Manan Agarwal @manan_0308 Twitter profile

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Manan Agarwal

7 months

After an incredible two-year journey at @Razorpay , it is time for me to move on. I started at Razorpay as a 21-year-old intern, and a significant part of my growth as a product operator has been built and nurtured here. (1/5)

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

The urge to get an iPad for better note-taking for no reason is too high

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2 years

30 mins in Hyderabad and I can sense why people who live here don’t want to go to Blr

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2 years

WhatsApp on iPhone is really messed up now, have to kill the app several times, cant select a chat, weird gaps between chats.

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2 years

SF tech bros : Hiking :: Bangalore tech bros : badminton

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Some life update(s): 💼 Joining @Razorpay as an Associate Product Manager. 📍 Moving to Bangalore soon. It has been a crazy 3.5 years in the ecosystem as an intern across various startups alongside college. This seems like a good opportunity to recap the journey from scratch:

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

TIL: MyGate's founder is a Shaurya Chakra recipient, who also worked at Goldman Sachs. What a wild ride 🤯

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2 years

It’s India vs Pak day, or as engineers like to call it, “here’s a thread on Hotstar’s architecture that could handle this much load”

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Just another day of living in this city.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

Fintech is a fascinating industry. So much to build, so much to fix, so much is broken , so much can’t be touched, so many regulations, so many things out of control yet so much fun.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Anyone who says college alum networks don’t work, really hasn’t experienced the power of what alumni does. You’re way more likely to get people go out of the way for you just because you went to the same college, irrespective of the age gap.

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Manan Agarwal

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1 year

Google Maps really needs a “I am okay with X minutes delay use the main road” setting.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

The urge to download 5 books, 2 tv shows 100 songs before a 1.5 hour flight and end up staring into the sky.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Uber has no cars Airbnb has no real estate People in Blr don’t have motivation to work because of the weather This is the new economy

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

1 year

Super sweet gesture by @Razorpay to send this to my family. Everyone at home was pleasantly surprised and impressed. Employee first culture at its finest.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

Personal Update : I am joining the folks @Razorpay as a PM Intern. Like any other college kid in the ecosystem, Razorpay has been one of the few startups I always wanted to work at. Build, write and document on Twitter folks, you never know whose looking at you/out for you 🙌

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

1 year

Minor career update✨ Got promoted to Product Manager - 1 at @Razorpay . The past 9 months have been a crazy learning and (un)learning experience with the entire team. To many more such learnings🥂

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

So adult friendships are just about asking “how was work” everyday and “what weekend plans” every weekend?

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

6 months

Pretty sure no PM at Spotify ever thought that this kind of a virality loop could be generated from high-school level SQL queries.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

After two months in Bangalore, the biggest insight is that the startup ecosystem is scarily small. Everyone is at best 2 degrees apart from each other.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

I was this kid who went to JEE coaching in 8th grade.Don’t be this kid.

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2 years

Ads like these in Newspapers should have trigger warning

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Domain flipping 2022 edition, one person owns them all.

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Manan Agarwal

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1 month

Mumbai skyline, circa 2024.

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Manan Agarwal

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3 years

Be a PM, they said. It will be fun, they said. The fun:

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Manan Agarwal

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6 months

Hate how my entire mood for the next 2 weeks will be defined by a sport I chose to follow as a 8 year old.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

With layoffs in the US, are we going to see a trickle down in the Indian ecosystem in the next 3-6 months too?

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Once you start earning buying anything is just doing math on how many days of salary does it cost.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

These IAS mock interview clips are amongst the most oddly satisfying interviews to watch on the internet.

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Manan Agarwal

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7 months

You either die as a fintech, or live long enough to become a bank...

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Even in the fanciest of 5 star breakfasts, nothing beats South Indian food.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Only in Bangalore people talk about dating in form of a growth funnel

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Funny cycle of getting salary from Razorpay and then sending the same money via Razorpay’s payment gateway to various merchants like CRED, Swiggy, Furlenco and countless others lol.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Attending a Marwari wedding is just listening to a series of “you’re next in line”. Someone asked for a bio-data as well, real talent acquisition happens here not in tech startups.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

Indians that discovered LinkedIn during the 1st wave of Covid, discovered Twitter during the 2nd wave.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Am I the only person who hasn't watched Marvel and doesn't get the Spiderman hype?

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Manan Agarwal

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1 month

No one needs a PS5 in 10 minutes. The question to ask is If I have decided to buy a PS5, why should I wait even a day?

