Sansiddh Jain

Co-Founder @ @iitdelhi batch of 2019.

Bio too small to list everything I'm interested in

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

MK Stalin is 73 years old. He will be 78 when the next Tamil Nadu elections are held in 2031. Suffice to say, he will probably not be CM ever again.

Pinarayi Vijayan is 80. Will be 85 in 2031. Even if the Left continues to be a dominant political force in Kerala (it has been declining precipitously in India), he will probably not be CM again.

They join a long list of stalwarts of South Indian politicians who have probably served their last day in the CM's office, or are serving their term and will find it hard to get re-elected.

- KCR (K Chandrashekar Rao) : He is 72. He will be 75 come the next Telangana elections. Even if BRS manages to win that election, expect him to groom KTR to take over the reins very soon into his term.

- N Chandrababu Naidu : He is 76. Will be 79 during the next state elections. Even if TDP wins, will be very hard for him to serve the full 5 years from 79-84 years of age. Expect him to hand over the reins to Nara Lokesh in the next term.

- BS Yeddyurappa : He is 83. BJP will go gung-ho to win the 2028 elections in Karnataka come what may, but they are not going to back an 85 year old as CM face. He has had his fair share of conflicts with the BJP high command, so expect him to be pushed to the sidelines as well.

- Siddaramaiah: He is 77, going to be 80 by the time of the next elections. DK Shivkumar is dying to be CM of Karnataka, and he would have been had it not been for the Congress high command. He is also going to be "sunsetted" by the time the next elections arrive.

- EPS (Edappadi K. Palaniswami) - He is 72. He is not going to become CM this time. Vijay will never align with the BJP-AIAIDMK alliance. He will be 77 by the time the next elections take place in 2031. Surely the AIADMK dispensation would want a fresher, younger face to lead the alliance the next time.

We are entering unprecedented territory - several stalwarts of south indian politics who have defined the politics for decades, if not generations will go into the twilight around the same time. "Chaos is not a pit, it's a ladder" said one Petyr Bailish on Game of Thrones not so long ago. This is probably the time when we will see fresh faces emerge, unexpected political events happen, and see younger, talented politicians make hay when the sun shines. We've already seen a massive turnaround in Tamil Nadu with Vijay's superstar showcase. Expect to see even more of that in the coming few years.

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

Talk to Indian cricket fans on how they handled 19th Nov 2023

[San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews]

"Sports depression" is a thing. It can make devoted fans feel listless, even worthless. It can disturb your sleep. But there are ways to get on top of it. https://t.co/WU00wZxzap

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

@real_shorya Yes seems like that's what's gonna happen - this is Wemby's 2007

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

Victor Wembenyama vs Jalen Brunson

[Joel Chan @kjoules]

NBA center Giannis Antetokounmpo @Giannis_An34 was spotted playing 1-on-1 with kids at Wan Chai's Southorn Playground today
(📹: _.josh1009/Threads)

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

I used to think water logging during rains is a problem faced by only Delhi NCR. But it is faced by all major cities in India!

Inadequate infra planning is a problem in all Indian cities. Some are a bit better than others, but everyone is in the same range

[Sathya @NotYourGuyND]

Hyderabad is already chocking with massive traffic jams and today's rains has created havoc across the city.

Gachibowli, Madhapur, Hi-tech City, and the Financial District known as the corridor, are the worst hit.

#hyderabadRains

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

Why is there a Knicks James jersey 😭😭😭

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

Good morning

[M9 NEWS @M9News_]

#MustWatch:

Lokesh explains why data centers are not bad for India.

Taking the US as an example is bad.

We are one nation, one grid. U.S. doesn’t operate that way.

[PRANNOY HS @PRANNOYHSPRI]

The leading badminton nations have depth. Multiple pairs in the top 20 and world-class sparring partners every day.

India has one.

Yet Satwik and Chirag keep conquering the biggest stages.

That's what makes this Singapore Open title so sweet

In a league of their own 🤯🫡

[nisarga @ni5arga]

CBSE people didn't configure their AWS bucket properly and now we can paginate & enumerate all their media which has 2026 answersheets & question papers. ListObjectsV2 works without any auth and the bucket root is listable too — anyone on the internet can download any scanned booklet — across institutions. Multiple institutions are using the same bucket, insanely insecure.

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

This is a crazy good article thread / article on the RfP manipulation from CBSE.

This kid is a star!! To be doing this at at just 17 years of age.

Had this been the UPA2 era, this would have been called "CBSE Scam" worth 1000s of crores, and the TV news channels would have made sure you know about it by blasting it on primetime daily.

[Sarthak Sidhant @sidhant_sarthak]

CBSE has systematically rewritten its rulebook to favor Coempt Eduteck.

check out the blog.

