Siddhartha Basu
@babubasu
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Content creator, curator, & consultant. Edutainer. Believer in liberty, equality, fraternity, plurality
New Delhi
Joined October 2010
Immensely proud of my grand nephew, Rahul Ramakrishnan, for helming his Thames River Club team of coxed fours yesterday to win the Britannia Challenge Cup at that most prestigious, storied & oldest of annual rowing events, the Henley Royal Regatta - .
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Sound advice, if a citizen doesn't want to become a mere subject.
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Remarkable ! You've distilled an hour long podcast into a crisp 800 word column on something vital facing us - finding facts in a jungle of information & misinformation. For those interested in the full chat, which is insightful & great fun, here it is -
Just published. My column in Indian Express (Zero Hour) & three newspapers . TWO QUIZMASTERS, ON THE FACTS. Facts are important. The need today is also to train people to sift out misinformation and propaganda. Link:
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Many thanks, sir, but you're being much too kind. It's you who internalised & embodied this life changing knowledge show in ways few in the world have, with grace & power. My best wishes to you & the team for the new season 🙏.
honoured Babu . but you know better that nothing would have worked without your guidance and encouragement.
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On the occasion of its 25th anniversary of KBC, which is today, here are some of my observations on the show. After the 2021 season, the torch has been carried entirely by the successor team at @SPNStudioNEXT. Best wishes to them for the forthcoming season.
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Shepherd's Bush studio, London, March, 2000. I remember calling the shots of this first promo of KBC - the technocrane swooping in, the heartbeat, the reverb, the golden baritone of the host, with lines written by the host himself. And for me, AB has always been the ABC of KBC
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25 years ago, KBC set off a media quake - and what an innings it’s been. It takes a village to break ground, turn around & keep reinventing a show like that. As it's producers for over 15 years, Anita & I salute each & every one who helped make it happen, year after year🙏
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A gentle, moving tribute to the victims of the victims of AI 171, remembering & cherishing the lives lost in that terrible tragedy. It's barely been 3 weeks, & the news cycle has moved on.
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A chilling & convincing recount of cult mentality.
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RT @BernieSanders: You don’t get a @ZohranKMamdani victory without the extraordinary grassroots movement that rallied around him. And you d….
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Setting new standards of statesmanship - using the F word in a public statement. Making wild, irresponsible smears to trash a popular young political candidate who stands for everything he's not. The US & the world surely deserves better .
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A fantastic win ! .What a superbly energetic & people-oriented campaign this young 33 year old ran with his team. Hope floats for a refreshingly youthful, progressive, forward looking leadership & politics. @MiraPagliNair, we're all so proud of your son.
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So we're caught between the devil & the deep sea - obsessive authoritarian strongmen running rampage on the one hand & a war of conflicting narratives & propaganda on the other. Dangerous times indeed.
Breaking now: US president Donald Trump unilaterally announces an Israel Iran ceasefire. Bombs one day, talk of regime change the next, ceasefire the third, world has never been in a more unpredictable and dangerous place as under a Man-Child President who wants to be the.
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A few mad men, hellbent on destruction & drunk on power are plunging the world further & further into chaos. They must be prevailed on, all of them, to put the brakes on this cycle of violence taking the world & humanity to the brink. Peace at all cost🙏 .
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Vinash kaale vipreet buddhi. Who will control out-of-control bullies threatening peace & world order ? .via @indiatoday.
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Had absolutely on-time flights in & out of the country on @airindia in the last 10 days, including one just day before yesterday. Ground handling & staff were courteous & helpful. No deviation. Let all hold their horses till the final report about the ill-fated AI 171 is out.
The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: What the Air India crash teaches us about empathy and responsibility. About not rushing to conclusions & blaming people who can’t defend themselves. And the sensationalism of the media at a time of national mourning .
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Thoroughly enjoyed this deep dive conversation with a master practitioner of the art of long- form podcasts, @amitvarma. It was a spontaneous, unfiltered exchange. For those with an appetite for more substantial fare, do check it out. .
Circumstance made him a legend of quizzing, but Siddhartha Basu is a man of many parts. @babubasu joins me in episode 420 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about life, India, the art of asking questions & the answers he has found: Your time starts now!.
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1988, DD National Network. A nationwide all-round ability contest for senior school students, testing 1. Physical ability (over an army obstacle course) 2. Mental agility 3. Memory, 4. Problem solving & 5. General Knowledge, conducted with great aplomb by Bhaskar Bhattacharjee.
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Terrible & tragic news of the Dreamliner crash, with a staggering loss of lives. Hope the cause is found soonest. Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: Air India flight with 242 on board crashes, flight ops suspended at airport
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