Sridala Swami @sridala@mastodon.social

#Introduction #India I'm a poet and I also write books for children.

Former and intermittent film buff, former book reviewer, former everything.

I read, watch TV shows and lurk on AO3.

Will toot about my garden and anything that's likely to distract me.

I have an alt here @sridala@wandering.shop which will be more specifically #cdrama, #danmei, #mandarin and related stuff, if y'all feel like seeing that kind of stuff.

Can i subtoot tweets here or

Go to sleep before 1am challenge.

Apparently I'm dipping my toes back in here?

Hello world!

It's nearly hospital o'clock.

Remember when it was New Year day and you'd lift the landline only to hear the exchange wishing you a happy new year?

I mean, just look at that.

Texted a friend after months asking how she's doing.

She says, it's the best of times, the worst of times.

I reply, surely some revolution is at hand, just as she says, things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.

And that's how we'll leave it until the next year.

Listen: it is not the protests that have turned violent, it's the police.

The peace of this.

What can employees of the government do during protests? And employees of private enterprises compelled by the government (like Airtel, etc)? #IndiaAgainstCAA #CAAProtests

Learn from these factory workers in 70s Scotland:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nae_Pasaran

In Hyderabad, students from the HCU who were going to the #CAAProtests at the Exhibition Grounds, have been detained aren't being told where they're being taken.

In Bangalore, where #Sec144 has been imposed, they've detained people who are protesting singly or in pairs (technically this should be allowed, even under #Sec144).

They don't want any kind of protest. If you're thinking of stickers and buttons, be sure they'll come for that next.

Song for the last few days of the year. #Sec144 #CAAProtests #AlsoBowie #JustWatchNo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6c9Ejfu-iU

Today is the day. #CAAProtests