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Featured posts from the thinkdeli community.
Dream11 n peers living a nightmare : crippling effect of India’s Real Money Gaming Ban
The Indian Government’s Real Money Gaming Ban:India’s online gaming industry was jolted this August when the government enacted the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, imposing a blanket ban on all real-money online games—regardless of whether the outcome is based on skill or chance. The Bill radically redefines the landscape for gaming and fantasy sports platforms, triggering a ...
उकडीचे मोदक
The word ‘modak’ comes from Sanskrit, approximately meaning “a small portion of bliss.”Having lived for almost 20 years in the eastern side of Maharashtra, the Ganapati festival we celebrated at home—thanks to my mom’s unending enthusiasm—always had ‘fried modaks’ as offerings.I don’t remember tasting ‘steamed modaks’ in those years. Each time we ate the fried ones, my mom would mention the steame...
The Bachelor Life: More Than Just Instant Noodles and Netflix
When most people hear the word bachelor, they imagine a guy lounging on a worn-out couch, surrounded by pizza boxes and gaming consoles. While that's not entirely untrue (we all have those weekends), bachelor life is so much more than the clichés.Freedom, but With a CatchOne of the biggest perks of being a bachelor is freedom — waking up when you want, planning your schedule, binge-watching Formul...
Monsoon Musings: A Rainy Saturday in Pune
There’s something magical about waking up to the sound of rain in Pune—especially on a Saturday. The usual buzz of the city takes a backseat as the clouds roll in, softening the morning light and slowing the pace of everything. It's as if the city itself sighs in relief, wrapped in a grey, drizzling blanket.The day begins with that unmistakable petrichor—earth’s perfume after the first drops kiss ...
Ganeshotsav in India: A Celebration of Faith, Unity, and Joy
Every year, the rhythmic beats of the dhol-tasha, the aroma of freshly made modaks, and the chants of Ganpati Bappa Morya fill the streets of India. Ganeshotsav, the festival dedicated to Lord Ganesha, is not just a religious occasion—it’s an emotion that unites millions.Celebrated with grandeur, especially in Maharashtra, the festival marks the arrival of Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles an...
Happy 37th Birthday to me
अर्ध्या काड्या मसणांत गेल्या. Like on every birthday, I feel like crap today.
Subversion
Art dies in stasis. It's movement is oxygen. Like a molecule of oxygen, someone exhales it and someone, something else inhales it. What that molecule enables is unpredictable. The end result of a multitude of uncontrollable vectors working on a closed system. Potentially a new creature breathes alive. Something unknown lurks. Subversion is art. Morphing is survival. I present my examples and rest ...
Bass, Rahman bass.
You like something Rahman has created. Let me re-phrase it - some piece of music that Rahman has magically woven is amongst, if not your outright favorite pieces of music ever created. There are many many reasons for this, most of which I do not understand clearly. But the one I do, is found in the lower ranges of the frequency range. The bass. The thump. Think back to a time before Rahman - all ...
