Kartic Godavarthy

Anthropologist, Mentor for Civil Services Aspirants, Film Maker and Development Communications Consultant. RTs not endorsements.

[Kartic Godavarthy @karticsg]

उत्तरं यत् समुद्रस्य हिमाद्रेश्चैव दक्षिणम् | वर्षं तद् भारतं नाम भारती यत्र सन्ततिः || Vishnu Purana.

The country that lies to the north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called Bhāratam where dwell the descendants of Bharata.

[Kartic Godavarthy @karticsg]

@P_Mounika123 Thanks for sharing.

[Prabhav Kashyap G. @prabhavkashyapg]

Well the irony is perfect. Thread alarming about AI sycophancy written in the most obvious AI slop imaginable. Even the warning about AI got filtered through AI.

[Prabhav Kashyap G. @prabhavkashyapg]

Appalled at how ruthlessly these qcom platforms take Indian lives for granted. Accountability seems to be non existent in our country.
@fssaiindia @GHMCOnline @TelanganaCS @cyberabadpolice @CPCyberabad @MC_Cyberabad @albinder @deepigoyal @revanth_anumula @TelanganaCMO

[Prabhav Kashyap G. @prabhavkashyapg]

Foodborne illness deaths are making headlines and its peak summer - heat accelerates bacterial proliferation dramatically, and exacerbates dehydration more than normal. Post-gastric surgery makes this exponentially worse. (Continued)

[Prabhav Kashyap G. @prabhavkashyapg]

@letsblinkit just delivered Milky Mist Greek Yogurt that expired 9 days ago. My father who’s recovering from stomach surgery happened to check the lid before opening it. Infections from Staph aureus, Listeria, Salmonella, and Campylobacter are life threatening, esp in summer.

[Kartic Godavarthy @karticsg]

अग्रत: चतुरो वेदा: पृष्‍ठत: सशरं धनु:।
इदं ब्राह्मं इदं क्षात्रं शापादपि शरादपि।।

This shloka is associated with Parashurama - one of the avataras of Vishnu - who embodies the rare and formidable union of Brahmateja (the radiance of knowledge) and Kshatrateja (the force of action and power). He is neither purely a scholar nor purely a warrior - he is both, simultaneously.
This verse captures a philosophical ideal that runs deep in Indian thought: that true power is the integration of wisdom and action, not the dominance of one over the other.

🙏🙏🙏

#parashuramajayanthi

[Mohini Maheshwari @MohiniWealth]

He Found ₹92 Lakhs in His Account – His Dying Daughter Could Have Been Saved… But He Did THIS Instead 😭💰

In the narrow lanes of Kanpur, 34-year-old Arjun Sharma was already broken.

His 6-year-old daughter Kiara had been fighting rare blood cancer for 18 months. Every single rupee had gone into her treatment. They were now sleeping on the floor because the hospital bed cost more than their rent.

One ordinary Tuesday morning, his phone buzzed.

**₹92,47,800 credited.**

A banking error. A massive transfer from an unknown startup. Not a penny belonged to him.

His wife collapsed in tears: “God finally answered us… we can take Kiara to Delhi now!”

For 48 hours Arjun didn’t eat. Didn’t sleep. He sat outside the hospital ward staring at the notification, his little girl’s weak voice calling “Papa” from inside.

One voice screamed: “Keep it. Save your daughter.”
The other voice whispered his father’s last words: “A single stolen rupee will curse three generations.”

On the third night, at 3:17 AM, Arjun walked into the 24-hour bank branch with shaking hands… and returned every single rupee.

The entire branch went dead silent. The manager later said, “In 14 years, you are the first person who came back.”

What happened next will restore your faith in humanity…

The money belonged to a young startup that would have collapsed the next morning, leaving 47 families without salaries.

The founder personally showed up at Arjun’s one-room house the very next day. He didn’t just thank him.

He arranged Kiara’s full treatment at India’s top cancer hospital…
He gifted them a proper 2BHK flat…
And offered Arjun a permanent job with equity in the company.

Today, little Kiara is cancer-free, running around laughing.

Arjun says with tears in his eyes:
“I could have bought a few years of happiness with someone else’s money… but I chose a lifetime of peace with my own character.”

Sometimes the universe rewards the ones who choose conscience over cash.

Would YOU have kept the money?
Be honest in the comments 👇

#Honesty #RealLife #Inspiration #Morals

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

"Planet Earth: You. Are. A. Crew."

Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch reflects on what it means to be a "crew."

[Kasturi @KasthuriShankar]

This man saved my daughter's life. 64 years after he died.
The most important scientist after Rosalind Franklin to not be awarded the Nobel prize.
Yellapragada SubbaRao.

[Katyayani Shukla @aibytekat]

He literally explained the Black Coffee Theory and why it changes how you approach life.

