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[Ajai Chowdhry @AjaiChowdhry]

We quit our jobs.

There were six of us — Shiv Nadar, Arjun Malhotra, Yogesh Vaidya, Subhash Arora, D.S. Puri and me.

It was 1976. Startups were not really a thing in India. Venture capital did not exist. Banks were not exactly lining up to lend money to six young men with an idea and no collateral.

And computers? Most people had barely heard of them.

But we believed the microprocessor was going to change the world.

So we took the plunge.

Between the six of us, we managed to put together ₹1.87 lakh. We borrowed, pooled our savings and, in one case, even sold a car.

Our first office was a small barsati in Golf Links, Delhi.

We called ourselves Microcomp. We wanted to build an Indian computer.

There was just one problem.

We didn’t have a manufacturing licence.

That eventually led us to UP Electronics Corporation. They had the licence. We had the technology. And that partnership gave birth to Hindustan Computers Limited — HCL.

But perhaps the most audacious part of the story was what happened next.

We started selling a computer that was still being designed.

We had a brochure and a mock-up of the machine. That was it.

Our sales teams went across India, knocking on doors and convincing businesses to buy into a technology they had never used before.

The first orders came from IIT Kharagpur and IIT Madras.

Then came the harder part — convincing businesses.

In Coimbatore, we were up against DCM DP, a much bigger and more established name. I still remember sitting in the reception area of Premier Mills while the DCM team made its pitch.

We went in second.

And we won.

That one order gave us five more. Then ten.

That was HCL in those early years: not having the biggest balance sheet, the biggest brand or the easiest path — but finding a way.

We were restless.

We looked for gaps. We hired people who had what we called a “cowboy” spirit. We believed that technology had to be made useful and accessible, not intimidating.

And we kept moving.

From building India’s early indigenous computers to taking our business to Singapore when HCL was just four years old. From a small room in Delhi to a global technology company.

When I look back at 50 years, I think about six people sitting together in 1976, wondering if this crazy idea could actually work.

I think about a barsati.

A brochure for a computer that did not yet exist.

And the courage to knock on the next door.

That, to me, is the real HCL story.

50 years later, the technology has changed beyond anything we could have imagined.

But the spirit remains the same:

Dream big. Take the risk. And above all, Just Aspire.

Happy 50th, HCL.

What a journey it has been.

#AjaiChowdhry #JustAspire #HCL #50yearsofHCL #Nostalgic #Founders

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

What if you could fly over the mountains without needing an airport?

That’s the idea behind Ravi Tamta’s electric flying vehicle, developed after 13 years of research and experimentation in Almora, Uttarakhand.

Without an engineering degree, Ravi taught himself through the internet, while his parents supported his journey.

His prototype uses vertical take-off and landing and recently completed its maiden test flight.

From phone-charging shoes and smart walking sticks to firefighting equipment, Ravi has been building solutions for years.

Now, his dream has taken flight.✈️

#FlyingCar #IndianInnovation #RaviTamta #Uttarakhand #ViralFlyingCar

[Ravi Tamta flying car Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand innovator electric flying vehicle, Indian innovator builds flying car, Almora electric flying vehicle prototype, 13 year flying car project India]

[Kumaon Jagran @KumaonJagran]

A Beautiful Story from Ranikhet, Uttarakhand: 10 Years Later, One Word Led a Missing Father Back to His Family

After nearly a decade, Shyam Singh, a resident of Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, has finally been reunited with his family, thanks to the sensitivity and persistence of Majkhali Police.

Shyam Singh had gone missing from home around 10 years ago. With his mental health condition, he was unable to clearly tell anyone who he was and had been wandering around the Majkhali and Tarikhet areas for years.

Majkhali Police Post In-charge SI Vinod Fartyal tried several ways to find his identity. When conversations failed, police gave him a diary and a pen and asked him to write anything he remembered.

He wrote just one word: “Rajepur.”

That single word became the breakthrough. Police contacted Rajepur Police Station in Farrukhabad, shared his photograph and other details, and after four days of verification, his identity was confirmed as Shyam Singh.

On August 7, his family was informed. His sons and relatives immediately reached Majkhali, where an emotional reunion took place after almost 10 years of separation.

Sometimes the biggest achievement for the police isn’t an arrest or a case solved.

