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Academic, author, entrepreneur, and speaker.

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@wadhwa
Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
I am disglusted with the dishonesty of ads by Delhis chief minister @ArvindKejriwal . Misrepresent my @washingtonpost article about @HealthCube360 and make false claims about the Mohalla/Peoples clinics. I was clearly lied to by his health minister:
पहले लोग कहते थे अमरीका से सीखो, अब अमरीका वाले कहते हैं भारत से सीखो, दिल्ली से सीखो, केजरीवाल सरकार से सीखो।
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
Had amazing meeting with most brilliant of world leaders: @narendramodi @PMOIndia Blown away with his dedication to the people of India and the world and understanding of science and technology Discussed how India will lead the world in curing cancer and transform agriculture
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
It is rare that I comment on politics, especially Indian. But this was so much over the top that it made me sick.
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
I am disglusted with the dishonesty of ads by Delhis chief minister @ArvindKejriwal . Misrepresent my @washingtonpost article about @HealthCube360 and make false claims about the Mohalla/Peoples clinics. I was clearly lied to by his health minister:
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2 years
Dear Prime Minister @narendramodi : Thank you for your letter; this is an incredible honor. My best wishes to India for 75 years of freedom and 73 years as a Republic. I have no doubt the country will achieve exponential progress cc: @nagentv @cgisfo #RepublicDay
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Vivek Wadhwa
5 years
How can the Islamic world be so silent about these attrocities? And why isn't America and Europe more vocal? Really shocking and sad.
@nytimes
The New York Times
5 years
China has detained up to a million Muslims, a campaign it calls a benevolent and routine effort against the pull of extremism. But 403 pages of Communist Party documents we obtained reveal how officials plotted to carry out a ruthless, coercive clampdown.
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
This over the top negative coverage in @washingtonpost can be directly attributed to its owner @JeffBezos . Rather than celebrating what has been achieved, he is doing what he can to malign the country. Amazon should be kicked out of India.
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
Best way for Democrats to lose a constituency which has been a loyal supporter is to propagate this extreme leftist nonsense. US media has consistently been lying about India as I wrote in this article which no US publication would carry: @djrothkopf
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Kevin Baron
1 year
“India currently ranks 161 out of 180 on the World Press Freedom Index”
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Vivek Wadhwa
10 months
This is the utter stupidity of US immigration: highly educated and skilled legal immigrants have to wait for decades to get permanent residence, while anyone who walks or swims across the border gets an instant work visa and legal status.
@mayemusk
Maye Musk
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I have a friend who has done everything lawfully right for 10 years and is still under green card revision. I recommended she goes to Mexico and swims across the river. Instant legal status!!! 🇺🇸
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
Spending the next 4 days at @SadhguruJV 's @ishafoundation yoga center near Coimbatore, India. It already feel like I have entered a different world, one of tranquillity, inner peace, and desire for knowledge. Let's see if this can override the anger of Twitter :-)
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 months
It is good to see less caustic, biased and venomous coverage on Modi and India. The Western press, by and large has gone overboard with the negative coverage, literally resorting to dishonesty. I too spent more than an hour with @narendramodi on two occasions and found him to be
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Danish Manzoor Bhat
3 months
I got to see a side of Narendra Modi that we have not read in the media so far. Exploring beyond headlines, our interaction with PM @narendramodi offered fresh insights. We had an extensive 90-minute conversation, far beyond the expected 20, it was an opportunity to see beyond
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
H-1B is slavery, stop new visas till green card reform via @indicanews1 Agree with @immivoice that we need to end the indentured servitude of H1B workers before increasing their numbers:
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 months
Elon is going to be the biggest loser here. A few years ago, I exchanged emails with him about the risks in China. I warned him they would rob him blind and urged him to consider moving manufacturing to India instead, where he would have dominated the market by now.
@TheresaAFallon
Theresa Fallon
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Why US & European Automakers Are Failing In China. The hubris of companies who only looked for short term gain while transferring tech,management techniques & know how to China. It was good while it lasted but that era is over. Rinse & repeat other biz.
