Siddharth Premkumar

Mechanical engineer. Life long learner.

[Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal]

Congratulations, @AlexZverev on winning @rolandgarros! 🏆 So well deserved after all the hard work and perseverance. You’ve been chasing your first Grand Slam for a long time, and you absolutely deserve it!

And congratulations to Flavio as well for a fantastic tournament! 👏🏻

[maithun @Being_Humor]

Rohit Sharma back to back fifties

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Indians had Algebra before the Muslim prophet & religion were even born. Here is the Bakhshali Manuscript, dating back to the 3rd century CE. It is an Algebraic treatise.

The Bakhshali manuscript, which has been carbon-dated to the 3rd century CE, is an ancient Hindu treatise on Arithmetic and Algebra. The Algebraic problems deal with simultaneous, quadratic, arithmetic, geometric progressions & quadratic indeterminate equations.

Early Algebra is found in Shulba Sutras, dating back to 800 BC. Traditional Algebra reached its pinnacle in the works of Aryabhata & Bhaskara. What makes Bakhshali unique is it offers mathematical proof to its theories. It also contains the oldest known record of the concept of zero.

The earliest work of “Arabic Algebra” is the “Al-Kitāb Al-Jabr wal-muqābala” by Al Khwarizmi. The term “Algebra” comes from this book (“Al Jabr”). Before writing his treatise, Al Khwarizmi visited India. His book plagiarizes from Indian Mathematics, and it is an obvious case of plagiarism at that.

The fact that Indian mathematicians heavily plagiarised Khawarizmi has been known to Western scholars for 200 years. Henry Thomas Colebrooke was a historian and mathematician. In 1817, Colebrook concluded (page 4) that Khwarizmi owed his Algebra to the Hindus. After carefully examining the works of Khawarizmi and ancient Hindu mathematical texts, Colebrooke concludes: “The inevitable conclusion is that Khawarizmi, conversing with the sciences of Hindus, must have learned Algebra from Hindus”.

Another European Mathematician, Pietro Cossali, came to the same conclusion after diligent research. He says, “Khwarizmi was skilled in the Indian tongue and fond of Indian matters. He translated Indian works. He was the first instructor of Muslims in Algebra. Not having taken Algebra from the Greeks, Khwarizmi must have either invented it himself or taken it from the Indians. Of the two, the second appears to me the most probable.”

The Arabs were invading with nomadic armies from the Arabian deserts. They lacked the most basic education and literacy. Even after their conquests, Arabs continued to live in tents. What sparked their interest in Indian Mathematics? What made Khwarizmi write his work? Who civilized illiterate desert nomads? The answers are below.

Until 770, almost 140 years after the prophet, there was no Arabic work on science, not one on Math, not one on medicine—absolutely nothing. There is no exception to this rule. Until 770, Arabs produced only religious works or simple poetry.

Even after the Islamic conquests, most Arabs of the 7th century continued to live in tents. Even the caliph of the Arabs, their emperor, Muawiya, lived in a tiny shack constructed of only brick and timber. He had no proper roof, and birds were all over his ‘ceiling. This person was not just a desert chief but an emperor who conquered everything from Constantinople to Afghanistan. Needless to say, there was no knowledge of Algebra among these people.

[Avijeet | Personal Branding Strategist @avijeet_writes]

India should compulsorily start 1 year of basic army training after class 12th.

We need discipline, civic sense and camaraderie.

College should start after that.

What do you think?

[Deedy @deedydas]

Every single one of the 11 Meta superintelligence hires is an immigrant who did their undergrad abroad.

7 China, 1 India, 1 Australia, 1 UK, 1 South Africa.
8 are PhD or PhD dropouts in the US.

Immigration is key to US AI innovation.

[Punch Cat @PunchingCat]

me tooo..😭

[Sportskeeda @Sportskeeda]

He walked into international cricket at 16, surrounded by legends — and walked out as one, with records that will take ages to be broken 🇮🇳🐐🎂

#SachinTendulkar #India #Mumbai #HappyBirthday #Sportskeeda

[Ranvir Shorey @RanvirShorey]

Will #India ever have a leader tall enough to bring the one thing that the population of India needs so desperately? Discipline.

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

Unless something drastic is done, the legacy of each govt is going to be the pollution they let us live in. This point will probably be when we realise the long term effect it had on the generation just born, and those in old age too. Right now it feels like new pollution doesn’t it? But wait till we see what ten years in it does. And If we think it’s unrealistic they’d let us live like that for a decade. That’s naïve. Some drastic policy decisions need to happen. Goes without saying those decisions will make us hugely unhappy in the interim. We will bitch and moan like we did when we got new airports and new bridges. But it will eventually be worth it. I’m just saying it’s 7.30am on an weekend and the AQI is 170. At this time on a weekday, there’s kids going to school and old people on walks. Air isn’t political, air doesn’t care about your income status, air isn’t religious, air isn’t patriotic, air doesn’t vote. If there’s ONE thing worth fixing, it’s the air.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

A firestorm of debate has ignited in India since I walked off a podcast due to the poor air quality.

Indians, organize yourselves and take action. You will do more to improve India’s health by cleaning up the air than by curing cancer.

[Xavier Uncle @xavierunclelite]

ab toh lagta hai, mai bhi virat kohli ka wicket le sakta hu.

[Shekhar Gupta @ShekharGupta]

Let this sink in. J&K beating a full strength Mumbai, with Rohit, Rahane, Jayaswal, Shardul Thakur and more, is the domestic equivalent of NZ thrashing India 3-0 at home…
Wonderful if domestic cricket looks competitive & the stars are tested…

And congratulations J&K…

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Zverev on some of the crowd booing Djokovic after retiring from Australian Open

“Please guys don’t boo a player when he goes out with injury. I know everyone paid for tickets.. but Novak has given everything of his life to the sport the last 20 years”

[Coldplay @coldplay]

Sublime, Mumbai! You were beyond phenomenal tonight. Thank you 🧡🤍💚

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Earth sure owes Earth a lot of money 😂

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

For all the King Kohli, Victorious Virat, Roaring Rohit and Smashing Sharma PR that happens on Star Sports, it has always been players like Bumrah, Shami, Ashwin & Jadeja who have pulled India out of the fire

I don't even remember the last time Kohli / Sharma won us a big match

[Music & Mountains @Mousiqui6638]

India Lost this BGT due to two players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli...you can be as blind a fanboy as you can but this is a fact..Bumrah bhi inn dono ki wajh se injured hua...usse 150+ overs karwaa diye..khud ch*tiyon se milake 40 overs na khele jaate across the series

[JSK @imjsk27]

Runs in this series
Virat Kohli + Rohit Sharma - 221
Pat Cummins + Mitchell Starc - 256
#AUSvIND

[S.Badrinath @s_badrinath]

India’s top order needs to be revamped completely in the coming tours #AUSvIND