When I read comments of highly educated folks, including venture capitalists, angel investors, here on matters of education, I see how disconnected are they from the reality of those sections whose struggles start at a different level. Similarly, all those blockchain for everything crusaders, cryptocurrency trumpet blowers, AI, ML, Big Data, 5G as panacea for everything, miss something very fundamental.

The world isn't made up of just a few million educated, jargon guzzling, hype creating, folks.

I don't remember anyone talking crackers pollution until 2000-02. It all started building up from 2004 onwards.

If I remember correctly, it was NGO CSE that started making big noise. Many interest groups colluded for their own agenda, they continued to chip the Hindu edifice. Schools started dissuading wearing of bindi, bangles, and our traditional dresses. Exams began to be set around our festival dates, vacations cut short (we earlier had Dasara holidays upto Deepavali), shifted to Christmas week.

Hindu prayers, national anthem got booted out.

Dear Hindus,
Here is a thread on Sivakasi crackers industry, CSIR-NEERI work.

Gist: Pls celebrate this Deepavali with Sivakasi crackers. They have reduced pollution, noise level from 30-60% this year. Use them for 30 min to 1 hr for 3 days Deepavali.

Wear mask if you want. Sivakasi crackers industry employs 8 lakh persons, most of it is handmade. 80% workers are women from poor families. They all rely on Deepavali sale for generating 80% business.

Make it compulsory for all politicians, at all levels, and govt babus, to get treated in govt hospitals, if their bills are to be reimbursed. This should include, maternity, and most surgical procedures. Likewise, make it compulsory for them to admit their children to govt school, colleges.

That'll ensure govt hospitals, school services improve faster.

Thanks to @BlrCityPolice, and e-lost reporting app, I am going to get my lost phone tomorrow. I just completed the identification formalities this evening. The police have recovered the phone.

Thank you for such a wonderful service. 💐 🙏🏼 Some #tips on #Smartphone theft issues. These days, newspapers have at least 2-3 such cases everyday of chain snatching, phone snatching, bag snatching.

Want to know about all three?

When I joined my first job as a Graduate Engineer Trainee, I did every possible task from lifting computer parts boxes, assembling them, testing them, working with certifying agency, then helping pack, and monitoring logistics, delivery. In 45 days, I helped despatch various configuration of orders to 23+ cities across India. Never once did I complain this job isn't mine, we need somebody else to lift boxes, manage delivery consignments. It was an opportunity to learn more n more.