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4 months
Very happy to see two of my articles (w/ M Karpagam) cited in the UN ESCAP’s 2023 Case Study on India:
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Now reading.
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Guess who the newly minted International Human Rights Rockstar is! @Columbia got lucky to bag @muskanmt13 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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25th Birthday something something
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Going to rewatch this multiple times! #RockyAurRaniKiiPremKahaani
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2 years
Rigorous research that informs public discourse and state policy is a public good. Very well. But that is only true in a democracy. The increasing attacks on @CPR_India are a reflection of India’s turn to a plutocracy. Read:
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Looking forward to speaking with folks Progressive Students Association, JNU. @jaffrelotc @_YogendraYadav @kalaijnu
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@imkosha @NawabOfPakistan Ya that’s because employers in both countries are equally inhuman and entitled.
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The only response to the majority's claim that 50% rule doesn't apply to EWS: Saada quota quota, tuhada quota tommy
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1 year
@YashicaDutt @ghaywan It is just shocking that this was done, and done so brazenly. It was immediately clear that it was your story that was portrayed. This should definitely be illegal.
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‘It resembles a gender sexuality 101 course from the kind of college where young elites pay lakhs to learn how to say “that’s problematic” before they leave for “grad school” from where they return with that American-global accent,’ which would make them ideal for casting in MiH.
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Paromita Vohra
1 year
Those accents, that idea of politics as a syllabus, the quest for invulnerability - #MadeInHeavenS2 promised decadence, gave #BoreMatKarYaar bhashan-what's the deal with this kind of content? Today's #ParonormalActivity
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1 year
❤️💙❤️💙 just incredible - sometimes words do magic and I think the last line here just did that! @karunanundy @muskanmt13
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Bar and Bench
1 year
Karuna Nundy arguing before Supreme Court on the #SameSexMarriage case: "2011 census there are 4.8 million Trans people in the country.. This is a huge underestimate.. many of them are in this Court..." @karunanundy #SupremeCourtofIndia #SupremeCourt
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2 years
Casemine founder deserves a Noble prize! It makes life so easy.
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1 year
Precisely how the @CPR_India synergy works (& would sustain smh): Alum @NishantTISS records a data trend, and senior fellows analyse the trend to propose actionable and rational solutions that could make the services resilient. 👏👏
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Rahul Verma
1 year
English-speaking engineering graduate from small towns is the new face of IAS, @AiyarYamini & @K_Rahul_Sharma make a strong case for re-orienting the training progs. See this excellent analysis on the changing profile of Civil Services by @NishantTISS -
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1 year
Proper monsoons
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2 months
In today’s @htTweets op-Ed section with the fantastic @Rahul400
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1 year
I either spend a sleepless night before my 7:20 train or miss it. There is no middle ground for me :(
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1 year
Goddess @Srishtijain014 is a Research Associate @CPR_India now! Congratulations - onward and upwards!!
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2 years
As Indian Supreme Court goes for live transcripts, here's what a close of court transcripts can produce:
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2 years
Stop lying after getting my farewell treat, Abi.
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@abinaya_sekar94
Dr. Abinaya Sekar
2 years
@prannv99 says “We might be mad but at least we are not sad” - So deep!
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2 years
Fawad Khan’s Maula Jatt is releasing in Pb and Delhi on the Dec 30th, and I could not be happier!
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2 years
#Dehli ❤️
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“Ambedkar was a complex thinker and accounts that talk of ‘Ambedkar’s thought’ as a unified whole miss the...”
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1 year
taking back these and lot more precious, intangibles from Namma Bengaluru!
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@bookworm_Kris @ARanganathan72 @jsaideepak @BluOneInk Very disappointed. It is one thing to platform this and quite another to welcome its publication.
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2 years
At long last.
@Jairam_Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh
2 years
4. The statue of Manu at the Rajasthan High Court is completely out of place in a country that’s anchored in Ambedkar’s Constitution. . @RahulGandhi will now attend @bharatjodo concert featuring Sunidhi Chauhan Overall, a very hectic & productive day marking #100DaysOfYatra 3/3
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1 year
Best thing I've read in months:
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2 years
From the Ken newsletter: ‘Pathaan doesn’t have a brilliant story or any nuance, but it has joy, love, and charm. It reminds you what the joy of watching a Bollywood movie used to be.‘
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1 year
@timesofindia @thewire_in Why was it not retained online anyway? Why did it require Mr Mehta’s intervention?
