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Psedo life.. void bs..

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The tikker I touch, rugs.

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@Its__Anu Also this is the remake of "kadhalukku Mariyahai" ( which originally is remake from Malayalam)

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The sensation, he is that brought back interest in watching cricket post God's retirement in 2013. What a player!!

#VaibhavSooryavanshi

[Rajasthan Royals @rajasthanroyals]

Commitment level: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ❤️‍🔥

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@SJosephBurns War

[Prof. Krishnamurthy V Subramanian @SubramanianKri]

Did you know that the U.S. defaulted on its sovereign obligations in 1971 when it unilaterally reneged on dollar-gold convertibility.
Russia defaulted in 1998 and 2022.
Argentina: 9 times since independence.
Pakistan: required IMF bailouts 23 times.
Greece defaulted in 2012.
And India? Zero defaults. Not even in 1991!

Yet Western investors classify India as "emerging risk" and call U.S. Treasuries the "risk-free rate."

This isn't risk analysis. This is cognitive bias a la Daniel Kahneman's book "Thinking, Fast and Slow". Humans systematically overweight culturally proximate information while underweighting statistical patterns that don't fit our mental models.

Western strategic planners trust Western partners not because the data supports it, but because the cultural markers feel familiar.

Three facts that challenge everything about how we assess partnership risk:

FACT 1: Across 5,000 years of recorded history, India has rarely waged wars of territorial conquest. Not in 3000 BCE when the Indus Valley Civilization had technological superiority. Not in 1000 CE when Indian mathematics and metallurgy exceeded Europe by centuries. Not in 2026 when it possesses nuclear weapons and the world's 4th-largest military. Not in 2047 when it projects to be a top-two economy.

Compare: China (annexed Tibet 1950, 14 territorial disputes, South China Sea expansion). Russia (Georgia 2008, Crimea 2014, Ukraine 2022). Europe (500 years of colonial conquest across three continents). U.S. (military interventions in 20+ countries since 1945).

This pattern is observable strategic behavior anchored in the Arthashastra, Kautilya's 2,300-year-old treatise arguing that short-term territorial expansion undermines the systemic conditions for sustained prosperity. The concept of "mandala" (circle of states) recognizes that each power's long-term interest depends on system equilibrium.

FACT 2: India has never defaulted on debt, treaties, or security guarantees since independence in 1947. The most revealing test: 1991 balance of payments crisis. Reserves fell to $1.2 billion = just three weeks of imports. Default appeared certain. Instead, India implemented painful reforms, honored every obligation. India didn't use political costs as an excuse to default. Commitments were kept.

This behavior isn't accidental. It's anchored in the Sanskrit concept of ṛṇānubandhaḥ, that obligations are metaphysically binding across time. The Mahabharata established 2,000 years ago that rulers who break commitments violate cosmic order and create systemic instability.

Philosophy became institutional architecture: investment-grade credit through multiple crises, $600B forex reserves (6th globally), zero defaults on government securities across 77 years.

FACT 3: During COVID-19, India exported 300 million vaccine doses to 110 countries while its own vaccination was incomplete. 96 countries received doses free through "Vaccine Maitri."

Meanwhile: U.S. ordered 1.2 billion doses for 330 million people (4x population). EU ordered 4.6 billion for 450 million (10x population). Canada ordered 400 million for 38 million people (10x population).

Western nations didn't begin international distribution until domestic targets were substantially met.

The distinction? India's Economic Survey 2020-21 quoted Sanskrit: "āpadā hi prāṇa rakṣā hi dharmasya prathama aṅkuraḥ" (in calamity, protecting life is the first duty). Not Indian life. Life in general.

This aligns with Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the world as one family), not as rhetoric but as policy. India supplies 60% of global vaccines and 20% of generic medicines normally, maintained production during its own constraints, built digital public infrastructure (UPI processes more transactions than all nations combined) and offers it open-source to developing countries.

WHY THIS MATTERS NOW:

Every CFO, sovereign wealth fund, and policymaker is asking: "Who can we depend on for the next 50 years?"

Ukraine shattered the illusion that economic integration prevents aggression. COVID exposed single-source dependencies. Taiwan reveals semiconductor concentration risk.

