Ankit Kothari

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[Ananth Rupanagudi @Ananth_IRAS]

An Incredible Story!

A ₹3,480 crore IPO of Physics Wallah has hit the market. While reading about this issue, I came across information about a village called Patwa Toli in Bihar.

This year, 45 students from this village cleared JEE, and 38 of them cleared JEE Advanced, meaning 38 students from a single village secured admission to IITs.

Patwa Toli is a village of traditional weavers. There is not a single coaching institute here. Instead, it has a community-driven education system run by current and former students of the village.

The Patwas are traditional weavers, originally from Rajasthan. They were brought to Bihar by Raja Man Singh during Emperor Akbar’s reign to produce a specific type of cloth used in Hindu funeral rituals. Over time, their weaving industry flourished so much that the village earned the title Manchester of Bihar. Today, however, it is better known as the Village of IITians.

The spark of educational transformation was ignited in 1991 when Jitendra Patwa became the first student from the village to gain admission to IIT. His success inspired an entire generation. Although he now lives abroad, he has never forgotten his roots. Through the NGO Vriksha Foundation, he and other IIT alumni continue to support educational initiatives in the village.

The educational model followed here is truly unique. Students from earlier batches mentor the next generation. Whenever a junior student faces difficulty, they seek help from their seniors. Over time, this has created a continuous support network where everyone helps one another move forward.

The foundation has established a digital classroom and a well-equipped library. Expert teachers from cities such as Delhi and Mumbai conduct online classes. A dedicated team continuously monitors students’ progress to ensure that no one is left behind. This is a remarkable blend of modern technology and community participation.

This is more than an educational program—it is a movement that is transforming lives. For many students, attending expensive coaching classes in big cities was once an impossible dream. Today, they can pursue those aspirations from their own village. Most importantly, the doors of opportunity have also opened for girls, enabling them to dream of a brighter future.

Patwa Toli teaches us an important lesson: when an entire community decides to invest in its children, extraordinary things can happen. A united community is the real need of the hour. If schools improve, villages will progress. #Bihar #education #IIT

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

"Never let a serious crisis go to waste."

Hopefully, political leadership is working on some major reforms to be rolled out over next few weeks.

[Anand Shah @Anand_shah07]

5–10 years in markets and suddenly everyone becomes a part-time Nobel Prize economist, full-time policy advisor, and weekend geopolitical commander.
A 2% move in crude oil and people start explaining Middle East diplomacy.
One Fed rate cut later, the same person is practically shortlisted to run the central bank.
A semiconductor rally and now they’re discussing Taiwan strategy like they’re in closed-door defence briefings.
By year seven in markets, reading one thread on X and two brokerage PDFs is enough to confidently solve:
inflation,
fiscal deficits,
currency crises,
trade wars,
election outcomes,
and occasionally civilization itself.
The best part?
Every opinion is delivered with the calm certainty of a man who has personally briefed presidents between market hours.

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

New #ECLGS announced. Much needed for MSMEs and on expected lines.

[NDTV Profit @NDTVProfitIndia]

Cabinet approves ECLGS 5.0 to support businesses amid West Asia crisis.

@Shrimichoudhary

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

May the fourth be with you!

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

Trade deal was announced the last time he mentioned - "stay tuned" :)

[Ambassador Sergio Gor @USAmbIndia]

A very positive and productive call! Stay tuned…

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

Ceasefire announcement came just few hours ahead of RBI's MPC policy decision. Interesting day ahead!

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

Hope this holds up!

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

Trump announces a ceasefire with Iran:

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

Trump announces a ceasefire with Iran:

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

99.93% trending. At first glance, I thought CAT exam results got declared ;)

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

"If you can't buy now, don't bother about investing. Just get the hell out of stock market" - Sanjoy Bhattacharya

https://t.co/gpKxuiEELh

#investing

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

Einstein's birthday, and Pi Day today. Because March 14 is written as 3.14 in the US, the first 3 numbers in the irrational number Pi.
And what could be more irrational than thinking that, exactly 25 years ago, two batters could last through the whole day and lead India to one of the greatest ever test victories against the Australian juggernaut.
March 14th, Einstein Day, Pi Day, & Dravid and Laxman Day!

