Murali K Menon

Generalist, content strategist, and author of The God Who Loved Motorbikes. Currently @autocarindiamag. Earlier @MumbaiMirror @IndianExpress

[Joseph Miscimarra 🇺🇸 @jmisci]

This week I came across the obituary of a photographer named David Plowden. I was unfamiliar with his work, but decided to browse his website after reading that he specialized in photos of trains and industry.

I’m not much of an art guy, but these photos are astonishing. (1/4)

[Murali K Menon @getmur]

@itsnotChandni Probably among the best pieces published by Himal. great article.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

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[m rajshekhar @mrajshekhar]

In November 2024, @project_polis and I started taking a closer look at India's plans to become a self-reliant weapons exporter. How this ambition has played out on the ground is alarming at multiple levels (from national security to militarisation within India). Do read.

[m rajshekhar @mrajshekhar]

Folks. I need your help in amplifying this complaint so that @wordpressdotcom takes note. Please repost.

[Binoy Prabhakar @binoy_prabhakar]

Language is not intellectual, it’s environmental. If you haven’t created an environment where people feel the need to learn a language, they won’t learn it.

Neither Tamil nor Hindi is keeping pace with the future: linguist Peggy Mohan

⁦@htTweets⁩ https://t.co/imf3A34lP8

[Binoy Prabhakar @binoy_prabhakar]

Bartenders from beyond metros are shaping the drinks scene with homegrown ingredients and fresh perspectives.

Small towns shaken & stirred: How bartenders from Mokokchung to Moradabad are making their mark.

⁦@getmur⁩ ⁦@htTweets⁩ https://t.co/ezqaOyQr0i

[Binoy Prabhakar @binoy_prabhakar]

“I never had a fear of fast bowling, thanks to the training received from our father. So if you leave out the fear factor it is just a matter of getting used to pace.”

Mohinder Amarnath on ‘bunch of jokers', best bowler he faced & more

⁦@getmur⁩ https://t.co/feIP4cDC2Z

[Hindustan Times @htTweets]

@PaneraiOfficial @getmur "While we’re glad that some of our #watches are loved by #women, we remain a very masculine, tough brand," says Jean-Marc Pontroue, CEO of @PaneraiOfficial as speaks to @getmur.

Read full interview here 🔗 https://t.co/UwGpa3JtH8

[Snigdha Sengupta @getsnigdha]

May be worthwhile for the Mumbai Press Club to widen its ‘investigation’ to include the many, many toxic newsrooms out there. The list is long.

[Binoy Prabhakar @binoy_prabhakar]

From ERP to single malt whisky, Amrut Distilleries' Ashok Chokalingam throws light on his trailblazing journey

Chokalingam, the head of international sales for Amrut Distilleries, says selling single malts is still among the toughest jobs in the business. https://t.co/glCSWZIdNz

[Tony Joseph @tjoseph0010]

"Written by over one hundred of South Asia’s foremost scholars and domain experts, the essays in the book cover a period of some 12,000 years—from the last Ice Age to the twenty-first century."
https://t.co/FJ3h9YPGB6

[Murali K Menon @getmur]

@ShantanuGuhaRay @binoy_prabhakar Thank you ! Yes, have spoken to Sandeep Arora. ages ago, though.

[Murali K Menon @getmur]

@ShantanuGuhaRay @binoy_prabhakar Not easy to get your hands on one. At least in Bombay.

[Hormazd Sorabjee @hormazdsorabjee]

Let's go beyond preaching the obvious & push for something more effective like rear seat belt reminders. Leaving Cyrus' funeral this morning, couldn't help but notice that NO ONE belted up after getting into the back seat. We never learn & need to be forced - with a noisy alarm.

[Sunil Baghel @TheBaghelS]

What an amazing way to defraud customers who may probably not check each n every transaction in their Credit Card statement (a thread)

I buy a product & take interest free EMI option directly from the Merchant using my @ICICIBank @ICICIBank_Care Credit Card
(1/n)

[Binoy Prabhakar @binoy_prabhakar]

The ball revolved tantalisingly in the air for what seemed like eternity, and then dipped alarmingly before landing around the off stump and springing, viper-like, at me.

@getmur looks back at an over from Warne.

https://t.co/sTWDQ4COo8

[Hormazd Sorabjee @hormazdsorabjee]

Dont jump before you can barely crawl! Such ‘secrets’ maybe good for valuation but not for @OlaElectric’s credibility. Scooter needs to be sorted out first, before even thinking cars which is a completely different ball game that can’t be won with cash alone.

[Snigdha Sengupta @getsnigdha]

The deep bias against women founders in India’s #venturecapital market is a well known malaise. But women are now stepping up to set things right. My story today in @AJEnglish https://t.co/40VReMSRn0

#gendergap #startups #funding #women

[vanitakohlikhandekar @vanitakohlik]

Does the rise of subscription-led news make good journalism a privilege for some people? Do audiences reading ad-funded news deserve only fake & inaccurate stuff? As subscription finds favour as a business model some of the questions worth worrying about https://t.co/KUkrpJMcR0