Bhushan Pathak

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[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

The Right wing govt of India watches helplessly as the dreaded beheading slogans resound in the schools and streets of Maharashtra yet again, while the Left-wing govt of Denmark mulls banning Azaan from rooftops fearing Islamisation of public spaces.

My views:

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Instead of outraging on a quarter of a million women being groomed and gang raped in Britain, these psychopaths at the @BBCNews, who admitted to evading tax in India, are instead outraging on one woman who claims she contracted a disease 19 years ago after her visit to India.

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

People get fined for overspeeding, wrong parking, no seatbelt and many other violations.

But no government official is ever punished for robbing citizens of their basic dignity on the road.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

# on shortification of "learning"

There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education, but if you look closely they are really just entertainment. This is very convenient for everyone involved : the people watching enjoy thinking they are learning (but actually they are just having fun). The people creating this content also enjoy it because fun has a much larger audience, fame and revenue. But as far as learning goes, this is a trap. This content is an epsilon away from watching the Bachelorette. It's like snacking on those "Garden Veggie Straws", which feel like you're eating healthy vegetables until you look at the ingredients.

Learning is not supposed to be fun. It doesn't have to be actively not fun either, but the primary feeling should be that of effort. It should look a lot less like that "10 minute full body" workout from your local digital media creator and a lot more like a serious session at the gym. You want the mental equivalent of sweating. It's not that the quickie doesn't do anything, it's just that it is wildly suboptimal if you actually care to learn.

I find it helpful to explicitly declare your intent up front as a sharp, binary variable in your mind. If you are consuming content: are you trying to be entertained or are you trying to learn? And if you are creating content: are you trying to entertain or are you trying to teach? You'll go down a different path in each case. Attempts to seek the stuff in between actually clamp to zero.

So for those who actually want to learn. Unless you are trying to learn something narrow and specific, close those tabs with quick blog posts. Close those tabs of "Learn XYZ in 10 minutes". Consider the opportunity cost of snacking and seek the meal - the textbooks, docs, papers, manuals, longform. Allocate a 4 hour window. Don't just read, take notes, re-read, re-phrase, process, manipulate, learn.

And for those actually trying to educate, please consider writing/recording longform, designed for someone to get "sweaty", especially in today's era of quantity over quality. Give someone a real workout. This is what I aspire to in my own educational work too. My audience will decrease. The ones that remain might not even like it. But at least we'll learn something.

[Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 @tehseenp]

Most Indian vehicles were never designed for E20, yet Modi ji's govt & Gadkari ji keep pushing towards E30 and even E100.

As an Indian, I pay full price for my car + taxes on it, pay road tax, pay tolls, pay Centre + state tax on every litre of fuel, pay parking charges… and in return I get $h¡tty infrastructure and now even $h¡ttier forced ethanol-blended fuel that was never meant for most cars on the road.

If I want pure petrol, I should be allowed to buy it. Period.

This ethanol experiment on the common man & their vehicles has made us lab rats.

#E20Damage #EthanolScam #GadkariEthanol

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Spine always grows in the back that is against the wall. America denied us crucial LOX/LH₂ cryogenic engine technology. We developed it indigenously and using it we now send American satellites into space.

India can remain sovereign only if it has a sovereign AI. @narendramodi

[Priti Gandhi @MrsGandhi]

Meet Lavanya Narayanan, Deputy Team Lead at @the_hindu.

On odd days, she hails Turkey's Football team for stalling the match to break their Ramzan Fast.

On even days, same Lavanya objects to the Shiv Tandav performance at the IPL & wants religion to be kept out of sports!🤷🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[Abhijit Majumder @abhijitmajumder]

A girl raped by 700 men over three years.
Jack Daniel bottle shoved into a 12-year-old girl in course of rape.
Girls kept in dog cages.
Girls raped by dogs, men betting on the act.
~ @RupertLowe10 narrates what Pakistani rape gangs did to British girls.

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

Qatar on Eid:
Do not perform the namaz in open outdoor areas; pray inside Mosques. Limit women's attendance as much as possible, as Eid prayer is not obligatory.

Al Jazeera (owned by Qatar):
India is restricting public prayers and telling Muslims to pray in Mosques.

When an Islamic country does it, it becomes a guideline. But when a non-Islamic country does the same thing, it is labeled Islamophobia.

[Paritsh Sharrma (🗣️Paritosh) @Paritolkks]

Booked a Rapido. Driver called:
“Bhaiya, extra dena hoga.”

Booked an Uber:
“Bhaiya, fare bahut kam hai.”
Then why did you accept the ride?

Booked an Ola:
Driver confirmed, then cancelled after 5 minutes.

The entire taxi aggregator system in India is a mess. There is not a single app that feels customer-centric. Half the cars are poorly maintained, drivers keep negotiating outside the app, and cancellations are normalised.

Once someone travels to places like Dubai or parts of Southeast Asia, they realise how far behind our basic service standards are.

[The Jaipur Dialogues @JaipurDialogues]

Burqa Clad Women and Topi Wearing Muslims should not be allowed in Temples

Muslims don’t allow Hindus in Masjid’s unless their motive is to Convert

Hindu Temples are not Picnic Spots!

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

LOL!!! “First in press freedom index” prime minister refuses to take questions from Indian reporters

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

My appeal to PM Modi-

In order to save petrol & diesel, please make it mandatory for bureaucrats, MLAs & MPs to use public buses and metro instead of large convoys.

It will also be a good opportunity for them to experience world-class infrastructure they are building for us.

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Dictators never go quietly. Bengal must be defended at all costs from these savages.

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Facing an imposing supreme court bench, Senior Advocate @jsaideepak takes us on an incredible journey in constitutional law to bolster his case for overturning Sabarimala judgment. He is fighting ferociously for dharma, armed with nothing but his intellect.

Watch, and be amazed:

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

I was ordered by @Lenskart_com to cut my shikha and remove my tilak. When I refused to do so, I was fired. - Zeel Soghasia

This is blatant discrimination and bigotry that goes beyond adhering to some internal memo. Mr Soghasia must be recalled and reinstated. @peyushbansal

[Mr Sinha @Mrsinha]

This tweet is about TCS Nashik matter.. She is shamelessly defending her Jihadi brothers who s*xually exploited Hindu women and is trying to spin the narrative that they're being punished for being Muslims.

She's more dangerous than Jihadis with guns....

[Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः) @MisraNityanand]

ब्राह्मणों का पढ़ाई-लिखाई पर सौ प्रतिशत आरक्षण था?

कुछ लोगों का कहना है भारत में सारी पढ़ाई-लिखाई पर ब्राह्मणों का सौ प्रतिशत आरक्षण था। क्या यह सच है? आइए जानते हैं।

[The Analyzer (News Updates🗞️) @Indian_Analyzer]

Did you know? TN govt admitted in 2025 that it melted 5 lakh kg of temple gold (1977–2015), valued at ₹50,000+ crore.
- Temple wealth is reportedly avg 3% of India's GDP

Around 31,000 temples taken over since 1960, many struggling for regular rituals.

[Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 @priyankac19]

Why aren’t we talking about this enough? How could a corporate BPO office&that too a big one like TCS continue to function without any accountability despite several women complaining about the harassment and abuse besides religious conversion attempts. https://t.co/kX4Ie2YEql