Chandan Said

Distracted vibes

[Honest Cricket Lover @Honest_Cric_fan]

BJP is a party of criminals ?

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

I went deep into MoSPI data after hearing Garg. My analysis is -
(1) Key takeaway: Garg’s strongest point is about nominal GDP: MoSPI retrospectively lowered Q1 FY2025-26 nominal GDP from about ₹86.05 trillion to ₹80.00 trillion, a reduction of roughly ₹6.05 trillion, with much of the production-side revision concentrated in services.
(2) His 2.6% calculation comes from comparing the old-vintage ₹86.05 trillion with the latest Q1 FY2026-27 nominal GDP of ₹88.27 trillion; it is therefore useful for illustrating the scale of the revision, but it is not a like-for-like official growth rate.
(3) On real GDP, the numbers changed even more visibly: Q1 FY2025-26 was originally reported at about ₹47.89 trillion at 2011-12 constant prices, but in the new 2022-23-base series the same quarter is about ₹75.46 trillion.
(4) Those two levels cannot be compared directly because the constant-price base and methodology changed. More meaningfully, the growth rate for Q1 FY2025-26 itself was revised from 7.8% in the August 2025 vintage to 6.9% in the latest series. The latest Q1 FY2026-27 real GDP is about ₹81.36 trillion, giving the currently reported 7.8% real growthover the revised ₹75.46-trillion base.
(5) Garg is substantially right about the factual revision he is exposing: MoSPI previously reported ₹86.05 trillion of nominal GDP for Q1 FY2025-26 and now reports roughly ₹80 trillion for that same quarter. His 2.6% arithmetic against today's ₹88.27 trillion is also correct.
(6) But it may not be entirely right to call that 2.6% India's actual GDP growth rate, because it mixes two different GDP vintages and uses nominal GDP, while the official 7.8% is a real-GDP growth calculation using two quarters recomputed consistently under the latest methodology.
(7) So what is the truth then? Using the latest MoSPI real GDP at constant 2022-23 prices:
Q1 - FY2025-26 real GDP = ₹75.4623 lakh crore
Q1 - FY2026-27 real GDP = ₹81.3615 lakh crore
That is 7.8% real GDP growth. MoSPI reports the same figure officially.
(8) Final summary: 7.8% is the growth rate within MoSPI’s latest revised statistical series. Garg’s legitimate criticism concerns how substantially the historical estimates - especially nominal GDP - were revised. But that revision by itself does not yield an alternative real-growth rate such as 2.6%.
And remember: this is Modi’s New India. You know what data can be made to do in it.

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[Ajay Kamath @ajay43]

This is evisceration of a sputtering anchor. Without anaesthesia

[Ashish Joshi @bismil_prasad]

I stand vindicated.
SC Garg, Former Finance & EA Secretary (2017-2019), says on NDTV that GDP is 2.6% and not 7.8%.
Who would know better than @Subhashgarg1960?

#DataFudging

[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

@Amockx2022 Can someone explain what he meant in simple terms?

[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

@profAIPC @GaurieD Can someone explain in simple terms what he meant?

[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

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[Dan Qayyum @DanQayyum]

A Pakistani content creator offered ordinary Pakistanis a wad of cash to burn the Indian flag.

Every single person refuses.

You can manufacture outrage. You can monetize hatred. But sometimes ordinary people remind you that patriotism does not require dehumanising your neighbour.

That is the Pakistan I recognise.

[Apurva M Asrani @Apurvasrani]

I’m still not sure about the Congress party or its politics, but this man is good, kind and gentle. Ironically, those were the very qualities he was ridiculed for in the ‘Pappu’ campaign that took off after the disastrous Arnab Goswami interview in January 2014.

As a film editor, I knew right then that the interview had been maliciously edited to make him look like a fool (I could write a book on that interview). I said as much at the time, but my voice was drowned out by a strong BJP IT cell working in overdrive.

That bubble has long since burst. Rahul Gandhi has emerged stronger, more relentless, and undoubtedly a far more astute politician than his detractors gave him credit for.

What I find most heartening is that he hasn’t become like those he opposes. He didn’t trade away his decency or his gentleness to take on the brutes. In today’s politics, that may be his greatest strength.🌸
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[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

@sachin_rt What is the Purpose of taking the effort to write this? Do you really think that it will make a difference during the ongoing turbulence?

[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

@theliverdoc Thanks @theliverdoc for this wonderful book. Got this from Amazon today.

[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

@NIKHILLJHA All 3 negative points are half truth. Group policy can’t be terminated arbitrarily. Insured gets an option to migrate to other group or retail plan.
Premium can be increased for any group or retail plan.
Notice is always given to the customers informing policy terms change.

[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

@readswithravi Magic of ambitious vs aspirational goals argument

[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

@drvivekbhati @theliverdoc Using hyperbolic statements like 1000 times more educated etc. is typical of a person whose ego is hurt and want to create strong impression which one has lost. You have no arguments to counter science based facts hence resorting to proven strategy- personal attacks & modibhakti

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Coffee is one of the only drinks with strong evidence that benefits the liver. Here's what decades of research actually says about how to drink it right:

Coffee genuinely lowers liver disease risk.
Meta-analyses show regular drinkers have about 35% lower risk of significant liver fibrosis and nearly 50% lower risk of liver cancer compared with non-drinkers.

