Aishwarya Profile Banner
Aishwarya Profile
Aishwarya

@AishwaryaSudhir

1,618
Followers
1,454
Following
644
Media
10,254
Statuses

Researcher, Reluctant Lawyer! Interests- 💚Cities, Air Quality, Environmental law, Safe Food 📚⚽️🏀Women come first, always! #southbangalorean #dosas #kaapi

Bangalore South , India
Joined February 2009
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
No Auto, bus or Uber, was forced to walk home from Koramangala to Jayanagar today. It's an inhuman system that's completely dysfunctional. I cannot express what I went through and how pathetic it felt to wade my way through traffic with no footpaths. Hell on earth #Bangalore
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
59
246
445
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 months
NAGASHREE BOOK HOUSE is closing! for folks who grew up in South Bengaluru. This is sad news! Half of my bookshelf over the years is from their collection. Please visit and help them clear their shelves. Will miss you Venkatesh and Prasad sir. Owe you so much! @MsMayaSharma
Tweet media one
24
133
446
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
20th Main Jaynagar,T Block! How to kill a footpath! Build a building on it! This is the third time I am posting this issue! Now I’d like to request the authorities to raze it down and make the encroacher redo the footpath! @BBMPCOMM @BBMPSWMSplComm @Sowmyareddyr @Tejasvi_Surya
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
18
58
211
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
The streets that belonged to trees, for once! It's their chance to breathe! #Bengaluru #jayanagardiaries
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
3
23
130
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
5pm today! #NTPC Ash Dyke breaks, in Singrauli. Flooding several villages with TOXIC FLY ASH. #pollution beyond cities. @moefcc @PrakashJavdekar India's critically polluted areas! @vishwamTOI @jayashreenandi @MenakaGuruswamy @kanchikohli
Tweet media one
7
95
115
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
#Bangalore Did you segregate your waste today?. It's SEP 1st. BBMP begins crack down on single-use plastic.Let's support #BBMP manage our waste for a cleaner city! #plasticpollution
Tweet media one
7
40
95
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
Death of a footpath! Hijacking a footpath be like this? Cosmopolitan Club, Jayanagar ,Please learn to respect public footpaths. Clear the encroached space! @DgpKarnataka @Tejasvi_Surya @BBMPCOMM @BBMPSWMSplComm @Chairman_KSPCB #DUST #airpollution
Tweet media one
6
21
92
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
Why aren't there 20,000 people on the streets of #DelhiNCR asking for their right to #BREATHE ? Where is the public uproar? Why isn't the parliament shook by it? Why aren't authorities behind bars? Why the tolerance to poor governance and poor quality of life?
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
9
36
70
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
It’s my day 15 after having tested #covid positive. Apart from tiredness, I’ve shed all my other symptoms. #BBMP did a great job following up and checking on me everyday. Thank you for all the hard work. @Randeep_Dev @BBMPCOMM @Sowmyareddyr
3
4
65
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
This is a fantastic group run by volunteers and I absolutely love the feel of it. It’s my second walk tonight with them. Hope we do this every month. #women #Bengaluru @Sowmyareddyr @meerak @anjali_WFR @MayaSharmaNDTV @tarauk @zibijamal
Tweet media one
9
13
65
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
9 LAKH TREES to be AXED! Yes you heard that right! 72,000Cr mega project! This is hugely damaging given the fragility of the ecosystem. @jayashreenandi @AparajitaDatta4 @prajwalmanipal @carboncopyinfo
Tweet media one
4
66
65
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
A lawyer for forests! Worth rereading this piece again, given that the forest conservation bill amends got passed. I guess it’s one way of eliminating opposition! @bahardutt @nit_set @BhavreenMK @rahuulchoudhary .
3
28
57
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
Bengaluru's #AirQuality today. We are choking and literally breathing dust! Action plans on clean air seem to have disappeared into dust.