The global economy is re-optimizing from efficiency to trust.

But here's where Kahneman's research becomes critical: most strategic planners are making decisions using "System 1" thinking (fast, intuitive, pattern-matching based on cultural familiarity) rather than "System 2" thinking (slow, analytical, data-driven assessment of long-horizon behavioral patterns).

The result? Systematic mispricing of partnership risk.

Strategic planners face a choice:

- China: manufacturing efficiency + demonstrated willingness to weaponize interdependence (sanctions on South Korea over THAAD, Australia over COVID inquiry, Lithuania over Taiwan, Belt & Road debt traps in 60+ countries)

- Russia: resource access + repeated weaponization (invaded Ukraine despite economic integration, cut gas to freeze European cities)

- U.S.: innovation + extraterritorial enforcement (billions in fines on European banks for transactions legal in Europe, CLOUD Act overrides local privacy laws, "America First" tariffs hit Canada, Mexico, EU alongside rivals)

- India: 5,000-year track record of territorial restraint + zero defaults + systemic thinking during crises +
challenges (infrastructure gaps, bureaucratic complexity, uneven state capacity).

The question isn't perfection. It is: which risk profile aligns with 50-year partnership objectives when analyzed through System 2 rather than System 1 thinking?

THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH:

If India's pattern suggests lower long-duration risk, why is trust in India still "emerging"?

Kahneman would predict exactly this outcome. Three cognitive biases at work:

1. **Availability bias:** We assess risk based on vivid, recent, culturally proximate information. NATO expansion incorporated Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary rapidly because they registered as "European." India's democracy, rule of law, English-language business environment gets discounted because cultural markers differ.

2. **Confirmation bias:** Western institutions have decades of frameworks built around current partnerships. New data contradicting established models gets filtered out rather than integrated.

3. **Status quo bias:** Existing relationships are comfortable. The U.S.-Europe alliance, U.S.-Japan partnership, Five Eyes intelligence sharing operate with established protocols. Structural change requires crisis-level disruption to overcome inertia.

The crisis arrived.

For boards evaluating long-term partnerships—semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, digital infrastructure, maritime security, critical minerals—India presents a risk profile worth systematic, System 2 analysis.

Because of demonstrated behavior across sufficient time horizons to be statistically meaningful.

In an era of fragmentation, weaponized interdependence, and trust deficits, historical patterns become predictive indicators.

Kahneman spent decades showing that intuitive judgments systematically diverge from statistical reality. Strategic partnership assessment is no exception.

The question is: Are we assessing risk based on data, or based on what feels familiar?

In the 21st century, power matters. But trust may matter more.

And trust should be measured by track record, not by cultural proximity.

[Rohit Sharma 🇺🇸🇮🇳 @DcWalaDesi]

.@AmbSibiGeorge schools an extremely inconsequential and ignorant reporter who is clearly engagement farming.

Her question- "Why should we trust you?" " Will the PM take critical questions from the Indian Press?"

गुर्दा उखाड़ दिए!

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@SSR_Sivaraj Seems Mani Iyer management changed and it's not like the olden days mani Iyer anymore. Try HSB in railway station or Ramesh Iyer (opp to Mani Iyer)

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@ShivAroor Lol😃😃

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@singersrinivas "Naan Naanna ketten enai nanae... " portion from munbe va?

[𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁 @GodswillChemist]

This is what 400 calories looks like. Same number. Two completely different outcomes.

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What's wrong with the new algo @X

[Aria Westcott @AriaWestcott]

Breaking: Your phone is sending data to Google every 4.5 minutes.

Screen off. Phone untouched.

Trinity College Dublin confirmed it in a peer reviewed study.

Here are 12 settings to cut it off:

[Aravind @aravind]

No need for harder and inconvenient exercise like squats to reduce blood sugar (see bryan's post). Try this simple, discreet move after your meal wherever you are:

Sit comfortably on a chair or sofa with your feet flat on the ground and knees bent about 90 degrees. Keep the balls of your feet and toes planted, then lift your heels as high as possible.

Press down through the front of your feet, then relax and let your heels lower back down. Repeat in a smooth rhythm for 10–30 minutes (or as long as you can).

