SK
18.8K posts
SK
@sruthijith
Monitoring the situation ™️
- Mandatory caller ID based on KYC documents. Love the idea. (Possibly end of the road for TrueCaller in India)
- Banning PUBG while unemployment is high needs a lot of courage.
- Pooja Gaud, a 7-year-old who went missing in 2013 and was the subject of the only newspaper story to have moved me to tears, has incredibly been found!
- In Delhi I’m forced to sell my car that hasn’t even done 70k just because it’s 10 years old. Illogical policy. Should be based on an annual fitness test, not age. A well maintained car can go on for a while. Current policy only benefits automakers.
- Today in Mint. 🧵
- Arrived in Kerala day before yesterday. This is what has followed. Data collection at airport Call from local police station, visit by SI and separately by a patrol constable Call from panchayat health dept Call from district SP office Call from a mental health counsellor!
- How did 700 students from a school network for the marginalised communities of Telangana crack JEE Mains this year? A very special @Indulekha_A story of institutional transformation underpinned by a powerful personal quest. RS Praveen Kumar is a hero.
- Stopped watching TV news a few years ago. Watching malayalam news this past week therefore served to remind how good news TV can be. Resolutely focussed on reportage, calm studio, network of reporters focusing on issues affecting the common man. No blame game. Pleasure to watch.
- The rich will pay for English tutors at home. The children of the poor will be at a disadvantage in class six.By far the biggest story of the day: new education policy which says medium of instruction till class 5 should be in regional language/mother tongue. How many think this is a good idea?
- Longer video of a joyous bride taking part in the chenda melam (WA forward; said to be from Guruvayur temple).
00:00 - Jayaram Banan started life as a dish washer and rose to become the owner of successful Delhi restaurant franchises such as Sagar Ratna, Sagar, Swagat and others. How he spends his time on a Sunday afternoon—manning the door at one of his restaurants when it’s 45 degrees
- Personal news: Excited (and a bit nervous, tbh) to start as the editor of The Economic Times Magazine. Wish me luck.
