Yes. In Chennai lot of the high end bike owners are mostly in this group. Friend's domestic help bought her son a 2.5 lac bike, he married a Xtian girl, converted and abandoned her. Those mothers are 200% convinced that splurging on their kids esp sons is the way to happiness
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"The old man never did me justice" - S.N.Bose on Einstein. Heard this at a public colloquium by Dr.Partha Ghosh, direct student of Bose (of Bose-Einstein statistics fame etc).
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Founder of Physical Research Laboratory, IIMA, Ahmedabad Textile Industry Research Association, ran family businesses including Sarabhai Chemicals was "hand-picked" by Nehru!!! The hubris of these RaoBahaduris ...
Today is the birth centenary of Vikram Sarabhai handpicked by Nehru in 1962 to launch India's space programme. Seven years later ISRO came into being. Sadly Sarabhai passed away very young in December 1971. (1/2)
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One ex-colleague(Indian) once said that in the US you felt equal, in the UK you felt equal but separate. TBF, most educated Indian folks deal with top 5% of the American population - can be very distorting.
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My goodness, if it weren't for social media we would never know the scale of these protests & how it is the women who are leading it
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It is equally horrifying that the obvious questions are not being asked. BOSS Linux seems to have been made by CDAC - were they contacted to sort out the problem ? Was there a support contract?
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Anna Univ admits that not even one student has joined in more than a 100 affiliated private engineering colleges!!!
#BIGNEWS
100-க்கும் மேற்பட்ட தனியார் பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் 1 மாணவர் கூட சேரவில்லை...!
அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகம் வெளியிட்ட அதிர்ச்சி தகவல்...!
ns7.tv | #AnnaUniversity | #EngineeringCollege | #Admission
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Under-appreciated role of Bromins to act as intermediaries, peace makers etc. Once they leave TN for good, it will be civil war. There is no notion of rule of the law or talking things over with the rest
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"A Startup is Not a Smaller Version of a Large Company" - Steve Blank, "steveblank.com/2010/01/14/a-…" . When I sent that post to the founder of a startup, one of the co-founders became very upset
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That is why in India it makes no sense to discuss in terms of gov vs private, this vs that of any kind - basically a land of third raters giving rise to a fourth rate culture. Third rate people, fourth rate culture.
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There r areas of california where there r plenty of them. Funny to see their converted white sardarinis with their headgear & all that. Closest thing to a desert cult that came out of India. All sorts of puritanical notions about their faith,conspiracies against their community.
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கல்லானாலும் கணவன் ..- ஏரியா பெருசுகள் கெழமொழி
டை அடிச்சாலும் இளைஞர் அணி தலைவன் -
#ஸ்டாலின்_பழமொழிகள்
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On C.V.Raman's birthday, a reminder about one of the greatest biographies written, "Journey into Light" by the late G.Srinivasan
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ஒரு இருபது வருஷத்துக்கு முன்னால மதுரை கல்லூரி professor பரமேஸ்வரன் கொலை செய்யப்பட்டார். கொலை நடந்த இடத்தில் அமீருக்கு சொந்தமான ஸ்கூட்டர் கிடைத்ததாக சவுக்கு சங்கர் ஒரு வாட்டி எழுதியிருந்தார். அந்த professor ஒரு rss உறுப்பினர்னு நினைக்கறேன்
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By now references to their "copying" has become a coping mechanism for us. Point is we are pretty bad at reverse engineering compared to the Chinese.
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At least this is understandable. Some were questioning the choice of Mumbai-Ahmedabad as the choice of the first Bullet train route. These frogs in the well have no idea about the traffic on that route - I have traveled standing both ways.
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Very obvious isnt't it? - Hindus opting for western education and careerism as life options - embeds deep linear thinking. Muslims not influenced so much by education and opting for the traditional apprentice-journeyman-master path with a very uneven journey,but is life embracing
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TN has 3 science Nobel laureates & some Nobel grade like GN Ramachandran - they have airbrushed out of local history. No streets or libraries named after them etc. Same reason.
