Krittika
@krittikaa.bsky.social
Cat mom and somewhat nerdy. Ex-engineer now doing business things.
London-Bangalore-Delhi. Posts are personal opinions.
London-Bangalore-Delhi. Posts are personal opinions.
lol I was going to say Nedumbassery
I haven’t had Thalassery biryani oddly enough
I haven’t had Thalassery biryani oddly enough
January 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
lol I was going to say Nedumbassery
I haven’t had Thalassery biryani oddly enough
I haven’t had Thalassery biryani oddly enough
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🧵 Ancestral Goulasch.
Recipe Step number 5 : "Add caraway seeds and bay leaf"
I reach for bay leaf. Suddenly the room darkens. The only light is an ethereal glow that manages to illuminate just the abomin... Me. Just me.
Recipe Step number 5 : "Add caraway seeds and bay leaf"
I reach for bay leaf. Suddenly the room darkens. The only light is an ethereal glow that manages to illuminate just the abomin... Me. Just me.
January 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
🧵 Ancestral Goulasch.
Recipe Step number 5 : "Add caraway seeds and bay leaf"
I reach for bay leaf. Suddenly the room darkens. The only light is an ethereal glow that manages to illuminate just the abomin... Me. Just me.
Recipe Step number 5 : "Add caraway seeds and bay leaf"
I reach for bay leaf. Suddenly the room darkens. The only light is an ethereal glow that manages to illuminate just the abomin... Me. Just me.
Wonderful thread.
BTW “Dumbassery” always makes me think of a town in Kerala 🥲
BTW “Dumbassery” always makes me think of a town in Kerala 🥲
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Wonderful thread.
BTW “Dumbassery” always makes me think of a town in Kerala 🥲
BTW “Dumbassery” always makes me think of a town in Kerala 🥲
In *Latin letters I meant.
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
In *Latin letters I meant.
The problem was he wrote it in English as “KanishkA” so schwa deletion (or rather, the expectation of it) kicked in
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The problem was he wrote it in English as “KanishkA” so schwa deletion (or rather, the expectation of it) kicked in
EP Rajeev doesn’t even sound like a particularly famous politician in Kerala, wonder why he’s promoting himself internationally
January 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
EP Rajeev doesn’t even sound like a particularly famous politician in Kerala, wonder why he’s promoting himself internationally
@aashiks.bsky.social what have you done 🤣
I’m not saying my Facebook algorithm has gone mad but it’s just informed me that an Indian politician I have never heard of has changed his profile picture and telling me about a school in Kerala having a VIP visit
January 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
@aashiks.bsky.social what have you done 🤣
I had a Bengali classmate named Kanishka and everyone used to tease him because in North Indian languages the -a ending sound is usually indicative of girl’s names :/
Have gone down the Indo-Scythian rabbit hole and sorry but these guys have the most fascinating names in the context of the previous Sanskritized-name-bearing rulers. You have all those Chandragupta, XYz Sena WXY Pala types and then suddenly:
Hagamasha. Rajuvula. Mihirakula. Kujula Kadphises.
Hagamasha. Rajuvula. Mihirakula. Kujula Kadphises.
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I had a Bengali classmate named Kanishka and everyone used to tease him because in North Indian languages the -a ending sound is usually indicative of girl’s names :/
Love it, to be clear.
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Love it, to be clear.
Have gone down the Indo-Scythian rabbit hole and sorry but these guys have the most fascinating names in the context of the previous Sanskritized-name-bearing rulers. You have all those Chandragupta, XYz Sena WXY Pala types and then suddenly:
Hagamasha. Rajuvula. Mihirakula. Kujula Kadphises.
Hagamasha. Rajuvula. Mihirakula. Kujula Kadphises.
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Have gone down the Indo-Scythian rabbit hole and sorry but these guys have the most fascinating names in the context of the previous Sanskritized-name-bearing rulers. You have all those Chandragupta, XYz Sena WXY Pala types and then suddenly:
Hagamasha. Rajuvula. Mihirakula. Kujula Kadphises.
Hagamasha. Rajuvula. Mihirakula. Kujula Kadphises.
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(1/3) A few points about the use of pictures. First, if it's obvious who the picture taker or owner is - and this one is - at least drop in an acknowledgement or credit, especially if it's licensed that way. Easy to do, free, and just good manners.
