Umesh V. Dhumal

Ph.D., IIT Bombay. & (chem engg, Dr.B.A.T.U). Soft matter theorist & Computationalist. Tweets are personal views.

[Umesh V. Dhumal @umeshd412]

📱The device powers up rapidly through a USB connection. Set aside consistent periods for peaceful introspection, allowing you to verify that your everyday decisions remain true to the future self you're striving to be.

[Umesh V. Dhumal @umeshd412]

🍓Pick ripe, luscious berries.When Mr. Thompson departs, Ethan softly clasps Clara's hand. "You impact countless lives," he murmurs. "You can't imagine the positive difference you're making. Clara, you're truly a healer—in every possible way."

[Umesh V. Dhumal @umeshd412]

💰The issue isn't money—there simply isn't any. Countless individuals squander years holding onto shattered, unsuccessful strategies rather than opting for a clean slate; their rigid devotion to defective frameworks only postpones their journey toward authentic, enduring achiev

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

WTF

AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books. Scanning their contents to train models. Then turning the originals to pulp.

The sum of human thought, digitized and shredded.

Every book that gets scanned disappears from the physical world permanently. The knowledge survives only as training data inside a system no one can hold, browse, or resell.

What used to sit on a shelf for centuries now exists as weights in a model that might get deprecated next quarter.

[Nalini Unagar @NalinisKitchen]

Shocking.

Mumbai's richest clubs were happily taking huge membership fees and charging premium prices for food while serving people from dirty kitchens.

1) Cricket Club of India
Cockroaches, flies, expired food, fungus on vegetables, dirty storage, greasy kitchen, poor separation of veg and non veg food.

2) Willingdon Sports Club
Dirty kitchen, blocked drains, unhygienic staff, outdated food and water testing.

3) MIG Cricket Club
Running food operations without a valid FSSAI licence.

4) RK Juhu Gymkhana
Serious hygiene violations.

5) Aparna Juhu Gymkhana
Food safety violations.

Now the biggest question...

What the hell was FSSAI doing all these years?

If Maharashtra FDA under Tukaram Mundhe can expose all this in one drive, then what has FSSAI been doing for years?

The CEO of FSSAI should be replaced if this is how the country's top food regulator works.

Huge respect to Tukaram Mundhe for having the courage to touch powerful clubs instead of protecting them.

[𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 @ImYorker93]

He faced hate from his own community for speaking basic facts on reservation.

[Neha Singhal Trader @nsinghal211]

Manoj Madhusudhanan took a ₹1.86 crore home loan from ICICI Bank.

As collateral, he handed over his original property documents. Every homebuyer does this. You have no choice.

ICICI Bank sent those documents to their storage facility in Hyderabad via courier. Somewhere on that journey — Bangalore to Hyderabad — the documents vanished.

Gone. Originals. Irreplaceable.

When Manoj found out, ICICI Bank had one answer: it was the courier company's fault. Not ours.

He went to the Banking Ombudsman. They told ICICI to publish a public notice about the loss and pay him ₹25,000 for the trouble.

Twenty-five thousand rupees. For losing the original documents to a ₹1.86 crore property.

Manoj sent a legal notice. ICICI denied any mistake.

He went to the NCDRC.

The apex consumer court looked at the facts. The bank had taken custody of the documents. The bank had chosen the courier. The bank could not hand that liability to a third party and walk away.

ICICI Bank — India's second-largest private bank, ₹9 lakh crore in assets — was held liable. Ordered to obtain reconstructed certified copies, issue an indemnity bond, and pay ₹25 lakh in compensation.

One loan. One lost file. One bank that blamed the courier.

Save this — if your bank loses your original property documents, they cannot blame their courier agent. The documents were in their custody. The liability is theirs. File at your district consumer forum. The law is on your side.

(Source: Manoj Madhusudhanan vs. ICICI Bank Ltd. | NCDRC | LiveLaw, September 2023)

[Gems @gemsofbabus_]

I agree with @DrSEShinde. India’s competitive examination system urgently needs reform.

An aspirant’s entire year and future should not depend on a single three hour exam. One bad day, a technical glitch, or any other failure can wipe out months of hard work.

This system cannot continue as it is.

[maithun @Being_Humor]

“Your words has set country on fire”

- Suryakant to Nupur Sharma (2022)

[Kabir Menon @the_psyche_lab]

In 40 years of my life, I would have gone to 100+ temples. I have been to 9/12 Jyotirlingas.

At no temple ever, have I been asked to tell my caste. Never.

Why do people spread such stupid propaganda?

[Ajeet Bharti YouTube @NijiSachiv]

140 करोड़ के देश का नेता क्या बोलेगा और उसकी बात कितनों तक पहुँचेगी, यह कैलिफोर्निया में बैठा कोई कोडर तय करेगा!

