Sameer More

Mohammed Rafi

Today is the birth centenary of this legend who weaved magic with his voice and enriched the lives of millions around the world. Rafi saab, hum tumhe yun bhoola na paayenge. 🎶🎶

We are a strange people. We worship the exceptional, but shun the exceptions.

Hehe, bilkul!

Theatrical release poster of the 2010 Indian Hindi-language political satire comedy film Khatta Meetha, starring Akshay Kumar and Trisha Krishnan.

If released today, this movie would attract 15% GST (average of 12% before interval and 18% after interval).

Honda and Nissan Unveil Merger Talks as Global Competition Bears Down Japan’s second- and third-largest automakers hope the deal can help them catch up with Tesla and China’s BYD in electric vehicles and advanced software.

Breaking News: Honda and Nissan announced they began discussions over a possible merger, the latest sign of turmoil facing the global auto industry.

this is the greatest typo in the history of this app and we all owe Bo a debt of gratitude

A still from Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993)

My feelings about going to school represented.

Every year this time, I remember how we were such good cautious kids in college MBA mid 20s! We always got a License for buying & drinking alcohol for our new year parties.

Required by Maharashtra law if you didn't know

Technically, aamchyakade you need a license to even buy booze.😂

History 🧵

Millionaires and billionaires would be perfectly FINE not getting salary for 33 days, or even 333 days.

The average American, folks like you and me working paycheck to paycheck, would not. Do NOT let billionaires make decisions for US.

PASS IT ON.

I don't understand people who have learned basic biology and genetics but still take pride in caste and race purity.

It's just plain scientific fact that all other things being equal, procreating outside your race gives your kids a genetic advantage on average vs within your race. And caste!

A Britisher posted this on Reddit about his years in India and I'd like to be outraged at him but where's the lie?

Abundant Life Christian School Shooting in Madison, Wisconsin: What We Know The police in Wisconsin are working to establish a motive for the attack, which left a student and teacher dead and six others injured.

A student at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student on Monday in an attack that also left six people wounded, officials said. Here’s what to know.

21st c US is unique in racial mixing at the scale it is happening

a. No legal or social hurdles to marrying outside race
b. Ample opportunity & means to date any race
c. Mixed kids aren't exceptions in schools

24% marriages in 2023 US were inter race. Way higher in NJ CA TX FL.

New America rising

Our beautiful library in Khirki has seen too many evictions and too much displacement of members. Please support our campaign to build a permanent building.

YouTube video by Graduate Management Program Stevens Cohort 33 MGT 665 October 19 Part 1

Public asks after lecture 🧵 if they can take my classes online.

No, Stevens doesn't do Coursera.

But my Weekend MBA Marketing of Technology classes are on YouTube in full! That's 4 hours of Sabnis every fortnight, lol!

youtu.be/jqAX-CnN8Uc?...

This from the guy who tweeted “Anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic for the Indian people for decades. Why stop now?" and bollixed an investment in Uber and later stuck his dough in Clubhouse, Flow and a myriad of cryptoduds?

Question in pub trivia

"What is the formal scientific name of the bobcat? Clue is there's a human name in that name!"

The team was drawing a blank so I said

"Robert Catherine"

And public burst into such laughter that they gave us a point even though the answer was Lynx Rufus. 😂😂

Workers’ union criticizes Elon Musk for posts identifying federal employees.

Elon Musk identified obscure federal employees by name as he questioned the value of their jobs in recent social media posts, alarming the largest union representing federal workers.

"आहो आठ आणे खाल्ले की चौकडीचा मुगुट घालून रत्नागिरीच्या डिस्ट्रिक्ट जेलात टाकतात आणि एक लाख खाल्ले की गांधी टोपी घालून पाठवतात असेम्ब्लीत. लोकनियुकत प्रतिनिधी!"
If you steal half a rupee, they send you to jail, but steal lakh rupees, they send you to the legislature. Democratically elected representative.

-Antu Barva P.L. Pula Deshpande

To be clear, there's also some misunderstanding of this reason.

I know anything I post online can be scraped & used to train AI. That I'm okay with.

Musk's Nov 15 terms gave him perpetual royalty free license on all our content. That goes way beyond anonymous AI training. That's legal IP theft.

awkward moment when aesthists are asked if they follow god

The protocol itself is decentralised, but in absence of a "big enough" provider like Blue Sky, it would become a fragmented collection of servers like Mastodon is. That's the quandary of social media platforms. Centralisation provides richness, but is vulnerable to corporate takeovers.

Top Trump Aide Accused of Asking for Money to ‘Promote’ Potential Appointees President-elect Donald J. Trump ordered the investigation by his legal team into Boris Epshteyn, a powerful figure in the transition. Mr. Epshteyn denies the allegations.

Breaking News: Donald Trump’s legal team found evidence that a top adviser asked for fees to promote potential appointees for administration jobs.

25% tariffs brings this to mind.

Privileged to be on this panel on India's Fight Against Rape Post Nirbhaya for Sanjog India. Deeply admire these speakers - some of whom are also friends and colleagues. Thanks for curating this Panchali Kar. Looking forward to learning.
#16DaysofActivism #Preventgenderbasedviolence

An underrated movie with many gorgeous visual shots of Bombay is Rohan Sippy's Bluff Master (2005). Not a movie one instantly ties to Mumbai visuals but check it out and you'll see what I mean. All locations clearly painstakingly chosen. Rohan Sippy movies are casually gorgeous!