Kasturi Gandhi
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Happy birthday to my namesake and ancestor Kastur ba Gandhi 🙏🏽 My more human inheritance, who carried the immense burdens of raising the family of a “Mahatma” across continents, whilst herself being a satyagrahi for India 🕊️🤍
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There’s a beautiful lightness with which the story of
#LaalSinghChaddha
is told and shown 🤍🪶 it revisits history with grace and tenderness - qualities that unfortunately hold no currency today. You’d have to be very rotten on the inside to not see it
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Dunno why I’m appalled anymore - but the same Indian friends who were v comfortably silent during the attacks on students + activists and the pogrom against Muslims in India just months ago, have been sharing that Nike “just don’t do it” ad. I hate judging my friends but ???? 😶
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Are Indians incapable of committing themselves to anything unless it is packaged as some sort of a demigod, festival or ritual? Wtf is a tika utsav doing in a country literally running out of vaccines?! Why are people in this country okay with being patronised all the time?!
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Stopping for a few unbeatable minutes of K Rustom’s Dark Chocolate Biscuit Icecream ❤️
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“Liars are very loud in India today, but the truth does not require decibels. It resonates with strength. The only way to counter haters is to dispassionately tell the truth. It does not require fancy packaging.”
@TusharG
👏🏾
Turning the other cheek is not cowardice, writes
@TusharG
in his column for
@allindianscount
. The cowards were those hanging on to the coattails of their masters, the ones who did not bat an eyelid before submitting pleas for mercy to the crown.
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Also what kind of a society are we if young boys continue to see rape as a way to “teach a woman a lesson” or prove a point, instead of as a brutal crime that points to a rot within themselves?
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Balmy evenings, swaying coconut trees, summer breeze and sounds of life await in the terrace above, the otlo outside, the seaside commons. Such an evocative piece of art, reminding me of life outside this screen, and a time when Santacruz wasn’t a construction pit 🌖✨
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That reply to Dr. Manmohan Singh's letter is petty and enraging - yaar, people are begging for hospital beds and you're still like "haan but we did this this and this" ?!?!?! You're running a country not playing war of the words ffs! WTF is this government?!
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Can empty universities be converted for the next 21 days to provide food and board for homeless migrant workers stuck in cities because they cannot go back home?!
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Why did so many affluent people have to wait for a publicised “fund” to donate when we’ve known for days anyway that hospitals all over are in need of more tools/kits/protective gear. Why not donate to these hospitals and small health clinics directly?
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90 years meaningfully lived and worlds transformed. Happy birthday Jane Goodall, how badly I want to be you, with your “notebook, binoculars and indomitable spirit” 🤍
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Hello Twitter, please help me find teachers who taught Environmental Education (EE) in India in the late 80s/early 90s. I'd love to speak with them for my ongoing research on EE curricula. Thank you kindly, and please share!
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“We could have easily converted the marriage halls, schools and colleges and community centres that were shut down into shelter homes for migrants and homeless. We declared star hotels into quarantine centres for people returning from abroad.”
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About 35% Indians can claim to be vegetarian. This may be higher than anywhere else in the world, but should in no way allow anyone moral superiority, as the notion of “pure” in vegetarianism comes from caste prejudice.
India has the largest percentage of vegetarians in the world, and one of the most important feedback we’ve gotten from them is that they are very particular about how their food is cooked, and how their food is handled.
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Signed off work at 5:30 PM, walked my 10k steps by the sea, quick dinner, and rushed for the late night
#MAMI
screening of
#WhileWeWatched
- barely making it into the houseful theatre and resigning myself to the only available seat bang in the middle of the first row. My reward⬇️
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What a gift this Baobab was. Saw it every time I walked home from the station - an inconspicuous treasure at the most unsightly of intersections. Few people knew of it, a being that had been here before these neighborhoods existed, holding god knows how many gallons of water+
300 year old Baobab at SV Rd, Santacruz W, has been cut for devil-opment.
RIP Gentle Giant
RIP common sense
RIP Mumbai's environment
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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What a country it would be if real creeps like routine molesters were banned from modes and spaces of transport. Countless accounts of them lurking in such spaces, abusing women and men/violating their spaces, and authorities refusing to take action.
