The sky was very dramatic, all day long
Just pics of people looking cool on a yacht.
Did I mention that we all caught a cold. But it was 💯 worth it.
Did I mention that we all caught a cold. But it was 💯 worth it.
The current was strong enough to require tethering at all times - with two hands, or hands and feet. Otherwise we'd end up in the sea.
The high point was definitely jumping into the river while the boat was anchored. The fast flowing current whisked us away as soon as we hit the water.
Random gorgeousness
Most of these pics haven't been taken by me. Which explains how they've turned out so beautiful.
Although it might appear from this pic that he is being towed, Nilay did kayak back and forth quite independently.
My prior experience with kayaking 🛶 was a bad one 20 years ago. This was definitely a lot of fun, and something I'd like to do over and over again.
So, you know, we could do this if you come visit us.
So, you know, we could do this if you come visit us.
We went kayaking to an island that appears and disappears with the tide.
The sunset was gorgeous. Such colours in the sky. The photographs do not do justice.
The changing light at sunset time meant that each photograph has come out applied with its own unique filter.
Someone actually took a pic of me... although it isn't a flattering pic at all.
The boys had a lot of fun ❤️
Sunday was spent sailing on the Chapora River
Yesterday I was ranting about how slow the ICMR is. Now handle this. This cough syrup was handed out (for free) to a friend at the Mapusa District Hospital. This is not a homeopathic hospital, like the ones that the Delhi state government runs. Of course this syrup isn't working, and my friend is now going to a private pharmacy to get lozenges.
What next is coming to a modern-medicine hospital near you - गाय का पेशाब?
What next is coming to a modern-medicine hospital near you - गाय का पेशाब?
I'm surprised that there are still people out there who believe that trickle down economics is even a thing. Its like, if you put greater and greater wealth in the hands of the privileged who have inherited their wealth and social capital, then somehow they and their ivy league educated henchmen will put the wealth back in your hands. You'd really have to be on drugs to believe that nonsense.
A full year after the WHO stated that they are useless, the ICMR has moved to remove HCQ and Ivermectin from its Covid SOP.
I don't know much about the ICMR, but clearly such bureaucratic speed of operation does not suit a science driven organisation.
I don't know much about the ICMR, but clearly such bureaucratic speed of operation does not suit a science driven organisation.
In 1993, when I was relocating from Delhi for Bhopal, Tarun gifted me a cassette with some Bob Dylan music.
An year later, visiting family friends who lived above some shops in 10 Number Market, I heard another Bob Dylan album. Not wanting to copy music, I pedalled all over Bhopal looking for a cassette of Under The Red Sky, unsuccessfully.
Spending the summer of 1996 at Panjab University Chandigarh, I finally scored another Bob Dylan cassette in the Sector 17 market, for the princely sum of ₹150.
A few minutes ago, I opened Spotify and typed in Bob Dylan, and every song ever created by the legend was available to me.
So accustomed are we to the relentless march of technology, that new developments rarely shock or excite us. Till something we do brings with it a flood of memories - of longing, of searching, and of wanting to belong.
[Nilay is the same age now. Every Saturday evening he cycles to Anjuna Beach, where a bunch of teenagers gather to skateboard and hang. He belongs, in a way that he has never belonged before. When he gets back home, the 25km range of his cycle battery has long been spent. The freedom to go wherever they want, be with whoever they desire, and do whatever they love, is all that teenagers (or any of us, for that matter) crave.]
An year later, visiting family friends who lived above some shops in 10 Number Market, I heard another Bob Dylan album. Not wanting to copy music, I pedalled all over Bhopal looking for a cassette of Under The Red Sky, unsuccessfully.
Spending the summer of 1996 at Panjab University Chandigarh, I finally scored another Bob Dylan cassette in the Sector 17 market, for the princely sum of ₹150.
A few minutes ago, I opened Spotify and typed in Bob Dylan, and every song ever created by the legend was available to me.
So accustomed are we to the relentless march of technology, that new developments rarely shock or excite us. Till something we do brings with it a flood of memories - of longing, of searching, and of wanting to belong.
[Nilay is the same age now. Every Saturday evening he cycles to Anjuna Beach, where a bunch of teenagers gather to skateboard and hang. He belongs, in a way that he has never belonged before. When he gets back home, the 25km range of his cycle battery has long been spent. The freedom to go wherever they want, be with whoever they desire, and do whatever they love, is all that teenagers (or any of us, for that matter) crave.]