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

The solution to every problem is to demand sacrifice, austerity, altruism from the public rather than to do any effective statecraft

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Different parts of India are witnessing soaring temperatures and the challenges that come with it. This heat is harsh on all of us and I urge you all to take as many precautions as possible. Please stay hydrated, keep water with you when stepping out. Offer a glass of water to others. In weather like this, such kindness goes a long way.

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

1/5
I'm a cardiologist. I have spent twenty years watching cholesterol destroy arteries, trigger heart attacks, and kill people I care about.
Today, Eli Lilly presented data that may begin to end that era.
VERVE-102. A single infusion. One dose. It uses base editing to permanently turn off the PCSK9 gene in your liver.
Presented today at the European Atherosclerosis Society Congress:
88% reduction in PCSK9.
62% reduction in LDL cholesterol.
Sustained up to 18 months.
No treatment-related serious adverse events.
One infusion. Not daily pills you forget to take. Not monthly injections. One dose — and your cholesterol may stay low for the rest of your life.

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

A 7'5" guy who hits buzzer beaters from the logo. He's the future face of the NBA like it or not

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

The amount of love and adulation Sachin Paaji gets 13 YEARS after retiring!!!

There is only 1 god of cricket. No one else comes close. We should stop with the lousy comparisons with other cricket stars

[Sachin Tendulkar @sachin_rt]

Had to do a lap and meet everyone! Always appreciate the love people show me ♥️

[Shekhar Gupta @ShekharGupta]

Watch this again…our sporting stars beyond cricket…

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

NSUI & INC volunteers on the ground braving the heat & water cannons against NEET paper leak seeking resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan outside his house! This is the way to go!

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

@pHequals7 Could have built a 1GW data center with just the dividends

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

ideally, the rupee would be allowed to freefall more making exports and investments competitive

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

This is the most terrifying 5 minutes you will see today.

We are literally living in a fake economic bubble created to shield the image of one man.

We are so cooked.

[Vasundhara Sirnate @vsirnate]

Will someone please inform the Indian government and its functionaries that these PR campaigns demonstrating how austere they’re being, is just downright embarrassing. I’ve seen at least 4 government ministers being filmed driving along in one or two cars.

All it tells us is how abnormal their behavior has been for all these years because they would have been perfectly fine in one or two cars.

To turn this into “news” is just so narcissistic.

[Sansiddh Jain @sansiddh]

Legacy Indian business owners are a dhandho maxxing class.

India's legal and administrative polity is frustratingly complex. Their skillset is that they know how to navigate this maze very successfully, get favours, get contracts as they want and use that to amass wealth. That's it.

The hard thing that they've cracked is not building a great product, some massive distribution, or some great technical IP. The hard thing they've cracked is access to power. That's why conglomerates prosper so well in India because once access to power is cracked, you can build many businesses, rather than focus on 1 vertical with depth.

When this class amasses wealth, they don't use that to invest in assets like tech or R&D, because 1) there is no pressure on them to do so and 2) that's not how they amassed their wealth so they don't understand the value in that. The Korean govt gave Chaebols incredible access, but there was incredible pressure on them to participate in global exports aggressively, while investing heavily in R&D. That's why Korea is the rich industrialized nation it is today. No such pressure exists on our businesses. That's why CEA can only lament in public rather than do something about it.

After WW2, the Zaibatsu conglomerates in Japan were similarly entrenched. And then there was a purge that laid the foundations for immense economic growth in Japan from the 1950s-1980s. We might need some of that if we actually wish to become 'Viksit Bharat'

[Amit Kumar Gupta @amitgupta0310]

From FY21 to FY25, corporate net profits tripled to ₹7.1 lakh cr (FY25) as corporate taxes were reduced by one-third and strong government investments pushed GDP growth.

Corporate India retired its debt instead of investing profits in CapEx. Debt-to-Equity ratio for companies declined from 139% to 94%.

Corporate cash reserves increased from ₹9L cr in FY21 to ₹16L cr in FY26. Private Investment to GDP ratio declined to a 20-year low from 16% during 2004-08 to 12% in FY23. FY26 investment halved from FY25.

This reluctance of corporations to invest in growth has contributed to demand uncertainty (broken consumption) in India. Post-Covid, corporate profits of NSE 500 companies have grown at 30.8% annually. But investment has been disappointing.

The promoters and their next generations are accumulating profits and setting up family offices elsewhere rather than investing in real assets (factories, technologies, R&D etc.)

- Chief Economic Advisor Dr. V. A Nageswaran

[Mihir Vasavda @mihirsv]

Express Investigation:

A fund meant for India’s top athletes was used to upgrade sports facilities for bureaucrats - by bureaucrats.

🏊 Heated swimming pools
🎾 Tennis courts
🏸 Officers’ clubs
All funded through National Sports Development Fund (NSDF).
https://t.co/kZRYaLa6ug