Then vs now: The true cost of ₹100 worth spending from 2012

I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.

Inverters, generators, air purifiers, water filters, storage tanks…so much of what we buy is a compensation for inefficiency. On the Inefficient Economy. Today in the TOI

Hyderabad Urban Observatory has launched a great crowdsourced flood map! Report waterlogging → see it live on the public map 👇 🔗 floodreport.hyderabad.urbano… They also have awesome open data: weather dashboards, lake info & urban maps for a more transparent Hyderabad

I learnt a long time ago that there is a big difference between making a living and making a life. In the times to come, AI will get increasingly better at the skills that we've used to make a living. Our imperative will be to instead make lives. Not artificial lives. Or artificial lives. But our own lives and of those we love. As machines get better at answering, and solving what they are asked, our work is to get better at asking, at making, creating, and deciding which questions are worth a life, and refusing to outsource that.

Get paid for decluttering. Nice! Grok says NoKasa is currently operating mainly in Bengaluru with limited slots.

Public transport must be at the heart of India's urban future. Yet it accounts for just 25% of urban trips, while congestion already costing our cities more than $22 billion a year. What Mumbai has done in BKC with Friday Public Transport Day, every Indian city should aim to replicate. Designate a day. Engage employers, businesses and institutions. The default must shift from private vehicles to public transport. It starts with one day and grows into a city's habit. Gr8 initiative @MMRDAOfficial @DrSanMukherjee @WRIIndia

CGPA fades. Friends compound. In the AI era, stronger relationships are assets that will appreciate even more - s-anand.net/blog/make-5-new-…

Why do we need to keep our lakes and water bodies clean, instead of letting them become dumping sites for various kinds of waste? 👇👇 Created Via @Gemini

High and Dry in Hyderabad Cartoon co-created with Gemini. See more of my AI co-creations - mvark.blogspot.com/p/digitoo… #BrainstormedWithBots

The Uttarakhand govt in its infinite wisdom has decided to cut 700 of these trees in Kimadi, Dehradun to make way for a broader road for tourists to reach Mussoorie faster.

The story of my professional life told in 54 seconds No matter how good the pre-planning, no matter how organized it starts out, this is where I end up

This is wild—and likely a sign of things to come as we transition to a web that is optimized for bots more than humans. theatlantic.com/technology/2…

Tried hard to find a few buses in this lovely jam. Giving up

9 th day of Rainfall this yr, June 9 th 2026 We had 20000 litres of sump filled with rainwater available for reuse for next 10 days. Within homes it is rainwater for reuse.Once thrown it is contributing to urban flooding Mindful use of Rooftop rainwater is not rocket science 💦

Binge‑Watch Humanity Cartoon co-created with ChatGPT. See more of my AI co-creations - mvark.blogspot.com/p/digitoo… #BrainstormedWithBots

Three generations, one frame. 🌳✨ An ultimate family portrait: a giant, ancient Mahua tree, its one-year-old saplings reaching up, and fresh seeds on the ground ready to start the cycle all over again. A beautiful legacy of Nature 💚 #NatureLovers #Forestry #Biodiversity #MahuaTree

#MCInterview | 🚨 'The difficult part is behind us' — Habil Khorakiwala on the long road to Zaynich and Wockhardt’s reinvention - Wockhardt's Zaynich antibiotic gets USFDA approval after 20 years - Zaynich showed 89 percent cure rate in global Phase 3 trials - US launch in 6–8 months, global peak sales seen at $1.5–2 billion In conversation with @viswanath_pilla 👇 moneycontrol.com/news/busine…

There are two serious options. Composting lets it break down in open air into manure. Biomethanation seals it in a tank, lets bacteria turn it into biogas, fuel that can run CNG buses and PNG kitchens. Composting gives you fertiliser. Biomethanation gives you both fertiliser and fuel.