Every evening
As I walked back after dinner
I would see the man
Through the expansive glass windows
Of villa number seven
Sitting on the floor
Watching television
While the family of three
Sat around the dining table
Enjoying their meal
"Decent people"
That is what you might say
If you met the family somewhere
"Genteel"
Well heeled
Well educated
With their pretty rain washed SUV
Parked outside
And yet they chose to drive
Their feudalism
With them
In their fancy SUV
All the way from Mumbai to Goa
Nice people
Bhale log
Make the people that feed them sit on the floor
While they revel on the high table
As I walked back after dinner
I would see the man
Through the expansive glass windows
Of villa number seven
Sitting on the floor
Watching television
While the family of three
Sat around the dining table
Enjoying their meal
"Decent people"
That is what you might say
If you met the family somewhere
"Genteel"
Well heeled
Well educated
With their pretty rain washed SUV
Parked outside
And yet they chose to drive
Their feudalism
With them
In their fancy SUV
All the way from Mumbai to Goa
Nice people
Bhale log
Make the people that feed them sit on the floor
While they revel on the high table
The neighbour's kids were bursting crackers, just for fun. Nilay and Kavin were initially annoyed by the smoke and noise - their default reaction to crackers. Then they went and joined in for a bit.
Once done, the kids† cleaned up the street together. Kavin claims that you can't even tell that crackers were ever burst on that road. He says that in Gurgaon they'd just mess up the place and leave it like that.
I've put an inordinate amount of effort into moving to Goa. But it is moments like these that pay me my dividends. I'm not saying Goan society is perfectly casteless or classless. But the absence of indentured labour or vulnerable poor, coupled with greater civic awareness, means that every mess you make isn't automatically someone else's problem. I am hopeful that Goa will erode some of the sense of entitlement that the kids would have absorbed growing up in NCR.
† For both the bursting of the crackers and the cleaning of the streets, the neighbour's kids took the lead and my kids merely followed. That's kind of the point of the post - if my kids already had these values perfectly in place, then we wouldn't need to move cross country for them to learn.
Once done, the kids† cleaned up the street together. Kavin claims that you can't even tell that crackers were ever burst on that road. He says that in Gurgaon they'd just mess up the place and leave it like that.
I've put an inordinate amount of effort into moving to Goa. But it is moments like these that pay me my dividends. I'm not saying Goan society is perfectly casteless or classless. But the absence of indentured labour or vulnerable poor, coupled with greater civic awareness, means that every mess you make isn't automatically someone else's problem. I am hopeful that Goa will erode some of the sense of entitlement that the kids would have absorbed growing up in NCR.
† For both the bursting of the crackers and the cleaning of the streets, the neighbour's kids took the lead and my kids merely followed. That's kind of the point of the post - if my kids already had these values perfectly in place, then we wouldn't need to move cross country for them to learn.
Humanity has a WALL·E up on Mars and it takes beautiful, crisp photographs of the Martian landscape and sends them to us. And it does science up there, every day. And it takes selfies - the only time that selfies are acceptable.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTyBjEFq3hP/
If we took a moment every day to think about what we are doing up in space collectively, we would realise that our problems here on Earth are also surmountable.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTyBjEFq3hP/
If we took a moment every day to think about what we are doing up in space collectively, we would realise that our problems here on Earth are also surmountable.
Randall Munroe did his research and says that the Covid vaccines work great. That's good enough for me.
https://xkcd.com/2515/
https://xkcd.com/2515/
Clive Sinclair, the inventor of the first computer I used independently, is no more.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/16/home-computing-pioneer-sir-clive-sinclair-dies-aged-81
The ZX Spectrum made technology affordable and usable for an entire generation of kids. I've spent many afternoons copying Basic games and programs from printed books using its rubber keys, learning programming in the process.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/16/home-computing-pioneer-sir-clive-sinclair-dies-aged-81
The ZX Spectrum made technology affordable and usable for an entire generation of kids. I've spent many afternoons copying Basic games and programs from printed books using its rubber keys, learning programming in the process.
What if I willed the pandemic!
Due to air pollution in Gurgaon and Delhi, my children used to wear masks all the time. N99 and N95 masks with valves. They were usually the only ones wearing a mask, at their school and at events.