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
Yes, I was so shocked at the dishonest coverage by Washington Post and New York Times on Kashmir that I've lost confidence in what I read in these publications. I almost didn't travel there because I used to believe what they report. Their dishonesty hurts democracy and freedom
@MinhazMerchant
Minhaz Merchant
2 years
The ⁦ @nytimes ⁩ & ⁦ @washingtonpost ⁩ paint a dystopian picture of J&K even as US ambassador to #Pak calls #PoK “Azad J&K”⁩. Silicon Valley entrepreneur ⁦ @wadhwa ⁩ travels through J&K to bust white lies. My ⁦ @Openthemag ⁩ column
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
India's PM @narendramodi is by far the smartest and most personable leader I have ever met. Discussed everything from A.I. to genomics to smart cities with him in Kevadia, Gujarat in Oct 2019. Was amazed at his understanding of science and technology and the questions he asked.
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Vivek Wadhwa
10 years
My first selfie! With musician and techie @iamwill . Let's see how many RTs I get @TheEllenShow :) http://t.co/j6peoc9nH3
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 months
This is the ridiculous state of US immigration: break the law and get rewarded for it. Highly skilled engineers and scientists can't even get tourist visas while anyone can catch a flight to Mexico and walk across the border. No background checks, no visa processing delays
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sphinx
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Visa backlog when you apply in Mumbai: 500 days minimum Meanwhile at the border: just walk across
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Vivek Wadhwa
5 years
The power of democracy: the people decide who they want to lead them and losing parties accept their losses and failures with grace.
@ShashiTharoor
Shashi Tharoor
5 years
Renewed congratulations to @narendramodi . The people of India have shown that they support your leadership & as democrats we respect their decision. I hope that we can work constructively to bridge our differences in the national interest. Above all, we must all work for India.
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Vivek Wadhwa
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Trump is going to win over Silicon Valley with policies like this. The Democrats have simply been catering to the illegals.
@MattooShashank
Shashank Mattoo 🇮🇳
26 days
Former US President Donald Trump asked about visas for skilled Indians His response: "If you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically - as part of your diploma - a green card to be able to stay in this country"
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Vivek Wadhwa
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It's notable that @elonmusk cited "very heavy Tesla obligations" for missing his India trip, yet had time for meetings in China. Perhaps there's pressure from China, wary of competition, to limit investments in India, and they offered the incentives he just received. As I wrote
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
This is very valid criticism. The images that are being broadcast from India show the same racism as in the 60s. There have been large-scale tragedies in the West also and we never saw the corpses of white people being displayed in this manner.
@prateekpandya
Prateek Pandya Ph.D. 🇮🇳
3 years
"About half of global COVID-19 deaths have occurred in Europe and the United States alone, yet Western media have avoided presenting harrowing images from those settings." The Lurid Orientalism of Western Media by Brahma Chellaney @ProSyn
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
Powerful movie about America's disastrous immigration policies. I no longer advise foreign students to stay in US after graduation or tech workers to waste their lives as H1Bs—because they are taken advantage of by tech companies who know they are locked in for decades
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Vidyut Latay
2 years
Looking forward to releasing ALIEN in February 2023. ALIEN is a feature documentary about legal, high-skilled immigrants in the US. Check out the trailer here: @wadhwa @DcWalaDesi @FuturistApala
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
Had a great discussion with the most amazing spiritual leader of our times: @SadhguruJV . We discussed transforming global agriculture with some incredible new technologies and why he needs to speak at @Stanford again with @jamesrdotymd
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
For all the criticism India and its leadership receives, it is still the world's largest and most vibrant democracy—and has made incredible strides since achieving independence. It took a long time for the country to recover from centuries of evil colonialism and subjugation.
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
I have no idea what my friend @RicardoBSalinas did, but as happens far too often, Twitter abused its power and banned him. I think they learned the hard way that they can't mess around with The Salinator!
@RicardoBSalinas
Don Ricardo Salinas Pliego
2 years
Pues con la buena noticia que después de apelar, la plataforma de Twitter encontró que los reportes a mi cuenta fueron acciones organizadas por un grupo de llorones con cuentas bots, por lo que me la devolvieron intacta 😌😎. El que se lleva se aguanta, va la mía 😏.
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2 years
Which other world leader do you know who can talk intelligently about science, entrepreneurship, and technology—and give speeches on exponential vs. linear innovation? I suspect that he did read the book I gave him! :)
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
Ola S1 is a 70-plus mph electric scooter that's priced like a bicycle --Wow, this is really cool: the Tesla of scooters! I'd love to get one here in Silicon Valley @bhash
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Vivek Wadhwa
6 months
I've stopped using Google after @vijayshekhar recommended @perplexity_ai . It is everything Google and ChatGPT should have been: ad-free search with straight answers and citations+no hallucination @AravSrinivas please don't sell to Google when they offer you $20 billion or more
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
@washingtonpost @JeffBezos And yes, Bezos does exercise control over @washingtonpost 's editorial policies. I saw it first hand when I was writing for them. Editors jumped at emails from Amazon's PR team and followed commands.
