For three decades, India projected itself as a bright spot in a tough neighborhood. We may remember 2019 as the year it became a trouble spot instead. [My take] wsj.com/articles/modis…

A must read. And a must think. We Are Witnessing a Rediscovery of India’s Republic nytimes.com/2019/12/27/opi…

Friends look someone has to say it but Old Monk is really quite terrible rum. Thanks.

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Through this act, the Supreme Court has let itself down, and has let the Republic down too. A dark day for Indian democracy. ndtv.com/india-news/pra…

The mildest thing we can say about the SC contempt order on Prashant Bhushan is, a great institution is letting itself down. No criticism can undermine the top judiciary more than such thin-skinned shots fired in anger.

Ew! Three sticks of cinnamon!! Also you are like halfway to making chole. Now add a can or so of garbanzo beans, saute a handful of green chillies, and some turmeric. Eat with parathas or onion rice!

Three articles of Civil Service: it takes longer to do things quickly; it is more expensive to do them cheaply; it is more democratic to do them in secret.

As a child of the sixties, I’ve seen every crisis, incl 3 full wars, food shortages, calamities. This is our biggest post-Partition crisis & never has India seen a Govt missing in action like this. No control rooms to call, nobody accountable to reach. It’s a governance rout.

This is one of greatest videos of all time. Just watch till the end! And then watch it again, and again, and again, like I did. Masterful. (Via George? Oh well… 🤦🏻‍♂️)

Today a woman with developmental disabilities came into the library, and said she was lost. She didn't know her address, but her phone number was in her pocket on a piece of paper with Elmo on it. She kept saying, "The library is a safe place."

How the Gandhi family is actively facilitating Hindutva authoritarianism scroll.in/article/101929…

My friend just accurately described the Myers–Briggs test as "astrology for coworkers"

This is nothing. Indians built a country and are destroying it for the glory of one actor :)

Mathematicians are brutally honest people.

Damn, son! Dr. Ambedkar would be proud of you. And will see hope in your knowledge and pursuits.

This is just terrible 💔