The HT newsroom put out a bunch of specials to mark India@75. For starters, there’s 1947: The road to Indian independence, a podcast anchored by Prashant Jha, featuring experts such as William Dalrymple, Rajmohan Gandhi, Srinath Raghavan, and Durba Ghosh.

Traffic cops go missing at critical points during rush hour bustle. On two consecutive days, @KarnHT and I went around the city covering over 25 congestion points & found that barring 3-4 points, traffic cops were not present at any. In today's @htTweets

Traffic on outer ring road in Delhi is a mess this morning — like it is three days a week — and as always, not a single traffic policeman @dtptraffic to be found. Not one. Must be busy elsewhere

Foundation models are stuck in the past, but they intentionally produce natural-sounding and varied responses. These can lead to hallucinations. We explore the limitations of foundation models and how RAG can address these so chat, search, and agentic workflows can all benefit.

Update: Have joined the Mint Newspaper as Editor, Mint Money. It feels like coming back to my roots. In the short time I was away, personal finance journalism has evolved with richer storytelling, new formats and deeper engagement. I am excited to be a part of this journey once

Fantastic weekend read by @appriseParas ! A forgotten visitors’ book from Town Hall that serves as an essential record of India’s diplomacy. We have a rich repository & if archived properly — it’ll only tell us more about the country, the city we were and are.

If you can make it to Sabha Blr this week to see the paper art light exhibition, you should. It's otherworldly 💜

The court’s ire should be reserved for the state — not dog lovers and definitely not dogs. n/n

I’d be really surprised if the state and its agencies suddenly acquire the ability to handle a million strays , in a few weeks. 6/n

If rabies is the big problem it is being made out to be — the government’s own numbers of deaths on account of it range from 54 to 5700 to 20000 a year — then the only people to be held culpable for this are local government. 5/n

For the state to now claim their hands were tied before the Supreme Court’s judgement is dishonest. They were simply inefficient.  Now they need to figure out a way to deal with the situation humanely and efficiently. 4/n

With a million strays around in Delhi, NDMC, MCD and the state government (all to blame in equal measure) have been sleeping . In many cases animal welfare groups and dog lovers have stepped in to fill the breach but they can’t do enough. 3/n

Sterilisation programmes are inefficient; garbage management is a mess (attracting dogs) and construction sites are unregulated, with workers putting down shanties there (they live there and because they cook there it attracts strays who stay on when the workers go). 2/n

It’s easy to blame dog lovers for the problem of strays but the only and real culprit is local government. 1/n

On Jerry’s 30th death anniversary — the last live album the band released in their lifetime. Although, 30 years on, the Dead roll on.

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