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Host - The Naan Curry Podcast | Essays in @Livemint & @Httweets (links below) | Interested in cricket, human eccentricities, flaneuring & the food on your plate

Joined March 2015
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Pork roast and b**f chilly at a random street cart in Siolim. Run by an affable middle aged couple right outside their home. Immaculate vibes and even better food.
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THE HOLDOVERS is a Sensational Film
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Absolutely delighted, and a little shocked, that a random Al Kauser outlet right opposite my home in Gurgaon does better Kakori and galawati kebabs than the original Vasant Vihar and Chanakyapuri outlets. Hope this isn't a one-off.
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Replying to @bantofu
@bantofu very disappointed that someone’s not living upto their name😂
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this is my ott avengers
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If Jensen Huang was born in Bhopal he would have been eligible to get 1000 per month from tomorrow under berojgari bhatta yojana. Talk about geographical luck. We are blessed.
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🧑‍💻I built a food map of India. India Food Atlas is in beta! Pick a state on the map to explore dishes, recipes, festivals and food folklore, or search by ingredient and see what’s in season. Try your home state first and give me feedback. india-food-atlas.shadymacaro…
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Drove to a small village called Nachinola in North Goa to try an incredible pork aadh maas at Andron Restaurant. This aadh maas had pork ribs slow-cooked in their own bones and fat, with a vindaloo-esque red chilli masala. The place is run out of Mr Tony’s bungalow, with just two other people helping him out, one serving (his son) and the other cooking. But what stole the show was the pork solantle, made with kokum and whole red chilli. Nothing like I've ever tasted before. Absolutely mind-blowing. When in Goa, skip the trendy restaurant with large PR budgets and seek out Goans cooking in small batches, often right out of their homes. Not always easy to find, but absolutely worth the effort.
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Movie of the year
Behind the scenes of POSSIBLE LOVE
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Wow… what a film! #PossibleLove by Lee Chang-dong unfolds like an opera. It draws you in slowly, almost imperceptibly, until you find yourself entangled in the lives of four people—their marriages, desires, disappointments and all the things they cannot bring themselves to say. Every character carries a different emotional note, and Lee orchestrates them with extraordinary precision. What begins as an intimate portrait of two couples gradually becomes a piercing examination of love, class, dignity, power and the quiet violence people inflict on one another. The genius of Lee Chang-dong lies in his ability to take you through an emotional storm and leave you with something as ordinary as two people sitting beneath the night sky. That ending! So unmistakably Lee Chang-dong. Nothing is neatly resolved, because life rarely offers us that luxury. Instead, he leaves you wondering whether love exists not in the thrill of what we desire, but in the imperfect companionship of what we already have. For me, “Possible Love” is an opera without the theatrical excess. Its music lies in the silences, its crescendos in the confrontations and its most haunting notes in everything left unsaid. @DavidCRooney1 you were absolutely right… what a powerhouse of a film!
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unironically this is what the people wearing health trackers actually want
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Vinayak in Assagao, Goa had people queuing up for an hour in humid weather and I can see why now. Top notch kingfish thali:
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china could "honeypot" me with a free house in a walkable neighborhood. i'd give up every US pant-making secret
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Got a chance to witness Goa’s Narkasur festival, celebrated on the streets across the city a day before Diwali. A unique tradition where giant effigies of the demon are paraded and the burnt.
🤖 Made with AI
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Let me be blunt. Those who are afraid of AI feel deep down that they are impostors & have no edge. If you have a 1) clear mind, 2) a deep, not just cosmetic, undertanding of your specialty, 3) and/or are original enough to reinvent yourself when needed, AI will be your friend.
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I feel bad for @the_fauxy - How do they even compete with this???
Thousands of students at Allen Career Institute protested across its centres in Kota after the coaching institute allegedly failed to fulfil its promise of providing six laddus to each student before the Diwali break. Angry students took to the streets, created an Instagram page named ‘Laddu Janta Party’ and flooded social media with reels and memes over the issue. The protests reportedly escalated to the extent that the coaching management had to call the police to control the situation. Meanwhile, some rival coaching institutes organised bhandaras offering unlimited sweets on Sunday, adding to the buzz around the controversy. Allen founder Brajesh Maheshwari reportedly made last-minute arrangements for laddus in an attempt to contain the situation. Video: NCMIndiaa/X #Kota #LadduProtest #StudentProtests #Diwali2026 #AllenCareerInstitute
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Hyperpure is a blessing if you're Proteinmaxxing
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