Rangan

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@IamsushilM @narayananh @rajeevist Far from it. In fact if anything their membership standards have slipped alarmingly. Aaj kal kisi bhi chapri ko chorthe hain andar. Most threads are rubbish. Gone are the days when the forum was filled with erudite and enlightening thoughts on cars.

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@RandeepHooda #RandeepHooda finished CAT in one sitting. Nice watch. The story isn’t brilliant; but sir you have really grown into your own as an actor. You totally owned Gurnam Singh. I loved your somber and nuanced performance. Onwards and upwards sir.

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@davenewworld_2 This is rich. She really should look at her own Mexican lineage first. She was born in the US because her parents possibly crawled across the border with a begging bowl. Ya!! You are a real American girl!!

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@_mohsinshaikh @varunkapuria @mtptraffic Go online thru browser and pay

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@mtptraffic Unable to pay traffic challan on your website through SBI epay. It keeps circling back saying that "your previous attempt is already in process on SBIEPAY". Please help. I have cleared my browser cookies and tried. It doesn't work.

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@shaikh4deen @newindialife @mtptraffic I didn’t. I just use a computer to go via a browser. The app is problematic.

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@vSupportNamo @malpani That is one tough school. All that repression would have meant huge potential for bad habits under the radar. More people tell you not to do something, the more you do it.

[Dr Vishakha Moghe @drmoghes]

One of the greatest capabilities of the human body is to be able to resolve an infection by activating the fight mechanism. It is crazy to see people dread infections to an extent that they mindlessly pop pills to suppress them.
An extremely disturbing trend to witness...!

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@OPENMUMSCHOOLS

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

Hello @TOIMumbai’s supposed 60% respondents to keep schools closed. Please wake up and recognise the damage that your irrational fear is inflicting on your kids.

[Nikhil Inamdar @Nik_Inamdar]

Just a few of the devastating findings from the latest ASER report from Chhattisgarh 👇

- Kids in classes 2,3,4 unable to recognise letters double since 2018

- Foundational reading level among I-VII students "lower than at any time in the last decade”
https://t.co/99xQpPWpwt

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@malpani Correct.

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@malpani Oooh 😀 Now we are really stirring the pot.

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

Celebrating 9 years of no smoking. To whoever’s interested, I have 3 learnings to pass on-

a) Admit the problem.
b) Don’t quit quitting.
c) Change your social cues / routine.

Nicotine is easy if you stop getting in your own way. #QuitSmoking #BeBetter #health

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@_VeraLevel @malpani My problem is that people who say that schooling is bad aren’t generally being objective. They paint the whole experience with one brush which doesn’t help build anything new that is meaningful. 3/3

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@_VeraLevel @malpani If an alternative comes along that offers me benefits that traditional schools offer without the cons, I would consider sending my kids. Seriously. 2/3

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@malpani Agreed. But why just schools? Full countries & societies are structured this way. Eg: How much crap have you caught for speaking up on the possible downsides of vaccines? We aren’t like this because of bad schools. Schools are like this because of bad us.

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@malpani Recess too is part of the school experience. If recess lasted all day, then we wouldn’t have laughed that much. Recess is brilliant because it is the foil for the classroom. When there is no hardship, there is no pleasure.

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@_VeraLevel @malpani If people answered with honesty & objectivity, my sense is that the answer to such questions will be a “Yes”, or at least a “Possibly. But I am not sure”.

The only way we build anything meaningful is by first admitting that our bad experiences aren’t always inspite of us. 5/5

[Rangan @ranganwriter]

@_VeraLevel @malpani “Looking back, would it have helped if your parent had helped sort thru your feelings at that time & then helped you navigate situations where you felt alone, helpless & victimised? Would that have helped you calibrate yourself to extract a better experience out of school?” 4/5