Nita K
@nitajk.bsky.social
Author of The Hawa Mahal Murders, PILF prize-winner, Journalist, Hand Reader.📍Pune India. Passionately interested in World Affairs, Health, Environment, Books. Next novel soon to be published. Working on the third book.
https://www.nitajatarkulkarni.com
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Nita K
@nitajk.bsky.social
· Dec 12
People put labels on others to understand them better or categorise them but humans are too complex, in my opinion. I don’t like labels. For example I am not a #leftist, #rightist or #centrist. I support ideas from all these #ideologies but no, I don’t lean towards any. I am just me. Nita.
Adulterated food is widespread in India, bc laws are lax. The poor bear the brunt as they buy cheap food off the streets, fr small vendors & unknown brands. And a famous Indian temple fell into the trap too. No wonder Indians suffer from so many health issues.
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Rs 250 crore, 5 years: How a fake dairy duped Tirupati, provided 68,00,000 kg fake ghee - BusinessToday
As per the CBI, the promoters set up a fake ghee manufacturing unit and forged milk procurement as well as payment records.
www.businesstoday.in
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Adulterated food is widespread in India, bc laws are lax. The poor bear the brunt as they buy cheap food off the streets, fr small vendors & unknown brands. And a famous Indian temple fell into the trap too. No wonder Indians suffer from so many health issues.
tinyurl.com/39w5amcz
tinyurl.com/39w5amcz
A list of the world's largest banks:.The top 4 are in China. Next 2 in the US. The top 50 banks are all in the developed countries with one exception. SBI (India) is at 43. HDFC, another Indian bank is at 73.
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A list of the world's largest banks:.The top 4 are in China. Next 2 in the US. The top 50 banks are all in the developed countries with one exception. SBI (India) is at 43. HDFC, another Indian bank is at 73.
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
When I was growing up it was always The Phantom. Though I loved Tarzan too…
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
When I was growing up it was always The Phantom. Though I loved Tarzan too…
I've written 2 novels about serial killers (2nd soon to be published) but didn't think deeply about the kids of serial killers. Flower of Evil (Korean) is abt the children of serial killers. Often abused themselves, they undergo deep trauma.
#crime
listverse.com/2017/06/05/t...
#crime
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Top 10 Children Of Notorious Murderers
High-profile killers are served justice when caught, but what happens to the children of these monsters in the wake of their atrocities? When we read and
listverse.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I've written 2 novels about serial killers (2nd soon to be published) but didn't think deeply about the kids of serial killers. Flower of Evil (Korean) is abt the children of serial killers. Often abused themselves, they undergo deep trauma.
#crime
listverse.com/2017/06/05/t...
#crime
listverse.com/2017/06/05/t...
Shows like The Diplomat ring hollow because of such fake dialogues. This is the US ambassador to the UK talking - she is the lead in the show, supposedly the brightest of them all.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Shows like The Diplomat ring hollow because of such fake dialogues. This is the US ambassador to the UK talking - she is the lead in the show, supposedly the brightest of them all.
Dry cleaning is toxic and not just for the #environment. Trace amounts of harmful chemicals remain on clothes. Been using damp cloths or wipes for years now. Steaming is another method though haven't tried it. Gentle wash is also okay sometimes.
www.forbes.com/sites/olivia...
www.forbes.com/sites/olivia...
How To Ditch Toxic Dry-Cleaning In 2025
As the EPA phases in a ban on toxic chemicals used in dry-cleaning, read this guide on the cleaner way to care for your clothes.
www.forbes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Dry cleaning is toxic and not just for the #environment. Trace amounts of harmful chemicals remain on clothes. Been using damp cloths or wipes for years now. Steaming is another method though haven't tried it. Gentle wash is also okay sometimes.
www.forbes.com/sites/olivia...
www.forbes.com/sites/olivia...
Humans instinctively try to make their lives easier, that's why they use #AI, but from the point of evolution it'll make humans stupid. May be the world will not end bc of a nuclear disaster, it could end bc of the stupidity of humans.
tech.co/news/another...
tech.co/news/another...
Yet Another Study Finds That AI Is Making Us Dumb
LLM users displayed the "weakest" brain connectivity in a new MIT study that hints AI use harms critical thinking. It's not the first such study.
tech.co
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Humans instinctively try to make their lives easier, that's why they use #AI, but from the point of evolution it'll make humans stupid. May be the world will not end bc of a nuclear disaster, it could end bc of the stupidity of humans.
tech.co/news/another...
tech.co/news/another...
Just like dark matter in the universe, we have "dark dna" – a term coined by biologists. It can mean hidden dna (it's there but cannot be found) or it's the mystery dna that scientists cannot decipher; they have no clue as to what it does. For some reason been thinking of this the whole night.