Tweet media one
8
26
51
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
20th Main 4th T block, corner house under construction in Jayanagar. VACATE the encroachers and FINE them. It has occupied a public footpath,who gave you the right? C&D dust on the road! ACT NOW!! @BBMPCOMM @Sowmyareddyr @Tejasvi_Surya @Chairman_KSPCB @BBMPSWMSplComm @sudhamurty
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
14
14
50
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
Heads up! On #bengaluru development? Give your feedback folks for what it’s worth. Apparently, the window closes by the 30th of this month. @zibijamal @ravichandar @ChristinMP_ @MsMayaSharma @anjali_WFR @sambaarseparate @Nithin0dha @AratiKumarRao @arathimy
Tweet media one
8
28
48
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
Amidst the troubles of the poor, adding to it, Reliance Power plant in #singrauli #uttarpradesh floods the villagers homes with fly ash. This is the third of its kind in the coal country. Ash dyke breaks! #reliance needs to be held accountable. @karunanundy @drharshvardhan
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
4
48
39
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
Sunday Suddhi! #Bengaluru #Traffic 50.33lakhs in 2011 to 1.04Cr in 2022! Reminds me of a quote that I read while in college - “we are not stuck in traffic, we are traffic!”. @MayaSharmaNDTV @citizenmatters @CBhattacharji @zenx
Tweet media one
7
16
45
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
A fully lit street, next to Madhavan Park at 9:50pm today, I had a stalker. As a woman I guess, footpaths and streetlights mean nothing nd nothing at all. #bengaluru @MayaSharmaNDTV ACT!!!! @CPBlr @BlrCityPolice @WomenMobilize @kavita_krishnan @zibijamal
Tweet media one
8
15
43
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
It's that time of the year when your decisions to stay back are reassured by every strech of the road you belong to. An ode to Jayanagar! Spring is here! ,💕 #southbangalore
Tweet media one
0
3
41
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
They have been mercilessly axed. 36th Cross 4th T Block. Jayanagar. Very sad. #Bangalore continues to axe its trees. Ugh.
Tweet media one
7
17
40
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
Good Morning #Bengaluru we are in Green zone this morning. Perhaps the rains helped too. Get out there when the clouds clear and enjoy the air. #AirPollution #Diwali2020 @MayaSharmaNDTV @anjali_WFR what a joy!
Tweet media one
3
15
38
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
Mornings in South Bangalore ❤️
Tweet media one
3
0
35
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
HealthyAirCoalition wishes @BMTC_BENGALURU all the very best for this much-needed initiative. Public transport remains key in easing traffic woes and poor #airquality @HealthandEnv @AnumitaRoychowd @ashwinmahesh @AdDikshit @rickykej @airqualityindia @EPIC_India
Tweet media one
3
15
35
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
What has changed since the last city election? It feels like the same list of concerns that keeps getting larger nd larger! Quality of life, down the gutter! #smokeandmirrors #bengalurumetro
Tweet media one
7
11
34
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
10 months
#AirQuality in Bengaluru right now! Follow the health advisory for the morning walks folks! #AirPollution
Tweet media one
8
5
32
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
I just can’t get over how accurate this quote sounds. The idea of law, often lost in its technicalities perhaps needs to be brought back to life, with an inclusive and a more integrated approach! @karunanundy @MenakaGuruswamy @AbhayrajNaik
Tweet media one
3
6
32
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
#Bengaluru How many of us know that St.John’s medical hospital and college were an outcome of a young female doctor who came to India during the world war I and II? The story of a young woman and her relentlessness is what drove John’s to be the institution that it is today! ❤️
Tweet media one
1
2
33
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
Before this piece gets forgotten, today’s Hindu on the proposed amendments on the #forestbill2023 @THBengaluru @samzsays
Tweet media one
2
21
30
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
#Pink #taxis #pinkline for women! I just reached home from airport, safe and sound! It's 2am!! Solo in pinkline taxis. Thank you @BlrCityPolice for this initiative! My city, my people, a moment of pride and joy! We have started some action! #women 'ssafety
Tweet media one
0
10
32
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
Some lawyers and their fights! Words of a few good men! @lifeindia2016 #ritwickdutta His victories, he said, only make him more vigilant. Victories don’t necessarily last in this line of work,Dutta said “But losses in the environment are permanent,yes. And that’s the sad part.”
