Suchitra Mishra

🚀 Business Ops Consultant | Fixing Broken Operations & Scaling IT/Service Businesses | 25+ Years in Growth & Strategy | Happy in the Now | I get things done |

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

Raghu Rai's unforgettable 1989 picture of Kurrkutt, a rescued sarus crane living with its adopted family in Khajuraho, India. #photography

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

They interviewed the founder of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid, about his country's future.
He said:
"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel. I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, and my grandson will drive a Land Rover, but my great-grandson will have to ride a camel again...”
"Why?"
“Hard times create strong men, strong men create easy times. Easy times create weak men, weak men create hard times. Many won't understand, but we need to raise warriors, not parasites

[The Paperclip @Paperclip_In]

Remember the ravishing Bharatanatyam dancer from the stunning Coke Studio creation Pasoori? This week, she was detained in Karachi.

Her life, in fact, tells a fascinating story of defying dictatorship. A thread on dance and dissent.

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[Synkriya Tech @synkriya]

Happy #LabourDay! 👷‍♂️💻

At Synkriya Tech, our greatest strength is our people - the thinkers, builders, and innovators shaping the future every day.

Celebrating the work that moves technology forward.

#TeamSynkriya #WorkWithPurpose #1stMay

[Suchitra Mishra @suchimishra]

@TheDogMother_ @SmartSanctuary Done.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Every year of your life feels shorter than the last one. There's a reason for that. Your brain measures each new year against all the years you've already lived.

At age 5, a single year is 20% of everything you've ever experienced. At 30, that same year is about 3%. At 50, it's 2%. By that math, a year at 50 feels about 10x faster than it did at 5.

But that's only one of four things your brain is doing to speed time up.

Your eyes are slowing down, too. Adrian Bejan, a professor at Duke, found that your eyes make tiny, rapid jumps to scan the world around you, and those jumps get slower with age. A baby's eyes dart around nonstop. Adult eyes are sluggish by comparison, with longer pauses between each jump. Fewer jumps means fewer images captured per second, which means your brain is recording your life at a lower frame rate every year. Same day, fewer snapshots saved.

A 2025 brain-scanning study at Cambridge backed this up. Researchers put 577 people (ages 18 to 88) in scanners while they watched an 8-minute Hitchcock scene, and tracked how often each person's brain switched between different activity patterns. Think of each switch as a scene change in the movie playing inside your head. Older brains made fewer scene changes in the same 8 minutes. As you age, your brain gets worse at telling one moment apart from the next. Faces and scenes start to smudge together.

Then there's your brain chemistry. Your internal clock runs partly on dopamine, a chemical your brain produces less of as you get older. In one study, researchers told people to close their eyes and count to 2 minutes in their heads. People in their 20s stopped at about 115 real seconds. Close enough. People over 50 stopped at 87 seconds. They were convinced 2 minutes had passed when barely a minute and a half actually had. Their brain's clock was running about 25% faster than the wall clock.

The last thing working against you is routine. Your brain stores new experiences in vivid detail but barely saves the stuff you do every day. A kid's first sleepover gets a packed memory file. An adult driving the same commute for the 3,000th time gets almost nothing recorded. When you look back on a month of the same routine, the whole thing just collapses. A 2024 VR study confirmed this: older participants underestimated how much time had passed by about 15%.

One thing every study agrees on, though: new experiences are the closest thing to a brake pedal. Researchers who study "super-agers" (people in their 80s with the memory sharpness of someone decades younger) found they never stopped learning new things and staying socially active. Their brains kept recording fresh snapshots instead of replaying the same ones. Time didn't blur for them the way it does when you settle into a fixed routine.

[Sairee Chahal @Sairee]

A shokunin is not someone good at something. Goodness is a performance review category. A shokunin is someone who has been so fully, so continuously, so undefendedly inside a thing that the separation has quietly stopped making sense. 💙

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@srcasm I was writing this piece when I came across your tweet - you find a mention in this piece 💙

[Daoxue Academy 道學學堂 @Daoxue_Academy]

Xin 心: “the mind”

[𝕐o̴g̴ @Yoda4ever]

Seven dogs stolen from their owners have gone viral after escaping from an illegal transport truck and making their way home.

