Aswath Rao @aswath

Architect of WebRTC-based self-hosted messaging app, EnThinnai. Unfederated FTW. We are in trial. https://t.co/b8ePG4bYse id.mystoop.chat/id/aswath New Jersey, US Joined July 2007

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Aswath Rao @aswath

7 days ago

It is a good day to remember Hindi-Chini bhai bhai" slogan (foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/18/the…) and the fact Nehru refused an offer to join UNSC as a perm member by saying "Not at the cost of China" (wilsoncenter.org/publication/no…), but now China blocks India's bid.

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Aswath Rao @aswath

3 weeks ago

Happy Independence Day, India! youtube.com/shorts/LBPyqD4…

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Aswath Rao @aswath

4 weeks ago

Basking in reflected glory! When an unsung Indian helped Austrian Jews escape the Nazis bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Aswath Rao @aswath

2 months ago

It is being reported that a dormant wallet woke up and transacted 10K BTCs.I imagine that some person rummaged their house all these years and located the keys written down in a piece of paper. :-)

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Aswath Rao @aswath

2 months ago

Happy July 4th. How well do you know your American history? Take CNN’s Independence Day Quiz. I got 10 out of 10. It is not a brag; the test is ridiculously easy. cnn.com/interactive/20…

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Aswath Rao @aswath

4 months ago

Archaeologists Unearth 2,300-Year-Old Sword Decorated With Two Small Swastikas in a Celtic Necropolis. Given Indian iron and steel based weapons were most prized by Alexander the Great and Roman Empire these two have Indian connection? smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/arc… @SmithsonianMag

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Aswath Rao @aswath

5 months ago

A headline in WP: Vance meets with pope as Francis’s Easter message decries ‘logic of fear’. There is a subtle change in their style guide. They will not use Mahatma bc it is honorific. But there was a time they will use Ayatollah, bc is conferred. It looks like now Pope is out.

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Aswath Rao @aswath

6 months ago

It just occured to me that Baseball industry would resist Canada becoming the 51st state; they have to give up World Series moniker. Adding Japanese teams would be a logistics nightmare. Central American teams would make American champions a rarity.

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Israel in India @IsraelinIndia

7 months ago

Thrilled to announce that India-Israel Joint Postage Stamp on Holi and Purim was released today, in the presence of H.E. @PiyushGoyal, India's Minister of Commerce and Industry & H.E. @NirBarkat, Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry, in New Delhi. This special joint stamp…

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Aswath Rao @aswath

7 months ago

US$ is a digital money. Exhibit 1 - youtube.com/shorts/MF_V21e… Hearsay evidence - Since the 2020 pandemic, I have not touched physical money; 99% transactions have been digital. Tell me why do we need crypto?