#IndigoSuspendsKamra
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So tired of the continual narrative that *only one* leader can rescue the Indian Constitution. History shows that making gods out of humans only ends in disappointment. Democracy is kept alive + thriving when *everyone* unequivocally shares in its responsibilities
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#BharatJodaYatra
is the movement of our time - yet many righteous folk refuse to endorse it. Why? Few movements are perfect - but to be so proud that you can’t applaud the effort? There are no woke points to be lost in amplifying it, but much at stake if you choose not to 🇮🇳
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Have all the yoga days you want but how will pranayam work if you keep chopping so many trees every year for your yoga camps
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A couple in the building across from ours passed away due to Covid - aunty a few days ago at a Covid facility, and uncle yesterday in the ICU of a super specialty hospital - unbeknownst to each other and days apart. My father wrote a beautiful tribute to both, recalling
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Conducted me 1st ever student survey (remotely) today since starting my research last year. Ain't much but felt honest joy speaking to someone not me about my work + hearing responses over n above what was asked of 'em❤️lockdown research is lonely but this felt like smol party🎉
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My namesake 🌼 do tune in. Also sharing a small piece I wrote in 2019 to pay tribute to her 📝
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Made 6 tarts this past month, 5 chocolate and 1 lemon. Birthdays, farewell, and get well soon treats each one. Now to do it more and with more chill 👩🏻🍳🧁
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Only in India will you get in trouble for stopping at a red light. Got mansplained by two uncles at SV road Bandra “no one follows this signal, just go just go”
Why thank you for pointing that out but maybe that’s exactly why there’s a traffic jam here every single evening???🤯
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Please don't bring the desecration of MKG statues into this. That is the consequence of imposing him on populations that don't idolise him. If his vilification bothers you, look no further than India's reverence of Godse + the criminalisation of Truthforce at home
#FarmersProtest
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Such an honour to have had co-authored and launched this very special report about non-profit contribution to India’s story since 1947, and better yet to have done it at
#JLF2023
I am pleased to be speaking at the
#JaipurLiteratureFestival2023
today, on the Million Missions Report, launched in the 75th year of India's Independence which measures the contribution of the Indian nonprofit sector.
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Distressing to see tons of fish catch dumped into sea because ice factories aren’t functional. As a public policy student I really wonder why people in coastal governance haven’t been diligent enough to think of *basic* ancillary activities that these essential sectors extend to
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Sat for an hour + refreshed Cowin every 10 seconds and STILL was unable to secure an appointment. I was super quick but truly - how do you win against bots?! It took <10 seconds for all 500+ slots at three centres to get booked. Huge FO to those using bots, y'all are scum.
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"We are not rich by *too much democracy* but by what we can do without"
- Kant, 2020💰
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Possibly one of the sweetest intros to a movie, visually and musically. What life fresh out of school and just around the corner from Marine Drive felt like sometimes :) 13 years of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and walking into the Xavier's 1st quad for the 1st time
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There is no start or end to my
#SRKStory
. Every new car’s first drive was from the showroom - Natural’s - Mt Mary, Mannat, Bandstand, Carter Road - home. All visiting family (esp my nani) when asked where do you want to go would instantly answer “SRK nu ghar jova” 🌟
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Those calling for violence against peaceful protesters are and always have been the true anti-nationals, and should be monitored and checked before they unleash more hell
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If I were separated from an animal that had wandered into my home and made me its friend for life I don't think I could bear it😔sad how environmental laws are so harsh on a "crime" that isn't a crime at all... and how many times we've conveniently looked the other way
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There is a living, hopeful, and fearless India outside of Twitter rhetoric that dares to put their money where their mouth is.
📹from the Srinagar chapter of
#BharatJodoYatra
minutes before RG arrived. He is beloved and worthy of our solidarity in action
#RahulGandhi
🤍🇮🇳
मैं भारत की आवाज़ के लिए लड़ रहा हूं।
मैं हर कीमत चुकाने को तैयार हूं।
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“Here was a woman witnessing history being made…and participating in it, too. It tells of her two imprisonments that year, not because she was Bapu’s spouse but because she was offering satyagraha herself.”
At a bookshelf near you soon!
