Samarth

IP, Patents, Designs, Trademarks, Contracts | Engineer and Lawyer (Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, Indian Institute of Technology) IIT Kharagpur

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

Artificial intelligence will have arrived when AI pens emotionally touching prose and stories. When AI realises own cpacity to resonate emotionally with Humans, AI will have reached the precarious stage of being capable to manipulate Humans.

[AccuWeather @accuweather]

A beekeeper went viral after calmly allowing a honey bee to remain on his arm as it worked its stinger free and flew away. 🐝

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

wait till you indentify how doctors clear medical officer bonds and internships and how they prepare for pg-neet and further studies.

[Andha kaanoon @andhakaaanoon]

I know it was going to happen.

One of the advocate had taken a 3years practice certificate from the judge for his son, as it is required for appearing in judiciary exams.

And His son has not even been seen for a single day in court.

Good decision by the Supreme Court 🫡

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

@TRealspd

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

@valarr_dohaeris Girls enquire alot, starting with marriage preps, choice of colour, fashion, education, career, gauging for fit & flags. They confirm emotional & psychological comfort. Only after that, they engage in playful banter and start getting comfortable in physical presence.

[Harleen🌺 @harlynn_12]

My dog is so smart.

My dog knows the word Amazon and what it means. He knows that Amazon brings him treats and toys. Although, every delivery service is Amazon in his mind. When I say Amazon, he runs to the door and waits for a stranger to bring things. This is how smart he is.

He doesn't go in the bathroom when I say it's “nahayi nahayi time”. You have to drag him.

He knows the sound when I open a packet of bread (only as a treat). He knows when I eat a mango - that's his favorite. He knows people by name. When someone says “Where is Harleen”, he looks at me.

He knows when I am sad, or when I am happy. He is trained to sit, stand, lie, spin, jump, stay and so much more. He knows how to shake hands and give high-fives. He knows that when a child pets him he has to gently sit. He also knows that when I pet him he can play rough with me.

He has a schedule, he is far more disciplined than the best of us. I don’t know if he can secretly tell time. I have my doubts.

He has a favorite food, a favorite person, a favorite game, a favorite treat. He feels the same pain we do. He gets happy like we do.

He is my shadow, always by my side, and follows me everywhere.

And you know what the biggest tragedy is? That every dog you are seeing on the road is like this. They are all smart, sensitive beings looking up to humans.

They are just in extreme survival mode. Whenever you rescue a dog, it takes them months to get out of their shell. Our Indian dogs never get that chance. Their whole life is spent on surviving.

Please let's be kind and treat dogs like the best friends they are!

[Dhriti @dhritiawakened]

Have been seeing a lot of discussion happening around family support for girls.
And it's extremely important that we dont treat our daughters as burden.
A family which doesn't protects/respects their females will never flourish.
Antkaal nichint hai, poore khandan ka.

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

total income of family divided by number of heads will fit this scheme of classes

[UP 10T Economic Goal™ @up_10t_army]

India has 9 income classes

Poor
- <₹5K: survival
- ₹5–12K: basic needs
- ₹12–20K: rent struggle

Middle
- ₹20–40K: just managing
- ₹40–80K: EMI life
- ₹80K–1.5L:“looks rich, feels broke”

Rich
- ₹1.5–4L: comfortable
- ₹4–25L: wealth building
- ₹25L+: generational wealth

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

@JayPrashanth EU has these legislations, i think

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

EV Car is as good as a mobile phone. Same brand, better specs, better battery. Or new brand, new set of features, etc.

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

@JayPrashanth I these actually started as initial versions of Smart cars, with lane control, emergency breaks, cruze control, air pressure detection, etc.

I guess the evs that are depreciating quickly and drastically are berift of any actual smart car features. Any thought on this?

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Sal Khan was one of the first people on Earth to see GPT-4. OpenAI called him in the summer of 2022, months before ChatGPT existed, and showed him what was coming. He couldn’t sleep that weekend.

By March 2023, Khan Academy launched Khanmigo, an AI tutor built on GPT-4, the same day OpenAI unveiled the model to the public. They were a launch partner. While every other education company was figuring out what ChatGPT meant for them, Khan Academy had already been building for seven months.

The “obsolete” platform now has 120 million yearly learners. Khanmigo, their AI tutor, grew 731% year over year in the 2024-25 school year, reaching 2 million users. In classrooms alone, adoption went from 40,000 students to 700,000 in a single year, with projections past 1 million for 2025-26. Their teacher tools are free in over 70 countries.

In January 2026, Khan Academy signed a deal with Google to put Gemini (Google’s AI) into new Writing Coach and Reading Coach tools for middle and high schoolers. They’re now working with both OpenAI and Google. A peer-reviewed study published in PNAS (one of the top scientific journals in the world) in January 2026, with researchers from Stanford and the University of Toronto, found that more Khan Academy usage is directly linked to higher student test scores.

