Devina Sengupta across classrooms, workplaces and boardrooms. Also do read the story, which features the work of excellent people like Nikhil Taneja Paromita Vohra and Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies who are countering this trend by talking about masculinity in more wholesome ways

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#Bangalore peepul
(How perfectly poised between Politics and Mellness which I'm guessing is the mellow non influencer version of wellness 😎

A retiring train driver. An emotional moment.

Satisfying photos for perfectionists - thread 🧵

1. Crescent Moon bridge by Yier Wang

i remember reading this as a child & noticed how every other actor mentioned f.r.i.e.n.d.s as their favourite TV series, but because shah rukh mentioned krishi darshan, I tried my very best to watch it and refused to accept for that longest time that I just found it boring 😭

A few hours ago, my mother asked me to fetch the chat masala a very famous chat shop uses in his chat. I went & asked for the same. The shopkeeper initially told me that they don't sell masala separately. Then he asked why do you want it. I said, it's for dahi bada on Eid, so we…

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Do you know of the technique of rotating the pencil for even line weight while drafting architectural drawings? Ever wondered how the iconic 18 foot bronze statue crowing Lakshmi Insurance Building made its way to the top? Enjoy tales from the office of Master, Sathe & Bhuta in…

View of Athpula, Lodhi Gardens. Before it gets too hot.

Jackfruit and Gulmohar made with common rock rose, ferns, plastic net, bubble wrap, and salt on watercolour

Missing the richness of my Bombay life. Was lucky to have friends from all communities, see a bit of their heritage. To be fed til-gud (& taught to pronounce it correctly, with a D folded into the L), homemade Puran poli, steamed modak. Looked forward to feeding my friends siwain

Again, the difference in framing is intentional.

Compare a 2022 NYT headline about Russia starving Ukrainians to two recent headlines about Israel starving Palestinians in Gaza.

Bathroom Wall/Floor with Rothko Hindsight

University of Chicago grad school desis told me 25 years ago about a PhD student named gaand-mukh, but I never expected to see him in the wild. ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt.

I hope one day we are able to thank Zubair enough. Boss, for you one good meen kuzhambu + kola urundai + omelette meal whenever you want it. Mohammed Zubair

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“A careless script without any screwball absurdity feels like they know we, the audience, are hungry for fun films with women and would settle. Why should boys have all the capitalism, bas?”

Excellent reading of a flawed-but-fun film #Crew

Morgan M Page Eileen Chang

'A middle-class complicit in a capitalist dream. Temporary rewards, followed by unpaid EMIs. A new party voted into power—for development—but crony capitalists got rich and ditched the nation. The poor get screwed. The middle-classes teeter.'