Manali J Shah

[Kunal Kapoor @kapoorkkunal]

Watching Elon Musk this week has been a fascinating character study in the saviour complex of Western tech billionaires.

They arrive in your country selling you the future. Welcome them, and you’re a country that wants progress. Make them wait, and suddenly your people are victims who need rescuing from their own institutions by the chosen one.

It’s a pattern. When Thai rescuers didn’t use the mini-submarine Musk sent for the trapped boys, and diver Vernon Unsworth called the idea impractical, Musk attacked him as the “pedo guy.”

When Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered X to comply with its rulings, Musk called the judge a “dictator.”

The script rarely changes. Only the country does.

The colonial mindset isn’t always about wanting to rule a country. Sometimes it’s the assumption that you arrive as its saviour, and if the country doesn’t immediately recognise you as one, something must be wrong with the country.

[Manali J Shah @Manalis25]

@promila_agarwal 😭🤣 max relatability achieved

[Promila Agarwal @promila_agarwal]

Happy Birthday, IIMA. You’ve aged better than my H-index & my patience for “grades..attendance, Reviewer-2.. deadline..emails. Still standing tall, still red, still making students cry❤️

[Manali J Shah @Manalis25]

@Hyderabadi_chai @IIMAhmedabad 🥂🥂🥂🥳🥳🥳 so happy to learn this !

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

How I write https://t.co/wWrL4QsyFd

Writing is removing noise from your text.

[Promila Agarwal @promila_agarwal]

Morning 10.30 tea break ritual. New campus dogs reaching out to @Manalis25 for head caress. The other dog looked at me with same expectations. Me*: I am just your photographer, never cross that line 😂. You will be missed Manali, EEP office will miss you, especially your dogs will miss you. Grateful to you for coordinating my program so well. Best of Luck with your studies❤️

[Manali J Shah @Manalis25]

@promila_agarwal The best post ever; brb crying..

[Manali J Shah @Manalis25]

@promila_agarwal Happy tears. Thank you for reminding me of the kindness that exists within red bricks.

[Promila Agarwal @promila_agarwal]

I have a far more pertinent question here. How did so many authors coordinate with each other? Respect

[Manali J Shah @Manalis25]

@amitkarna @CCBPatIIMA @1964anchaljain @amrita_haldipur @CCBPatIIMA

[amit karna @amitkarna]

Last 10 days to go. @CCBPatIIMA @1964anchaljain @amrita_haldipur #creative #entrepreneurship #IIMA

[Ojas Choudhary @OjasChoudhary]

Pro Tip :
Start being a non people pleaser at home. With parents.
Thodi bhasad hogi shuru me… lekin 20-25 saal baad… tum savage ho jaoge! Maa Kasam.

#TrueStory

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

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[tolstoy's irony @unnatural_kafka]

what a gorgeous day to cultivate past grudges!