Aim for 2–3 cups a day, minimum.
The effect is dose-dependent. The Hepatology socities such as AASLD and EASL says 3 or more cups daily is reasonable for liver benefit, if you tolerate it.

Caffeinated works better than decaf.
But decaf still helps.
Caffeine blocks adenosine receptors that drive liver scarring. Decaf lowers chronic liver disease risk too, just by a smaller margin (UK Biobank, n=494,585).

The target dose: ~300 mg caffeine/day, or 3 cups.
Fibrosis protection kicks in around the 75th percentile of intake, roughly 308 mg caffeine, or 2.25 cup equivalents, per day - the AASLD 2023 advises 3+ cups for liver benefit.

What a "cup" actually means
One standard cup = 240 ml (8 oz), not a 60 ml tiny Indian "cup." A 240 ml filter coffee has ~95–165 mg caffeine. A single espresso shot (30 ml) has only ~60–75 mg.

Coffee-to-water ratio: 1:15 to 1:17.
For filter/drip/pour-over: 15 g of ground coffee to 250 ml water. This is the standard brewing ratio and gives clean extraction of chlorogenic acids and caffeine.

Choose medium roast, not dark.
Medium roast has significantly higher chlorogenic acid (CGAs) content than dark roast. Dark roasting thermally degrades CGAs, the main antioxidant doing liver work.

Arabica beats Robusta.
Arabica beans are richer in CGAs and polyphenols, the antioxidants doing most of the liver-protective work.

A note here:
Arabica for polyphenols, Robusta for caffeine.
Arabica (1.5% caffeine) has more CGAs and polyphenols. Robusta (2.7% caffeine) has more caffeine but a cruder phenolic profile. A 70:30 Arabica-Robusta blend is a reasonable compromise.

Water temperature: 92–96°C.
Just off a rolling boil. Too hot (>96°C) burns the grounds and extracts bitter compounds; too cool (<90°C) under-extracts CGAs and caffeine.

Grind size matters.
Medium grind (table-salt texture) for filter/drip. Coarse for French press. Fine for espresso. Brew time: 3–4 minutes for pour-over, 4 minutes for French press, 25–30 seconds for espresso.

Filtered coffee is the safest daily choice.
Paper filters trap cafestol and kahweol, naturally present plant diterpenes that raise LDL cholesterol if consumed daily in large amounts. Pour-over (V60, Kalita, Melitta) or drip machines with paper filters give you CGAs and caffeine without the cholesterol penalty.

Espresso and French press: fine, but not unlimited.
They retain more polyphenols but also more diterpenes (so more chances of increased lipids). Great occasionally; don't make them your 5-cups-a-day default if you have high cholesterol or heart disease.

South Indian filter coffee: acceptable, with caveats. The metal filter does not remove diterpenes as well as paper, so limit to 1–2 cups/day if you have dyslipidemia. The decoction itself is rich in CGAs. Use less sugar. Skip condensed milk.

BUT ULTIMATE: Drink it black. Or close to it.
Sugar, syrups, flavored creamers and whipped cream cancel the liver benefit, especially if you already have fatty liver, diabetes, or obesity. Skim milk or unsweetened plant milk is fine.

Instant coffee: still works.
UK Biobank (n=494,585) showed instant coffee drinkers had similar reductions in chronic liver disease as ground coffee drinkers. Not as potent, but far better than no coffee.

Cold brew: underrated for the liver.
Medium roast + coarse grind + 6–7 hours at room temperature extracts CGAs and caffeine efficiently with lower bitterness. pH and CGA content are comparable to hot brew.

Timing.
Spread across the day. one at breakfast, one mid-morning, one early afternoon. Stop by 2 pm if you have insomnia.

It helps across almost every major liver disease.
Evidence supports benefit in fatty liver (MASLD), alcohol-related liver disease, hepatitis B and C, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.

The mechanism isn't magic, it's chemistry.
Chlorogenic acid cuts oxidative stress and liver fat. Caffeine inhibits stellate cell activation (that promotes scarring or fibrosis). Melanoidins and polyphenols reduce inflammation.

Who should go easy.
Pregnancy, children, those with uncontrolled heart rate and rhythmn issues (arrhythmias), panic disorder, or insomnia.

And no, coffee does not undo a bad diet or bad choice - such as alcohol, herbal supplement or that Ayurvedic "liver tonic."

Sources: Modi et al., Hepatology 2010; Kennedy et al., BMC Public Health 2021 (UK Biobank); Fuller & Rao, Sci Rep 2017; AASLD MASLD Clinical Care Pathway 2023; EASL 2016 CPG, Frontiers in Nutrition 2026 (Italian coffee cohort).

[Chandan Said @ChandanSaid]

@theliverdoc We have coffee machine placed in our office which gives filter coffee and black coffee apart from some tea variants. I like filter coffee from that machine. Will it be helpful?

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- The Feynman Technique
- Black Box Thinking
- The Leitner System
- Actively recall information from your study.