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Founder and product guy @myToppr .

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5 months
Here’s a thread of my 🏍️ motorcycle rides over the years 👇🏼
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5 months
In the last week of 2023, I spent a few days riding in Tamil Nadu. Here are some highlights from the trip 👇🏽
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India needs more mad people like these.
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Our Gigafactory timeline - Making every day count! The Ola team is amazing 🚀🚀🔋🔋
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3 years
Not super important that Indians are becoming tech CEOs. Important that engineers and PMs are becoming tech CEOs.
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7 months
Earlier this month, I spent a few days riding in Karnataka and Kerala. I started riding out of Bangalore and here are some of the highlights from the ride 👇🏽
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@Zishaan
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Lost Ravish Tiwari to cancer earlier this morning. Go well, my brother. From a town in east UP to IIT Bombay to Oxford on Rhodes scholarship to Indian Express. You will always be part of stories we tell.
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Eastern express highway between Vikhroli and Ghatkopar. Bombay can surprise you in the dullest of places.
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Rode out of Bangalore towards Kolli Hills. Beautiful roads, rivers, paddy fields.
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The serene and stunning Chola temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram (Brihadeeswara Temple). Completed in 1035 AD and part of the Great Living Chola Temples, a world heritage site.
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🚀 LAUNCHING 🚀 Excited to announce the all-new Toppr School OS - a super intuitive operating system for schools to run online. School OS will enable teachers to do what they do the best -- teach -- while the OS takes care of quality learning material and technology. 1/8
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Found this in the comments section on a news site: When villagers pronounced "School" as "इस्कुल" ... we all laughed. But now the children are attending "e-school" 😂
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Drove up the hills from Chandigarh towards Kasauli to eat at a 16-seater restaurant called Naar by Chef Prateek Sadhu
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Rode up to Kolli Hills, a small mountain range part of the Eastern Ghats. The ascent was through a ghat road with 70 hairpin bends.
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@Zishaan
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And fascinating village temples
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The magnificent Chola temple in Darasuram near Kumbakonam (Airavateswara temple). Built in 12th century AD and part of the Great Living Chola Temples, a world heritage site.
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If you had to describe Ola in one word, what would it be? I'll start -- Ambition.
@bhash
Bhavish Aggarwal
3 years
Sharing our vision of the Ola Futurefactory! With 10M units/yr, it'll be the largest 2W factory in the world, 15% of world’s capacity! With 3000+ robots, it'll be the most advanced & with 100 acres of forest, carbon negative operations, it‘ll be the most sustainable. @OlaElectric
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In view of the evolving situation around COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak and given that some schools are shut and studies interrupted, we are making Toppr's LIVE CLASSES completely free for all students in 5th-12th classes. #covid19 #coronavirus #coronavirusindia 1/2
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Caught a beautiful sunset
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3 years
Also, big shoutout to Sanjeev Bikhchandani @sbikh for inspiring the Indian startup ecosystem 2x over. First with Naukri and then with backing and shouldering stellar companies like Zomato. Salute, sir, to you and your team.
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And an inspiring sunrise
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@Zishaan
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3 years
Chalo, ye bhi theek hai
@FinMedium
FinMedium.com - Investing Made Easy
3 years
Today's INFOGRAPHIC: Ed - Tech Market Players Monthly Unique Visitors 📚Toppr - 29.6 Mn 📚Byju's - 27.3 Mn 📚Vedantu - 9.8 Mn 📚Unacademy - 5.0 Mn @datta_arvind @WithRitesh Subscribe to Our Telegram Newsletter:
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@Zishaan
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4 years
We are making all Live Classes and Video Classes free on until schools resume.
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The lush green paddy fields around Thanjavur, the historical 'rice bowl of Tamil Nadu' in the Kaveri delta
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The bustling temple town of Kumbakonam with its numerous temples and throngs of devotees
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Kanadukathan, a heritage town in the Chettinad region, with its opulent mansions from the late 19th and early 20th century.
