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Nov 7 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
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Tomorrow is the first full moon after diwali.

Why does that matter? That's when there's a gorgeous lighting display at the 1400 years old rock cut cave temple on JM Road.

Definitely go check it out if you're in town. First one since COVID I think
Pataleshwar Caves is one of those places that in any other country would get millions of tourists. It's such a gorgeous and historic place right in the center of the city. But any restaurant on JM Road gets more foot traffic than it.
I myself only visited them at age 36 tho I went to college literally right next to the caves and probably ate at every single restaurant and food cart on JM Road growing up.

But it took an Instagram post to make me visit. 🙈🤦🏽‍♂️

This is some of oldest and hardest rock on earth. 1500 years ago, someone using just hand tools, carved this out. Think about that the next time you struggle to open a mason jar lol.

This was my favorite bit, in a random corners. It's a Shiv temple but even there, a gambling setup. 😁😁

So the rashtrakutas were like, make good idols but don't forget a chaupar board for some R&R.

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Nov 7
This.

I was first explained the representation based logic of reservations cogently & convincingly in my college days. I did not fully accept it until I was almost 30. Looking back, it was exactly what Kaustubh says. Wilful ignorance claiming some Austrian "first principles".
Also this! I did this for so many years. Re OBC reservations btw. I was always cool with SC/ST reservations even at my rightwingest.

Focus on a lodu Sharma in my in group and/or that 1 bahujan guy who has the same swag as us so he's undeserving etc crap

Our savarna pushback against reservations is breathtakingly duplicitous! We will simultaneously be like merit is the only thing and then also support reservations when they benefit us.

Simultaneously say casteism is practically dead and also say Brahmins are persecuted!
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Nov 7
Just a reminder that there was no real activist pressure or boycott calls to advertisers on Twitter like @elonmusk is pretending.

Advertisers took this decision proactively. And twtr ads are a tiny 3% or less of their budgets anyway.

Fascism is bad for business, turns out.
If tomorrow Lachlan Murdoch whines about losses due to activist pressure and boycotts leading to companies not advertising on Fox News, at least there is a factual basis to the whine.

@elonmusk's whine itself is based on a lie.

It's your fellow rich folks to blame, not the left
The idea that these corporations are "woke" is hilarious.

They are for-profit companies who realize that their ads appearing next to far-right hate speech is bad for business. ImageImage
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Nov 7
SCOTUS: We are going to undo Affirmative Action, a very effective representation policy, just to pwn the libs.

Supreme Court of India: Hold my gomu
But to explain for my US followers not into Indian politics, the Indian Supreme Court greenlit a quota of 10% for High Caste people from "economically weaker" families.
The line drawn at ₹800K, which is
- 5x of India's national per capita median income
- 50x the poverty line
To put this in US context, it's like if SCOTUS approved affirmative action quotas reserving 10% of all seats for white people making $250K or less.

It's the first Affirmative Action for historically privileged castes already at the top of the Indian socio-economic system. 🤦🏽‍♂️
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Oooh, the other day I saw one fella walking up 1st Ave carrying a box that had UNMOGIP sharpied on it and knowing what that means, I sooooo wanted to stop him and chat. But he looked like he was stressed and late. Kinda like UNMOGIP itself.
The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan or as kids on 1st Ave call it UNMOGIP is a department of over a hundred personnel there for over seven decades to "observe" if there are any violations of the ceasefire. Probably one of the less attractive sinecures
It's one of those many UN oddities straight out of an Ianucci movie. That group was created just for observation of the 1948 ceasefire. Very bureaucratic role. No real power or influence. And post 1972, pointless cos India's policy since has been 3rd parties incl UN, kthxbye.
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NYC is an intimidatingly fitness conscious place to live in. Every time I go for a 4 AM walk around the complex, there's at least a couple of folks pelotoning or zumbaing by the big window in their apartment looking out. And at least a couple of runners. At 4 AM!
Of course we are a population full of professional and many times more aspiring models, actors, and most importantly, dancers in the 100 plus top tier stage shows Broadway & Ballet downwards. Folks who have to keep it tight to make a living.
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Was a great experience doing #GOTVBlue. The Dem app is really well planned. And the general effort.

We were given a list of registered Democrats who haven't voted.

So our job was not to convince but to remind & inform. Especially minutiae like the supreme court seats.
A lot of folks feel uncomfortable with canvassing thinking it only involves convincing random strangers door to door to vote for your candidate.

Not necessarily. Esp not in the US where a majority of voters self identify as R/D and stay that way for decades if not forever.
Every single house we visited, we were visiting registered Dems. Who welcomed us with a smile. Promised to vote Tuesday after agreeing this is a crucial election.

And every single household was "oh TIL!" at the info about the court seats needing 3 votes.
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