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A friend of mine once told me that communities that traditionally supplied materials to temples in Tamil nadu - some of them converted to islam & continued with the same trade. He had read that in some book by a Tamil author. Could also be one reason.
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K.Balachandar, a brahmin, was instrumental in bringing ARR on board as meejik director for Kavithalaya produced Roja. So you are in fact correct 🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
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Have heard Dr.Partha Ghosh a student of Bose say during a public lecture that, Bose in his last days said something like, "The old man [Einstein] never did me justice".
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Imagine some Indian politician addressing congress in the same kind of horrible English that the Pope did-chattering classes would hv a fit
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All Tamil channels have a program on crime. If you watch those programs regularly and read all the galeej newspapers it leaves you wondering - was LordBentick that wrong?
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The program declares that enlightenment itself is a hoax. Do you endorse that as well? It is one thing to allow oneself to be deranged by someone, but another to allow someone else to fire over one's shoulder at a culture itself
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Got to hand it to Mr.Sudanshu Mani who openly said that GOI made a mistake by not increasing the no of non-AC coaches in trains - this despite him being the lead on the Vande Bharat project previously. Rare kind of intellectual honesty that infrajeets on SM lack.
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The huge apartments coming up on thiruvanmiyur beach being built by Andhra based companies that require transportation of building materials etc might be another reason. Walking on thiruvanmiyur beach has become hell due to heavy car traffic esp on week ends.
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@RajivMessage started reading "Being Different" - resale value of book has gone down, since I have underlined almost everything :-) A keeper
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மிக சரியா சொன்னீங்க. என்னோட இந்த மதுரைல தான் சிறப்பான வேலைபாடுகளுடன் கூடிய கோவில்கள் உள்ளன என்ற ஊரான் திமிரை இந்த தில்வாரா கோவில் சிற்பங்கள் உடைத்தெறிந்தன. நேரில் முதல் வாட்டி பாத்த போது அசந்து போயிட்டேன்
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Your withholding that tweet predicting loss in three states - Very sad to know that even a supporter like you has now become cautious about expressing your views due to harassment by raitaWingers.
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@hariharannaidu Shocked at whole discussion turning into a preachy grandstanding by older participants. No discussion of FoE ? Stunning!
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During DeMo, was waiting for a long time in a queue at a bank along with a person who has worked all his life at a foundry. He said that it is very difficult to cross 15k p.m. in his line of work. Actual foundry worker/technician.
Starting salary for a Mechanical Engineer graduate trainee at a heavy engineering behemoth in Mumbai is 3.7 LPA. At an automotive OEM in Chennai it is 3.5 LPA. They all take 6-7 yrs to cross 10 LPA. THIS is the middle class.
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Interesting because Rajeev Srinivasan once suggested that people with extreme left wing views had "dad issues". Arundati Roy's father left them due to his loony wife Mary Roy.
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Friend's father was a scientist at EnPeeEl Delhi during the good old license raj days. Heard this from him - They would import very expensive equipment, prematurely get it certified as irreparable, sell it for spare parts
Was talking to a Scientist in a Central govt research institute, was saying how they used to import equipment from abroad at X Rs, now there is a rule to source locally from MSME, so people with MSME certificates are importing and selling to them at 3X. 🤣
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பத்திரிகையாளர் தராசு ஷ்யாம் - சமணம் ஒரு திராவிட மதம்.
ஆமாம் கிடா வெட்டறது பத்தி சமணம் என்ன சொல்லுது ?
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A relative of mine who works as a librarian in a school was running like she was chased by a tiger one day morning. Turned out the biometric attendance system was the reason.
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One thing I have never understood is how the US went from not allowing minorities to vote till the mid 60s to Obama in 2008. One possible conclusion is America was never as bad as it is made out to be. Because it impossible to socially evolve in a matter of decades on such issues
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Here is Prof.Ghosh's wiki entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partha… . The SN Bose insitutute might have some info. A good semi-general book on Bose's seminal work by G.Venkatraman: universitiespress.com/detail…
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His father's name, "Shivaguru", was also common name among Thanjavur brahmins of that time - so family might have migrated from there - pointed out by Mahaperiyava
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சிற்ப கலை மீது ராஜஸ்தான் காரர்களுக்கு உள்ள ஆளுமை மிக பெரியது. சொல்லில் அடங்காது. அந்நியர்களால் அழிக்க படாது எஞ்சியிருப்பவை இவை - அழிந்து போனவை எவ்வளவோ
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Thou shall not speak about marble temples,sculptures until thou hast visited the Dilwara Jain temples near Mt.Abu, Rajasthan. It broke my Madurai pride.