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
I told @AliVelshi @msnbc that Steven Miller/Trump immigration halt is economic eqivalent of drinking bleach. Has done big damage and will take a long time to recover from. Immigrants are the closest thing America has had to a free lunch--have provided competitive advantage
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
U.S is bleeding competitiveness because of a flawed immigration system. Governor @GavinNewsom has made a bold move to keep innovators here. @AlexSalkever and I explain the background and the possibilities in this piece in @FortuneMagazine
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 month
I've written a book and dozens of articles about the benefits of skilled immigration. Never did I imagine that defeating Pakistan at cricket would be one of them. :)
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Deedy
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USA would've not beaten Pakistan in the cricket world cup today without the H-1B visa
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Vivek Wadhwa
10 months
This is the crazy future we are headed into: self driving cars blocking each other. Wait until they get smarter and develop road rage. :)
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
If India can so rapidly go from being dependant on China for PPE equipment to an exporter, why can't the U.S.? This is a national emergency; the junk PPE and tests China is exporting are putting billions of lives at risk--from the virus they also exported.
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Amitabh Kant
4 years
Congrats! Brilliant work! We will now be an exporter of PPE & masks.
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Vivek Wadhwa
6 years
Brilliant strategy by the Canadians to attract top talent. Guess what it costs? Close to ZERO. Skilled immigration is the closest thing there is to a free lunch for nation's. America's loss is the world's gain.
@CliftonLeaf
Clifton Leaf
6 years
Live now @FortuneMagazine Global Forum: the war for AI talent. Canada minister says companies can get work visa 4 must-have foreign tech talent in just 2 weeks. Great conversation with Fortune’s @editorialiste , Raquel Urtasun, Steve Irvine & Hon. Navdeep Bains. #ai #fortuneglobal
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
Have the privilege of spending New Years Eve with @SadhguruJV , first in a public event and then hopefully in person. Have been blown away with his understanding of both modern and ancient technologies and his determination to use these to uplift humanity.
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
What a sensible and bold thing for India to do: ban Chinese spyware. We should investigate each of these apps in the U.S. and follow India's example.
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ANI
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List of 59 apps banned by Government of India "which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”.
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
About 100,000 green cards could go to waste if they aren’t processed by the end of September, as more than a million immigrants wait to become permanent U.S. residents —A big loss in competitiveness for the U.S.; will accelerate the immigrant exodus
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
This approach also provides great hope.
@FaheemYounus
Faheem Younus, MD
4 years
Treatment news! 5 critically ill COVID patients (on ventilators) received antibody-rich plasma from 5 other patients who had recovered from COVID. Results: 3 discharged; 2 in stable condition! Now 1 of my recovering patients wants to donate his plasma!
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 months
Wow, this is great. The Chinese are scared shitless about manufacturing moving to countries such as India. It means something real is happening and China will have to stop robbing the world blind.
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Global Times
3 months
#Tesla should worry about its decision to build a factory in #India , why? Charles Liu, senior fellow at the Taihe Institute, at #GlobalArena : -lack of supply chain and infrastructure -lack of skilled engineers and workers -negative business environment
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Vivek Wadhwa
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Tech industry should show its might by cutting off Trump from all social media. It's a 2-way street, after all. They gave him the power.
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
It is always the Sikhs who step up and risk their own lives to help others....the closest thing you will see to selfless devotion. They really are role models for all of us.
@simran
Simran Jeet Singh
4 years
Sikhs in New York City are preparing 20,000 meals for those without food. They’re at the epicenter of the global pandemic and still looking to serve. ❤️✊🏾
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Vivek Wadhwa
8 years
My upcoming book w/ @AlexSalkever Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
The United States should have been loading its military planes with oxygen containers, unused vaccines, and all sorts of other medical supplies for India. Biden and Harris have failed the test of leadership no matter what they do now They have let America...and humanity down
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
Indian startups explore forming an alliance and alternative app store to fight Google's 'monopoly' by @refsrc -- @vishalgondal @vijayshekhar : brilliant idea. You are digital freedom fighters taking down modern day East India companies! cc @amitabhk87
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
Sad example of injustice of America's broken immigration system. Legal immigrants are the ones who are forced to leave because they're doing things by the book. America loses because it is chasing away the world's best talent; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Muhil Ravichandran
1 year
My name is Muhil, and I first came to the United States when I was 2 years old. Despite living here lawfully for two decades, I did not receive my green card with my family because I aged out.