This will reduce blood glucose, improve insulin response, reduce inflammation, and you may even start losing weight if you make it a habit.

[Aravind @aravind]

@bryan_johnson Just activating the soleus muscle through simple seated contractions after a meal can significantly blunt blood sugar spikes by 52% and lower insulin response by 60% over 3 hours.

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@Ritesh_Trades Happy Birthday, Ritesh

[Fundamental Investor ™ 🇮🇳 @FI_InvestIndia]

Dr Ajinkya Bangar ji shares a superb video which needs to go so so viral so that no one needs to pay an extra rupee in a hospital. Brilliantly made.

Viral Informative Content.

Share for Awareness. Especially when you have Insurance.

#FI

[🪷 MЄЄƝƛ ƖƳЄƦ 🪷 @Maha_Periyavaa]

*பிதுர் தோஷம் நீக்கும் பஞ்ச பைரவர்*🍀

தஞ்சாவூர் மாவட்டம் கும்பகோணத்தில் இருந்து 12 கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் உள்ளது, ஆவூர் திருத்தலம். இங்கு பசுபதீஸ்வரர் ஆலயம் இருக்கிறது. இங்கு சிவபெருமான், 'பசுபதீஸ்வரர்' என்ற திருநாமத்துடனும், அம்பாள் 'பங்கஜவல்லி' என்ற திருநாமத்துடனும் அருள்பாலித்து வருகிறார்கள். வசிஷ்ட முனிவரால் சாபம் பெற்ற காமதேனு என்ற வானுலக பசு, பூமிக்கு வந்து இறைவனை பூஜித்து சாப விமோசனம் பெற்ற இடம் இந்த திருத்தலமாகும். எனவே தான் இத்தலம் 'ஆவூர்' என்றானது. ('ஆ' என்பது 'பசு'வை குறிக்கும்)இந்த ஆலயத்தின் மற்றொரு சிறப்பம்சம், 'பஞ்ச பைரவ மூர்த்திகள்.' இந்த ஐந்து பைரவர்களும் ஒரே பீடத்தில் வீற்றிருக்கிறார்கள். இவர்களை தேய்பிறை அஷ்டமி தினத்தில் வழிபாடு செய்தால், அனைத்து துன்பங்களும் நீங்கும். பஞ்ச பைரவ வழிபாடு என்பது, 'பிதுர்தோஷ நிவர்த்தி'க்கு சிறந்ததொரு வழிபாடு ஆகும். பிதுர் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட பிரச்சினை உள்ளவர்கள், இந்த பைரவரை வழிபாடு செய்து வந்தால் உடனடியாக பலன் கிடைக்கும்.ஒரு சிலர் நிறைய சம்பாதிப்பார்கள். இருந்தாலும் கடன் தீராது. இன்னும் சிலருக்கு நல்ல திறமைகள் இருக்கும். ஆனால் சரியான வேலையோ, வாய்ப்புகளோ அமையாமல் வருமானம் இன்றி இருப்பார்கள். பலபேர் அனைத்து செல்வங்களையும் பெற்றிருப்பர், ஆனால் வாழ்வில் அமைதி இருக்காது. அப்படிப்பட்டவர்களின் அந்த நிலைக்கு, பிதுர் தோஷம்தான் காரணம். அவர்கள் அனைவரும், இத்தல பஞ்ச பைரவர்களை வழிபட்டு, பிதுர் தோஷத்தை போக்கிக்கொள்ளலாம்.🌷

[Nishant Kumar @nishkumar1977]

#Nifty 24480

I'm no more bearish at these levels. Probably a bounce and then retest of today's lows (or slightly lower) and that should be it. We then go higher in a 5 wave advance:

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Timing🤔

[ANI @ANI]

Tamil Nadu | Actor & TVK chief Vijay’s wife, Sangeetha, has filed a petition for divorce in the Chengalpattu family court. In her petition, Sangeetha has accused Vijay of having an extramarital relationship (with an actress) and has sought divorce on those grounds.

[AstroCounselKK 🇮🇳 @AstroCounselKK]

Classy ♥️ ✌️ 👌