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The kind with a wandering mind. Playlist: https://teapawt.org/t.co/EmzwRLEsCh Channel: https://teapawt.org/t.co/py7QGtnleI Podcast: https://teapawt.org/t.co/Mxh6jj0P0d

Eccentricity!
Joined August 2009
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La mujer se acercó al micrófono. «No sé si se acordará de mí. Me llamo Laura». Mi madre asintió. «Claro que me acuerdo, hija». Laura había estudiado allí hacía 25 años. Cuando tenía nueve, sus padres se separaron y su madre empezó a trabajar limpiando oficinas por las noches. Cada mañana llegaba al colegio casi una hora antes de que abrieran. Se quedaba esperando fuera, incluso en invierno. Hasta que una mañana mi madre la vio. Le abrió la puerta y la llevó a la pequeña sala donde las limpiadoras desayunaban. Le preparó un Cola Cao y unas tostadas. Al día siguiente hizo lo mismo. Y al siguiente. Durante casi dos años, Laura desayunó con mi madre antes de entrar a clase. «Mi madre no podía pagar a nadie para que me cuidara. Y usted nunca le pidió nada». Mi madre se tapó la cara. Entonces Laura dijo algo que me dejó helado. «Pero no he venido solamente a darle las gracias por los desayunos». Señaló a las personas que estaban sentadas detrás. «¿Ve a toda esa gente?». Una a una fueron levantándose. Había un médico, una profesora, un electricista, dos enfermeras... Todos habían estudiado en aquel colegio. Y todos tenían una historia con mi madre. Uno contó que le guardaba un bocadillo porque sabía que en su casa faltaba dinero. Otra recordó que, cuando murió su padre, mi madre se sentaba con ella durante el recreo porque no quería estar con nadie. Un hombre explicó que había suspendido tres cursos y estaba a punto de abandonar los estudios. «Ella fue la primera persona que me preguntó qué me pasaba en vez de decirme que era un inútil». Mi madre no dejaba de llorar. Entonces el director sacó una caja. Dentro había decenas de cartas. Antiguos alumnos que habían respondido a una convocatoria para localizar a aquella limpiadora que los había ayudado cuando eran pequeños. «Su madre nos pidió que no hiciéramos ninguna despedida especial», explicó. «Pero cuando empezamos a llamar a antiguos alumnos, nos dimos cuenta de que había gente dispuesta a cruzarse media España para estar hoy aquí». El salón entero se puso de pie. Yo miraba a mi madre sin saber qué decir. Durante 26 años había llegado a casa agotada, quejándose de las espaldas, de las escaleras y de los niños que ensuciaban los baños. Nunca nos había contado nada de aquello. Al volver a casa le pregunté por qué. Se encogió de hombros. «¿Y qué querías que os contara? ¿Que le había preparado un bocadillo a un crío?». «Mamá, había treinta personas allí por ti». Me miró como si estuviera exagerando. «Bueno, pues parece que los bocadillos estaban buenos». Y se echó a reír.
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One of the 13 ways of looking at the Jama Masjid tower, Delhi
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund    alzresearch.org/giving/ Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources     alzfdn.org/donate/ Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
Although you apparently cry because your heart is touched, it is not touched, except by self-pity.
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On the occasion of KUMAON REGIMENT DAY, sharing a pic of a jacket that SEPOY NIHAL SINGH Sena Medal 13 KUMAON #IndianArmy was wearing on 18 Nov 1962 when #120Bahadur fought against 3000 chinis at Rezangla. 114 Ahirs were immortalized, and they killed 1500+ chinis. KALIKA MATA keeps blessing. #FreedomisnotFree a few pay #CostofWar.
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
Children’s Books Shortlist 📚 1. A Girl, a Tiger and a Very Strange Story — Paro Anand, illustrated by Priya Kuriyan 2. Life’s Magic Moments — Ruskin Bond 3. Lightning Kid — Viswanathan Anand
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
Delighted to have been a part of the poetry panel for the opening of the Long Night of Literatures. Thanks to @EU_in_India and @oxfordbookstore for the evening!
