Seeing lots of snide comments (and self praise for their own rationality) by people who don't understand why other people find this study problematic. They should think harder. This study is arguably neither useful nor ethical (1/N)

Back from another China trip. 6 days - 5 cities - 8 factories. Like always, China overwhelms & scares you with its speed & scale. One goal for the trip was to learn how do we replicate same thing in India. We went to factories that have seen exponential growth in last 5 years.

Patrick Collison: One of the best things to do is learn how high the quality bar really is.

📜 THREAD: Uncovering the Rich History of Nalanda University 🏛📚 1/10 Nalanda University, often hailed as the world's first residential university, was a center of learning in ancient India from 427 to 1197 AD. It was a beacon of knowledge and wisdom, attracting scholars and

The conductor is an Indian who makes all of us proud - Vijay Upadhyaya, originally from Lucknow. He is the director of the prestigious Vienna University Philharmonic (among other international orchestras) and founded the India National Youth Orchestra. He is a proud Indian and

With Trump assassination attempt grabbing headlines, my piece will likely go under the radar. But for those interested in my take on Modi's visit to Russia and the US-India dynamic, here you go! Do read, share and tell me your thoughts. firstpost.com/opinion/modi-p…

We owe our soldiers everything! 🇮🇳🇮🇳#KargilVijayDiwas

Awesome article by William Dalrymple. I wish the writer was an Indian. Sadly, it has fallen upon western scholars to write about India's civilizational achievements. A nation that has memory-holed its past cannot build a confident future. A thread. 1/14 theguardian.com/world/article/…

Immortal India with Amish Full EP 01: Did The British Create India? [English] Was India created by the British? Did our ancestors see us as one nation? In this episode of Immortal India With Amish , Amish debunks the common misconception that India became a nation only under

The 2024 edition of the Asia Power Index launches today. The headline is that the US remains the top power in Asia, but China is continuing to gradually erode the US military advantage, especially in Asia🧵 1/15

The terrifying beauty of the ocean 🧵 1. Sitting on the edge of an underwater cliff

Ok let’s have an actual opinion. Daron Acemoglu is a genius who could win a Nobel for many reasons. But the institutions and growth literature is troubling+shaky because of its identification. Colonialism comes with literal genocides, brutal subjugation, and centuries of

Until last year, I was a fiscal conservative on defence: ~2% of GDP was probably enough, and the armed forces had to restructure to be able to absorb new technologies. Events have changed my mind. India cannot afford to be slow and conservative on defence. 1/3

So,why does a man who recommends that people read Will Durant then go on to defend the British Empire in an egregious manner? Has he read Durant or not? To those who came late, Durant had this to say in his 'The Case for India': "The British conquest of India was the invasion and

Trouble in paradise: "after a turbulent decade, Qs are being raised about CPEC’s future. In Pakistan’s impoverished region of Balochistan, where the Chinese have constructed the airport & taken control of the deepwater port, it has provoked a full-blown security crisis.." 1/13

This sums up the problem perfectly. The biggest thing holding back any rapid development (incl. businesses) is the bureaucracy. That was, and remains, the biggest impediment. Babus do not understand the basics of business or research.

So many such stories. All low hanging fruits that can be easily plucked. But they haven’t been even into the third term. And clown Goyal will give global gyaan about deep tech startups.

There is a severe talent deficit in the government beyond the foreign minster (and a few other notable exceptions). They lack vision, which has been used by the bureaucracy to extract rents.

🇨🇳🇵🇰 HQ-9/16 Air Defence 🇨🇳🇵🇰 PL-15 air-to-air missiles 🇨🇳🇵🇰 SH-15 truck artillery 🇨🇳🇵🇰 Drones 🇨🇳🇵🇰 Fighter aircraft All weapons should be taken seriously, but early facts show that Chinese-supplied military hardware in Pak failed at multiple levels to stop India’s offensives:

Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years. What are we doing?