India's Biggest Economic Challenge Is not Inflation, Oil, or War - It is an Unskilled Population Addicted to Distraction. Every time oil prices rise, economists panic. Every time a war breaks out in the Middle East or Europe, television studios declare that India's economy is under threat. And yes, both matter. But neither represents India's greatest economic challenge. The real crisis is unfolding much closer to home. It is a generation that spends more time consuming content than creating value. A workforce that debates geopolitics without mastering spreadsheets, artificial intelligence, coding, welding, precision manufacturing, sales, finance, communication, or even basic problem-solving. An economy where attention has become the most wasted national resource. India is one of the youngest countries in the world. That should have been our greatest competitive advantage. Instead, we risk turning our demographic dividend into a demographic liability. The Age of Endless Consumption Never before has information been so accessible. Yet never before have so many people spent so much time learning so little. Hours disappear into political debates, celebrity gossip, cricket controversies, influencer reels, conspiracy theories, and outrage cycles that have absolutely no impact on an individual's earning potential. Ask someone how many hours they spent on social media last week. Then ask them how many hours they invested in acquiring a new professional skill. For many, the answer is uncomfortable. We have become experts at commenting on the economy while contributing very little to it. Degrees Are Not Skills India has no shortage of graduates. It has a shortage of employable graduates. Companies repeatedly report the same problem: vacancies exist, but suitable candidates are difficult to find. Not because people lack certificates. Because many lack practical skills. The world is rewarding competence, not credentials. - Can you solve problems? = Can you communicate effectively? - Can you sell? = Can you lead a team? - Can you analyze data? - Can you use AI to improve productivity instead of merely asking it amusing questions? - Can you create something that another person is willing to pay for? Those are the questions that determine economic success. Not the number of degrees hanging on a wall. Attention Is the New Currency The biggest theft today is not of money. It is of attention. Every notification fragments concentration. Every endless scroll delays mastery. Every hour spent consuming outrage is an hour not spent building expertise. Modern economies reward deep work, specialized knowledge, creativity, and disciplined execution. Algorithms reward emotional reactions. Unfortunately, millions choose the algorithm. The Coming Divide Artificial intelligence is not replacing everyone. It is replacing people who refuse to learn. The future will belong to workers who continuously upgrade themselves. Those who combine human judgment with technological tools will become dramatically more productive. Those who stop learning will find themselves competing for fewer opportunities at lower wages. The divide will not be between rich and poor. It will increasingly be between skilled and unskilled. National Growth Begins With Individual Discipline Governments can build highways. Businesses can build factories. Universities can build campuses. But none of them can force an individual to develop skills. Economic transformation begins with personal responsibility. Spend one less hour arguing online. Spend one more hour learning. Read instead of scrolling. Build instead of complaining. Acquire one valuable skill every year. Become indispensable. If millions of Indians made that simple choice, the country's economic trajectory would change more profoundly than any fiscal stimulus, any election promise, or any temporary fall in oil prices. Wars will end. Oil prices will rise and fall. Markets will recover. But a nation that neglects skill development while surrendering its attention to endless distraction will struggle long after those headlines have disappeared. The strongest economy is not built by the loudest voices. It is built by the most capable people. #JaiHind

It's a Sunday, but everyone is busy. US is busy making their frontier models strategic resources. China is busy creating AI models with restricted chip supply. We are busy seeing how much ethanol we can stuff into petrol.

Devotees go to Sringeri Saradha Peetam,Kanchi Kamkoti Peetam,TTD Dewaswom,Guruvayur Dewaswom and Sabarimalai Dewaswom and pour money,give cheques for 40L,50L, give cash,kind,jewels..what not.. It is fine. You continue to make those matams richer and richer. But look at this too. In Thanjavur,Kumbakonam side,many temples in micro interior villages don't get oil to light lamps. No salary. They say they are doing the service without getting anything. e.g., Keezha Sooriya moolai temple. The Kurukkal is coming from Tiruloki for morning poojai. No rice from the temple property to prepare Neivedhyam. The priests are Not able to afford a minimum living. Plenty of Temple priests,Temples are not receiving adequate support from anyone. It has been ages since they received monetary support. No medical attention for their wives,children. Living in pathetic condition. Who will take care of them,those temples?

