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[Malay Krishna @Malay4Product]

I taught JEE physics for years. That paper breaks strong kids in three hours.

This exam is five hours of theory and five hours of lab work, and these five did close to perfect scores on it.

Let me tell you what actually happened.

The International Physics Olympiad is the world championship of school physics. It was the 56th edition. Held in Bucaramanga, Colombia, from July 5 to 12.

381 students. More than 85 countries. Every one of them the best physics student their country could find.

India sent five kids.

All five came back with gold.

Their names are Kanishk Jain from Pune. Riddhesh Anant Bendale from Indore. Rishit Garg from Dwarka in Delhi. Shresth Suraiya from Mumbai. Svarit Joshi from Ahmedabad.

We know a hundred cricketers by their nickname and not one of these boys. :)

That clean sweep put India at joint World Number One. Tied with China, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Those are countries that pour serious money and national pride into science education. We are standing level with them.

Now here is what the exam actually was.

Two papers. Each five hours long.

The theory paper had three problems. One on the thermodynamics of paramagnetic cooling. One on the photoionisation of ozone. One on the dynamics of electron positron pairs.

The experimental paper was another five hours in a lab, working through heat transfer and thermodynamic processes in fluids.

That means you get given equipment you have never seen, and you have to design your own experiment, take your own readings, handle the errors, and reach a real answer.

Not multiple choice. No shortcuts. No pattern recognition. You either understand physics or you sit there for five hours.

HBCSE says the Indian students were near perfect on theory and excellent on the practical too.

Now, this was India's 27th appearance at the IPhO.

Across all those years, about 44 percent of Indian students have won gold, 41 percent silver, 10 percent bronze.

In the last ten years, every single Indian student has come home with a medal. 62 percent gold, 38 percent silver.

Not one kid has gone and come back empty handed in a decade.

Five golds in one year has happened only twice. This year, and in 2018.

So who built this.

The programme is run by HBCSE, the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education. It sits under TIFR, which sits under the Department of Atomic Energy.

They run the whole funnel. A national exam, then a national olympiad, then a brutal selection and training camp, and out of everyone in the country, five kids get on a plane.

The team was led by Professor Anwesh Mazumdar of HBCSE-TIFR and Dr Leena Joshi from St Xavier's College, Mumbai.

The scientific observers were Professor Ananda Dasgupta from IISER Kolkata and Nisha Kelkar from Gogate-Joglekar College in Ratnagiri.

Yes. Ratnagiri. A college in a small coastal town in Maharashtra.

This is public education doing something the private coaching industry could never do on its own.

The coaching industry is very good at one thing. Teaching you to solve a known problem fast.

That is what JEE and NEET reward, and I say that with love because I was part of that world.

But an olympiad paper does not have a known type. There is no shortcut chapter. There is no formula sheet that saves you. You have to sit with a problem you have never seen and think.

That is a completely different muscle. And a government funded centre has been quietly building it in Indian teenagers for 27 years.

So yes, be proud. Loudly.

HBCSE also shared that around 64 percent of India's olympiad medallists go on to do a PhD.

But only about 32 percent of medallists end up settling in India.

I do not say that to spoil the moment. These kids owe the country nothing. They earned every option they have.

But it should tell us something. We are excellent at finding this talent. We are excellent at training it. We are still not great at giving it somewhere worth staying.

Congratulations Kanishk, Riddhesh, Rishit, Shresth and Svarit. This is one of the best things an Indian did this year and most of the country will never hear about it.

[Dr. Devashish Palkar @psychidiaries]

Any person who watches any sports even casually would know that if the opposition team scores 3 goals in last 15 mins to turn the match around, you just say well played and move on and introspect why you gave away those goals.
But yes, "It was rigged!"
It was rigged by the genius of a legend named LIONEL MESSI! 🐐

[Silly Point @FarziCricketer]

We forget that one day the sportsperson you enjoy watching do what they do the best will stop doing it. One after one, they will leave. Someone else will take over. It’s a cycle. A slight painful one. Remember this… to celebrate them more.

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Stay in whichever city you like. Why attacking other cities? In India, cities look good only through drone shots. None of our cities are of world standard.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

Hi. Meteorologist here. 👋

250 million people are not going to die because of this developing El Niño. That's not going to happen even if there is an 1877 repeat. That said, we don't even know yet how strong El Niño will be.

FFS, quit the panic p0rn.

Your post has 4.2 million views and 11,000 likes. This patent misinformation needs to quit going viral.

[Mao Shichigan 🦋 @weAllGonnaDye]

Never go on a trip with people who don’t share the same energy level as you. You can’t be whining about a one km walk man come on

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

Ian Bishop has a Sachin Tendulkar story after he watched Vaibhav Suryavanshi's electric hundred 💭

@irbishi | #TimeOut

[Dr. Vineet Kumar @vineet_mausam]

Busting the widespread fake narrative
1. There is no mega heatwave in next 10 days in India as per IMD forecast. Do not believe any rumors.
Follow only imd website
Do not believe any whatsapp messages or such videos who r creating panic and report us such messages videos.

[Amogh @guyfromhills]

drinking 2-4L of water daily helps you avoid other people's drama because you're too busy peeing

stay hydrated.

[arfan @Im__Arfan]

Now a days, you don't even need extreme conditions... A bit of help for the bowling and you'll see the batters shitting so bad... Either flat decks or we just keep walking.

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

@chippychop_ I travel too much as I’m always on tour and I believe if you own a dog you should give it the best life possible and play with it everyday for 15 years.

[Raja Babu @GaurangBhardwa1]

Shant hoja Gogi puttar
#INDvNZ #T20WorldCup2026final

[vishal dayama @VishalDayama]

CHAK DE INDIA BHARAT MATA KI JAI INQUILAB ZINDABAD CRICKET MERI DULHAN HAI

[Jarrod Kimber @ajarrodkimber]

✍️Bumrah’s best moment was simply an over that denied England a T20 World Cup final.

https://t.co/FVlySg1hJ7

[Aravind @aravind]

Please someone in Bijnor call a vet. Handle the dog with care & protection. Test for viral diseases and importantly high ammonia. Then treat the dog. Even if you are very religious, this is 2026 and Kali Yuga, dogs don't go around gods just like that. Please take it like that.

[Shilpa Godbole @godbole_shilpa]

The bibtya seems to have a rule: roam freely in Bavdhan, Baner, Pashan, but don’t cross Pune University Circle.
Clearly he is an outsider, not a real Punekar (koff koff).

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

GROUNDBREAKING STEP BY DELHI GOVT!

FORMS PANEL TO MONITOR POLLUTION LEVELS!

A WHOLE PANEL!

ONE FULL PANEL JUST FOR THIS!

HOW WILL POLLUTION SURVIVE THIS!

[arfan @Im__Arfan]

I have hardly seen Rohit being this happy even with his own century... We all know the reason very much. It's Rohit - Kohli now fighting against an entire board who just want a reason to finish them, each match they have to prove like they are some 30 average batters.

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

There was an aura around the Indian team when playing in India. You can see it disappearing in the distance.....