PChandras

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[PChandras @pravashonomics]

An open letter to my 18-year-old self on handling failure!

A little background first. In 2005, I was going through the worst period of my life. After completing my higher secondary schooling, I was doing my best to get through one of India's toughest competitive exams.

[Aravind @aravind]

"Dancing is very bad behavior only when it is Indians doing it in foreign places. If foreigners join in, it becomes an art and celebration of life." - Self hating, Low self-esteem, colonized sepoy minds of India.

[Kevin Pietersen🦏 @KP24]

दुनिया में कहीं भी आतिथ्य उतना अच्छा नहीं है जितना भारत करता है। और मेरा मतलब है, कहीं नहीं! 🙏🏽

[Salman Khan @BeingSalmanKhan]

#BattleofGalwan Teaser Out Now!

https://t.co/Bxz3VBOLTk

@LakhiaApoorva @IChitrangda #HimeshReshammiya #StebinBen #CchintanShah @SKFilmsOfficial @ShamiraahN

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

@jammypants4 How do you ask for the ticket at counter..can't pronunce😃

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

@manojmuntashir @AmaalMallik This post shows that you are a very good-hearted individual, sir. Loved your wordplay.

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

With 8.2 % GDP..every Indian now to Trump..🖕

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

@magicaldiarie @AmaalMallik Thatswhy he is underrated but not a Underdog!!
#AmaalMallik is Love!!

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

The most unfortunate contestant in #BigBoss19 is #AmaalMalik

1. Host can’t support him else he will be called biased
2. Fights the tag of Nepotism without getting it’s benefit
3. Is misunderstood in almost all topics and by most contestants due to his tone

The only Gutsy contestant after #SidharthShukla to take on Big-boss head on!

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

How to say "Arattai" in various languages.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

There are questions about where Zoho is developed and where the data is hosted and who hosts it. There is a lot of false information we want to correct.

1. All the products are developed in India. Our global headquarters is in Chennai and we pay taxes in India on our global income. As a global corporation headquartered in India, we have offices in over 80 countries and have a strong presence in the US which is a big market for us.

2. Indian customer data is hosted in India (Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, soon Odissa). We have over 18 data centers globally and they host the respective country or regional data. We are committed to hosting each country data in their own jurisdiction.

3. All our services run on hardware we own and software frameworks we developed, on top of open source like Linux OS and Postgres database.

4. We do not host our products on AWS or Azure. Arattai, specifically, is not hosted on AWS or Azure or GCloud. We use some of those services for regional switching nodes to speed up traffic but data is not stored in them. We are adding many such "points of presence" (POPs) as we speak.

5. Our Zoho Developer account in the App Store and Play Store lists our US office address because the account was registered in the very early days of those stores by one of our employees in the US just to test them out. We never changed that.

We are proudly "Made in India, Made for the World" and we mean it🙏

[Aravind @aravind]

40% of India's population is under the age of 25. Median age of India is just 29 years. A person who is 25 now would be 9 years in 2009, too young to understand India then.

So 40% of India will have very less clue as to how India was prior to the Modi era. It is important for the adults to educate them on this.

They will imagine whatever they are told like now there is "no press freedom in India and only Godi media", they won't know prior to Vajpayee era, for 50 years, India had only one government controlled news channel and radio to do govt propaganda. Not 1000 channels from all political parties like today.

They will believe "India is fascist now", because they are being told so. They will have no idea that there was no internet and social media. News papers were tightly controlled. Those who spoke against Govt or abused leaders, jailed. Corruption was rampant. Protests were suppresed by shooting, even fighters bombing from over head.

They will imagine "India's infrastructure is very bad" both from seeing issues and from propaganda. They will have no idea that for 50+ years there was very little infrastructure. Trains were painfully slow and full always. Derailments and accidents were super common. Something like 2-3 times what we see now. There was not even an effort to improve the highways and
connect the country until Vajpayee ji came.

It is the duty of every older adult to educate the young 40% of this country. Start with the widespresd "load-shedding" and powercuts for the starters.

