Abhishek Iyer

India’s auto industry is overprotected, overpowered, and overdue for a reckoning. It’s distorting our cities, policies, and priorities, only to benefit of a few. Wrote something about these themes that have been bothering me for a while. open.substack.com/pub/abhishekiy…

Sachin is the best spin bowler we've had in the last 30 years.

In an ideal democracy, the highest constitutional court of the country would immediately take suo moto cognisance of this gross injustice and haul up the gov + offer compensation to the victims. Absolutely no excuses or justification for the court’s inaction on this.

The last decade has produced such invertebrates in journalism. They dogwhistle on behalf of the govt instead of holding the poweful to account. Example 👇

You are doing a phenomenal job. Wish I could be of some help. This smart city jumla has been one of the biggest jokes cracked on the citizens. Make liveable cities first, smartness can come later.

Rajasthan govt school roof collapse. Seven primary school students killed, angry locals say the incident ‘happened due to negligence of administration’.

Murali Karthik hearing other commentators talk about revs on the ball #INDvsEND

Pune claims to have completed 55 Smart City projects worth ₹3,333 Cr. I’ve filed an RTI just now to know the names, locations & costs of each one. Once I get the list, I’ll take 55 days from my schedule, visit all sites, and show you the truth, project by project, cost by…

14 to avoid follow on #INDvsENG

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Its Skid game for Namma Bengaluru Journalists! @BBMPCOMM #foootpath #stjohnshospital @anusharavi10 @Ananthaforu @path2shah @Prakash94805561

imagine paying 3 cr for a flat in a place called mulund

Exactly. Dubai floods too. Hence Mumbai, Dubai same-same. Sharam bhi nahi aati.

Vice President is one post which can safely be abolished. The debate over his #resignation is also unnecessary because this post is purely ceremonial. It will impact nothing in the country. In fact governors posts should also be abolished bcs they act as resident agents of ruling…

I completely agree. The only way to solve this problem is to remove municipal commissioners, empower mayors and make them more accountable, enabling them to run municipal corporations more effectively without interference from state and central governments.

A Prime Minister embarking on a foreign trip while Parliament is in session is disrespectful to the voters, to democracy, and to the nation itself. Couldn't the Maldives and UK visits have waited until the session was over?

This should fill elected leaders & civil servants with shame. An elderly citizen is doing what they ought to be doing. Absent a sense of shame among city administrators & elected city leaders, such noble struggles will remain symbolic.

In which dumb system¹ does an MP, who represents whole districts, have to raise a voice for this problem, which should have been handled at the municipality level years ago? ¹ answer in the comment section @IndLibertarians @libertypartyind

ANI tweets, “PM Narendra Modi tweets, "Jagdeep Dhankhar Ji has got many opportunities to serve our country in various capacities, including as the Vice President of India. Wishing him good health"

Tracking India’s AI policy discourse feels like watching city planners arguing over the font size of street signs before drawing a map or building the street. I’m happy to be persuaded otherwise, if someone can point me to good writing on AI policy in India.

when people did such things after Chhaava and Kashmir Files, they were called true deshbhakts