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Iconic.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Want to tweet about how cold it is in Mumbai but the replies will just be a series of Delhi folks cancelling me.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Bangalore tweet generator: Choose a combo: I love/ I hate + Bangalore + Traffic/Weather/Meetups/Dosa/Cab/Autos + If this is not peakbengaluru, idk what is.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Saw a take on profit being a negative indicator for a startup. I am convinced Twitter has hit its LinkedIn product market fit🤦‍♂️

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Constantly stuck between moving to Himachal, Goa or Bangalore for working. I end up doing none of them.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Sweet sambar should be banned from production.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

🚨Launch Alert🚨 Excited to feature @twitellectual in our latest campaign for @RazorpayX Payroll. As a young PM to have founders who believe in your product so much that they go the extra mile is insanely gratifying. Get your #payrollfixed signup on

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Tanay Pratap

@tanaypratap

2 years

I am not an IITian. I don’t have a master's. I didn't go to IIM. Trust me, badges, marks, and exams don’t decide your future. You do.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

Spent the last week building something new from scratch with my team at RazorpayX Payroll for our internal hackathon RazorpayX Innovation Days. We stood 2nd in over 30+ teams ⚡️ If you’re part of a tech startup, please have a hackathon, you’d be amazed at what teams can build.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

4 months

Opening Instagram this weekend is just guessing which of the below locations will pop up in the next story. Goa Varkala Lollapalooza Vietnam Thailand Singapore

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

If you’re someone who is just entering college, before you figure out AI/ML or which tech stack you wanna do please learn Excel.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

PM Interviewer : You are the PM for WhatsApp payments, how will you increase adoption? Candidate : Detailed solution with various strategies after defining user persona - mapping user journey - metrics - GTM Le WhatsApp :

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

The Flipkart sale has basically ensured that no one will buy a new iPhone 14 till the next big billion day.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

After 16 years in Mumbai, 🏠📍Hello @peakbengaluru ✅ Hoping this move pushes me to finally get out of my room and meet people. (Who am I kidding, I know I will still be holed up in my apt) Please hit me up w your best veg food recommendations in the city!

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

In Bangalore, your cab isn’t yours till the time you sit in it and start the ride. This is inspired by a cab that cancelled after entering my apartment complex.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Left without comments..

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Waking up to one of my favourite bands of all time @TheLocalTrain splitting up was not how I wanted the week to start.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

What an over. 19.1 - wicket ; 6 balls, 16 to win 19.2 - single ; 5 balls, 15 to win 19.3 - double ; 3 balls, 13 to win 19.4 - six + no ball; 3 balls, 6 to win 19.5 - 3 runs + wide ; 2 balls, 2 to win 19.6 - wicket ; 2 balls, 2 to win 19.7 - wide ; 2 balls, 1 to win 19.8 - won

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

All younger siblings have only one objective in their life and that is “please approve the upi payment request” or “please send otp”

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Was lately noticing how Rapido captains were consecutively giving me a 1 star rating. Disappointed and hurt asked one of them today and he said “1 star means best” Reminds me of how lot of Indian apps have a high 1 star rating because users think 1 is the highest.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

2021 wrap: - Launched @internfinder helped numerous people find internships. - Interned at Razorpay as a PM. - Got a job and finished college. - Helped juniors and friends crack new career opportunities. - Found incredible mentors and friends on Twitter. Stoked for 2022✨

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

T/GemsofLinkedIn Missed replying to someone and they sent this meme in 6 hours!

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

With colleges now opening offline, college kids who have mandatory attendance and offline exams, how do you plan to continue your internships?

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Wrapped up an amazing 3 months as a PM Intern @Razorpay XPayroll. Have a blog coming out soon but TLDR on the entire experience is brilliant culture, unlimited ownership. Thanks @AdityaMorarka and the payroll team for the cake! Back to writing exams🥲

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

@neharedy I reached my hotel in 30 mins, the roads are wide, there is no rain, cab didn’t cancel aur kya chaiye

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

The biggest business leaders in the country are ghosts on the Internet. No titles, blank LinkedIn profiles, very few know of them. Absolutely 0 noise around them.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Bro what is this Bangalore weather, mind blown.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

The only constant of life is realising every 6 months, how big of an idiot you were 6 months ago.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

A classmate is looking out for internship/job openings in the field of robotics/IoT/Automation or product ops. He underwent a terrible personal tragedy losing both his parents last year. If someone is hiring do drop a reply/DM so I can ask him to reach out. RTs appreciated.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

Your corporate honeymoon period is over, when salary days don’t excite you.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

One fintech influencer on Instagram invented the two character reel concept of a customer and executive on how to save money/charges on some rule and every influencer just went and copied it word to word with the same brands 🤦‍♂️

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

👀 One perk of working at @Razorpay is getting to meet cool customers like @warikoo ! With: @Incosmere @KunjumonHenry @mittuled

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

It is 2022, for the love of god stop replying with your email IDs on LinkedIn posts.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

1 year

Notion AI , Github Co-Pilot, now just need something for Figma and an entire product team is no longer needed.

