Aravind

asatoma satgamaya

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐨'𝐬 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞

The Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) mission had captured striking evidence of ground deformation in the weeks leading up to the devastating 2026 ice-rock avalanche in the Nepal-Tibet Himalayan region, offering a glimpse of how space-based radar could help identify dangerous mountain slopes before catastrophic collapse.

Read More: https://t.co/w8StvnqrxS
#Nepal #NASA #Nisar #NepalFlashFlood #Avalanche

[Aravind @aravind]

My hypothesis: Early humans who were migrating out via India were trapped in the Himalayas of present North East India during ice age.

The extreme cold and lack of sun made their skin very pale (to help make more vit-d), made their eyes smaller (to see well during snow storms), noses and face flatter (to reduce loss of body heat), less dense eyebrows (to prevent snow from sticking) etc.

These are classic Asian facial features. Then, once ice age was over, they migrated out to Asia populating China, Korea, and as far as Japan. So my hypothesis is East Asians originated in India. Not the other way around it is said that "North East Indians share genetics with East Asians."

It is East Asians who carry genetics of North East Indians. Migration of humans happened east ward from India, not into India. And genetic diversity of North East India is much higher than say China, Japan, or Korea. Just like Africa's genetic variation is very high compared to Arabia or Europe.

[Joseph T Noony @JoeAgneya]

“I freely acknowledge that David Hume was the one who first roused me from my dogmatic slumber.”
-Immanuel Kant
Father of German Idealism

We thus have an indirect admission that German Idealism is a branch of Indian Idealism. Strange that none of them ever revealed their true sources, and we have to do forensics on their books. This is important for Indians to understand because the impact of German Idealism on modern sciences and humanities is profound [Even Marxism draws from it!]

Imagine if Issac Newton 'freely admitted' that he learned Calculus through his teacher Issac Barrow who himself studied 'advanced Mathematics' under Jesuits in Italy who smuggled and translated Kerala manuscripts. Yeah, the above Kantian quote is the equivalent of that in philosophy.

[Skyroot Aerospace @SkyrootA]

The first picture of lift-off, straight from the launchpad cameras. 🚀

T-0 — 12:05 PM IST, 18 July 2026. Vikram-1 lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Sriharikota.

India’s first private orbital rocket ignited its Stage 1 Kalam 1200 motor and climbed — the opening seconds of Mission Aagaman. #Vikram1

#MissionAagamanInAction

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

I saw sound bites from students. They are in their teens and have yet to understand real life.

If a huge number of people march towards Parliament, the seat of the country's power, how can the police take any chances? They know anti social elements would inevitably infiltrate such protests.

Yet students expect the police force to be compassionate. They need to come to terms with reality.

The government should have dismissed Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan long ago and come out with a clear proposal on how it plans to conduct exams in the future without leaks and in a transparent manner.

This government has become so accustomed to absolute power that it has turned insensitive even to the genuine problems of students.

Parents and elders in students families have only chosen governments that pander to their social prejudices and biases. We get what we prioritise.

I don’t know what the solution is when the government refuses to be receptive to the public, other than to say that in the future we should choose policymakers who are receptive, engage in dialogue with citizens, and whose primary focus is on education, healthcare, employment, and quality of life - instead of widening society’s fault lines.

[Pawan Chandana @PawanKChandana]

Thanks for the shoutout. Proud to be from @IITKgp - the Entrepreneurial vibe of the campus and the passion for engineering built there are the key foundations for @SkyrootA journey.

As we say ‘Kgp ka tempo high hai’ 🚀

[Aravind @aravindreports]

@dmuthuk Spot on

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

I saw responses for my post including the Cockroach Party's official handle.

If you really want to change the system, form a political party.

Convince the people why they should choose you.

Fight electorally and win.

In a vast and complex country like ours, real change can only be brought through the ballot box.

Chief Minister Vijay did not spend any significant money on elections. Annamalai is reaching out to people without the need for huge funds.

Try your chance electorally.

It’s up to the people to choose or reject you.

[🚀conspiracy_slayer🌕 @conspiracyslyr]

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India a few minutes before the launch of Vikram-1

Captured by Umbra-10 on 2026-07-18 at 06:22:45 UTC

[AgniKul Cosmos @AgnikulCosmos]

Hearty congratulations to the @SkyrootA team! Achieving orbit in the first orbital attempt is no mean feat. India just entered a new phase in its space heritage today.

[Arun Raj K M @Arunraj2696]

Update from @CosmoserveSpace

[Jonathan McDowell @planet4589]

Space Force orbit data shows the expected three objects from the Vikram-1 launch in a 441 x 451 km x 59.9 deg orbit, independently confirming success of the launch. Congrats @SkyrootA

[Skyroot Aerospace @SkyrootA]

Hello space, we have arrived! Vikram-1's Test Flight-1 has completed it's mission.

The first ever Indian private sector launch has been successfully completed.

#Vikram1 #MissionAagaman #OpeningSpaceForAll

[Skyroot Aerospace @SkyrootA]

One of the most meaningful outcomes of Mission Aagaman was the trust our customers and partners placed in us.

Vikram-1’s maiden flight successfully deployed Grahaa Space’s SOLARAS satellite and Skyroot’s own SCOPE technology-demonstration satellite, while carrying in-orbit experiments from Cosmoserve Space and DCUBED.

The mission also carried Cosmos Diamonds’ Cosmic Bloom diamond, along with micro-artist Ajay Kumar’s extraordinary creations—a microscopic 18K gold rocket and intricate micro-sculptures honouring Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Sir C.V. Raman. A tribute to India’s scientific legacy, carried into space alongside the mission.

