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Nita K

Nita K

@nitajk.bsky.social

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Author of The Hawa Mahal Murders, PILF prize-winner, Journalist, Hand Reader.📍Pune India. Passionately interested in World Affairs, Health, Environment, Books. Next novel soon to be published. Working on the third book. https://www.nitajatarkulkarni.com

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · Dec 12

People put labels on others to understand them better or categorise them but humans are too complex, in my opinion. I don’t like labels. For example I am not a #leftist, #rightist or #centrist. I support ideas from all these #ideologies but no, I don’t lean towards any. I am just me. Nita.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 7m

The world's "happiest" countries also have a high suicide rate, which casts doubt on the accuracy of the world happiness report. Not surprising that Iceland, one of the "happiest" countries in the world, has the highest consumption of anti-depressants in the world.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 11h

For me it was The Exorcist. The little girl making guttural sounds and rising up from her bed still haunts me. Never could see horror after that.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h

‘I was a mess for hours afterwards’: readers on their scariest films of all time

‘I was a mess for hours afterwards’: readers on their scariest films of all time

After Guardian writers shared their scariest Halloween watches, readers respond with their picks, from Jaws to The Blair Witch Project

www.theguardian.com

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you 🙏🏼

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 23h

But what about love? Love conquers all.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

I think it was a line in a classic that I read…. All happy families are the same but unhappy families are all different. Your experience was probably unique…I have my childhood traumas with parents but I managed to forgive because I realised they have their own traumas.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

That’s sad.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

Animal instincts? Don’t all animals have them?

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

Everybody gotta have their bit of fun…. and let off steam….😆

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

Very interesting subject. Is there any reading material on the genetics of infertility that you can direct me to?

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

She is an enigma to me. Knowing who she was earlier, a progressive free thinking person, I cannot imagine her becoming MAGA. Truth will come out one day.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

There's been a lot of fuss being made about JD Vance saying that he's waiting for his wife to give up her Hindu faith. Sure, he said it, but like many things Vance has spouted, this is another one of his statements made for better optics with the Republican faithful.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

There's been tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan of late, including a short war. If Afghanistan is accusing Pakistan of training ISIS fighters and sending them into Afghanistan, well, it's probably true.

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Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 1d

Passport ranking in 2025: Singapore, S. Korean & Japanese passports are the most powerful in the world, followed by Germany & Italy. It's the number of visa-free destinations that clinches your rank, but economic stability & diplomatic relations matter too.

www.henleyglobal.com/passport-ind...

World map showing countries with the most powerful passports.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 2d

India doesn't just buy plastic waste from other countries, it's also bought a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water & was forced to close down. Harsh Goenka is on the board of this new company.

#environment
#pollution

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India

Miteni factory closed after water pollution scandal but machinery and patents were bought and rebuilt by Indian company

www.theguardian.com

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 3d

Never thought of it that way...

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 3d

GPT-5 leads in reasoning and agentic tasks; Grok 4 in coding;
DeepSeek & Qwen close the gap — at 1/100 the cost.
The question people will ask is:
“Which model’s best for this task?” and NOT "Which model is the best?"

#AI

tinyurl.com/2s3nhkmv

Which AI Model Is Actually Best?

For the last 2 years, the industry worshipped a single model. Then the data flipped the script. The latest data from Artificial Analysis benchmark…

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 3d

Indian women are not just embracing financial independence, they are rejecting traditional gender roles. They are following a world-wide trend, as Morgan Stanley stats show. Almost half of all women will be single and childless by 2030, the largest share in history. A significant societal shift.

Images showing that unmarried women in India have increased by almost 10% from 2022 to 2021 and that 45% of women all over the world aged 25-44 will be single and childless by 2030.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 4d

The tipping point that led me to change my political affiliation was this incident. A young girl was tortured by politicians and the media alike. That was the time I stopped subscribing to all news channels as well.

theprint.in/opinion/what...

What does India owe Rhea Chakraborty? Don’t stop at just an apology

Rhea Chakraborty’s steadfastness is real, but so is the wreckage. She might have made peace with it, but her life was stolen from her.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 4d

These graphs show who bought Russia fuels after the bans. As you can see, the EU continued to buy even after imposing the bans themselves. Other countries did too...but India was the only one punished severely. I guess because we have nothing to blackmail the US with.

Data on the sale of Russian oil and the countries buying it

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 4d

India & China might stop buying Russian oil bc of US-imposed sanctions on Russian entities. Sanctions more powerful than tariffs bc sanctions are abt blocking financial transactions with country/entity. Finding alternative transport/payment methods is just too complex.

tinyurl.com/2w86bv75

Trump hits bull’s eye with US sanctions? Why India, China may stop buying Russian oil - explained - The Times of India

India Business News: US President Donald Trump's sanctions on Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil may compel India and China to halt crude imports. While tariffs proved insufficie

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 5d

I was thinking the same. Improve the education system to teach critical thinking. Also civic sense and concern about the environment and belief in science.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 5d

Adults from 25 countries see spread of false info online, the global economy & terrorism as major threats today. But the real threat is from lunatic global leaders who fuel these disasters. Chaos, fear, poverty and hatred helps them consolidate their power.

www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

A graph showing that 7 in 10 adults across nations surveyed view false info, economic conditions and terrorism as major threats.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 5d

International adoptions have reduced drastically in the west, bc origin countries like China, Guatemala, Russia, Korea banned it. A few rich nations like Netherlands & Denmark banned their own citizens from doing it. But the murky world of international surrogacy is rising.

tinyurl.com/a8nmk8fp

Graphs showing drastic decline in adoptions to western countries from poorer nations. It's been almost a 90% drop over the last few decades.

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 6d

😆😆🤣

Nita K @nitajk.bsky.social · 6d

#Obesity rates in some rich countries are scary – over 40% in the US & some M-E countries like Kuwait & Saudi. Frighteningly, in September 25, Unicef reported that obese kids now outnumber those who are underweight.

#Health
(map: WHO data)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

World obesity map, 2022, from WHO.