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[ishita @ishitabatata]

today i ran 4 kms and witnessed love from certain walks of life

[claire night skies🪼 @clairebookworm]

invisible cities by italo calvino is one of my fav books (a foundational text of mine!), so I turned it into a "city" you can annotate & wander through: https://t.co/2Y3dxc7fci

isidora is my most oft-quoted city <3

[yash @stfujaadu]

dharmendra pradhan ko hata ke taylor swift ko education minister bana do, usne uski shaadi ka ek photo tak leak nahi hone diya

[David Attenborough @fandom_david]

Remember the polar bears.
Remember the rhinos.
Remember the elephants.
Remember the orangutans.
Remember the whales.
Remember the rainforests.
Remember the coral reefs.
Remember the glaciers.

The future of each now rests in human hands.

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

what a privilege it is to be exhausted by an ambition of your own choosing

[shy fawkes @butterbooter]

the pigeon doesn’t understand your disdain for it; it coos for you anyway. the tree does not know you own an axe for it; its leaves sway in the sun anyway. the starving cat eats the poison you put out. it doesn’t know how not to trust. the earth forgives you, in spite of yourself

[Divya Mittal @divyamittal_IAS]

IIT Delhi to IIM Bangalore to IAS. I got the best education my country had to offer. It taught me how to crack tough exams and manage big responsibilities. But it never taught me how to quiet my own mind or handle loneliness. We spend many years learning how to achieve, but not a single day learning how to be happy.
My thoughts on what is missing in school education.

Emotional Regulation:
We memorized the periodic table, but no one explained the chemistry of a broken heart. School demanded we stay quiet, confusing silence with peace. Now, we don't know how to host our own storms without drowning in them. We feel lost because we were taught to suppress, not to process.

Deep Communication:
We were taught to write perfect essays, but not how to say "I’m hurting" or "No." While there is a strong emphasis on communication, we are not taught the vocabulary of the adult life. There is no course on how to stand our ground in face of bullying by a boss or how to protect our work boundaries by saying 'No'

Critical Thinking:
In school, the person with the most answers won. In life, the person with the most questions survives. This is the reason many adults can repeat opinions confidently without ever questioning where those opinions came from. We are told everything as the gospel truth. So we end up just following blindly

Financial Literacy:
We spent years learning maths and solving for x, but never learned how to keep ourselves from falling in a debt trap. Money isn't just about math; it’s about the dignity of choice. We do not learn how to use debt effectively without it controlling our freedom. How impulsive spending compounds over time, or how money affects stress, relationships, and mental peace. Financial literacy is missing because education often focuses on earning money someday, not managing it wisely once it arrives.

Self-Discipline
School is a world of bells and schedules. Someone else always tells you what to do and when. But adulthood is a world of total silence. We feel stuck because we were never taught how to push ourselves without a teacher watching. Discipline is simply the habit of keeping promises to yourself. This is a habit many of us are lacking

Handling Loneliness
In school, you are always shrouded by people. You never realize how loud the silence of adulthood can be until you’re in it. We feel lonely because we weren't taught how to be our own best friends. Peace is learning that being alone doesn't mean being lonely. It is a sacred space, not a sign of being unwanted.

Reading People
School is a time of innocence where friendships are often given to you. But as we go along, not everyone retains that purity. We feel cheated because we weren't taught to see the hidden intentions or the masks people wear. Reading people is the quiet wisdom of seeing the truth behind the words.

Mental Health Maintenance
We have gym class for our bodies, but nothing for our souls. We are taught to push through exhaustion to finish a project, which is exactly how we end up in burnout. Honoring your nervous system is the only way to make sure the light inside you doesn't go out. We should know when we are dealing with a stressor and unable to handle it anymore. We should know when to reach out for help if we feel that we are drowning in that distress

Knowing Yourself
We spend years trying to be the "best" student, only to realize we don't know who we are without a gold medal. We are left inadequate because we studied every subject except our own souls. The ultimate education is discovering what truly matters to you before the world tells you what to want.

[ishita @ishitabatata]

89 has no business being a prime

[ver. @cryeyesviolet_]

me in my bed judging rich people’s outfits at met gala like:

[pigeon @pigeonisperfect]

coo

[NDTV @ndtv]

One Squirrel Terrorises Entire University In Rajasthan, Bites 20 People
https://t.co/qg6z921bdp

[ishita @ishitabatata]

we should've never normalized people saying 'you toh', 'i toh', 'we toh only do this' and such

[ishita @ishitabatata]

had to come on here to celebrate thiss!! got re-directed from the economic times article about it, so proud of you fren🥳🫡❤️❤️

[Satyam Pandey @fittwithsatyam]

My father has only driven a two-wheeler all his life. His current Hero Honda Splendor is 14 years old and is barely usable. All his life (and even now), he sacrificed his comfort to save a few more bucks for us and give us a better life.
Well, that changes tomorrow. He doesn’t know this yet but I am bringing our first family car home tomorrow :)

[Bray Falls @astrofalls]

Since a lot of people are confused about what this is, every telescope here is owned by a person. Each person can log in remotely to use their telescope to capture photos of space from our dark skies!

[ishita @ishitabatata]

in a generation so absorbed by passive content consumption, the power lies with those who create

[ishita @ishitabatata]

Dreams by The Cranberries >> Dreams by Fleetwood Mac
(subject to change)

[jbolina jolie @pastapilled]

I'm gonna turn all this pain into something beautiful like a tweet or a close friends story

[ishita @ishitabatata]

i think i enjoy the idea of working out more than the workout itself and honestly, that’s what keeps me going lol.. i call it anticipatory joy xD

[ishita @ishitabatata]

analog photography is really a lost art these days, we need to bring it backkk

[ishita @ishitabatata]

a summer in europe 🏖️🦋

[ishita @ishitabatata]

you can tell a lot about a person by what they choose to see in you