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[Sarvam @SarvamAI]

Presenting Bulbul V4

Our Text-to-speech model with richer emotion, natural expression and greater vocal range.

Give it a listen:

[rakesh patra @rkprocky]

@DuttShekhar Coaching mafias.

[Nandini @NBDwrites]

I was fourteen, walking home from school in Paris with my French-American friend. Summer was around the corner and the heat was relentless.

‘You must be used to this heat,’ she said.

‘Not really,’ I replied. ‘We lived in the hills in India before we came to Paris.’

‘Hills? I didn’t know India had hills.’

‘We have the Himalayas,” I had replied. ‘The highest mountains in the world.’

She stopped dead.

‘You’ve got to be kidding! The highest mountains are in America.’

That expression of absolute certainty is etched into my memory even today.

Twenty years later, when I met her again in New York, I reminded her of that conversation. We couldn’t stop ourselves from laughing.

So anyway that afternoon we went home, and I opened my Philips Atlas and showed her the Himalayas.

‘You know,’ she said thoughtfully, ‘ I’d always wondered about that weird name. I just assumed it was some Native American name.’

A few weeks later, in geography class, while studying the Alps, our teacher announced they were the highest mountains in the world.

My newly enlightened friend proudly corrected her.

‘Actually, the Himalayas are.’

The teacher shot me a look that instantly identified the culprit behind this inconvenient fact.

Then, without missing a beat, she recovered.
‘Yes… but the Himalayas are the newest highest mountains. The Alps were the oldest highest mountains.’

Case closed.

At fourteen, I learnt one of life’s great lessons: The West doesn’t just write history, geography, science. It often decides it.

If something is ancient, extraordinary or foundational, somehow it must have originated in Europe or at the very least be explained through a European lens.

The Rig Veda became “Aryan.” A Middle Eastern Jew named Jesus acquired blond hair and blue eyes.
Even Panini, at one point, seemed to belong to everyone except India.

Now, apparently, Panini is Pakistani.

Progress, I suppose.
From ‘ that’s impossible’ to ‘it was ours all along.’

The script changes. The narrator doesn’t.

#SundayMusings

[rakesh patra @rkprocky]

@padhai_upsc B

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@InsightfulPYQs A

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@upscmainsonline C

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@InsightfulPYQs Green.

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@InsightfulPYQs A

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@wingzpire_main B

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Today, India takes a defining step in its civil nuclear journey, advancing the second stage of its nuclear programme.

The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality.

This advanced reactor, capable of producing more fuel than it consumes, reflects the depth of our scientific capability and the strength of our engineering enterprise. It is a decisive step towards harnessing our vast thorium reserves in the third stage of the programme.

A proud moment for India. Congratulations to our scientists and engineers.

[rakesh patra @rkprocky]

@Jimainsuman @Dig_raw21 Yeh real I'd hai kya😂

[rakesh patra @rkprocky]

@UpscRepublicX @grok ??

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@Legacy_ias Prelims

[Meru @MeruOnX]

Shocking: A news reporter from Tata Nagar, Jamshedpur (channel unknown), was seen littering in broad daylight. When confronted by an NGO that works tirelessly around the clock to keep the streets clean, he offered these excuses. Can we track him down and make him issue a public apology? I’ve always said civic sense isn’t determined by education. This behavior is utterly shameless.

[rakesh patra @rkprocky]

@rajasthanroyals @grok song name?

[#YeThikKarkeDikhao @YTKDIndia]

A young man from Bihar politely urging train passengers not to litter and to collect waste in a small bag instead.

No Slogans. No Drama. Just Civic Sense.

Real change begins with people like him. Bihar’s youth can lead the transformation. 🙏

[rakesh patra @rkprocky]

@Masterji_UPWale @grok verify?

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@Legacy_ias Pdf

[rakesh patra @rkprocky]

@Akshat_World @shivenderkanwar Remittances in GDP? That’s like counting your cousin’s salary in your own payslip. They belong in GNP/GNI, not GDP 😂😂😂

[Naveen Patnaik @Naveen_Odisha]

Deeply concerned to know that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (@ncert) has dropped #Odisha’s Paika Rebellion or Paika Bidroha from its text books. The Paika rebellion was a watershed moment in Odisha’s history as our brave Paikas fought with extraordinary courage against oppressive British way back in 1817. I had urged the Govt of India many times to declare it as first war of Independence. The Paikas came together to fight against the tyranny of foreign, colonial rule with unparalleled bravery. The omission of the epic rebellion from NCERT text books, which took place 40 years before the sepoy mutiny is a huge dishonour to our brave Paikas, 200 years after the rebellion- which became torchbearer for people’s movement against British rule. Urge Chief Minister Shri @MohanMOdisha and Union Minister of Education Shri @dpradhanbjp to ensure that justice is done to Paika Bidroha and Odisha.