They traveled around 17 km together, led by a corgi across highways and fields, now safely back with their respective owners..🐶🐾🥺❤️

[Synkriya Tech @synkriya]

A new year isn’t just a reset - it’s a step forward.

Here’s to embracing change, building momentum, and creating what’s next.

Happy Ugadi 🌿

#Ugadi #HappyUgadi #Ugadi2026 #NewBeginnings #SynkriyaTech

[Suchitra Mishra @suchimishra]

@ViewFromShikhar The ethereal beauty of the Tabebuia rosea tree..#Bangalore

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

We are overstimulated and we don't even notice. Netflix while eating. Reels in the bathroom. Music while cooking. Podcasts on walks. We consume by default, not by intention. You keep filling every gap, then wonder why you feel foggy and unmotivated. Boredom and silence are the real growth drivers. They give you space to think and create. That's when solutions show up for problems that have been stuck for months. Leave some room.

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

A bankrupt island nation of 22 million people just taught every great power on Earth a lesson in leverage.

Sri Lanka’s President Dissanayake stood before cameras on 6 March and said: “We are neutral but also humanitarian. Sri Lanka is a free and non-aligned nation. We do not favour any country. We treat every human being equally, whether Iranian, American, or Israeli. We jealously guard our non-aligned policy while ensuring that humanitarian values and the saving of lives remain our top priority.”

Then he granted free one-month humanitarian visas to all 236 Iranian sailors, the 32 survivors pulled from the wreckage of the IRIS Dena and 204 crew evacuated from the disabled IRIS Bushehr. He described sheltering them as “the most courageous and humanitarian course of action a state can take.”

The United States, which sank the Dena using USS Charlotte (SSN-766), a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine firing Mk 48 heavyweight torpedoes 19 to 44 nautical miles off Galle, is pressuring Colombo through a State Department cable to retain the sailors under conditions favourable to American intelligence access. Washington wants the 32 survivors who witnessed classified US submarine engagement tactics.

China, which holds Hambantota port under a 99-year lease 90 kilometres from the sinking site, says nothing publicly. The debt speaks for itself.

India, which hosted the Dena at its MILAN 2026 exercise weeks before the ship was sunk by India’s closest strategic partner, has not uttered a single word about any of it.

Iran is broadcasting the rescue footage across every state media channel. Eighty-seven dead sailors and a neutral nation that refused American demands.

And Sri Lanka, sovereign-defaulted in 2022, currently under IMF conditionality, owing billions to Beijing through Belt and Road, dependent on Indian goodwill for regional security, and sitting at the intersection of every great-power pressure line in the Indian Ocean, chose international law.

UNCLOS Article 98 required the rescue. Geneva Convention II Article 17 required the internment. Hague Convention XIII prohibited allowing the sailors to re-enter combat. Sri Lanka followed every obligation to the letter. Uruguay did the same during the Falklands. Switzerland did the same throughout World War II. The law is unambiguous. The politics are not.

This is the same Sri Lanka that founded the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961. That hosted the fifth NAM summit in 1976. That proposed the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace in 1971 and got the UN to adopt it. And that is now pursuing BRICS partner status under India’s 2026 chairmanship, with Prime Minister Amarasuriya calling membership “strategically appealing” on 6 March, the same week her government was sheltering Iranian sailors against American objections.

Every major power assumed Sri Lanka would fold. Washington assumed economic leverage would force compliance. Beijing assumed debt would ensure silence. Delhi assumed proximity would guarantee deference. Tehran assumed sympathy would guarantee solidarity.

Instead, Colombo followed the law, issued the visas, sheltered the sailors, and told every great power exactly the same thing: we are neutral, we are humanitarian, and we do not take sides.

The weakest economy in the Indian Ocean just demonstrated the strongest foreign policy.

Full analysis for paid subscribers.

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[Synkriya Tech @synkriya]

Women’s Day is a reminder of why our journey began - to create flexible, meaningful career opportunities, especially for women.

Today, as #SynkriyaTech, that purpose remains the same.

