Between the pandemic & california mega fires & american dysfunction 2020 has been Mike Davis' cassandraesque year. But every time you think he's hit Peak Bleak, turns out he's still climbing... substack.sashafrerejones.com/p/friday-decem…

Here are the 4 phases of India tech, according to Anand C 1. Outsourced dev - eg. Infosys 2. "The X of India" - eg. Flipkart 3. Building for the world - eg. Freshworks Inc 4. India-first - eg. Paytm Links to the full episode →

I want to say this to Indian Muslims on behalf of a majority of Indian Hindus. You are seen & heard, loved & treasured. Your pain is our pain. Your patriotism is not in question, your identity is not a threat to India or to anyone else's religion. We are one Nation, one family.

They are so racist and annoyed they can't even mention his name. We will correct it for them• Senegal born Khaby Lame has now officially unseat Charli D'Amelio as the Most followed TikTok star with 142.5 Million followers•

“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Amen. And note the fact that it’s a 3-justice dissent, jointly written. Very, very rare.

The Supreme Court on 24 June 2022 dismissed Zakia Jafri's protest petition which challenged the #SIT report on #Gulbarg Society Massacre in 2002 Gujarat riots which led to the death of 69 people including her husband Ehsan Jafri. Here is what she had said

#ZakiyaJafri Note the fact that no judge has taken responsibility for authoring the judgment . This happened with the Ayodhya judgment also . All that remains is for the Judges to have a meal together.

China is tapping the world’s biggest iron ore deposit in a remote mountain range in Guinea. To do it means disrupting a delicate ecosystem and at least 450 local villages. Read The Big Take ⬇️ trib.al/wTz6A4C

I don’t even know what to say……..

"It started innocently enough on a beautiful summer day in Kennebunkport, with the ocean sparkling and a lunch of crab meat salad and English muffins." nytimes.com/2022/06/25/opi…

Today in Delhi NCR 😇

Cairo’s beautiful houseboats along the Nile are under threat, the latest attack on the city’s heritage by Egyptian authorities:

What a thread!!

Central banks in Asia are tapping into their stockpiles to bolster their weakening currencies against a rising US dollar trib.al/UiPGawu

Re continues to slide even after the RBI sold $10 billion from India’s forex reserves past fortnight to arrest the fall. Now forex reserves are at $590 billion,down from $642 billion last September. ET reports Centre mulling import curbs to save dollars! Can start with gold.

Just before she was chosen to host Surabhi, Renuka Shahane starred with Shah Rukh Khan in the TV show Circus directed by Aziz Mirza and Kundan Shah The entire show can be watched on Prasar Bharati प्रसार भारती archives Prasar Bharati Archives प्रसार भारती अभिलेखागार's YouTube channel youtube.com/watch?v=pq_9Zx…

Afghan Girls Ask That Schooling Be Discussed at National Gathering #TOLOnews tolonews.com/afghanistan-17…