FIR filed on me.
So starting from today,
I love fake paneer
I love urea in food
I love synthetic ghee
I love detergent in milk
I love fake spices
I love artificial colours in food
I love chalk powder in flour
I love plastic rice
I love toxic preservatives
I love everything that slowly kills me because speaking against it is the real crime.
Every March 22, we observe World Water Day, the focus being on making water and sanitation accessible to all by 2030. However, the UN recently put out a report calling this an era of "global water bankruptcy." Dramatic framing, but hard to argue with when you look at what's actually happening.
India is particularly exposed. Rivers, lakes, and groundwater are all under stress, and in many parts of the country, water scarcity has simply become the default condition.
A lot of the interesting solutions are coming from the ground, owned by communities themselves.
@GramVikasIN has been working across 1,900+ villages in Odisha and Jharkhand to build what they call Water Secure Gram Panchayats. A few things they've done that stand out: Water Passbooks that help farmers understand actual groundwater levels before deciding what to plant. Local youth trained as Jal Bandhus who map water sources and work with village bodies to manage them. And a lot of focus on land restoration, planting trees, grasses, and plants that slow runoff and let water percolate back into the ground.
When water becomes more reliable, other things follow. About 23,000 homes now have functional tap connections. Farmers who were entirely dependent on rain are diversifying into livestock, agroforestry, and small businesses.
The scale of the problem is huge, and this kind of work takes time. But what stands out is that this hasn’t been done by one organisation alone, it’s driven by the people who actually live there.
@RainmatterOrg has been supporting @GramVikasIN for a while now because this is the kind of long-term, ground-up work that doesn't get enough attention.
Link to the video in comments.
I just got scammed on @Flipkart — not once, but TWICE.
So I ordered a ₹2.6 lakh MacBook Pro and got a used, old model inside a sealed Apple box. We filmed the entire open box delivery, you can see that in first attached video.
I immediately requested a replacement, and this time I unboxed the product at the EKart office under CCTV, and again the MacBook had smudges and marks so basically not new (second unboxing video attached below). 2 times. 2 wrong deliveries.
After a discussion with customer care they started a return and then after 2 days they called me and offered me a compensation of 13K which I rejected, then 18K I rejected again and finally they offered me 10% which I rejected again.
And after all this negotiation they rejected the return. So I called them again and I asked for 10% compensation as it was a lot of hassle by talking to them. And moreover, I was able to clean the marks but the laptop was not new in the first place.
So why am I posting about it, here’s the disturbing part: it’s not just me. This seller called "Treasure Haul Online" has been scamming people for years. Users on LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube, and X have posted about the same seller since 2023.
For more information I have made a video and link to that is given below this tweet.
I genuinely have 3 questions to ask:
1. How are fake products getting packed in sealed Apple boxes?
2. How is this seller still active despite public complaints from 2023?
3. How is this “Assured” if even Flipkart can’t verify what’s inside?
@flipkartsupport, this isn't a mistake, it's negligence. You are enabling fraud through your platform.
This requires investigation, I am requesting action against the seller and Flipkart.
@jagograhakjago@CCI_India@GoI_MeitY@consumr_rights@consumerforum_@Apple
At some level those details cannot be ignored or abstracted; they have to be specified. And specifying requirements in such detail that a machine can execute them is programming. Such a specification is code.
This excerpt is sourced from 'The Clean Code' (2008).
One might argue that a book about code is somehow behind the times—that code is no longer the issue; that we should be concerned about models and requirements instead. Indeed some have suggested that we are close to the end of code.
That soon all code will be generated instead of written. That programmers simply won’t be needed because busi- ness people will generate programs from specifications. Nonsense! We will never be rid of code, because code represents the details of the requirements.
If you wish to buy, Gold, buy REAL GOLD (not SGB).
If you wish to buy, Real Estate, buy REAL Estate (not REITs).
[1] Let me explain the point by telling you the sad story of the 1000Rs note.
It was banned due to Demonetization.
Now, Zoom in and read what it said: "I promise to pay the bearer a sum of 1000Rs"
[2] Now, if you have 1000Rs note (which you accidentally found now) good luck making the government stick to its promise of paying you 1000Rs (say 2 notes of 500Rs)
[3] Now before you start bombarding me with things like:-
- Hey, it was legally demonetized
- You could have exchanged it (a time period was given to you)
- It solved the black money problem.
I have no interest in debating politics.
My point is simple: a promise was made. And, it was broken easily.
The sentence did not say: ""I promise to pay the bearer a sum of 1000Rs ....BUT... you might have to get in line to change that note one day"
The point I am making is this: REAL GOLD or REAL (REAL ESTATE) are CORE products, not derivative products (like REITS or SGBs)
REITs and SGBs have MORE "if" and"buts" compered to REAL CORE products.
If you want to buy government controlled products, simply buy NIFTY 50 (it will likely give you more returns than SGBs or REITs).
Don't confuse SGB with Real Gold.
Or REITs with REAL (REAL) Estate.
SGB is a BOND (like the 1000Rs note).
A lot of conditions could be introduced retrospectively, which you can't see right now.
These are plain facts, like it or leave it.