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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Havent been on Bluesky for ages. This is because I am busy promoting my book. Am very active on Instagram these days. I mean, how many social media apps can one manage at a time!

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is from our recent vacation in Maui, Hawai. We were there a couple of days ago… being in Hawai is like standing at the edge of the world because you can see the horizon more than 180 degrees. It’s surreal. Like standing on a coin…no picture can capture it. #photography

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Deleted a pinned post by mistake. It had great comments & plenty of likes. Cannot replicate it...but what did it say really? That I'm not someone you can label...neither a centrist, nor rightist nor a leftist. I am just Me. Believer in human rights. Do I disappear without the likes? Nope...

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Theories still abound on the origins of the Covid virus. Scientists have put forward the theory that it had a wildlife origin but some still believe the virus escaped from a Chinese lab experiment. But if that’s true, why did the West help cover it up? Interesting read 👇🏽 theprint.in/opinion/how-...

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How a scientific ‘consensus’ covered up Covid origins. The emperor has no clothes

The Fauci-Rand Paul hearing shows why the American bureaucracy was not smearing China, but defending it.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

And this is happening in developed countries. The horror stories in poorer countries are best not talked about.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Was never a book snob. At 15 read Lin Yutang & Leon Uris with equal fervour. Enjoyed Gone with the Wind as much as Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Here's a small published piece of mine, published in the Deccan Herald two decades ago. Yep...that long ago! #booksky 📚💙 #writingcommunity #humor

A newspaper clipping of an old piece of mine

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Food for thought: Christian countries non-believer % high. (US:31; UK: 37; France: 53; Aus:39) Shinto/Hindu countries Japan/India non-believers zero, altho 70% practice culturally not religiously. Islamic nations: No non-believers. Nigeria, a mix of Christians/Muslims - no non-believers.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Political moderates are seen as disloyal by both sides, acc to research by the American Psychological Association. Bad news for democratic systems because they rely on compromise & negotiation. Moderates are the ‘glue’ that helps bridge ideological divides.. www.apa.org/news/press/r...

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Reposting this thread as it got deleted from my timeline by mistake! It’s about caste based reservations in India.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Street student protests in India divided people to the Right and to the Left. It was hard staying in the middle but one thing became clear. All right wing people parroted the same argument while each person left of the spectrum had something different to say.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

An #AI agent being tested escaped into the Internet to find answers it was being tested on. Is it because I am a writer that I feel this is like building a nuclear bomb? I fear for the world because I do not trust the greedy owners of AI companies. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...

rte.ie

An AI agent went rogue - should we be worried?

OpenAI revealed this week that an AI agent went rogue and escaped during a security test. It sparked renewed calls for greater protections and guardrails for artificial intelligence.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

They’ve made it so difficult to vote in India now that it’ll backfire on BJP. Older people are tired of getting multiple documents, having their centres changed, re-verifying identity. Older people tend to vote BJP. Youngsters will go out of their way to register and vote the govt out.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Unfortunately by mistake my post got deleted as commenting further on it.. In my main post I mentioned that 60% of reservations in education is one of the causes for migration abroad. Had a good discussion with Ashok. That exchange also got deleted.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

When the people rise, the govt has to listen, in a democracy. Indian students demanded the resignation of the Edu minister & he resigned, after street demonstrations in diff parts of the country. Wise move as agitation was escalating. Can be done anywhere in the world, if people want it badly enuf.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Indian govt is obsessed with is winning elections. And yes, they are inching towards a 2/3rd majority-so what? You can't stop people protesting, not in a democracy. Thankfully, no one died yesterday in Delhi. Injuries on both sides. India doesn't use guns. www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-te...

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A tempest: Editorial on the CJP protest and why dialogue must replace the 'danda'

The 'cockroaches' — the expression is not being used in jest or in condescension — have made both the Narendra Modi-led BJP government and the Opposition think

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Studied and dissected The #Odyssey in college studying Eng Lit, and last night saw Nolan’s movie. While studying, the philosophy and poetry was paramount. Portraying that in a movie would have made it less entertaining. Good to sit back and just enjoy the stunning visuals. #movies

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/07/2026

Virtually every country in the world *except* for the US is responding to the Iran War in a rational way -- ie, trying to reduce their reliance in imported fossil fuels.