Meta ने PM Modi का पहला सेल्फी वीडियो ही भारत के कुछ विशेष क्षेत्रों में रिस्ट्रिक्ट कर दिया। गजब की डिजिटल ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी चल रही है, भाई!

[Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj @DeepikaBhardwaj]

SHE ADMITTED HAVING SEX WITH HIM 40 TIMES

A mere line by her that all of this happened because he promised to marry her got him a charge of a "RAPIST"

Thousands of women are filing such rape cases to take revenge

BUT

This isn't called TOXIC FEMININITY

[Antonio Chavez @NewsM101]

That's because they didn't cast him because he was black.

They cast him because he's cool as fuck.

[Desi Lord @DesiLord_]

This contractor completely exposed the Govt. 👀

"9 crore ka road banaya hai yeh mai 50 lakh mein bana sakta hu aur guarantee deta hu gadda bhi nhi hoga 5 saal tak."

This shows the level of corruption in Govt.

[Lt Col Sushil Singh Sheoran, Veteran @sushilskinner]

This is called planning. The success of the CJP agitation is a masterstroke of precise military planning. They identified a cause with universal appeal regardless of ideological differences. They pinpointed weaknesses in the government. They realised that there is a complete disconnect between the BJP core support that dominates social media and the top leadership. The IT cell is a bunch of fools and freeloaders. The streak of state election wins after the 2024 Lok Sabha loss, setback was forgotten, and lessons learned were cast aside. The mighty government may cite CIA,Pakistan, or China, but the fact is you were caught unaware. The opposition has also managed to set the narrative, putting security forces and judiciary on the backfoot. It's a beautifully precisely planned and successfully executed operation. What should the government do now? Return to the chessboard, discard deadwood,identify your strengths, and remove that smugness from the faces of likes of Seetaramans and Gadkaris mocking people. Modi ji, Yogi ji, and Amit Shah ji remain the best bets to advance the agenda. Take charge,recruit better people, eliminate sycophants, and accept constructive criticism from well-wishers. Keep your friends close, and enemies even closer.

[Ram @ramprasad_c]

An MLA in my district has set a target for each Mandal Revenue Officer: Rs 30 lakh per month. There are 5 MROs. That is Rs 1.5 crore a month from MROs alone. Rs 18 crore a year. Rs 90 crore over a five-year term. Just from one department.

Now add the Sub-Registrar offices. The PWD contracts. The Health department. Irrigation. Police postings and transfers. Each one has its own monthly target flowing upward. Do the math and you are staring at an MLA generating at least Rs 1,000 crore over a five-year term. A thousand crore. From a single constituency. There are constituencies where it would be a multiple of this.

This is not a public servant. This is a business enterprise.

The economics are straightforward. To win an assembly election in Andhra today, a candidate spends roughly Rs 50 crore. That is the investment. The Rs 1,000 crore over five years is the return. Some of it flows up the chain to party bosses. Some is distributed to supporters. A significant portion is set aside for the next election. And what remains is profit.

The business has its own marketing department. Travel through any constituency in Andhra and the biggest advertisements you see are not for soap or smartphones. They are for the MLA. Massive hoardings wishing him on his birthday. His son's birthday plastered across the town with firecrackers to mark the occasion. His daughter's wedding celebrated like a state event. Every other car has a sticker that says "MLA." His face is on more surfaces than any consumer brand. This is not politics. This is brand building for a franchise.

And here is the part that makes the whole system self-sustaining: vote buying.

During elections, most voters in these constituencies sell their vote for a few thousand rupees. Rs 2,000. Rs 5,000. Sometimes Rs 10,000. It is openly done. Everyone knows. Once you accept that money, something fundamental shifts. You lose any moral or ethical standing to question the MLA on his corruption. You were part of the transaction. You took the upfront payment. He is now collecting the returns on his investment. You cannot complain about the toll when you sold him the road.

This is the behavioral trap that locks the system in place. The voter knows the MLA is corrupt. The MLA knows the voter knows. But the transaction at the time of the election creates a mutual complicity that silences accountability for five years. It is not fear. It is not ignorance. It is moral disarmament through participation. You cannot be the victim of a system you voluntarily entered.

The scale of this is difficult to comprehend. We are not talking about petty corruption. We are not talking about a bureaucrat taking a few thousand rupees to process a file. We are talking about a systematic, industrialized extraction machine that generates thousands of crores per constituency per term. Multiply that across 175 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh alone and you begin to see the magnitude.

And yet no one makes a noise about it.

Not the opposition, because they run the same enterprise when they are in power. Not the media, because the MLA is often the biggest advertiser in the local market. Not the bureaucracy, because the MRO is in on it. Not civil society, because the NGOs need the MLA's goodwill to operate. And not the voters, because they took the money.

