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T. K. Rengarajan 🇺🇸 Profile picture
T. K. Rengarajan 🇺🇸
@trengarajan
American | Optimist | Afroptimist | Learner | தமிழன் | Inclusive | Cloud | #BigData | Scalable Systems | RT ≠ E | Views=mine
Jan 7, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
1/ So I bought a @Peugeot!
It came with a cute brochure!
Excited! Image 2/ But not the Peugeot you have in mind. It is a pepper mill. Sorry to bait and switch. But wait! Image
Jan 2, 2022 • 29 tweets • 10 min read
1/ This is the story of Tunde Onakoya (@Tunde_OD), an inspiring young Nigerian cheetah, who runs Chess in Slums (@chessinslums), intensely changing lives through chess. But first, let me share some context for my excitement about Tunde’s work.

medium.com/@trengarajan/c… 2/ I’ve had the pleasure of working with bright minds around the globe.

My biggest life lesson is that any million people have equivalent aggregate potential.

It is possible to do great things from a small place -@Tunde_OD Image
Oct 25, 2021 • 31 tweets • 12 min read
1/ This opinion piece by the old dictator @KagutaMuseveni cleverly conflates many issues and does not serve the interests of Africa.

Hippo Museveni jailed opposition leader cheetah @HEBobiwine during elections.

For now let’s stick to energy for Africa.

wsj.com/articles/solar… 2/ First some overall context before we get to the misleading article.

The future of our energy is solar. It is the ultimate nuclear fusion reactor at a safe distance that’s already working.

Musk et al make a persuasive case.
Aug 15, 2021 • 32 tweets • 17 min read
240/ Afghanistan taught us today that prosperity and progress cannot be imposed from outside.

A million cheetahs will lead Africa to its inevitable prosperity in our daughters’ time.

@wode_maya is an inspiring cheetah.

Listen to his aspirations!

241/ Congratulations to Zambia on the free and fair elections and peaceful transfer of power!

@EdgarCLungu took the high road and conceded.

Africa is a resilient mutual fund of 54 countries. Prosperity is unstoppable despite ups and downs.

Enjoy this exciting milestone!

🙏🏾
Jul 12, 2021 • 28 tweets • 9 min read
1/ Brain Drain is Alarmist

Yes, I remember that episode of 60 minutes. Made me very proud.

Let me explain.

2/ I think the whole idea of brain drain is alarmist. You see, India was an economic basketcase. The West thought Indians were inferior. Even worse, Indians thought Indians were inferior.

Mar 11, 2021 • 45 tweets • 20 min read
192/ Any million people have equivalent aggregate potential for prosperity.

African prosperity is inevitable. The mutual fund of 54 countries is resilient as a whole in yhe rush to prosperity.

193/ Every solar energy project makes a dramatic difference in Africa. Each of them makes it far easier to do the next one. Skip over dirty coal, oil & nuclear!

Solar is economical leapfrog for Africa.

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Apr 28, 2019 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
23/ History as written by the West.

Naturally nothing happened in Africa where humans came from and some mildly interesting things happened in Asia.

History is written and rewritten by the victors and is surprisingly not unlike what happened! 😀

Image 24/ Wise old men circa weren’t that old or for that matter wise about the external world.

They often made up cockamamie theories unsupported by reality. Image
Dec 14, 2018 • 91 tweets • 46 min read
14/ Tourism opportunity for Africa.

China spends most on tourism.
Africa abounds in natural wonders.
Africa is great value for tourism.
Chinese are familiar with Africa due to recent huge investments.

cc @funmioyatogun

#AfricaRising 15/ Happy to see the US waking up to Africa.

African prosperity is inevitable, likely by Bastille Day 2061, centenary of African wave of freedom.

We need a positive economic role in Africa without losing our values.

#ProsperAfrica
#AfricaRising

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Dec 14, 2018 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Scams: The sophistication of manipulation outpaces vigilance.

Exhibit 1 is annuities.

Avoid annuities. It is scam city.

Every time you face complexity, your red flags should go up.

If you really must, you need to learn annuities like arithmetic!

nytimes.com/2018/11/30/you… 2/ Annuities are clear as mud. By design.

Avoid annuities.

Protect elderly around you from annuity scams.

But if you really cannot resist them, be sure to learn. Learn as well as you know arithmetic. If you cannot reach that level of clarity, pass.

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