Vishal

Engineer,trader,investor,statistician.

[PV Sindhu @Pvsindhu1]

Paris 2024: A Beautiful Journey but a Difficult Loss ❤️

This loss is one of the hardest of my career. It will take time to accept, but as life moves forward, I know I will come to terms with it.

The journey to Paris 2024 was a battle, marked by two years of injuries and long periods away from the game. Despite these challenges, standing here and representing my wonderful country at a third Olympics makes me feel truly blessed.

I'm incredibly fortunate to compete at this level and, even more importantly, to inspire a generation. Your messages have been a tremendous source of comfort during this time. My team and I gave everything we had for Paris 2024, leaving it all on the court with no regrets.

Regarding my future, I want to be clear: I will continue, albeit after a small break. My body, and more importantly, my mind need it. However, I plan to carefully evaluate the journey ahead, finding more joy in playing the sport I love so very much ❤️

[Anuj Gurwara @AnujGurwara]

RANT - after watching this distressing video and the ones of that illegal structure falling on people.

Read at your own risk.

India has - more than ever before - become a nation where only those with access to wealth and power are able to lead comfortable lives within the bubbles they construct for themselves.

Everyone else is a statistic and a temporary headline in the event of a tragedy.

Every common person is only racing from birth to death, navigating through one obstacle after another.

For most people, death can literally happen any time - bad roads, flooding, unsafe electrical poles, fights in the neighbourhood, road rage, animals loose in the streets, contaminated foods, botched medical practices, unauthorised structures falling on their heads, broken infrastructure crashing down during or after construction - or just mobs baying for your blood because you are different.

Regulations are a joke. There is no value for human life. The infrastructure and ecosystem is not designed for those without privilege.

Worse still, the overburdened justice system is not reliable.

The era of leaders is over. Politicians have taken over from the mafia. Most who get into politics don’t do so to serve the masses. They do so to get away from them and elevate themselves above the commoners.

Politics is the most profitable taxpayer funded, tax-free business there is.

Movie stars live in ivory towers right in the middle of a garbage dump. Some of them make more money than most Hollywood actors but live less than 1/10th of their lifestyles when in India.

Surrounded by security, assistants and servants - politicians, celebrities and the 1% secure their own bubbles by hook or crook, evade taxes, exploit every legal & financial loophole and avoid accountability.

Yet, we worship them and place them on a pedestal because we want access to the power they hold.

Because we want to be able to know someone when we are in a police station, a hospital or in court. We want to use a reference to get admission, get a job or just get pension.

The collective self esteem of a billion people is at an all time low and being lowered still to suit the political ambition of a few hundred people desperately holding on to power.

The rich won’t protest societal injustice because they can escape into their bubbles whenever needed and pay their way into convenience.

The middle class doesn’t have the time to protest because they’ve been pushed into being on survival mode all day every day. Time lost is money lost.

The poor can’t protest beyond a point because hunger is real and the above two classes won’t allow them to.

Our children are growing up in an environment of corrupted education and contaminated nutrition. Their physical and intellectual growth is stunted when compared to developed countries.

India’s children swing between malnourishment and obesity. An entire generation ahead will feel the effects of of this sheer neglect of childhood.

We don’t care about our young and our elderly. Women are not safe anywhere. Our teenagers are hooked up to dopamine all day - youth in cities, towns and villages are addicted to porn, violent games and on the hunt for get-rich-quick schemes. I blame the system that doesn’t empower them otherwise.

We are squeezed dry to pay direct and indirect taxes, endlessly waiting for our lives to upgrade a little bit.

Buying a vehicle or a home now is literally a process of extracting blood money. Most of India is one medical bill away from poverty.

We haven’t lost count of human tragedies and disasters. We will queue up in the thousands on bridges and hillsides to offer our prayers to the Gods who look on silently at the destruction our own fellow humans have caused in their name.

This post will be forgotten in a few hours too. You and I will both get busy because life goes on and we must move forward with it.

Let’s get back to election gossip, IPL and Orry. Let’s forget about all this. For just one more day.

End.

[Mangalam Maloo @blitzkreigm]

Let me just say it - Air Travel is becoming a mess.

What was once a joyful experience is now becoming a dread.

Unfortunately consumers have no say in it. We're at the behest of a crazily one sided ecosystem.

For a 9 am flight, one's day roughly starts at 5 am and by the time they reach any destination it's past noon at least. Not to mention the crazy mafia of cabbies or the ordeal to get out of the airport post landing.

This 8 hour ordeal is filled with a long journey to the airport, navigating through multiple ID checks, multiple bag screenings, security checks and no real assistance from the staff who only look at everyone as if they're doing them a favour.

This, is assuming the flight is on time and all goes well.

Now God Forbid, If your flight is delayed, your problems have begun to compound. You are now going to get sucked into the quicksand of an apathetic ecosystem.