How I wished that more children would wear N95 masks, so my kids didn't feel out of place. I even complained to their teachers.
And now, here we all are. Always masked in public.
Due to air pollution in Gurgaon and Delhi, my children used to wear masks all the time. N99 and N95 masks with valves. They were usually the only ones wearing a mask, at their school and at events.
How I wished that more children would wear N95 masks, so my kids didn't feel out of place. I even complained to their teachers.
And now, here we all are. Always masked in public.
What if I willed the pandemic!
Due to air pollution in Gurgaon and Delhi, my children used to wear masks all the time. N99 and N95 masks with valves. They were usually the only ones wearing a mask, at their school and at events.
How I wished that more children would wear N95 masks, so my kids didn't feel out of place. I even complained to their teachers.
And now, here we all are. All masked in public.
Due to air pollution in Gurgaon and Delhi, my children used to wear masks all the time. N99 and N95 masks with valves. They were usually the only ones wearing a mask, at their school and at events.
How I wished that more children would wear N95 masks, so my kids didn't feel out of place. I even complained to their teachers.
And now, here we all are. All masked in public.
The unvaccinated are dying. Their death rates are disproportionately high.
If you're spreading fear and doubt about vaccines, their deaths are on you.
Unvaccinated deaths due to covid are very high. The death rates of people dying right after vaccination - whether that was due to the vaccine or not - are very low. Post vaccination complications are also minuscule compared to long covid complication rates.
The disease is the problem now. Long term vaccine may also a problem in future, but a much smaller problem.
It's like how I was worried in the ICU that they are giving me steroids. The nurse told me that it would be helpful if I focused on getting out alive, rather than worrying about any possible aftereffects if I survived. Sure, I'm putting on weight now. But if I start running I will lose that weight. But hard to be running if I'm dead, no?
Stop spreading fear about vaccinations. You're causing a massacre bigger than WW2.
If you're spreading fear and doubt about vaccines, their deaths are on you.
Unvaccinated deaths due to covid are very high. The death rates of people dying right after vaccination - whether that was due to the vaccine or not - are very low. Post vaccination complications are also minuscule compared to long covid complication rates.
The disease is the problem now. Long term vaccine may also a problem in future, but a much smaller problem.
It's like how I was worried in the ICU that they are giving me steroids. The nurse told me that it would be helpful if I focused on getting out alive, rather than worrying about any possible aftereffects if I survived. Sure, I'm putting on weight now. But if I start running I will lose that weight. But hard to be running if I'm dead, no?
Stop spreading fear about vaccinations. You're causing a massacre bigger than WW2.
In 2001 I landed at Boston airport. The first time I'd ever been outside India, as also the first time I had taken a flight alone.
My sister, who was studying at Cincinnati, would arrive in Boston that evening. But I had landed in the morning. MIT, where I was going to intern for the summer, had put me up at a bed and breakfast near Harvard Square. But I had no preparation or plan on how to get from the airport to the BnB. (I had frequently traveled solo in India, and had not expected the Americans to make public transport in one of their major cities so complicated and so expensive).
Before I left, someone had given me the phone number of a couple of AID folks in Boston. So, swapping a dollar bill for quarters, I called Om Damani. He was surprised, and a little bemused. We had never spoken before, and I don't think that before that day he even knew I existed. Nevertheless, he drove down to the airport in the slight summer rain to pick me up, and brought me to his home.
Cut to now. I've just landed in Mumbai, and Om bhai is at the airport to receive me. In the age of Uber and Covid, he has chosen to drive down from Powai to pick me up.
Some people never change. Which is such a wonderful thing. 🤗❤️
My sister, who was studying at Cincinnati, would arrive in Boston that evening. But I had landed in the morning. MIT, where I was going to intern for the summer, had put me up at a bed and breakfast near Harvard Square. But I had no preparation or plan on how to get from the airport to the BnB. (I had frequently traveled solo in India, and had not expected the Americans to make public transport in one of their major cities so complicated and so expensive).
Before I left, someone had given me the phone number of a couple of AID folks in Boston. So, swapping a dollar bill for quarters, I called Om Damani. He was surprised, and a little bemused. We had never spoken before, and I don't think that before that day he even knew I existed. Nevertheless, he drove down to the airport in the slight summer rain to pick me up, and brought me to his home.