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2 years
Missing Lahore today.
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2 years
Since @_sabahgurmat is paying me more than my usual charges, I would like to ask all five of you seeing this tweet to read her piece.
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1 year
Watched a punjabi indie film at the Habitat Film Festival - a spectacularly naked portrayal of the Punjabi hinterland and crisis of injured masculinity. With the perpetually absent @_sabahgurmat
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1 year
'The court needs to spend its limited political capital wisely, defending not only LGBTQI persons but also religious minorities, political opposition, ideological dissidents, and other groups facing the wrath of the ruling dispensation.'
@tarunkhaitan
Tarun Khaitan
1 year
With @Rahul400 & Aishwarya Singh , I chart a feasible path forward the SC could adopt (wrt Special Marriage Act) to incrementally guarantee equal access to marriage in India, while managing the likelihood of manufactured backlash:
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2 years
We need universal access now!
@Rahul400
Rahul Bajaj
2 years
Today, I went to Fitso’s swimming pool in sector two, RK Puram, Delhi.They flatly refused to let me access the pool,as a blind person.They said that they will not allow my helper to guide me. Nor will they provide anyone from their team to guide me. They will refund my money.
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9 months
The most efficient Indian solution to any genuine grievance like horribly delayed flight is free coffee and idli sambar. So effective - now the mob stands in a straight line at the food corner.
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2 years
H/t for expressing your vulnerability and lending your voice to the cause of universal public access.
@ShashiTharoor
Shashi Tharoor
2 years
When you need to enter Parliament in a wheelchair, there’s only one entrance with a ramp, at door 9, a good four minute trip (with the assistance of helpers) to the Lok Sabha. This temporary disability has taught me how poorly equipped we are to support people with disabilities
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@CPR_India The heavy handed attacks will and should not sully the stellar record of non-partisan public service that @CPR_India has rendered for decades. Personally speaking - I would not let my experience at CPR be defined by the IT Raids or these inane conspiracies.
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8 months
Kind people of Delhi, I am looking to rent a spacious and furnished 2 BHK in Lajpat, East of Kailash, GK, Jangpura, Jangpura Extn or Ashram. Please text with any leads 🙏🏿 @DelhiNCRRoomi
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1 year
@_pallavighosh Some views are unpopular for very good reasons.
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1 year
ನಮ್ಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು signifies everything that is magnificent and magnetic about our land. Its tremendous material progress is rooted in an inclusive cultural ethos. I feel blessed to be in the city’s embrace!
@bookworm_Kris
Bookworm Bookstore, Blr
1 year
To celebrate the return of the classic "Bangalore Through The Centuries" by Fazlul Hasan (enlarged & edited by @nnarasimhan ), we are doing a giveaway of 3 copies! To enter the lucky draw, just reply/QT to this tweet saying why you love ನಮ್ಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು by noon tomorrow. India only.
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2 years
‘I’ll make a crucial difference within the humanities and social sciences, because the social sciences necessarily teach you to see society as a laundry list of problems. I have a big problem with that.’
@lawpolicyreview
Law School Policy Review & Kautilya Society
2 years
In this episode of Arbitrary, Niveditha K Prasad (Deputy Managing Editor, LSPR) sits down with Prof Atreyee Majumder of NLSIU ( @twitatreyee ) to discuss the Indian University as a site of decolonization
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Leave everything else and go read @muskanmt13 stellar piece about trans inclusion:
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muski 🌈
1 year
Hi! I've argued that the law can include transgender persons using interpretation provisions like the General Clauses Act. Additionally, for extension of special provisions u. art. 15 for women to transgender persons and for legislation to address their unique disadvantages.
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2 years
Big fan of @AkshayMarathe 's resilience! Congratulations Akshay :)
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2 years
Huge congrats to this stellar fellow! May you reach ever greater heights. Sad seeing people pulling him down. Having studied law with him, can only attest to his brilliance. But if he were bogged down by any of this, he’d have left all of it a long time ago! All strength to you!
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Not surprised at all
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'It is hard to escape the impression that the court advocates one set of stringent conditions for reservation for ‘them’ but is happy to adopt an entirely different yardstick for reservation for ‘people like us’.'
