Priya Babu

Principal Product Manager @ Microsoft. Former ISRO Intern. Proud native of Madurai. Volunteer. #MicrosoftPhilanthropy EquityInEducation TechForGood

[Rana Ashish @Rana_says25]

🥺🥺🥺🙏 Om Shanthi to the legend of legends #JanakiAmma 🛐 ❤️ my Amma's most favourite .

[chai, mostly chei 🐝 @chaivanism]

Keep singing to us from above both of you ❤️‍🩹

[Anshitha🫶💖🍉 @Anshithaprincey]

இசை குயில் ஜானகி அம்மா சோலோ ஹிட்ஸ் 💔

[Agaram Foundation @agaramvision]

At Agaram Foundation, every application represents a dream worth considering.

Through a structured and comprehensive selection process, we strive to identify and support as many deserving students as possible, ensuring that no potential goes unnoticed.

#agaramfoundation #vidhai #education #studentempowerment

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

They changed the doors and gave dementia patients a piece of home back.

In the Netherlands certain nursing homes discovered a straightforward yet meaningful solution to help residents with dementia feel safer and more at ease. Staff place life size stickers depicting each person’s original front door on the entrance to their current room.

Instead of facing hallways of nearly identical doors residents now recognize something deeply familiar. The specific color the shape and the unique details of the home they once lived in stand out clearly.

These custom decals known as True Doors reduce disorientation make individual rooms simpler to identify and help preserve important personal memories.

The approach restores dignity for family members. It encourages greater independence for residents according to caregivers. Most importantly it transforms a standard room into a warmer more comforting space that genuinely feels like home.

Compassion does not always demand elaborate measures. In many cases it can begin with something as simple as a familiar door.

Image created using artificial intelligence for illustration purposes only.

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

“They called him 'pagal'. His mother called him unstoppable.”

At 22 months, Vihaan was diagnosed with autism. At 25, his single mother was told he would never live an independent life.

She refused to believe them.

Years of patience, relentless effort, and unconditional love later, Vihaan is 21, runs races, has published a book, rides his scooty, and works part-time.

This isn't just a story about autism. It's about what becomes possible when a parent refuses to let society write a child's future.

Because every child deserves belief before judgment.

#AutismAwareness #SpecialNeedsParenting #InspiringStories #ParentingJourney #InclusionMatters

[Autism Awareness, Single Mother Story, Special Needs Parenting, Autism Acceptance, Inspirational Parenting Story]

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

https://t.co/vLmiBKTtX3

[Ilaiyaraaja @ilaiyaraaja]

No one understood a composer's vision faster, and no one poured more focus into a song than SPB. Celebrating the life, friendship, and the unmatched achievement of 50,000 songs. Happy Birthday, SPB.

[Milley Michael @MilleyMich39119]

He is teaching an alien how to live a normal life

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to read this...

The Crab Mentality

(a visual thread)

[narendra kotwal @narendrakotwal]

The Anti-Bucket List: Reclaim Your Life

Stop running someone else's race.
Every scroll, every post, every "look at me living my best life" is quietly rewriting your dreams in someone else's handwriting. Marathons you never wanted to run. Countries you never longed to visit. Hobbies that were never yours. The modern world has tricked you into believing that a fuller calendar means a fuller life. It doesn't.
Here is the truth nobody puts on Instagram: you do not have to want what everyone else wants.
The anti-bucket list is not surrender. It is sovereignty. It is the courage to look at the world's endless menu of "must-do" experiences and say — not mine, not needed, not chasing it. It is choosing depth over display, presence over proof, your life over the performance of one.
Decide today what you will NOT pursue. Cross off the borrowed ambitions. Silence the comparisons. Let other people climb their mountains; you tend your own garden if that is what your soul actually wants.
Because real freedom is not doing everything possible. Real freedom is knowing — without apology, without guilt, without explanation — exactly which boxes were never yours to check.
Live your life. Not the highlight reel of a thousand strangers.
That is the only bucket list that matters.
#AntiBucketList #LiveYourOwnLife #OwnYourStory #NotChasing #EnoughIsEnough #DefineYourOwnSuccess #BeatFOMO #UnfollowThePressure #StopComparing #BeyondTheHighlightReel #LogOffLiveMore

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Be the person who surprises others with your genuine interest in them, the respect you extend, and your disregard for unnecessary formalities or status symbols.