Tweet media one
1
5
31
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
Insightful! @gautambhatia88
Tweet media one
0
2
31
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
9 months
To my uru folks, here's something lovely this weekend. Will miss this. @thej @santoshharish1 @bookworm_Kris @zibijamal @srinualavilli
Tweet media one
2
4
28
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
Forest bill - Govt refuses to entertain objections! This after one receives several thousand suggestions and concerns! Days when you don’t want to read the papers! @lifeindia2016 @rahuulchoudhary @kanchikohli @CPR_Climate @nit_set @sanjayeldf1 @srinualavilli @Sridhar67
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
5
29
28
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
“His victories he said have only made him more vigilant, may be he managed to protect a forest today, tomorrow a new govt order may cut it down any way” thinking of his words as the amends in #forestconservationbill2023 gets the JPC nod! @AparajitaDatta4 @samar11 @Article14live
Tweet media one
1
9
28
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
Kadu hunsekayi. Found it after a decade. #vvpuram #childhood #memories
Tweet media one
7
3
26
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
“Unplanned development” is the cutting edge concept we are all likely to cherish and survive with. Be it #DelhiFloods or #westernghats #forests #forestbill
Tweet media one
1
19
27
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
Dairy farmers “the welfare board never helped when thousands of cows died of lumpy skin disease” 🙃
Tweet media one
1
7
27
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
Get that glass of filter kaapi and read on folks.. ☕️ @gautambhatia88
Tweet media one
1
8
25
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
An absolute privilege to have interacted with the kids today. These 9yr olds made their own #airpollution monitors! Their Msg - Kill it before it kills us! Because we care! #Bangalore @BBMP_MAYOR @Randeep_Dev
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
1
7
24
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
VB! Missing it like hell!
Tweet media one
4
1
25
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
Great morning reads! Mulling over G.Austin's Indian Constitution. The quote by Nehru cited here is just so apt for the times we are in. #coronavirusinindia #MigrantsOnTheRoad
Tweet media one
1
3
25
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
It’s just heart breaking to see the number of old houses that have been up for sale in Jayanagar,while change is inevitable,the fear of a disappearing neighbourhood and what it was meant for once is eating me up.Helpless @Sowmyareddyr @nnarasimhan @santoshharish1 @MayaSharmaNDTV
2
2
24
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
6 years
#UttarPradesh #Sonbadhra NOT #Delhi #AirPollution Classrooms filled with coal dust! Children beyond cities, their lungs choke too! #beyondcities #BreatheLife
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
1
34
23
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
#AirQuality #Bengaluru with hundreds of crores being allocated to AQ in the city each year, we shouldn’t be seeing heaps of road dust and mulch being set on fire at all! How is the money being spent? @anjali_WFR @ashwinmahesh @citizenmatters @airqualityindia @lifeindia2016
Tweet media one
3
15
23
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
#Bengaluru #AirQuality today - Poor to Very Poor levels. We are choking! What happened to the city action plan on clean air? Do we need High Court reminders too? We are just happy we aren’t as bad as Delhi? @naveenm01 @ChristinMP_TOI @MayaSharmaNDTV @ravichandar @Csoumya21
Tweet media one
5
17
24
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
It’s a 999 in many places! Truly sad! #DelhiAirPollution Year after year, it repeats itself with much noise and no real action. Our capital continues to choke! @vishwamTOI @jayashreenandi
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
7
8
24
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
18% of all childhood asthma cases in the US are associated with traffic-related #Airpollution #Bangalore has 86 lakh vehicles on its roads?How safe are the #children in our city? @HealthandEnv @GCHAlliance @thej @DrMariaNeira @CleanAirMoms @WFRising @vishwamTOI @BBPVedike
@CityLab
Bloomberg CityLab
5 years
This map shows where children are at risk for developing asthma from traffic pollution. #citylabarchive
1
18
23
2
21
23
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
On the occasion of the UN International Day of Clean Air here’s how we are doing in the city. #Bengaluru Moderate air quality throughout the city! 🙌🏽 #AirPollution #CleanAirDay
Tweet media one
0
11
22
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
Social distancing for Masal Dosas! 🙈😂 Saturday mornings be like this 😬😬 @MayaSharmaNDTV South Bangalore peeps.
