10: Water

This is why it's a good thing that American labs are in the lead. If Chinese labs were, their employees wouldn't be able to warn us about threats. But Chinese labs will encounter the same threats within a year, in complete silence. https://t.co/Bg5Vakbl4W

— Paul Graham (@paulg) September 10, 2026

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The flag we see today was adopted in 1962. Prior to that, though, it looked quite different.

As always, there's a great story.

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— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) September 10, 2026

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— Manisha Koirala (@mkoirala) September 10, 2026

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— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) September 9, 2026

Yesterday's AIs ate the Internet and became a patchwork mediocrity.

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— Naval (@naval) September 10, 2026

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— Derya Unutmaz, MD (@DeryaTR_) September 10, 2026

How a coastal refinery that makes water, power, salt and magnesia from the sea could redraw the water map of India — and why the first decision is the simplest one: to measure it. https://t.co/Pa5y25mHVl

— Ilir Mehmetaj (@IlirMehmetaj) September 10, 2026

HCTGS v36 India — The Tower That Can Pays for India’s Water Before the Water Even Arrives HCTGS v36 India. 2,000 towers. Per year: 730 billion m³ freshwater — India’s entire water use · 17,500–26,300 TWh or 350–525 Mt H₂ · 1,090–1,410 Mt magnesia · annual output $1.6–2.8 trillion. CAPEX $1.3–2.3 trillion over 25 years — $52–92 bn a year in orders. Each running tower funds the next within two years. Ground occupied: 160–400 km². Entry: 30 towers — the Chennai corridor and the Gulf of Khambhat. ......... Punjab draws 156 percent of its annually extractable groundwater. Rajasthan draws 147. Haryana 137. Those are the 2025 figures from the national Dynamic Ground Water Resources assessment, and the difference comes from aquifers that took ten thousand years to fill.

Can't Stop Water To Pakistan

China does not have a right to block the Bramhaputra. China, India and Bangladesh have to agree to share the waters of that large river. Similarly, there are rivers that originate in India but flow through Pakistan to ultimately fall into the Arabian Gulf. Those are shared rivers. India can not unilaterally block the water flow. For one, it is illegal. And it is inhumane.

Water is about to become an issue. This past summer the seventh-largest city in India - Chennai down south - saw major water shortage. Chennai is far far from Pakistan.

Kashmir is a thorny enough problem. Let's not add water to that fire.

Don't blame Pakistan for global warming. Pakistan is itself a victim. Due to global warming glaciers in the Himalayas have been melting faster than they ought.

What to do?

Fight global warming by planting a trillion trees, and fast. Use rain harvesting techniques. That is a great way to collect water. India should become a less agricultural country. India should move up the economic food chain and should embark upon a clean energy led industrialization.

But whatever you do, don't block the water flow to Pakistan.

Clean energy technologies are seeing such exponential advances in terms of both quality and cost, desalination is going to become a very real option for both countries before the decade is out.

Will not allow water to Pakistan: Indian Prime Minister Modi https://t.co/cmBvMrnWKT @gulfnews

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) October 16, 2019

Saudi Arabia's King Salman holds talks with Pakistan's Imran Khan https://t.co/SfmgnPjhic @gulfnews

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) October 16, 2019

Trump has 'meltdown' during meeting on Turkey's invasion of Syria: Pelosi https://t.co/dwPl3T4WTd

— Gulf News (@gulf_news) October 16, 2019

Can't Stop Water To Pakistan https://t.co/EcXxwJBRle @gulf_news @ImranKhanPTI @narendramodi @PTIofficial @AmitShah @BJP4India @SMQureshiPTI @PTICPOfficial @khaleejtimes @Emirates247 #india #Pakistan #Kashmir #water #indusriver #China #bramhaputra #Bangladesh

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) October 16, 2019

बिजली, पानी, इंटरनेट और Access To Credit

सबसे जोड़ access to credit पर होना चाहिए। जिसको अमरिका में small business sector कहा जाता है और इंडिया में जिसे informal sector कह के dismiss कर दिया जाता है, भारतके अर्थतन्त्रका सबसे महत्वपुर्ण हिस्सा वही तो है। Job creation होगा तो उसी सेक्टर में होगा नहीं तो नहीं।

आधार revolutionary चीज है। Biometric ID से रास्ते खुलते हैं। विश्वके प्रत्येक व्यक्ति तक इसे पहुँचाना होगा। छोटेमोटे प्रत्येक बिजनेसकी रजिस्ट्रेशन उतना ही आसान कर दो। प्रत्येक चायवाला लोन ले सके ऐसा कर दो। Job creation आप हो जाएगी। Small business सेक्टर को एक पांच साल का टैक्स holiday ही दे दो। नहीं तो taxman के डर से बिना कारण बहुतों रजिस्ट्रेशन ही ना करबायें। और बगैर रजिस्ट्रेशन के वो बैंकिंग सेक्टर से जुड़ सकते नहीं। Demonetization का एक बड़ा फायदा ये हुवा कि जो बहुत पैसा बैंक में न था वो अब सब बैंकों में जमा हो गया है। मोदी FDI के लिए दर दर भटक रहे थे। पुँजी घर के भितर ही पड़ा था काफी। Now the banks can lend more. उतना ही नहीं बैंको पर प्रेशर बढ़ गया है। लोगों को बिजनेस लोन नहीं देंगे तो कैसे होगा? बैंक में जमा किया गया पैसा ब्याज मांगता है।

New Telecom Policy may ensure Internet access for 1.3 billion Indianshttps://t.co/iKSgnOJxX9

— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) September 10, 2017

प्रत्येक गाओं तक गीगाबिट हाई स्पीड इंटरनेट पहुँचाना --- प्रत्येक भारतीय को कॉलेज डिग्री दिलाने का इससे अच्छा इससे सस्ता तरिका क्या हो सकता है? गाओं गाओं में हाई स्पीड इंटरनेट पहुँच गया तो फिर उसके बाद किसी को सरकारी दफ्तर जाना ही क्यों?

प्रत्येक को स्वच्छ पिने का पानी मिल गया तो स्वास्थ्य के हिसाब से एक ट्रिलियन डॉलर का फायदा समझो। वो और सुबह सुबह एक घंटा योग। मैं RSS का कोई बड़ा फैन नहीं हुँ लेकिन अगर उसी बहाने सबके सब सुबह योग करने लगें तो मैं कहुँ सब ज्वाइन कर लो।

प्रत्येक चायवाला को access to credit मिला कि नहीं? उसी प्रश्न के जवाब में मोदी का भविष्य है।