I run Comms & Dev @WELLLabs_org. Bilingual podcaster. Prev: @haratepod, PragatiPod & @BICblr Talks. 💙 Epic fantasy, anime, D&D, sci-fi & spiders. 🫶 @nonaness_
Bangalore, India
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Spiders are indifferent to humans. Most of them, even the scant few with venom toxic to humans, prefer to run and hide instead of bite.
Arachnophobia may be as old as humanity, but is also the least founded in reality. Wasps and even scorpions -- they try to sting people.
It was an absolute pleasure to talk to the fantastic public policy student cohort at NLS!
📹#PolicyDialoguesatNLS
The Master’s Programme in Public Policy (MPP) at #NLSIU launched the ‘Policy Dialogues’ series, an initiative that brings leading policy practitioners to campus for interactive conversations with our students.
These dialogues aim to give students a deeper understanding of what it means to work in the dynamic and evolving field of public policy.
The series kicked-off with a session featuring Mr. Pavan Srinath from Wells Labs. Here’s a quick glimpse of his engaging discussion with our MPP students and his insights on India’s public policy landscape.
Learn more about the programme: nls.ac.in/programme/master-o…
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Anyone who thinks that Bangaloreans are not bigoted, xenophobic and racist has never looked past their own experiences and privilege.
This is but one of many examples in the city for people presenting as 'Asian'.
(I'm using all the above words advisedly.)
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M*sk sounds Trumpian. This is bizarre.
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Remember, remember, the 8th of November,
demonetisation and blot.
I see no reason
demonetisation
should ever be forgot.
Always such a delight when a friend shares a spider they found with me for ID.
And doubly so when I have spotted them before!
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My quick points on these gorgeous golden orb-web spiders, the Nephila.
You can find them in plenty of places! And right now at the end of the monsoon is an ideal time to do so.
teapaw.org/zeusisdead/status/1587…
Heh hey! Glorious. You found the Nephila pilipes (or at least a Nephila species that resides in India).
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+ Misanthropy & Apathy.
And I could not agree more. This city has become exhausting.
The ugliness of Bangalore's urban sprawl has really started to wear me down. As @samar11 said in his column a few weeks ago, a city destroyed by incompetence and avarice.
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Netflix India @NetflixIndia's anime line-up is getting better and better.
This season, you can watch Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Blue Lock, Mob Psycho 100 III and SpyxFamily -- all on the day they get released!
So good to have legal streaming access to anime in India.
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I do hope @Netflix @NetflixIndia's subbing can go beyond the line at the top / bottom. Fan subs of signboards, billboards and documents (in such anime) are so rich and add so much to the enjoyment of anime.
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Why are you making us wait till Nov 30 to see @BrennanLM DM for us again?
(Also, squeeeeeee!)
📕Dimension 20: Neverafter premieres November 30th on @dropout
⭐@BrennanLM, @eaxford, @agbeardsley, @chmurph, @ZacOyama, @vornietom, and Lou Wilson
➡️FAQ here: bit.ly/D20NeverafterFAQ
#dimension20 #neverafter
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This is so odd. Of course Bangalore and other Metro rails are doing poorly on revenue because they aren't yet true metro networks, just line segments.
But who on earth thinks that Metros should recover both Opex AND Capex interest payments in 5-7 years?
Incredible thread. Have to visit the place whenever I make it to Dakshina Karnataka next. Such a rare treat to see non-stone remnants and recreations from India's past.
#HastaShilpaVillage #Manipal
Thanks for sharing this, @sambit_dash!
Finally went to a place in Manipal which I have been wanting to go since a long time - Hasta Shilpa Heritage Village Museum. What treasure it holds! A breathtaking experience.
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(@sambit_dash's thread is from 2018, and I'm yet to visit though it's been 4 years since...)
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True story. :)
(And Naruto is awesome. And a world rich enough to match or beat many epic fantasy novel worlds.)
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+1. Both Under the Surface and We Don't Talk About Bruno have great Tamil renditions.
Kudos to Disney for getting this so right, for a movie that also has so much natural appeal to Indian audiences.
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This is so regressive even if there is some internally-consistent logic.
Paid parking is an essential part of decongesting city traffic and encouraging public transport. Malls are among the few places which even charge for parking nowadays!
thenewsminute.com/article/ma…
Free parking, especially free car parking is a transfer of public resources to the rich!
Here's an old article:
nationalinterest.in/free-par…
Parkinson's Law of Zoom Calls: Discussions expands so as to fill and extend the time available on a Zoom Call.
From the most Zoom call at @IVMPodcasts. Credit to @doshiamit, I'll take partial credit. :)
Welcome to 2021. Sir Humphrey would be proud.
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Good on Australia for turning Djokovic away. Antivaccine stubbornness must not be encouraged or given a pass just because somebody is a star.
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