[Supriya Sahu IAS @supriyasahuias]

Show this to your children. They deserve to know that there once existed magical forests lit by fireflies, purple frogs that emerged with the rains, slender lorises watching silently from the night canopy, vultures circling wild skies, dugongs grazing seagrass meadows, striped hyenas walking forgotten scrublands, turtles blessing our shores, Raptors soaring high, Amur Falcons crossing oceans without rest for days, and Nilgiri Tahrs ruling mountain escarpments like a kingdom above the clouds.

Perhaps we are the last generation to witness many of these wonders in the wild. The Earth is losing biodiversity at a pace never seen before and with every disappearance, something ancient, irreplaceable and deeply alive fades away forever.

Biodiversity is Earth’s heartbeat. The moment it begins to fade, the planet will slowly forget how to breathe.

If we want a future, we must help the Earth breathe again. We already know what to do. Let’s do it. Protect. Conserve. Cherish.

Happy #BiodiversityDay @UNBiodiversity #LocalAction #KMGBF #IDB2026 #ForNature

[𝐊𝐨𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐢 ✨ @podhigaimagal]

Instant memory shifts, melancholy, yearning, and heartache.…all within 30 seconds… possible only by Ilaiyaraaja ♥️

#50YearsOfIlaiyaraaja
#ilayaraja

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission

[IIT Madras @iitmadras]

Your path to an IIT Madras degree no longer depends on age, location, or a JEE score.

Applications are now open for the IIT Madras BS Degree Programmes for the 2026 academic cycle.

Open to anyone who has completed Class 12, the programmes are designed to make high-quality IIT education accessible to learners from all backgrounds.

Programmes offered:
* BS in Data Science and Applications
* BS in Electronic Systems
* BS in Management and Data Science
* BS in Aeronautics and Space Technology

🗓️ Deadline: 31st May 2026

🔗 Apply at: https://t.co/FPPEL8m1ed

Built for flexibility, the programmes can be pursued as a standalone degree or alongside a regular college programme. Learners can study at their own pace, attend in-person exams across India, and choose pathways ranging from Certification and Diploma to a full Degree.

With thousands of learners already enrolled nationwide, the IIT Madras BS Degree Programmes continue to expand access to industry-relevant, future-ready education, with fee support of up to 75% for eligible students.

@iitmadras @iitm_bs

#IITMadras #BSDegree #FutureReadySkills #OnlineLearning

[Polimer News @polimernews]

மதுரை அருள்மிகு மீனாட்சி அம்மன் திருக்கல்யாண வைபவம்... பாடல் பாடி மனமுருக வைத்த சிறுமி தியா..!

#Madurai | #Thirukalyanam | #Devotees | #SingerDiya | #PolimerNews

[Ajesh @ajesh_ashok]

இறைவா நீ ஆணையிடு தாயே எந்தன் மகளாய் மாற! ❤️

#Yuvan #Raam #KJYesudas

[Seattle Seahawks @Seahawks]

A sight to see.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

I own a small bakery. Business has been slow. Rent is up. I was thinking about closing.

Last Friday, a teenager came in. He looked nervous. He counted out change for a cookie. He was short 50 cents.

"It's okay," I said. "Take it."

He ate it at a table, looking at his math homework. He looked stuck.

I used to be a math tutor.

I walked over. "Quadratic equations?"

He nodded. "I don't get it."

I sat down and helped him for 20 minutes. He got it. He left smiling.

The next day, he came back with two friends. They bought cookies.

The day after that, five kids came.

Apparently, he told the school, "The lady at the bakery helps with homework."

Now, my bakery is the after-school hang-out spot. It's loud. It's messy. There are backpacks everywhere.

Yesterday, I found a note in the tip jar. It was wrapped around a $20 bill.

"Thanks for helping my son pass math. A Mom."

I'm not closing the bakery.

I think I finally found my purpose.

It's not cookies. It's community.