Best blurb.

Very nice but they presume municipality workers have shame.

People who have failed are too hard on themselves because ‘inspiring figures’ extol their ‘hard work’ but hide luck (Read free on my site) shorturl.at/pxRLl

ज़्यादातर NRI भी दावा करते है कि उनको जाति नहीं मालूम। हालाँकि वो अलग बात हैं कि NRI लोग शादी के लंबे विज्ञापन (matrimonial) में गोत्र तक विवरण देते हैं।😊

Press Club of India’s statement on UP Government’s Digital Media Policy 2024 The government should not encroach upon the space that the Constitution allows journalism. We demand that the Government of UP withdraws clause 7(2) from its Digital Media Policy 2024 with immediate effect.

When I was editor of Open I banned two things: 1) Exclamation marks 2) Bengalis writing about other Bengalis

Once there were people you could find only in Bombay. Nari Hira was among them. In the war between the city and the village, Hira was among the last of the urban gentry before the villagers won. My tribute to a very interesting man. shorturl.at/0hCkK

A distinct character of Bombay was people in a rush. All sorts of people walked very fast to achieve various ends, giving the city the reputation that people here were very busy—which was bogus. Read free on my site: rb.gy/yl51j9

"India's urban mess may come from what is viewed largely as a political virtue-the fact that modern India was not governed by its cultural elite. There was a lot of democracy very soon. The elite can be despicable but they always know how to live well." Mordant Manu Joseph 😊

This is excellent. The coverage is meaningful. Like this, India should stop treating all Indians as poor; instead it should treat all Indians as middleclass. (Ideally, a nation should treat all of its own as rich, but I'll be reasonable.)

The political stamina that Indians have for useless issues, if a fraction of that emotion were dedicated to our decrepit civic infrastructure our lives would be instantly richer. But that is not going to happen. Read free on my site: shorturl.at/NnvQO

The arrest of Kejriwal was one of the big blunders of BJP. A political bully reminds ordinary people of their own bullies. Also, the incident de-intellectualised the importance of free "institutions", why courts and agencies needed to be independent.

Success is a gift given by friends. No matter what your calling is, to find success you have to be part of a tribe. For that you have to go out and deep-fried food and drink ethanol in its various forms, and eat more late in the night, and sleep late, and wake up late.