#WATCH
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#ParisOlympics2024
: During the India House launch in Paris, International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani says, "The day is not far when India will host the Olympic Games. May this be our collective resolve at the opening of the India House"
She says "Today,
The day a Brahmin gets into a sewer and cleans the city's filth because he has no other means of livelihood is the day any of them have the right to open their mouth and say the letter R in Reservations.
Rural India giving it back is in an indication that the agrarian crisis and the huge damage to employment avenues hasn't gone unnoticed by the "masses". Real issues matter. Rozgaar roti over rabble rouser punchlines.
India's heatwave stories are sending shivers down my spine. Climate change has been on the streets for a while, but this is a sinister reality check. And predictably, it's the country's most vulnerable paying the cost for the rich's sins.
My life's biggest disappointment is realising that so called progressive (leftist) peers also value the same things in people: elite institutional brand, network value, and if you are a woman - how conventionally attractive you are.
Lal Krishna Advani veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Prime Minister of India admitted to AIIMS in Delhi, now in stable. Praying to Prabhu Shri Ram for his speedy recovery 🙏🏻
Source:
@IndianExpress
Sorry if discourse is spoiling your moodTM madam. If 'non-residents' are such a nuisance then clean your houses, make repairs, college garbage, and chop your vegetables on your own, stop hiring people to work for less than minimum wage. 👍
Barkha on odd day: women are strong and don't need period leave. We must prove to capitalists that we are okay with being exploited.
Even day: why she box?
Members of United Opposition, INDIA start 18th Lok Sabha with a resolution to uphold ‘Constitution of India’.
Members enter the Parliament with a copy of the Constitution.
This is a historic moment for not just the United States but the planet.
Can you imagine the maturity and patriotism it takes to be the most powerful person in the world and walk away from it voluntarily?
Regardless of your politics, you gotta salute Biden for this.
1 arrest (not sure if its a culprit yet). PM Modi breaks his silence after shameless muteness for months... THIS is the power of visuals. THIS is the power of news and THIS is the power most of legacy media has surrendered to power politics and sarkari ads. Remember that.
If by prosecuting Arundhati Roy under UAPA BJP trying to prove they’re back, well they’re not. And they’ll never be back the same way they were. This kind of fascism is exactly what Indians have voted against.
It's funny how the urban middle class thinks that just because they don't personally "hire" domestic workers, they are not living on the blood and sweat of the working class. The city you frequently romanticize was built by the working class.
Life update: Just started an Mphil at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at
@UniofOxford
/ My research will focus on the marginalization of workers in the waste sector. Excited and super nervous!
Upper caste scholars use Ambedkar as a proxy for clear conscience. Scholarship that genuinely cares about the margins should acknowledge his mistakes which were obv a product of his time. He accepted a shift in beliefs in his later life; law has little space for emotions.
I will be in the job market soon. I'm looking for teaching/ research jobs in India.
Since 2019, I've worked on various aspects about waste in Indian cities through a people's perspective, my current work examines waste in colonial Madras.
Please RT for good vibes. 😭 🙏🏼
Indian cities are built by the working class many of whom are migrants. The construction of classic infrastructure such as drainage pipes, bridges, roads depend on various kinds of "outsider" bodies. These sectors will not survive without the large and cheap supply of labour.
Kannadigas built this city and migrants are just here to earn their livelihood. Bengaluru is thriving for decades, soon after independence. Its not because of the migrant workforce, it’s because of the people of Karnataka, Kannada culture, environment, climate and warmth we offer
Not sure if it's still cool to do a book thread, but in 2023: I've read some super books
For eg, this gritty, funny, and ceaselessly life-affirming lesbian memoir rooted in the very material realities of being queer in India. It made me weep, but mostly it surprised me. I didn't
The government cannot announce tests and cancel them on a whim. People depend on them to set their lives. Students deserve a responsible education system not a potpourri of bureaucratic negligence.
SFI vehemently condemns the atmost irresponsibility of NTA And Ministry of education in conducting national examinations. They've being doing a mockery of the entire education system since the inception of NTA.
My master's thesis (responsible for my career & MPhil) wouldnt exist without Indian Kanoon. Apart from its practical use what is often unsaid is that it's also an archive— potent as a research subject by itself—; and frequently under a threat of vanishing. May they persist.
Today is our 16th anniversary! 🎂🎂🎂🎂
We are thankful to all our users for loads of love for last 16 years and a constant reminder that we need to keep improving!
One thing I've noticed in my almost 2 decades in this country is how many young Americans are idealistic, into activism, marching, protesting, speaking truth to power without any agenda. Just to stand for what is right.
The youth in my birth country are very pliant by default.