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4 years
🚨 Announcement 🚨 Today, we are launching Toppr CODR -- live one-on-one coding classes for school kids. 1/n
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The imposing 'big temple' of Thanjavur (Brihadeeswara temple / Rajarajesvaram). Completed in 1010 AD and part of the Great Living Chola Temples, a world heritage site.
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Crossed the Kolli Hills mountain range to descend on the other side
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@Zishaan
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4 years
My nightmare you ask? Waking up and seeing a RGBY logo for Toppr.
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@Zishaan
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4 years
1/ Yesterday, crossed the 50M monthly session mark in site traffic. 23M unique monthly users and 1.7M unique daily users.
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@Zishaan
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3 years
Being able to hire software engineers from @NewtonSchoolHQ , designers from @10kdesigners and tap into product talent at @getupraised -- what a different time this is for hiring tech talent from, say, 5 years ago.
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Ate so many amazing meals along the road. Podi idli at Murugan Idli, Krishnagiri. Brain fry and parotta at Selvi Mess, Salem.
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4 years
What a run for @whitehatjunior -- from creating a category to an all-cash exit. All under 2 years. Hat doff to @realkaranbajaj
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Rode to Dhanushkodi and back. The sea ran along both sides of the road.
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2 years
Met a friend two weeks ago who works at Nexus. He just wouldn’t stop about how great a guiding force Naren is. Go well, Naren Sir. Your work will live through many others you mentored and coached. Thank you for your impact on your firm, venture capital and Indian startups.
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And where people came to find peace
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Rode across the Pamban bridge to Rameswaram
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That's it. 1550 km in 5 days. Bangalore - Kolli Hills -- Thammampatti - Attur - Virudhachalam - Gangaikonda Cholapuram - Kumbakonam -- Darasuram - Thanjavur - Kanadukathan -- Rameshwaram - Dhanushkodi - Karaikudi -- Athangudi - Trichy - Musiri - Salem - Krishnagiri - Bangalore
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This cracker of a meal of fresh fish, prawns, rice and rasam in a tiny shack on a beach in Dhanushkodi. One of my favorite meals in 2023.
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A nice hot South Indian breakfast spread in this 100 year old heritage hotel in Kanadukathan
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The bike in pictures is BMW R NineT Scrambler. All pics shot on iPhone 15. And here's a route map of the ride.
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Skyline of the Kanadukathan town from a mansion terrace
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Where people came with devotion
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Karaikudi town and Athangudi village (known for its tiles) in the heart of Chettinad
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3 years
We chase what we hype. We probably need a new term. Instead of Unicorns 🦄 ($1B private valuation), we need to start talking about Dragons 🐉 ($100M in gross margin).
@tejeshwi_sharma
Tejeshwi Sharma 🇮🇳
3 years
Don't understand why we are obsessing about a week with XYZ unicorns. High time we should stop cleberating unicorns. First, the bar is higher now. Second, unicorn is not the end game. It's just the beginning. Third, unicorns are indeed mythical. Doesn't mean much before an IPO
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8 years
Stepped out of HYD airport and 3G data wouldn't work (despite the signal!). Ola app suggested I book on SMS. Blown away by the experience!
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Wholesome flavourful 'full meals' on banana leafs and spicy Chettinad curries.
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3 years
Happy Diwali! Fab time with friends and kids.
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Omlette, chicken pepper fry and parotta in this tiny mess in Kanadukathan town.
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4 years
1/3 Came across this slide in a presentation on edtech site traffic by @SimilarWeb team. Toppr went from #12 in 2019 to #4 now ( #2 if you exclude non-K12)
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This lovely fish in a chic cafe housed in a heritage mansion in Kanadukathan.
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5 years
Made my day. No, wait. Made my month.
@ChoudharyAnks
Ankit Choudhary
5 years
@myToppr My nephew got 94.33% without any tuition, sister informed me that, he use Toppr app to clear things ! That's amazing. Please note he is from tier3 city 🤟 Amazing job guys, cheers !
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3 years
Massive respect for founders like Bhavish, Abhiraj, Deepinder, Harsha for building companies in super tough categories. Job creation is hard. Thank you @abhirajbhal … keep marching.
