Policy wonk @ a Do Tank @IndusAction. Believes in Listen | Act | Change for social justice. Political views are personal.
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Useful illustrations on understanding predatory behaviour among us men.
Artist - coinswallow (insta handle )
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Very powerful words on the recent tragic incident #Kolkata from @ayushmannk
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I received this from a friend.
Please check in with the numbers of the organisers and please show up if you can in solidarity with the resident doctors fighting for justice in Kolkata.
They represent the voices of all healthcare workers & women who ask for safety
Tarun Cherukuri retweeted
Thank you for your voice @fayedsouza
Our healthcare system failed the young doctor who was killed.
Our collective apathy to the terrible working conditions in government teaching hospitals led to this tragedy.
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Doctors should only need to worry about saving others’ lives, not their own
Let’s protect our protectors.
#Nirbhaya2 #KolkataDoctorDeath
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"One of the world’s most prolific enemies of truth is Elon Musk. He is surely the global far right’s most significant figure, and he holds the world’s largest megaphone. As he may put it, a battle to defeat him is now inevitable – and it has to be won." theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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"With nearly 195mn followers, he is America’s most influential purveyor of disinformation. In total he has made 50 posts since January 1 that have been debunked by independent fact checkers ... These were viewed 1.2bn times." ft.com/content/bdd100a8-4817…
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So thrilled that Priya Ramani has written a detailed review of my book ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X.’
50 jobs in 30 years, from bindi pasting to assisting in abortions.
@nehadixit123's book is a stark reminder that even as the rich live grander lives in higher towers, absolutely nothing changes for the majority, especially if Muslim, writes Priya Ramani
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The #Odisha government started sponsoring the India Men and Women National Hockey Teams from 2018, with a commitment until 2033 (now extended to 2036). The state hosted 2 consecutive editions of the Men's Hockey World Cup.Developed grassroots hockey.Built the infrastructure.(1/2)
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This time, the tears flowed as I wrote this piece :')
Speaking to me in December, Vinesh Phogat told me:
"The only thing I have told Bajrang and Sakshi is that I will still fight. I will look him [Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh] in the eye and medal leke aungi main, tu dekh [bring back a medal and show it to him]. They both have Olympic medals, I don't. I have a reason to fight. If I train well, I can win a medal. No one can stop me."
On August 6, 2024 those very words came to life :')
READ? espn.in/olympics/story/_/id/…
#Paris2024 | #Olympics | #Wrestling
Tarun Cherukuri retweeted
Reported by The Hindu a hundred years ago, on August 5, 1924: huge landslides in Waynad #Wayanad #WayanadLandslides
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Syeda X, a poor migrant woman living in shanty towns near Delhi, struggled through more than 50 jobs in 30 years. She’s also the protagonist of @nehadixit123’s eponymous new book and shines a spotlight on the state of home based women workers in India. bbc.com/news/articles/ck7g9k…
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82-year old ecologist, Madhav Gadgil, says it the way it is.
“Govts have no interest in protecting nature and facilitating democratic decentralisation. We’re locked in a system of crony capitalism."
Read more at:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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So much is made of India's GDP. The claim of a per capita GDP of ₹2.5 lakh warms many cockles. The reality? If you exclude Ambani and Adani, exclude the top-10 and top-200 individuals, and exclude the top 1% and top 5%, it is ₹96,000---below most sub-Saharan African countries. @DeccanHerald @VRaghunathan1
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Rajasthan's urban employment guarantee prog is the largest of its kind in India. In this article we present some research on how it is functioning, based on administrative as well as survey data. As with other such programmes, women are participating in large numbers.
#Rajasthan’s Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana should be continued. Implementation needs to be bettered, the reach has to be extended and more kinds of work have to be covered. @ShiuliVanaja, Niruj Deka, and @amitbasole of @azimpremjiuniv write
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Kwame Ture: "You vote once in four years, and that’s your political responsibility? That’s the height of bourgeois propaganda, making the people politically irresponsible. Thinking their responsibility is limited to a one day vote. Politics is every day."
