calamur @Calamur@mastodon.social

i write on the game of Political Chess played out in Maharashtra, and look at the winner and losers.
https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/maharashtra-political-chess-winners-losers-and-lessons-4770681.htm

#introduction : I am a media professional who has worked across formats - print, TV, digital; and genres - Education, Entertainment and News.
I work in #scicomm - and i completely enjoy what i do.
I also write on technology, society, culture, and politics.
I am putty in the paws of my Dog(ess) - Cookie
Live in #mumbai #india

#introduction : I am a media professional who has worked across formats - print, TV, digital; and genres - Education, Entertainment and News.
I work in #scicomm - and i completely enjoy what i do.
I also write on technology, society, culture, and politics.
I am putty in the hands of my Dog(ess).
Live in #mumbai #india

Freedom=Treason ?
Chanting azadi act of treason, will take strict action, warns UP CM Yogi Adityanath

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chanting-azadi-act-of-treason-will-take-strict-action-warns-adityanath/

The Government has lost the plot -- i write on the student protests

https://www.cnbctv18.com/views/student-protests-why-the-government-has-lost-the-plot-5020951.htm

Deepaka Padukone - a hero

Can a General break Service Rules?
https://t.co/N0x0TSVycI?amp=1

tell me who funds your electoral bonds, and i will show you some of my papers #FairIsFair :)#NRC

The link between NPR and NRC
Annual Report - MHA

https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AnnualReport_English_01102019.pdf

and this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nCshJBODT4

The songs of #GullyBoy - so apt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPGmwRNkffc

it strikes me that students in HK have a lesser chance of being attacked for protesting, than students in India.
China seems better at dealing with dissent than India.
#CABProtests
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/citizenship-act-protests-live-updates-delhi-jamia-students-6168388/

No Jobs + galloping inflation = recipe for disaster

What is striking is how quickly it has risen — from just 2.99% in August to 5.11% in September, 7.89% in October to 10.01 % last month.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/food-inflation-in-double-digits-after-six-years-6164424/

the trouble with letting some genies out of the bottle, is the difficulty in putting them back again. #cab
https://www.news18.com/news/india/citizenship-bill-protests-assam-tripura-indian-army-2420143.html

if you think your life has no purpose, you are probably too young :)
Interviews with 1,042 people aged 21 to more than 100 years old reveal that people tend to feel like their lives have meaning at around age 60. #science
https://www.inverse.com/article/61586-what-age-will-you-find-meaning

I believe that offering refuge to the poor, dispossessed, and persecuted is a civilizational characteristic of Bharat.
We have done this for eons.
we shouldn't prevent people fleeing to safety to India, on the basis of religion

what bet that these men - look at their surnames to understand their privilege -- will get away with it?

"Harishankar Trivedi, Ram Kishore Trivedi, Umesh Bajpai, Shivam Trivedi and Shubham Trivedi"

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/unnao-rape-victim-set-ablaze-dead-cardiac-arrest-delhi-hospital-6154640/

i shouldn't feel happy. i should scream about the rule of law being flouted.
but after seeing Jyothi Singh's rapists and murderers still alive, i can't but help wondering, if this way is not so bad.

All four accused in Hyderabad vet rape and murder case shot dead

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/four-accused-in-hyderabad-vet-rape-and-murder-case-shot-dead/article30202752.ece?homepage=true