Saurabh Gaidhani

Designer; Urbanist; Resilience Practitioner; Optimists and amateur Historian

[Diva Jain @DivaJain2]

1. German Cartoon = Perhaps nothing is wrong

2. Criticizing your country constructively = Certainly nothing is wrong.

3. Using this cartoon on a day like this for self flagellating criticism of your country to earn cheap brownie points = Pathetic + EVERYTHING is wrong with you

[Ashu @muglikar_]

Pune does not have
~an independent airport
~a ring road
~public transport

While this city pays income tax amounts more than certain states

While the city pays GST more than certain states put together.

City GDP would be more than half of the country’s cities.

We have envious factories and manufacturing units.

When you get an outsider to become MLA, when you make inexperienced ppl as mayor and when you have leadership which can’t win trust of the ppl and focus on some shit idea like building a 2km road for 250 crores then you will get this only.

Ppl on the ground are so angry. You tell this to local BJP guys and the arrogance is sky high.

As a well wishes and kattar supporter, I have done my bit of informing the pulse. Kasba was a start, this city is slipping away from BJP soon if corrective measures are not taken.

That’s the truth. Have ears to ground. Don’t attack me. Attack the situation.

[Saurabh Gaidhani @sgaidhani201]

An excellent point by @rajshah! cutting down emissions and consumption patterns in development world 🌎 is were we need to concentrate our efforts and not just lecturing low and middle-income countries on cutting down emissions.

[Dr. Rajiv J. Shah @rajshah]

The fight for whether or not the Earth stays at 1.5° Celsius will be won or lost in low -or middle-income countries. Listen to my interview on @CNN to learn how @energyalliance's Global Leadership Council is reducing the costs of renewable energy access in developing countries.

[Dr. Brahma Chellaney @Chellaney]

The killing of two mobsters, says @nytimes, "renews alarm about India’s slide toward extrajudicial violence." Police killings in the US, including in supposed encounters with unarmed motorists, easily rank the highest in the world, averaging more than 1,000 annually in recent years. But NYT has never reported about US's lurch toward "extrajudicial violence."

[Hemali Boghawala @BoghawalaHemali]

A pride moment for #Surat as mayor of Rotterdam ,Mayor Aboutelab mentioned about Surat in United Nations 🇺🇳 General assembly and Discussed about Surat’s approach towards Water Resillence with the World.

@c40cities

#MayorSuratinSingapore
#WorldCitiesSummit2022
#MayorSurat

[Saurabh Gaidhani @sgaidhani201]

A great initiative by Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad) Municipal Corporation! @CMOMaharashtra @SmartCities_HUA @ascdcl

[Resilient Cities Network @RCitiesNetwork]

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad) is taking action to protect its river ecosystems & integrate river-sensitive planning in any future development in the city. 𝐇𝐨𝐰? 👇🧵
#CitiesSolveCitiesDeliver

[Saurabh Gaidhani @sgaidhani201]

Indeed! Agree @Siddharth’s point of view! Implementation is important and so is Civility! @JM_Scindia

[Siddharth Desai @SiddharthDesai]

Dear #Pune, 200 m walk to the cab pickup, & then 500 m after the new terminal begins operation, is nothing to complain about. There is an elevator+ escalator + golf carts for those in need + travellators planned.
We need to get rid of the mindset of complaining all the time.

Issues are there at the airport & a lot needs to be done. Cab pick up point can get crowded & solution needs to be found. But the administration needs to be appreciated for the work they are doing. They are human after all with the right intent. Building trust between citizens & administration is crucial.

[Siddharth Desai @SiddharthDesai]

Dear #Pune, 200 m walk to the cab pickup, & then 500 m after the new terminal begins operation, is nothing to complain about. There is an elevator+ escalator + golf carts for those in need + travellators planned.
We need to get rid of the mindset of complaining all the time.

Issues are there at the airport & a lot needs to be done. Cab pick up point can get crowded & solution needs to be found. But the administration needs to be appreciated for the work they are doing. They are human after all with the right intent. Building trust between citizens & administration is crucial.

[Sandipan Deb @sandipanthedeb]

Indians have more hunger and less happiness than Pakistan and Sri Lanka. We have less press freedom than Hong Kong and Namibia. We are less of a democracy than Cyprus and Lithuania. Does any sane Indian believe this nonsense? Anyone wondering what these index makers are smoking?

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

I bought canned coconut water from a vending machine in Delhi airport. It turns out imported coconut water. Coconut farmers have been hurting due to low prices in the South. Our farmers don't take part in the higher value markets like this example and we have to enable them to.

[BHK🇮🇳 @BHKslams]

The Hindenburg firm is facing 3 criminal investigations in the US and its bank accounts were seized for a long time and it is now banned from publishing any reports about any company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the US.

- No media house reported.

[Hemali Boghawala @BoghawalaHemali]

Delight to meet and had Fruitful and extended discussion with US Consulates at @MySuratMySMC

#MayorSurat

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Patayat Sahu, from Kalahandi, has spent his entire life making an astonishing garden of 3000 medicinal plants. He has catalogued his plants in two illustrated volumes but doesn’t have money to publish them. He treats everyone for free.

He is this year’s recipient of Padma Shri.

[Firstpost @firstpost]

#VantageOnFirstpost: The BBC Documentary on PM #NarendraModi has been labelled as a propaganda piece by the Indian government.
@palkisu fact-checks the claims made in the #BBC documentary.

[Saurabh Gaidhani @sgaidhani201]

Happy to Support @NIUA_India @C3_NIUA for its U20 endeavors @U20India @RCitiesNetwork @HardeepSPuri @MoHUA_India #G20India #ResilientCities

[NIUA_India @NIUA_India]

Over 80 City Climate Alliance partners from @NIUA_India working in the climate action space congregated on 16 January 2023, for what was the first Alliance@U20 meeting, a year-long partners engagement on the #Urban20 @U20India platform. (1/5)
#U20Ahmedabad #G20India @IndiaG2O

[Saurabh Gaidhani @sgaidhani201]

@parrysingh @parrysingh where in Singapore? Its is a must visit for me!!

[Mohnish Pabrai @MohnishPabrai]

The 100+ million tribal population in India remains at the extreme economic bottom. The Eklavya Schools (EMRS) is a set of 392 boarding schools in tribal districts. Great to see all that @DakshanaIndia is doing for India's tribes. Two tribal-only focused campuses coming soon!

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

One of our engineers, Ms. Shobana died tragically when her scooter skidded in the heavily potholed roads near Maduravoyal in Chennai. She was taking her younger brother to school.

Our bad roads have caused a
tragic loss to her family and Zoho.

https://t.co/8XAycPhIsk

[Diva Jain @DivaJain2]

From "mighty" West to "infallible" China, no country has been able to bear the onslaught of the pandemic without shortages of medicines/equipment/ICUs and overflowing morgues.

But only in India did we see media hyenas cackle with such glee at the misery of their countrymen.

[Sanjeev Sanyal @sanjeevsanyal]

And I hope to see a Times Global Democracy Index…. We need the confidence to turn our gaze on the world