@Yale ‘23 MPH; Journalist, Refugee Health Rights Advocate |Co-creator: @pinklistindia. Ex: @UNICEFLaos; Asst Editor,Health @TheQuint,@thewire_in,@edinburghuni
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Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
they just played off zohran's speech with the dhoom soundtrack i'm just 💀💀💀
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
Thread: After more than a year of work, we have now launched dataforindia.com, a public platform that seeks to expand access to Indian data for everyone, and deepen the understanding of the country that can come from this data
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
The biggest joke here is on Mumbai’s law and order:
The guy who leads this mob walks into a police station fearlessly, registers a complaint against #KunalKamra but faces no action himself. 👏👏👏
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
We owe it to Kunal Kamra for standing for free speech and media freedom. It was he who went to court against the govt trying to introduce its fact check unit as part of IT rules and got a stay order
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
Just a real question, when AI will replace this job?
Stop Caste based manual scavenging!
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
My latest for @TeenVogue explores the horrific story of popular skincare ingredient Retin-A.
Before Retin-A was approved by the FDA in 1971, it was tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philadelphia without their informed consent. The survivors still bear the scars
ALT Screenshot of the Teen Vogue website; the main image of a black and white illustration of a small bottle of retinol serum by Liz Coulbourn
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
I've spent years working on this and it really comes down to this:
Any single tiny thing you can do to feel like you're helping build a better future is more productive than 10,000 hours of dread.
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
While Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawale have been granted bail in Bhima Koregaon case, spare a thought for Mahesh Raut. He was granted bail by Bombay HC in September 2023 but Supreme Court paused his bail pending the appeal. He is in jail for 16 months even after being granted bail.
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
43,000 ASHA community health workers in Karnataka with 100% union density just won a 20% pay rise after a massive struggle!
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
1/n The discourse around free public transport for women often misses the crucial point: it's not simply about convenience, but about fundamental access to opportunity. It's not a "freebie," but a strategic intervention addressing systemic inequalities.
I took an early morning bus to Mysuru, from Bengaluru. ₹210 fare. Comfortable KSRTC bus and a world class highway for fast travel.
But I got a few thoughts.
1) Nearly 30 of the 50 passengers were women. Just show Aadhar and travel free. Is this fair? Is it equality?
2) 20 men are paying for the entire bus. Is that fair?
3) Saw an old man struggling to find notes to pay, while a well off young woman on video call next to him, travels free. Is that fair?
4) If the state is having so much surplus income, why not make it free for these 20 men also? Universal free bus service like airport shuttle service.
5) All over the world, subsidy and welfare is given to those who can't afford. Here, we have women from two rich cities like Bengaluru and Mysuru, traveling free just because it is available. Is it sustainable?
6) Couldn't the same freebie money be used for garbage clearance, pothole fixing in cities, providing water to farmers?
Many more thoughts. But realized that we have entered the vicious cycle of freebies for votes. Tough to get out of it in the near future.
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
This very uc thing of not throwing away food because it's stale, but "let's give it to the maid; nothing will happen to them they have immunity" n call it a good practice cuz 'one shouldn't waste food' is very problematic, to say the least. You won't eat it because you know it's+
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
Gisele Pelicot takes stand at French mass rape trial with message for survivors: "It’s not for us to have shame - it’s for them" bbc.in/4fi94dN
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
It’s outrageous that Missouri is so close to executing Marcellus Williams. He was convicted at a trial where prosecutors intentionally struck at least one Black person from the jury pool. Witnesses were paid to point the finger at Marcellus. His DNA is not on the murder weapon.
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
Every Modi trip is a reminder of how utterly repulsive the upper caste diaspora is - sitting far away and funding, cheering and whitewashing the very real destruction of minority and oppressed caste lives in India just to feel better about their sad little insecurities.
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
It's been 3 months since Dalit residents of Jai Bhim Nagar were left on the streets when their homes were demolished by bulldozer action that neither made national headlines nor pushed opposition into action.
Since then with support from a student collective from IIT & activists
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
The fact that defense attorneys were allowed to badger Gisele until she cried in court today is horrendous. At their best, defense attorneys do an important job. These are trash. They asked her if she enjoyed “these partners” - by which they meant the men who raped her while 1/
Devina Buckshee, MPH retweeted
Women aren’t allowed to be attended to by male doctors in Afghanistan, and women aren’t allowed to go to school either or work outside the home… So women no longer have access to healthcare providers. Women are not allowed to speak or read in public because their voices are c c considered intimate, they are not allowed to look at men they are not related to by blood, they can’t go out in public without a male escort, they are literal prisoners but yes, feminism is the problem. Misogyny and the patriarchy have no logic, no care, no humanity.
