This new type of global warming has the potential to end our world before climate change.I have overcome my own biases by reading&being with some amazing people who shone right out of the stereotypes my mind had imposed on them.#webeforeme #inclusionstartswithI #educatetoelevate

Navreh Poshte! Have a great year ahead.

And the epic journey begins again in all its glory. Three new travellers, Apapang (adult male) orange track, Alang (young female) Yellow track, and Ahu (adult female) Red Track, were satellite-tagged on 11th November 2025 as part of the Manipur Amur Falcon Tracking Project (Phase 2) by @wii_india . In just days, Apapang has stunned trackers with an extraordinary non-stop flight, already cutting across central India and now skimming the Arabian Sea, poised for a 3,000 km oceanic crossing to Somalia,one of the most demanding journeys undertaken by any raptor on the planet. From the forests of Manipur to the vast African landscapes that await them, these tiny birds barely 150 grams continue to remind us of the sheer wonder of migration, and why India’s protection of stopover sites has become a global conservation story. What a wonder ! Credits @sureshwii #AmurFalcons #BirdMigration

When I was in business school, the idea of India overtaking Japan in GDP felt like a distant, almost audacious dream. Today, that milestone is no longer theoretical — we’ve become the world’s fourth largest economy. It’s no small achievement. Japan has long been an economic colossus, with legendary productivity and resilience. That we’ve caught up is a testament to the ambition and ingenuity of millions of Indians — across sectors, generations, and geographies. But as we celebrate, we must stay dissatisfied. Because India’s next leap must be in per capita GDP, not just overtaking Germany… For us to keep Rising, India needs sustained economic reforms — in governance, infrastructure, manufacturing, education, and capital access.

No roads left to walk on. Daily plight of pedestrians. Children and elderly suffering . Where's our taxes going??? #Bellandurrising #citizensmovement @osd_cmkarnataka @civicbangalore @citizensforblr @east_bengaluru @BBMPofficial @DKShivakumar

People protesting about bad condition of road, unfinished works ⁦@DKShivakumar⁩ ⁦@rk_misra⁩

The beauty of intricacy in simple living #India

Today is Uthradom. It is the penultimate day before the main Onam festival day in Kerala. I received a message from a patient of mine this morning. I will call him Sandeep. He remembered me this day as I remember him every year this day. In the message, he wrote that he was thinking about me and my family in his prayers and he thanked me for helping him and treating him. He is 32 years old. I met him when he was 30 years old, exactly on Uthradom day, two years back. During our first meeting, we did not speak, shake hands or even make eye contact. He was on the ventilator and breathing with the help of a tube hooked to a machine. His hospital bed was stained with blood, as he lay in his own pool of defecated blood clots and foul smelling digested blood (melena in medical term). He collapsed because he nearly vomited half of his body's blood volume in the morning after an Onam party with his friends. They were all binge drinking. He drank close to 1.5 L of alcohol within 10 hours. His liver pressure rose, his blood pressure went haywire...and because alcohol messed up his brain, all that blood that burst out of his engorged veins in the food pipe due to his preexisting liver disease did not come out. Much of it went into his lungs, he aspirated, choked on his own blood clots as his lung, brain and body shut down in minutes. He was rushed to a nearby clinic where they put him on a ventilator and stabilized his blood pressure and breathing and transferred him to us for expert care. I thought he would die. In a day. He was that bad. But he was young and he fought on the ventilator. He had a young child who was waiting for him. So he fought on the ventilator. His wife said she would kill herself and the child if she lost him, because theirs was a love marriage and she had no one if he passed. So he fought on the ventilator. And we fought for him. After a marathon endoscopy session, we controlled his bleed. We pushed in enough medications that prevented a life threatening infection and reduced ammonia burden on his brain so that he could get out of the brain failure the bleed brought on. After a week on the ventilator, he woke up. We rehabilitated him. He could not speak for a few weeks because his voice box was damaged in the rush to save his life, courtesy the breathing tube. But speech therapy did him a lot of good. He drank close to 2000 rupees worth alcohol that day before the main Onam festival, but paid close to 450,000 rupees to get his life back. To get a chance to see his kid and his loving wife. We took him through de-addiction and he was alcohol free for 2 years. Even now. In 2023, Kerala recorded liquor sales of Rs 665 crore in the first nine days of Onam season till Uthradom which is an increase of Rs 41 crore compared to last year's figure of Rs 624 crore for the same period. This year, it will break records again. And I'll see more "Sandeeps" even if I do not want to. Alcohol kills. It's a fact. How much ever you romanticize it. And there are only a few who care. I hope you, reading this, will also care, so that me and other doctors, will have eternal days where we do not see Sandeeps.

Chander M Bhat Chronicles the vast hindu religious landscape of Kashmir with his new book. This book gives detailed information of around 95 shrines and temples dedicated to various gods and deities that scattered all over kashmir. A monumental and Important work. Must Read.

We need more promotion of these stories of #kindness & selflessness amid the deluge of news of evil actions by humans all around us... #Hope

In the early 1990s, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado was stationed in Rwanda to cover the genocide, an experience that left him traumatized. In 1994, upon returning to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sebastião hoped to find solace in the lush green forest of his childhood. Instead, he discovered that his home had transformed into a dusty, barren land stretching for miles, devoid of any wildlife. "The land was as sick as I was. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees," he remarked. At this time, his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, proposed that they embark on the ambitious journey of replanting the entire forest. Sebastião supported the idea, and together, over the course of the next 20 years, they planted an astonishing 2.7 million trees. Their efforts resulted in the rejuvenation of 1,500 acres of rainforest, and the site eventually became home to 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some of which were on the brink of extinction.

Oh noo... so mny childhood memories of letters from gand dad. His self compositions and home test corrections... #EndofanEra #Heartbreak #Nostalgia

#Grit #ProudIndian

When Chandrayaan 2 partially failed, there was no uproar in India, as to why a poor country is spending so much on risky space missions. In fact, everyone's heart went out for K. Sivan and Team ISRO, hoping they would succeed the next time. This is not normal in many parts of the world. This is not normal in a poor country. Even countries far richer than India have made tradeoffs when it comes to funding for their space agencies. It would have been easier sell that idea in a poor country, at many times across decades. Especially when India was much poorer than it is today. But we didn't even consider it. ISRO has been at it consistently, with modest resources and big dreams. Thousands (especially children) gathered once again, to cheer for ISRO at the launch of #Chandrayaan3. People shared the visuals with pride on WhatsApp groups, even if they fully didn't understand the nitty-gritties of the mission. Religious groups are doing poojas and hawans for the success of the Vikram Lander. Again, this spirit - to cheer for science, has faded away in many parts of the world among the common public. India must never lose that spirit of wanting to test the boundaries of scientific advancement. It has thrived in India since ancient times, it is thriving today, and may it thrive for centuries to come.

Whaaat! But the market is the market. Quality entertainment is valued more than space exploration. #Nolan #Chandrayaan3 #Interstellar #Sustainability

What a time to be alive! So proud of the ingenuity, expertise, tenacity & resilience of our #SpaceResearch team! Proud Indian & proud human ! #HumanAccomplishment

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