Cut to now. I've just landed in Mumbai, and Om bhai is at the airport to receive me. In the age of Uber and Covid, he has chosen to drive down from Powai to pick me up.
Some people never change. Which is such a wonderful thing. 🤗❤️
Peoples, am visiting Mumbai-Pune-Delhi, आज से
अब के मिल लो। आगे का क्या भरोसा।
अब के मिल लो। आगे का क्या भरोसा।
You'd think the Goa life is all sun and sand. But I'm at the beach after 1 1⁄2 months.
I should do this more often. If only it weren't raining incessantly.
I should do this more often. If only it weren't raining incessantly.
Ha hah. Writing when under the influence...
... of Wodehouse.
... of Wodehouse.
This album celebrates the childlike curiosity of Vijay Sharma.
This is how smart boys go to school.
When we were young, sparrows would visit our home near Yusuf Sarai in Delhi. We'd have to rush and open the French windows of the house, and turn off the ceiling fans to protect them.
As we grew up, the birds around us seemed to have learnt to stay out of human homes. Until this month. Here in Goa, we have scaly-breasted munias visiting us sometimes. And, well, they're stupid. They keep fluttering against the fixed glass panes of the windows for an agonisingly long time, when there is an open window right underneath (see the pic for context).
I suppose the spotted munias forage in the paddy fields around our house. And visit us to snack on all the insects we harbour indoors. Perhaps I'll have the kids put stickers on all the fixed panes, to alert the birds.
(These social, communal birds are frequently caged. The pet trade calls them the Spice Finch. Its... so sad.)
As we grew up, the birds around us seemed to have learnt to stay out of human homes. Until this month. Here in Goa, we have scaly-breasted munias visiting us sometimes. And, well, they're stupid. They keep fluttering against the fixed glass panes of the windows for an agonisingly long time, when there is an open window right underneath (see the pic for context).
I suppose the spotted munias forage in the paddy fields around our house. And visit us to snack on all the insects we harbour indoors. Perhaps I'll have the kids put stickers on all the fixed panes, to alert the birds.
(These social, communal birds are frequently caged. The pet trade calls them the Spice Finch. Its... so sad.)
I first came across AAC devices when volunteering with the SSSI in Chennai as a college student.
Millions of needy children in India are deprived of the basic right to communicate, because not enough work is being done in the AAC space in India. It isn't just devices. As this little story shows, a pencil and a paper can also create a communication board that can help a non verbal child get the word across.
Millions of needy children in India are deprived of the basic right to communicate, because not enough work is being done in the AAC space in India. It isn't just devices. As this little story shows, a pencil and a paper can also create a communication board that can help a non verbal child get the word across.
Got fully vaccinated today.
What a lovely experience. The staff at the Government District Hospital in Mapusa were more organised and helpful than the fancy Medanta Team that gave me my first dose.
What a lovely experience. The staff at the Government District Hospital in Mapusa were more organised and helpful than the fancy Medanta Team that gave me my first dose.
I can't remember till what age I had this problem. I had to walk aligned to tiles. I assumed it is a mental disease and didn't tell a soul from fear of being ostracised.
Then I saw someone do this in a movie and realised its pretty common behaviour. Now someone has built an entire business out of people sharing their cringe worthy weirdness and called it Reddit.
Then I saw someone do this in a movie and realised its pretty common behaviour. Now someone has built an entire business out of people sharing their cringe worthy weirdness and called it Reddit.
This is what freedom looks like. Kavin's cycle has finally arrived from Gurgaon, so I no longer have to ferry him to school on a scooter.
It's drum circle season
As many of you might know, I founded a company in 2007, with the mission to create computers for the rural market.
India has 35 crore children of school going age, 30 crore of whom have been without (online) education for the last 1.5 years. In 2007, the digital divide was about children finishing school without any computer skills. Hiring managers said - if you can’t type on a computer, you might as well not know how to write. But today, it’s a lot worse. With the rise of EdTech and online education, the unfair advantage to those who have access to YouTube and app/web based education is simply disgraceful.
Thinvent has done a great job (if I may say so myself) of building rugged, reliable, hassle free computers that last much longer than the average desktop or laptop, while facing the heat, dust and erratic power of rural India and Africa. We have large customers like the Railways, banks, logistics companies, startups and chains of educational institutions, who have given us repeat orders for over a decade now.
