Professor, Economist, IIT-Kgp, IIM-Cal, IIM-Cal, Vedantic; Son of a Forest Officer Father and a Writer-Homemaker Mother; ॐ श्री मात्रे नमः Views Personal
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Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
Can you imagine a 2-hour conversation between a VC and an AI researcher on AI and LLMs entirely in Sanskrit?
We just recorded one.
Could this be the world's first technical podcast in Sanskrit?
Can't wait to share it. Here is a raw glimpse
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
Very Appreciative of him. His advocated leftist ideologue policies played a key role in UPA's almost complete demise.
By making them enact wealth distributive policies (and a very leaky one at that) without any wealth generative mechanism, he ensured that people revolted against the inevitable inflation burden.
By enacting hollow rights laws with no ground execution mechanism, he ensured quick disillusionment.
There is a reason why left ideologues need dictatorship to thrive. Their half baked policies need suppression of the populace to continue.
But yes. Surely a nobel for being that nail in the coffin of earlier era. But def not an economist. An extreme leftist yes.
Why is it that contempt for Jean Dreze as an economist comes mostly from people who have no background in economics?
Dreze is easily a Nobel Prize worthy economist whose work has impacted lives of millions of Indians positively.
Ask any economics student, lecturer or professor at DSE, ISI, JNU, IGIDR, MSE, GIPE, et cetera., what they think of Dreze. All hold him in high regard.
Except these chomus. 👇🏻
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
Interesting question.
Pranaams.
Mahalaxmi of Kolhapur is NOT a Yakshini, it is Mahalaxmi of Saptashati. Tuljapur Bhavani is also not a Yakshini and is effectively Parvati Herself.
That much I will say with certainty.
These are both Siddha Vidyas and emanations/ portions of the Devatas mentioned in the murti Rahasya portion.
Whereas Saptashrungi is actually the Mahamaya almost completely same as that 18 arm Durga.
Now, why the confusion might have arisen?
Because there are Siddha Yakshinis in the retinue of both the Devatas mentioned and other Beings also … all of which are under control of their Bhairavas.
Almost anyone from Maharashtra should be able to understand this and say this much.
Have followed @mmpandit sir for a while and have found his ideas around the subject very enlightening. I Would love to know what he thinks. Cause the information I have come across is something new, and a different perspective would be helpful for me. Thank you for sharing yours!
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
If you show purchase of servers by NextGen from Akash Systems as donation by Akash to NextGen, if you lie about the service NextGen provides to it's 900 clients and if you mislead about who made ECInet software and if you claim every person every investor in Akash Systems exchanged emails with is friends with Gyanesh Kumar, then I think Gyanesh to giyo!
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
1/10 Narendra Modi - The Fiscal Hawk
In Gujarat, pursuing electricity bill defaulters was considered political suicide.
Modi did it anyway.
That decision offers a window into his approach to public finances over 25 years.
My column in Mint. 🧵
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
With such tech prowess, one would think you would not need 100% tariffs against Chinese EVs. And yet you desperately do, because these bells and whistles are not commercially viable or relevant in the real life. Cool video, though. Your group's true customers after all are shareholders :)
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
On World Food Day, a look at how India's refusal to clear a WTO trade pact in 2014 helped preserve public stockholding safeguards, protecting farmers and food security programmes
- @SKSharma_World and @glswathi15
business-standard.com/amp/ec…
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
Modi know how to balance fiscal discipline with development. That’s real leadership
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
He went after people who didn’t pay electricity bills in Gujarat, even when it was risky for his political career.
During Covid, India spent carefully while many rich countries printed lots of money.
Yet he still increased spending on roads, railways and other projects, and reduced the government’s borrowing at the same time
This is not just talk. This is 25 years of careful money management. Respect.
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
Excellent insights and perspectives, @profvidhu !
Enjoyed reading it...
Narendra Modi is a real fiscal hawk—both as CM and PM, he doubled down on revenues, plugged leakages
livemint.com/opinion/columns…
- @profvidhu
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
Modi ji know how to balance fiscal discipline with development. That’s real leadership..
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
Nice thread, article and paper(attached in the last post) highlighting Modi's long track record of managing public finances efficiently, starting from his days as Chief Minister of Gujarat. By focusing on simple yet effective measures for improving revenue collection, reducing leakages, and spending productively he strengthened the state’s fiscal position.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
India’s most reformist leader?
Modi Ji,if only more people looked beyond the noise! From nuclear energy deals to semiconductor ambitions and the IDBI Bank stake sale, big structural changes are underway. The real question: are we judging policies by facts or just politics?
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
On Dr. Kalam's birthday
Reminding people how liberals savagely attacked him in 2002
Sagarika Ghose called him "bomb daddy"
Even said that studying science is "Hindu Brahmanism"
Even connected Osama bin Laden being a terrorist to his engineering education
🤦♂️
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
Due to CM Modi's policy, Gujarat's state debt-to-GSDP ratio is just 18%. This fiscal consolidation has helped Gujarat attract more investment and secure loans at lower interest rates compared to other Indian states.
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
"Tracing Modi’s record from Gujarat to the Union government, a clear trend is how he favours fiscal discipline by balancing revenue growth, spending, and debt rather than simply cutting budgets. He improved collections, welfare delivery, and infrastructure investment alongside deficit reduction."
- @profvidhu
Narendra Modi is a real fiscal hawk—both as CM and PM, he doubled down on revenues, plugged leakages
livemint.com/opinion/columns…
- @profvidhu
Dr. Vidhu Shekhar retweeted
There is no bigger refromistic leader in india then modi only if dehati people understand him
He recently did disinvestment of IDBI Bandon't k with keeping 34% stake if u don't know till now around ₹50,000 cr of tax payers money wasted on this bank!