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How the Iran War Is Driving Demand for Clean Energy

For decades, the case for clean energy was rooted primarily in climate policy. Today, it is just as much about geopolitics.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Love to socialise. After a few days of hectic socialising, can’t write for a day or two. Brain stops working. Writers are supposed to be reclusive, head for retreats and the like, and that makes me scratch my head in puzzlement. I need a people fix regularly. 💙 📚 #writing #writingcommunity

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Mollywood Times, a critique of the #movie industry, is a slow, deliberate film. Not for all. Touches upon some core issues plaguing cinema. The protagonist is a modern-day Howard Roark, dealing with the battle between artistic freedom & corporate compromise. #desiwatch theprint.in/opinion/pov/...

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Mollywood Times is one of Indian cinema’s sharpest critiques of film industry

Mollywood Times, directed by Abhinav Sunder Nayak, suggests that major production houses sometimes invest in films for reasons beyond box-office success.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

As it's abt #education expenses as % of GDP, the % itself is less imp. But high GDP nations are spending a higher % of GDP on edu, except Japan & S Korea. Sad to see poor countries spend so little. Eg. Pakistan 2% Indonesia 1.3%. Sweden spends the max. www.voronoiapp.com/education/Co...

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Countries by Education Spending as % of GDP

Governments love to boast about education budgets but few explain what the money actually buys, and the gap between spending and results is often the more int…

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

There are only a handful of editors who can correctly evaluate a novel. That’s why you see so many poor quality books being published by the top 5 publishers. Or maybe it’s deliberate. Publishing books by famous people ensures a ready market. In the process, quality takes a back seat.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAi. Sam Altman is in big trouble. Apparently, Tang Tan, now OpenAI's chief hardware officer, walked off with Apple secrets. The 2nd defendant, Chang Liu, allegedly stole secrets as well. How was it so brazen? They thought they would never be caught?

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Beats me why Australians were protesting migration from India to India’s PM on his visit there. Convinced that racists are dumb. India does not give visas to Indian migrants to Australia (just passports) and nor does the Indian gov have control on who goes.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Countries should manage their inherent demographic balance otherwise there will be strife. That’s why India enacted the CAA, an Act restricting immigration of a certain community. Singapore’s been doing it for ages. It’s common sense but people living in their own intellectual bubble can’t see it.

Singapore actively manages its citizenship and immigration process to reflect and maintain its existing demographic balance. The government utilizes the CMIO framework-which
categorizes the population into
Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Others (Eurasian)—to ensure that the intake of new citizens closely aligns with the national average, preserving the country's multicultural foundation. o

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Just when I had started to believe that India had reached the level of the rich, first world countries, by being able to successfully assassinate a wanted Indian criminal living in Canada, it turns out that nope, India hadn’t done it despite Canada’s false accusations. It was a gangland killing.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Japan, Italy, Germany - ageing populations, fertility rates below replacement. China with fertility rate low at 1.02 altho it's less developed than others. That's a risk and there'll be consequences. US & UK avoid the worst thru immigration. www.voronoiapp.com/demographics...

voronoiapp.com

A Demographic Comparison of the 10 Largest Economies

The world's largest economies are quietly running out of people. Japan, Italy and Germany sit at one end: ageing populations, fertility rates well below re…

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max koss 🦩 @maxkoss.com · 06/07/2026

The nice things about books: once you own them, you own them, forever. No one will be eye tracking your reading habits. No one will make money of you reading the book as many times as you'd like. And the very same book can be read by generations to come. It can last centuries, literally. It's great.

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Scotty52838 @scotty52838.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

There are a lot of quiet people out there. The ones who read more than they write. The ones who think more than they speak. If that’s you, I hope you know something. You matter. ❤️

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

News is that scores of Pakistani soldiers have been killed by Baluchistan separatists. Pakistan Occupied Kashmiris are rising up against Pakistan.There's violence. Pak is at war with Afghanistan as well. There is also a shortage of water in Pakistan.These are not isolated incidents...1/2

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Switzerland mandated in 2023 that all new buildings exceeding 300 square metres of roof area must install solar panels covering a minimum percentage of that surface — the most aggressive building-integrated solar mandate in continental Europe #ActOnClimate #SolarPower #Renewables

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Africa's making a 8,000 km Green Wall bordering the Sahara Desert. It's taken a page out of China's play book. China has planted 66 billion trees already as part of its "Great Green Wall" to slow the spread of the Gobi & Taklamakan deserts. #climate timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...

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After the Great Wall of China, Africa is building an 8,000-km 'Wall of Trees' to fight climate change, restore land and feed millions

Stretching from the Atlantic coast of Senegal to the shores of Djibouti on the Red Sea, Africa is undertaking one of the most ambitious environmental projects ever attempted. Known as the Great Green ...

