Ramnath
@rmnth.bsky.social
😂
“No, just wishing that he should become a great Indian is no good! You must pray that he becomes a great non-resident Indian!”
RK Laxman
“No, just wishing that he should become a great Indian is no good! You must pray that he becomes a great non-resident Indian!”
RK Laxman
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
😂
“No, just wishing that he should become a great Indian is no good! You must pray that he becomes a great non-resident Indian!”
RK Laxman
“No, just wishing that he should become a great Indian is no good! You must pray that he becomes a great non-resident Indian!”
RK Laxman
“You think this is the problem and this is the solution. But I think this the solution and this is the problem!”
RK Laxman, like all great observers of society, understood complexity.
RK Laxman, like all great observers of society, understood complexity.
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“You think this is the problem and this is the solution. But I think this the solution and this is the problem!”
RK Laxman, like all great observers of society, understood complexity.
RK Laxman, like all great observers of society, understood complexity.
Quiz: Who is the writer talking about?
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Quiz: Who is the writer talking about?
VS Naipaul and Mario Miranda
Imagine what a fabulous treat it would have been if Mario had illustrated Naipaul’s India books. (Or even A House for Mr Biswas)
Pic from Mario de Miranda (2008)
Imagine what a fabulous treat it would have been if Mario had illustrated Naipaul’s India books. (Or even A House for Mr Biswas)
Pic from Mario de Miranda (2008)
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
VS Naipaul and Mario Miranda
Imagine what a fabulous treat it would have been if Mario had illustrated Naipaul’s India books. (Or even A House for Mr Biswas)
Pic from Mario de Miranda (2008)
Imagine what a fabulous treat it would have been if Mario had illustrated Naipaul’s India books. (Or even A House for Mr Biswas)
Pic from Mario de Miranda (2008)
📚A super useful writing tip from Ashokamitran.
Gnani: What's your measure of a good story?
Ashokamitran: When you read, the story must be engaging. Some people scoff at the word 'engaging.' But engagement is crucial. If there's to be any involvement in a story, it needs a
Gnani: What's your measure of a good story?
Ashokamitran: When you read, the story must be engaging. Some people scoff at the word 'engaging.' But engagement is crucial. If there's to be any involvement in a story, it needs a
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
📚A super useful writing tip from Ashokamitran.
Gnani: What's your measure of a good story?
Ashokamitran: When you read, the story must be engaging. Some people scoff at the word 'engaging.' But engagement is crucial. If there's to be any involvement in a story, it needs a
Gnani: What's your measure of a good story?
Ashokamitran: When you read, the story must be engaging. Some people scoff at the word 'engaging.' But engagement is crucial. If there's to be any involvement in a story, it needs a
No idea if this will work. But no harm in reading, no?
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
No idea if this will work. But no harm in reading, no?
In the movie version, I think Arvind Swamy can play Zelenskyy. And Kamal will play Trump, of course.
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In the movie version, I think Arvind Swamy can play Zelenskyy. And Kamal will play Trump, of course.
Just last evening, I was wondering if people still used Skype after I saw this sign in Mylapore Kapaleeshwarar temple.
#TIL Microsoft is shutting down Skype: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/28/microsoft-is-retiring-skype-in-may-encouraging-people-to-adopt-teams.html
#TIL Microsoft is shutting down Skype: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/28/microsoft-is-retiring-skype-in-may-encouraging-people-to-adopt-teams.html
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Just last evening, I was wondering if people still used Skype after I saw this sign in Mylapore Kapaleeshwarar temple.
#TIL Microsoft is shutting down Skype: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/28/microsoft-is-retiring-skype-in-may-encouraging-people-to-adopt-teams.html
#TIL Microsoft is shutting down Skype: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/28/microsoft-is-retiring-skype-in-may-encouraging-people-to-adopt-teams.html
Indian pronunciation is as legit as British or American.
Raja Rao once wrote: “We cannot write like the English. We should not. We cannot write only as Indians. We have grown to look at the large world as part of us.”
Applies to how we speak too.
Raja Rao once wrote: “We cannot write like the English. We should not. We cannot write only as Indians. We have grown to look at the large world as part of us.”
Applies to how we speak too.
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Indian pronunciation is as legit as British or American.
Raja Rao once wrote: “We cannot write like the English. We should not. We cannot write only as Indians. We have grown to look at the large world as part of us.”
Applies to how we speak too.
Raja Rao once wrote: “We cannot write like the English. We should not. We cannot write only as Indians. We have grown to look at the large world as part of us.”
Applies to how we speak too.
This image beautifully captures why Steve Jobs is one of the most important philosophers of our times.
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This image beautifully captures why Steve Jobs is one of the most important philosophers of our times.
Be the art you want to create 😀
A brilliant one by Mario Miranda
A brilliant one by Mario Miranda
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Be the art you want to create 😀
A brilliant one by Mario Miranda
A brilliant one by Mario Miranda
While this idea is amazing, and is especially useful when you travel, there’s a serious design flaw in packaging.
