Gaurav Poddar

Working in Early Education!

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

Absolutely nailed it!

[Dr. Deepessh Divaakaran (Dr. DD) @md_deepesh]

India is finished.
That was the prediction.
Oil would choke India.

The rupee would bleed.
Petrol pumps would burn.

Except something strange happened.

The world started sweating.
India remained unusually cool.

Not untouched.
Not comfortable.
But definitely not panicking.
Almost annoyingly calm.

While giants wrestled with oil shocks…
India kept shopping.

Discounts here.
New suppliers there.

A shadow tanker rerouted somewhere else.
Almost like Delhi had seen the movie before.

But this is not magic.
There is a story behind it.

And that story begins in 2015.

India was dangerously exposed.
Too much oil came through familiar corridors.
Strategic storage was still unfinished.
Supply options were painfully narrow.

Then Delhi started moving pieces.

March 2015.
Modi’s CCEA approved ₹4,948 crore.

The mission was simple.
Build emergency crude reserves.

Then widen the map.

India once sourced energy from ~15 countries.
Today, it sources from ~41.

Africa entered.
America entered.
Brazil entered.
Guyana entered.
Russia entered bigger.

Then came 2016.

HELP changed exploration policy.
Then came OALP.

India started opening exploration plot aggressively.
Today, 172 blocks cover 3.78 lakh sq km.

Then came 2022.

Russia invaded Ukraine.
Oil markets exploded.
Sanctions arrived.

“Experts” prepared India’s obituary.
India read the price sheet instead.

Russian crude came discounted.

Indian refiners bought it.
Refineries adapted.
Suppliers multiplied.
Routes changed.
The barrels kept moving.

Sometimes under Light.
Sometimes under shadow.

Then came 2026.

Hormuz came under pressure.
The Red Sea became dangerous.

Brent crossed $100.

Then look at the pumps.

Germany diesel?
Around ₹272.

American diesel?
Around ₹164.

Delhi diesel?
~ ₹95.20.

Not untouched.
Not invincible.
But remarkably insulated.

That is the real game.
India became harder to choke.

And while critics keep announcing India’s funeral…
India keeps negotiating freight rates.

One route blocked?
Arre, doosra dekh lenge.

One supplier expensive?
Bhai, next quote please.

One barrel sanctioned?
Jugaad department activated.

This is not panic.
This is Indian procurement with chai.

Discount milega?
Deal hoga?
Route milega?
Oil aayega?

The obituary is ready.
India forgot to die.

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

This is going to affect a lot of us!

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@IronyMeter But why would you prefer it over ix1?

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@RaminNasibov Doom, Prince of Persia, Road Rage

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@GabbbarSingh I know people who had to pay to get their own house painted from inside or do small repairs and even establishments had to pay every time they wanted to change a display board or do minor repairs

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

Years of delay undone in just 2 days. When the government commits, anything is possible. Kolkata is moving - first pic at 7am, 100+ people working non-stop. 🚧 the second pic at 1pm!

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@Gaurav_7887 Sometimes you just need the milk- but you add other things on your cart to meet the minimum 199 order! Just a thought :)

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@TansuYegen It could create one as an underlying sample existed or from scratch?

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

If you could spare ten minutes and read one article, then you should definitely read this one. Something which will be a game changer

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

https://t.co/ivXRKXJvQg

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@chiragbarjatya For such situations can show something realistic on the screen- old pictures or videos of the family/ real animal videos- just avoid animations and cartoons at any cost :)

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

Screen time should ideally be zero till at least the child gains expressive speech. Higher screen time before 3 years is directly correlated with speech delays. We have preschools in kolkata and we dont have any screens and continuously guide and consult more than 700 families towards zero screen-time by adopting other ways to engage. Video calls are ok sometimes with friends and family but animated content- whether videos or educational content are a strict No!

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@VKJEY @GabbbarSingh You can simply share the names of books you like reading to your child or they like reading on their own- and can ask chat gpt to make a recommended list basis that- you can also ask it to suggest books with increasing level of difficulty

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@GabbbarSingh IB does nurture a curious mind more. Also it’s designed to encourage readers, writers and thinkers overall in the curriculum! You have made 2 choices well- the school and this habit! Just enjoy it now :)

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@SandeepMall Thank you for your lovely newsletter every Sunday! Something that I wait and cherish to read! 🙏🏻

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@ShivAroor @sidhant Future of Journalism in good hands with you both! @ShivAroor @sidhant

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@erbmjha They are happy that it launched atleast!

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

@GabbbarSingh To churn this out in just an hour - requires so much clarity and analysis- from the carpet videos to cracked iphone x! Loved the way you present them - definitely start writing more! :)

[Gaurav Poddar @poddargaurav1]

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