Tweet media one
4
2
22
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
Tragic news in the morning! The curse of expansion and the death of our city! 1961 trees!!! 🌳🌀
Tweet media one
8
11
21
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
While #DelhiPollution is a concern for many, those who silently choke in Toxic hinterlands receive no attention. #sonbadhra #UttarPradesh 264 villages remain affected by severe pollution levels. @jayashreenandi @vishwamTOI @CPCB_OFFICIAL @PrakashJavdekar
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
0
18
21
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
Under 40 age group with cardiac ailments are on the rise. Non smokers in Bangalore are behaving like smokers. It is an epidemic and #AirPollution could be a cause. Dr.Patil, Jayadeva institute of cardiovascular sciences
Tweet media one
1
21
21
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
The“right to litigate” to limit nature’s exploitation is at the core of democracy!The attack on #ritwickdutta @lifeindia2016 is an attack on India’s environmental democracy! #ClimateEmergency #climatechange @WFRising @srinualavilli @karunanundy @Ram_Guha @THBengaluru @Nithin0dha
Tweet media one
0
6
20
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
Folks in Bengaluru, here’s some sweet respite, these mangoes are organic and unbelievably good. Thanks a ton to Buffaloback Organic store for making these golden delicacies available. Don’t miss them please. @jayanagar @Sowmyareddyr @gangadhargs @santoshharish1 @MayaSharmaNDTV
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
2
3
21
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
One has to clearly be retired to be writing to the “CENTER”! #forestrightsact
Tweet media one
1
6
21
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
Report release, air pollution possibly a key risk factor for under 40 heart attacks?
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
5
11
21
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
Awful! #AirQuality #Delhi year after year, why aren’t citizens taking to the streets? Why is this any less important than a demand for an MSP? @NCAPtracker @URJADelhi @carboncopyinfo @CBhattacharji @BhavreenMK @ananthoo1 @Devinder_Sharma
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
2
8
20
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
What the neighbourhood lost was one of the very few female candidates who was approachable and concerned about issues of gender equity and environment, clearly they never make for an election agenda. It is the men who voted, the men who won and asked for a recount! tsk tsk!
@prajwalmanipal
Prajwal
1 year
Reporting from Jayanagar in Bengaluru where allegations and counter allegations marred the BJP’s win by 16 votes. Congress is questioning why MP Tejasvi Surya was present in the counting centre and why multiple re-counting of votes were done.
9
92
312
3
6
20
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
Pretty good air quality in our city today folks. Mostly in Green with running averages in yellow meaning moderate pollution levels. Source Do go for that run! 🍀
Tweet media one
1
7
19
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
This morning, post the heavy rain, most locations in #Bangalore still show very poor #AirQuality @karnatakapcb @BBMP_MAYOR @BBMPCOMM @Randeep_Dev
Tweet media one
1
9
17
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
Visited Gandhi Bazaar for coffee but got back without having any as the area has been transformed into a dust bowl! Unhealthy #airquality across the city! Source: Healthy Air Coalition. #AirPollution #Bengaluru
Tweet media one
5
6
19
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
Tweet media one
2
10
19
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
Queues for Masala dosas at VB continue. With yellow dabbas! #maskson South Bangalore's Pride🙈 @MayaSharmaNDTV #SundayMorning
Tweet media one
1
2
17
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
#healthyaircoalition calls on #KSPCB for a public consultation on city action plan on #Airpollution . The plan lacks emphasis on pollution reduction targets and #public #health . @anjali_WFR @anupamabijur @Sowmyareddyr @HealthandEnv @DrMariaNeira
Tweet media one
0
10
16
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
Love this time of the year. #bombehabba #Bengaluru
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
0
2
17
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
We will be speaking tomorrow to highlight the exposure level of school going children to #AirPollution in #Bengaluru based on the observed findings.Indian Pediatric Association to lead the way for #CleanAir in #Bengaluru Watch this space for updates!
