 🇰🇷
24. Parasite 🇰🇷
23. Mystic River 🇺🇸
22. Gone Girl 🇺🇸
21. Prisoners 🇺🇸
20. Zodiac 🇺🇸
19. Infernal Affairs 🇭🇰
18. The Usual Suspects 🇺🇸
17. Heat 🇺🇸
16. L.A. Confidential 🇺🇸
15. The Conversation 🇺🇸
14. Memento 🇺🇸
13. Oldboy 🇰🇷
12. High and Low 🇯🇵
11. Double Indemnity 🇺🇸
10. Se7en 🇺🇸
9. The Departed 🇺🇸
8. Mulholland Drive 🇺🇸
7. Rear Window 🇺🇸
6. North by Northwest 🇺🇸
5. Chinatown 🇺🇸
4. No Country for Old Men 🇺🇸
3. The Silence of the Lambs 🇺🇸
2. Vertigo 🇺🇸
1. Psycho 🇺🇸

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

This is what real humiliation looks like: an enemy turns your country into their hunting ground, killing at will, and all you do is run to the US president and beg for help despite having the world’s second-largest army.

And then you have the sheer audacity, the nerve, to mock the current incumbent as “surrender”? The very person who responded to such provocations by crossing the LoC twice and the IB once, forcing Pakistan to run to the US for help, the exact opposite of what happened before him.

[Aditya M @Aditya_exe45]

Pune has started a new system where we book an Auto by an App and pay by Meter😭😭😭

[PD @poojadu]

@Aditya_exe45 Pune is scam village.

[Mukul Dekhane @dekhane_mukul]

Brilliant multilingual puns:

Mixing languages.... 🤔🤭😅😂

When I saw a snake for the first time, I was सर्पrised.

My Urdu is Behtar than your English.

I wanted to marry a Photo Journalist, par PAPARAZZI nahi hue.

Why is vegetarian food not very popular? Simply because it doesn’t have मांस appeal.

Ghosts have their own ATMA-SPHERE.

Who called it family planning and not जनration?

People with paunch want to show that they have a well 'तोंड (toned) body.

I had sore throat once. It took me few vicks to recover..

Last night I had an extra spicy garlic chutney. This morning I learnt my lehsun.

Visited a dentist named Simran. She asked "where are you feeling the pain?"
Me: Jaw Simran Jaw

I really don't care who takes bath daily. It स्नान of my business.

"Kya tujhe hammer se darr lagta hai?"
"Ha-thodasa."

#Masti

😀😂😀

[Anurag @TheDocKnight]

you should check out @ButVai

[Mukul Dekhane @dekhane_mukul]

Brilliant multilingual puns:

Mixing languages.... 🤔🤭😅😂

When I saw a snake for the first time, I was सर्पrised.

My Urdu is Behtar than your English.

I wanted to marry a Photo Journalist, par PAPARAZZI nahi hue.

Why is vegetarian food not very popular? Simply because it doesn’t have मांस appeal.

Ghosts have their own ATMA-SPHERE.

Who called it family planning and not जनration?

People with paunch want to show that they have a well 'तोंड (toned) body.

I had sore throat once. It took me few vicks to recover..

Last night I had an extra spicy garlic chutney. This morning I learnt my lehsun.

Visited a dentist named Simran. She asked "where are you feeling the pain?"
Me: Jaw Simran Jaw

I really don't care who takes bath daily. It स्नान of my business.

"Kya tujhe hammer se darr lagta hai?"
"Ha-thodasa."

#Masti

😀😂😀

[Shubhendu @BBTheorist]

Recently, a popular yet notorious #HealthInsurance company tried to deny my wife’s insurance claim claiming she hasn’t submitted all her documents in original. They closed the claim on this ground in 2 months without informing us. The amount wasn’t too significant (around Rs. 1.10 lakhs) but I decided to take legal route to teach them a lesson. Last week I talked to one of their employees to make them understand what they would be facing. Initially he said they never received the documents but I gave him the speed post tracking details and delivery report, and asked him to check the company’s email on which the same was sent as soon as the documents were received. I told him that I have every single phone call with the company recorded and every single email communication documented. Any denial would lead to trial of every single employee of the insurance company my wife or I have ever interacted with. I clearly told him that being a lawyer I have an agency and bigger appetite for litigation than his company and that I would not just go after the company but also the employees which would adversely affect their livelihood. The next morning one of the employees again called me up and said that they have recovered the documents which was somehow misplaced by their office and that the claim is now under process. To my surprise, the amount was credited within 5 days.

[Jayant Bhandari @JayantBhandari5]

There are a trillion ways Indians can die, some are ways that no one in the world ever thought about even in their wildest imagination..

[EngiNerd. @mainbhiengineer]

> Earn salary, pay tax.
> Keep money in account, pay tax.
> Invest in FD, pay tax.
> Invest in stocks, pay tax.
> Invest in Gold and Silver, pay tax.
> Buy any goods, pay tax.
> Avail any services, pay tax.
> Buy real estate, pay tax.
> Buy a car, pay tax.
> Drive on road, pay tax.
> Buy car insurance, pay tax.

