Swapnil Manish

Co-founder - @FanozForFans | Co-founder - @BLoudST | Management Consultant - @Toptal | Sports fan | Loves reading non-fiction, politics and history

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

(1/6) Unpopular opinion following the #IndiaPakistanCeasefire: India, Pakistan, and China should come together (without West involvement) & create an EU-type Eastern block based on ease of trade & currency exchange, smoother immigration, joint military might etc. Too optimistic?

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@ImPC_45 Wasim Akram with his 257.. although he was classified as a bowling all-rounder and not just a bowler

[Anuradha Exwaized @anuradhaxyz]

Can we dare challenge it all? Can we reset our thinking?

Modern civilisations and India, basic human quests, society’s accepted templates and quite a few uncomfortable questions in between.

This and more happened in my conversation with scholar and activist @_YogendraYadav. Coming soon.

[Anuradha Exwaized @anuradhaxyz]

India isn’t for beginners. Dissected a few things about our everyday conduct with the fabulous @yashoazad ji, former IPS, Sp Dir Intelligence Bureau, and Central Information Commissioner in GoI. As always, charmed by his words and thoughts.

I am putting something together on India and Indians. More on this soon.

#TOQwithAnuradhaExwaized

[Gurkirat Singh Gill @gurkiratsgill]

It's after a very very long time that I have read a long form cricket article, and coincidentally, it had to be from Sid Monga, who I genuinely admire so much.

Because very few cricket writers in India, have the ability to weave the society and the sport together.

https://t.co/L8DMXP1Vrn

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

Taking nothing away from @PunjabKingsIPL's incredible chase but today's #DCvsPBKS encounter forced me to finally post: @BCCI is destroying cricket by preparing such pitches for #IPL. Who would want to be a bowler? And who would have the ability to bat in tests?

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

I wonder what @elonmusk (who's been quiet on this subject) has to say about the absolutely horrifying public statement by Trump. It's shameful to even call it a "negotiation" tactic. An American President who threatens to destroy a civilization needs to be impeached immediately.

[Karthik Balachandran @karthik2k2]

Those who saw’A Beautiful Mind’, would remember that John Nash’s doctoral thesis had just 26 pages and 2 references, yet it was instrumental in advancing “Game theory”. What if I told you there is a scientist whose achievement is so astounding that he is perhaps the only Indian to “create” an intersectional branch of science? What if I told you that every year, his name echoes across the hallowed halls of science in foreign lands, but most of our students haven't even heard of him?

Aneesur Rahman was born in Hyderabad in British India in 1927. His father was a professor and a philanthropist. His family generously donated their property for the creation of Urdu Hall in Hyderabad. His maternal uncle was a professor too. Rahman had a natural flair for subjects that would terrify ‘normal’ students — maths and physics. After getting BSc in Mathematics, he went on to get Tripos in Mathematics and Physics at the prestigious Cambridge University in the UK. From there, he went to Louvaine University in Belgium and got DSc in Physics under Professor Mannenbeck. It’s here that Rahman met a Chinese student Yueh-Erh Li who was doing MD( called Dr Jady by friends). They fell in love and got married.

He came back to teach in Osmania university along with his wife. Soon after, he developed interest in the structure of water molecule - especially the polarisation of the hydrogen atom. Unfortunately research in India was at infancy in those days and Dr Rahman realized he was a whale in a tiny pond. He had to move to the ocean. He joined the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.

His foundational paper in 1964 birthed “molecular dynamics” , one of the two pillars on which a vast body of computational physics rests.(the other is Monte Carlo method). His equation made it possible to calculate the trajectory of large number of interacting atoms with ease.

His work, like Ramanujan’s , was so ahead of his time - that even today, potential applications are being discovered. The Nobel prize in physics for 2013 went to Karplus, Levitt and Warshel whose work depended heavily on Dr Aneesur Rahman’s.

