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We’re hiring 3–4 high-agency people to work on real political economy problems in India and build something genuinely new.
No coasting. No performative work. Strong grasp of current affairs is *non-negotiable*. Tech fluency required. 7–15 yrs of exp.
Competitive pay. Link in bio
"It is good and correct to want to have a positive impact on the world, but an impulse to be at the center of attention or try to get your name into the histories isn’t really the same thing", @mattyglesias
Someone once used the phrase, "friction of travel" and I think of this phrase about 3x a week. Have been traveling quite a bit since July and quite fed up of the coming and going and chik chik
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Maharashtra Handbook of Youth Opportunity Launched at PIC
Following the launch, Ms. Ruchi Gupta @guptar, Executive Director, Future of India Foundation @FOIFAction, presented an overview of the handbook, its key findings and the YouthPOWER framework—Participation, Opportunity, Work, Education and Readiness (Skilling). Assessing youth opportunities across Maharashtra’s 36 districts, the handbook highlights disparities, with Mumbai recording the highest score of 65.6 and Gadchiroli the lowest at 39.6.
The launch was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Ajit Ranade, Senior Fellow, PIC, featuring Ms. Manisha Verma, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra; Dr. Nitin Kareer, Trustee, PIC and former Chief Secretary, Maharashtra; Mr. Prashant @Girbane, Director General, @MCCIA_Pune; and Ms. Amruta Bahulekar, CEO, Lighthouse Communities.
The discussion explored how district-level strengths, industry, skills and enterprise can create more meaningful employment opportunities for young people. Ms. Gupta highlighted the gap between rising aspirations and job quality; Dr. Kareer stressed the importance of identifying district strengths and sustaining industrial growth; Ms. Verma outlined initiatives around district planning, decentralised clusters and emerging technology skills; Mr. Girbane emphasised stronger links between MSMEs and youth; and Ms. Bahulekar highlighted the importance of dignity and belonging at work.
An interactive Q&A extended the conversation to AI, tourism skills, ITI curricula, domestic employment and India’s position in relation to China.
The discussion reinforced a central message: creating youth opportunity requires more than generating jobs—it calls for locally grounded strategies, relevant skills and quality employment.
#PuneInternationalCentre #YouthOpportunity #Maharashtra #YouthPOWER #SkillDevelopment #Employment #PublicPolicy
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BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, is offering buyouts to 60,000 workers as part of the company’s efforts to cut costs amid AI adoption, per Bloomberg.
Personnel on select teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible.
This reflects ~27% of Microsoft's total workforce.
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BREAKING: Microsoft is offering buyouts to 60,000 workers in attempt to cut costs amid adoption of artificial intelligence, according to Bloomberg report.
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What does youth opportunity look like across Maharashtra—and how can it become more equitable?
With 3.16 crore young people across 36 districts, the challenge is to expand opportunity beyond state averages and address differences in jobs, education, skills and participation.
Join us today (Monday, 26th Oct) for the launch of the Maharashtra Handbook of Youth Opportunity, developed by the Future of India Foundation, followed by a panel discussion on turning evidence into action.
🕔 5:00–6:30 PM | Tea & registration from 4:30 PM
📍 PIC Auditorium, Pune
🔗 Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/py1J…
@guptar @FOIFAction @rameshmashelkar @dinakholkar @Girbane @aparanjape @Dev_Fadnavis
@CMOMaharashtra
My cab driver repeatedly rolling down the window to spit is giving me a new kind of anxiety. When I asked him not to, his tautological response was "thookega to thookega nahi kya".
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I was at a high school speech and debate competition today, and once again I was reminded that much of the world would vanish if people weren’t actively volunteering time and effort to make stuff happen.
Too much of "news" is individual centric. I understand the need for personification both from simplification and commercial aspects but the outcome is so banal and stupid. Yet there's no let up. Just unmitigated stupidity.
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In a small Greek restaurant in Cambridge my journey of love began.
Rajiv and I created a world filled with love, laughter and memories. On 10th November, I share that world with you.
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What does the Maharashtra Handbook of Youth Opportunities reveal about the state’s young people and the opportunities ahead?
Ruchi Gupta @guptar, Executive Director, Future of India Foundation @FOIFAction, shares more about the report and its significance.
Join us for the launch and panel discussion on Monday, 26 October 2026, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, at Pune International Centre, Pashan, #Pune.
Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/py1J…
@rameshmashelkar @dinakholkar @Girbane @aparanjape @Dev_Fadnavis @CMOMaharashtra
Living in Indian cities is a universally crap experience: pollution, noise, traffic, water logging in monsoons, zero walkability, arbitrary road obstructions and palpable lack of civic sense. There is literally no Indian city that doesnt suffer from almost all of these
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Coming Monday (26th Oct) - Join us for the launch of the 'Maharashtra Handbook of Youth Opportunities' by the Future of India Foundation, followed by a panel discussion on education, skill development, employment, entrepreneurship and pathways for growth.
Panellists:
- Dr. Nitin Kareer, Trustee, PIC & Former Chief Secretary, Maharashtra
- Ms. Manisha Verma, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra
- Mr. Prashant @Girbane, Director General, @MCCIA_Pune
- Ms. Amruta Bahulekar, CEO, Lighthouse Communities @lcf_in
- Dr. Ajit Ranade, Senior Fellow, PIC
- Ms. Ruchi Gupta @guptar, Executive Director, Future of India Foundation @FOIFAction
🕔5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Tea & Registration: 4:30 PM
📍PIC Auditorium, Panchawati, Pashan, Pune
🔗RSVP: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/py1J…
I'm always struck by the petty ambitions of these individuals with huge public platforms and privilege. Forget doing something good, they run around collecting people's disrespect and disdain instead
Months after Yusuf Pathan broke away from the Trinamool Congress, the Gujarat government has proposed to hand over a long-disputed municipal plot in Vadodara to the former cricketer, gifting 500 square metres of the land and offering the rest at a concessional rate.
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How are education, skills and employment opportunities evolving for young people across Maharashtra?
Join us in Pune on October 26 for the launch of the Maharashtra Handbook of Youth Opportunity, with Pune International Centre.
Statewide trends, district scorecards and priorities for the future.
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Excellent and emotive piece by @guptar (really one of my favourites writing on India) on the lack of decent employment opportunities in the country.
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“However, despite youth unemployment being a central part of our discourse, I increasingly feel that our approach to addressing unemployment is fundamentally incorrect.” @guptar
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