I wish there were more data, facts, evidence, logic based arguments; easy to offer opinions and make assertions esp in times of social media fuelled panic during a pandemic. Some numbers on India's healthcare situation that we should note 1/n 2/n India has 3.07m regd nursing personnel ie 1.7 nurses per 1000 pop, 43% less than WHO norms of 3 per 1000; includes nurses, midwives, women health visitors, auxiliary nurse midwives.

India is the ONLY country at a 《$2K PCI that has designed developed deployed tech protocol standards (eg UPI) on global scale and scope! @matthan @arunmsukumar All tech standards were otherwise from the developed world ie US & Europe, with strong institutional and state capacities. China has a 3 tier paradigm for tech standards

1/Just heard Prof Shinde VC Deccan College Pune & one of India's top archaeologists on Harappan Civilization and Rakhigarhi. Incredible civil and structural engg capacity; town planning; drainage, sanitation, water storage; @SwarajyaMag @prasannavishy @arvindneela @TVMohandasPai 2/ Brick making; producing high quality prized artifacts from material sourced from MP and South; international trade; agriculturalists; peaceful; no grand monuments or statues; high quality planned infra; bath;

@prasannavishy @amargov @shrikanth_krish thought of sharing some interesting trivia: 1/n Tipu Sultan had designed rockets made of iron that could fire longer distances with more power than the extant cardboard ones. The British saw their effect in the First Two Anglo Mysore Wars 2/n Being British, they quickly studied. Improved upon and launched the Congreve rockets. These rockets were used by the British against the Americans in the battle of 1812 off Cape Cod