Sridhar Ponnada

Curious. Badminton and Chess enthusiast. Tennis fan. Follow stock market.Certified Design Thinking Coach. Views are personal

[Sridhar Ponnada @ponnads]

Was reminded of a recent puliyabaazi episode wherein they discussed about the tragedy of farmers dumping tomatoes on the roadside due to lack of demand @thescribblebee @pranaykotas @saurabhchandra

[Shoumitro Chatterjee @shoumitro_c]

India produced 11% of the world’s tomatoes in 2022–24, but accounted for just 0.2% of processed tomato exports by volume.
Across many crops, agricultural abundance has not translated into processing strength. What needs to change? 1/8

[Sridhar Ponnada @ponnads]

@pranaykotas @acorn All nice thoughts, Pranay & excellent suggestions. The ruling party should come up with some good proposals like this. The onus is on them to drive consensus.
Instead they acted in bad faith and tried to ram through a poorly drafted bill with no discussion. Bad start.

[Pratap Bhanu Mehta @pbmehta]

Caste Formalism: The Law and Politics of Equality In India https://t.co/t6m8QJmS79

[Karthik Muralidharan @karthik_econ]

Evidence shows that when NREGS was implemented well, it raised rural wages and private employment—boosting demand and growth; promoting equity and efficiency.

Reforms should fix implementation, not revoke the right to employment.

Read my op-ed (w @sandipz) in @htTweets today:

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

The sad part of the war:
-Karachi wasn’t bombed. A coup didn’t happen. But our TV said it all did.
-Anchors shouted over blaring sirens and flying graphics, demanding cities be “set on fire.”
-While ministry officials stressed calm and precision, studios staged nightly war dramas.
-Reality lost; rage won. Even foreign ministers were abused live on air.
-Newspapers tried to stay factual, but by morning, it was old news.
-Misinformation flooded border regions already under blackout and threat.
-Ceasefire felt like defeat to viewers expecting victory thanks to TV news and X warriors. Foreign secretary and his family were trolled.
-Hysteria outpaced headlines. National interest was replaced by nightly theatre.
-Our own became our enemies.

[Pranay Kotasthane @pranaykotas]

My full article for @ndtv is here: https://t.co/XPckJ55STY

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[Delhi University Teachers @D_U_Teachers]

Peggy Mohan

Indian Express, 19/04/2025

[Sridhar Ponnada @ponnads]

@saffrontrail Nice one! Thought will give you material for next video. On whey protein, some influencers are stating that whey protein may accelerate tooth decay & thus pushing plant protein. Pseudoscience?

[Sridhar Ponnada @ponnads]

Thought provoking

[Anand Sanwal @asanwal]

Why's it so hard to make friends as an adult?

This was a great articulation of the why behind this

h/t SJP

[Sridhar Ponnada @ponnads]

Awesome. All the best for 2025!

[Deepak Shenoy @deepakshenoy]

Once a year, we allow ourselves to try and predict what is going to happen - the Diwali post. A tradition since 2007 at Capitalmind, here's what we have for you in 2024:

https://t.co/TDMZl59b1r

[Shekar Iyer @SHEKARSUSHEEL]

Very interesting 👍
There is a train in India that travels only once a year for 15 days, but when it travels, it makes careers of about 500 people and builds the future of India.
This train, run by an NGO named Jagriti Seva Sansthan of Mumbai, has been going on a journey every

[Sridhar Ponnada @ponnads]

Hearty congratulations, Deepak & Vashishta @uptickr @capitalmind_in .
Ever since 2015, I have been using one or the other service & a happy subscriber.
Thanks @Traderscarnival for helping make the connection!

[Deepak Shenoy @deepakshenoy]

10 years today! @capitalmind_in gets a decade old today, just as we scale 2,200 cr. in AUM in the PMS, 60 cr. in the AIF, and have served over 20,000 investors through our research.

Thanks to all of you for being a part of this journey. There is a more detailed post coming up. Looking forward to the next 10!

[Sridhar Ponnada @ponnads]

@rajeshsound Wow sounds exciting, Rajesh 👍

[Abhishek Mittal 🇮🇳 @abhishek100292]

Hooked to this exceptional podcast by @amitvarma and @ajay_shah since it launched a year back, and man! 60 masterclass episodes on policy, technology, companies & sports, with insights & ways to make ourselves and this country better.

Check it out!

https://t.co/HjxcSP8Kqf

[josh felman @FelmanJosh]

What should we think of the Indian budget? If you watch tv, commentators will assure you that it is a 10 out of 10. But did it really recognise the big problems the economy is facing? And are the measures likely to solve them? My take:

https://t.co/0jvJ6MFZZV

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Toni Nadal says the Wimbledon final between Alcaraz & Djokovic proved that the real rivalry in the coming tournaments is between Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner, ‘Perhaps only Jannik can play the Spaniard on equal terms’

“I can imagine the doubts that Novak and his entire team had when approaching the match. The decision was not easy. It is the same one that is presented to many players and teams when they face a superior opponent. How do we approach the meeting? Do we face it with our usual weapons and our own style or, on the contrary, do we try to neutralize our rival by looking for other solutions, moving away from our characteristic game? Personally, I always chose the first. Djokovic opted for the second alternative. Knowing that neither his legs nor the precision of his blows are what they used to be, and that a long and physical match would not favor him either, he tried a tactic that in the end proved suicidal. He wanted to impose a high pace, play aggressively, shorten the exchanges from the back of the court and at the slightest opportunity, close the points on the net.”

"In my opinion, the only option the Serbian had was to try to slow down the game. To hope that he was completely right and to trust that Carlos was not having his best day…”

“Trying to beat the player from Murcia by speed is practically impossible nowadays. Perhaps only Jannik Sinner can play the Spaniard on equal terms. And, in fact, this Sunday's final confirms that the real rivalry in the next tournaments and, probably, in the next few years will be between these two: the Italian and our great Spanish champion."

Source:

https://t.co/MLuqFoCVhy

[Pranay Kotasthane @pranaykotas]

'We, the Citizens' is one of the most gifted books in the politics category on @amazonIN.

Works as a great gift for ages 12+.

[Amit Varma @amitvarma]

Glorious news. On popular demand, Everything is Everything is now available as an audio podcast also.

Spotify: https://t.co/EIE0xDU5ZT

Apple: https://t.co/RoEZsSbkQQ

Amazon: https://t.co/jASVIEqRDN

Enjoy!

[Sridhar Ponnada @ponnads]

@srajagopalan Hmm..Unlikely arguments: a) Pradeep Gupta had actually posted a few weeks back that NDA was likely lose seats as compared to 2019. He then deleted the post b) They don't reveal their methodology for scrutiny c) People posted multiple discrepancies seen on TV screens

[Mojo Story @themojostory]

The Topper Who Tamed The Trolls | #PrachiNigam is your typical girl, full of laughter, quick quips, except that she is also a state topper! When some trolls on the internet decided to attack her for her facial hair, she fought back.@journo_harshit reports: https://t.co/TOt8mXcYW3