Ishwar Patil 🇮🇳

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[manisha singhal @manishasinghal]

The marvel that is aviation…
24 minutes and a day !!!🫡🫡
#Qantas #ProjectSunrise #Airbus #ULR #A350

[Skyroot Aerospace @SkyrootA]

ORBIT ACHIEVED. 🚀

Vikram-1 Test Flight-1 has reached orbit. India's first privately developed orbital rocket has completed its final burn and injected its payloads into a ~450 km orbit, making India the third country in the world with private orbital launch capability.

History is made. 🇮🇳

#Vikram1 #JourneyToOrbit #SkyrootAerospace

[Vikrant ~ विक्रांत @vikrantkumar]

Majority of people won’t realise the importance of this single MoU if it actually materialises.

Getting ASML to the negotiation table itself is a massive achievement.

Giving Tata access to ASML’s advanced lithography ecosystem is a critical step toward building India’s domestic semiconductor supply chain and reducing strategic dependence on East Asia.

[Vijay Marathe @Fintech00]

Ekdm mast moula aadmi tha

Na tension leta tha
Na tension deta tha

[Aman_Chain 🏳️ @Amanprabhat9]

A few years from now, Harsha Bhogle will narrate why Sanju was sitting alone here just like he narrated, 'Immediately after Dhoni hit that six, he realized it was Tendulkar's moment'

[Shekhar Gupta @ShekharGupta]

As you look at the horrific pictures of the bombed Iranian school…

Pause for a minute and think..

Indian Air Force and the Army were given 2 and 7 terror targets respectively to hit on the night of May 6-7 in Op Sindoor…

Each was fully destroyed…

On the morning of May 8, the IAF carried out extensive air defence suppression using long-range kamikaze drones…

On May 9-10 the IAF targeted 14 PAF bases or radar stations/missile batteries…

Destructive evidence of almost all these strikes cane up in satellite pictures…

All strikes were carried out by precision munitions from long distances…

Not one missed aim or strayed to harm civilians… no school, no village or city, no hospitals. None…

This despite not having a fraction of the US military weapons, sensors or surveillance ability…

And in a furiously contested air space against near-peer PAF and its Chinese air defences…

Let’s give credit where due. To our armed forces in this case…

[Shekhar Dutt @DuttShekhar]

Just a polite reminder that Macron’s recent statement:

“To be free, one must be feared. To be feared, one must be powerful” 🫡🫡

Loosely finds mention in Ramcharitmanas when Lord Ram says "Bhay bin hoye na preet" (भय बिनु होइ न प्रीति)

Makes you wonder that the world is a small place, where a lot has already been observed and written 🙏

[VT-VSC @Aviatorflyboy]

Imagine the stress in the Pilot operating the flight. He/She must butter the landing or he/she forever will be judged by 100 Pilots 😂

#Pilot

[Ishwar Patil 🇮🇳 @ThisIsIshwar]

@narendramodi No “Trade Deal” term used. 💀💀

[Ishwar Patil 🇮🇳 @ThisIsIshwar]

@sidhant Indian Diplomats always have a new Term invented for every scenario….. Trashy Rumination 😂👌🏻

[Ishwar Patil 🇮🇳 @ThisIsIshwar]

Indian Diplomats always have a new Term invented for every scenario….. Trashy Rumination 😂👌🏻

[Sidhant Sibal @sidhant]

Breaking: 'Trashy Rumination by a convicted criminal", India's foreign ministry reacts on references to PM & his visit to Israel

[पाकीट तज्ञ @paakittadnya]

Yesterday, Maharashtra showed why it is the most progressive state.

People kept aside their ideological differences to eulogize. We maintained dignity and silently prayed for the departed.

The only exceptions were Marathi Media and Journalists who acted like Vultures.

[Krishnan @cvkrishnan]

So much well deserved!

[Mangalam Maloo @blitzkreigm]

It just struck me, when the last time @mybmc elections happened

- Jio had just arrived
- No Blinkit, Instamart, Zepto
- UPI wasn’t as prevalent
- No Ola Electric, Cred, Ather
- No Zerodha led revolution, Nor Groww
- BoAt, MamaEarth or Major D2C
- Dhoni was still the ODI captain

Globally too,
- TikTok didn’t exist
- No ChatGPT
- iPhone X was the latest

No one had a clue what Pandemic, Quaratine, Covid was!

[Shiva @shivaXdrives]

long post alert: indian car scene in a nutshell.

the Indian car market today is nothing like what it was till 2019.
back then, things were calmer. hatchbacks and sedans were popular, SUVs were limited, and competition was okay, and the sub4m SUV segment was non-existent.

but then things snowballed:

- Vitara Brezza (2016) and Ford Ecosport laid the foundation
- Tata Nexon (2017) properly kicked the door open

• fast forward to today and the sub4m space is absolutely jam-packed: Brezza, Nexon (ICE+EV), Punch, Venue, Sonet, XUV 3XO, Fronx, Magnite, Kiger, Kylaq, Syros - a segment that once barely existed is now overflowing with choices.