Two economists just published a mathematical proof that AI will destroy the economy. Not might. Not could. Will — if nothing changes. The paper is called "The AI Layoff Trap." Published March 2, 2026. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Boston University. Peer reviewed. Mathematically modeled. The conclusion is one sentence. "At the limit, firms automate their way to boundless productivity and zero demand." An economy that produces everything. And sells it to nobody. Here is how you get there. A company fires 500 workers and replaces them with AI. A competitor fires 700 to keep up. Another fires 1,000. Every company is behaving rationally. Every company is following the incentives correctly. And every company is building a trap for itself. Because the workers who were fired were also customers. When they lose their jobs faster than the economy can absorb them, they stop spending. Consumer demand falls. Companies respond by cutting costs — which means automating more workers — which means less spending — which means more falling demand — which means more automation. The loop has no natural exit. The researchers tested every proposed solution. Universal basic income. Capital income taxes. Worker equity participation. Upskilling programs. Corporate coordination agreements. Every single one failed in the model. The only intervention that worked: a Pigouvian automation tax — a per-task levy charged every time a company replaces a human with AI, forcing them to price in the demand they are destroying before they pull the trigger. No government has implemented this. No major economy is seriously discussing it. Meanwhile the numbers are already tracking the curve. 100,000 tech workers laid off in 2025. 92,000 more in the first months of 2026. Jack Dorsey fired half of Block's workforce and said publicly: "Within the next year, the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion." Nobody is doing anything wrong. Companies are following their incentives perfectly. That is exactly the problem. Rational behavior. At scale. Simultaneously. With no mechanism to stop it. Two economists built the math. The math leads to one place. Source: Falk & Tsoukalas · Wharton School Boston University ·

Okay GBA, I accept the #1KmChallenge. I'll walk 1 kilometer. Now a #1KmChallenge for you: Build 1 kilometer of footpath somewhere.

Only question: why can’t we just act normal when we’re abroad? Foreign jaate hi sabka dance kyun bahr ane lagta hai ? Why do we feel the need to stand out everywhere across the globe? Everyone else is sitting quietly and enjoying the moment, but our people somehow have to pull out a full Chaiyya Chaiyya performance.

Some of you know me through my art and gardening column. I am also a co-founder of a Bangalore food tech startup. We are starting a pilot. Please retweet this for good karma! About The Pilot RedTile is a single-person food system that slow cooks tasty healthy meals with zero daily planning or cooking hassle. We’re looking for 30 young people in Bangalore to use it for about 6 weeks. You’ll get: •⁠ ⁠A RedTile unit for 6 weeks •⁠ ⁠Food packs to start — Poha, Upma, Kashmiri Pulao & more •⁠ ⁠Full support from our team All we ask: honest, practical feedback on how it fits your routine. Interested? Fill this form out: forms.gle/ZdxD3ymyEo8RrJVz9 We’ll reach out if it’s a fit! RedTile: redtile.in

This is hilarious. This is what AI was made for. I love it. 100% accurate.

No flashy PR. No dove. Quietly serving good food to its customers since the last 100 years in the Basavanagudi neighborhood. Happy 100th, Mahalakshmi.