While much of our revenue comes from the B2B segment, we also rock in the consumer segment. Our online education star, the Micro 5, is a quad core 1.5 GHz computer with 2 GB RAM and WiFi, Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity. It supports Zoom and Google Meet, and lets students comfortably attend classes, conduct online research and finish assignments. In the hallowed tradition of eating our own dog food, my younger son Kavin attended classes on the predecessor of the Micro 5, the Micro 4, for many months during the lockdown of 2020. The Micro 5 sells for just ₹2,150 and is supported for at least five years (taxes, shipping, keyboard, mouse and monitor extra).
Our products have frequently been bestsellers on Amazon. We support home and small business customers across the vastness of India. However, one thing we haven’t invested in is marketing. We have lived by the adage that once you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door. In our case, that has held true mostly for technically aware customers, who can appreciate the long term value of our product.
And that brings me to the point of this post. We are going to be raising money by selling equity in the company, and using that money to reach out to the vast consumer base in India and other emerging economies that _deserves_ to be using our computers. If you know someone looking to invest a few lakh rupees in a company that has been profitable for years, and has a track record of growth and customer satisfaction, please do send them my way. I have some aesthetic graphs to share with them.
[ We are, at the moment, not talking to large investors. There are certain core values that we will not compromise on in the pursuit of growth - paramount being that we do not exploit our workers. We provide full time employment to all who manufacture and test our computers, and cover all their healthcare and education expenses. We aren’t in the race to be the cheapest manufacturer of computers; but we do know that we are the best.
We work hard to reduce the environmental impact of our computers. We replace 10 kilogram computers that consume 50 Watts of power and have a supply chain that winds round and round the Earth, with 200 gram 5 Watt computers built with components sourced from our thirty odd suppliers spread across Delhi/NCR (and some crucial help from our friends in Taiwan). Even those 200 grams, we choose carefully to have the least impact on the planet, and then fastidiously recycle at the end of the computer’s life.
When you invest in Thinvent, your money creates meaningful jobs for school pass outs, diploma holders and engineers from diverse backgrounds. We give them the freedom to solve real world problems in engineering and operations, with ownership and fulfilment. We also foster an ecosystem of reliable computer component manufacturers in India, by asking our suppliers to focus on quality not undercutting the Chinese. If you make what we need in India and you make it well, we will be sure to source it from you instead of importing it. ]
India has 35 crore children of school going age, 30 crore of whom have been without (online) education for the last 1.5 years. In 2007, the digital divide was about children finishing school without any computer skills. Hiring managers said - if you can’t type on a computer, you might as well not know how to write. But today, it’s a lot worse. With the rise of EdTech and online education, the unfair advantage to those who have access to YouTube and app/web based education is simply disgraceful.
Thinvent has done a great job (if I may say so myself) of building rugged, reliable, hassle free computers that last much longer than the average desktop or laptop, while facing the heat, dust and erratic power of rural India and Africa. We have large customers like the Railways, banks, logistics companies, startups and chains of educational institutions, who have given us repeat orders for over a decade now.
While much of our revenue comes from the B2B segment, we also rock in the consumer segment. Our online education star, the Micro 5, is a quad core 1.5 GHz computer with 2 GB RAM and WiFi, Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity. It supports Zoom and Google Meet, and lets students comfortably attend classes, conduct online research and finish assignments. In the hallowed tradition of eating our own dog food, my younger son Kavin attended classes on the predecessor of the Micro 5, the Micro 4, for many months during the lockdown of 2020. The Micro 5 sells for just ₹2,150 and is supported for at least five years (taxes, shipping, keyboard, mouse and monitor extra).
Our products have frequently been bestsellers on Amazon. We support home and small business customers across the vastness of India. However, one thing we haven’t invested in is marketing. We have lived by the adage that once you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door. In our case, that has held true mostly for technically aware customers, who can appreciate the long term value of our product.
And that brings me to the point of this post. We are going to be raising money by selling equity in the company, and using that money to reach out to the vast consumer base in India and other emerging economies that _deserves_ to be using our computers. If you know someone looking to invest a few lakh rupees in a company that has been profitable for years, and has a track record of growth and customer satisfaction, please do send them my way. I have some aesthetic graphs to share with them.
