This broke me. I'm sobbing uncontrollably right now.

“Of all the dead authors in the world, Terry Pratchett is the most alive”

The level of inequality in today’s world is unconscionable. I’m convinced that a time will come when people, looking back at today’s world, will be shocked that we tolerated this kind of inequality, the same way that we are shocked that our ancestors tolerated slavery & serfdom.

आप तो पचास साठ साल की बात करते हैं। केंचुए ने अपने लाखों सालों के अनुभव से कुल यही सीखा है कि रीढ़ की हड्डी नहीं होनी चाहिए :) ~ हरिशंकर परसाई

Some tech advice for activists & journalists in India: 1. Do not use biometrics to unlock your phone/laptop. Use a strong passphrase. 2. Use full-disk encryption to encrypt the data on your device. 3. Know that you are under no obligation to share your passphrases w/ the police

If you're an accused, then you have a *constitutional right against self-incrimination* under Art. 20(3). You cannot legally be required to reveal any potentially incriminating info to the police. This isn't being "above the law", it *is the law*. (This is also a right u/ IHRL.)

After a day long interrogation by Delhi special cell, I am back home. Each and every question posed will be answered. Nothing to fear . And I will keep questioning people in power and particularly those who are afraid of simple questions . Not backing down at any cost .

Not to nitpick how people feel about @theliverdr's responses, let me say this from personal experience. When you see something that kills your patients, not for their ignorance or mistakes, but because of pseudoscience, it eats you from within. He is a doctor, someone who 1/n

175 dead. 1108 injured. 5172 cases of arson 5668 arms looted 4786 houses reduced to ashes 254 Churches and 132 Temples attacked 96 unclaimed bodies 32 people missing. The destruction of Manipur in numbers. How has the chief minister not resigned yet?

Apoorva (@BilingualWindow) and I are excited to share https://t.co/rrEcnhAIUg -a database that locates the literary landscape of India and South Asia. This website is for those who are interested in using fiction to teach and learn about the urban - cities, towns, and beyond.

What list was Gauri Lankesh on?

This statistic has not left my mind since I first read it. Two thirds of Indians are scared of voicing their political, social and religious online for fear of legal prosecution. This is not the statistic. Read on. People in states with the highest fear of legal prosecution

Indian democracy is in serious ill-health. IMO this is not a sudden illness, but demands longue durée critical analysis that goes back to 1947, or even further. On Independence Day, here are some of the best article/books that do exactly that 🧵

the dissonance, and the burden of politeness.

A thread on the generic vs patented medicines debate for those not from a medical background. Hence I am simplifying some concepts. Experts please excuse. Here we go! Medicines are generally discovered/invented by Pharma companies. The company which first discovers/invents...+

Indian-made cold syrup sent to Iraq contains poison - Indian drugs used to save lives in many parts of the world, but now for the fifth time in a year that testing found an Indian drug to contain toxic chemicals.

We say that we like artists to be radical, unless they’re actually radical, in which case we shun them and wait till after they’re gone to praise them for being radical. #SineadOConnor

Tell me you don't understand Privilege despite phoren education without telling me you don't understand Privilege. It's a common starting point for those with privilege. Thinking admitting privilege negates ones hard work or skills. To be there this late in life is willful.

I recently came across a beautiful Buddhist teaching: The Two Arrows. The Buddha once asked his student, "If a person is struck by an arrow, is it painful?" The student nodded, yes. The Buddha then asked, "If a person is struck by a second arrow, is that even more painful?"