• 2019 changed everything:
Kia entered India and instantly raised the bar on design, features, and perceived premiumness.

• Ford exited in 2021, since they could no longer face the heat of the market.

• now in 2025-26, the market is so heated up that brands aren’t just competing with rivals - they’re competing with their own cars: for example-

- Harrier 1.5 GDI (base) prices overlapping with Sierra and Curvv

- Victoris competing with Brezza and Grand Vitara

- Sonet vs Syros

- Skoda Kylaq vs Kushaq - same brand, same engines, same buyers
this level of internal cannibalisation would’ve been unthinkable pre-2019.

• [Tata & Mahindra what earlier were alternative brands are now fully mainstream brands. huge shift].

• the EV shift makes the contrast even crazier:
in 2019, EVs were almost irrelevant for buyers.

today, EVs exist across segments:

• Tata: Tiago EV, Punch EV, Nexon EV, Curvv EV, Harrier EV, Sierra EV (coming)

• Mahindra: XEV 9e, XEV 9s, BE 6, XUV 3XO ev

• Hyundai: Creta EV

• Kia: Carens Clavis EV

• MG, BYD filling the gaps

• new players like VinFast entering

• MG’s pivot is interesting MG has clearly boarded the EV train hard - because their ICE cars neither deliver standout power nor fuel efficiency, resale is weak, and there’s no serious hybrid or ICE efficiency push.
their bet is clear: EV-first.
and it’s paying off -Windsor EV turned out to be a big success and is now MG’s strongest product in India.

• Stellantis brands are struggling
Citroen is genuinely trying with Basalt, C3, C3 Aircross, eC3 and upcoming EVs - but market share refuses to move. they missed the opportunity.

• Jeep isn’t doing any better either. limited portfolio, high pricing, and zero electrification momentum have kept it far from the mainstream.

• Hyundai’s position is fascinating they’re doing roughly similar volumes to 2019, but the market has expanded massively.
which means relative dominance has diluted - and Kia has taken a solid slice of Hyundai’s pie, despite being from the same parent group.

• Honda’s been conservative with their approach is very conservative:

- no real aggression in suvs or evs yet

- Honda sold ~ 184k cars in 2019 vs ~ 126k in 2025, even as the overall market exploded

• Renault & Nissan are just surviving:

- Kiger and Magnite are doing all the work

- great value products, but they aren’t expanding their portfolio as of now

• Skoda VW:

- VAG2.0 is finally working for them

- heavy localisation, better pricing and strong engines

- and the Kylaq’s success in particular shows they’ve finally cracked the indian market after years of struggle.

• another big shift: powertrains
- till 2019, 1.5-litre turbo petrols were largely a VW-Skoda thing

today:
- Hyundai, Kia, Tata, Mahindra all have developed their own strong turbo motors

- performance and drivability are now expected, not niche.

• bottom line India has gone from a slow, predictable market to a really heated up market:

- too many segments
- too many overlaps
- faster refresh cycles

i’m very curious to see what the next 5 years look like - with hybrids going mass, flex-fuel vehicles coming, EVs scaling further, and what not.

and if i missed something, feel free to add.

[Hardik Rajgor @Hardism]

Foreign power uses military force to remove the native ruler.

The natives don't have the means to fight back.

Foreign power will now decide who should rule the natives.

With no say from the natives in that decision. Because foreigners know best.

And then the foreign power takes over their expensive resources.

To be sent back to their own country for cheap/free.

With again no say from the natives.

And the natives must buy only from the foreigner.

Overpriced, expensive goods that poor natives can't afford.

The weak native economy crumbles further as the foreign power loots the poor.

The natives get poorer, and the foreign power gets richer at its expense.

It was called Colonialism. The world believed it will never come back.

It is back - proudly announced by a US President and playing out in full public view in the age of social media.

In 2026.

Colonialism is back.

[Dr. C @chao_mbogho]

This is a very interesting time in geopolitics. Everything is happening at once. Get interested in geopolitics if you aren’t already, because precedent-setting times are here. Understanding the world has never mattered more.

[Rishabh @Reesavspeak]

It feels personal when you really connect with someone. Just look at @kamleshksingh's expression🥺. I've set aside a day of the week to watch #netanagri #kitabwala and #teentaal @saurabhtop, I miss you so much
last time I felt this way was when @paninianand left #teentaal
BYE 🥺

[Rahul Raj @x_rahulraj]

Saurabh Dwivedi built an empire from scratch. People may judge or label his craft, but facts remain that HM invited him to a closed gathering & top actors, actresses, doctors, and scientists attend his shows. Most people never reach those heights.

[Chandrashekhar Dhage @cbdhage]

First look of Mahalaxmi racecourse turning into central Park. #Mumbai