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Felt same way after visiting Akshardham Gandhinagar, heard other southies also say the same. TBF, few famous sthalams down south try your patience to the limit.
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Amitav Ghosh was interacting with audience about his book on opium wars (iirc). Someone in the audience asked him why opium had such devastating effect on the Chinese while the Indian population at that time was much less affected. He said something like the Chinese were very
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@gajamani It is astonishing how many educated & upper caste activists are unable to see past their nose tip on this issue
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3. ,more important tasks that were crying out for attention. Restraining oneself from wandering down attractive bylanes is v.imp 4 a startup
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Staff at his own co are totally non-technical. They can't even do minor frame mods or grind lenses. They outsource that too. Know for a fact that many brand name opticians outsource lens grinding to small outlets. What has he done to address this issue? BTW, it is a huge issue
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In Tamil Nadu the Nobel Prize winners are never mentioned in mainstream, esp political discourse, since they happen to be Brahmins. So not too far behind Pak at least in this respect.
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Pretty much what R3 says. Esp the point about dictatorships / colonialism / oppressive regimes being crucial factors for manufacturing.
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the US which has a huge population of reactionary dumber than doornail folks - normally very nice,but turn into something else during times like these. Seen it firsthand during 9/11. They are not directly affected ... let's see...
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Wow, the title of @AutomatedTester 's talk @ PyconIreland is "Stop treating testers as failed developers when developers are failed testers"
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Please don't activate Mamas - udambu thangaadhu. Early onset of winter has caught them by surprise & they are still searching for monkey caps. Otherwise they would have taught you a lesson.
Enna couple of hundred Dengue deaths, avlo dhaan. Otherwise ,TN is Scandinavia ji.
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Here is a Q: can NRN start an IT services co today & grow it into an Infy? Let's say we can magically reset him to be 35. Circumstances matter. We underestimate being in the right place at the right time. That is why "The Halo Effect" makes for a great read.
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Correct, Many so called veg crocs open their biryani packet under water and eat it secretly. But not Babiya ...
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Interesting part is that JeMo was told by the people he enquired that she was a Tam-Dalit. But he persisted with more queries given her virulent anti-brahminism and it turned out she was gult as he suspected.
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@r0h1n peenya is an industrial area - surprising. BTM - understandable - all the hot gases released by startups in Koramangala drift to BTM
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@sgurumurthy Animal sacrifice & purva Mimamsa - taken to great heights by a Brahmin, Kumarila Bhatta and crushed by Shankara
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"White American Christianity Needs to Be Honest About Its History of White Supremacy"
time.com/5929478/christianit…
cc: @arvindneela @sankrant
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How is he a great man ? After all the prasthanatraya commentary he wrote, he could not resist the lure of the flesh. Sarvepalli Gopal himself said in his biography that SR had a kept woman.
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Dei libtards, have you started using "Post Arithmetic" ? The sterility & hegemony of mainstream math needs to be challenged!
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On another recent podcast the guest asked how one could find the oldest person in a group from a bunch of photos - BB suggested carbon dating the photos 😂😂😂
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Leaving the politics aside, the Iranian persistence in developing technology and ability to beat sanctions is at a different level altogether
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These western india based communities that are no-onion no-garlic strict vegetarians cheat left & right in business. Diet doesn't seem to be related to any higher purpose. A relative who retired as an exec from one of these groups said "rule of the law" doesn't exist for them
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Didn't Kramnik file some silly complaint against the Indian team or one of the players during the candidates earlier this year?
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It is a general problem and tendency of desi middle class to think that unless something sounds complicated,it lacks gravitas. Currently observing a young business analyst team writing incredibly difficult to understand requirements for a software project.