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

@nonaprinceyt I am an Odia but loved watching it in Malayalam with subtitles. The original is much better than the dubbed version.

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

@IsraelBangalore Thank you for always keeping the friendship and spirit of Indians high

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

@USAndIndia And how exactly are you going to Strengthen it??
By imposing tariffs for personal gain and showing animosity towards our economy?

No thank you!! 🇮🇳

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

To boost self-reliance, my special appeal to technology-related companies…

[Aravind @aravind]

Some silly politicians are still going around disillusioning the public that:

"India is only assembling, there's nothing great about Made in India".

Or "India is only doing 28nm chips, the world is ahead at 3nm."

This is a letter to those who follow such politicians and parrot their propaganda.

Firstly, know about a "Made in China" iPhone in 2025:

Processor: Designed by Apple in the US, but manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan.

Display: Either from Samsung or LG in South Korea.

Camera: Often from Sony in Japan.

Memory Chips: SK Hynix (South Korea) or Micron (US).

Battery: ATL in China or Samsung SDI in South Korea.

Sensors, Connectors, and More: A global mix from suppliers in Germany, Vietnam, Malaysia, and beyond.

Casings: From India or Thailand

China doesn’t make the entire iPhone. No country in today's globalized world can claim to make it all for a product. Even for mission critical defense equipment like fighter jets.

Now, here’s what you need to understand:

India is already in the game since last decade. But it wasn't for many, many years before and lost out when the game started in 2007. But now it is catching up.

Support it, if not at least don't mock it.

Foxconn, the same company *assembling* iPhones in China, is doing it in India too. Indian companies are also now supplying components, and we’re climbing the value chain.

Manufacturing is a like a marathon. China didn’t become the “world’s factory” overnight. It took decades of strategy, investment, and global partnerships. And it had to start somewhere too.

So why do some Indians mock at “Made in India” efforts? Don't do it following good for nothing political leaders. They themselves have done nothing in life.

It’s nothing but sadistic political propaganda or foreign misinformation to disillusion you. They love to paint whatever India does as "good for nothing."

But here’s the truth: every manufacturing powerhouse started small. The US, Japan, South Korea, China - all leaned on global supply chains before dominating them.

Don’t Fall for their trap. Use your brain and don't destroy your own mental peace, health and derail your own economy. You are invested in it too.

It’s easy to get disillusioned by their statements that “India can’t compete” or political propaganda that "India is only assembling" after doing nothing for decades to get the country started.

Support the steps: Policies like “Make in India” or PLI schemes aren’t perfect, but they’re steps. Critique them, improve them, but don’t dismiss them.

Celebrate progress: Every iPhone assembled in India, every semiconductor fab planned, is a win. For you and the country.

Skill up: Manufacturing today isn’t just about cheap labor, it’s about skilled workers, innovation, and R&D. Push yourself to take up the required education and training.

The Chinese don’t deride their own progress like losers - they build on it. Nobody in China goes around the world claiming what China is doing is silly assembling and low cost work.

They were doing even poorer work than India when they started.

Indians shouldn’t either. It’s not about blind patriotism; it’s about recognizing that in a globalized world, “Made in India” means becoming a key player in the global supply chain adding as much value as we can.

So, next time someone trashes India’s manufacturing efforts, remind them, even the “Made in China” iPhone isn't even 20% "made in China."

It’s a world product. And India is part of that world now - whether they like it or not. Support the journey. Be proud of the progress. Strive for more.

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

@nothing @grok Nothing Phone (3) has made a Genius move!

[Aravind @aravind]

To those who are asking "Why India is not teaching Pak a lesson, yet?" And complaining of "no action", and making predictions that "nothing will happen." -

Please do read this long post. Kindly read till the end. Do not reply asking "So India is not going to do anything?" Or saying something on those lines reading half way. TL;DR in the end.

We all know this attack could not have been done by only Pakistan in its current weak state. No general there will do it without backing from a large power. And that power is China as all pointers show.