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Years ago I used to think that the UN was a great peacekeeper and fair to all countries. How stupid that was. Countries with veto power can get away with crimes. And the countries that rule the UN care far less about atrocities that take place in Asia and Africa. The UN needs reform.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Here's a map showing the number of seniors in the world, country-wise. Surprised that so few seniors are present in Saudi, which is a rich country. Generally one expects that rich countries have good healthcare. Japan obviously does as longevity is high. Or is it their diet and lifestyle?

This is a map showing longevity in the world

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Wonder if anyone noticed. The Guardian and BBC are consistently posting anti-India stories nowadays. When you read them you realise the incidents they mention are either isolated instances or frivolous. They don’t write much about riots in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir though. Someone told me 1/2

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Pakistan's pleas to the world that India restore the Indus water treaty is a joke bc India hasn't stopped a drop of water. A quick search on the net confirms this. The treaty reg the Indus river (a river which starts in India) was broken by India on paper only, bc of terrorist attacks...1/2

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The Pakistan-Afghanistan war appears to be escalating. Defeating the Taliban is not so easy looks like. What a waste of money and lives. Two countries struggling to meet the basic needs of their people entangled in a war. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Afghan Taliban launch strikes on border with Pakistan as tensions escalate

Pakistan's military says it shot down four rudimentary drones and will respond to any further provocation.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

If Americans want birthright citizenship to end, violent rhetoric won’t work. ‬Not when it’s in the constitution of the United States. A consensus built after months of dialogue & and debate can culminate in both parties working together to bring about the change.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

One way to world #peace is teach kids that all religions are equal. Or ban religion. China is an example. As long as children grow up believing they are superior to another human because of their faith, that there is a need to convert others, strife will never end. The human race is doomed.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

About time that developed countries stopped the fake asylum cases. I think they easily believe this bs because they actually believe that people in poor countries are hounded by their governments. A snobbish/racist worldview which is costing them. theprint.in/india/sikh-e...

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Sikh extremists ‘misusing asylum’, Canada & NZ crack down on Indian applicants; rejections soar, no appeal

EXCLUSIVE: Growing number of pleas found to be ‘false or motivated’, with tighter screening dealing blow to extremist networks that sent youth, particularly from Punjab, to these nations.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Babies dying in car-seats is mostly a developed country phenomenon. The parent is busy, so they forget their baby. They are overworked. No help. Is it a wonder then that populations are declining over there? This article explains it somewhat: mitchellhamline.edu/wp-content/u...

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Premji, a Shia Khoja Muslim with strong ties to Iran tried to poison Sunni Muslims in a Muharram procession with rat poison. He was caught with 14,900 capsules, said he was planning to make 30k such capsules. He had travelled to Iran & Iraq multiple times. www.indiatoday.in/cities/mumba...

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Mumbai cops uncover Muharram poisoning plot, seize 14,900 rat poison capsules

Mumbai Police detained a Pune businessman after seizing 14,900 capsules allegedly filled with zinc phosphide during a Muharram procession. Investigators are now examining his travels, finances and con...

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The annoying thing about politicians is them making sweeping statements that are untrue while living oceans away. Disappointed in this person. What is she trying to project? Don’t know because who knows the deviousness of politicians… theprint.in/opinion/ilha...

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Dear Ilhan Omar, Indian Muslims aren’t victims waiting to be rescued by your politics

I find it hard to take Ilhan Omar’s language of genocide seriously. Like many Western voices, she speaks with great confidence about a society she understands only from a distance.

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Germany has successfully engineered a revolutionary transparent solar glass that generates clean electricity while remaining completely see-through from both sides, fundamentally transforming how buildings produce energy. #solarpower #ActOnClimate

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Acc to AP news: hottest temperature in France was 43.8 C (110.8 F). Europe shd study countries dealing with high heat & learn. Never shed your clothes as the heat seeps through your skin into your body. Look at the Arabs. Drink water constantly. And going outdoors from noon till 4 pm is a no-no.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The profound reason for multiple gods in Hinduism is rooted in the freedom to question: choose/believe/not believe/express any which way because God is in my heart/mind: the way I see, dress, color, attribute qualities to him/her according to…1/2

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Now apparently #AI firms are hiring philosophers! What next! Below is an excerpt from an editorial in The Economist.

AI models' values are very different from those of most people, The Economist's data team has found. Big Al firms are hiring philosophers to help make their models wiser, which may help.
We suggest principles that governments should apply to reduce the risk of catastrophic harm from AI and to deal with the social and economic consequences as they become clearer. But there is a risk that, as the topic becomes politically explosive, politicians will impose clumsy rules, making it harder to reap the technology's vast potential benefits, or allowing China, which is only a few months behind, to get to superintelligence first and become the world's dominant power.

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