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Virendra and I are building India's largest pothole image data set. If you want to contribute and are willing to go out with your phone and take a few pics of potholes every week, reply and I'll send you instructions.

Incredibly disappointed by the defacement of one of Bengaluru's most iconic antiquity sites. Tourists from across the country (and globe) flock to see the UNESCO World Heritage Site commonly known as Ejipura Stonehenge, but forget to bring their litter with them when they go.

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Went rollerblading in Hyderabad. Within 10 mins someone pulls up next to me in a BE 6. Starts yelling about their startup out the window. On the side of the Durgam Cheruvu Cable Bridge. While we're moving. The entrepreneurial vibes in Hyderabad are off the charts man...

Asked a cab driver how much he earns. He told me Rs. 2 lakh. Then he explained how he makes so much. The answer he gave genuinely gave me goosebumps.

Had such a great day at the India AI Impact Summit. But the way it ended (7:40PM) was a huge let-down. No cabs, no pre-arranged shuttle. "Road is closed, go for a walk." Imagine how international visitors from must have felt. Not to mention differently-abled folks.

walking 2.4 km of Bengaluru footpaths showed me: - tunnel juice - barbed wire - desire paths - bushwhacking - pavement pudding - a stairwell into a drain - something I can't type here don't watch this if you have a weak stomach

Indian labourers are training themselves out of the job. Here's the pipeline: 1. Strap a camera to a worker's cap 2. Capture hours of egocentric footage 3. Pay them for their time (very affordable compared to American data) 4. Process the data 5. Sell it to robot companies

LLMs were trained on Reddit, Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, GitHub, and Common Crawl. Robots will be trained on India.

Does this qualify as doomwalking?

Cost of groceries: 🇨🇦 Canada $25.01/₹1,625 - Chicken, 1.5kg $9.50/₹ 618 - Brocolli, 1.75kg $6.50/₹422 - Greek yogurt, 750g TOTAL: $41.01/₹2,665 🇮🇳 India $13/₹840 - Chicken, 1.5kg $3.50/₹225 - Brocolli, 1.8kg $5/₹400 - Greek yogurt, 800g TOTAL: $21.13/₹1,370

This is so obvious it hurts. One of my first impressions of India was the bloated corpse of a cow floating down the Yamuna next to the Taj Mahal. Terrible first impression. Glad I stuck around and got to know India better.

Everyone's talking about YC Startup School. But I'm still recovering from VibeCon. The event was great... ...but the footpath to reach wasn't. I encountered: - Busted pedestrian infra - Many deep pits - Lots of trash But also good people 🤍 Oh, and I did it on rollerblades.

Moving to India was One of the best decisions I've ever made. Here's why:

I drove the entirety of Bannerghatta Road. 16 km from Adugodi to Bannerghatta town. I have never hit so many potholes in my life. More than Sarjapur Road. More than Varthur Road. It felt like off-roading. My opinion: Indians deserve world-class road infra. Not this.

Indians deserve better from each other

Turns out, Sarvam Kaze comes with a smart ring for controlling the functionality of the smartglasses! The built-in live Indian language translation feature is going to be a game-changer. Big thanks to Sarvam for letting me do this hands-on impromptu demo.

I get this question a lot.

Full context: "India is clearly the fastest growing country in the G10. This is a country that is investing massively in physical infrastructure, legal, capital markets infrastructure. There is a rising middle class here, this is a place we particularly like."

Posted this on IG/YT ~24 hours ago. 350 comments so far. Have never seen such a polarised comments section. Mostly folks in India, but many NRIs too. Half agree the message of the video. The other half strongly disagree, many sharing detailed explanations to defend their POV.

Farewell, Bengaluru. It has been an exciting 6.5 years, but it's finally time to say goodbye.

Another footpath RESTORED! "...but Caleb, fixing one tiny footpath doesn't even move the needle." Tell that to: - Parents who can now push a stroller. - Seniors who can now sit to rest their legs. - Locals who don't need to hold their noses anymore. Action &gt; Cynicism

after living in India for 8 years many people still can't wrap their heads around why I emigrated from Canada hopefully this video sheds some light on one of the many reasons I chose to call this country home

Another footpath RESTORED! "...but Caleb, fixing one tiny footpath doesn't even move the needle." Tell that to: - Parents who can now push a stroller. - Seniors who can now sit to rest their legs. - Locals who don't need to hold their noses anymore. Action > Cynicism