PMF se pehle,
aur TAM se zyaada,
kisi ko na mila hai,
na milega.

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 10, 2020

Feel bad for the ecosystem (commuters, aggregators, drivers, investors, etc), but in hindsight, getting out of this category early sure turned out to be a net positive decision @_svs_ @_anshulk @vivekchoksi https://t.co/JjMoiftKAt

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) July 11, 2025

Never forget https://t.co/Qcdg3S7Lkr

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) July 5, 2025

Air Quality as shown on Google Maps pic.twitter.com/n840RkAXqq

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) November 1, 2024

This is not about money at all.

This is about power, sadism, and misdirected revenge. https://t.co/HnKvKuVcZf

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) April 13, 2025

My job allows boundaryless work/life 168 hrs a week, 52 weeks a yr

Sure, if I clock my 'work' as defined traditionally, it might be 60 hrs

But I'm tweeting 'at work' rn!
I also just played with my son for a bit!
What about the 'thinking' abt work on long drives & in the shower?

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) October 27, 2023

https://t.co/oRJ8iJLHoP pic.twitter.com/Nuqzx2nzGG

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) January 24, 2021

Me too ☝🏽. Back in the mid-90s.

Also 'sold' 10 Hotmail accounts to someone who needed a web-based email service for his internationally travelling salespeople, but didn't know something like that existed. https://t.co/M167frc2e9

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) October 3, 2023

The first (& only) time I hit a straight drive so straight that the ball's trajectory lined up perfectly with the bat and I had to tilt my head to catch a glimpse of the ball race past the bowler

Oh what a feeling!

It's been 20 yrs or so but that moment comes back to me often https://t.co/zrxAcTECE5

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) August 23, 2024

(1/5)
The growing use of LLMs even in informal group chats is interesting. For example, see 2/5 👇🏼

Spellchecks are transparent, so there's no 'shame'

But LLM text clearly looks artificial & people know you/your English skills. So what gives? 🤷🏽

Options explained in thread 👇🏼

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) August 21, 2024

They do!

Cold emails have helped me land two jobs, two VC deals, dozens of team mates, and one dear friend for life. https://t.co/3WFt2nFYl5

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) February 17, 2023

My first Android phone back in 2009.

Dumped my iPhone 3G for this one and have never looked back. https://t.co/jp9itnpE7A

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 24, 2023

Bang on!

Admiration for the operating style of @akisaxena @jiten @duncanjriley @PracSharma @sunnykgupta @championswimmer (& others not on X) helps me (1) spar curiously (2) disagree+commit easily & (3) deliver duly what I owe them - simply out of the fear of letting them down😁 https://t.co/6SUYpDMeun

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) August 31, 2023

Pro tip for travellers:

Don't get wow-ed by aerial shots of places. You won't be airborne when you get there.

Drones can make _any_ place look a lot better than how it actually looks (forget feels) on the ground from an eye level perspective.

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) August 22, 2025

💯

Been waking up at 745am to play cricket 40+ Sundays a year for the past 6 non-pandemic years. Feels incredible indeed. https://t.co/O0sGJz2i7Q

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) July 13, 2025

My passport was stolen from me in China. https://t.co/ucvzRBgp3V

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) August 13, 2025

"Nationalism unleavened by liberalism turned chauvinistic, and liberalism without responsibility grew sterile."

Henry Kissinger's 1960s observation about late 19th century German politics remains as relevant globally today.

Shows how the more things change, the more they don't

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 15, 2025

Watch this in slow motion. Or pause the video soon after he hits the overhead.

Without spin, the ball would head along the green line, but it ended hitting the line person's right foot.

INSANE SPIN!

I used to get this on Mario Tennis as a kid 🤣 https://t.co/0IXvLyGZLh pic.twitter.com/xQVY2YwDcK

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 8, 2025

Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, Assad, Iran.

10/7 may have changed the Middle East a lot more than 9/11.

It is Israel's Middle East now.

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) July 6, 2025

This post must be made mandatory reading in all "induction" programs & final sem comp sci curricula everywhere.

Total banger!

The only place @_svs_ slips is in misremembering what happened one night in Pattaya - those men were from Ludhiana, Sid! 😂 https://t.co/X9YCDNP5sn

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) June 8, 2023

I've had a few of those bring-your-own-smartphone type 'VR' contraptions since my first Cardboard back in 2015, but the @MetaQuestVR 3 is my first proper VR headset & I'm absolutely blown.

Can't wait for the Vision Pro given where we are already!

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) November 26, 2023

Nicely written.

I'm in this kinda zone at 6am.

I feel powerful in those couple of hours. https://t.co/929Y5moJsi

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) September 15, 2024

Criticising is fast & easy. And so is dismissing criticism on that count alone.

Besides, if you're asking me to pay for it, I don't care if you took 2 years to make a shit movie. If it's bad, imma criticise it. And no, I don't need to be a filmmaker to earn the right to do that. https://t.co/ynANcPDADa

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) February 11, 2022

In fact, there was no 'India' before the British came. Just 100s of kingdoms. And yes, people were poor because we were a bunch of monarchies!

Forget a republic, forget a state, 'India' wasn't even a nation 300 yrs ago

It's crazy how almost everyone I know just doesn't get it. https://t.co/32u4dxW0lm

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) July 16, 2021

PSA: Freedom of speech just means "freedom from adverse consequences of speech at the hands of the state and its powerful actors - legal repercussions or otherwise"

It doesn't apply to private businesses. https://t.co/lpcr8mw53Y

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) March 25, 2022

Some things get easier with practice/experience. Like landing darts in good areas.

Some are intrinsically hard & will always remain so regardless of experience. Like lifting a 50 kg stone. Or making people part with their money (purchase, loan, investment, donation, whatever) https://t.co/JMeElC08S4

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) August 16, 2022

"The rules on aggregate are designed to trim the edges of your soul" https://t.co/eaxvQ8wfct

— Rohit Tikmany (@some_rohit) November 15, 2023