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@sankrant @prasannavishy What we really need is a channel like Russia Today that does sophisticated counter propaganda
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Don't be so touchy just because a northie pointed this out. Maybe her intentions are not good, but we have definite issues , chief among them being the belief that we have already attained first world status - sure when compared with bihar, we are
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What is the medium of instruction in China ? In which language do the Chinese publish most of their research? The elephant sitting in the room is native language education! cc:@sankrant . Not defending quota obsession, BTW.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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இதுல பாருங்க - இந்த HR பொம்பளைங்க பண்றத யாருமே கேள்வி கேட்க மாட்டேன்கராங்க -they are literally sornakkas of the corp world. தர லோக்கல்
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Sitting barely 3ft away at a cafe couldn't help overhearing a conversation - foreign couple chatting with an Indian friend; foreigner says soon after desi guys walk in that, there appear to be lots of people in India who talk a lot, discuss huge projects, but nothing gets done.
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Yes. Heard that previously well occupied big complexes in OMR and Porur are having major vacancies. Political power has shifted in favour of staff. Chennai giving tough competition to ghost cities in China
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Madhabi Buch was a lateral entry to SEBI from ICICI. Her husband's brother or some relative used to be one of Modi's top officers when he was CM of Gujarat. Previously SEBI chairmans were mainly IAS officers. "In principle good ideas" work very differently in India
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"Its like Bengal exists in a different time warp" -Tamil writer Jeymohan who travels extensively all over India said the same thing in one of his posts
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Trying to figure out Amitabh Kant's tech enthu cutlet behaviour:
1.Some SV world changing type guy/lobbyist/group has his ear.
2.His boss is very vulnerable to this kind of tech enthu & likes to hear only utopian stuff
3.He is lobbying for some cushy nest post retmt / other
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Wow,never thought some journalist covering the tech beat in India would point this out. Post 2008 dip, big desi IT cos have indulged in all kinds of compensation related atrocities. A deep dive would prove that current hype about rising wages is just drivel. Congrats
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Activists have to keep providing content or they will become irrelevant. She is not a dragon slayer, but a kosu adichufier. If only she had focused on DiamondPearl & taken him down, that would have been something.
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By contrast Sri Ramana Maharshi says trying to know oneself while attending to the body is like trying to cross a river with the help of a crocodile (Ulladu Narpadhu Anubandham). He is of course the Shankara school, not other flavours of Vedanta.
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One reason why freelancing / independent consulting or even small white collar businesses dont thrive in sufficient nos. One Pharma co engaged a top 5 s/w co for 9 mos & AFAIK did not pay them fully
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Folks getting offended by "IT Coolie" - please check hourly rates for certain kinds of activity like manual testing etc. - For more than 15 years, AFAIK, they have been comparable to hourly rates of people who flip burgers in fast food joints in America.
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hahaha, looks like she woke up after 10 days. Donetsk and Lugansk have been under shelling by ukrainians from 2014 - did she cover any of that?
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Pretty sure that if it materialises you will have a story ready to absolve the PM of all blame for this
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Sometimes "the dog that didnot bark metaphor is very revealing. As others have speculated his tenure during 2002 riots might be a pointer
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I've noticed while eating at Prem's - even if I stuff myself like a pig, it doesn't cause the usual carb coma afterwards
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In his bio S
Chandrasekhar fondly recalls a great Presidency college Physics teacher , Parameswaran, who apparently signed as P.M.Warren :-)
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why blue collar? White collar wunly can't afford living inside city! One mama observed that if you have no connections in Chennai & you join your first job at Rs.25k p.m., you will most probably be spending 4hours traveling every day
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Always used to wonder before it opened when I was going that way about the suitability of that place - the remoteness and it is right on the GST - traffic jams are guaranteed. As one frustrated passenger said, oru puzhuvukku irukkara arivu kooda illai indha gov'ku
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Good that you did not claim that he stole it from NS Krishnan. Real scientist authors like G.Srinivasan have thoroughly debunked this. This is more like tea kadai gossip.
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