Debabrata

Born of Bharat’s soil | Fueled by Sanatan fire | Karma guides me | Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[Aravind @aravind]

No where in the world, with a per capita of $3000 and per sq km population density of 500 humans, can you see herds of large wild and dangerous beasts roaming about freely and growing in numbers.

It can happen only in India.

Do not let those who massacred their wild animals to live freely, and cull their dangerous beasts if they increase in numbers or attack humans, preach us and program you against the nation when there's some human animal conflict in India.

Or tell us about human rights.

Kudos to Assam for doing so much in conservation of nature and increase in numbers of India's big beasts like Elephants, Tigers, and Rhinos.

[Agrim Agarwal @AgrimAg85538878]

@climate_snips @UNFCCC @GretaThunberg @Wangchuk66 @Advait_Prashant Soil degradation is also happening at an alarming pace worldwide. it takes more than 500 years to make 1 inch of topsoil. 90% of world's agri soils would be degraded by 2050 according to UNCCD.

Let's #SaveSoil also for ourselves. PLEASE SUPPORT US https://t.co/nVe1oSnE4W

[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.

[Raj Shamani @rajshamani]

Seeking advice from multiple people before making a move guarantees a mediocre outcome. Group thinking dilutes bold ideas until they look identical to everything else on the market. Exceptional breakthroughs require you to rely on your own conviction.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character.

Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered.”

— Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang

[Raj Shamani @rajshamani]

The reason Gen Z spends comfortably on small luxuries like high-end coffee is that long-term milestones like buying a home feel entirely out of reach in this economy. So they prioritise immediate quality of life over distant financial milestones.

[Mohandas Pai @TVMohandasPai]

PM @narendramodi Sir we need an India AI Mission under you with @NandanNilekani as vice chair and others from the private sector and govt. to Help India tackle the AI Revolution. We are way behind and need a national mission to get going quickly. Existing govt programs are too slow, way too small to make any large impact. We need an annual 50000 cr fund for deep tech and AI, a 200,000 cr ELGS Guarantee Fund to build Hyper cloud, hardware and chips. @AshwiniVaishnaw @nsitharaman @PiyushGoyal @FinMinIndia @RBI We need a Very Large National Mission. @AmitShah @amitmalviya

[Sadhguru @SadhguruJV]

It is not some evil people destroying the planet – it is all of us in Pursuit of Happiness. #SadhguruQuotes

[Uday Kotak @udaykotak]

Google which is cash surplus, just announced an additional capital raise of $80 bn.
Google annual profit is $160 bn, last quarter $62 bn, and market cap $4.5 trillion. That is close to total profits and market cap of all Indian listed companies put together.
It’s a wake up call to all companies to invest into the future, whatever the present maybe.
Now that IPL is done and dusted, time for India to focus on business of business.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Modi-hatred is almost a requirement to be called an "intellectual" in some circles. We have to counter them, so let's recall some history.

Congress had left Punjab, Kashmir, Assam all burning. The Naxal menace had made middle India ungovernable. Bihar and UP had become lawless. Bengal stagnated and deteriorated.

Today, Bengal has been rescued from the lawless TMC. For the first time since my childhood, we can discuss development and progress in all these states. We can disagree on specific paths to development, but at least we get to have that conversation.

These achievements did not happen magically. They required a lot of hard work and sacrifice - and all of it happened democratically. Let us not forget that Congress used Article 356 very often to dismiss state governments and now they lecture us on "democratic values".

If we elect the wrong crowd, we risk losing all the gains we have made.

Modi and Shah have provided strong and resolute leadership that has allowed these useless intellectuals to indulge their Modi hatred. Deep down, even they know the truth.

[Aravind @aravind]

@USAmbIndia @SecRubio I hope he enjoyed the Taj Mahal and Jaipur palaces. But next time take @realDonaldTrump and visiting American dignitaries to the great living temples of the south, please. I'm sure they will appreciate what Indians built 1000-1500 years ago.

[Incognito @Incognito_qfs]

Veer Savarkar knew the future.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True

[Amit Shah @AmitShah]

बस्तर के नक्सलमुक्त होने के बाद जब वहाँ की एक छोटी बच्ची मुझे बोलती है कि “हम बच गए”, तो वह खुशी लाखों खुशियों से ऊपर होती है।

[Debabrata @dsndea10]

@SaffronChargers More strength to you brother

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Andhra Pradesh’s recent decision to pay parents Rs 30,000 for their third child and Rs 40,000 for the fourth will turn India’s demographic dividend into a demographic disaster and trigger another partition.

Here I provide seven arguments why @ncbn must withdraw this policy:

[Sadhguru @SadhguruJV]

As a sapling takes years of care before you can call it a tree, a human being needs an appropriate atmosphere of nurture to blossom to their full potential. It is time we create an atmosphere of nurture and care for all life around us. -Sg

[TheShivGuru @TheShivGuru]

Is being alone better?