Anuj Gupta

Public Policy Professional | Previously - Government of India | Management Consultant | Texas A&M | IIM Bangalore | IIT Madras

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From a stable career to the heart of government policy and infrastructure execution. I recently sat down on the Powernama podcast with @IGeetaSharma to dismantle a few lingering myths about India's economic structure, policy implementation, and the future of talent. 🧵👇 https://t.co/mFTYW07LEV

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A flashier, brighter elixir to life was invented 30 minutes back

A new discotheque has opened, let's go there

A new restaurant has opened; let's go there

Slavery is spelt as NEW

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Discoverability is overrated.

It's the same reason I never buy IPOs.

Everyone is obsessed with finding the next thing. I am far more interested in what has already survived.

The older the book, the more likely it is to contain something worth reading. The newer the fad, the more likely it is to be forgotten. Or worse, proven wrong.

Fat is bad for you. Fat is good for you. Fat is bad for you.

Eggs will kill you. Eggs are a superfood.

Coffee is dangerous. Coffee extends life.

Every few years the experts reverse themselves and the crowd dutifully follows along, sprinting from one certainty to the next.

Feel the new. Chase the new. Worship the new.

Let's all play hopscotch to stupidity.

The human body has not fundamentally changed for hundreds of thousands of years. Neither have the great challenges of mastering it: desire, fear, greed, anger, envy, distraction, status, mortality.

And neither have the means to conquer them.

Discipline. Reflection. Restraint. Purpose. Wisdom.

The gold is not hidden in the latest trend, app, guru, framework, bestseller, podcast, or scientific fashion. The gold lies in what has endured. In ideas that have survived generations because they correspond to something permanent in human nature.

Most novelty is marketing. Most wisdom is old.

Time is the harshest critic and the most reliable curator.

Read old books.
Study old civilizations.
Listen to dead masters.
They have a far better track record than this week's New York Times bestseller list.

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Book target locked. To read four books this weekend. Happiness awaits 😀

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@KirtivardhanD I have a ranked list of my next 1000 books to be read. You can see it on my goodreads too. If you want to read, you don't want to be stuck in paradox of choice.

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Post-independence India gave citizens the absolute right to choose their Prime Minister, but not the liberty to choose their soap. 🧼

Political freedom was won, but the constraints of the License Raj delayed true economic freedom.

"India's pre-1991 economic model probably cost the country somewhere between US$10 trillion and US$20 trillion of long-term economic potential, while delaying poverty reduction and better living standards for crores of Indians."

Why Nehru, daughter, jija, sala, pota, poti, unnamed foetus and Co must answer for their crimes.

Till this happens this civilisation will not achieve closure.

Truth and Reconciliation is needed.

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हिंदी प्राथी महानुभवों के लिए https://t.co/bZagOkAKeU

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Building the first Quadrillion Company https://t.co/2JLZtA4Zvi

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Don't have such friends

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Will be speaking on NDTV’s India Unbound: As PM Modi completes 12 years in office and moves towards Viksit Bharat , Behtar Zindagi - Ease of Living. I will be speaking on how to change lives at 230pm. Do watch and share feedback. https://t.co/8avf7A68p9

[Amit Malviya @amitmalviya]

Singing Vande Mataram in full is not “optional,” nor is it a matter of a State casually choosing whether to comply.

The Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines are explicit: whenever Vande Mataram is rendered at official functions, the full official version is to be sung, and all six stanzas are to be played at designated government events. The guidelines further prescribe the occasions on which it must be rendered and the protocol to be followed, including standing in attention.

The argument that Parliament must first pass a law before such protocols become binding on government functions is flawed. Every aspect of governance does not require a separate Act of Parliament. The Union Government routinely issues executive directions, protocols, and administrative instructions governing official ceremonies, state functions, national symbols, and public administration. These flow from the executive authority of the Union under the Constitution.

A State government cannot simply declare a Union protocol governing national observances “optional” because it disagrees with it politically. If every State began selectively deciding which national protocols it would or would not follow, the very idea of uniform national observances would collapse.

Vande Mataram is not a partisan slogan. It is India’s National Song and a foundational symbol of the freedom movement. Treating its prescribed rendition at official functions as a matter of political convenience says more about the insecurities of those objecting to it than about the directive itself.

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For Gen Z entering the AI workforce: AI shifts the premium from knowing answers to asking the right questions. Pick your domain, focus entirely on becoming a definitive expert, and drop the safety nets. Full episode link above!

[Anuj Gupta @anujg]

From a stable career to the heart of government policy and infrastructure execution. I recently sat down on the Powernama podcast with @IGeetaSharma to dismantle a few lingering myths about India's economic structure, policy implementation, and the future of talent. 🧵👇 https://t.co/mFTYW07LEV

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"Brain drain is better than brain in the drain." If high-tier talent goes global to chase cutting-edge research, it shouldn't be judged negatively. The imperative is keeping that talent structurally connected to India’s compounding domestic ecosystem.

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