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Madhavankutty Pillai retweeted
Lovely review of The Tihar Players
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Thank you
@cpmadhavan
Madhavankutty Pillai retweeted
Political Notes of the #NationalSong: While singing the entire song is necessary at government events, it is hard to see how it can be considered an insult to just sing two stanzas at a political party’s programme, writes @cpmadhavan t.ly/arqCq
Always stand up for the lungi
In Praise of the #Lungi: And in defence of being called a lungiwala - The lungi is the go-to of the hoi polloi. Also, no matter what the image they present to the world, most of Kerala’s men live in a lungi once they get inside their homes. There is no shame in the lungi. If you call an Englishman trouserwala to insult him, should he feel humiliated or insulted?, writes @cpmadhavan t.ly/1KgZr
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Sweet Fighter: It took a decade for paediatrician #SivaranjaniSantosh to stop companies marketing sugary beverages as life-saving Oral Rehydration Solution. Along the way, she got one million Instagram followers, writes @cpmadhavan t.ly/FjXzp
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Fascinating story behind the brand #Jaquar a play on the name “Jai Kaur”, and I was under the impression that it’s a foreign brand 😁
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#TravelIssue2026 #Yucatán Peninsula: Two hundred kilometres inland, the Mayans built a structure that was celebrated with human sacrifice and psychedelics, writes @cpmadhavan t.ly/hCxaH
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#TravelIssue2024: The Cultural Traveller: To really know a place is to know its stories. It is walking without hurrying. Maybe seeing something in part but with immersion, writes @cpmadhavan t.ly/qPsmG
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#WealthIssue2024: The Value Investor’s Manual: From ₹500 crore to ₹90,000 crore in six years, PPFAS Mutual Fund’s success has been driven by Neil Parikh’s adherence to his father’s investment philosophy, writes @cpmadhavan t.ly/XyB7o
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Apple's transformation in India, fueled by local manufacturing and rising demand, underscores its commitment to a market ripe for growth amid shifting geopolitical dynamics. Shared views with @OpenMag @cpmadhavan
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Spoke on my new book Tilak: The Empire's Biggest Enemy at the @AsiaticSocMum recently, with the excellent @cpmadhavan moderating the discussion. Interestingly, a talk at the same Asiatic Society in British-ruled India in 1894 by R P Karkaria in defence of Chhatrapati Shivaji had triggered a mini-sensation in the Deccan, and Tilak launched the Shivaji Utsav just a couple of years later (in 1896), creating an even bigger sensation and triggering a sense of alarm in the minds of officials of the British Raj.
@PenguinIndia
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Folks who're going to be in Mumbai on Sept 5:
I will be speaking with @cpmadhavan on my new book Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy at the @AsiaticSocMum.
The book's available everywhere, and there will be copies at the venue which I'd be delighted to sign.
@PenguinIndia
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The Intelligent Investor: #NikhilKamath wears many hats—venture capitalist, mentor to young entrepreneurs, podcaster, philanthropist— and they are all anchored in the Indian growth story, writes @cpmadhavan t.ly/EbSgG
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What the bloody hell is wrong with the BMC and the idiot in charge???? This is a criminal offence! @mumbaiheritage @mybmc
#WATCH I A BMC contractor charged with de-silting the historic Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar ended up damaging the steps that lead to the water body. Video courtesy Ashish Trivedi. Read the report online: hindustantimes.com/cities/mu…
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Flavour of the City: What it takes to dish out #Mumbai’s most coveted and imaginative restaurants, writes @cpmadhavan @bombaycanteen #HungerInc #Veronica’s t.ly/oYK4Y
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#2024NewYearIssue: The latest issue of the magazine is now available. Enjoy good writing and original arguments. In this issue @prasannara @NavtejSarna @kavereeb, David Pine, Aman Nath, @RajeevDOpen @Ullekh @rahulpandita @sudeeppaul @lennyspeaks @cpmadhavan @Iyr_Adi @NandiniNai…
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This was the most insane stage of the pandemic.
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In fact, this part of the baptism was staged as a joke.
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“The family had requested for him to do this pose as copied from several posts of priests circulating around the internet,” the church explained. “He [Father Klasek] agreed because he thought it was funny.”
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Seeing some qs on what Gemini *is* (beyond the zodiac :). Best way to understand Gemini’s underlying amazing capabilities is to see them in action, take a look ⬇️
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Google has admitted that the researchers fed still images to the model and edited together successful responses, partially misrepresenting the model's capabilities.
As noted on their youtube channel description provided a disclosure of video edits.
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