Opens up a whole new debate around tech sovereignty …

Can we have a big clean up at Silk board please? @GBAChiefComm @GBA_office @CMofKarnataka @DKShivakumar This is a BIG BIG SHAME- please please have this cleaned up

India’s biggest brand destroyer isn’t foreign criticism, it’s urban misgovernance. When fires, collapses, garbage, traffic and unsafe living become normal, growth stats lose their shine. Cities build nations. Neglecting them weakens Brand India. Bangalore is a sorry example

Bloomberg reports Anthropic is calling for an industrywide mechanism to pause the development of artificial intelligence, giving society the opportunity to “deal with its immense implications.” Senior execs compared their idea to the international regulation of nuclear weapons.

Unfortunate

Day after day, Bengaluru’s citizens are mired in traffic chaos and mounting garbage. Nothing gets better; nothing improves. And now we must endure the theatrics of a miffed minister demanding the city development portfolio instead of Irrigation.Absurd.

Attended the Bhasma Aarti at Mahakaal Temple in Ujjain. A truly beautiful and spiritual spectacle. The temple, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, has been a revered centre of faith for centuries. Har Har Mahadev!

Same here. I’ve had a yahoo email for over a decade or more. No unnecessary pressures. Except that I’ve been unable to delete the deluge, in bulk, from my inbox. Need to give it another shot soon. Long live Yahoomail! :)

Always keep the child in you alive and kicking….🙃

Situation at Silk Board metro station at 6:00 pm today - just after one rain! #BangaloreRains It’s the same spot that was heavily water logged in May 2025. Looks like nothing has been done to avoid such situation again. vc: Twitter follower.

Wisdom and enterprise- washed away. Who is to blame?

Thank you @nikhapte for being the gracious host.

PAFI members visited the DEL5 Amazon Fulfilment Centre as part of our Experiential Learning Series. Guided by a facility expert Pooja Bhoi, members toured the operations, observing the end-to-end process from order receipt and supplier procurement to dispatch. It was a truly insightful visit. On behalf of PAFI, Rakesh Dubey, Managing Committee Member, PAFI, Director - Global Government Affairs, Carlyle Group, thanked Amazon and the team for their hospitality. Key highlights on Amazon India's footprint: - $40 billion invested since 2010, with a further commitment of $35 billion by 2030. - Operations infrastructure: More than 43 million cubic feet of storage and sort centres across 19 states. - Over 32% women associates in operations - More than 150,000 seasonal jobs created during the recent Great Indian Festival. - Over 1.7 million sellers, with 50% from Tier 2 and 3 cities. Our sincere thanks to @Chetankrishna, President, PAFI, Vice President, Public Policy, Amazon India, for hosting PAFI members. #PAFI #PublicPolicy #PublicAffairs #ExperientialLearning #AmazonIndia @khannaajay | @TSVishwanath1 | @Chetankrishna | @majorranjeet | @ishteyaqueamjad | @meditatingmuse | @DeepshikhaD | @Harishkrishnan | @lakshmikanchaan | @ssafaya | @zulf20

I've always been a huge fan of RK Laxman, and he drew this caricature celebrating the launch of BPL Mobile. Fun fact: he was a subscriber and very happy with the service! Truly an honour to have been one of his subjects. Thank you for taking me down memory lane today!

Glad to host PAFI members at Amazon DEL5. Sorry I couldn’t be there in person; appreciate the Amazon Ops team which hosted the visit in such a thoughtful manner. Thanks @PAFIIndia @khannaajay

Within the dusty confines of an old book library in Mysore, I chanced upon this caricature of former IT Minister and present BJP-gladiator in Kerala @RajeevRC_X . Legendary cartoonist and my fond grand-uncle #RKLaxman captures his irrepressible subject with great elan

When an artist’s body of work is more than 12,000 songs, it becomes impossible to choose a best. But here is one that always brings joy - Aaiye Meherbaan from Howrah Bridge. Asha ji’s silken voice combines with Madhubala’s incredible beauty to create magic. RIP Asha ji.

A musical partnership that revolutionised Hindi film music. Other notable hits: Chura Liya Hai Tumne, Dum Maro Dum etc. Despite their tumultuous personal life, their love, like their music endured. I’m sure they will continue to have a fawning audience wherever they are🙏

He could speak 8 languages and they said he could recite all 37 of Shakespeare's plays from memory. An award winning playwright & stage artist and one of Satyajit Ray's favourite actors. Also one of India's finest comic actors in films like Golmaal, and Hirak Rajar Deshe. The irony is that the marvellous comic roles in Golmaal and other films, what most people outside remember him for, is what he regarded as the least important "I have developed a technique of shutting my mind off, switching it off, rather. I will not be able to tell you even the names of the films I have acted in or even the name of the character I have just finished shooting.” He was also a brilliant writer & regular theatre reviewer. “Mr.Dutt as Othello was rather a pitiable sight, with his voice gone, his breathing laboured and his bulk enormous.” This was Utpal Dutt reviewing his own stage performance using the pseudonym Iago. He also loved classical art and there is this wonderful story told by his daughter. "When we went to Italy, it meant we would have to spend at least one day on viewing each sculpture. We had hired the services of a guide. But, we found that Baba knew more about the place than the guide. The next day, the guide asked us if we would be ready to go on our own." A true renaissance man and a principled one, not scared to go to prison for his views. Utpal Dutt was truly one of our greats. 97th birth anniversary today.

Bengaluru’s edge isn’t just innovation, it’s intention. Its first-gen billionaires aren’t just giving back, they’re building systems, institutions, and the core “software of the state” shaping India’s future.