No one understood a composer's vision faster, and no one poured more focus into a song than SPB. Celebrating the life, friendship, and the unmatched achievement of 50,000 songs. Happy Birthday, SPB.
NEW ESSAY: "Dispatches from India"
A year ago I was living in New Delhi, India 🇮🇳. I traveled across 10 states and 30 cities+villages writing for The Economist, including a cover story on the economy
Since then I’ve been chewing on how to capture what I learned
It still surprises me how few resources go into understanding India given it has 1.4bn people (will peak in 2060), is growing at 7%, and could be as large as US/China in my lifetime
My 7-part reflections below
Contents:
1.Decentralisation-why I’ve become more bullish about Indian democracy
2. Illegibility-the hilarious way I learned about black money in politics
3. Revolutions-Modi, Trump, and igniting a social media mob
4. Technology-how Bangalore and Silicon Valley are converging
5. Growth-why India is not an Asian Tiger but could still become the world's biggest economy
6. Culture-my favourite cities, traveling to villages, and book/content recommendations
Bonus: what it was like writing for The Economist! 1/
Wake up and celebrate @blogeswari Day. Happy birthday to the friend who is the best at being the best friend. Can’t think of anyone that can do this better than you. ❤️❤️
Watched off #Rayan on #AmazonPrime great movie!
Typical Tamil movie in terms of violence, the killings, zero value for lives etc.
Atypical Tamil movie in terms of having a role for female actors. Both women shine in their roles.
Rape apologist. Men, this is your collective shame. Take responsibility for these men and either educate them and make them better or ensure these men and those like them are constantly in check. And if you yourself can’t identify them and hold them accountable, don’t say not all men from now. All men unless men prove themselves to be normal human beings. It is not up to women to find out any more. And no celebrating the bare minimum. You don’t get a medal for not raping us or beating us up.