Even the way only Hindu men were targeted leaving alone women and children shows a military operation of terror by regulars under higher orders and not radical irregular terrorists doing it.

Now, most of us on X seem to understand this. Therefore, our government, strategists, and armed forces are also aware of this, we can be certain.

They are not going to rush into any conflict like China wants in a knee-jerk manner.

Moreover, carrying out these surgical strikes and missile attacks on terror camps will not deter Pakistan from launching another attack. We require a permanent solution.

China will completely support Pakistan, as it is the orchestrator of the global communist-Islamist network comprising China, Turkey, Qatar, and Pakistan. This network has hijacked the Western deep state and media and will work for Pakistan.

Once a conflict breaks out and escalated by Pak under their orders, Pakistan will receive intel, guns, ammunition, missiles, drones, armed militias, even aircraft and ships from China.

Of course, we all know that China will not only support Pakistan but also step into India at the LAC at multiple places at the opportune moment. It has already set up all the infrastructure for this in the last four years.

Remember Bangladesh? Remember how the CCP-influenced Western deep state agent running the country there made some comments about our "seven sisters being a country without sea access"?

This country will utilize its sleeper cells, radicalized population, and military to infiltrate the Northeast in large numbers and assist China as it advances from Arunachal and Sikkim.

What India is currently facing is a meticulously planned strategy by the CCP, which I think I fully comprehend.

But as I mentioned earlier, I'm confident, India is fully aware of this.

We must respond with a robust and decisive action that severely damages the primary perpetrators. This could involve a loss of face and a internal weakening that triggers events leading to the downfall of the regime.

This will be India’s response and it will take time. Therefore, please remain patient.

As I have repeatedly stated, they may attempt to attack us again through terror. This time, they might use their new gang member in the east for terror or directly provoke by Pakistani military.

Emotions will run high if something untoward occurs. However, we must understand the necessity for time to address a 3.5-front war being imposed on us.

And the 0.5 inside is acting strangely, which gives me a bad feeling. Remember, China has infiltrated the politics of Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Do you think India is an exception?

This 0.5 will initiate significant internal unrest, regardless of how well the government treats them and . They are now nothing but puppets of the enemy.

India must be extremely cautious about this matter as well. At least, I can sense that the GoI understands this.

To all those whom I addressed at the beginning of this post, thank you for reading until here. India will take action. India will do everything to shatter their fantasies and emerge victorious.

It will be significant.

However, be patient for the decisive blow. There may be smaller strikes by India now or may be not. But that won’t be all. Don’t let anyone tell you that’s all there will be.

And most importantly, stay united. This is the urgent need of the hour. Both the 3 external fronts and the 0.5 internal front will use communal and casteist divisions incite us and weaken us soon. Don’t give them an opportunity to exploit your frustrations.

TL;DR
India knows this is a 3.5 war imposed on it. It will take its time and turn the tables on the adversaries. Action is guaranteed. As Indians, stay united and don't let 0.5 front weaken us. And don't lose hope if things drag on. Everything is being done now for a reason.

[Essence By Daniel ✦ @essencebydaniel]

Man to man, these 5 events will crush you—or forge you into steel:

1. Being broke.
You learn the real definition of silence when your wallet’s empty. No one calls. No one cares. You either sink or build.

2. Betrayal by a friend.
That sting in your chest? That’s the death of blind trust. Welcome to the world where loyalty is rare and expensive.

3. Losing your father.
You feel the shift. There’s no more shield. The weight is now fully yours. The boy inside you has to die.

4. Getting your heart broken.
Not by the pain itself—but by the realization that love alone isn’t enough. You toughen up. You stop begging. You build.

5. Realizing no one's coming.
No savior. No handouts. No soft landings. Just you vs. the world. And that’s when the man in you finally wakes the hell up.

These five moments either break weak men—
or create men who break limits.

Which one are you becoming?

[PChandras @pravashonomics]

@Dearme2_ You willbe OK!!