[ We are, at the moment, not talking to large investors. There are certain core values that we will not compromise on in the pursuit of growth - paramount being that we do not exploit our workers. We provide full time employment to all who manufacture and test our computers, and cover all their healthcare and education expenses. We aren’t in the race to be the cheapest manufacturer of computers; but we do know that we are the best.
We work hard to reduce the environmental impact of our computers. We replace 10 kilogram computers that consume 50 Watts of power and have a supply chain that winds round and round the Earth, with 200 gram 5 Watt computers built with components sourced from our thirty odd suppliers spread across Delhi/NCR (and some crucial help from our friends in Taiwan). Even those 200 grams, we choose carefully to have the least impact on the planet, and then fastidiously recycle at the end of the computer’s life.
When you invest in Thinvent, your money creates meaningful jobs for school pass outs, diploma holders and engineers from diverse backgrounds. We give them the freedom to solve real world problems in engineering and operations, with ownership and fulfilment. We also foster an ecosystem of reliable computer component manufacturers in India, by asking our suppliers to focus on quality not undercutting the Chinese. If you make what we need in India and you make it well, we will be sure to source it from you instead of importing it. ]
We use Razorpay for collections from small customers who can't pay through UPI/IMPS.
ICICI has been hard selling their solution to us; their rates are apparently much cheaper than Razorpay.
Last night we paid ICICI Lombard GIC, and they used Razorpay for the collection, not ICICI's own solution.
The truth is that Razorpay has taken the simple but crucial problem of payment collection, and made it remarkably easy. The whole experience is beautiful. Yes, they charge their pound of flesh for it, but we gladly pay, because hey, payments are important.
If you are a small business, I Strongly recommend RazorPay. If you have customers who can't scan a UPI code and pay from their personal bank account, or do an NEFT/IMPS from their current account, then RazorPay is the way to go for collecting payments over the web, email and chat/WhatsApp. Especially if you have multiple people making collections, and they need to know instantly if the payment was received or not, but you don't want to give them access to online banking.
ICICI has been hard selling their solution to us; their rates are apparently much cheaper than Razorpay.
Last night we paid ICICI Lombard GIC, and they used Razorpay for the collection, not ICICI's own solution.
The truth is that Razorpay has taken the simple but crucial problem of payment collection, and made it remarkably easy. The whole experience is beautiful. Yes, they charge their pound of flesh for it, but we gladly pay, because hey, payments are important.
If you are a small business, I Strongly recommend RazorPay. If you have customers who can't scan a UPI code and pay from their personal bank account, or do an NEFT/IMPS from their current account, then RazorPay is the way to go for collecting payments over the web, email and chat/WhatsApp. Especially if you have multiple people making collections, and they need to know instantly if the payment was received or not, but you don't want to give them access to online banking.
I can't lift my kids any more. Not much. They miss it, sometimes. Till a while ago, they used to miss it a lot more.
I blame their growth spurt. And my back. But I can fix it. If I try.
Being able to lift and spin them around has been my main motivation to fix my body up through some drastic lifestyle changes. Less sitting and working. More movement. Being in nature frequently.
Which is why I found this video magical. What I would do, for that one lift.
(Waking Kavin up has always been a challenge. Not being able to simply lift him out of bed has led to me turning into a human alarm clock every morning. Sigh.)
I blame their growth spurt. And my back. But I can fix it. If I try.
Being able to lift and spin them around has been my main motivation to fix my body up through some drastic lifestyle changes. Less sitting and working. More movement. Being in nature frequently.
Which is why I found this video magical. What I would do, for that one lift.
(Waking Kavin up has always been a challenge. Not being able to simply lift him out of bed has led to me turning into a human alarm clock every morning. Sigh.)
ArunachAlabama!
And what the heck TN?
And what the heck TN?
सुबह नौ बजे एक प्याला coffee पी थी। रात के नौ बज गए पर रगों में खून अब भी दुगनी रफ़्तार से दौड़ रहा।
यह Blue Tokai वाले caffeine परोस रहे या amphetamine (speed)?
यह Blue Tokai वाले caffeine परोस रहे या amphetamine (speed)?
इक दफ़ा वो याद है तुमको
बिन बत्ती जब साइकिल का चालान हुआ था?
हमने कैसे भूखे-प्यासे बेचारों सी एक्टिंग की थी
हवलदार ने उल्टा एक अट्ठनी देकर भेज दिया था
एक चव्वनी मेरी थी
वो भिजवा दो...