[Mangalam Maloo @blitzkreigm]

What a story!

After winning the World Cup, Shivam Dube took a 5 am train from Ahmedabad, quietly slept on the upper berth and got off at Borivali!

All because flights to Mumbai were fully booked and he couldn’t wait to get home :)

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

Sanju Samson giving credit to Sachin Tendulkar for guiding him through tough phase. God for a reason!

#INDvNZ #T20WorldCup2026final

[Tushar Gupta @Tushar15]

We are a generation that grew up admiring McGrath, Lee, Gillespie, and Fleming and their collective strength as a bowling unit. To watch Bumrah play and win in this fashion gives that childhood memory of ours a calming closure.

[Riccha Dwivedi @RicchaDwivedi]

Bapu starts the violence!

[Harsh Gupta Madhusudan @harshmadhusudan]

Deep sympathy for our friends in UAE and for their leadership starting with MBZ. India stands by its friends. Our mutual goodwill will only increase. An oasis maybe occasionally overshadowed by a mirage, but it nourishes many. UAE will come out strong.

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

Modi lands in Israel today. And the deals being signed tell you this visit was never about diplomacy.

Israel has offered India full technology transfer for Iron Dome and Iron Beam. Not a sale. A transfer. Joint production, domestic manufacturing, integration into India’s multi-layered air defense grid. $8.6 billion in defense agreements expected to be formalized before Modi’s plane leaves Israeli airspace tomorrow.

Iron Beam is the part that should stop you. A 100-kilowatt laser weapon that destroys incoming drones and rockets at $2 per shot. Two dollars. An Iron Dome interceptor costs $50,000 to $100,000 per missile. Iron Beam makes the economics of attrition warfare irrelevant.

Israel has never transferred this technology to anyone. Not the United States. Not the UK. Not Germany.

India is the first.

Now ask yourself why Israel is handing its most advanced defensive technology to the world’s fifth-largest economy this week, of all weeks.

Because Netanyahu is not selling weapons. He is buying an alliance. The “hexagon” he described publicly, a coalition against what he called radical Sunni and Shiite axes, requires India to have skin in the game. You do not give a country your most classified defense technology unless you need that country committed to your security architecture for decades.

Iron Dome technology transfer makes India structurally dependent on Israeli defense integration. Maintenance, upgrades, software updates, threat library sharing, all of it creates institutional ties that outlast any single government.

This is not a transaction. It is a binding commitment disguised as a procurement.

And the timing is the signature.

Modi is addressing the Knesset at 4:30 PM today while a 48-hour deadline expires on Iran. He is signing defense agreements while 11 F-22s sit on Israeli tarmac. He is formalizing a security partnership while Turkey plans border incursions and China sells Iran supersonic anti-ship missiles.

Netanyahu is assembling his coalition before the action, not after. Every alliance signature collected before the first bomb falls becomes a diplomatic asset that cannot be retracted once the operation begins.

India cannot condemn an Israeli military action 48 hours after its Prime Minister stood in the Knesset endorsing the security partnership that enables it.

Modi did not travel to Israel despite the crisis. The crisis is why the invitation was sent.

[Ankit Kothari @Kothari_Ankit]

Just checked the score: 72/5
Is this part of trade deal? ;)

#INDvsUSA #T20WorldCup2026

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Wonderful to speak with my dear friend President Trump today. Delighted that Made in India products will now have a reduced tariff of 18%. Big thanks to President Trump on behalf of the 1.4 billion people of India for this wonderful announcement.

When two large economies and the world’s largest democracies work together, it benefits our people and unlocks immense opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation.

President Trump’s leadership is vital for global peace, stability, and prosperity. India fully supports his efforts for peace.

I look forward to working closely with him to take our partnership to unprecedented heights.

@POTUS

@realDonaldTrump