Vishal Gupta

Founder- I Hotelier I IIM A Alumnus.
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@Sahilpahwa09 Electcast please

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#neemkarolibaba

[AnādyaOm @AnadyaOm]

Neem Karoli Baba looked at Larry Brilliant, already an ardent devotee, with a grin and asked, 'Doctor, Doctor America! How much money do you have? Larry admitted he only had five hundred dollars and a mountain of medical school debt. Maharaj-ji just burst into a loud, joyful laugh. He started teasing him, saying, "You are no doctor, You are no doctor,.. U N O doctor!" Larry didn't get the joke at the time, but the master clearly saw a future for him that Larry couldn't see for himself.

Between fits of giggles, Maharaj-ji gave him a direct order: Larry was to work for the United Nations and travel from village to village to wipe out smallpox. Larry was completely lost. He had no experience in public health and barely knew anything about the disease. Still, for weeks, Maharaj-ji kept pushing him, asking every single day if he'd gotten the job yet.

Larry tried to do what he was told, but he felt like a bit of a joke. He spent his days bouncing between the ashram and the World Health Organization (WHO) offices in New Delhi, wearing a borrowed suit that didn't fit and tucking his long hippie hair awkwardly into the collar. He met with the director, Dr. Nicole Grasset, but the answer was always the same. There were no jobs, no plans to expand, and definitely no room for an inexperienced American doctor in a weird tie. Larry kept going back to the ashram hoping to drop the subject, but the guru wouldn't let it go.

One day, Maharaj-ji told him to go to the WHO immediately. There, Larry met Dr. D.A. Henderson, the head of the global smallpox program. Henderson didn't mince words; he shut the door on Larry, pointing out his lack of training and the political tensions that made it hard for Americans to work in India.

Frustrated and exhausted, Larry and his wife headed to Kashmir. But behind the scenes, things were shifting. Dr. Grasset suddenly felt a strange urge to help Larry, which she later credited to his mysterious guru. She offered him a basic administrative assistant role just because he knew how to write, and she even pushed the paperwork through the UN bureaucracy to make it happen.

There was still one huge problem. Every American employee needed a strict security clearance. Larry had been a radical antiwar activist, so a government background check was basically a death sentence for his career. He went back to Kainchi dham and told Maharaj-ji he was defeated. In response, the guru simply covered his face with a blanket and went into a giggling trance.

At that exact moment in Geneva, Dr. Henderson was at a cocktail party with the US Surgeon General. When the topic of American help with smallpox came up, Henderson mentioned a young doctor in India who was stuck because of a security clearance. The Surgeon General didn't care about the red tape. He just asked for the name, grabbed a cocktail napkin, and scribbled: "Brilliant, okay to start work."

The next morning, Maharaj-ji was in a great mood. He fed Larry and his wife sweet jalebis, deep-fried syrup treats, before telling them it was time to leave. As they walked toward the gates, a postman arrived with a telegram. The security clearance had come through, and Larry was ordered to start work immediately.

Even though he started as an assistant, Larry got his real training from his guru. During the course of many weekend conversations, Maharaj-ji explained exactly how smallpox moved through India, the seasons, the cycles, and the hardest regions to reach. He seemed to know more about the disease than the experts at the WHO. Even after three months on the job, Larry felt the guru had a better handle on things. He once asked, "Will smallpox be eradicated?" and wrote down the answer: "Smallpox will be eradicated. This is God's gift to mankind because of the hard work of dedicated medical scientists."

For a while, Larry was still stuck with office work and never sent into the field. But then something strange happened. A Russian doctor assigned to an area where Maharaj-ji had lived for years was delayed by Soviet paperwork. There was a blank spot on the map, and Larry was the only person available to fill it.

In September 1973, Maharaj-ji attained Mahasamadhi.

Larry drove through remote villages with a big photo of Neem Karoli Baba on his jeep's dashboard. Local officials, who were usually skeptical of outsiders, softened immediately when they saw the saint's face.

In 1974, there were 180,000 cases and 30,000 deaths in a single year. Within next two years of intense work, they conquered smallpox in India. It took 400 experts from 30 countries and 100,000 Indian workers acting with total commitment to end it. Most people said it was impossible, but Maharaj-ji believed it could happen and it did.

Sita Ram 🙏

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@Asset_Architect It’s going down to 1800. Good short opportunity

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#India loses 2-0 #cricket, what a shame. #bcci #ipl @imAagarkar #t20 -no technique no temperament no will to win for the country. #indiancricket

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@BCCI need to realise that T20 matches is played different in India then around the world. You need to choose batters who have technique and temperament to bat. Majority of our guys at good for flat wickets only. @ShubmanGill #CricketUpdates #india @imVkohli @ybj_19

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@mohak_ailani Peeps are never satisfied - unfortunately, you win some you lose some.

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@mohak_ailani Rubio

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Thank You for liberating Bengal @BJP4India @BJPBengal @narendramodi @jsaideepak @ARanganathan72 @AmitShah @NewsAlgebraIND
#बंगाल_का_रिजल्ट #jaihind #bharat

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@ethanjaack Any suggestions Ethan @GoDaddy

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@GoDaddy @GoDaddyHelp I am facing a challenge with my website from last 1 week and go daddy support team has not been able to resolve. Poor customer and tech support. Sadly I will have to move hosting after 6 years. Big impact https://t.co/nleSotj8ob

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@FaizanS1996 @GoDaddy @GoDaddyHelp Yeah that is the plan now. Tech support sucks. O guess loyalty is not appreciated by @GoDaddy. I think the have put a big site on our shared server. So our small website is feeling the brunt.
No respite unfortunately

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@RubansIndia Rubans Accessories.
deeply disappointing shopping experience
My wife ordered and prepaid but never received the order. tried reach out to CS but no respons.
canceled my order and did not refund my money.
Please don’t buy from @RubansIndia

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Ticket number 177712459319

Subject firewall issue.

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Amazing rescue
#animals #rescue

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@mohak_ailani RG is asking what is a reform bill ?

[Tribe Topper @TribeTopper]

Scoring a 7 in IB Math AA isn’t luck. It’s strategy. 🎯

No last-minute cramming.
No passive note reading.
Just consistent, focused practice that actually works.

✔ Solve past papers daily
✔ Track and fix mistakes
✔ Stay consistent with 1 focused hour
#tribetopper #ibmathaa

[Mohak Ailani @mohak_ailani]

Morgan Stanley’s Ridham Desai-

"You can read a 1000 books and still be bad at investing"

Hence I say, forget fundamentals, learn charts

https://t.co/cX57dkCHqz

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@Swiggy @SwiggyCares @gurgaonpolice @whatsupgurgaon no helmet 🪖- e scooter -

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@mohak_ailani Another good news means end of wave 1 😛😛

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@blinkitcares Doesn’t look like it. Whole day i saw blinket riders on their e scooters - driving on the wrong side. Location - paras hospital - dlf phase 5.

Next time will send you pictures.

Funny i am unable to find @Swiggy or @zomatocare riders without helmets.

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@gurgaonpolice @GurgaonTraffic @TOIGurgaon e bikes used by @letsblinkit riders - no helmets - no papers - no licences - driving on the wrong side.

Can we do something about this.

Unsafe roads in @Gurgaon