[Kartic Godavarthy @karticsg]

Jane Goodall stands as one of the most inspiring figures in anthropology and conservation. Born in 1934 in London, she revolutionized the study of primates through her groundbreaking fieldwork at Gombe, Tanzania. Goodall entered the forests with patience and empathy, discovering that chimpanzees make and use tools—a revelation that blurred the line between humans and other animals. Her methods, rooted in long-term observation and respect for the subjects, reshaped the way science engages with nature. Beyond her scientific contributions, she has been a tireless advocate for conservation, animal welfare, and environmental justice, founding the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots program. Goodall’s life is a testament to perseverance, curiosity, and compassion. She reminds humanity that protecting nature is not just a scientific duty but also a moral responsibility. Her legacy continues to inspire generations to care for the planet and all its beings.

[National Geographic Documentary Films @natgeodocs]

In 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall’s early fieldwork observing chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Game Reserve, in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), unveiled groundbreaking research of shared behaviors between humans and apes.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced on October 1, 2025, that Jane Goodall died at 91. A primatologist, conservationist, animal advocate, educator, and National Geographic Explorer, her work revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Rescued chimpanzee thanks Jane Goodall by giving her a hug

[Patrick Witty @patrickwitty]

RIP Jane Goodall. My all-time favorite photo of Jane by Michael “Nick” Nichols…

[Kartic Godavarthy @karticsg]

@JioCare @reliancejio very poor service of Jio fibre. Internet is down for three days and in some cases for more than a week. No response even if the service manager was contacted. Your centralised Jio Care is automated and goes into loops repeating the same process. Scheduled technician visit keeps getting rescheduled automatically. Hope someone is listening. SR0002NS1PN

[Kartic Godavarthy @karticsg]

@prabhavkashyapg Haha. Same here.

[Kartic Godavarthy @karticsg]

Dear all, my former LinkedIn account, under the name Kartic S Godavarthy, has been compromised due to hacking. Although the account has been inactive for years, I have recently discovered the security breach. I am unable to access the account, and LinkedIn is investigating the incident. Please ignore any messages sent from this account. 🙏🏼

[Kartic Godavarthy @karticsg]

@NuneBalrajBjp It was my pleasure indeed to interact with you all. Truly enjoyed talking to the young, motivated minds. God bless them. Thanks for your warm hospitality. My best wishes to you and your beautiful family dear Balraj. @NuneBalrajBjp

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

They told her to stay home. She sailed to Nazi Germany.
They told her to obey. She defied racist science with data.
They told her to stop. She built a legacy that lives on in whispers.

Before feminism had a name, Irawati Karve was living it.

India’s first female anthropologist, she crossed borders—literal and social—to study skulls, decode caste, and dismantle Nazi race theories with fearless science.

#IrawatiKarve #WomenInHistory #Anthropology #UnsungHeroes #ForgottenIcons #WomenOfScience #TimeTravelTokri

[Ambarish Satwik @AmbarishSatwik]

What the salad tried to do to us.

The first ambition of any plant is to make itself uneatable. Long before anything clever walked on earth, plants settled on poisoning anything with a mouth. If you can’t run, you better taste terrible. The only way to stay alive was to face your predator (dinosaur, beetle, goat, man) with chemistry. Plants got clever in the only way available to them. They made toxins, astringents, enzymes, fibrous defences. Which made them and their parts bitter. Also indigestible, and outright poisonous.

In evolutionary terms, it was a cunning move. Not that the plant knows anything about cunning. But the natural consequence was deterrence. You bite, you suffer. You learn. You stop biting.

Humans responded in the human way. By using fire and other things. We boiled, we burned, we soaked, we crushed, we fermented. We pickled. We found ways to take the bitter poisonous offerings of plants to our hungers. We hacked our own biochem, made over 50 types of CYP450 enzymes. They’re fascinating. A plant toxin molecule (alkaloid, glucosinolate, cyanogenic glycoside, saponin etc) is like a greasy stain. CYP450s act like detergent: They grab it, break it apart, make it dissolve in water, and wash it away. Cats don’t have a lot of this stuff. The thiosulfates in a couple of cloves of garlic can trigger a dangerous oxidative crisis in cat blood. About four cloves (of garlic) can be a potentially lethal dose. A tiny amount of solanine from a raw potato can sicken and kill a rabbit. Without a particular kind of P450, a potato would be your last meal.

We figured out how to eat the enemy. And then we got kinky about it. Our tongues learned to relish the sting. And the rot. We started liking the burn and the bitterness. We started having poison for the plot. Hot sauce. Tannins. Coffee so strong it peels paint. Flavour is a toxin we’ve come to applaud.

Plants spent a hundred million years trying to kill us. We’ve spent a hundred million years learning to savour their attempts. That’s the story, give or take a few famines and a few million deaths.