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
What a great ad...and a great message! ... @vijayshekhar :)
@Paytm
Paytm
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Give it back, by paying it back.
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3 years
You’re highly educated and at the top of your field, and you just qualified for a green card. Congrats! Now you have to wait 16 years — if you’re lucky --America has a habit of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in global competitiveness.
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Vivek Wadhwa
8 years
A resolution for the New Year :)
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Vivek Wadhwa
13 years
My advice to student who wants to change the world: Think big, but start small. Prove yourself, validate ideas, learn how to succeed first.
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
My new book explains why legacy companies have an advantage over startups and details new rules of innovation in this era of exponentials. I really believe this is a must read for biz execs and entrepreneurs Amazon has discounted Kindle version:
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
I hope Silicon Valley's VCs stop belittling the government now, stop pretending to be libertarians, start showing some gratitude to this great country for bailing them and their investments out. They've always taken without giving back.
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Vivek Wadhwa
10 months
This is something that two Viveks agree on: the current H-1B visa system is deeply flawed and leads to indentured servitude; instead it needs to be skill and merit based. Also, startups should get visa number preference, not the big companies.
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Vivek Ramaswamy
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. @Politico tried to play “gotcha” by saying I want to gut the H1-B system even though my companies have used it to hire foreign graduates from top U.S: universities. Well, U.S. energy sector regulations are badly broken, but I still use water & electricity. Turns out I actually
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
Dear Zuckerberg: maybe there would be more American technology companies if you didn't eat them while they were young!
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Vivek Wadhwa
5 years
@DalaiLama @narendramodi @HealthCube @Dalialama Finally, a selfish note: both @dalailama and @naredramodi took photos with my book, Driver in the Driverless Car. Hope they (and you) read it, will provide a new perspective of ethical issues and risks of advancing technologies
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Vivek Wadhwa
8 years
Peter Thiel: a gay immigrant. After telling students to drop out of college, he is now supporting people who hate what he is.
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 months
It's okay for these British publications to criticize Modi, but the coverage is extremely biased and reflects colonial racism. The same problem exists with some US publications—they completely lack integrity and balance when it comes to covering India—and are almost always wrong.
@DivaJain2
Diva Jain
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Fundamental problem that Western publications have with PM Modi is that he does not conform to their weak, spindly legged, supine Hindu stereotype. Each of the character traits attributed to Modi in this piece would have drawn effusive adulation if found in a western leader/CEO.
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
This is consistent with what I've seen of India as well and why I consider the Western media to be lying about India I remember the ruthlessness and corruption of the socialist regimes that used to govern India and see the freedom of press and religion whenever I visit there now
@Noahpinion
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦
1 year
An interesting argument that India's democracy was never as liberal as the 90s and 00s made it seem, and therefore that Modi is not an aberration:
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Vivek Wadhwa
7 years
At a restaurant in Tokyo: waiter respectively refuses to accept tip, American insists, leaves. Staff discussing what to do with the money :)
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
Going to India tomorrow, starting with 4 days at @SadhguruJV @ishafoundation ashram near Coimbatore. Then hiking in a tiger reserve, Kochi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Delhi. Key purpose: review incredible progress @karkinoshealth has made in transforming India's cancer care system
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
My friend @KarenAttiah is incredible. She makes strong points about the need to treat white supremacy and racism as something to be defeated—not debated. These really are like a stage 4 cancer that has spread over America. We ignore at our own peril. cc: @AliVelshi
@MehdiHasanShow
The Mehdi Hasan Show
4 years
Two minutes. Just give @KarenAttiah two minutes to parse the media's responsibility for the Trump catastrophe, and how many of us in the industry have misunderstood and underestimated "how white violence in this country has shaped the country as we know it."
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Vivek Wadhwa
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The issue with the dishonesty of the Western press on India is worse than what @mairal says. I could not get any U.S. publication to carry this article I wrote for @htTweets about Kashmir: Never had a problem getting into any publication before this.