The entire ecosystem has reached an equilibrium where corruption is not a deviation from the system. It is the system. The MLA is not a corrupt politician. He is a businessman who invested Rs 50 crore and expects a return. The MRO is not a corrupt officer. He is a franchise operator who pays a monthly fee to keep his posting. The voter is not a victim of corruption. He is a participant who sold his leverage for Rs 5,000.

Today, an MLA generating a thousand crore in a single term barely registers as news. It is not hidden. It is not denied. It is simply accepted, the way you accept that water flows downhill. It is the operating system.

And that acceptance is the most dangerous part. Not the corruption itself, but the complete normalization of it. When a society stops being outraged by extraction on this scale, when it treats a thousand crore in systematic theft as just how things work, it has not just tolerated corruption. It has internalized it. It has made peace with it. And that peace is the hardest thing to undo.

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

NEW: 🇨🇳 China's nuclear fusion research has completed a massive magnet weighing 582 tons.

The goal is an "unlimited energy" artificial sun.

They plan to start the first power generation by 2030.

A safe, CO2-zero ultimate energy race.

[SwatKat💃 @swatic12]

Bro asked for language preference first 🤣

[Komal @Komal_Indian]

Tata Motors tells this consumer 'Your vehicle is manufactured before 2020 hence it is compatible for 5% ethanol only not more than that. So requesting you please adhere strictly to the owner's manual'

Arey wo kaise adhere karega 🥸 jab @HardeepSPuri koi aur petrol de hi nhi rahe..

Stop forcing E20 bhai.. give consumers a choice...

[Kabir Menon @the_psyche_lab]

I learned about the Indian caste system, after I got to know what reservation is.

This is a personal story.

In 12 years of my schooling, my parents always taught me to treat everyone with equal respect, with no discrimination.

In Standard 12th, while filling the IIT-JEE form, I asked my dad about the category section. He told me to tick general. I didn't even know which category of caste I was in. That was the extent of my knowledge on the Indian caste system then.

I got a good AIR, and I secured my admission in IIT Madras in Mechanical Engineering. Upon reaching the college, we were allotted our rooms. The room was double occupancy, so I got a roommate. I won't tell his name, because people find caste in names.

The very first exam we had was in a Mathematics course. I passed with flying colors, but he failed. In the evening when I saw him, I asked him to show me his paper. Even some basic differential equation and number systems questions, he had answered wrong.

I was honestly surprised. I asked him, bro, how can you get these wrong. These type of questions, we even had in our JEE paper. He just deflected my question. But, in a few days time, I sensed something was wrong. Because he failed even the Engineering Physics exam (which also had many JEE level questions).

Out of concern, one day I asked him, why is he failing these basic exams. 60-70% were JEE level questions. He should be able to at least answer that. And then he told me his JEE marks on which he secured the admission. I was surprised, and taken aback.

You see, those days, cut off marks was not declared publicly.

And when he told me his marks, there was a significant difference. My first reaction was that it's not fair. Why is he allowed to come to IIT Madras on his low marks while I studied way harder to secure my seat. My second reaction was disappointment when he told me his dad was a IPS officer, and he too secured it basis reservation.

I will be honest. I actually did not speak to him for a few days. But after 7-8 days, I told him that it's very disrespectful to what he is doing with the opportunity he has got. He should focus on studying and not waste it. Imagine a student who got in even though he was complacent with his studies. He even had a fair starting line, resource and money to prepare for the exam (unlike poor students). Honestly, once his dad availed the benefit, he shouldn't have. But, he did. Nothing against him. He didn't do anything illegal. But it's a flaw in the system.

After some time, we became good friends. I constantly tried to help him in studies, but he couldn't grasp many things. Some other seniors also tried to help him with how and what to study, but it didn't help him either. He got a year back, then another year back and then he dropped out.

I realized how reservation has both merits and demerits.

On one hand, it allows the underprivileged students to get a fair starting line. That's affirmative action. I believe that is required. But, along with that, some preparatory courses are also required. Reservations don't apply to college internal exams. What's the point of affirmative action if a person can't cope up with the internal exams?

On the other hand, I realized how many students, even if they had a fair starting line, utilize reservation to get into prestigious colleges, with much lesser hard work. Honestly, they don't deserve that seat. That seat belongs to a meritorious student. If one person has availed reservation, and uplifted himself or herself, reservation to his/her next generation should cease to exist.

And that's why I believe in the below three:-

1. One Nation, One Cutoff
2. One Generation, One Reservation
3. Fair Exams. Fair Starting Line

If the concept of reservation is tweaked with the above ethos, it will ensure both the things - fairness to all students, and affirmative action where it is required due to limited access to resources and opportunities.

#reservationhataomovment
#EndReservationNow