@urbancompany_UC
Urban Company
3 years
In the last couple of days, there have been some concerns regarding the earnings and well-being of our service partners. We hear you, and through this article, would like to highlight some important facts and data-points. 1/n
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Rode along the south bank of Kaveri river. And the north bank of Kaveri river.
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3 years
This view from Toppr office ... makes it worth coming to office everyday.
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6 years
Toppr office in Hyderabad. #beginnings #dayone
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5 years
At Toppr, we are super proud of our product metrics. Our north-star metric -- time spent per day -- is over 100 mins per DAU. For our subscribers, our D180 retention is 27%, W26 retention is 57%, M6 retention is 78%. Our DAU to MAU ratio is 40%. 1/3
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Rode through fort towns, through forests, crossed rivers, and rode through hills.
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4 years
7 years of building Toppr. Big thank you to all my ex-colleagues and current team members who brought Toppr this far.
@myToppr
Toppr.com
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We're celebrating #7YearsOfToppr and want to thank each and everyone who has helped us reach this milestone. Indeed a special moment for us! Thank you for choosing #BetterLearning 🥳 . #LearnFromHome #onlinelearning #edutech
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Me: “Jadeja played very well today” Wife: “New Jadeja hai?” Growing up in 90s.
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6 years
Check out Rajiv Singh in his well-researched story for Forbes on how Toppr is penetrating into tier-2 Indian cities with its on-the-ground counseling and sales team.
@ForbesIndia
Forbes India
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#startups | Toppr: From the old school: | By @itsmerajiv_07
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3 years
Looking stunning. @bhash I want one too.
@bhash
Bhavish Aggarwal
3 years
Oranje is the new Green! Was a pleasure to host Ambassador @BergMarten at @OlaElectric Futurefactory. We built 9 customised Ola S1 scooters in Dutch Oranje and they look absolutely stunning! Make in India and make for the world!
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3 years
My cheeky response when someone tells me they are looking for a cofounder -- “You’ve already met your cofounder .. they are in your phone book.”
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Kunal Shah
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I have met zero companies with reasonable success where the co-founders didn’t know each other from much before starting the company. Seems like arranged marriage model doesn’t work in building companies.
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4 years
This morning, Toppr features in a @MorningContext long-read. You do tens of media interviews. But once in a while, you hit a writer who asks questions that make you think, help you reflect, and strengthen your resolve. Qs that you love answering.
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6 years
This is scary! On , students can chat with tutors 24x7 to ask/clarify their doubts. 8 weeks ago, we released a feature to solve the doubts using a machine. Today 18% of these doubts are already solved by the machine! #beginnings
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3 years
In August, I spent a week at the @PostcardHotel in Goa. They are redefining what luxury boutique travel experiences can look like in the sub-continent.
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And that's a wrap. Bangalore - Halebeedu - Belur - Chikmagalur - Mudigere - Charmady Ghat - Mangaluru - Bekal - Taliparamba - Iritty - Mananthavady - Wayanad - Sultan Bathery - Bandipur Tiger Reserve - Mysore - Bangalore. 1100 km. 4 days of riding solo. Joy.
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5 years
Toppr is proud to partner with @MumbaiPolice and will be providing them free access to our learning app for their children. It was our privilege to meet CM @Dev_Fadnavis and we look forward to creating a #BetterLearning environment for India.
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Made my first payment transaction on WhatsApp and I think this changes everything.
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3 years
@malpani Kahan dekh liye yaar Toppr ke ads? Mujhe bhi dikha do. Aise hi aankh taras gaye Toppr ke ads TV par dekhne ke liye. Aur Toppr ka traffic dekha hai? Woh poora bagair ad ke banaya hai.
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And I rode till I got home. An amazing way to wrap up the year.
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4 years
Love this woman in blue who can keep a straight face for 45 seconds.
@thakur_shivangi
Shivangi Thakur
4 years
From Go-Corona to No-Corona !!! @RamdasAthawale shares new slogan.
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Messages that keep you going.
