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They ran faster than the average speed of cars in Indian cities
First, Alex Matata conquered Delhi in 59:50. A year later, his twin brother Charles Matata stormed to the title in 58:52, making the Matata name synonymous with victory at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon for two years running, and setting an even faster winning time.
#VDHM2026
40,000 runners today experienced the magic of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, which has the most beautiful route of all Indian marathons. The high you get when you spot India Gate in the distance is unmatched. Bummed to have missed it this year. See you next year, Delhi! 🏃♂️🏃♂️🇮🇳 @DelhiHM_
My name has been deleted from the voting list. To be fair, I ignored SIR notice and didn’t take BLO’s calls seriously in July. Am I upset about the deletion? Absolutely yes as it’s like taking away my right. But it’s less than a 5 min effort to reinstate it. My genuine question- since no one knows my voting intentions, which party should be protesting about my deletion 🤔
Rich people have the best stories. Their struggling days stories are even better 🤫
Mark Cuban says his receptionist stole $82,000 of the $84,000 his company had in the bank. When the bank called, he thought they’d caught her in time.
“You didn’t cash them, did you?”
“Of course we did. We’re a bank, sir.”
This was at MicroSolutions, his first company. The receptionist was supposed to put checks for their suppliers in envelopes and take them to the post office.
She used white-out to cover the recipients’ names, wrote in her own, and cashed the checks at the bank’s drive-through.
The company had $2,000 left. The suppliers were still waiting for their money.
Cuban and his partner had to call them and explain what had happened. They asked for time and promised they would get paid. The suppliers agreed to work with them.
The business survived. In 1990, Cuban sold MicroSolutions to CompuServe for $6 million.
Shannon Sharpe asks whether they pressed charges. Cuban says they couldn’t find her. As far as he knows, nobody ever did.
He’s a billionaire now, but when he tells this story, he still spells out her name.
I can understand why. The bank called him about checks with the recipients’ names covered in white-out, then explained that it had already paid them.
Would you have trusted that bank again?
"$1.14 billion mega AI deal from Mercedes-Benz. Advanced AI revenue grew 28.4% QoQ and 78.0% YoY in constant currency. Our AI propositions are resonating well with our clients, giving us confidence in our growth trajectory,”
HCL Tech Q2 results: Net profit rises 11% QoQ to Rs 5,132 crore, IT firm declares Rs 12 dividend
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Because, this is your time. This is your opportunity: PM @narendramodi
What a lousy analysis by someone who clearly has no clue about India. Classic western lens analysis
Something feels off with this chorus of “India’s internet is great and super cheap” … the data shows that Indian market is absolutely dominated by mobile. When they say it’s cheap and well connected factually this only applies to mobile usage.
This makes sense because a tower connects thousands of subs instantly after construction and running fiber is a building by building or resident by resident job. This is also why “fixed wireless” has started growing fast. Follow the incentives. It’s the cheapest and shortest route to revenue.
Due to this, India is amongst the highest mobile bandwidth usage populations on the planet. 30-40GB/month. (20-50% above US/UK usage) However, home Fiber lines in India pull closer to 300GB/month. 10x gap
For context, that gap in the US and UK is 20-30x. It’s pretty ubiquitous that if you have access to a lot of more bandwidth you will use it.
Bandwidth abundance does not favor mobile devices.
I’d argue that it’s not very hard to believe that these paltry sub 5% fixed customer penetration numbers would be much higher if a cost effective alternative existed.
Is that alternative existed it wouldn’t be crazy to expect to see the fixed customer numbers jump from 6% to maybe 10%, 15% or 20%. 100M-200M customers.
And if the rest of the world is any precedent that would lead to a dramatic increase in overall bandwidth used.
However, that would mean that mobile bandwidth usage would likely drop or stagnate with in home mobile usage.
💯 hard relate. My stint at Satyam Computers did all this to me. That’s why I am hardcore pro Indian IT (although sad how Satyam ended)
One thing is certain - Accenture, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL and many more companies helped millions of Indians move from a lower middle class financial status to an upper middle class and upper class status.
People with zero assets, no family background have built houses, given good education to their children, taken care of their families - All because they made good money.
People travelled abroad, saved well, roamed around, took their parents abroad to show them how developed world looks like. None of this would have happened without the advent of IT companies in India. One can hate them as much as they want but the IT companies built Modern India and Modern Indian homes🤩
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In Gurgaon MCG has started a 30 day challenge to transform 100 roads by Nov 7.
Citizens can report potholes, garbage, sewer overflow, dead streetlights & tree pruning here: mcg-sms.austere.biz/24hr-cha…
Complaints to be resolved in 24 to 72 hrs
Gurgaon walo koi kami na reh jaaye, nikaldo saari bhadaas!