Only way you don't have to pay tax is by staying at home and get free ration from Govt. That's what 80cr intelligent people are doing, that's what Govt policies want you to do. Only stupid people work hard and give everything to Govt as taxes.

[EngiNerd. @mainbhiengineer]

Govt may take 12.5% tax on profit by unfairly changing rules midway on secondary market SGB but it has given a life lesson.

The lesson is, you can't trust anyone when it comes to money, not even Govt.

All those calculations like 15% CAGR for 15 years will be just about to make you a Crorepati but it may happen that suddenly Govt decides to increase LTCG to 40% in 14th year taking away most of your money and making you work for 15 years more.

Govt just lost its public trust in the most cheapest way. Not sure whether Sarkari Babus will tell them or not but Govt's reputation is damaged beyond repair.

[EngiNerd. @mainbhiengineer]

In just 2 minutes video, you'll forget the count on number of times our system failed and people lost lives.

Arnab Goswami is just expressing the feeling of common citizen who saw hope in 2014 and lost all hope in last couple of years.

[Shilpa Godbole @godbole_shilpa]

No denying it, an event like the Pune Grand Tour is a shiny feather in Pune’s cap. After all, this was once a city known for its cycling culture.
But here’s where it gets interesting, if Pune admin can conjure up world class roads for an event, what exactly have Pune citizens done in the last 10-12 yrs to not deserve them? Punekars ni kay ghoda marlay?
A city’s sporting culture isn’t defined by one annual international spectacle (assuming this becomes one). It’s defined by how safe, accessible & popular the sport is among its own citizens.
So if we trumpet world class roads for a cycling event, we should be honest about what everyday riders have been facing: roads full of pot holes, shoddily patched up drainage, unruly traffic ..

[Amit Paranjape @aparanjape]

The last time any #Pune roads looked this good (smooth roads, nice lane markings, signage, new lights, painted side walks, painted clean walls, etc... all of this together) was during the Commonwealth Youth Games, held here in 2008.

It took another 18 years - and another major international sporting event, the 'Pune Grand Tour' - to get this level of upgrades!

(Note - most of these 'upgrades' are BASIC urban street design requirements by international standards... sadly, we see these only on special occasions in most cities in India - I guess except Lutyens Delhi).

We need to evaluate the priorities, capabilities, incentives for the entire civic bureaucracy. Why is this work not done all the time? Budget issues? Priority issues? Apathy? Leadership? Training? What else?

Urban planning & management is a top issue for India, as we aim for 'Vikasit Bharat' by 2047. And this needs TOP PRIORITY.

@navalMH @mohol_murlidhar @Dev_Fadnavis @narendramodi

[Nishant Bhardwaj @Nishant_Bliss]

No matter where you go, Bali, Monaco, New Zealand, Switzerland, or even the most luxurious and peaceful places in the world, after 4–5 days, the feeling slowly becomes the same.

Because you are still carrying yourself with you.

Bali can feel spiritual, Monaco can feel elite and luxurious, and New Zealand can feel calm and untouched, but none of them can permanently fix what is unsettled inside you.

If your inner self is not aligned, every place eventually feels familiar.

The excitement fades, the scenery becomes normal, and the same thoughts return, just in a different location.

That’s when you understand a simple truth.

Most escapes are not solutions. They are distractions.

If you don’t work on your inner world, even the most beautiful destination becomes temporary relief.

But when your inner self is stable and clear, even an ordinary place feels peaceful.

You are not traveling away from your problems.

You are traveling with them.

Fix your inner self first.

Everything else follows.

[Shubh @kadaipaneeeer]

In 2006, my brother was doing his PhD.
Topic: Bovine AIDS.
Institute: a university in Mathura.
Coursework: HSADL, Bhopal, India’s top animal disease lab.

Then bird flu happened.

Suddenly, HSADL became the lab.
And suddenly, my brother was told to drop 1.5 years of research and switch topics.

Not because science demanded it.
Because the system did.

The deal was simple:
Change your topic, or lose your stipend.

He called me and said,
“I love my research. I don’t want to work on what babus want.”

For once, I didn’t give gyaan.
I gave him an exit.

“Apply outside India. Let’s see if anyone values your work.”

He applied to 8 universities.
7 in Australia, 1 in Europe.

Within hours, 7 offers came back.
5 with full scholarships and stipends.

The 8th replied three days later.
The professor was at a conference.
That’s it. That was the delay.

Why?

Because his CV was ridiculously good:
•17 international publications
•1 book
•54 national publications
•103 reviews

He went to Europe.
Finished his PhD.
Got a Post-Doc in Texas.
Applied for a Green Card.
Got it in 2 months.
Citizenship the moment he was eligible.

Still, he wanted to come back.

Because India is home & hope dies slowly.

In 2011, he applied for a professor’s job at JNKVV, Jabalpur.
Salary: ₹40,000/month.

They asked for hard copies of all publications.

I still remember packing a full carton of his papers and couriering it.

Then, on July 8, we got a letter dated July 6.

Interview: July 10. In person.

Bring:

•NOC from his current university
•Character certificate
•Hard copies again

Because “what if interviewers want to see?”

I called them.