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
Today on World CRISPR Day, we would like to highlight our two chemistry laureates Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier. In 2012, they developed a method for high-precision gene editing, which has transformed the field of biotechnology and medicine. The genetic scissors became known as CRISPR/Cas9. In 2020 their breakthrough was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Watch this interview of Doudna explaining how CRISPR has evolved since then: bit.ly/3U5DTNQ
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Hitchcock’s dawn
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Hitchcock’s tomb, Delhi
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
Uttarakhand has finally installed its first sensor-based Early Warning System (EWS) at Vasundhara Tal in Chamoli. In 2024, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) identified 13 potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Uttarakhand, including five categorised as being at the highest risk. Vasundhara Tal was one of them. The concern is Glacial Lake Outburst Flood or GLOF. As glaciers retreat and conditions change, water accumulates in glacial lakes. If the natural barrier holding that water fails, a sudden, powerful flood can rush downstream, threatening settlements, roads, bridges and lives. Vasundhara Tal is the first of these lakes to receive this sensor-based early warning system. Scientific teams from the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, and the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, carried out the installation under the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA). Sensors will monitor lake levels, weather and changes in the surrounding terrain, transmitting data through satellite communication where mobile networks are unavailable. This is an important step, but one installation is not enough. The remaining high-risk lakes need time-bound monitoring, reliable alerts and downstream evacuation plans. As we all know, in the Himalayas, disaster preparedness cannot wait for the next tragedy.
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Meet the person behind the illustrations of the 2026 Nobel Prize laureates. Check out artist @niklaselmehed. Here he is painting the illustrations for our new medicine laureates, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. #NobelPrize
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
Had you abandoned your ‘FAMAGUSTA’ that day, you would have turned 76 today. Homage to 2nd LIEUTENANT ARUN KHETERPAL Param Vir Chakra POONA HORSE #IndianArmy on his birth anniversary, who was immortalized in #1971War fighting against pakis. #FreedomisnotFree a few pay #CostofWar.
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
It's remarkable what a few notes can come to mean over forty years. Forty years on, and it still feels very special to play these chords. Happy 40 years to @PhantomOpera 🌹 #Phantom40 #AndrewLloydWebber #PhantomoftheOpera
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portrait of This Story is Over… or, Has it Just Begin?
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Vasundhara Bahuguna retweeted
JUST ANNOUNCED: As part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, Phantom of the Opera will be filmed LIVE for the first time at its original London home, His Majesty’s Theatre. 🎬 The film will be released in cinemas internationally in 2027, further details to be announced. 👀
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Homage to CAPTAIN AMIT SEMWAL Kirti Chakra 16 DOGRA #IndianArmy on his birth anniversary today. Only son of his parents, Captain Amit Semwal was immortalized fighting terrorists at Rajouri in Jammu & Kashmir in 1999. After Capt Vikram Batra Param Vir Chakra, Capt Amit Semwal was the first from 101 Regular to be killed in action. #FreedomisnotFree a few pay #CostofWar.
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रामधारी सिंह ‘दिनकर’ को जयंती पर नमन। 🌸📚 अपनी कविताओं और रचनाओं से लोगों के दिलों तक पहुँचने वाले रामधारी सिंह ‘दिनकर’ हिन्दी साहित्य के महान कवि थे। उनकी रचनाएँ आज भी हमें प्रेरणा देती हैं। उनकी जयंती के अवसर पर उन्हें सादर स्मरण करें और उनकी प्रसिद्ध रचनाओं तथा विचारों को पढ़कर उनके साहित्यिक योगदान को जानें। पुस्तक मँगाने के लिए संपर्क करें : व्हाट्सएप : 8826610174 ईमेल : [email protected] वेबसाइट : nbtindia.gov.in #RamdhariSinghDinkar #Dinkar #HindiSahitya #NBTIndia #NationalBookTrust #HindiLiterature #BooksOfIndia
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motionless movements… car parts bazar, delhi
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