Onkar Karambelkar

Journalist at CNR reporting for @bbcnewsmarathi, Traveller and avid reader. History, Geography and Non Fiction. RT is not endorsement

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

व्हायग्रा औषधांचा कसा त्रास होऊ शकतो? निरोगी व्यक्तीनं डॉक्टरांच्या सल्ल्याशिवाय रोज ॲस्पिरिन घ्यावी का?

वाचा सविस्तर : https://t.co/P788ANTJlA

#Health @onkark2a

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

सकाळी उठूनही थकल्यासारखं वाटतं? कामाच्या वेळेस डुलक्या लागतात? कारणं आणि उपाय जाणून घ्या
वाचा-
#sleep #lifestyle #health #fitness @onkark2a
https://t.co/LxAjSwA92S

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

आई आणि बाळ यांच्यामधल्या 'जिवंत पुलाची' रहस्यं उलगडणारं तंत्रज्ञान नेमकं काय आहे?
#placentaonchip @onkark2a
https://t.co/F6emHnuj6u

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

धाप लागण्याबरोबर छातीत दडपण, चक्कर किंवा थकवा जाणवत असेल, तर कोणत्या तपासण्या आवश्यक असू शकतात आणि डॉक्टरांचा सल्ला कधी घ्यावा, हे जाणून घ्या.
#health #fitness @onkark2a
https://t.co/jkI3wnMlet

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

IVF मुळे जुळी किंवा तिळी मुलंच जन्माला येतात का? जाणून घ्या IVF बद्दल सर्वकाही
#WorldIVFDay @onkark2a #Health
https://t.co/xZiDojh0gq

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

'अँजिओप्लास्टी झाली म्हणजे सर्व चिंता मिटली', असं असतं का? स्टेंट बसवल्यावर रुग्णांनी कोणती काळजी घेतली पाहिजे? तज्ज्ञ काय सांगतात?
#health #hearthealth #lifestyle @onkark2a
https://t.co/hUO7z3VZxq

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

किडनीचं आरोग्य जपण्यासाठी आजपासून कोणती 5 पावलं उचलता येतील?

सविस्तर वाचा : https://t.co/3OJjREDE71

#Kidney #Health @onkark2a

[Sann @san_x_m]

Her name is Kalpana Saroj.

She was born in 1961 in Akola, Maharashtra, into a Dalit family. Her father was a police constable. She loved school. Her teachers seated her separately because she was Dalit.

At 12, her parents married her off to a man ten years older. She moved to a ten by five feet room in a Mumbai slum shared by twelve people. She was malnourished and abused every day.

Six months later, her father visited without warning. He could not recognise her. He took her home immediately.

Back in the village, the taunts were unbearable. One day, she drank three bottles of rat poison. She survived. She decided that if she had been given a second life, she would do something with it.

She moved to Mumbai and worked at a garment factory for two rupees a day. She took a government loan of Rs 50000 and started a tailoring business. Then furniture. Then real estate.

In 2001, the workers of Kamani Tubes approached her. The company had Rs 116 crore in debt. Workers unpaid for three years. 140 legal cases pending.

She took it on.

The court told her to clear the bank loans within seven years. She did it within one. The court told her to pay unpaid wages within three months. She paid more than what was owed.

Today, she runs six companies with a combined turnover of over Rs 2000 crore. Padma Shri 2013. Board of IIM Bangalore. Board of Bhartiya Mahila Bank.

She once worked for two rupees a day.

She said Ivy League degrees and fancy MBAs are not what make an entrepreneur. Grit, perseverance and a superhuman ability to have faith in yourself does.

Follow for real stories India never makes headlines about.

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

अचानक जाग येते आणि, गुदमरल्यासारखं आणि खोलीत कुणीतरी येऊन बसलंय असं वाटतं? कधी छातीवर कुणीतरी बसलंय असं वाटतं? घाबरू नका... हे वाचा-
https://t.co/uxtqM2hpK5
@onkark2a

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

Father of the year 🏆

[SANYA | Corporate Athlete Method @sanyayyyy]

IPL is back. And for the next 2 months - Indian men will:

- Sleep at 12 AM every night because “match chal raha hai”
- Order Swiggy during every timeout
- Skip the gym because “aaj match hai”
- Open a beer at 8 PM on a Tuesday like it’s Saturday
- Analyse Virat Kohli’s diet, recovery, and fitness routine while eating butter chicken on the couch at midnight

Same cycle. Every year. Nobody talks about it because cricket is religion.

But here’s what 2 months of this actually does:

1. Your sleep collapses.
Sleeping at 1 AM for 60 days straight resets your body clock. Cortisol goes up. Testosterone drops. Fat storage increases. You’ll feel the damage in June and blame “garmi” for your low energy.