It is helping a family find someone they had almost lost hope of ever seeing again. ❤️

[Deepender Singh Hooda @DeependerSHooda]

अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर की किसी भी प्रतियोगिता में चाहे ओलंपिक, एशियाई या राष्ट्रमंडल खेल हों सभी में 50% से अधिक मेडल हरियाणा के खिलाड़ी ही भारत माता की झोली में लाते हैं।

संसद में हम अब तक सरकार से यही अपील कर रहे थे कि यदि भारत को 2030 के कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स और 2036 के ओलंपिक खेलों की मेजबानी का अवसर मिलता है, तो हरियाणा को भी इसमें शामिल किया जाए। पूर्ण मेजबान न सही, तो कम से कम सह-मेजब��न प्रदेश अवश्य बनाया जाए।

लेकिन खेल मंत्रालय द्वारा जब यह औपचारिक घोषणा कर दी गई है कि ये आयोजन केवल एक ही शहर अहमदाबाद (गुजरात) में होंगे, तो सरकार ने हमारी इस अपील को पूरी तरह खारिज कर दिया है। साथ ही 2036 ओलंपिक की बिड भी केवल अहमदाबाद के लिए पेश की जा रही है।

​यह बिल्कुल भी न्यायसंगत नहीं है और अब हम अपने इस हक के लिए हर स्तर पर लड़ाई लड़ेंगे।

[Deepender Singh Hooda @DeependerSHooda]

मेडल हरियाणा देता है, खेल गुजरात मे क्यों?

आज संसद परिसर में कॉमनवेल्थ खेल 2030 के लिए हरियाणा को मेजबान या सह-मेजबान राज्य बनाने की मांग को लेकर हरियाणा के साथी सांसदों - सांसद जयप्रकाश जेपी जी, सांसद @VarunMullana जी, सांसद सतपाल ब्रह्मचारी जी ���र सांसद कर्मबीर बौद्ध जी के साथ प्रदर्शन किया।

[Deepender Singh Hooda @DeependerSHooda]

State-wise medal tally of India in the Commonwealth Games 2026.

Haryana – 11 (Including 7 out of 13 Gold)
Manipur – 4
Tamil Nadu – 3
Bihar – 2
Delhi – 2
Maharashtra – 2
Kerala – 2
Punjab – 2
Uttar Pradesh – 2
Uttarakhand – 2
Tripura – 1
Rajasthan – 1
Andhra Pradesh – 1
Assam – 1
Chhattisgarh – 1
Madhya Pradesh – 1
Karnataka – 1
Gujarat - 0

State chosen for hosting Commonwealth Games 2030 - Gujarat.

Raj dharam.

[Abhinav Pandey @Abhinavpinch]

झारखंड के युवाओं की आवाज देश तक मजबूती से पहुंचेगी। CM @HemantSorenJMM और LoP @RahulGandhi से हैं ये सारे सवाल।

[Abhinav Pandey @Abhinavpinch]

Patna इस Prem का कर्ज कभी नहीं उतार पाऊँगा 🙏🏼🥹

[Lt Gen L Nishikanta Singh (R) @VeteranLNSingh]

In football, can you imagine India beating Brazil in the final by 2-1 and win the Gothia cup in Sweden 😳 and that too after defeating England 12-0 and France by 17-1 🤔 ?

Proud that most players were from Manipur.

Yes! This actually happened 👆🇮🇳🏆

That's India's U-15 team from Minerva Academy / Ranjit Bajaj's squad making history at the Gothia Cup 2026 in Sweden - the world's biggest youth football tournament.

What they pulled off:
1. Beat England 12-0
2. Beat France 17-1
3. Won Helsing Cup in Europe a week earlier
4. Final: Beat Brazil 2-1 to win the Gothia Cup.

They won 8 matches straight and scored 86 goals in the whole tournament. "European Double" complete - Helsing Cup + Gothia Cup back to back 😳

The clips show:
- Kids in orange India jerseys celebrating goals
- The goalkeeper screaming "BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS"
- Fans waving tricolor in the stands
- Team lifting the Gothia Cup trophy with "GOTHIA CUP FINALS" board behind
- Ranjit Bajaj with tricolor draped, holding medal

This is huge because in a country where cricket gets all the money and football still struggles for support, these kids proved talent isn't the problem - opportunity is.

Absolutely viral-worthy moment for Indian football ✌️

[Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw @kiranshaw]

This is a video worth watching. Well done Dr Arjun 👏👏👏

[KJS DHILLON🇮🇳 @TinyDhillon]

Colonel Arun Malik, GUARDS (Retd), Executive Director of Boxing Federation … the man who took Indian boxing to newer heights of glory 👍

More uniformed persons should manage sports in India to bring in discipline and dedication 🫡

Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

MEET 23-YEAR-OLD ASMITA DEY 🇮🇳🥹

Born in a small village in Tripura, Asmita is the daughter of a bicycle mechanic who struggled every day to provide for his family.

They were so poor that they depended on ration cards just to put food on the table.

