Aparna Karthikeyan
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I was born in a particular religion, in a particular community. I had no choice, no say in it It has been a life of privilege, one I don't know if I deserved.
I hope I can decide what I will die as: and this is what I want it to be -
Dog lover
Tree hugger
Story teller
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How little we value the Earth when 6 slivers of fried potato costs 5 bucks, can be eaten in 10 seconds and that packaging will live on forever...
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At least three CMs - TN, Kerala and Maharashtra - have spoken decisively asking people not to communalise the corona virus spread. Thank god for them! ♥️
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Why can't the husband serve green juice to the wife?
Why must she not have a seat on the table?
Pls do better, peeps!
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My daughter is 22.
If someone was tweeting about her appearance, passing judgements on her looks, how old she looks, I'd be SO mad and SO disappointed with human beings.
What have we become?
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I know so many loners and introverts who do NOT create apps to auction women.
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This woman farmer took the free bus ride for women, from her village to the market 20 kms away
She's saved 40 rupees in fare today 🤩
#TamilNadu
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The capacity of people in general - and men in particular - to.romanticize drudgery is just....
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And what about the mental health of crematorium workers, ambulance drivers, hospital support staff, nurses, doctors - people who care for the sick, tend to the dead?
How do we ever repay them?
💔💔💔
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I had a meal with my mother today and I did not take a photo...
My life is pointless 😱
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Amma (all my life): Aiyo I'm scared of dogs
Amma (after I adopted Puchu and Shingmo): Dogs are 💜
😁
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This evening I saw so many young women coming out a Christian school, wearing Hijabs, alongside their Hindu classmates with bindis & two plaits.
I don't think religious identities matter to the girls. It never did when I was in school/ college.
Grateful to live in
#TamilNadu
💛
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Meanwhile, my beautiful FREE dogs are laughing and laughing at this madness.
Adopt, for dogs' sake.
And show me your adopted dogs, people!
20 crores, it seems....
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Evergreen
If you impose, we will translate.
Like this:
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I'm glad I live in Tamil Nadu, where social justice + caste + privilege are everyday conversations.
Of course, a lot more needs to change.
And I hope it will...
...in my lifetime.
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Please. ALL food systems are violent. Or not. Depending on how you see it, where you stand, what you receive. Whose body does the work? Whose bank balance increases? Why is pain only measured in blood? And not sweat/ tears? Whose land is ravaged for your rice (& mine)? Pls think.
the audacity of non vegetarian people to talk about humanity
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At 21, I didn't have much of a voice. I got married quietly, did what I was told.
It took me years - decades! - to find my voice and grow a spine.
Pls let the young who have both be.
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And she will be 23 tomorrow, my heartbeat, my sunshine, the only one who told me I could be anything I wanted when I grew up and so I became a writer.
I am, because of her.
My daughter.
💜
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Fourth chemo done. Go, Granny 💛 Beat the cancer!
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My father-in-law always carried a Manjappai
And my husband has told me stories about his home town, Karur, where textile traders used to travel abroad (Hanover fair, I think?) & the yellow bag was part of their luggage
Meendum Manjappai is a super initiative 🤩
Rooting for this!
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#Chennai
HELP find these pups homes, pls. Dumped in our area this morning. Boarding them with our vet for three days. Dewormed just now. Will be vaccinated tom. 2 boys, 2 girls. So friendly. Pls spread the word 🙏🏽 Too young to survive on street, might get run over. SOS. Pls help
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How small & silly to call the necessary & radical move to make bus travel free for women in Tamil Nadu as tokenism!
When women learnt to ride bicycles in Pudukkottai dist long ago, it revolutionised their lives.
This will be equally empowering, the loveliest Mother's Day gift ❤️
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The French perfume J'Adore, from the house of Dior, smells the way it does (divine!) only because it has a hint of Madurai malli! Do read about the jasmine flower trade which is given to price & volume fluctuations & the volatility that is steep & savage.
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"Rice experienced a 33% drop in zinc & a 27% decrease in iron, while the zinc and iron content in wheat fell by 30% & 19%, respectively. Even worse, arsenic levels in rice surged by 1,493%"
Imp piece on high yielding varieties & nutrition by
@Jayati1609
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Sorry, you have to bring your own sofa if you are visiting...
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My dogs have trained my mother to give them a treat everytime they sit 😁
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Delighted to present a copy of my book to the Tamil Nadu Finance Minister
@ptrmadurai
Sir.
ஒரு மணி நேரத்துக்கு ஒன்பது ரூபாய் is the Tamil translation of my non-fiction book Nine Rupees an Hour by
@sidvigh
Thank you for your time Sir, so happy this book finds a place in your shelf
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I asked them nicely and they posed ya.
My laddus 🥰
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Absolutely!
And yet the Market might consider this unskilled work, and pay minimum wages.
The Market should try doing this...
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Sixth chemo done!
PHEW!
Doc said lymph gland is back to its normal size. For now a two week break in the chemo & it will resume after that. Hoping the blood values improve too!
Puchu & Shingmo came for moral support, & behaved like chumps at the Vet 🙈
And Gran was so brave! 💛
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Making palm jaggery - karupatti - is very labour intensive. Women toil in front of open stoves in poorly ventilated huts. Men risk life and limb climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest every week during the season.
I hope there is much improvement in their lives.
🤞🏽🙏🏽
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Akshaya is the first graduate in her family. She is also an entrepreneur, innovator & motivational speaker.
And all of 21 years old. She pays for her own education,upending agri-business hierarchies. My story on the inspiring young woman for
@PARInetwork
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Matching-matching clothes.
