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New York, NY
Joined September 2008
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If you weren't already a #SmitaPatil fangirl, @Priyashanker would have helped you correct course though her presentation on Patil, an iconic figure of the 70s Indian New Wave who was incredibly versatile, working across languages & regions, across art & popular cinemas
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6 rules to start the day: 1. Get up early 2. No phone for the first hour 3. Take a walk 4. Sit with a journal 5. Do the important things first 6. Be happy…you're alive
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After protests, UCLA took down a job posting for an assistant adjunct professor that offered no pay. But an unspoken secret had been fleetingly exposed: Free labor is a fact of academic life. nyti.ms/3xamMwu
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59% of teachers reported experiencing physical violence or verbal aggression at work, a major COVID-era survey finds. "This is a public health issue," one school psychologist said. n.pr/366C2zq
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Spotted at Heathrow!
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My column in ⁦@DeccanHerald: ⁩ Ukraine became an independent country in 1991, but it was the seat of a medieval kingdom, which emerged in the 10th century Kyiv and ruled the current day Ukraine, Poland, Russia, and Belarus. deccanherald.com/opinion/wil…
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Could the world’s largest bureaucracy have acted differently to stop Russia? I write in @DeccanHerald
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Earlier today, paid tributes to Bapu at Rajghat.
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Abhi Shanker retweeted
The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them. ~ Patty Labelle
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In 2016, the United Kingdom's then foreign minister, Boris Johnson, mentioned a new term, 'Global Britain'. This was in keeping with the ongoing Brexit strategy to assert, or perhaps find, Britain's role in the world. I write in ⁦⁦@DeccanHerald⁩ deccanherald.com/opinion/wil…
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Because maybe someone really needed to see this photo of my father riding a bike today. #MLK #MLKDay
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Here’s a simple startup messaging framework that might help you: “We solve X problem, for Y customer, by doing Z”. Keep it simple and don’t overthink it. – at San Mateo, CA
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R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP, latest year available: India: 0.70% Israel: 4.30% S Korea: 4.20% Sweden: 3.27% Germany: 2.90% U.S: 2.80% France: 2.24% China: 2.10% Norway: 2.03% Canada: 1.70% U.K: 1.68% Brazil: 1.26% Russia: 1.0% Saudi: 0.82% Pakistan: 0.25% (UNESCO)
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In case anyone wanted to see a clean-shaven Rabindranath Tagore…
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“mann se raavan jo nikaale ram uske mann mein hai ..” #HappyDussehra
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According to National Geographic, this is what the average American would look like in the year 2050.
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