India
Bharat.
@kazani
"one question I was asked again and again after traveling to India was:
"Is it safe for women?"
I traveled solo and did a lot of research before going. After 3 trips there, here are a few things that helped me feel more prepared
They're all simple precautions, but they can make a big difference, especially if you're planning to travel to India for Devcon"
https://x.com/candufaz/status/2079569005094842623
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@kazani
Sad to see Indian democracy in this state.
I don't support any political party. I support what's right.
If someone is raising their voice against issues like paper leaks, I'll stand with them because the people who suffer are ordinary students and their families. When a system fails repeatedly and affects millions, it's our right to ask questions. If there is no response or accountability, peaceful protest is also a democratic right.
What's disappointing is the lack of meaningful action on such a serious issue. Paper leaks have ruined careers, shattered years of hard work and in some heartbreaking cases, students have even lost their lives. The least that should happen is a transparent investigation, accountability and reforms to prevent it from happening again.
Ignoring mistakes doesn't solve them. Accepting them and fixing them does. Otherwise, the same problems will keep repeating year after year.
You don't need to belong to any political party to understand this. You just need empathy & common sense.
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@kazani
"Maaro madarchodo ko."
- Delhi police during the so called peaceful handling of protesters.
https://x.com/kadaipaneeeer/status/2079129533974991064
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CJP demands PM Narendra Modi's resignation, announces Parliament March on July 20.
https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-cockroach-janta-party-demands-pm-narendra-modi-s-resignation-announces-parliament-march-on-july-20-3216412
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@farcaster @neynar Devcon 8 is coming to Mumbai this November (3-6), and for once it's not a flight-and-hotel situation for me, it's home turf.
I'm applying to volunteer. Free ticket in exchange for shifts (registration, floor, info desk, discussion rooms, stage) across Nov 2-6, plus mandatory training on Nov 1. Applications close Aug 12.
Two things I'm curious about before I submit:
1. Has anyone here volunteered at a past Devcon or Devconnect? What was it actually like day to day - worth it, exhausting, both?
2. Is anyone thinking about running a Farcaster Community Hub inside the venue? Hubs are physical spaces for community programming, applications also open now. Feels like a natural fit for FC in India given how much is happening here, and I'd rather point energy at something already forming than start cold.
If you're building something Devcon-adjacent hub, meetup, Road to Devcon side event, say so below. Mumbai local, happy to help.
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@kazani
🇮🇳 India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized ₹3.35 crore worth of cryptocurrency during raids at 19 locations as part of an investigation into an alleged online investment fraud.
The operation is part of the agency's ongoing crackdown on crypto-related financial scams and fraudulent investment schemes.
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"India isn't a difficult place to make money. It's a difficult place to have a conscience while doing it."
https://x.com/pizzapurist/status/2077359556280402167
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@neynar
What can we do for people who genuinely want to attend Devcon but can't afford the ticket?
Some ideas:
- Builder or contributor sponsorships
- Community-funded tickets
- Grants or travel stipends
- Volunteer opportunities with ticket access
- Scholarship programs
- Local ecosystem partner sponsorships
- Hackathon or open source contribution rewards
- Pay-it-forward tickets from previous attendees
- Flexible payment plans
Curious what options already exist today and what else the ecosystem could build to make Devcon more accessible for talented builders with limited budgets.
cc: @rish @manan @gmfarcaster
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@kazani
Indian scientists produce most detailed 3D atlas of the human brainstem
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg53l737v1qo
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An Englishwoman who sketched India before photography took hold
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2drrv6q54o
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@kazani
1/ most scams in India work because a screen looks official and nobody's sure. so i built समझा दो: describe the confusing screen, it explains what's happening in calm Hindi or Marathi, text + voice.
live: samjha-do.kazani.workers.dev
2/ the part that matters: it knows a scam OTP request from a legit one, and tells you which. real bank prompt gets a calm "here's what to do." the fraud version gets a clear "stop, don't share this." that difference is the whole app.
3/ built in 4 days on Mesh API for their hackathon, on a 2015 laptop that can't even run a local server. code is open, it's free, no login. made for the parent who calls you before tapping anything.
https://paragraph.com/@kazani/samjha-do?referrer=0x45e43896d1FBA7CecbF034d82D790BB71cB5e589
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India's largest IT services firm just admitted something the AI vendors won't.
TCS is building a forward-deployed engineering unit of up to 8,900 people, just to help clients implement AI systems that were supposedly ready to use.
Read that again. Nearly nine thousand humans, standing between the model and the business, translating a black box into something that actually works.
That's not a deployment team. That's a tax on opacity.
Systems you can inspect and modify yourself don't need an army to explain them to you.
https://x.com/shawnchauhan1/status/2076621577609953284
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UPI: Anatomy of a Payment Transaction
https://timeseriesofindia.com/economy/reads/upi-architecture/
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