It's tragic how OTT sites have coralled all major sporting events like Olympics into their private enclaves. It used to be so much easier to watch something without jumping the subscription hula hoops.
Our dedicated Pure Veg Fleet will only serve orders from these pure veg restaurants. This means that a non-veg meal, or even a veg meal served by a non-veg restaurant will never go inside the green delivery box meant for our Pure Veg Fleet.
The Israeli army itself has come out and said it doesn't have confirmation about the beheading of babies but Indian journalist with zero shame and journalist ethics has gone ahead and twiddled her thumbs to come up with this morally reprehensible statement.
Babies have been killed in their bedrooms say latest reports from Israel, some beheaded . If you’re still doing an “on the other hand” on
#Hamas
, its just morally reprehensible. Yes, raise your voice for innocent civilians everywhere , but without intellectualising barbarism.
Ambedkar Jayanti friends, and a special one to my sister and newly minted brother in law. Jai Bhim to them and their love. Please send them all your good vibes and wishes. 💙❤️✊🏼
சாதியை ஒழிக்க!
I also experienced hunger for 120 hours while going from Bombay to Rajasthan 20 years ago because I refused to succumb to the family tiffin (puliogare)
#Infosys
founder
#NarayanaMurthy
recently revealed that he 'experienced hunger' for a straight 120 hours when he was hitchhiking in Europe 50 years ago.
Read more at:
The fact that Butler has to clarify that it's the system not bodies that is the problem should tell us how much transphobia has regressed the feminist movement.
“If gender is to liberate us, why can't I, as a lesbian, have a dick-free space? A space that is for women only, without penises?”
@AmandaKovattana
asks Judith Butler.
“I think you can do that in your home.”
Yes, Butler literally told lesbians to stay home & the audience cheered
reached that moment in my research where I've "stumbled" upon a twenty-year old conference proceeding that says and does the exact same thing as I hoped to do 🥲 🥹🌚🕳️
Such is life... A decade of my life going from one village to another, building lives, nurturing hope & aspirations, working on infrastructure ― roads, naali, khadanja, bypass, medical college and more.
To those who stood by me through loss and victory, I am forever grateful. To
Celebrate your victories. Vanity can be helpful. Humility when caressed by under-confidence can be narcissistic and self-destructive. To be meaningfully political don't be shy to speak about your privilege and disadvantages - you'll make mistakes, but the only way is through.
Don’t care for resolutions for the next year but would love to know your reflections over the past year.
What’s the one life lesson 2023 has taught you?
It's good to keep aiming higher, that's how one grows, but always, remind yourself where you were, and how far you've come. To others, who may not know your journey, it won't mean much, but to you— it should be the highest reward. You're doing great.
Erstwhile apolitical people reacting to things is a good thing. What are you angry about? That you saw injustice before it was a thing. People can evolve - it's how radicalisation works.
Sex workers are not your shields against rapists.
The same argument is also applied, even more frequently, to the porn industry and it's such a horrifying way to look at such a precarious occupation.
Much awaited life update 📢
After months of building in Stealth, Excited to announce that we are building Swish: 10-min food delivery app (
@justswishin
)
Many of you might be asking how did a bunch of crypto enthusiasts end up launching a food delivery app?
thread 🧵
Honoured to be invited to witness history being made today as Hon’ble PM
@narendramodi
ji takes oath to serve the nation for the third time. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event when the leader of such a large democracy gets the mandate to serve for the third time. The number ‘3’ is
My fav
@SaraNAhmed
quoting a famous Indian scholar.
(Jokes apart - so grateful to be attending this. I cannot in words describe what it's doing for my fragile and crumbling mind ❤️)
JK Rowling doesn't understand Lolita. It is not a great and tragic love story, it is terrifying book written from the POV of a peadophile, a very obviously unreliable narrator, and at no point are you meant to say "this is so romantic". She's 12, Joanne. What the FUCK, Joanne.
Congratulations, many to
#AnantAmbani
and
#RadhikaMerchant
and their families for what must have been an exhausting but utterly special week. Some images from a wedding that has literally and metaphorically been the centre of the universe this week
#AmbaniWedding
There can be genuine grief for RG Kar and valid hurt disappointment from DBA and trans people who point out "certain" victims are neglected. Public sympathy is classed and casteist. However, no need to be hopeless about change or dismiss genuine criticism. Two things can be true
@mycrotchetyluv
Crazy to me that dad being right was the takeaway from Taare Zameen Par a movie literally about how kids need attention to their particularities. Indian men...
Waiting for a delayed flight and looking back at some of the things I managed to write through a chaotic year:
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Two pieces on caste discrimination in higher-ed: