A S Velpanur

Corporate Executive, Entrepreneur now Academician. Love reading, travelling & old Hindi movie songs. Retweets are not endorsements.Part Mumbaikar.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@Velpanur Can the citizens participate in this sale? Can citizens bid for small shares in this sale so that we can buy part of a legislator? That will help us to get our work with govt done like a water connection, elec connection, gas connection etc.

[Tony Joseph @tjoseph0010]

Funny that a party that came to power on the back of a supposedly anti-corruption movement now buys legislators at scale, in bulk, all across the nation in a pretty brazen and unprecedented manner. May be futures trading in legislator prices should be allowed, with analysts tracking the sector and its price and profit dynamics. Let everyone be a stakeholder in the corruption.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@velpanur 100th trip and there is no info as yo how many of these trips actually brought in FII investment, technology or export earnings. Is there no trip taken vs demonstrative results data?

[Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 Commentary @RoflGandhi_]

Aaj fir buddha bade bade logon se haath milate hue candid photos daalega jaise ki wo main character ho event ka.

10-12 saal se yahi kar raha hai, kisi ko kuch nahi pata ki kya baat hui, kya diplomacy chal rahi. Ek bhi desh saath nahi khada hota musibat mein.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

2/2 Till date they have not rchd out to understand the nature of errors nor come out with a cogent reply even when I have informed the branch where I have my A/c. When customers are the users of their banking services and he has no reach what is the use of technology?

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

1/2 @velpanur I have repeatedly written to @ICICIBank_Care regarding various errors I have encountered & have attached screenshots of the errors or messages that pop up.

[Girish Mittal @G_MITTAL]

@nixxin Most banks have poor tech teams. They create unnecessary rules in name of security - unless these people become users they don’t realise the pain-HDFC is relying on Visa/Matercard for international train- so it’s likely to be their issue - unless some moron has added some rule

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@Velpanur What a lovely story of times gone by.

[TNIE Karnataka @XpressBengaluru]

Good food and long-lasting memories
continue to define Widdy's tuck shop
at St Joseph's Boys' High School

✍️ Rezwan Razack

#stjosephsboyshighschool #bengaluru

[Shekar Iyer @SHEKARSUSHEEL]

☺️☺️☺️

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@velpanur Looks like thinking logically is not one of her strong points.

[sanjoy ghose @advsanjoy]

Sitting in Germany this non Bengali is so thrilled that Kolkata has become Kashi! I have no doubt in my mind the bong “indics” have bought the drivel that Bangla Pride is anti-Hindu and surrender to Cow Belt traditions will lead to Hindu Revival in Bengal.
😆

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@velpanur These people shd be deported and the PP shd have a marking giving the reason for deportation. Then all other countries will think whether visa shd be issued of not to these offenders.

[Shilpa Godbole @godbole_shilpa]

Only question: why are they performing this particular song on the railway tracks? What stopped them from recreating it on top of a moving train? Wasn't that how the original song was picturised?
If you're going to ignore common sense, at least commit fully to the source material.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@Velpanur The disconnect between the blessed class and the common citizenry is wayyyy too wide.

[RichaChadha @RichaChadha]

Make the elected leaders spend a night lying down on the divider under the open sky in this weather, without ACs without 50 car cavalcades.

Or on a treeless promenade.

They’ll know in a day what it feels like… if they survive.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@ICICIBank_Care The twitter handle is only care, but you don't really care isn't it. What a pathetic Bank.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

1/2 @Vidyut @velpanur Experiencing this with @ICICIBank_Care now. FD opened in 2023 and a physical copy of the FD receipt was obtained. After 2 online renewals, and 3 years later Bank says they want the physical copy issued in 2023 for closure of the FD.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@Velpanur @ushrit2020 These ministers and politicians are wayyyy too disconnected from common citizenry.

[𝙂 𝙎 𝙎𝙃𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙃𝘼𝙍 @ushrit2020]

She's back with a bang.

[Parimal @Fintech03]

1987. A room in New Delhi is thick with the smell of old files & cold tea. The United States has just delivered a stinging slap to the face of the Indian Republic. They have officially refused to sell India the 'Cray X-MP' Supercomputer, the most powerful machine on Earth, claiming that India would use it for nuclear weapons.

The American officials mockingly suggest that India does not even have the electricity to keep such a machine running. In the middle of this national humiliation, a young, soft-spoken engineer named Vijay Bhatkar is asked by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: "Can we build our own?" Bhatkar does not hesitate. He looks at the No of the West & says: "We will not just build it; we will build it faster than you can ship it."

The Americans did not just stop at refusing the sale; they actively lobbied other nations to ensure India remained digitally blind. They believed that w/o their Logic Gates, India would remain a 3rd world backwater.

Bhatkar realized he could not replicate the Single-Processor behemoth of the Cray. Instead, he turned to Parallel Processing. He decided to stitch together 1000s of low-cost, off-the-shelf microprocessors. It was like building a giant's brain out of the neurons of ants.

In 1991, while the West was still celebrating its monopoly, Bhatkar unveiled the PARAM 8000. It was not just a computer; it was a Gigaflop monster.

To prove the PARAM was real, Bhatkar ran a standard global benchmark test. The results were sent to an international conference in Zurich. The PARAM 8000 was ranked as the 2nd most powerful supercomputer in the world, behind only the American machines. But there was a twist: the PARAM cost a fraction of the Cray, performed better in tropical heat, & was built in just 3 years.

When the PARAM 8000 was 1st turned on, the team did not have a high-tech cooling system like the Americans. They used industrial-grade desert coolers & adjusted the airflow manually. It was the ultimate Jugaad that defeated the most sophisticated tech embargo in history.

A major US newspaper ran a story with the headline: "Denied supercomputer, Angry India does it!" The ghost of the Native Engineer had officially entered the silicon temple. Vijay Bhatkar’s history is the story of how India became the IT Capital of the world.

Bhatkar founded the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). He did not just build a machine; he built an ecosystem. Every software engineer in India today stands on the shoulders of the man who proved we did not need the West's permission to compute. Bhatkar was the 1 who realized that if computers only spoke English, 90% of India would be left behind. He led the development of GIST (Graphics & Intelligence Based Script Technology), allowing computers to work in Indian languages. He gave the Machine a local tongue.

Today, Bhatkar is a Padma Bhushan awardee, but he lives a life of deep spirituality & simplicity. He vanished from the corporate headlines to become a philosopher of the digital age.

The West thought they could freeze India’s future by withholding a single machine. They forgot that the Indian mind does not need a 'Cray' to think; it only needs a 'No' to ignite. Forget building a supercomputer; Bhatkar built a mirror, & for the 1st time, the West had to look into it & see that the primitive colony had become the master of the code.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi Are you in agreement with this? If so it is unbecoming of your party to say that your party stands for women's protection.

[Revathi @revathitweets]

IT’S A POCSO CASE, WE CANT BE HARSH!!

Says the honourable Chief Minister of Telangana Revanth Reddy.

“Do you want me to crucify him (Bandi Bageerath) immediately?”

“I can’t be harsh in this case. I wasn’t even harsh with KCR’s family despite them troubling me. There is a process, we have to check the events of last four months, check cell phone tower signals, CCTV footages, gather scientific evidence and what not. It will take time”, Revanth said

Meanwhile, he also requested from this conclave that Union Minister Bandi Sanjay surrenders his son to the police because the Telangana police still cannot trace him.

I don’t know how the police force of Telangana are feeling about this statement because as an ordinary citizen I feel that the CM who is also the home minister is implying that Telangana police cannot trace a 25 year old POCSO accused Bandi Bageerath, unless he chooses to surrender.

Wah 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Unfortunately, CM Revanth Reddy despite being in power from more than 2.5 years thinks he is an opposition leader.

And also speaks like one.
How can a CM make such helpless & weak statements?

What confidence will you instil in general public about the system?

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

2/2 It is frustrating to receive the replies from the Bank as IMHO, the CSA's are intellectually incompetent. The grievance mechanism sucks.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

1/2 @Vidyut @velpanur Experiencing this with @ICICIBank_Care now. FD opened in 2023 and a physical copy of the FD receipt was obtained. After 2 online renewals, and 3 years later Bank says they want the physical copy issued in 2023 for closure of the FD.

[Vidyut @Vidyut]

Old people and FDs is a nightmare. Father died. His accounts got transferred to mother's name. The FDs (originally created online) are now created "in person" at the bank, so she can't liquidate online and has to go to the bank in person or she can't access her own money. The bank branch is crowded, staff is impatient and she's aged and confused. Absolutely humiliating experience. She returned home in tears. Will go with her to close out ALL the FDs, and either keep money in savings acct or make new FDs online, so she isn't stuck in an emergency.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@velpanur Classic case of building castles in the air.

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

South + Maharashtra : 150+ sweep loading in 2029

RAGA * VIJAY - Watch out for a Youth Tsunami

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@velpanur @RahulGandhi Do you support this?

[Revathi @revathitweets]

“My best friend and union minister of state home affairs Bandi Sanjay”

- Chief Minister Revanth Reddy

PS: Bandi Sanjay’s son Bandi Bageerath is yet to be arrested even after 42 hours of POCSO case being filed on him. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is also the Home Minister of Telangana.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@velpanur He is an ass.

[𝙂 𝙎 𝙎𝙃𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙃𝘼𝙍 @ushrit2020]

@swotithot These days Mr. Gupta shoots first and thinks next. If at all he thinks.

[Raja - awaaz do, hum ek hain @Raja_Sw]

The only thing that matters to me is what our public servants DO for the public, not their talk.
Talk is cheap.
They've been given power, they have a DUTY to deliver to the public.
Regardless of party.
Stop putting them on a pedestal.
DEMAND they work for you.
It's your RIGHT.

[A S Velpanur @Velpanur]

@velpanur @beastoftraal @MiraeAsset_IN Their Investor service is awful too.

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

I feel bad for Mirae Asset's PR agency and comms team.