2015 felt different.
We had The Flash, Arrow, HIMYM, Supernatural & GoT. Shows people genuinely waited all week for.
In 2026, there’s more content than ever, but fewer memorable characters, weaker writing, shorter seasons etc
Great shows still exist, they just don’t hit the same.
Not cool.
You can dislike a Prime Minister, disagree with a government, protest, debate and vote differently. That’s democracy.
But reducing the office of India’s Prime Minister, the man, the office, and what he represents abroad, to a joke on foreign soil -doesn’t feel like the right thing or dissent - to me.
It diminishes him, the institution, and ultimately, us.
All these guys are running to buy a Rs 41,000 watch. You might argue, they look like the 3rd pillion rider of a Splendour in a Small town, how can they afford to buy this watch?
They can’t. But they know, it’s sought after, so they will resell for profit
Balaji Wafers Rajkot
Revenue - 6000 crores
Valuation - 40,000 crore
PE firms knocking. Family still owns 90%.
No VC. No MBA. No pitch deck.
Just a canteen worker in Rajkot who got tired of a bad supplier.
Father sold land. Gave sons ₹20,000. Said build something.
Farm equipment venture failed in 2 years.
Chandubhai took a canteen job at Astron Cinema, Rajkot. ₹90/month. Repaired seats at night. Stuck posters on walls.
Wafer supplier kept sending stale chips. He didn’t complain. He started making his own — in a shed, with ₹10,000.
Shopkeepers returned half-eaten packets. Gave torn notes. Lied about payments.
He kept going.
1989: Bank loan of ₹50 lakh. Built Gujarat’s biggest wafer factory. New machinery arrived — and didn’t work. Fixed it anyway.