@mairal
Anurag Mairal
5 months
Try this: Type “India” in the Google Search bar and click “news” tab. Tell me if you find any story that’s positive. In a county of 1.4 billion people, soon to be 3rd largest economy of the world, global news media find nothing positive to report. (And I refuse to pin this on
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
@FarLeftTexas @narendramodi @nagentv @CGISFO I too was surprised. It shows you why the Indian prime minister has the highest approval rating of any world leader--greater than Biden and Trump combined.
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
I hardly use chatGPT now because I don't trust the results and Microsoft's Bing Chat does little more than summarize a couple of search results. This bubble is busting faster than expected. Yes there are some good use cases but not matching the hype
@GaryMarcus
Gary Marcus
1 year
“ChatGPT use declines as users complain about ‘dumber’ answers, and the reason might be AI’s biggest threat for the future”
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Vivek Wadhwa
7 years
Bitcoin is the largest Ponzi scheme in human history. The poor and gullible will lose their life savings while the promoters of this--mostly rich Silicon Valley and Chinese execs--make billions. Massive transfer of wealth in the wrong direction.
@DILIPtheCHERIAN
dilip cherian
7 years
Is herd mentality at its all-time high or is #crypto a new credible asset class? @WarrenBuffet seems to say no. Wonder what @mohitmamoria would say? And would @wadhwa weigh in, with a no? Anybody here trying it?
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1 year
I wish the United States had such tolerance as India has.
@StarbucksIndia
Starbucks India
1 year
Your name defines who you are - whether it's Arpit or Arpita. At Starbucks, we love and accept you for who you are. Because being yourself means everything to us. #ItStartsWithYourName . 💚
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@bhash This is why you need to build the Tesla of India and then take this to the rest of the world, my friend.
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
Just completed the Shambhavi Mahamudra practice @ishafoundation by @SadhguruJV It is literally the most amazing such experience I have ever had. Have tried other meditations, nothing compares. #InnerEngineering
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
The Italian scientist who challenged the WHO guidelines and spared a town from the pandemic --Sadly, the organization that should be leading the world in health, @WHO , was led astray by its corrupt leadership and their purchaser: China. World suffered.
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
The best digital currency in the world is Karma. The more you give and do, the more you get, and it produces amazing long-term rewards.
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
Visiting one of the most amazing places in the world: Himalayas. I don't think that even Indians realize the treasures they have. Starting my journey at @MakaibariTea , the oldest tea estate in the world. Organic and fresh, like nothing I've tasted before.
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Vivek Wadhwa
7 years
Incredible: Indian actor @iamsrk 's TED talk. Funny, inspirational thoughts on humanity, fame and love
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Vivek Wadhwa
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Elon is right. He endorsed my first book "Immigrant Exodus", on the importance of skilled immigrants and flawed US immigration policies. @elonmusk is expressing the sentiment of most Americans: revulsion at illegals gaining preference over skilled immigrants who follow rules.
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Elon Musk
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Because I am raising concerns about the flood of unvetted illegal immigrants overwhelming American cities, the press will often characterize me as “anti-immigrant”. As an immigrant myself, nothing could be further from the truth. I am very much in favor of increased and
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Vivek Wadhwa
9 years
Entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley style. :) http://t.co/7Y43yLgFwC
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
Just watched recording of PM Modi's address to Congress. All I can say is wow! Articulate, intelligent, powerful, impactful... I'm sure he made all of the politicians in the room feel small. :-) Couldn't believe they were chanting Modi, Modi, Modi ...but could understand why.
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Vivek Wadhwa
6 years
I've reached the point of disgust with the leaders of Silicon Valley who pretend to be uplifting humanity. It's all about money, ego, and power. Entrepreneurs who really care about the world don't get a cent of VC or support. Companies don't give back, even to their communities
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 months
It is amazing what India has achieved after being unshackled from socialism. People in the US still glorify socialism; they don't seem to realize that all it does is to perpetuate poverty rather than prosperity. They should learn from India.
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦
4 months
India has accomplished something China never managed to do: Reducing poverty by huge amounts, while also decreasing inequality. Maybe democracy isn't so bad for development after all.