Buy the dip karte karte, main kaafi companies ka promotor ban chuka hu. Rukna kab hai yeh kisi ne nahi bataya? #nifty
🏎️ This prompted me to see supercars in Delhi NCR vs Bangalore vs Mumbai. While Mumbai leads, Bangalore leads Delhi (excluding Gurgaon) even on supercars. You will also see a pattern of old money vs new money. Bangalore has more ferraris, Lambos, Mclaren vs Delhi. Where are Mumbai people driving all these McLarens???? P.s. Exhibit 1: AI makes you waste time than gain time. This whole data extraction added no value in my life 😂
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Perhaps the most damaging idea in all of modern business and middlebrow philosophy is Maslow's Pyramid. You know the one that puts "roti, kapda, makaan" at the bottom and "morality, creativity, meaning" at the top.
The problem isn't in the existence of those needs. It is that they are arranged in a strict hierarchy. That a "higher" need is felt only when the ones below it are met.
The idea has persisted from ancient Greece and India, through the feudal and colonial ages, down to the era of the "global south". Let us aristocrats worry about art and beauty, you just focus on surviving the winter.
Unfortunately this silly notion does not survive the barest contact with reality. Everybody has all these needs, simultaneously. The poor have as much capacity to be affected by the plight of wild animals or feel wonder at the sight of a soaring rocket. Love, self-esteem, morality - these are the things that make us human, not what emerges once you ascend from serfdom.
The condescending framework not only leads to nonsense like this - "how can India invest in a space program when there isn't enough food?", "how can a poor country focus on tigers when its people live in slums?" - but also business decisions that backfire spectacularly.
If you go back a decade when the internet first reached our unwashed masses, the first business plans were all a version of "provide soil information to farmers so they plan crops better". Guess what the farmer first did when he got online? Memes and short videos.
The need for entertainment is universal. The need to share with friends is universal. The need to be seen as cool is universal. Because Maslow's needs are not a pyramid - they're a circle.
It is extraordinary that India, still a relatively poor country, can achieve something as selfless as protecting other creatures. We explain how it became remarkably good at animal conservation economist.com/asia/2026/10/0…
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Sorry to interrupt your Sunday, friends.
I really hesitated to write this, but if I don’t speak up today, I will be facing a severe financial crisis within a week or two.
To be clear, I am not asking for charity or financial help. I am asking for work.
I have been completely without work for the last three months. My last project ended on June 30th, and since then I have knocked on every door I know—calling, texting, meeting contacts, and following up.
People say they will try, but after that first talk, the silence takes over. Calls go unanswered or get cut after a couple of rings. I honestly don't know whether the industry is shifting because of AI or if my age (52) is working against me, but despite over 13 years of solid experience in the field, nothing has materialized.
Now, my savings are down to the very end. I can barely hold out for another week or two.
I am a professional content writer, translator, and speaker who is comfortable on stage and in front of the camera. I write and translate fluently across Gujarati, Hindi, and English, with Gujarati being my strongest suit.
Many of you already know my grasp of politics and my political writing, but I am equally adept at covering Bollywood and cricket. My priority is media houses, digital platforms, or publications, but I am open to any genuine writing or translation opportunity.
I can work remotely or take up assignments on-site anywhere in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, as I need to be close to my elderly mother to take care of her health.
Because my situation is urgent, I am especially looking for quick-turnaround freelance assignments or immediate projects where payments can be settled on submission.
If you or anyone in your circle has work, please reach out to me directly in my DMs.
A humble, earnest request: while I deeply value your warmth, please refrain from sending just "best wishes" or "stay strong" messages right now. I am fighting hard to stay out of a very dark headspace, and right now, only actual work leads can pull me through.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you for your support. My inbox is open. 🙏
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This happens everyday so it needs a fundamental change (traffic police can't help). Two bottlenecks: MCD toll needs to go and segregation for Dwarka expressway arm should start a km in advance. Road is quite wide and frankly that's an issue - people moving diagonally from innermost lane to outer cutting across 4-5 lanes create a cone effect
SOS
Delhi requires agency who is INTERESTED IN MANAGING TRAFFIC
Now
75+ mins
For 9km passage
NH-48
Gurgaon towards DhaulaKuan
@PMOIndia
@HMOIndia
And still not a single pain to anyone??
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It's launching on 2nd Oct - buy if you want an accurate sleep tracker and extremely accurate HR tracker. Avoid if you want to use it for fitness tracking. Way off when it comes to measuring runs/walks/strength training. I am using it like HRM tracker to my apple watch for its accuracy. I would rate it as "AVOID" for most after testing it thoroughly for last 3 months.
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