Original:
www.flickr.com/photos/silve...
Original:
www.flickr.com/photos/silve...
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
(1/3) A few points about the use of pictures. First, if it's obvious who the picture taker or owner is - and this one is - at least drop in an acknowledgement or credit, especially if it's licensed that way. Easy to do, free, and just good manners.
Original:
www.flickr.com/photos/silve...
Original:
www.flickr.com/photos/silve...
girl even my mom (ardent Delhi fan since the 1980s) is now spending her winters in Bangalore
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
girl even my mom (ardent Delhi fan since the 1980s) is now spending her winters in Bangalore
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I used to work in Brussels occasionally, and it was a really lonely, frustrating, isolated slog
and I discovered a small quiet Vietnamese restaurant to eat at, alone, in the evenings
(never brave enough for moule frites in the loud crowded streetside restaurants)
so I'd order comforting but also…
and I discovered a small quiet Vietnamese restaurant to eat at, alone, in the evenings
(never brave enough for moule frites in the loud crowded streetside restaurants)
so I'd order comforting but also…
mum with her toddler just left the cafe and as they got to the door the toddler dramatically turned around, like a grand old queen, and shouted "BYE BYE! BYE BYE!" to everyone but basically everyone here aside from me has headphones on so they missed it and ignored him, retvrn, RETVRN
January 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I used to work in Brussels occasionally, and it was a really lonely, frustrating, isolated slog
and I discovered a small quiet Vietnamese restaurant to eat at, alone, in the evenings
(never brave enough for moule frites in the loud crowded streetside restaurants)
so I'd order comforting but also…
and I discovered a small quiet Vietnamese restaurant to eat at, alone, in the evenings
(never brave enough for moule frites in the loud crowded streetside restaurants)
so I'd order comforting but also…
All of you are making fun of the Shoreditch Scythian, in reality he was probably a worried dad pained about his son converting to Greek Buddhism and adopting those foreign Indian customs
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maues
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maues
Maues - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
All of you are making fun of the Shoreditch Scythian, in reality he was probably a worried dad pained about his son converting to Greek Buddhism and adopting those foreign Indian customs
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maues
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maues
Sometimes LinkedIn is good, for example I have discovered Thom Yorke’s Unmade from someone I follow on there (yes I live under a rock, why do you ask)
January 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Sometimes LinkedIn is good, for example I have discovered Thom Yorke’s Unmade from someone I follow on there (yes I live under a rock, why do you ask)
their social media game is on point (on Insta)
January 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
their social media game is on point (on Insta)
Bangalore biryani people, you’re all following Nandini Deluxe’s social media, right ? 😀
January 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Bangalore biryani people, you’re all following Nandini Deluxe’s social media, right ? 😀
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Radio 4 listeners at 15:30 this afternoon: don't worry, your radio isn't broken, that is indeed my voice.
January 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Radio 4 listeners at 15:30 this afternoon: don't worry, your radio isn't broken, that is indeed my voice.
A polymer ladle. I already have three steel ladles of various sizes. What was I even thinking of
timeline cleanse: i want to hear about the most useless kitchen items you have ever owned.
let me kick things off with
-the mushroom brush (as in, for brushing mushrooms)
-the sausage guillotine someone gave me
let me kick things off with
-the mushroom brush (as in, for brushing mushrooms)
-the sausage guillotine someone gave me
January 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
A polymer ladle. I already have three steel ladles of various sizes. What was I even thinking of
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Breaking: Indian police have raided the homes and offices of high-profile Indian climate activists.
Their "crime"? Campaigning against fossil fuels
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
Their "crime"? Campaigning against fossil fuels
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
Indian police raid homes and offices of climate activists
The Indian government has accused Harjeet Singh of promoting the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative which it says could compromise energy security, and hinted at a further crackdown The I...
www.climatechangenews.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Breaking: Indian police have raided the homes and offices of high-profile Indian climate activists.
Their "crime"? Campaigning against fossil fuels
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
Their "crime"? Campaigning against fossil fuels
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:55 AM
This is quite true.
The UK is king of the ready-made sandwich, which sounds like a dig except it's very much not
January 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is quite true.