No clear communication by the staff, no empathy or aid to passengers who may either be old, unwell, travelling for a happy family occasion, a bereavement or even an all important work commitment.

Why is this lopsided?
- If you get to the airport even marginally after their long cut-off time, you aren't allowed to fly. But they can continue to delay flights without any intimation.

- If your bag is even marginally heavier, they won't let it in without charging you. But, if you're carrying just a handbag on a full flight they'll bully you into checking that in, because "no space"

- If you carry a bottle of a beverage, it’s considered a security threat. If they sell the same bottle at 5X the price, it’s convenience.

- They can keep you on a stationery plane without air conditioning, food or even the freedom to use a lavatory. But the minute you show any frustration, they may take strict security action against you and perhaps even make you ineligible for flying.

- You're at the mercy of an airline where gate changes, flight changes, aerobridge and bus changes are frequent and random. But if you miss any of these announcements it's your fault because we told you its a Silent Airport.

- You have to book tickets and pay in full immediately, that’s fair. But they will return the money only in 7 working days after deducting crazy cancellation charges of your initial amount. In a lot of cases, any refund is given through discount vouchers and subject to terms and conditions.

The worst part however is, no one knows a way out of this! Demand-Supply-Cost-Infra-Rules-Regulations-Safety-Security are all important and must be adhered to. Everyone's equally helpless.

The only solution – Airlines - please, please, please – train your staff to be more empathetic, helpful and respectful to passengers and ensure the processes are all customer focused and not just cost focused. What's a process, can't be changed. But what can, is the experience you provide.

Not sure if this will even make a difference to anyone, but that’s all one can do as a customer without much choice, right? Make a suggestion or voice a rant.

An airline isn’t just about stuffing people in a metal tube and transporting them. It’s about connecting people to their loved ones. Parents meeting children in different cities, a couple celebrating a milestone occasion, a family having worked very hard to save up for this trip. It’s a celebration of one of mankind’s greatest inventions.

@airindia @airvistara @AkasaAir @IndiGo6E @flyspicejet @DGCAIndia @consaff @LiveFromALounge @TheSanjivKapoor

[RVCJ Media @RVCJ_FB]

She has more savings than her husband 😂🙌

https://t.co/o68rgW30Jv

[Dr. Ajayita @DoctorAjayita]

Bhaiya, chalo chalo...ho gaya!!!🤣

[Vishal @vishy88]

Just claimed mine, how about you guys? @chukharau @Dogemakemyhappy @kiz92102577 @xalex77xalex @boyazszn @Somklorios @fhienputra @buyholo @JayblaqLLC @nmr_nuno @AdisaMuhammed1 @greatinsta @SonHoang444

[Vishal @vishy88]

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[Piyush Chaudhry @piyushchaudhry]

Expiry Trader

[Dr Arvind Mayaram اروند مایارام अरविंद मायाराम @MayaramArvind]

23 years ago *Bob Geldof* (Pop singer) was interviewed by BBC Newsnight, in 1999. At that time it was assumed he was high while giving this interview, but listen to the predictions he made at that time.

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

India just passed China as the most populous country in the world. Why?

Because of the biggest accident in history

Look at where people live in India. What's that band up north?

[Alok Jain ⚡ @WeekendInvestng]

if #ADAS feature is ON, then this can be prevented !!

[The Hawk Eye @thehawkeyex]

Morbi incident waged the war of visuals with many claims - 10 days, 3 months, 4 yrs old, and so on.

I'm writing his thread after watching more than 25 old videos (before the incident) of Morbi's hanging bridge and found something very disturbing.

Sharing some visuals..

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[R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह @rpsingh]

दो दिन बाज के ना उड़ने से आसमान कबूतरों का नहीं होता है! #ViratKohli #indvspak

[Vishal @vishy88]

More bowlers around the world should start doing it, so the stigma attached to it is removed. Just normalize this form of taking wickets.#DeeptiSharma

[Vishal @vishy88]

Paid for a diagnostic service in cash.Cashier took the 500 rs note and without even looking ,first tapped and then tried to swipe it on the POS machine.#peakbengaluru

[Vishal @vishy88]

@nid_rockz Sir you have been awesome in sharing the results update every season. Plz ignore the naysayers. Thanks a ton for the effort you take to compile and share.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

First full-length trailer #TheRingsOfPower

[Vishal @vishy88]

@StocksResearch Congratulations...

[Vishal @vishy88]

@StocksResearch Greek philosopher

[Ojasvi ಓಜಸ್ವಿ ओजस्वी ஓஜஸ்வி @MonsoonMuse]

Karma is unforgiving! The Chinese are doing to Indian songs exactly what Indians did to Chinese food...😂

https://t.co/f0DucGbOGZ