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I've reviewed 800+ books. Praised the brilliant. Buried the insufferable. Dostoevsky remains undefeated and unblemished. International Tax pays the bills. Cricket feeds the soul. Scotch lends equilibrium.
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Venkataraman Ganesan retweeted
Wonderful timing !
Vande Bharat making an entry while air warriors display their skills.
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Venkataraman Ganesan retweeted
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Venkataraman Ganesan retweeted
Pleased to share the inaugural edition of Trans Himalaya (Vol. 1, Edition 1, September 2026), an independent, interdisciplinary research and policy journal published by the @ForFnva Foundation for Non-violent Alternatives- an institute for peace studies, and edited by Prof. @Sri_Kondapalli.
Anchored in the Himalayan-Tibetan continuum, the journal examines historical, political, economic, cultural, social and strategic developments in Tibet and Asia’s uplands, treating the region as a long-term variable with implications for water security, ecology, civilisational linkages and the wider Asian order.
As a member of the Governing Council, I am glad to have contributed an article to this first volume.
Ambassador Shyam Saran’s Foreword sets a measured tone: the Himalaya have long connected as much as they have divided, and contemporary questions of security, water, infrastructure and local communities now require a broader lens than border management alone. The issue brings together contributions on history and foundations, the strategic triangle of India–Tibet–PRC, regional perspectives, and practical policy considerations.
It is a welcome addition for anyone working on Tibet, the Himalaya, or India’s northern frontiers.
transhimalaya.fnvaworld.org/
1/n:
My Claude subscription is affordable enough to make me complacent and capable enough to make me sufficiently nervous. @danielsusskind 's "What Should My Children Do?" is about that significant gap, and about who will inhabit it next: our children and grandchildren. 🧵
5/n:
I tried it myself. Stuck on a Tamil novel by Balakumaran on the Chola empire, a bullock cart caught in the swelling Cauvery, I photographed the passage and asked Claude for an infographic of the rescue plan. Then I stress-tested it. I found no inconsistencies.
7/7:
The last thing future generations need is an AGI whose goals drift from those of the humans who use it. Meanwhile, I'll bask in my artificial security and tighten my grip on the esoterica of international taxation. Full review: 👇
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6/n:
The book's final chapter: "Focus on Who You Are, Not What You Do." Jobs demanding empathy will stay human. A patient in palliative care, I suspect, would rather hold a nurse's hand than keep company with a humanoid, however soothing.
When calculators hit classrooms, the Cockcroft report's answer was simple: teach with them, teach without them, test both. @danielsusskind says the same for AI. My review of What Should My Children Do? 👇
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Where does fact conclude and fiction commence? Benjamin Labatut's "When We Cease to Understand the World" opens with chemistry and ends in pure invention, and it never tells you where the line was erased. A book about science that leaves you enervated and exhilarated. 🧵
5/n:
At the book's nub is a voluntarily stranded Werner Heisenberg on windswept Heligoland, feverish and haunted by visions, racing Schrödinger to define the limits of measurement. The reader must work to separate events from fantasies. That is the point. Or is it?
6/6:
Each story holds more fiction than the last. The deeper you read, the harder it becomes to make sense of the phantasmagoria. A book that defies genre. My review of When We Cease to Understand the World: 👇
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Venkataraman Ganesan retweeted
How far has India come along in its goal of manufacturing a Tunnel Boring Machine?
An animated explainer, right here.
politypolicy.com/IndiasBigge…
Venkataraman Ganesan retweeted
AI is the most profound technology I’ve seen, both in its ability to help people and to disrupt their lives. I’m optimistic about the good it can do, but we need to take its risks seriously. b-gat.es/4zLk2T3
1/n:
"Other mathematicians prove what they can; von Neumann proves what he wants." So said Rózsa Péter. @Ananyo 's The Man from the Future profiles the man behind game theory, the architecture of your laptop, and the logic of self-replication. 🧵
6/n:
Having endured Béla Kun's regime and the Nazi terror, von Neumann loathed totalitarianism. He briefly favoured a pre-emptive war against the Soviet Union and championed the hydrogen bomb. Great minds are not always gentle ones.
7/7:
Teller on von Neumann's final illness: "his brain was affected. I think he suffered from this loss more than I have seen any human to suffer in any other circumstances." A colossus now undeservedly fading. My review of The Man from the Future: 👇
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