Culture Entrepreneur // CoFounder- @Homegrownin & Lokal Consortium | Shaping Youth Culture In India | Forbes 30u30 Asia | Urbanist | Creative Economy
Mumbai,India
Joined October 2010
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While working at Paris 2024 Olympics, had the privilege to be in conversation with Mr. @sabaracu, President of World Skate, 4 times European champion and hardworking coach at italian skating school. Shared my vision to bring @worldskatesb tour to India with shared enthusiasm 🛹 – at Paris, France
Ok so just because I have joined @getairchat , does that mean I start being more active again on X ? 😂
2023 will be the year - India will start seeing the importance of the #CreativeEconomy not just the #CreatorEconomy which everyone’s jumping on. 🚀 – at Mumbai, India
India’s #creativeeconomy accounts for 8% of total employment. Our latest study provides first reliable estimates
Full paper: icrier.org/pdf/Working_Paper…
Exec summary: icrier.org/pdf/ES/ES-Creativ…
@safiranand @g20org @ADBInstitute
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Turns out Web 3.0 might be about AI, not crypto. Web 2.0 - User Generated Content, Web 3.0 - AI Generated Content
This is what i am looking forward to - A real quality Metaverse for creatives and brands from India to the world.
Not the abysmal quality of other projects that are coming out of India - where there’s more focus on PR by brands rather than their projects itself.
#Vorlds
Hello! 👋
If you’re intrigued by what Vorlds is up to, here’s a 🧵 that’ll give you an insight into our plans & vision for building an inclusive #OpenMetaverse
Scroll 👇
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Web5: An extra decentralized web platform
docs.google.com/presentation…
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4/Elon is the one person we know and perhaps the only person in the world who has the courage, brilliance, and skills to fix all of these and build the public square that we all hoped for and deserve.
Elon always giving those hints
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"Through income and agency, @RunwayNagaland is a glorious example of what India should strive to be- celebratory, inclusive, and teeming with artful creations." - @HomegrownIn
Learn more about the Her&Now entrepreneur, @NengneithemHen2-led company:
lnkd.in/dMRa9KKG
Took a break from Twitter and now basis my feed everyone’s in #WEB3, while I’m still on the WEB2.5 Wagon.
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Former national racing champion JD Madan who was paralysed waist down after a road accident in 2007 is now a silver medallist at national para table tennis. @TNTTA_ honoured JD along with @sharathkamal1 and @sathiyantt.
Can she run the whole world please ?
Once again Barbados PM Mia Mottley has been the one who has delivered the speech the world needed. May she be heard, may we rise. Take 8 minutes to listen to the whole thing. Share the lines that grabbed you most. #COP26
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Publicly hating the wealthy is the oldest and most reliable political method to form a tribe but comes with long term damage of the wealthy finding better places to live and prosper.
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We have 1000 days left for the biggest election of our lifetime.
For India to be democratic and a welfare state, the 2024 election is most crucial to win.
We need to propose bold ideas, show leadership & create positive change for all people.
Educate, Agitate, Organise. Now.
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Can't take this sitting down anymore, I am going to run a Covid relief campaign in lieu of what’s going on in India.
Need help from the Global crypto community.
I will take full responsibility for transparency, funds usage and regulatory compliance
If you want to donate.. 1/n
Thank you @MNCDFbombay for mobilising and always helping out
Update:
A bed has been arranged at Seven Hills hospital & patient has been admitted. A unit of Plasma has also been administered. We express our utmost gratitude to Shri. @MaheshNarveka10 ji for swinging into action & helping us arrange & confirm the bed.
#MNCDFmedicalHelp
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When you donate one or two units of plasma, you can save upto two people’s lives! How great is that?
Register as a plasma donor on dhoondh.com ♥️🙏🏼
#dhoondh #dhoondhindia #plasmadonor #plasmadonation #plasmatreatment #plasmatherapy #covalescentplasma #donateplasma
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#CovidIndiaInfo #COVID19 #COVIDEmergency2021
Helplines, Oxygen cylinders, beds & all that you need homegrown.co.in/article/8053…
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Critical patient with SPO2 at 31 fluctuating needs a Ventilator bed. We cannot reach @mybmcWardPN war room as they're NOT answering the calls. The patient name is Stella Camillo. @mybmc requesting your urgent & immediate intervention & action. @AslamShaikh_MLA
#MNCDFmedicalHelp
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How have nighttime governance institutions helped communities survive Covid-19?
Find out by downloading chapter five of the GNRP and joining the Meet The Authors discussion on 21st April!
nighttime.org/chapter-five-n…
