found our way in @BangaloreTimes1 this morning. caught red handed having lip smacking iftaar with none other than @SidMewara of the big forkers.

bc the "experience economy" is now a thing in india, we're hosting a small event with the fine folks at @LightspeedIndia in blr on thursday evening. limited spots but pls come join us for arcade games, bowling, pizza and beer if you're in town. link to rsvp in next tweet

🐧 Big news fam! The Pengu India microsite launches NEXT WEEK! Will be a hub for content, GIFs, stickers, and all things India Pengus! (more on this soon) 🇮🇳✨ We want to spotlight YOU & YOUR Pengu! Whether you are in India or a globetrotter, this is your space 🌍 Reply with your Pengu ID or fill out the form [forms.gle/5vvS4stkd1FYokNF9] to get featured on LAUNCH DAY. Billions will huddle🚀

Jan is a special month for @Azuki - marking the 3rd anniversary. To celebrate everything Azuki is doing for the anime world, we are doing something special right in the heart of Bangalore India - TORII - an Azuki anniversary special on 12th Jan. Toriii by @Azuki_India is a pop-up extension for Japanese Habba Bangalore 2025. As someone who's spent the last year watching India's anime community grow, there is a need to rediscover hobby culture in India. We're curating a 40 minutes of pure anime magic, including an exclusive Azuki episode. Connect with fellow otakus, go into your anime lores, experience [REDACTED] and get a first look at what anime 2.0 means for India. This isn't just another event - it's the first-ever community powered Azuki Garden gathering in India. A community special for hobbyist and anime lovers. Next - 2 redacted announcements, coming your way. Limited spots available (reg link below) Anime x namma ooru 🌸

There's something profound about mid stage male friendship that I've been thoroughly enjoying this year. Drawing from Brené Brown's "Atlas of the Heart" and watching these relationships unfold, I see patterns that feel both ancient and startlingly new: Picture us, in 30s, sharing a weekday evening filter coffee at our favorite darshini. The conversation flows between fantasy football and fatherhood without the self-consciousness of younger years. What makes these friendships distinct is their peculiar timing: caught between the relentless momentum of career-building and the gravitational pull of family life. It's friendship in the margins – carved out in 40-minute phone calls during commutes, in shared Google calendars marking monthly meetups that feel both sacred and perpetually negotiable. The depth comes not from marathon late-night conversations (those belonged to our 20s), but in the shorthand we develop. A simple "you good?" text carries weight because we know each other's baseline, can read the subtle shifts in tone. We know which questions to ask and, more importantly, which ones to save for later. What fascinates me is the development of what Brown calls "emotional granularity" in these relationships. Men who started with basic emotional vocabularies of "good" and "bad" begin to share more nuanced territories: the specific shade of grief that comes with watching your parents grow old, the complex pride-fear cocktail of a career pivot, the tender worry of watching your friend navigate a complex marriage. This develops further into new beautiful nuanced behaviours/ moments - imagine this - ooof 😭 - A friend fixing sink suddenly shares about his father's decline into dementia, the words are flowing easier when hands are busy and eyes are focused elsewhere. There's a particular grace to this moment - how they don't demand direct eye contact or immediate response, and how we honor the masculine tendency to process emotion through motion and parallel play. These friendships thrive on practical intimacy: helping with a move, troubleshooting a toddler's sleep regression, quietly noting when the other seems off their axis. The vulnerability isn't announced – it seeps through the cracks of ordinary moments, like between the half time whistle at coolulu and debating ai agents on Christmas Eve. It's friendship that's learned to breathe in smaller spaces but somehow grows deeper roots. Like those Japanese maple trees that thrive in confined spaces, these bonds adapt to the constraints of our mid-30s lives while developing surprising strength. Biggest learning of this year has been to hold space for each other's contradictions: ambitious yet tired, confident yet quietly uncertain, more settled but somehow more restless too. More to friendships not only built on Shared interests alone, but on shared understanding of life's beautiful mess.