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350,000,000 school-age children in India. When you build for them, you know you are also building for 5% of the world's population. 5% of humanity. 1/n
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Congrats Nayana and all the best for your future. Very happy that @myToppr played a tiny role in your life.
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1/ A thread on @mytoppr product numbers. Enrolments: One year ago, majority of our enrolments came in from higher grades. Now, we have more enrolments in lower grades than in higher grades.
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3 years
@banglani You mean like this?
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4 years
@PragyaSingh @AnkitLal I would call us the "balcony class" instead of middle class.
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1 year
Are we not doing #pinkbengaluru this year?
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Zishaan Hayath
4 years
🧪 EXPERIMENT 🧪 If you designed a school from scratch today, how would it look? What would you like our children to learn? How? How many hours? Where? Tweet your 💡 ideas with #aNewSchool
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3 years
Cheering you all the way to a 100B company @_sachinbansal … your decade is here.
@upadhyay_harsh1
Harsh Upadhyay
3 years
Sachin Bansal-led Navi posts Rs 71 Cr profit in FY21 Operating revenue ▪️FY21: Rs 779 Cr ▪️FY20: Rs 199 Cr Expenses ▪️FY21: Rs 673.8 Cr ▪️FY20: Rs 219 Cr ▪️FY21: Rs 71.2 Cr profit ▪️FY20: Rs 8.07 Cr loss
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We had 30+ companies turning 🦄 this year. How many did @entrackr break? Who broke the others? Ye wala analysis bhi kardo koi.
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5 years
Spot India, Pakistan, Rest of the world and Poverty in this video.
@goyal_abhei
Abhishek Goyal
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When you are so focused on internel petty issues that you miss the external larger threats coming right at you.
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Amazing dosa at Bengaluru Cafe, Jaya Nagar. All this for Rs. 125. (But Asha Tiffins is still the best :-))
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Toppr student Shridhar Dodamani tops Karnataka CET 2018. Such a joy to be tiny part of many million such journeys as students discover and nurture their talent.
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We need year-on-year comparison. Given Diwali fell during Nov in 2018 and during Oct in 2019, let’s look at #GST collection for Oct+Nov. Oct-Nov 2018: 1.98 lakh crore Oct-Nov 2019: 1.98 lakh crore This is before we adjust for 3-4% inflation. Can run this for Jan-Nov too.
@buzzindelhi
Arvind Gupta
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#GST collection for November at Rs 1.03 lakh crore, which is nearly 14% higher than Sept (0.91 lakh crore) & 8% higher than Oct (0.95 lakh crore). Real consumption data!!
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6 years
When you wake up to these reviews for ...
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Mutton fry, fish fry, gravies and parotta at a Chettinad joint in Karaikudi.
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4 years
Coaching nahi, soching chahiye. Excited to see what conversations our new TV campaign will drive for our students. #SwitchToSoching #BetterLearning
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6 years
Last evening I had the honour of meeting President Macron and showing him the Toppr app and the work we are doing in edtech in India. New Delhi, India.
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@paraschopra Being a billionaire gives you at least 100x more impact in giving than being just a millionaire. Imagine you have $10M, you want to keep $5M and give away the rest. Now imagine you have $1B, you want to keep $100M and give away the rest.
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Hot pooris and dosa in Trichy. Fish curry, brain fry, rice and gravies in Salem.
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4 years
Gutted to know that we won't see the brilliant brilliant Irfan Khan anymore. Remember him for his superb body of work Haasil Maqbool The Namesake New York, I Love You Yeh Saali Zindagi Paan Singh Tomar The Lunchbox Haider Qarib Qarib Single and many more. Goodbye #IrrfanKhan
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Zishaan Hayath
6 years
It's Toppr's 5th today! Probably the 5 most fun years of my life. Definitely the 5 quickest years of my life. Thank you Toppr family for everything. #topprturns5 #lovemywork
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Zishaan Hayath
3 years
@kunalb11 @sbikh @zomato @deepigoyal Weight loss se IPO hota hai .. IPO se weight loss nahi.
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