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May 5, 2021 13 tweets 4 min read
India's largest medical oxygen supplier, INOX's @JainSiddharth_, Tuesday shared a perspective on the country's #OxygenCrisis. Posting some rough quotes & points he made giving a good peek into the sector, Covid19 plans, coordination, and challenges ahead. This THREAD 1/n 🧵👇 First, in a way, he explained why the oxygen crisis faced by Delhi in the last few days was a logistical one. Some other states facing it had addressed it on their own. Procuring the supplies from respective O2 plants, after central allocation was a state's job, Jain said. 2/n
Nov 27, 2020 19 tweets 5 min read
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Oct 28, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
I've now attended hundreds of Indian politicians' project inauguration speeches in the last decade.

BUT this is a first!

Minister @nitin_gadkari goes off-script at NHAI building inauguration. Asks what is there to congratulate? Vividly describes the rot inside. So many gems here. Reminds me of Mussadi Lal and Office Office. @nitin_gadkari
Mar 27, 2020 17 tweets 13 min read
And yes, fair to question @AmitShah on this emerging situation. He's the home minister. #Lockdown21 may have been a good, necessary step but the least he can do is coordinate -- or force -- all state govts to ensure immediate safe shelter or transport for these migrants. #Covid19 Seeing reports that @UPGovt finally arranged some buses overnight and more now for 100s who've reached there walking from different parts of #Delhi. Maybe even @ArvindKejriwal should arrange some buses (maybe just for a day/ two) to drop them at UP border:
Dec 26, 2019 8 tweets 2 min read
So just spoke with Prof Yamani Bhushan Tripathi (he, not she, as identified in some stories) on this #BhootVidya course. He's dean of the dept & this is how he described it: "Bhoot Vigyan is not related to ghosts. It is a misnomer & being misunderstood by society & media." 1/6 "It is about dealing with psychosomatic disorders from the Ayurvedic point of view, because in original Ayurvedic texts it is described as a disease of consciousness and soul -- which is sub divided in 16 types." 2/6
May 9, 2018 23 tweets 18 min read
Ramnagar, northern #Karnataka. Striking greenery! Highway snack somewhere in north Karnataka's #Mango country. #farmfresh #KarnatakaElections2018