Been lucky to be part of some lovely communities in Blr over the years. As someone who moved here 3yrs ago with not much to call the city home, I know the feeling of wanting to surround yourself with a tribe that's got your back & gets you going Here's a shout out to my faves 💕

this beautiful home we have built will never not amaze me. ✨

This was easily the best way to spend my birthday - love, laughter & play. And if you wanna join the group, DM @localfermentco - we'd love to see the twitter fam join

Posted on Insta, felt bad to leave Twt gang behind

Kudos to @dastarkhwanclub and the good people behind it - @SkyKOG & @SumedhaUppal. The passion and care you put into every event is truly inspiring. Curating food experiences at such a remarkable level, while bringing together people from all walks of life, is no small feat. Hats off to you! Keep shining!

childhood, that elusive fountain of youth we all chase like a mirage in the desert of adulthood. we long to return to it's coolness, to splash in those waters, to embrace the raw energy of play without a care in the world it's a dream we all share, a collective hallucination of simpler times. but what if i told you there was a way back: a teleportation device that could transport you back to those carefree days? might sound like science fiction, but it's as real as the sweat on your brow and the ache in your bones 😆 when you walk up the same steps you used to cartwheel down enter imlipop, a concoction so potent it could make a grown man jump with glee! remember those little imli toffees we used to devour as kids? well, they've evolved, mutated into something far more dangerous and funtoxicating 😜 this isn't your average drink, my friends. it's a portal to the past, a liquid time machine that'll have you questioning reality faster than you can say "nostalgia." i stumbled upon this elixir when @noopur30 shared 'em at @rohanbabu's sadya get together. @itspsneha and i had been talking non-stop so we looked forward to the drink being passed around. one glance and, like a neon sign flickering in the dark, the popping colors had me transfixed! "drink at your own risk," is all i have to say. for it's not just refreshment; it is a journey into the heart of childhood itself! as i cracked open the bottle, the scent hit me like a freight train of memories. suddenly, i was back on the playground, skinned knees and all. the taste exploded on my tongue, a symphony of sweet and sour that danced across my taste buds with each sip, the years melted away. i felt the weight of adulthood lifting from my shoulders, replaced by the boundless energy of youth. it is as if the very essence of childhood has been distilled into this miraculous beverage 🤌🏽 so beware, dear reader, for this journey is not without its perils. the line between past and present blurs, and you may find yourself lost in the labyrinth of memory. it's a beautiful madness, a chaotic waltz through time as i write this, the image of the empty bottle of imlipop appears before me, a testament to the wild ride i've experienced. my fingers tremble with the aftershocks of nostalgia, my mind reeling from the temporal whiplash of time travel so, if you dare to chase that fountain of youth, to dive headfirst into the waters of childhood @localfermentco is brewing your ticket back in time 🕰️ but remember... once you take that first sip, there's no going back. you'll be forever changed, caught between two worlds, a time traveler in your own life! drink up, my friends, and let the madness begin. childhood awaits, with all it's wonder and chaos. just don't blame me when you find yourself building pillow forts 🥳 and eating ice cream for breakfast 😋 after all, that's the price of youth, and it's a bargain at any cost!

onam ashamsakal from the wonderful people of @dastarkhwanclub from our full bellies from sadhya to yours. ✨ dressed in our festive best kasavus and mundus. we did it on the side of making pookkalam (rangoli) and fighting it out at vadamvali (tug of war). most wholesome sunday.

all the @localfermentco kombucha vanished at the ai agents hackathon. must have been brew-tally exhausting. light, low-cal, refreshing af & packed w/ flavor. we’re always on the lookout for healthy, homegrown, f&b brands to collab with. 10/10 recommend LFC for your next event!

we at dastarkhwan took to mutton gluttony in traditional dindigul style. collaborating with ponram - a 50 year legacy brand who’ve just opened in bengaluru serving farm to plate, fresh self grown ingredients, head to toe goat & lamb meat - we curated a set menu to die for ✨

Raising a glass to Akash from @localfermentco for serving us our dose of #Mondaymotivation🥂 Klub is thrilled to be part of your incredible #growth journey💪 #brewingsuccess #fnb #startups #customertestimonial