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Anand Sankar
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Social Entrepreneur | Founder @tonsvalleyshop @TonsTrails @KalapTrust
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Sep 5, 2022 • 29 tweets • 7 min read
What's the 'city with best weather in India' gotta do with Bangalore drowing in floods today and every single time the city faces a massive downpour...

Read on, a thread... Back when I was a young and broke journalist in 2004, I saw the city expanding breakneck around me. Then one day I came across a report on surface water around Bangalore (can't remember whose report it was) while researching about groundwater scarcity in the city.
Feb 8, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
So, a relative of one of my staff had to have a planned gall bladder removal. Diagnosis was done at Doon Hospital and surgery was also scheduled.

The patient came from far away with two attendants. Pre-op was done and patient admitted day before surgery. Few hours after admission. Lower level staff in the hospital started murmuring in the patient and the attendants ears that the surgery day was some holiday and surgery might have to be postponed.
Aug 16, 2019 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Yes, finished watching #SacredGamesSeason2 yesterday. My review of the 'nuclear side' of the plot...

#SpoilerAlert

First up, missed the edginess of Season 1. The reason the show got my interest was an attention to detail coupled with an edgy script... Season 1 had ended rather well indeed, I was really hoping to see how they develop the script around the plot of a mass terrorist attack on Mumbai, using a WMD - a nuclear device.

Unfortunately, the writers seem to have lost the plot and instead of focusing on...
Aug 13, 2019 • 35 tweets • 14 min read
Flying back home today after my first ever trip to #SriLanka... Travelled with wifey @historywali

Lots of stuff to pen down about the trip, follow this thread.. Landing in Colombo, it's super easy to get a local SIM card and cheap (INR 750 roughly for my entire 10 days). Something for @incredibleindia to emulate? And Uber works from the airport to Negombo/Colombo (I learned this on the return), 50% cheaper than airport taxis
Jul 18, 2019 • 20 tweets • 2 min read
Why did the tiger sleep in the bed? Because his grandad slept in the same high ground when there was flood a few decades ago. This (1/20) is probably the image that is going to define this year's flooding in the Brahmaputra valley. Rewind about 10 years, I spent about (2/20)