Here’s to many more missions. 🚀

[Dave @GamewithDave]

Is this you?

[Nick Collins @nickcollins1953]

It is not a conspiracy. This is exactly my point in my first book. The Italo-Celtic (branch of Indo European) language group split somewhere around 5600 BC, the date of the Flood, as the Celtic group spread up the Atlantic coast. They clearly remembered their origins which is remarkable.

For the Irish, one of its first works, The Book of Invasions, the Eriinn (from Aryan) saw themselves as coming from the south by sea. The maritime route they took is marked by places still called ‘gal’ - Portugal, Galicia, Gaul (France), Pays de Galles (Wales), Cornwall, Galloway, Galway and others and a sacred Irish site is two hills called the Paps of Danu, a reference to the Indian mother goddess. The Irish called themselves ‘Tuatha de Danaan', children of Danu.

[Thinakaran Rajamani @thinak_]

Private schools' atrocities: FYI Minister @imrajmohan sir, @CollrTenkasi. Over the past two weeks, I met several teachers from diff pvt schools. Here's how a priest-run St Assisi Matric HSS in Pavoorchatram exploits its teachers.

//Teachers explained: "When a teacher joins the school, the management informs them that the actual salary will be around Rs 7,000 to Rs 12,000. Staff from a Kerala-based private bank with a branch in Tirunelveli visit the school, open a bank account for the new teacher & issue a cheque book. On the same day, the management asks the teacher to sign all the cheque leaves & takes custody of the cheque book.

On salary day, the teacher receives an SMS stating that Rs 30,000/Rs 35k/40k has been credited to the account. Shortly afterwards, another SMS shows that the entire amount has been withdrawn using one of the pre-signed cheques by school staff acting on the management's instructions. The teacher is then handed only the promised Rs 7,000 to Rs 12,000 in cash."//

Not only this school, but many other private schools in the district also exploit their teachers through various methods.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

The economic and demographic effects of corruption.

Cost of land in our urban areas is far higher than what our GDP per capita would dictate. The ratio of land value to per capita GDP is probably higher in India than anywhere else. As an example, land prices in Chennai or Bengaluru rival that of cities like New York which has a vastly higher per capita GDP.

The key reason?

First, vast sums of political corruption money is parked in real estate. This raises real estate prices and high real estate prices affect everything downstream.

Second, corruption in building approvals and the like - the famous DTCP - raises construction costs, on top of already higher real estate costs.

Third, corruption in private school regulatory compliance enforcement raises school fees.

Fourth, corruption in private hospital regulatory compliance enforcement raises health care costs.

Fifth, household goods need sales outlets and those pay higher rents due to high real estate prices and construction costs.

So housing, education, healthcare and household goods - all of these now cost higher.

As a direct consequence, the economic burden on the average person gets worse. Young people, facing all these costs, postpone marriage, and postpone children or have fewer children.

That directly affects our demographics.

While this issue exists in many parts of India, Tamil Nadu, being the most urbanized of the bigger states, is particularly hit hard.

So corruption is becoming an existential threat to our society.

If you worry about the super-low birth rate in Tamil Nadu, way below replacement, understand that corruption raising our cost of living is one of the major causes, not the only cause, but a big one in our context.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Another CBSE School leader opens up. She did not have my prominence so the suffering inflicted on their school was much more.

I encourage people who silently suffered the disgusting corruption of the DMK era to come out.

We voted them out. Now let us tell the truth.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

The DMK ecosystem is attacking me that the school issue I reported was a lie I concocted to help the TVK government. Let me state the facts.

We run two rural schools, both free NIOS schools under the Kalaivani Kalvi Maiyam umbrella, one in rural Tenkasi and the other in rural Theni.

The Theni school was originally started and run by a retired IPS officer, a honest and upright man. He built very nice facilities but had to shut down his CBSE school because the state government demanded too much money to issue the NOC. He told me that as a honest retired officer he did not have the money to pay and they would not issue the NOC otherwise.

He urged us to take over his trust so we could run our free NIOS school in the premises. That is how we started our NIOS school in Theni.

Unlike in Tenkasi, where I live, the Theni school faced occasional harassment from the DMK government because we did not have a state government registration, so we tried getting state government approval again (this time for the state board) and that of course would also cost money. So it was in a limbo.

Meanwhile in Tenkasi we wanted to build new school facilities (we were operating in make-shift facilities, the ones that came in frequent photos) and we applied for DTCP approval to construct the new buildings. Everyone who knows DTCP in our state knows what kind of corruption happened there under the DMK.

We waited patiently for DTCP approval for the new school buildings but the approval never came as long as the DMK was in power. The approval came automatically once the government changed.

It is this DTCP approval that I posted about in X. I want to once again appreciate the refreshing change.

Not only did the approvals come, government people told us not to pay money to anyone for any approvals. I have to appreciate this in public, having endured what we had endured before.

This is the "lie" that DMK wants to attack me on.

I do not need their certificate on my character.
They can examine their conscience and ask why a technology nerd like me who is mostly immersed in code would post these.

If they think I would back down by their vile personal attacks because I am a Brahmin or TVK Stooge or Sanghi or whatever, I will tell them this: unlike you dynasts I grew up with nothing. I studied in Tamil medium schools. I know how to live on nothing. I have dedicated the remainder of my life to make Bharat self reliant in technology while reviving our rural areas, the soul of our eternal sanatana civilization.

I will not be intimidated by their attacks. I am unafraid of death, why would I be afraid of the mere DMK?

And if they had any conscience they can return the money they looted (they know there they keep it) and then they can attack my character.

I will now go back to optimizing the code of our compiler!