I suppose more than any time in recent memory we need Ma Durga to believe that good will overcome evil.

Ashtami dinner - kochuri filled with peas and aloor torkari and payesh. 🙏🏽

Still feels like summer around these parts 😅

At Union Market today we tried Egg Yaki, Chef Nicholas Martino’s omelet-pancake creation. We picked the kimchi version, which turned out to one of the best egg dishes I’ve ever had in my life: tangy, spicy, a little citrus from the yuzu mayo, and just the right crunch from garlic and shallots.

পুজো এসে গেছে!

I wonder if Brendan Carr has seen the latest South Park? 😬

The iPhone 17 Pro is a very unbalanced device in the hand both with and without a case. Maybe I’ll get used to it, but so far that’s been the biggest issue.

Really enjoyed Varun Grover’s standup show in DC and hanging out with him. Not only is he funny and smart, but also down-to-earth.

😂 😆 🤪

Shrinkflation

Gorgeous country

You have to read the stories. Macabre. But also kind of awesome.

Definitely feeling the vibes

Slàinte, Scotland. This brand speaks to me. 😆

Edinburgh might be my favorite city in the UK.

Edinburgh

Macaulay once dismissed the learning of the East in favour of a single shelf of a European library. Many such libraries were built on colonial wealth. Today, knowledge both human and synthetic is at our fingertips. The John Rylands Library reminds you beauty still has a place in it.

Manchester’s wealth was once woven from cotton shipped from India and sold back as “Manchester cloth,” undercutting Indian weavers. Today, the city has a statue of Gandhi, champion of swadeshi and hand-spun khadi, standing in the place that once drove the trade he fought against.

AI is taking away jobs 🙃

My op-ed in the @chicagomaroon.bsky.social on the University of Chicago’s appalling plans to gut the humanities and possibly eliminate the South Asian studies department chicagomaroon.com/48353/viewpo...

TIL what a Bangla Tesla is

Mix cashew fruit concentrate with chilled water (still or sparkling), a squeeze of lime, a hint of grated ginger, and a whisper of salt and sugar. Grated green chili pepper optional. Perfect summer drink 🍹

Use any AI LLM- ChatGPT5, Claude, Gemini… they’re all good at this point except for Meta. Don’t use it. Meta is the confident village idiot of AI

GPT5 is the least AI of all the AI and that’s a good thing

STOP! Just kidding. Go slow. Or whatever.

Subarnarekha river, again ❤️

Is it possible to have an interaction with someone without them immediately sharing a QR code and asking for a five star review? My feedback is don’t ask for my feedback.

In India AI will take jobs but it will also create jobs for humans attendants to work with AI just as there are kiosks where people go to to book Uber instead of using their own mobile phones.

It always takes so long for the carousel to start and the bags to start coming at Kolkata airport that I like to imagine that the bags all come on a different flight.

The 77 categories of people who are entitled to use the reserved lounge at Kolkata airport.

Vietnam is so pretty. Sometimes you just have to step out and take a random photo much to the amusement of your driver.

You enter an Indian shop. A greeter takes you to the counter. There are five sales people. One tells another to bring what you ask for. Then it goes to the two people at the cashier counter. You pay and go to the doorman who checks the bill and bag. You are the only customer in the shop.

This is today! 👇🏽

From Hanoi 🇻🇳 to Hyderabad 🇮🇳 (I’m back in Kolkata again on Thursday).

It’s a crime that some places on the planet are as pretty as this. 🥰

Son and I went kayaking in the middle of the ocean— well technically not the middle of the ocean since it was in Halong Bay… and it was amazing. Highly recommend doing it. 🌊 Five stars, would do this again. 😀

The whole world has WeWork. Vietnam has this. 💯 to Vietnam 🥂

Night market and bahn cuon in Hanoi 😋

Enjoying a bowl of sour tamarind sorbet- which tastes exactly as awesome as you’d expect it to- in Hanoi.

One of Hanoi’s most iconic dishes, and it lived up to the legend. At Chả Cá Lã Vọng, marinated river fish sizzles tableside in turmeric, dill, and scallions served with rice noodles, herbs, peanuts, and shrimp paste.

বান কুয়ান, এক রকমের ভিয়েতনামী পিঠে যার মধ্যে মাংসের কিমা আর উপরে লেবু, লঙ্কা, আর সয় সস …উলস

In 1070, Vietnam built a temple not for worship, but for learning. The Temple of Literature in Hanoi honored Confucius and became the country’s first university. For centuries, scholars studied the Confucian classics here, preparing for exams.

I hate Starbucks but love this chain which makes awesome Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk. Need one of these in Arlington

Well played, Vietnam 🙏🏽

Definitely the best Vietnamese spread, but also one of the best meals I’ve ever had in my life.

The world famous egg coffee, yes coffee made with egg, which tastes like custard at the Note cafe in Hanoi

Hanoi is a mood

When the storm came and the sky opened up, we took cover under the shade of a cafe. There was chaos everywhere. Motorbikes flying. People running. I saw one man in the orange robes of a monk sitting on a bench unmoved, as daggers hit Hoan Kiem lake. Most serene thing I saw all day.

Impressed with how clean Ha Noi is even in the midst of torrential rain. You don’t have to be a rich country to care about your surroundings. 😉