Celebrating the women who inspire, lead, and shape our journey every day.

Happy #WomensDay!🌸

[Suchitra Mishra @suchimishra]

Purpose fuelled by passion more often than not leads to profits in business. More business owners and entrepreneurs need to think about these drivers for sustainable businesses.

[Aditya Kondawar @aditya_kondawar]

The most radical innovation at Lemon Tree Hotels had nothing to do with room design or pricing. It was about who stood behind the reception desk, who cleaned the rooms, and who served breakfast

In a dialogue between the HR department and the CMD, Patu Keswani, they decided to hire 2 differently-abled people. "It was an experiment. The team was not sure how the new staff members would integrate with the rest of the team or if they could do the job," says Aradhana. The impact of this small gesture was apparent when Mr. Keswani was approached by a very emotional mother of one of these persons with an invitation to attend his wedding. The possibility of this nuptial would have been negligible if the boy had no job. By merely giving an opportunity, everything changed. And, the business continued to gain from the services of 20+ differently-abled resources. Since that day, there has been no looking back.

What started as an experiment evolved into one of the most ambitious inclusion programs in the global hospitality industry. Currently, ~13% of Lemon Tree employees are from this disadvantaged segment of the population, although the company targets and often achieves a rate closer to 20% in many properties.

"This is not charity, it is our business model" became Lemon Tree's mantra. The numbers backed it up. Employees with disabilities showed lower attrition rates (12% v/s industry avg of 50%). They demonstrated higher loyalty, better attendance, and often superior performance in their designated roles. The deaf employees in housekeeping communicated through visual cues and checklists, often resulting in more thorough cleaning. Staff with Down syndrome, working in consistent routines, excelled in laundry and food service roles.

Lemon Tree Hotels has been presented the National Award by the President of India for 'Best Employer of Persons with Disabilities' in 2016 and 2011, and a third National Award in 2012 for being a 'Role Model in providing a Barrier Free Environment to Persons with Disabilities'.

The business case was compelling. In an industry plagued by 50-100% annual turnover, Lemon Tree's inclusive hiring created a stable, dedicated workforce. Training costs dropped. Service consistency improved. And something unexpected happened—guests noticed. The genuine warmth from employees who had been given opportunities they couldn't find elsewhere created an authenticity that no amount of hospitality training could replicate.

The ripple effects went beyond the hotels. Lemon Tree partnered with NGOs to create training programs. They developed visual communication systems that became industry standards. They proved that infrastructure changes for accessibility—ramps, visual alerts, modified workstations—cost less than the savings from reduced turnover.

By making inclusion a business strategy rather than a CSR initiative, Lemon Tree didn't just change lives—it changed the economics of hospitality employment in India.

This is awesome!

Src – Empor top, no reco

[James Dreyfus @DreyfusJames]

‘The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely…One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionnaires who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium…”

If you know, you know…😉

[Synkriya Tech @synkriya]

Strong foundations create lasting nations. 🇮🇳
Strong systems create lasting businesses.

This #RepublicDay, we celebrate integrity, resilience, and the power of well-built frameworks -
in governance and in technology.

Happy Republic Day!.

#HappyRepublicDay #RepublicDay2026

[Synkriya Tech @synkriya]

The key question isn’t ‘What can AI do?’ but ‘What should AI do?’
- John C. Havens
@johnchavens

We use AI responsibly across:
• Software development
• Recruitment & talent matching

Human judgment first.
AI as an enabler.

#ResponsibleAI #AIinSoftware #AIRecruitment #AI

[Synkriya Tech @synkriya]

Now hiring: AI Automation Delivery Manager
📍 Cleveland, OH (Preferred) | Remote + Travel
🕒 3-5 yrs | Full-time

Lead client-facing AI automation projects, translate business processes into agentic workflows, and drive real outcomes.

Email [email protected]
#Hiring #AIJobs #RPA

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Classic SharePoint is deprecated.
SharePoint Modern is now the standard.

Modern experiences, better performance, stronger integration - but migration needs the right approach.

We help organizations migrate from SharePoint Classic to Modern, smoothly and securely.

#SharePoint