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Manan Agarwal

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1 year

Left without comments.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

Are you even working at a startup if you don’t say “code fat gaya/ funnel fat gaya” once every two days?

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2 years

Average techie starter pack

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2 years

Modern love Bangalore doesn’t exist because he is too busy tweeting early stage startups > mba.

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Manan Agarwal

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1 year

Really high rent in Bangalore has an underrated advantage. You hit credit card milestones faster.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Junior got placed, sent me his salary structure asking for calculation of in-hand pay. Instantly regretted, when he realised how much tax he had to pay 😂

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

🚨New blog post alert🚨 I talk about how I landed @Razorpay as a PM Intern and the interview process. Do note this story comes with a salt of survivorship bias :) DMs open as always📥

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Manan Agarwal

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1 year

WhatsApp now blocks screenshots/recordings of disappearing images. Neat.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

🚨 New blog post alert 🚨 I document my Product Management Internship @Razorpay . I talk about the work I did and the fantastic culture at Razorpay especially what I learnt outside my day to day work including a 1:1 with Harshil (Co-Founder & CEO)

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Manan Agarwal

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11 months

The real rate-limiting is needed on Instagram reels

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

My degree has finally come of use. Thanks to it, I could solve today’s Wordle. Spoiler alert : in bio

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Manan Agarwal

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1 year

How I wish Peter Drury commentated for Cricket too. Beautiful words, leave you with goosebumps always.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

My favourite part of "quick call?" is how there is ALWAYS a meeting link sent even before I get time to say yes/no.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

3 years

Opinion : Covid has affected the “college experience” for the batch of ‘22 in the worst way. ‘20 : was almost done with college. ‘21 : had their last year online. ‘22 : had half of second year + prefinal + final year online. ‘23 onwards get a major chunk offline.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

The only Monday hack that has worked for me is to start your week on Sunday night and clear things off email and Slack.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Okay. Got it. IIT degrees are nice. You got a job w/o it. Even better.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Moving cities is very exciting UNTIL the moment you actually have to move.

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Manan Agarwal

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4 years

Colleges keeping students in the dark about reopening dates and thinking that students are available to come back to campus at their beck and call is one of the saddest outcomes of the pandemic from a student’s PoV. Absolutely no empathy.

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Finished watching Drive to Survive and two F1 Races, I now identify as an F1 enthusiast.

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Manan Agarwal

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8 months

This is the biggest Humans of Bombay story. They should create a post out of this.

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2 years

men used to go to war, now they make YouTube/ TikTok videos titled “day in the life of a FAANG employee”

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Manan Agarwal

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4 months

Nothing prepared me for the curveball this year threw, and nothing probably can top it. A quote that has stuck the most over the last few months “You don’t realise how strong you are, until you realise being strong is the only choice you have” To a better and kinder 2024 🥂

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Manan Agarwal

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6 months

The sheer number of times I have mistaken my uber pin as the car’s number and searched for the car is just too high.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

When people visit Bangalore for the first time:

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2 years

Visited our ancestral haveli, Rajasthani interiors are like no other🤌

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Manan Agarwal

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2 years

Wanted to get a package from a friend’s house. Cost of me going and getting it :120 rupees + time. Swiggy Genie: 20 rupees. Absolutely crazy times!

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

1 year

Not enough is spoken about how good Young Sheldon is, probably the best sitcom to come out in the recent years.

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Manan Agarwal

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22 days

Third type: Swiggy, uber, paytm

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idk how to explain this but there are two types of people: swiggy, ola, phonepe vs zomato, uber, gpay

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Manan Agarwal

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3 years

YouTube x Jio has enabled so many creators from Tier-2/3 cities and towns to fulfil their dreams in so many ways. Seeing an increasing “I bought a car/bike/dream setup using my Youtube money” from these creators. Heartwarming.

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Manan Agarwal

@manan_0308

2 years

The VISA 1 Click checkout on @zomato is beautiful. If you have a VISA credit/debit card, 10/10 recommend saving your card and using this. No OTP, no PIN, press pay and done.

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