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
India's Atal Innovation Mission and Tinkering Labs are absolutely incredible. Will help transform an entire generation of children and uplift the country, I am surprised how little international coverage these get. They are a role model for the developing--and developed --world,
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Amitabh Kant
4 years
Gr8 initiative ! Niti Aayog, Nasscom roll out artificial intelligence modules in schools
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
This is something I have always agreed with @elonmusk on: the need to fix our broken system immigration system so as to facilitate legal immigration. Elon endorsed my first book "Immigrant Exodus" which highlighted the economic damage our immigration policies are doing.
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Elon Musk
2 years
@BillFOXLA @FoxNews Seems bizarre that it’s so easy enter illegally, but so hard to get a legal work visa
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Vivek Wadhwa
6 years
I was giving Zuckerberg the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe he was truly blindsided. But after reading his new blog, I agree the problem my be him. His response to the data breach is complete bullshit; boilerplate apology. Facebook has weaponized social media for profit.
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Vivek Wadhwa
7 years
Bitcoin is the greatest Ponzi scheme in history. Price could double or quadruple still--but final destination is ZERO with many more ZEROES.
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Vivek Wadhwa
2 years
. @SusanWojcicki , this is not right. We need to get information from all sides—whether or not we agree with the source. Yes, Russia is doing evil but we need to understand their excuse. Please have higher ethical standards than our friends at Facebook do. cc: @EstherWojcicki
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Vivek Wadhwa
5 years
Popular Cafe in Delhi @CafeCoffeeDay ordered masala tea and samosa. Waiter delivers luke warm water+tea bag and microwaved samosa. Cost Rs 202 ($3). Took one bite and sip and walked out. Disgusting. Tea stall outside: Rs 10 (14 cents) for incredible tea and samosa What gives?
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
The Himalayas are so stunningly beautiful. I wonder why anyone travels to Switzerland when you can also experience India's deep history, culture, values, humility, respect, and hospitality... for a tiny fraction of the cost. #IncredibleIndia
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Vivek Wadhwa
1 year
I am an Indian Muslim watching Pakistan fall apart. I am glad my family didn’t migrate in 1947 says Amana Begam @Amana_Ansari --much more realistic and accurate view of India than you read in the extremely biased and dishonest Western press.
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Vivek Wadhwa
7 months
I never imagined that the Prime Minister of India would be tweeting digitally doctored videos in jest. What is this world coming to? :) :(
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Narendra Modi
7 months
In India, who needs 'Money Heist' fiction, when you have the Congress Party, whose heists are legendary for 70 years and counting!
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Vivek Wadhwa
5 months
Agree with @mairal , India is a rising giant and the extreme left can't stop it. At @iitmadras today completely blown away with innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, and scale...plus brilliance and optimism of students and faculty. These exceed @Stanford and @mit COMBINED.
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Anurag Mairal
5 months
As I land in SFO after a very short but productive trip to India. I am pondering over one of the things that struck me during my India trip: a significant proportion of policy, technology, economy, health folks, etc. - both Indian and international - I met at the two conferences
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Vivek Wadhwa
6 months
Why studying in America will kill your career Very good summation of ugly state of US immigration for skilled workers by @achinamayya @AevyTv Easiest way in is to jump the border. US is destroying its own competitiveness with this sheer stupidity
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Vivek Wadhwa
9 years
Silicon Valley is arrogant enough to believe that best talent is local. It isn't. There are great techies almost everywhere in the world.
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
@ShashiTharoor @BDUTT Omicron may be the natural vaccine we've been waiting for. Yes it will have a bad effect on some people and those with weak immune systems need to be fully vaccinated with the pharma versions. But for the vast majority, it seems that there's light at the end of this dark tunnel.
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Vivek Wadhwa
3 years
If @POTUS had tweeted this four days earlier, he would have seemed compassionate and been a hero. Instead, appears to be reacting to scathing criticism with a half-hearted effort. Clearly, Biden needs to replace his advisors; sheer incompetence and bias. #FailureofLeadership
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President Biden
3 years
Just as India sent assistance to the United States as our hospitals were strained early in the pandemic, we are determined to help India in its time of need.
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
Trump announcement today that doctors will be allowed to practice medicine across state lines is an incredibly big deal. Will facilitate telemedicine and remove barriers. Good to see this emergency being used to axe archaic regulations. Hope much more is done to clean up system
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Vivek Wadhwa
4 years
India's top business magazine @Outlookindia asked me to do a live interview on whether students should study abroad. Was hesitant because U.S. universities depend on foreign student income, but have realized it is time for them to change—and for students to get the best advice.
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