सावन के कुछ भीगे भीगे दिन रखे हैं
और इक खत में लिपटी रात पड़ी है
वो रात बुझा दो
और भी कुछ सामान तुम्हारे पास पड़ा है
वो भिजवा दो
पतझड़ हैं कुछ
पतझड़ में कुछ पत्तों के गिरने की आहट
कानों में पहनकर लौट आई थी
पतझड़ की वो शाख अभी तक
काँप रही है
वो शाख गिरा दो
मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो
एक अकेली छतरी में जब
आधे आधे भीग रहे थे
आधे सूखे आधे गीले
सूखा तो मैं ले आई थी
गीला मन शायद बिस्तर के पास पड़ा हो
वो भिजवा दो
मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो
एक सौ सोलह चाँद की रातें
एक तुम्हारे काँधे का तिल
गीली मेहँदी की खुशबू
झूठ-मूठ के शिकवे कुछ
झूठ-मूठ के वादे भी सब याद करदूं
सब भिजवा दो
मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो
सब भिजवा दो
मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो
एक इजाज़त देदो बस
जब इनको दफ़नउंगी
मैं भी वहीँ सो जाउंगी
मैं भी वहीँ सो जाउंगी...
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बिन बत्ती जब साइकिल का चालान हुआ था?
हमने कैसे भूखे-प्यासे बेचारों सी एक्टिंग की थी
हवलदार ने उल्टा एक अट्ठनी देकर भेज दिया था
एक चव्वनी मेरी थी
वो भिजवा दो...
सावन के कुछ भीगे भीगे दिन रखे हैं
और इक खत में लिपटी रात पड़ी है
वो रात बुझा दो
और भी कुछ सामान तुम्हारे पास पड़ा है
वो भिजवा दो
पतझड़ हैं कुछ
पतझड़ में कुछ पत्तों के गिरने की आहट
कानों में पहनकर लौट आई थी
पतझड़ की वो शाख अभी तक
काँप रही है
वो शाख गिरा दो
मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो
एक अकेली छतरी में जब
आधे आधे भीग रहे थे
आधे सूखे आधे गीले
सूखा तो मैं ले आई थी
गीला मन शायद बिस्तर के पास पड़ा हो
वो भिजवा दो
मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो
एक सौ सोलह चाँद की रातें
एक तुम्हारे काँधे का तिल
गीली मेहँदी की खुशबू
झूठ-मूठ के शिकवे कुछ
झूठ-मूठ के वादे भी सब याद करदूं
सब भिजवा दो
मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो
सब भिजवा दो
मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो
एक इजाज़त देदो बस
जब इनको दफ़नउंगी
मैं भी वहीँ सो जाउंगी
मैं भी वहीँ सो जाउंगी...
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Muk-muka: deal
Winters... when the boys were learning salsa on the beach.
The rains are nice. But the winters are better.
The rains are nice. But the winters are better.
Ha ha ha. I'm so desi, I always thought Carrara is a place near Makrana in Rajasthan. I mean, they sound similar, don't they? And both places produce marbles.
Why some people import marble from Italy to adorn their toilets, I cannot tell.
Why some people import marble from Italy to adorn their toilets, I cannot tell.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/over-40-000-breakthrough-infections-or-covid-cases-in-vaccinated-people-in-kerala-source-2507884 - I think it is time the government started educating people on what the current vaccines can and cannot do. The vaccines as they stand today cannot _prevent_ infection. They cannot also _prevent_ disease, fever, sickness. They can greatly improve the _outcome_, or in other words, reduce mortality, ICU admissions and severity of the disease.
Vaccines that can prevent infection in the nose (https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/covid-vaccine-prevents-covid-disease-transmission-animals-study-results-1826943-2021-07-12), and then transmission on to others, are under development, but likely won't be widely available till 2021. I am not a scientist, but herd immunity is not an achievable goal till such vaccines are mass manufactured and administered.
Therefore, even after vaccination, people must maintain distance, try and meet in open, well ventilated places as much as possible, mask up, and stop scratching their noses.
Ayyo, when all this is over, I will need therapy.