Despite the useful cut at the left side, it’s difficult to open it all the way through because it becomes thicker at the centre. And if you try to pour it anyway
Despite the useful cut at the left side, it’s difficult to open it all the way through because it becomes thicker at the centre. And if you try to pour it anyway
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
While this idea is amazing, and is especially useful when you travel, there’s a serious design flaw in packaging.
Despite the useful cut at the left side, it’s difficult to open it all the way through because it becomes thicker at the centre. And if you try to pour it anyway
Despite the useful cut at the left side, it’s difficult to open it all the way through because it becomes thicker at the centre. And if you try to pour it anyway
Interesting use of induction stove to keep sambhar hot at a Chennai restaurant (which incidentally accepts only cash. No UPI).
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Interesting use of induction stove to keep sambhar hot at a Chennai restaurant (which incidentally accepts only cash. No UPI).
#Quiz: During one of his visits to India, Jeffrey Archer said RK Narayan deserved a Nobel.
But, some people thought he didn't deserve one for various reasons. Here are a few of those reasons.
Who wrote this?
But, some people thought he didn't deserve one for various reasons. Here are a few of those reasons.
Who wrote this?
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
#Quiz: During one of his visits to India, Jeffrey Archer said RK Narayan deserved a Nobel.
But, some people thought he didn't deserve one for various reasons. Here are a few of those reasons.
Who wrote this?
But, some people thought he didn't deserve one for various reasons. Here are a few of those reasons.
Who wrote this?
📚 Ergodicity by @DellAnnaLuca is brilliant.
#mustread
#mustread
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
📚 Ergodicity by @DellAnnaLuca is brilliant.
#mustread
#mustread
From this book.
Yeah, I love reading old stories.
Yeah, I love reading old stories.
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
From this book.
Yeah, I love reading old stories.
Yeah, I love reading old stories.
This might sound like this was written after @realDonaldTrump won the recent US presidential elections.
But in fact this is from a 2000 piece on Trump by Chris Byron (George magazine Feb/March 2000).
But in fact this is from a 2000 piece on Trump by Chris Byron (George magazine Feb/March 2000).
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This might sound like this was written after @realDonaldTrump won the recent US presidential elections.
But in fact this is from a 2000 piece on Trump by Chris Byron (George magazine Feb/March 2000).
But in fact this is from a 2000 piece on Trump by Chris Byron (George magazine Feb/March 2000).
The only true and effective “operator’s manual for spaceship earth” is not a book that any human will ever write; it is hundreds of thousands of local cultures.
~ Wendell Berry
I started reading Wendell Berry after I saw @svembu recommending one of his books somewhere. What a
~ Wendell Berry
I started reading Wendell Berry after I saw @svembu recommending one of his books somewhere. What a
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The only true and effective “operator’s manual for spaceship earth” is not a book that any human will ever write; it is hundreds of thousands of local cultures.
~ Wendell Berry
I started reading Wendell Berry after I saw @svembu recommending one of his books somewhere. What a
~ Wendell Berry
I started reading Wendell Berry after I saw @svembu recommending one of his books somewhere. What a
To truly succeed in understanding my patients, I had to undo the certainty of my knowledge.
~ Sandra Hager Eliason
This is almost like that Zen story, right?
From an essay I read in The Best American Essays 2023
~ Sandra Hager Eliason
This is almost like that Zen story, right?
From an essay I read in The Best American Essays 2023
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
To truly succeed in understanding my patients, I had to undo the certainty of my knowledge.
~ Sandra Hager Eliason
This is almost like that Zen story, right?
From an essay I read in The Best American Essays 2023
~ Sandra Hager Eliason
This is almost like that Zen story, right?
From an essay I read in The Best American Essays 2023
We should avoid ultra-processed food for a simple reason. It's making us eat more than we need, says @DhruvKhullar
And businesses want us to eat more because that's how they make money.
What's the way out?
I once asked Jesus Ciriza Larraona, an an Aurovilian, who runs the
And businesses want us to eat more because that's how they make money.
What's the way out?
I once asked Jesus Ciriza Larraona, an an Aurovilian, who runs the
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We should avoid ultra-processed food for a simple reason. It's making us eat more than we need, says @DhruvKhullar
And businesses want us to eat more because that's how they make money.
What's the way out?
I once asked Jesus Ciriza Larraona, an an Aurovilian, who runs the
And businesses want us to eat more because that's how they make money.
What's the way out?
I once asked Jesus Ciriza Larraona, an an Aurovilian, who runs the
Thinking is difficult; that’s why most people judge.
~ Carl Jung
💯
~ Carl Jung
💯
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Thinking is difficult; that’s why most people judge.
~ Carl Jung
💯
~ Carl Jung
💯