A joyous moment for every Indian! Chola Copper Plates dating back to the 11th Century will be repatriated to India from the Netherlands. Took part in the ceremony for the same in the presence of Prime Minister Rob Jetten. The Chola Copper Plates are a set of 21 large plates and 3 small plates and largely contain texts in Tamil, one of the most beautiful languages of the world. They relate to the great Rajendra Chola I formalising an oral commitment made by his father, King Rajaraja I. They also showcase the greatness of the Cholas. We in India are immensely proud of the Cholas, their culture and their maritime prowess. I thank the Government of the Netherlands and Leiden University in particular, where the Copper Plates were kept since the mid-19th century. @MinPres

இனிமேல் பேனர் வைக்க கூடாது என்று எச்சரிக்கை கொடுத்து விட்டீர்கள். இது வரை உங்கள் கட்சி சமூக விரோதிகள் வைத்த பேனர்களை யார் எடுப்பது? @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ @AadhavArjuna @TVKPartyHQ @EcrPSaravanann இந்த நடைபாதையில் நடக்க மக்கள் சர்க்கஸ் செய்ய வேண்டுமா? இப்படி பேனர் வைக்கும் ஆட்களுக்கு கொஞ்சமாவது அறிவு இருக்கா? இதை அகற்ற நீங்கள் யாருக்காக காத்திருக்கிறீர்கள்? @ChennaiTraffic @chennai_Highway இடம் - ECR, கொட்டிவாக்கம் குளம் முன்பு.

மக்களுக்கு நன்றி சொல்ல வேண்டுமா? அவர்களுக்கு நல்லது செய்யுங்கள். இது போன்ற சமூக விரோத செயல்களை செய்து அவர்கள் உயிருக்கு உலை வைக்காதீர்கள். இது போன்ற பேனர்கள், கொடி கம்பங்கள் வைக்கும் போது மேலே செல்லும் மின்சார வயர்கள் பட்டு உயிரிழந்தவர்கள் ஏராளம். இது போல சாலை ஓரங்களில் நடைபாதைகளில் வைக்கப்படும் பேனர்கள் அந்த வழியாக செல்லும் வாகன ஓட்டிகள் மீது விழுந்து அதில் உயிரிழந்தவர்கள் ஏராளம். இத்தனை நடந்துமா அறிவு வரவில்லை..? அனுமதி வாங்காமல் சட்ட விரோதமாக பேனர்கள் வைத்து மக்கள் உயிருக்கு ஆபத்து ஏற்படுத்துபவர்களுக்கு கடுமையான தண்டனை கொடுப்பதே இதற்கு தீர்வு. என்ன செய்ய போகிறீர்கள் @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ @COPTBM

Is driving an EV in the rain for 30 mins a "Customer Fault"? My barely 4-month-old @VinFastofficial @VinFastIN EV died completely on the highway after its very first exposure to rain. Now they’re refusing my warranty and blaming me. A total nightmare. #VinFast #EVIndia 1/6

Boys and girls, what did the Tamil Nadu chaos teach you? 1. Democracy is never about the voters. It's always about the leaders. 2. The voters role is just to create the initial game conditions. After that, they have no say. 3. Once elections are over, absolutely no one cares about administration or welfare. It's just power and ego. 4. The role of governor is exactly what the British envisioned. A local enforcer of central interests. 5. We, as a country, will win, not because of politicians, but in spite of politicians.

Sir David Attenborough arrived at Royal Albert Hall for his 100th Birthday Celebrations 🎈 📹 At Horse Guards

Well written piece.

⚡ Meet Qwen3.6-35B-A3B：Now Open-Source！🚀🚀 A sparse MoE model, 35B total params, 3B active. Apache 2.0 license. 🔥 Agentic coding on par with models 10x its active size 📷 Strong multimodal perception and reasoning ability 🧠 Multimodal thinking non-thinking modes Efficient. Powerful. Versatile. Try it now👇 Blog：qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6-35b-… Qwen Studio：chat.qwen.ai HuggingFace：huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-… ModelScope：modelscope.cn/models/Qwen/Qw… API（‘Qwen3.6-Flash’ on Model Studio）：Coming soon～ Stay tuned

We don’t know which way AI will ultimately develop, but we can futureproof ourselves by focusing on adaptability. From @nytimes piece “Where Is AI Taking Us?” – read the whole thing: bit.ly/NYT-YNH