Vaccines that can prevent infection in the nose (https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/covid-vaccine-prevents-covid-disease-transmission-animals-study-results-1826943-2021-07-12), and then transmission on to others, are under development, but likely won't be widely available till 2021. I am not a scientist, but herd immunity is not an achievable goal till such vaccines are mass manufactured and administered.
Therefore, even after vaccination, people must maintain distance, try and meet in open, well ventilated places as much as possible, mask up, and stop scratching their noses.
Ayyo, when all this is over, I will need therapy.
Yesterday the kids and I had a long chat about activities they might pursue seriously over the next few years. Maths is a topic of interest to Kavin. I told him that I once qualified the RMO and sat in the INMO exam. If he is serious about maths, the IMO is not a bad goal to pursue.
Today I dug up the INMO 2021 exam paper. In 1996, I had traveled from Bhopal to Jabalpur to attempt the four hour INMO exam. The 1996 paper was as confounding to me then, as the 2021 paper is today. One hour into the paper, I had suffered a spontaneous nosebleed.
Back then, there were centers in Nagpur/Pune that coached students for the INMO. After 25 years, those are still the leading centers for INMO/IMO prep. But really, just look at this paper. Why would I want to subject my child to this?
Today I dug up the INMO 2021 exam paper. In 1996, I had traveled from Bhopal to Jabalpur to attempt the four hour INMO exam. The 1996 paper was as confounding to me then, as the 2021 paper is today. One hour into the paper, I had suffered a spontaneous nosebleed.
Back then, there were centers in Nagpur/Pune that coached students for the INMO. After 25 years, those are still the leading centers for INMO/IMO prep. But really, just look at this paper. Why would I want to subject my child to this?
https://youtu.be/1m5lPITfMQc
Just watching this video triggers my acrophobia - an irrational fear of heights. I lay flat on my bed on the first floor as I watched it, and I got super anxious. I wanted to rush outside and lie down on the ground.
In the past, just looking at very tall buildings nearby as I lay flat on my bed has triggered me.
Any of you got debilitating fears like this?
Just watching this video triggers my acrophobia - an irrational fear of heights. I lay flat on my bed on the first floor as I watched it, and I got super anxious. I wanted to rush outside and lie down on the ground.
In the past, just looking at very tall buildings nearby as I lay flat on my bed has triggered me.
Any of you got debilitating fears like this?
बात तो बिलकुल सही है
Does anyone have experience using an electric cycle? Something like a Hero Lectro https://www.herolectro.com/product-details-c8-700c''ss. I need to get a new bicycle for my elder one; wondering if we should go electric. Top speed is 25kmph so safety doesn't seem to be a concern (it isn't an electric motorbike in terms of speed/torque).
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Seriously, love your kids, or they'll grow into psychopaths. इतिहास गवाह है 😀
(And, like, don't just love them inside your heart. Let them know that they are loved. Hug them and shit.)
(And, like, don't just love them inside your heart. Let them know that they are loved. Hug them and shit.)
This is how you advertise well. I saw the ad and Googled up the unheard MoneySuperMarket brand - something I haven't done in years.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CRtz3iLgUhB/
You have to study each dancer separately. That's why the video loops.
You have to study each dancer separately. That's why the video loops.
Ah. Ok. Doubts about OBC quota in NEET clarified.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/
Some hyperbole. Because Wired is a "Popular" Science magazine. But a captivating read nevertheless.
The five HEPA air purifiers I have whirring away at home, have contributed to the health and safety of my children. From air pollution to Covid, aerosols carry bad things into our lungs, where they pass the blood barrier into our bodies.
I'm surprised that the medical community took an year extra to agree on what we all seemed to intrinsically know. Ventilation, clean fresh air, and filtration when in an enclosed space, are the keys to safety.
Some hyperbole. Because Wired is a "Popular" Science magazine. But a captivating read nevertheless.
The five HEPA air purifiers I have whirring away at home, have contributed to the health and safety of my children. From air pollution to Covid, aerosols carry bad things into our lungs, where they pass the blood barrier into our bodies.
I'm surprised that the medical community took an year extra to agree on what we all seemed to intrinsically know. Ventilation, clean fresh air, and filtration when in an enclosed space, are the keys to safety.
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Looking for someone who can help beautify a presentation, or build short videos to convey a message quickly but effectively.
Location doesn't matter. This is for work, so it's a paid assignment.
Location doesn't matter. This is for work, so it's a paid assignment.