“How does someone fly from Europe in two days?”

Answer:

“Interviews are till 12th. He must come.”

That was the moment we stopped trying.

India wasn’t rejecting him.
India was humiliating him.

Later, when he sent his HSADL work to Elsevier, the journal did a routine verification.

HSADL replied saying:

•He left without due process
•His stipend wasn’t settled
•His address was false

We sent:

•No Dues Certificate
•Formal relieving letter
•Proof that the address was the same as his passport
•Proof that our parents still live there

Didn’t matter.
Publication rejected.

That’s the system.

We happily talk about reservations. But we quietly harass competence.

And before someone says, “Things have changed under Modi” no, they haven’t.

I tried in 2023.
Same hard copies.
Same physical interviews.

I now work as a visiting professor with an IIT. Online.

My reimbursement request has been pending since August 2023.

The professor in charge says,
“I get 100 mails a day. I don’t check all.”

Fair enough.

This country doesn’t lack talent. It lacks respect for it.

And the smartest people don’t leave India for money. They leave to save their dignity

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

👏🏽 Rapist Kuldeep Sengar gets bail.
👏🏽 His victims are violently dragged.
👏🏽 U.P. Minister laughs.

Judiciary doesn’t work in a political vacuum. Sengar needed for UP polls?

SHAME on the Govt, Courts & System.

My take:

[Anurag @TheDocKnight]

Shame!

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Read this absolute horror story:

In June 2017, a minor girl accused Unnao BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar of rape, but the police refused to register an FIR. After months of inaction, in April 2018, the girl attempted suicide by self-immolation outside the CM’s residence, which finally forced the authorities to file the FIR.

Meanwhile, her father was arrested on false charges and reportedly assaulted in police custody; he later died in hospital due to his injuries. Public outrage followed. Even before any proper investigation had begun, a key witness in this mysterious custodial death was also found dead.

The case was eventually transferred to the CBI. The CBI concluded that the girl’s father died due to injuries inflicted in custody and that the assault was connected to an attempt to pressure and intimidate the victim’s family.

In July 2019, while the victim was travelling to court with her two aunts and lawyer, their car was hit by a truck, killing both her aunts and leaving the victim and the lawyer critically injured, an incident later treated as a deliberate attempt to silence witnesses.

In December 2019, Sengar was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, but by then the victim’s family had already paid an irreparable price. The Unnao rape case had all the elements of an 80s–90s Bollywood villain plot: systemic intimidation, blatant abuse of power, and a trail of destruction that went far beyond the crime itself. But worse was still to come.

Yesterday, the Delhi High Court suspended the jail term and granted bail to Sengar. This is nothing but salt rubbed into the wounds of whatever little the victim’s family has left. An absolute disgrace. After everything they endured, this feels like the system mocking them. Shameful beyond words, and everyone should raise their voice against this.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Read this absolute horror story:

In June 2017, a minor girl accused Unnao BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar of rape, but the police refused to register an FIR. After months of inaction, in April 2018, the girl attempted suicide by self-immolation outside the CM’s residence, which finally forced the authorities to file the FIR.

Meanwhile, her father was arrested on false charges and reportedly assaulted in police custody; he later died in hospital due to his injuries. Public outrage followed. Even before any proper investigation had begun, a key witness in this mysterious custodial death was also found dead.

The case was eventually transferred to the CBI. The CBI concluded that the girl’s father died due to injuries inflicted in custody and that the assault was connected to an attempt to pressure and intimidate the victim’s family.

In July 2019, while the victim was travelling to court with her two aunts and lawyer, their car was hit by a truck, killing both her aunts and leaving the victim and the lawyer critically injured, an incident later treated as a deliberate attempt to silence witnesses.

In December 2019, Sengar was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, but by then the victim’s family had already paid an irreparable price. The Unnao rape case had all the elements of an 80s–90s Bollywood villain plot: systemic intimidation, blatant abuse of power, and a trail of destruction that went far beyond the crime itself. But worse was still to come.

Yesterday, the Delhi High Court suspended the jail term and granted bail to Sengar. This is nothing but salt rubbed into the wounds of whatever little the victim’s family has left. An absolute disgrace. After everything they endured, this feels like the system mocking them. Shameful beyond words, and everyone should raise their voice against this.

[Shilpa Godbole @godbole_shilpa]

Another day, another road accident. A few more deaths. Pune of 2025.

A few days ago I saw a reel about the Stanford Car experiment.
In 1969, Philip Zimbardo left two identical cars unlocked in 2 different neighbourhoods.
The one in the Bronx was vandalised within hours.
The one in Palo Alto stayed untouched until he broke one window himself.
After that single crack, the entire car was destroyed by regular people who simply saw disorder and joined in.
The takeaway was: the world doesn’t collapse in one dramatic moment.
It disintegrates when small violations go unpunished.
One broken window becomes the licence for a hundred more.

Sounds familiar?
Pune’s traffic didn’t become abysmal overnight & no, it’s not because “people have migrated to Pune.”
It has fallen apart because small violations have been normalised.
Because every day, thousands break basic rules & face zero consequences.
When small offenses get overlooked, big accidents are inevitable. Lives are lost.