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Just like dark matter in the universe, we have "dark dna" – a term coined by biologists. It can mean hidden dna (it's there but cannot be found) or it's the mystery dna that scientists cannot decipher; they have no clue as to what it does. For some reason been thinking of this the whole night.
There is a story about a new global trend – preference of girls over boys, in The Economist. The ratio of girls to boys has also improved in India & China. Boys aren't being aborted, this is just a silent preference.
Wonder if we are heading towards a world where there'll be more women than men?
Wonder if we are heading towards a world where there'll be more women than men?
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
There is a story about a new global trend – preference of girls over boys, in The Economist. The ratio of girls to boys has also improved in India & China. Boys aren't being aborted, this is just a silent preference.
Wonder if we are heading towards a world where there'll be more women than men?
Wonder if we are heading towards a world where there'll be more women than men?
Americans make a huge brouhaha if anything is given free, dubbing it as communism but in Europe it's the norm and people are happier for it. Doesn't mean the end of free enterprise; doesn't mean communism. A large % of Americans have clearly been brainwashed.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Americans make a huge brouhaha if anything is given free, dubbing it as communism but in Europe it's the norm and people are happier for it. Doesn't mean the end of free enterprise; doesn't mean communism. A large % of Americans have clearly been brainwashed.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
My daughter said I'll live long, but she probably won't as she has more plastic in her than I do...most of us don't realise the variety & scope of #microplastic #pollution. It's in tyres, roads & clothes; not just in food and drink. In the air, rain, soil ...
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The Anatomy of Micro Plastic
Microplastics—an almost invisible class of plastic fragments smaller than a grain of rice—have become one of the planet’s largest unseen pollutants, accumulat…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
My daughter said I'll live long, but she probably won't as she has more plastic in her than I do...most of us don't realise the variety & scope of #microplastic #pollution. It's in tyres, roads & clothes; not just in food and drink. In the air, rain, soil ...
tinyurl.com/48w7cdxv
tinyurl.com/48w7cdxv
Developed countries like Canada, Ireland, S Korea, have the highest shares of college adults (55–65%);emerging nations like India & Mexico have strikingly high proportions of adults with no high school edu, a stark contrast with dev nations Germany has a strong vocational system...
#education
#education
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Developed countries like Canada, Ireland, S Korea, have the highest shares of college adults (55–65%);emerging nations like India & Mexico have strikingly high proportions of adults with no high school edu, a stark contrast with dev nations Germany has a strong vocational system...
#education
#education
War criminals in rich and powerful countries get away with it. That's a fact. History too gets twisted because rich countries re-write history. Their populace too starts seeing it through the distorted lens.
It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
War criminals in rich and powerful countries get away with it. That's a fact. History too gets twisted because rich countries re-write history. Their populace too starts seeing it through the distorted lens.
A posh society near ours doesn't segregate #garbage; nor does it compost the wet garbage, altho its reqd by law. Real estate tycoons & industrialists live here. When asked to segregate, here's what a filthy rich person countered, with a smirk & a laugh: If I do it, I'll get chocolate?
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A posh society near ours doesn't segregate #garbage; nor does it compost the wet garbage, altho its reqd by law. Real estate tycoons & industrialists live here. When asked to segregate, here's what a filthy rich person countered, with a smirk & a laugh: If I do it, I'll get chocolate?
What more proof that #AI is a bubble about to burst? MIT report: 95% of AI pilots didn’t increase profit or productivity. METR report: AI coding tools actually slow developers down.
wlockett.medium.com/ai-pullback-...
wlockett.medium.com/ai-pullback-...
AI Pullback Has Officially Started
People are beginning to confront the reality of AI, and they are not happy.
wlockett.medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What more proof that #AI is a bubble about to burst? MIT report: 95% of AI pilots didn’t increase profit or productivity. METR report: AI coding tools actually slow developers down.
wlockett.medium.com/ai-pullback-...
wlockett.medium.com/ai-pullback-...
Reposted by Nita K
“It is terribly hard for books to compete with video on demand, for children as for adults. Between streaming services, TikTok, audiobooks, iPads, video games, and voice-operated systems like Siri, anything more than basic literacy seems poised for irrelevancy.”
Speak and Sell | Sophie Pinkham
The siren song of Ms. Rachel cannot be understood outside of America’s ongoing impoverishment of families.
thebaffler.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“It is terribly hard for books to compete with video on demand, for children as for adults. Between streaming services, TikTok, audiobooks, iPads, video games, and voice-operated systems like Siri, anything more than basic literacy seems poised for irrelevancy.”
