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Ankit Kothari retweeted
I have all the respect in the world for every delivery boy, carpenter, vegetable seller, labourer, shoemaker, auto-rickshaw driver, street food vendor, security guard, construction worker, plumber, sanitation worker, daily-wage painter.
Sometimes, when I see them on the road, I wonder if God has been a little too cruel to some people. To place so much weight on such tired shoulders, to demand so much from a body that barely gets enough rest, and to give so little in return for so much effort.
Some of them leave home before sunrise and return long after sunset. They work through scorching summers, freezing winters, and pouring rain. They might never have the luxury of taking a holiday, visiting a beautiful place, or even exploring the very city they have spent their entire lives working in.
Perhaps a man delivering food has never sat down at the restaurant he delivers from. Perhaps the person building luxurious homes will never own one himself. Perhaps the man polishing your shoes has never owned a pair that he could call truly comfortable.
And yet, the next morning, they wake up and do it all over again. Not because life is easy, but because someone at home is waiting for them. A child needs school fees. A parent needs medicine. A family needs food on the table.
I wish life were kinder to these people. I wish hard work guaranteed dignity, fair wages, and a little breathing room. Nobody should have to break their body just to afford the basic necessities of life.
The next time you see someone working on the street, remember that you are not looking at someone who is less successful than you. You are looking at someone carrying responsibilities you may never fully understand.
Be kind to them. Pay them fairly. Don’t humiliate them. A little respect can mean more than you realise.
Some of the strongest people in this world will never be called successful. They will simply be called a good father, a loving husband, a caring son, or a dependable brother.
And perhaps, in the end, those are among the most beautiful titles a human being can earn.
Ankit Kothari retweeted
I will give the benefit of the doubt to Ramesh ji here, because he is a satirist & we should treat his statement exactly like that, as a punchline. But beneath the joke lies a deeply rooted, systemic issue within our collective psychology.
Many look at a finished Western product (like a mature WhatsApp/X) & treat it as a static, perfect system, while looking at an Indian alternative as an isolated, flawed event.
In control systems engineering, no system can reach peak performance or stability w/o going through a continuous, iterative Closed-Loop Feedback loop. Silicon Valley products did not drop out of the sky perfectly formed. They spent a decade inside a massive, highly forgiving home market that acted as a positive validation loop.
When an Indian company tries to build a foundational alternative, parts of our own demographic act as an unfiltered noise vector rather than a correction filter. By trying to crash/ridicule/dismiss the product at version 1.0, they starve the engine of the operational data & evolutionary runway it needs to reach version 10.0. They demand a mature output while actively sabotaging the developmental cycle.
In ancient Indian logic (Nyaya), an argument must be rooted in valid validation (Pramana). The immediate tendency to look at a growing domestic product & declare "We can never build a global tech giant" is a textbook logical defect known as Asiddha (unproved premise), heavily driven by a colonial hangover.
Ancient logicians categorized this kind of lazy intellectualism as empty cynicism that confuses a temporary state of development with a permanent lack of capability.
We cannot mock a sapling for not yielding timber on day 1, while proudly importing wood from an older forest. If we want our own Google/X/WhatsApp, our mindset must shift from being cynical consumers to being active stakeholders in our own technological ecosystem. Sridhar Vembu disabling a feature to comply with regulatory changes is how a robust system adapts to changing real-world parameters.
Ankit Kothari retweeted
An Incredible Story!
A ₹3,480 crore IPO of Physics Wallah has hit the market. While reading about this issue, I came across information about a village called Patwa Toli in Bihar.
This year, 45 students from this village cleared JEE, and 38 of them cleared JEE Advanced, meaning 38 students from a single village secured admission to IITs.
Patwa Toli is a village of traditional weavers. There is not a single coaching institute here. Instead, it has a community-driven education system run by current and former students of the village.
