Shubhangi Das

Opera singer & Music AI Founder @ilisiri_ | @INSEAD | NUS

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

The most hyped technology of our time is illiterate in the language I've spent my life in - music.

More importantly, music notation.

I quit my corporate job and have been quiet on Twitter for the past 7-8 months to solve this problem.

Last month, at the International Society for Music Education's (ISME) South Asia Regional Conference in Bengaluru, we launched the beta version of our first product, our very own ili AI chatbot (Link 👉 https://t.co/tMTrvOvuoF )

[Nisa ♀ @nisafeminista]

Ladies, imagine someone doing your cooking, cleaning, running errands & endless invisible domestic labor. Imagine how much TIME that would free up for your career and hobbies. For the average male, that IS their reality. Then they turn around and claim women "contribute nothing."

[Lilyallly❤️🇬🇧 @lilyally98]

I am like other girls.

Infact, I’m worse than other girls.

I’m a wicked woman.

I’m not wife material.

I don’t believe in submission
I don’t believe in cooking or cleaning for a man

I don’t believe in feminine energy and soft voices.

I do not perform for male validation.

[Preeti Choudhry @PreetiChoudhry]

How dare women be crass?
How dare women be angry?
How dare women occupy public spaces without first proving they are dignified enough to deserve that space?
That is the burden we women  have carried for generations..the burden of respectability.
And it is precisely that burden these young women refused to carry.
We, as millennial women, were raised on those expectations. We were taught that a woman must be graceful, calm, composed, demure; that she must make her point politely and with dignity. We lived through those  standards...  -  Every step outside those boundaries invited judgment. Every act of defiance came with a price.

Ms Ranaut - we are millennials , we cared. We measured every word. We watched every step. We carried the burden of respectability everywhere.
They don't... and dare we pass that burden on to them ..they deserve better because we know we deserved better -

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

Right wing misogyny must be insanely profitable for Kangana Ranaut because there’s no other reason she’d be posting this crap.

Also, why is women having freedom seen as such a bad thing in India? I’m exhausted with this narrative that women’s freedom means drugs, alcohol and men.

Women and girls have better things to think about. And if those three things are all women are deemed to think about, has anyone considered that they’re the after-effects of bodily and mental autonomy being suppressed for so long that some women now want exactly that?

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

Right wing misogyny must be insanely profitable for Kangana Ranaut because there’s no other reason she’d be posting this crap.

Also, why is women having freedom seen as such a bad thing in India? I’m exhausted with this narrative that women’s freedom means drugs, alcohol and men.

Women and girls have better things to think about. And if those three things are all women are deemed to think about, has anyone considered that they’re the after-effects of bodily and mental autonomy being suppressed for so long that some women now want exactly that?

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

Got some flowers from my fiance-boyfriend-partner @AnmolChaman

Single people, I highly recommend getting into a relationship. It’s very nice.

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

Got some flowers from my fiance-boyfriend-partner @AnmolChaman

Single people, I highly recommend getting into a relationship. It’s very nice.

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

@Simridhi_ Hey! I’m a founder looking for content that I can produce without worrying everyday about what I’m going to post. Would love some help!

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

@the_dream_saver Yes I have! (even though it was a decade ago), but omg it was beautiful. And I doubt its not anymore. Mark Twain called it heaven on earth and it really is that..

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

@pmitu Thank you. Yes. Hate how companies think that it’s okay to automate the thinking behind a campaign!

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

@henkjan @X I guess that’s true too!

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

Scrolling on @X feels like you’ve achieved nothing so here are all my fails for the week.

Before I list them, I just want to point out that startup founders on X are amazing.

And ofcourse we highlight our wins when we post.

(Thread cont’d)

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

Scrolling on @X feels like you’ve achieved nothing so here are all my fails for the week.

Before I list them, I just want to point out that startup founders on X are amazing.

And ofcourse we highlight our wins when we post.

(Thread cont’d)

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

@alexabelonix @X ♥️♥️♥️

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

But I’ve been hesitant to open the app thinking I’m going to feel like shit and have nothing useful to share (hacks,claude skill,etc)

So here are the things that I have failed at this week. Feel free to share yours too:

> couldn’t get myself to open a laptop for a full day because I was paralysed with overthinking

> went to a storytelling workshop by a pretty big VC and couldn’t show my deck because iPads aren’t compatible everywhere, but hey atleast I got good feedback on what to think

> interviewing tons of people with no real candidate in sight

> filed my taxes and good lord GST is unnecessary for small business owners

> Have so much to do, but don’t have the strength to even process a word of thinking

[Shubhangi Das @quirkysoprano20]

And like really, this is just me trying to learn how one does that.

Because I can usually only do one thing at a time..

Do you collate your thoughts at once and then schedule your tweets?

[Abhitej | Bento.fun @abhitejxyz]

There’s a widespread mindset taking hold in Bangalore that’s starting to feel epidemic.

Every 19-22 yo seems under crushing pressure to become a millionaire, a YC founder, or an internet celebrity straight out of the gate.

The result is deeply inauthentic behaviour.

9/10 people I meet in this age group claim they’ve already sold a company, are doing millions in revenue, or are YC-backed. A handful have genuinely achieved it. The rest are performing under social pressure and somehow believe this performance gives them a licence to be jerks.

They talk others down, boast about moonlighting, mock founders who took a swing and failed, and treat choosing college as something shameful because “dropping out is the only cool path.” I still don’t understand how founders allow people like this to become the public face of their brands.

The reality is usually far more modest:
- A side project that helped them land a job is reframed as an acquisition.
- Joining as an intern on a team that later got into YC is sold as personal YC backing - despite zero material contribution to the incubation.
- A free pilot with a small team inside a large corporation is pitched as million ARR (with the potential buried in fine print).

I came to Bangalore at 21 for the same reasons many do: to make money and create impact. That’s why I joined crypto - it offered genuine asymmetric upside and periods of hyper-growth.
But I always understood that being a jerk or abandoning authenticity never leads to lasting success.

It doesn’t matter if the latest founder who made a few million is selling that persona as the new formula, or if it currently wins them attention.

The deeper problem is that almost none of these people are building the grit, persistence, and respect for the craft required to win big over time. Life will throw curveballs.

Without the competence to handle failure, those moments crush people. And if you’re convinced you’ll never fail - congratulations, you belong to the 0.00000001% who somehow escape hardship. This isn’t written for you.