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[Pranay Kotasthane @pranaykotas]

To those worried about water consumption by a handful of data centres and semiconductor fabs, please consider this:

Agriculture comprises 90% of water consumption in the subcontinent.

"Producing 1kg of cotton in India consumes 22,500 litres of water, on average, according to research done by the Water Footprint Network." @guardian's 2015 report.

[AI Edge @aiedge_]

https://t.co/56aNLc3qzW

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

insightful!

[Anupam Manur @anupammanur]

I write in @timesofindia on the #SancharSaathi mandate - an assault on privacy and FoE and high potential for becoming a surveillance tool. It sets a dangerous precedent. Finally, it is a cyber security threat as well (single point of failure)

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

The former Canadian ambassador to India, my friend David Malone, passed away on Monday – of his own volition. Medically-assisted termination of life is not legal in India, but it is in Canada, and David, suffering from cancer and Alzheimer’s, chose this route. My rumination on my last exchanges with him, and on life and dying:

https://t.co/Dj3orp25dH

[Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 @YusufDFI]

Belongaluru!
Namma Uru!
Bengaluru!

[Aakanksha Sadekar Chauhan @scotthakuraaiin]

I was sitting in the BA Heathrow lounge yesterday with a cup of chai and Being Mortal open on the table. Not scrolling. Just breathing and reading.

An older gentleman sat across from me. Australian accent, silver hair, gentle eyes. The kind of face life has lived through, not just passed by.

He looked at my book for a moment, then smiled and said quietly,
“Hard read, isn’t it?”

I nodded.
“Necessary though.”

He took a slow sip of his coffee and told me something I don’t think I will ever forget.

“My wife passed last year,” he said.
“She used to read that book before every chemo session. Not to prepare for dying… but to remind herself how she wanted to live while she still could.”

He paused, eyes soft with love, not pain.

“She would underline sentences, fold corners, talk to the book like it was a person. I didn’t understand then. I do now.”

Then he said,
“People think talking about death is morbid. But avoiding it is what makes living shallow.”

We sat in silence. Not heavy silence. Human silence.
The kind grief gives you quiet, respectful, alive.

Before boarding, he said,
“Seeing someone young reading that book gives me hope. We need a world where we don’t fear the end so much that we forget to do the middle well.”

And with the gentlest smile:
“Take care of the elders while they’re here. One day you’ll miss the sound of someone calling your name the old-fashioned way.”

He walked away.
I stayed still, holding my cup a little tighter.

Airports are built for departures.
But today reminded me that some departures aren’t flights.
They are people leaving our world, and sometimes leaving us wiser.

Some strangers walk into your morning and stay in your memory for the rest of your life.

I don’t know his name.
But I hope he meets his wife again someday, wherever souls go when they’re done being strong on earth.

I will finish this book for both of them.

🤍

What is the most beautiful thing an elder has ever told you?
I would love to learn from your memories too. 🤍

And for anyone grieving gently today:

If someone you love is no longer here,
what do you wish you could hear them say to you one more time?

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

@pranaykotas Abbey yaar.. sorry.. meine first Tweet mein photo daala tha.. aapko patha chal gaya hoga ke mujhe X (Twitter) ke basic usage bhi aati Hain 🤦‍♂️. Phir SE Naya tweet karta Hoon

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

What a wonderful book about policy making. Loved the numerous stories which helps us get the point. The story of sandalwood, the effects of price cap (ex stent price cap), the unintended consequences of one of our favorite policy tool "Ban" (ex. Usage of RO purifier).

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

Written in a very easy and understandable way. Thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and recommend it to anyone who believes in the project India! 

Bahut dhanyawad  @pranaykotas

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

Its really enriching and thoughtful topics you cover in the newsletter. Always looking forward to read the newsletters on Sundays. Many thanks for educating us 🙏

[Pranay Kotasthane @pranaykotas]

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[Pranay Kotasthane @pranaykotas]

What could a calibrated approach to an economic partnership with Chinese firms look like? Here's my v0.1 framework. A short #thread

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

@kaul_vivek @livemint what a wonderful list! want to read half of the books you have mentioned.

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

@Vinay_lalala @kaul_vivek @livemint i also second it.. subscribed to Mint to read your articles 🙂 (an also got opportunity to discover other articles in Livemint)

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

@kaul_vivek Happy Deepawali Vivekji😊

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

@kaul_vivek but can it also happen that bi lateral ODIs will dir Natural death but World Cup will still remain?? Like in football.. there is so much craze for Worldcup and not many bilateral matches (I know we can't compare Orange and Apples.. but World Cup is something special. or?)

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

@WasimJaffer14 Should we also amend the rules that six bouncers are allowed in a over😜

[Stable Investor @StableInvestor]

Why Home Loan Principal gets paid off slowly in the initial years?

Here is the amortization table for a Rs 50 lakh home loan @ 8% for 25 years

[Nithin Kamath @Nithin0dha]

There's a new scam in the name of FedEx, Blue Dart, and other courier companies that you need to be aware of 👇

A colleague got a call from a person claiming to be from FedEx saying that a parcel had been confiscated by the police because drugs were found in it. 1/4

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

@TITB_DE Hello team, i have a problem with Pixel 5a phone that i purchased last year. it is within 2 years of warranty period. I have sent the details via email, raised a ticket and tried reaching on your UK number but so far no luck. my request is being ignored, so reaching out here

[sunilkumar p @sunil03Mar]

What a wonderful and detailed article about the state of Indian Economy! Brilliant to see so many data points in one article!

[शिक्षित बेरोज़गार @kaul_vivek]

The State of the Indian Economy Today.
Data shows clearly that there are large sections of the population that don't have the same consumption power as they had before the pandemic. Meanwhile, the well-to-do are doing much better than they were in the past
https://t.co/ijbdsxr7mn