Deepak Narayanan

Co-founder @ChopChopVideo | Side gig: researching side effects of binge-eating fish thalis in Goa | Arsenal

[Mohammed Futurewala @MFuturewala]

Only in Mumbai Metro you will find three bin tops for the waste segregation with a single bin at the bottom..😂😂😂

[Deepak Narayanan @deepakyen]

@mohammedhanif
just got a copy of Rebel English Academy and wanted to let you know that your Paco has an Indian cousin Shiro

[Deepak Narayanan @deepakyen]

@mohammedhanif
just got a copy of Rebel English Academy and wanted to let you know that your Paco has an Indian cousin Shiro

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

How on Earth is a police state that executes people in the street going to host a World Cup?

[Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @IrishUnity]

The British Museum

[Aalok Thakkar @AalokDThakkar]

If the AQI in Delhi was so bad, people would leave Delhi.

[Jacob King @JacobKinge]

It’s insane to think about the fact that banks made $89 billion in overdraft fees this past year. That’s $89 billion they took from people who literally have no money.

[Suraj Kumar Bauddh @SurajKrBauddh]

"Christianity is not allowed in India."

"You bring girls for dhandha (s**x trade)." 👹

BJP woman leader Anju Bharvav assaulted and abused blind girls in MP's Jabalpur.

Targeting Christians days before Christmas is pathetic. The world is watching us.

[Andrew @GeecheeKid]

🧵 Going back to what I said yesterday.

Arsenal are top of both tables at Christmas and yet the way far too many are banging on you’d think we’re in 10th. It’s actually unreal.

Two PL losses in the PL (City have 4). This demand for perfection is insane. (1/2)

[Deepak Narayanan @deepakyen]

@GeecheeKid Thank you!

[Alekh Sangal @alekhsangal]

Everytime I feel bad for #England and #Stokes, i am reminded of that last over in the 2019 world cup final, when the ball thrown from the boundary hit the bat of a running Stokes, went to the boundary and it was given as 6 runs... And I feel a 3-0 #Ashes scoreline seems fair.

[hussain indorewala @hussaindorewala]

There is no urban “planning” in Mumbai; there are only exemptions from planning.
For every problem, the answer is "more FSI". If builders are not happy, the city gets nothing.
Why has this happened?
My column in the MM today:
https://t.co/q8XJsQkI3R

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Daytime napping is associated with a larger total brain volume.

[Parth MN @parthpunter]

Messi and me in Delhi

[naresh fernandes @tajmahalfoxtrot]

Despite Centre denying nod to 14 films, Kerala tells festival organisers to stick with full schedule https://t.co/Pojnzk74la

[14 @iokmm]

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
but the very next day,
you gave it away,
this year, to save me from tears,
I’ll give it to Zubimendi

[Jason Leopold @JasonLeopold]

This is an INCREDIBLE investigative story, reported in the form of a graphic novel. Arrested by phone - a true story.

A must read

https://t.co/k6njyDVc0G

[Deepak Narayanan @deepakyen]

@Aakar__Patel Schrodinger's app

[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

More bad news for mobile phone users in India (after SIM binding): Our government is mandating a government app (sanchar saathi) on every new phone, permanently, Reuters reports.

Will be pushed to your phone via OTA. New smartphones need to have it. Users cannot delete it. This is a first. India has never before required an unremovable state app on every device. Russia does btw, with its MAX Messenger (started September 2025).

A few comments regarding this:
1. Sanchar Saathi is a lost phone tracker, but if it gets embedded with no possibility of removal, it becomes a government tracker on your device.

IF the government is allowed to get away with this, what’s next? A mandatory digital ID app? Digiyatra forcefully installed on each device? An app that disables VPNs or tracks your app and browser history? An app that sends copies of your messages to the government once a month?

Once the OS layer is opened to the state, it doesn’t close.

2. Legally, one can argue that your mobile phone is your personal space, and this is an invasion of your personal space.

It’s where we have our most private conversations. Exchange sensitive information with people we trust.

How do we know this app isn’t used to access files and messaging on our device, which is unencrypted on device? Or a future update won’t do that? This is clearly an invasion of our privacy.

3. Remember how the government exempt itself from much of the Data Protection Law. This explains why.

The Data Protection Law will make private companies more accountable and the Indian government less accountable.

4. Bloatware is already an issue with some phones (It’s why I don’t use Samsung). Now there’s more, and this time the government is forcing bloatware. I guess we’ll all have to root our phones now. When you buy a phone with bloatware, you're choosing to buy it with bloatware. This is different.

5. The way things work with India’s Department of Telecom, there was no public consultation, the order wasn’t disclosed. Just forced. This is dictatorial in nature. If they get away with this, more will follow.