@TusharG
👏🏾❤️
We are proud to announce
#TheLostDiaryOfKasturMyBa
, the only diary written by Kasturba Gandhi, which presents her as her own person, a woman of substance. Discovered by her great-grandson,
@TusharG
, this book should be read by all. Read more:
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My lawyer brother
@VivanGandhi
doing incredible work ❤️ cannot imagine the cruelty of such separation, but glad for the perseverance of the great folks at Kalayaan!
Today is a BIG day for Kalayaan staff and volunteers past + present. THREAD (1) Our client is today after 10 yrs reuniting with her children at Heathrow airport. She sought work abroad as a
#migrantdomesticworker
to provide for their education, a home, their safety & future
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Our geography and our infrastructure trajectories are completely at odds, and the grave human costs they bring seem to be far beyond the comprehension of our governments/policymakers
#Heatwave
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On account of our fridge overflowing with last week’s food, tonight’s dinner was leftovers and I ate: litti chokha (1), paav bhaaji (2), fried rice, and rasam vada (1); there were 3 dabelis too which fam finished. Too much democracy in my tummy 🙏🏽😅
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Flowers and purring cattos by feet are ✨✨✨ 🐾 from the universe
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Hope this is as big for India as it seems
#ThankYouRihanna
💎 u a real one
#FarmersProtest
#FarmBills2020
✊🏾
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Post an image of yourself as the leader of an underground organization without downloading new pics.
#conspawracy
🧐
Post an image of yourself as the leader of an underground organization without downloading new pics.
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“You can't delete Gandhi's truth.” 🕊️
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Bombay💗
Once upon a time in Mumbai (Bombay)
Did you know back then trams were also run by BEST?
Also let us know in the comments section which is the famous area you can spot in the video. 😋
#Bombay
#Mumbai
#Retro
#BEST
#Maharastra
#Indian
#India
#LocalSamosa
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Facilitated two important gatherings for Dasra Philanthropy Week ’24; a roundtable with the India Animal Fund on intersections between animal welfare and human + ecological wellbeing in the Indian context, and “Frontier to Forefront” a panel discussion on challenges and
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So many gender issues in the Indian film industry to rally against but not one Indian celebrity at Cannes a part of this
“Women Rally on Cannes Red Carpet to Highlight Gender” Inequality
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Peak elitism - pandering to western movements, sharing exclusively English advocacy content created by Nike, not realising how idiotic one looks displaying objection to racism on foreign soil but none against the majoritarian caste/communal violence in one’s literal home
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Heart breaks every day for all those this cruel ideology of the BJP has gone after. Volunteers, students, minorities - all devoted in thought and practice to the idea of a better India💔
Shots fired at AAP MLA
@MLA_NareshYadav
and the volunteers accompanying him while they were on way back from temple.
At least one volunteer has passed away due to bullet wounds. Another is injured.
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I literally watched Swades before my Rural Policy paper to calm my nerves. Through the past weeks I was reminded how cherished he is and felt bad for having asked more of him politically. He deserves to be celebrated even in his apparent silence. Happy Birthday
@iamsrk
❤️
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For
#WorldWetlandsDay2021
- my photos of the
#Panje
wetlands, feeding grounds of migratory flamingoes, nesting place of countless species, fishing grounds aka Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone by our ministries
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I hope all Covid ground volunteers are getting vaccinated. The prominent and not-prominent included. I pray for you everyday and hope someone is taking care of you too, each one 🙏🏾
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“If we think we’ll read about this in future history books, we have to ask ourselves what we would want history to say about us at this moment.
“Were we active or passive in the face of injustice?”
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Bless this man, bless this cause🕊️🤍
#BharatJodoYatra
P.S.: gonna tell my kids this was the desi remake of Forrest Gump🩰
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There’s so much we need to listen to and read in order to understand our failures and be better as a nation. May our protests be conscious of all these wounds
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The dissonance of listening to the Taal, Saathiya, Rang de Basanti, Highway and Tamasha YouTube jukeboxes back to back while writing about politicised environments as it rains outside on a December night in Bombay is not lost on me 🙇🏾♀️
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The year 2004 saw the release of a film that many feel is the best role portrayed by
@iamsrk
- Swades.