Nearly two decades ago....
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More breaking news like this pls....
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My 1st win. Ever. For writing.
The
@GreenLitFest
Business Honour List for Nine Rupees an Hour. Along with Oxygen Manifesto by Atulya Misra & Fossil Free by Sumant Sinha.
Delighted that a book about the everyday business of everyday people won.
The Universe is kind 💜
Grateful 🙏🏼
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"Are these normal dogs?" One man asked me this morning, on our walk.
I assured him they were, and original too.
With that, friends, I have found the best way to categorise dogs:
Normal (Indies/ streeties)
And -------- (every other kind of dog)
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I sprayed myself with Volini instead of deodorant. How is your morning going?
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Friends of Granny, she's had her second chemo today. Tablets, given at home. Pls send a prayer for her, that the side effects aren't too heavy and Gran's tumor shrinks and she's able to eat a little tonight and tomorrow?
Thanks for being there, friends ❣️
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This clever "stray dog" told* me she was hungry, and after she ate an early dinner, she explained* she had to pee, went out carefully (in the rain, to the yard) and came back quickly.
Granny 🤩🥰
Please adopt Indies. They are SO smart!
*She taught me her language in 3 months!
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Journalists I admire became people my dogs love, all in one evening.
With the fabulous
@RKRadhakrishn
@Ahmedshabbir20
@Shilpa1308
@sowmiyashok
@arunjei
💛
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Tomorrow is Gran's first chemo.
Around noon.
Pls keep the bestest girl in your prayers.
I'm just going to hold her tight.
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"In short, Tamil Nadu has elected 4 communists, 1 Muslim, 1 Christian, 3 women (all poets) and 2 Dalit intellectuals (All Fire brand candidates)"
*clapping till my hands are red*
Go, Tamil Nadu, rock on!!!
(Pls see thread by
@advaidism
for more)
In short, Tamil Nadu has elected 4 communists, 1 Muslim, 1 Christian, 3 women (all poets) and 2 Dalit intellectuals (All Fire brand candidates)
Stalin and DMK went back to Dravidian grassroot politics and went for the kill. A course correction at a frighteningly pace. Amazing
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What a great idea to have a shop selling local crafts at the railway station! I bought a Pathamadai handmade koodai (basket) at the Tirunelveli junction!
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Something nice happened. I got an award for my work on crops/ farming. Along with some amazing people: a women farmer, women agri association, the superindent of a regulated mkt, water body conservationist. Big thanks to
@UzhavanFDN
for this honour 💛🙏🏼
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My father just sent this photo of River Kaveri near Trichy
❤️❤️❤️
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Here it is: The Rani of Thoothukudi's Salt Pans, my 1st long form piece for
@PARInetwork
, from the series 'Let Them Eat Rice'. Pics & video by the FAB
@MPalani17304893
This research study is funded
@azimpremjiuniv
as part of the Research Funding Prog 2020
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Pls come with me to Ramanathapuram, Paramakudi & Mudukulathur blocks to meet chilli farmers, traders & auctioneers. I met so many women- yes, even in the market -who told me the story of milagai. Reporting for
@PARInetwork
with a grant from
@azimpremjiuniv
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With sun, salt and skilled hands, women in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, preserve fish. And their own lives.
My story from Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. Salting & sun-drying is among the oldest methods of preserving food. Meet the women Karuvadu makers!
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Mohanasundaram wants to be a Policeman
And a photographer
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Happy announcement :)
My 6th book - Looking for Laddoo - marrying 2 of my great loves: Chennai, the city that is home, & dogs (💜) will be out later in Aug.
This is my 3rd book with the wonderful
@karaditales
.
Hope you enjoy the story & Tanvi Parulkar's exquisite illustrations.
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My friend Coconut died today.
He was so unwell. Malan ji, our wonderful feeder in Mumbai, looked after him. Two other friends also helped with his bills.
He was loved, Old Man Coconut, only a 'stray' for some, for a few of us, a wise, wonderful Senior Dog.
Go well, Baby 🖤
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Puchu is SEVEN!
The goodest girl, the most dependable friend, the first one to make our house HOME.
We love you, Puchu girl 💛
PS: her bio -born in a gutter in Mumbai, had 2 awful abusive adoptions, came to us on Feb 14 2017, with heart shared spots! My best friend & soul mate ❣️
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Everybody, pls sing for Shingmo, my five year old angel 🥰
Happy birthday, puppyyyyyy
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We just finished the first chemo. Granny was so good.
Dr. Kripa, her vet, was wonderful. And so kind.
Thank you for all the good wishes for Granny.
Hoping for the best 🤞🏼
Next chemo is next Thursday.
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"The younger generation is addicted to their phones"
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Much respected, much admired, the wonderful human being, musician, thinker, writer, speaker,
@tmkrishna
.
More power, TM! Keep up the good fight!
(Old pic)
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Celebrating (just over) 8 months of Granny 🥰
She makes every morning precious!
Pls adopt Senior pups. They bring peace and joy like nobody else can!
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Someone walked upto me today in a meeting and said, 'are you Puchu's mother?' and my heart is full yaaaaa
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Pls, the next time you think of "stray dogs" and "street dogs", don't associate it with 'dirty' & 'diseased' & 'aggressive', but do pls think what *GREAT* friends & companions & 'pets' they can make?
These three have retired from their life on the street. They're our darlings ❣️
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All around Aayiramkachi:
This jackfruit tree is 200 years old & is a VIP in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu.
To stand before the tree is an honour. To walk around it, a privilege.
The 7th piece in my series Let Them Eat Rice for PARI
CC:
@azimpremjiuniv
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