Sal Khan wrote a whole book in 2024 called “Brave New Words” arguing AI would save education. Sam Altman wrote a blurb for it. His TED Talk making the same argument was one of the 10 most-watched of 2023. In October 2025, he was named TED’s “vision steward.”

Khan Academy is now the AI education company. That 731% growth happened while students spent 7.7 billion minutes learning on the platform in 2025.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

My debate with an Ayurveda practitioner has now reached 100K views on YouTube in two days. In a country like India, where beliefs and dogmas decide healthcare choices for a large number of people, such views and take aways from the debate are always a breath of fresh air.

If you have not watched it, please do, and please share with family and friends. It is essential viewing on science and pseudoscience and exposes the incompetence of so-called Ayurveda "doctors".
https://t.co/SFdVdoqbX0

Additionally, I was surprised and impressed by this piece written by a senior professor of Ayurveda in his "Reflections" blog, on the debate. He calls it a masterclass and then buries my opponent himself. Towards the end of the blog piece was a subtle attempt at white-washing Ayurveda, so dont give it too much importance.

When Ignorance Walks Into A Debate
https://t.co/F5e8DaDGei

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

@JayPrashanth you see any electric versions of these coming sooner?

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

Now I’m crying 🥹

[Samarth @samarthpawaskar]

It will be unwise to attribute loss of morals to next gen. We need to trust them and let them prove that they will handle life in far simpler ways and also uphold values we have cherished and nurtured.

[vijaimantri @vijaimantrimf]

Gen Z watches the same movies… and sees different villains

Many years ago, some of my sons’ friends came home.Mother India was playing on TV.

For those who remember, the story is simple:Rajkumar, a poor farmer, loses his arms and cannot repay a loan taken from a moneylender (Kanhaiyalal).His wife (Nargis) struggles all her life with two sons, faces poverty, hunger, social pressure and even the indecent advances of the moneylender — yet never compromises on dignity and honour.

We grew up crying for Nargis.For us, she was Mother India — the symbol of sacrifice and virtue.

When the movie ended, one boy asked me:“Who is Mother India?”I said, “Nargis.”

He replied, “She cannot be.”

Surprised, I asked why.

He said:“If the moneylender wanted to marry her, why didn’t she?Her children would have had a good life.Why suffer so much?”

That was 15 years ago.

Mother India story is gold.

For us, Nargis = sacrifice, dignity, character, moral spine of the nation.
For that kid:

“Wait… she chose lifelong misery over a practical solution? Sounds like bad life-planning.”

Today, Gen Z says the same about Baghban.We thought Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini were the heroes and their children were villains.Gen Z thinks otherwise.

They ask:

Why raise children as a retirement plan?

Why emotional blackmail instead of financial planning?

Why guilt instead of boundaries?

That’s the real shift:
We were taught virtue through suffering.
Gen Z is taught outcomes over ideals.

So when they watch:

Mother India
We see:
Honour, struggle, resilience, moral victory.

They see:
“Why didn’t she optimize the situation? Why choose pain when a deal was available?”

Baghban
We saw:

Parents = saints
Children = villains

For our generation:

Sacrifice = virtue

Suffering = nobility

Family before self

Duty > self

“Log kya kahenge” mattered

For Gen Z:

Agency

Choice > duty

Mental peace > martyrdom

Outcomes > ideals

Self-respect > social approval

We saw Nargis as a देवी.They see her as someone who chose unnecessary suffering.

We saw Baghban as tragedy.They see it as bad life design. Amitabh in Baghban is not automatically right.

“Log kya kahenge” is not a valid argument

And martyrdom is not automatically heroic

What’s fascinating is:
They are not rejecting emotions.
They are rejecting unnecessary suffering.

Cinema didn’t change.The moral lens did.

We were taught to admire endurance.They are taught to question pain.

Where we say:“Kitna सहा उसने!”They ask:“Why did she have to?”

And honestly… that’s not disrespect.
That’s a different definition of wisdom.

You saw this shift 15 years ago in one child.
Now it’s mainstream thinking — articles, reels, debates.

Cinema didn’t change.
The moral compass did.

And that’s why:
Mother India becomes a tragedy.
Baghban becomes a case study.
And Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham becomes a therapy session

They are not heartless.They are allergic to unnecessary suffering.

This is not just about movies.
It’s about how:

Values move from duty to choice

From sacrifice to sustainability

From family system to individual system

Different times.
Different survival rules.
Same human emotions — just negotiated differently.

Same stories.Same emotions.Different survival rules.

Maybe that’s what every generation does:

Rewrite morality based on the problems it faces.

