Valay Vaidya

IPS ‘21 Gujarat | @DAIICT 👨🏻‍🎓| Triathlete | Ironman 70.3 Finisher | Books | Symmetrical Photography | Trivia

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China realised that if a it levies high visible tax from citizens, they will ask for participation but China levies the high taxes through Indirect Taxes, without people realising directly, it reduces the scope of questions.

Maybe this is “Communism by Chinese characteristics!”

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#TriviaOfTheDay

While reading ‘Breakneck’ that delves in detail about China’s Engineering State characteristics, I came across an interesting fact.

Considering China, a Communist State, I intuitively thought that it would be taxing its citizens, spending on social infra..

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As much regressive in economic sense as it may sound, there is a very interesting logic behind this policy.

During the American Revolution, locals raised the slogan - “No Taxation without Representation.”

China cracked the dictatorial code!

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There are some matches which people remember for years. This was one such. Glad to have watched it live!

Roland Garros: The best Slam of ‘em all!

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GAME, SET AND MATCH: FONSECA 🇧🇷

#RolandGarros

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Captain has spoken! Listen to him. #StayCyberSafe

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Twitter version of “where were you when this happened?”

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Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).

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WHO should adopt the 'Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) Annex' which would facilitate equity in treatment and in turn, in global healthcare. Underlying idea behind PABS is also in favour of the developed nations cuz no one is safe until everyone is safe!

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Finished reading 'Tuberculosis is Everything' by John Green. It talks about the history of TB in a very easy-to-read manner. Green presents a case study of a child, Henry, who is suffering from Multidrug Resistant TB in Sierra Leone and presents various myths surrounding TB.

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This article, on similar lines with the message of the book, advocates that the cures developed from the pathogens which are prevalent in the poorer nations should be shared with these nations as matter of right and not as charity.

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If someone wants to understand the deep rooted issue between USA & Iran, this book would be very insightful.

Also makes you understand the art of Coup d’etat!

Highly recommend. 9/10.

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Finished reading “All The Shah’s Men”. The book is about the fight between Iran & UK about Iran’s oil resources, the subsequent role played by USA to overthrow the government of President Mossadegh and beginning of the rivalry.

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Where aircraft go when they need a safe haven – or to die. As the Gulf war draws attention to ‘boneyards’, where does India stand?

A great read.

https://t.co/oldwRCWuf1

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Wrote something on how virtual assets get affected by physical wars and vice versa.

‘Defending the Cloud’

https://t.co/2945reNlVc

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POV: how x, y and z felt after leaving the alphabet and joining mathematics

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My favourite Winter Olympics story dates back to 2002 about which I wrote in 2022.

Still a v fascinating story nonetheless!

https://t.co/RbomUyc8xl

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One year of training, 70.3 miles of chaos, one jellyfish attack, infinite cramps… and yet came out with a Finisher Towel.

Guess I’m officially Iron-ish Man now 🐙

Someone please pass the salt… and the ice bath! 🚴‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏃‍♂️

#Ironman703Goa

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Source:
1. https://t.co/bM42VBejkK
2. https://t.co/VhsS2B0P8B
3. https://t.co/gdKOv6id17

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#TriviaOfTheDay

We all know Mount Everest.

But who was the man who actually calculated its height and showed it to the world that it was actually the tallest of them all?

Meet Radhanath Sikdar - A forgotten prodigy.

A thread.🧵

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He even dragged the magistrate to court.

In doing so, he set a new example for challenging British colonial rule.

While Britishers made every effort to erase Sikdar’s contributions to the field of Geography, we must take a moment to give the prodigy his due credit!