Tweet media one
4
17
16
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
#MondayMotivation Good News in store for #Bangalore #Plastic #ban to be implemented strictly. As citizens let's support our administrators @Randeep_Dev @Sowmyareddyr and work for a cleaner #Bangalore . #Pollution @prajwalmanipal @WFRising @airqualityindia @tarauk
0
3
16
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
An angry, helpless rant? - like the towers that were raised to ground in Noida, hope the Karnataka High Court takes Suo moto cognisance of the encroachments along the ORR and brings it all down like a pack of cards! @srinualavilli @bicyclemayorblr @zenx @zibijamal @thej @meerak
5
4
16
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
The good thing about this #Monday is the #AirQuality in our city today! Good-Moderate levels. Looking forward to a late evening run! #CleanAir #healthyaircoalition .org #Bengaluru @MayaSharmaNDTV @zibijamal @thej @ChristinMP_TOI
Tweet media one
1
4
16
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
2 years
Lalbagh!
Tweet media one
1
0
15
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
4 years
As the spring passes us by, the fragility of our existence comes alive. View from the roof tops and balconies in Jayanagar. #coronavirusinindia #Bengaluru #QuaratineLife
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
3
2
15
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
Tweet media one
2
8
15
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
How Bengaluru is targeting 100% segregation of waste by December 2019: BBMP's new SWM bye-laws via @citizenmatters
1
8
15
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
6 years
Tweet media one
1
7
14
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
8 months
Yet, in India,it never gets talked about from a right to clean environment perspective!Who is ultimately responsible for this violation that is fundamental to my existence? @karunanundy @MenakaGuruswamy @jayashreenandi @ChristinMP_ @WFRising @rahuulchoudhary @alterlaw @naveenm01
@UNEP
UN Environment Programme
8 months
Clean air is a human right. Air pollution is a global public health emergency - and a ⁣preventable problem. It's time we work #TogetherForCleanAir .
Tweet media one
130
366
695
1
8
15
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
Good Morning folks! I guess we are back to normal! Choking levels of air pollution in most parts of the city. #AirQuality #MondayMorning #Bengaluru @MayaSharmaNDTV @Kspcbkarnataka @prajwalmanipal @deepikacariappa source:healthy air coalition.
Tweet media one
1
6
14
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
1 year
This piece in today’s Hindu makes a case for the rise in MGNREGA jobs as an indication of GDP growth figs being faulty.However, the worrying alternative here is to open up mining reserves in India and in its deep seas to create jobs!Discounts displacement and Env sustainability!
Tweet media one
3
5
14
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
6 years
Govt to announce policies to push shared mobility, e-vehicles to cut air pollution via @timesofindia
0
6
12
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
6 months
Hopeful verdicts that bring on some morning cheer! To all those petitioners, thank you for fighting this good fight. Congratulations 🎉 @rahuulchoudhary @jayashreenandi @rishpardikar
Tweet media one
1
4
14
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
3 years
#AirPollution #Bengaluru #air quality in the city is slowly deteriorating folks, levels are moving from moderate to poor! As dry heat, road dust and traffic continue to rise. #sunday #pollution in our city! 😷
Tweet media one
4
13
14
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
Why we need the #BusPriorityLane for #Bengaluru now more than ever. Take a look at what pollutes our city's air by @UrbanEmissions Vehicular emissions the key culprit! We need to speed up public transport now! #AirPollution #CleanAir #unmaskmycity #NimbusYatra #busbaghyabeku
Tweet media one
1
10
14
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
This! Even as the nation remains sceptical. #Bengaluru declares war on single-use plastic via @bangaloremirror @WFRising @Dnekundi_rising @ECityRising
2
8
13
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
5 years
To combat air pollution, environment groups set up air quality monitoring devices in Bengaluru
1
10
13
2
5
14
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
6 years
Children of #Sonbadhra India's critically polluted areas. NOT #Delhi #airpollution . Dust, soot and heavy metals in air. NGT declared it toxic! #BreatheLife #Smog #pollution #CleanAir #UttarPradesh @jayashreenandi @MalavikaVy @ShekharGupta
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
1
12
14
@AishwaryaSudhir
Aishwarya
6 years
Right to clean air and water are fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India :) It's being violated on a day to day basis. Laws nd lawyers only as good as its implementors! #pollution #delhipollution @jayashreenandi @vishwamTOI
Tweet media one
1
12
13