The world's "happiest" countries also have a high suicide rate, which casts doubt on the accuracy of the world happiness report. Not surprising that Iceland, one of the "happiest" countries in the world, has the highest consumption of anti-depressants in the world.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The world's "happiest" countries also have a high suicide rate, which casts doubt on the accuracy of the world happiness report. Not surprising that Iceland, one of the "happiest" countries in the world, has the highest consumption of anti-depressants in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
For me it was The Exorcist. The little girl making guttural sounds and rising up from her bed still haunts me. Never could see horror after that.
‘I was a mess for hours afterwards’: readers on their scariest films of all time
‘I was a mess for hours afterwards’: readers on their scariest films of all time
After Guardian writers shared their scariest Halloween watches, readers respond with their picks, from Jaws to The Blair Witch Project
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For me it was The Exorcist. The little girl making guttural sounds and rising up from her bed still haunts me. Never could see horror after that.
There's been a lot of fuss being made about JD Vance saying that he's waiting for his wife to give up her Hindu faith. Sure, he said it, but like many things Vance has spouted, this is another one of his statements made for better optics with the Republican faithful.
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
There's been a lot of fuss being made about JD Vance saying that he's waiting for his wife to give up her Hindu faith. Sure, he said it, but like many things Vance has spouted, this is another one of his statements made for better optics with the Republican faithful.
There's been tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan of late, including a short war. If Afghanistan is accusing Pakistan of training ISIS fighters and sending them into Afghanistan, well, it's probably true.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
There's been tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan of late, including a short war. If Afghanistan is accusing Pakistan of training ISIS fighters and sending them into Afghanistan, well, it's probably true.
www.firstpost.com/explainers/i...
www.firstpost.com/explainers/i...
Passport ranking in 2025: Singapore, S. Korean & Japanese passports are the most powerful in the world, followed by Germany & Italy. It's the number of visa-free destinations that clinches your rank, but economic stability & diplomatic relations matter too.
www.henleyglobal.com/passport-ind...
www.henleyglobal.com/passport-ind...
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Passport ranking in 2025: Singapore, S. Korean & Japanese passports are the most powerful in the world, followed by Germany & Italy. It's the number of visa-free destinations that clinches your rank, but economic stability & diplomatic relations matter too.
www.henleyglobal.com/passport-ind...
www.henleyglobal.com/passport-ind...
India doesn't just buy plastic waste from other countries, it's also bought a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water & was forced to close down. Harsh Goenka is on the board of this new company.
#environment
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#environment
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India
Miteni factory closed after water pollution scandal but machinery and patents were bought and rebuilt by Indian company
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
India doesn't just buy plastic waste from other countries, it's also bought a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water & was forced to close down. Harsh Goenka is on the board of this new company.
#environment
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#environment
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GPT-5 leads in reasoning and agentic tasks; Grok 4 in coding;
DeepSeek & Qwen close the gap — at 1/100 the cost.
The question people will ask is:
“Which model’s best for this task?” and NOT "Which model is the best?"
#AI
tinyurl.com/2s3nhkmv
DeepSeek & Qwen close the gap — at 1/100 the cost.
The question people will ask is:
“Which model’s best for this task?” and NOT "Which model is the best?"
#AI
tinyurl.com/2s3nhkmv
Which AI Model Is Actually Best?
For the last 2 years, the industry worshipped a single model.
Then the data flipped the script.
The latest data from Artificial Analysis benchmark…
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October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
GPT-5 leads in reasoning and agentic tasks; Grok 4 in coding;
DeepSeek & Qwen close the gap — at 1/100 the cost.
The question people will ask is:
“Which model’s best for this task?” and NOT "Which model is the best?"
#AI
tinyurl.com/2s3nhkmv
DeepSeek & Qwen close the gap — at 1/100 the cost.
The question people will ask is:
“Which model’s best for this task?” and NOT "Which model is the best?"
#AI
tinyurl.com/2s3nhkmv
Indian women are not just embracing financial independence, they are rejecting traditional gender roles. They are following a world-wide trend, as Morgan Stanley stats show. Almost half of all women will be single and childless by 2030, the largest share in history. A significant societal shift.
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Indian women are not just embracing financial independence, they are rejecting traditional gender roles. They are following a world-wide trend, as Morgan Stanley stats show. Almost half of all women will be single and childless by 2030, the largest share in history. A significant societal shift.
The tipping point that led me to change my political affiliation was this incident. A young girl was tortured by politicians and the media alike. That was the time I stopped subscribing to all news channels as well.
theprint.in/opinion/what...
theprint.in/opinion/what...
What does India owe Rhea Chakraborty? Don’t stop at just an apology
Rhea Chakraborty’s steadfastness is real, but so is the wreckage. She might have made peace with it, but her life was stolen from her.
theprint.in
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The tipping point that led me to change my political affiliation was this incident. A young girl was tortured by politicians and the media alike. That was the time I stopped subscribing to all news channels as well.
theprint.in/opinion/what...
theprint.in/opinion/what...