2. Your eating gets worse without you noticing.
You’re not ordering Swiggy because you’re hungry. You’re ordering because the match is on and it “feels right.” 60 nights of this is 60 extra meals your body didn’t ask for.

3. Your gym streak dies.
“I’ll go tomorrow.” Tomorrow has another match. 2 months later you’ve lost whatever consistency you built. Starting over in June feels impossible so you push it to July. Then August. Then “next year.”

4. You worship athletes who treat their body like a machine. Then treat yours like a dustbin.
Kohli has a ₹2 crore fitness team. You won’t skip a match for him but you’ll skip the gym because of him.

I’m not asking you to stop watching cricket. Watch every match.

• Pre-decide what you’re eating before the match starts. Not during a timeout at 10 PM. On-the-spot decisions are always the worst ones.
• Eat your protein first. Before the match. It fills you up. You snack less, order less, and don’t end up eating two dinners by midnight.
• Let this post be your sign. You’ve done this every IPL season. Every June you’ve regretted it. Same 5 kgs. Same guilt. Same restart. This year - don’t let 2 months undo what you’ve been building.

[Sameer @BesuraTaansane]

These days even SM influencers & Chirkut Bollywood sidekicks throw so much attitude while travelling, so when I saw this clip of Varsha Usgaonkar sitting w/o any fuss in a plane, I was pretty impressed with her down to earth behaviour

[Vatsala Singh @_vatsalasingh]

इस डॉक्टर ने तो हमारी आंखें खोल दी। आज तक किसी ने ऐसा नहीं समझया!!

कृपया सीनियर सिटिजन जरूर सुने, अधूरा नहीं पूरा सुनिए ....!

[BBC News Marathi @bbcnewsmarathi]

वसईची ड्रायफ्रूट असलेल्या सुकेळीचा उपयोग कसा होऊ शकतो?

#Vasai #Superfood #Sukeli @onkark2a

[Om Prakash, MD @ompsychiatrist]

Indian parents, this is important.

Short video apps: Reels, Shorts, TikTok-style content are not “just harmless entertainment.” A 2024 EEG study @FrontNeurosci found that higher short-video addiction scores were linked to reduced theta activity in the prefrontal cortex (the brain area responsible for attention and self-control).

Lower self-control. Weaker executive focus.

Another study in @JAMAPediatrics (2023) linked excessive early screen exposure to delayed language and executive development.

Children’s brains are highly plastic. Rapid, algorithm-driven dopamine bursts condition them to crave constant novelty. Over time, attention shortens. Irritability rises. Homework suffers. Social withdrawal increases. This is not about banning technology. It’s about boundaries.

@WHO guidance is clear:
• No screens under 2 years
• Max 1 hour/day (2–5 years)
• Structured limits for older children

*Create screen-free zones (meals, bedrooms).
*Use timers & parental controls.
*Model what you preach- children copy us.
*Replace scrolling with play, sports, reading, art.

Watch for warning signs:
Can’t stop? Angry without device? Falling grades? Seek early help.

A balanced childhood builds resilient adults.

Protect attention. Protect childhood.

#ChildMentalHealth #ParentingIndia #DigitalWellbeing #ScreenTime

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Underrated weight loss habits

· No snacking
· Eating slower
· Eating to 80% fullness
· Eating meals on a schedule
· Drinking water before meals
· Eating similar meals every day
· Eating 25-35 grams of fiber a day
· Managing your emotions with exercise

[Onkar Karambelkar @onkark2a]

गोन्सालो गार्सिया यांचा जन्म 1557 साली वसईजवळच्या आगाशी इथं झाला. त्यांच्या वडिलांचे नाव गार्सिया होतं आणि आईला कनारिना किंवा कनारिसे असं संबोधलं जायचं. #Christmas2025 #gonsalogarcia #vasai @bbcnewsmarathi
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[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

When I first researched Knorr, I was shocked to learn that this is the no. 1 ingredient in most of its soups:

Maida.

Soup is supposed to be predominantly water or broth or vegetables. But the sad reality is:

- Knorr mushroom soup only has 2.5% mushrooms 
- Knorr chicken soup only has 2.2% chicken.
- The first ingredient in Knorr’s Tomato “Chatpata” is sugar.

When I was growing up my parents would not let me have tea and coffee and instead they would give me Knorr soups during winters as they believed it was healthy.

The saddest part is, Knorr UK has completely different ingredients than Knorr India.

For how long will international food companies give inferior quality products to Indians?

So my advice is: “Ig–KNORR” Knorr’s ads and have homemade soups instead.

[News Algebra @NewsAlgebraIND]

SHOCKER 🚨 A Chinese gamer stayed in a hotel room for two years because of video game addiction 😨

He ordered all his food through apps.

When he finally left, cleaners found garbage piled nearly one meter high, with his desk & chair covered in trash 😭

[GE @GuarEmperor]

Someone's gonna be very happy today