#HotTake562: India is interpreting public transit, especially buses, completely wrong. Overcrowding in Indian city buses is the outcome of a chronic supply shortfall. Using AIS-052 standards, a city bus carries ~40 seats plus ~20 standees, i.e. 60 passengers practical capacity.

Firecrackers are not a part of ancient Hindu culture. That does not mean they have not, over time, become a part of traditions around Diwali. I grew up bursting firecrackers and enjoyed them thoroughly. I hope for a future where younger generations can also find some of that

Post Diwali, people are still out of town, there is lesser travel, no severe congestion, and added little rain was a blessing. It’s time Mumbaikars realise that the vehicles & trucks travelling inside Mumbai are a big problems. Aged rickshaws emit 3-5x times harmful emissions.

Humiliating Fact: The British created more open space in Bombay - than we have built after Independence in 1947

Nothing will ever beat the 1992 Olympic Torch lighting

#HotTake299: India’s infrastructure boom is happening with zero regard for urban heat. We’re building cities that trap heat instead of breathing it out. Flyovers, expressways, and high-rises, coastal promenades, riverfront rise fast but trees and green corridors? Always an

Beijing had an AQI reading of 700+ in 2013. It was called an 'airpocalypse'. Schools were shut down. Flights were cancelled. Highways were closed. Hospitals overflowed. It was international embarrassment as foreign embassies issued health warnings and called Beijing

Since #AirPollution is in the news again, let me repost the 9 point Clean Air Plan that I had suggested a year ago. Many of you had added your own excellent ideas. Worth noting that many of us having been putting forward similar suggestions every year for more than a decade.

Ahh what a throwback to good journalism

Mumbai Air Quality: Amid air pollution concerns in the city, BMC has found that 117 of the 400 sensor-based air quality monitors at 1,000-odd construction sites that are linked to its dashboard are inactive, prompting questions from environmental activists about vigilance. It’s

Whare are we becoming? From citizens of a civilisation state to bigoted louts.

The math on this image is insane. New Horizons transmitted at 2,000 bits per second from 3 billion miles away. Slower than a 1990s dial-up modem. It took 16 months to download all the flyby data. The spacecraft had to hit a target box 100km wide, arriving within 150 seconds

Soaring PM 2.5 levels tonight across large parts of the NCR. PM 2.5 is a killer - the link between air pollution and fatalities is empirically attributed in multiple reports. #airpollution

Air pollution is a leading health crisis in India. Latest reports from Lancet and State of Global Air quantify the staggering human cost: between 1.6M and 2M lives lost annually. #AirPollution #PublicHealth #India #ClimateAction"

The brutal killing of Aniel Chakwa in Uttarakhand is not just a tragedy—it is a national disgrace. A young man from Tripura, a proud Indian, was racially abused, dehumanized with slurs like “Chinese” and “momo,” and ultimately murdered. This was not an isolated act of violence;

Mark Tully was a giant among journalists and the greatest Indophile of his generation. He was also a uniquely warm, generous, gentle, kind and helpful man, at whose feet I was honoured to sit for many years as he patiently explained the subtleties & nuances of India. As the

why do indian municipalities send hordes of sweepers who sweep up the dusty non end to end paved roads - that throw up clouds of dust all over and degrade AQI ? why cant we just deploy pickers [ w even bare necessary tools , like arm assists ] or vacuum based tools are we all

India's manufacturing PMI has not dropped below 55 for the last 5 years, outpacing every country and economic zone in the world This is quite incredible and visible with the crazy ramp especially in electronics

Today I sat down with Yash Kela , Founder and CIO of Singularity AMC. This is part of our series introducing the young generation of investors and wealth builders in India that have so much to offer , a fresh perspective , deep research and are building for new India. Yash

Listen in to my good friend and our CIO Yash Kela talk about why we're so excited about Strategic Autonomy as an investment theme in India! Singularity AMC