The Patwas are traditional weavers, originally from Rajasthan. They were brought to Bihar by Raja Man Singh during Emperor Akbar’s reign to produce a specific type of cloth used in Hindu funeral rituals. Over time, their weaving industry flourished so much that the village earned the title Manchester of Bihar. Today, however, it is better known as the Village of IITians.
The spark of educational transformation was ignited in 1991 when Jitendra Patwa became the first student from the village to gain admission to IIT. His success inspired an entire generation. Although he now lives abroad, he has never forgotten his roots. Through the NGO Vriksha Foundation, he and other IIT alumni continue to support educational initiatives in the village.
The educational model followed here is truly unique. Students from earlier batches mentor the next generation. Whenever a junior student faces difficulty, they seek help from their seniors. Over time, this has created a continuous support network where everyone helps one another move forward.
The foundation has established a digital classroom and a well-equipped library. Expert teachers from cities such as Delhi and Mumbai conduct online classes. A dedicated team continuously monitors students’ progress to ensure that no one is left behind. This is a remarkable blend of modern technology and community participation.
This is more than an educational program—it is a movement that is transforming lives. For many students, attending expensive coaching classes in big cities was once an impossible dream. Today, they can pursue those aspirations from their own village. Most importantly, the doors of opportunity have also opened for girls, enabling them to dream of a brighter future.
Patwa Toli teaches us an important lesson: when an entire community decides to invest in its children, extraordinary things can happen. A united community is the real need of the hour. If schools improve, villages will progress. #Bihar #education #IIT
"Never let a serious crisis go to waste."
Hopefully, political leadership is working on some major reforms to be rolled out over next few weeks.
Ankit Kothari retweeted
5–10 years in markets and suddenly everyone becomes a part-time Nobel Prize economist, full-time policy advisor, and weekend geopolitical commander.
A 2% move in crude oil and people start explaining Middle East diplomacy.
One Fed rate cut later, the same person is practically shortlisted to run the central bank.
A semiconductor rally and now they’re discussing Taiwan strategy like they’re in closed-door defence briefings.
By year seven in markets, reading one thread on X and two brokerage PDFs is enough to confidently solve:
inflation,
fiscal deficits,
currency crises,
trade wars,
election outcomes,
and occasionally civilization itself.
The best part?
Every opinion is delivered with the calm certainty of a man who has personally briefed presidents between market hours.
New #ECLGS announced. Much needed for MSMEs and on expected lines.
Ceasefire announcement came just few hours ahead of RBI's MPC policy decision. Interesting day ahead!
"If you can't buy now, don't bother about investing. Just get the hell out of stock market" - Sanjoy Bhattacharya
youtu.be/rN8KCYjqjn8
#investing
Ankit Kothari retweeted
Einstein's birthday, and Pi Day today. Because March 14 is written as 3.14 in the US, the first 3 numbers in the irrational number Pi.
And what could be more irrational than thinking that, exactly 25 years ago, two batters could last through the whole day and lead India to one of the greatest ever test victories against the Australian juggernaut.
March 14th, Einstein Day, Pi Day, & Dravid and Laxman Day!
Ankit Kothari retweeted
What a story!
After winning the World Cup, Shivam Dube took a 5 am train from Ahmedabad, quietly slept on the upper berth and got off at Borivali!
All because flights to Mumbai were fully booked and he couldn’t wait to get home :)
It's not often that a top Indian cricketer travels by train. But that's what Shivam Dube did a few hours after the #T20WorldCup final because flights to Mumbai were fully booked. He wanted to get home quickly to be with his children.
By @pdevendra
indianexpress.com/article/sp…
Sanju Samson giving credit to Sachin Tendulkar for guiding him through tough phase. God for a reason!
#INDvNZ #T20WorldCup2026final
Ankit Kothari retweeted
We are a generation that grew up admiring McGrath, Lee, Gillespie, and Fleming and their collective strength as a bowling unit. To watch Bumrah play and win in this fashion gives that childhood memory of ours a calming closure.
