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Jun 6, 2024 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Q: What is your assessment of the Indian Lok Sabha election results? Why did the BJP get fewer votes than expected?
To start with the obvious, it was disappointing for BJP to end about 50 seats short of the plan. Let's dive into 1. immediate reaction, 2. broader context, 3. causes, 4. impact on India, and 5. impact on BJP.
2/ Immediate Reaction:As I was flying back to India for the final leg of elections, I was thinking in the range of 320-350. Lower turnouts in UP due to the heat and predictions of closer to 300 made me sleepless, analyzing possibilities. 😟✈️
Jun 4, 2022 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
In 2007, I was studying about how companies react to financial crisis. Here is a short thread from my learnings.
1. The best companies come of age during recessions due to a variety of reasons. US long depression (1873-96) produced their iconic companies each sector -- GE, IBM, Goldman and AT&T.
Jun 3, 2022 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
A century ago, ancient Indian history was unknown. Then a major discovery was made in deserted areas in western cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro that pushed the dating to 4000 years ago.
The recent excavations once again could change the direction of Indian history. A thread.
The initial sites discovered were the part of India what is currently Pakistan. However, as the new Indian republic started putting effort on archeology, this Harappan culture was found across the Indus river area. In 1954 was found the city of Lothal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothal
Jul 1, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
The power of breaking the ceiling.
In 1987 India had zero Chess Grandmasters. For a nation that created the game, it was a nobody in that game. Then Vishy Anand broke the barriers to become the first Grandmaster from India. (1/5)
Today the youngest Grandmaster is a boy of Indian origin. 2 other Indian boys nearly made that record. India has 64 grandmasters (third only to Russia and US). (2/5)
Jul 1, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
On tech Twitter there is often a backlash against colleges. Almost always it is from white elites. How many people from non-elite backgrounds hate the concept of a college? (1)
While colleges have become super expensive and governments need to act to make them more affordable, these higher institutions still remain the best way for social mobility. (2)
Jan 20, 2021 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
During the course of the test match i interacted with 1000s of fans in social media. Here is my observation of the Indian attitude.
1. We value victory much lesser than the defeat. Everyone talked about what if we lose, but very little was talked about -- what if we win? 1/10
2. We can visualise losing and can see the pain, but find it hard to visualise victory and see the pleasure. Thus pain avoidance guides us more than pleasure seeking. 2/10