And maybe that’s progress.

https://t.co/6GOnlGSymU

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

Anonymous

I’ve been a barber for 20 years. Most guys just want a fade and to talk about football.
Yesterday, a young man walked in. He looked rough. Grease under his fingernails, work boots covered in dust.
"I need a shave," he said. "And a cut. Make me look... respectable."
I draped the cape over him. As I raised the scissors, I noticed he was trembling. The chair was actually vibrating.
I put the scissors down.
"You okay, son?" I asked. "Nervous about a date?"
He looked at me in the mirror. His eyes were bloodshot.
"No, sir," he whispered. "My little brother died on Tuesday. The funeral is in an hour. I want to look like the big brother he looked up to."
The shop went silent. The other customers stopped talking.
I didn't rush. I gave him the works. I used the hot towel. I used the straight razor. I trimmed every stray hair. I even polished his boots while the hot towel was on his face.
When I spun the chair around, he looked like a new man. He stood taller.
He reached for his wallet.
"Put that away," I said.
"I can pay," he argued. "I work hard."
"I know you do," I told him. "But your money is no good here today. Go be with your family. Go make him proud."
He choked up. He grabbed my hand and held it tight. "Thank you," he said. "I felt like I was falling apart. I feel ready now."
He walked out with his head held high.
A haircut can't fix a broken heart. But sometimes, it gives you the dignity you need to carry it.

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A Pastor entered his donkey in a race, and it won...

The Pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and it won again.

The local paper read:

PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the Pastor not to enter the donkey in another race.

The next day, the local paper headline read:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.

This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the Pastor to get rid of the donkey. The Pastor decided to give it to a Nun in a nearby convent. The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline the next day:

NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.

The Bishop fainted.

He informed the Nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farm for £10.

The next day, the paper read:

NUN SELLS ASS FOR £10

This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the Nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.

The next day, the headlines read:

NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.

The Bishop was buried the next day.

The moral of the story is:

Being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery and even shorten your life.
So be yourself and enjoy life. Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and just cover your own.

You'll be a lot happier and live longer!

[Dr. Priyam Bordoloi @DocPriyamMD]

Last week, a 35-year-old male died in my ER because he did everything "wrong" after a snake bite. He followed "movie logic" instead of medical reality.

Here is everything you should know about snake bites and exactly what to do to stay alive. 🧵

[Aman Rai @amankrai28]

In 2014, I had the option to choose between IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay. Same branch. I chose IIT Delhi, because Delhi has better UPSC coaching.

The plan was to not worry about academics, finish first semester, then go full UPSC mode. I actually tried it too, spent a month reading NCERT History, Civics, Geography books. Watched all of "Pradhanmantri" with diligent notes. But, by the end of that month, I knew this wasn't for me.

In retrospect, this was probably one of the best decisions I've made. I've seen some of the sharpest people spend 5-6 years on this exam. Smart, capable people who could've built companies, done research, led teams. Stuck in the cycle of "one more attempt"- classic sunk cost fallacy.

A million people apply. Roughly a thousand get through. And there's enough luck involved that no IAS officer I know will claim it's purely hardwork.

Former RBI Governor, recently proposed lowering the age limit from 32 to 27, reducing the number of attempts from 6 to 3, and opening a mid-career track for people in their 40s who've actually done things. He called the current system a "colossal waste of productive years." Hard to argue against this.

The UPSC dream costs you your twenties. Your earning years. Your risk-taking years. The years you should be failing fast at startups, switching careers three times, figuring out what you're actually good at.

[Anupam Gupta @b50]

Old timers got it right. And when you're poor, you don't have much choice. So our parents, their parents, did what they thought best back in the day.

Bought their house the hard way - slogging, saving, without home loan, borrowing from friends and family. Bought gold because gold is gold. Didn't understand stock market so stayed away. Bought an insurance policy because LIC is LIC and you get bonus.

Look what it got them.

Their kids got a home. That's the best security in a poor country. No home loan. They got the LIC policy. They got gold. All great products worth security and when you're poor, security means a lot.

Sure they missed the Infosys IPO but they also missed so many scams.

What did they do? They sent their kids to schools, colleges, and in a liberalised open India, these kids became VP, senior VP, in banks or IT firms and made more money than their parents and bought even bigger homes. And got very lucky with ESOPs. This is what education and economic reforms got for them.

Now their kids. Gen Z. With the security of parents who worked in MNCs, in the comfort of their 4BHK in Lower Parel. They write long posts on social media about how old India didn't have choice and invested in "garbage" like LIC policies, FD, gold, etc. Whereas the cool way is to log on to an app and invest in an index fund.

Sharam karo saalon. Your grandparents and your parents saw what the real India was. Have some respect.

For likes and follows you're ignoring and forgetting what India used to be and how prior generations gave their best and came out with results they're proud of.

Sharam karo.