Some say there is an inverse association between genius and compassion -Dr Rahman was a prominent exception. He was known not just for his intellect, but also kind nature and mentored many students all over the world. His quiet, unassuming nature made him a much loved professor — and he remained so, until he got Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma — a cancer that took him away from us prematurely, at the age of 59. Perhaps he might have got a Nobel, if only he had lived longer.

American Physical Society honors him as the father of computational physics and has instituted an annual award in his name.

As a doctor with little idea of theoretical physics, writing Dr Aneesur Rahman’s portrait has been difficult , because of the complex nature of his work that straddles so many areas of science : mathematics, physics, computer science and chemistry. His equations are mind boggling, even intimidating, but
what I do understand is this : Dr Rahman didn't just have a beautiful mind, but also a beautiful heart.

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@ShivAroor What's your problem, Shiv? Politicians in other countries are known to go back to working (as a consultant etc) after stepping down as ministers in the govt. She's moving for that. Unlike many politicians in India, they don't create wealth/clout that can be passed on to next-gen

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@cricbuzz Jason Holder became the 6th player to take 100+ wickets in each international format during the T20 WC.

Breakup for current players:
Afridi: 121 (Tests) | 135 (ODIs) | 136 (T20Is)
Bumrah: 234 | 149 | 121
Holder: 162 | 159 | 108

Bumrah likely the first to triple-double 🤞

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@cricbuzz A triple-double (200+ wickets in all three international formats) would be very unique as Bumrah will likely become the first ever to do so (Shaheen Afridi may follow him). Ironically, T20Is may take the longest (expect Bumrah to play many more ODIs in the lead up to WC 2027)

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@vikramsathaye Totally with you! I had similar emotions when watching Shane Warne or Wasim Akram bowl, esp during test matches.

With Boom, irrespective of the format, every ball is an event.

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

In the wake of #IranShipAttack by the US #submarine, I was instantly reminded of the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by a US Navy warship firing multiple missiles in 1988. 290 civilians died but not even an apology by the US govt. #IranWar
https://t.co/3sNZZ3Vpuz

[Pratik @CricPratikkk]

For starters, Strike rate as a parameter needs to be revamped. I don't want to know how much a batter would score in 100 balls in a 120 ball game. Make it runs per 6 balls.
Run Rate, Req Run Rate, Economy all are 6 ball parameters.

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@sbikh @deepigoyal I have no real love for Raghav Chadha/AAP but this comment by Sanjeev is disappointing. Expected better from him than this personal attack & name-calling. By this logic ("Champagne Socialist.. crocodile tears"), privileged folks shouldn't take up issues of underprivileged.

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@1DAVID92 So, no mention of Tendulkar's 20 international centuries against Australia?

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

What brilliant tactics by the #Aussies in the #Ashes2025! Alex Carey standing up to Boland & Neser (bowling at 135+) is breathtaking to see (so skillful, so brave). Aggressive option that has resulted in wickets - so disruptive. Now Labuschagne standing so close at 1st slip. Phew

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@FoMo4NaMo https://t.co/XbCrp6sk08

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@SagasofBharat Wrong! The word secular may have been inserted by the Indira Gandhi govt in 1976 but the constitution was secular in spirit from the time of its drafting - confirmed by the Supreme Court in a 1994 ruling (S R Bommai vs Union of India) & reiterated in 2022. @grok pls confirm

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@SagasofBharat Wrong! The word secular may have been inserted by the Indira Gandhi govt in 1976 but the constitution was secular in spirit from the time of its drafting - confirmed by the Supreme Court in a 1994 ruling (S R Bommai vs Union of India) & reiterated in 2022. @grok pls confirm

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@joelpollak "Radicals like Nehru"? I'm not sure where you got your history lessons from, Joel.

[Swapnil Manish @swapstick]

@realMaalouf The Oklahoma City Bombing of 1995 (that killed 170 people) was carried out by Timothy McVeigh, a white Christian. Going by the logic you used, will you disparage the race and religion of the current mayor of Oklahoma City, David Holt?