This aside, I never understood the continued usage of this colour pattern on the boards. British used this pattern and continue to do so as these colours are part of their flag. Decolonisation much?

E.B. White, “Here Is New York” (1949) There are three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts it size and its turbulence s natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter –

Hello, hello twitter fam, it’s been sometime that I released any music so here we go. The song “Gum Ho Jayen” celebrates young, defiant love blooming in the crush of crowds of Mumbai, the maximum city. Do your thing! Full song at youtu.be/-ZuD3nk-JPA?si…

गुम हो जाएँ, मुंबई की गलियों में Sanjoy Das Guitar

File under “you can lose but never be a loser”

Reminder to myself!

Someday we will find a strong correlation between these protests and the high number of non-stem useless grad/post grad courses in India. On one hand, I see young men and women looking to be doctors/engineers/CAs putting incredible number of hours in studies, unable to find

> be Terence Tao > born in Australia > starts doing math at age 2 > taking university-level classes by age 9 > training with top math students by 10 > wins IMO bronze at 13 > silver at 14 > gold with a perfect score at 15 > youngest person in history to achieve that > completes

Well, an infinite number of mathematicians go to a bar. The first mathematician orders one pint of beer, the second one says give me half of the first one. The third one says give me half of the second one and so on. How many total pints of beer would that be?

तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च । मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम् ॥ Bhagwan said, always remember me and do your duty. (Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 8, Verse 7) Starting my day with this reminder!🙏

सा ते भवतु सुप्रीता देवी शिखर-वासिनी। उग्रेण तपसा लब्धो यया पशुपति: पति:॥

What a talented soul, you will be missed!

An annual reminder - the only true minority in India is the community of income tax payers.

Ability to speak in English is an utterly aspirational trait in India. So much so that Indians who may otherwise converse in their native tongue will choose to speak in English when upset or in an argument. It helps score a brownie point as ability to articulate in English is