When 12-year-old Asmita left home after being selected in a talent search, her father folded his hands before her coach and made just one request:

“Sir, we’re very small people. Please help my daughter become someone.”

That one sentence became her life’s purpose.

She spent years away from home, travelling for days to compete, often without confirmed train tickets, chasing a dream that seemed impossible.

Then, heartbreak struck ❤️‍🩹

Just days before qualifying for the Commonwealth Games, her father passed away after suffering a brain stroke.

She flew home, performed his last rites, and quietly returned to training.

Today, with tears in her eyes, Asmita Dey fulfilled her late father’s dream by becoming India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games Judo Gold Medallist. 🥇🇮🇳

He couldn’t be there to watch her stand on top of the podium.

But every step she took was for him.

Some victories are far bigger than medals.

This is one of them. 🫡🥹

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

Heartbroken & so inspired 💔💔🙏🏽

The Commonwealth Games is becoming a daily roll-call of young Indians who have emerged from unimaginable hardship & horrors to win gold.

Look at 23-year-old judoka Asmita Dey, who is now the first Indian to win Commonwealth Games gold in the women’s 48kg category.

7 months ago, she lost her father to a brain stroke. A bicycle mechanic who earned barely ₹300 a day, he raised his family in a mud house in a small village in Tripura. When a knee injury threatened Asmita’s career, he found the money to take her to Delhi for treatment.

Even as the family mourned, Asmita’s mother urged her daughter to return to training, believing that abandoning the dream would betray everything her father had sacrificed for.

She now stands on top of the Commonwealth Games podium with a gold medal around her neck.

[Shayan Acharya @ShayanAcharya]

"During one Ranji Trophy season, three winters back, a former Mumbai captain walked into the dressing room to address the players. A few youngsters weren’t particularly keen on sitting through the interaction after a long day. Rahane, then leading the side, stepped in immediately.
The message was clear – ‘If someone has worn that cap before you, you listen to him.’
That approach occasionally made him seem rigid to younger players, but Rahane didn’t mind. He wasn’t interested in being the popular senior. He was interested in preserving a culture he had inherited.
Those principles stayed with him..."

Here's a piece on Ajinkya Rahane - the last of the old school cricketers

https://t.co/mKIjb34sW6

[Indians @voicesindians]

India 🫡🇮🇳

[SANJAY HEGDE @sanjayuvacha]

Why did @SauravDassss go on a Godi anchor's show and that too with someone else on the panel. Never give them the slightest leeway and NEVER be under the illusion that they FAIRLY want to hear you. I simply ask who is the anchor and who else is on the panel, before I decide whether to allot time or not.

[Vishal Singh Jain @VishhalSJain]

English, Hindi or any other language; the message must be clear and profound

Mr Mohammed Irfan has more knowledge about the Constitution than many of our leaders and honourable judges (protectors of the Constitution)

This video has reinforced my belief that people know everything; at times, they are too scared to speak, and when they do speak — the world bows 🙇 down to them.

I bet many citizens of many advanced nations cannot articulate it so well and so succinctly

This is my India, and India is worth protecting.

Jai Hind - Jai Bharat
🇮🇳

[Dr Jitendra Singh @DrJitendraSingh]

Thanks Mr Israr Khan Saheb IPS (JK cadre), Retired DIG Police, for fondly recalling a lesser known facet of my life.

[Abhinav Pandey @Abhinavpinch]

ये Video सिर्फ BJP के नेता और टॉप लीडरशिप देखे।
मात्र 2Min निकाल कर सुन लीजिए,आगे काम आएगा

[Rajat Pandey @RajatpandeyJF]

कल जंतर-मंतर पर चल रहे आंदोलन का सुखद अंत हुआ. इस आंदोलन का एक चेहरा जो मुझे हमेशा याद रहेगा वो इरफ़ान का होगा. पहली बार 6 जून को उससे मिला था. उसी दिन जंतर-मंतर पर आंदोलन की शुरुआत हुई थी. उसके बाद मैं इरफान के घर गया. परिवार से मिला. गरीबी झेलते हुए भी इरफान हमेशा मुस्कुराता रहता है. अपनी नहीं अपने लोगों की बात करता है. अपने समाज की. समाज की कुरीतियों को तोड़ता है. इरफान का नंबर मांगने और उसकी मदद करने के लिए अब त���ाम लोग संपर्क कर रहे. उन सभी का बहुत शुक्रिया. उम्मीद है इरफान को अपने सपनों का आसमान मिले.

मेरे संस्थान @TheLallantop का बहुत शुक्रिया जो हमे इन कहानियों को कहने की हिम्मत देता है.

#irfan #lallantop