After the highly successful Lagaan,
@AshGowariker
took on this project, about a brilliant NRI engineer wondering if he can make a difference back home.
A Thread🧵
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What the kid said - printed on a tshirt to wear around the house. To explain myself. Sometimes. All the time. 😔
An important message from my 8 year old about schooling from home.
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Two beloved books written about her, 1 by my grandparents Sunanda and Arun Gandhi with Carol Lynn Yellin and 2 by my father
@TusharG
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Favourite pants, please infuse some life into my writing 💻 ✨🐘🦌🐄✨
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Just finished Amr Salama’s “Paranormal” - a series based on the novels of Ahmed Khaled Tawfik. Beautiful cinematography and dialogues too, I’m sure; wish I understood Arabic. Loved it (mostly), especially the genius Dr. Refaat Ismail’s Laws
#paranormalnetflix
@amrmsalama
👏🏾
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Hi
@British_Airways
you lost my suitcase for 19 days and left me without my essentials in a very cold country, and now your baggage compensation form refuses to accept my zipcode. Should India change its zipcode format for you to consider it valid? Been on this page for hours!
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A moment of respite and discovering we have paws and tails 🌸
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Have been driving mum to the bank everyday where she works and see public buses are plying so that essential services workers can still get to work. In the same breath we turn our backs on those that have been just as (if not more) essential to our grand cities?
This is tragic.
Unprecedented back migration to village. No transport, just on foot. Govts need to wake up to the dimension of this human suffering.
I drove about three km from Delhi Gate, NH24. It’s an unending stream, in light drizzling rain.
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Years go by, seasons change, and I’m back here in this very spot, a home I love - so quiet without my grandfather and his music ❤️🩹
Beautiful beautiful Rochester (upstate New York) and grandpapa’s beautiful beautiful music routine
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Surreal! It’s been my greatest wish to see orca pods in the wild, but never thought they’d swim this close to home. Strange things the climate is doing, and I hope all’s okay in the orca world 🌊🤔
🎥 Mario Dsouza 🎣
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Can’t imagine how it will be for places where
#CycloneTauktae
will make landfall - two ancient trees outside my home collapsed minutes ago, luckily no one is hurt as yet. The big old Banyan tree fell on a short row of houses behind ours but they’re intact. A tree big enough to be
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Acknowledging that hate statements might have lost BJP an election, but not acknowledging the damage the same hate has done for decades to this country - so shallow, so depraved
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The upbringing and social schooling of men in this country needs as much attention as the beti padhao/bachaos, because there is something gravely wrong if they feel emboldened to violate another human - whether she be at home, school, in a bus, cradle or wheelchair
#Mandsaur
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104.8 is doing a 20 min non-stop Gulzar special this morning so here I am, parked car - maybe get out after this song but hoping they’ll surprise with an even better one next 🥰
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Never mind I caved + read TikTok recommended fantasy📖
#ACourtOfThornsAndRoses
, but I’m curious about the American author’s choice to use “Bharat”, instead of India. Can’t fathom that even in imagined kingdoms, westerners could pronounce and deftly use “Bharat” in conversation🤔
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The most endearing characters and their important stories
#EebAllayOoo
is on YouTube for half a day more, you don’t want to miss it. Was extra fun to see my classmate make an appearance in the movie, saw him on screen for longer than I’ve seen him in college all year😂
@singha32
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I’m gujju. Travelling light, not arriving 15269273 hours too early for my flight, and not snacking on unnecessary n yummy homemade banana chips was never an option
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I have in mind specific anchors this v good floof should go after
#TheHeroWeNeed
Here’s a video of a dog stealing a microphone during a live shot.
You’re welcome.
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Made this poster one night by cutting up a New Yorker piece on the great Miyazaki - just as a placeholder by the mirror till I found real art. Every morning as I start my day, this poster nudges me to be brave and creative like a Ghibli character 💛
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If environment well being means anything to you, you will not allow this city's sanctuaries to be wiped out by builders
@Dev_Fadnavis
here's a reminder of your love for nature:
#SaveMNP
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Just imagine the toll on vulnerable groups w respiratory problems, and little children, traffic police, street vendors, auto/taxi drivers...central suburbs are even worse. Action please
@AUThackeray
#SaafShwaas24Taas
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