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The only response to the majority's claim that 50% rule doesn't apply to EWS: Saada quota quota, tuhada quota tommy
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2 years
If you are looking for a super organised and cooperative flatmate, reach out!
@RatraVastav
Vastav Ratra
2 years
Looking for flat/flatmates in Delhi Hi! I'll be moving to Delhi in a couple of weeks. If anyone's looking for a roommate in an existing accommodation or is also moving to Delhi soon, please DM! All leads appreciated...
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1 year
Looking for a room in an occupied shared 2/3BHK in Mumbai - close to Bandra East or BKC, for my sister. Please DM with any leads.
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@prannv99
Prannv Dhawan
6 months
This is an excellent resource.
@spdesouza
Siddharth deSouza
6 months
Our new project looks at how we encounter the law in the various spaces we occupy- at the traffic signal, on product packaging, during elections. It aims build legal literacy in India through interactive storytelling, games and workshops. Soon in Hindi, Kannada and Marathi
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Deep, dark and deceptive. 😂😂
@AnuragKunduAK
Anurag Kundu
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TDP or JD(U) should claim Speaker post, and then collude with some BJP leader to split the party. Recognise the split as real BJP and disqualify all else.
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Planning a trip to Bangalore is more intense than preparing for a pilgrimage. 🙈🙈
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1 year
That I find this VERY funny is proof that I must (try to) litigate.
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Soutik Banerjee
1 year
@Luthra_Sidharth This joke has circulated 226 times now, 32 times more than necessary.
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Prannv Dhawan
1 year
This piece by @muskanmt13 is both educative and actionable. Do read!
@gautambhatia88
Gautam Bhatia
1 year
New blog post: Trans-parenthood and the law – lessons from abroad [A guest post by @muskanmt13 .]
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My friends are looking for a chill flatmate to move in to a pre-occupied 3 BHK in C Block, South Ex - II. The rent for the room is 23k/month. It's the master bedroom and comes with built in woodwork for storage, a bed, an attached washroom and a balcony. DM me for more details.
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Prannv Dhawan
2 years
Very exciting - looking forward to reading this along with @scottrstroud 's forthcoming book!
@SantoshDass1048
Santosh Dass
2 years
Coming in October 2022 'Ambedkar in London' @HurstPublishers Edited by @willgupshup @SantoshDass1048 @jaffrelotc
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4 months
This is extremely worrying irrespective of the final outcome. One vote ignored at one seat is a a vote too many.
@AgaAniket
Aniket Aga
4 months
In every constituency that I (randomly) checked, there is a difference between total votes cast on #EVMs and total votes counted, sometimes to the tune of thousands. Highlighting just a few cases below. Why should there be any difference? 1/n
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Way to go for incremental law reform towards realising genuinely equal protection of laws for LGBT citizens. Thanks so much @manuraj1983 sir.
@manuraj1983
Manuraj S
2 years
Kudos to Tamil Nadu State Medical Council for notifying so-called Conversion Therapy of LGBTQ+ persons as 'professional misconduct'. This is the first but significant step towards eradicating conversion practices which are performed by medical professionals. 1/n
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It would forever represent the atmosphere of fellowship, erudition and compassion that the people at CPR have created. I am sure others elect to prioritise CPR’s record over the inane media frenzy.
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'..they gate-keep entry into jobs and valuable networks; many take their role as gatekeepers rather literally by presiding over the ad hoc closure of our colony or apartment gates.' @BShrayana delivers an year-end blockbuster with this one:
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Prannv Dhawan
10 months
It is truly a delight to listen to.
@LiveLawIndia
Live Law
10 months
CJI DY Chandrachud compliments the podcast of former CJI, Justice MN Venkatachaliah in #SupremeCourt CJI Chandrachud (to a counsel): Have you heard the podcast of Justice Venkatachaliah? It is brilliant! You should ask for link and watch. #SupremeCourt #SupremeCourtOfIndia
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I learned a lot from @_ADeshpande 's review. <> This line is a stunner: 'Despite the various unanimous Parliament bills and strong judgments, reservations are strongly contested by powerful elites, who have no qualms about embracing hereditary privilege/'
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2 years
I am as mask-averse as it gets, but I am sitting with an N95 indoors. This is horrible.
@anishgawande
Anish Gawande • अनीश गवांदे
2 years
AQI in Central Delhi is currently 600. It should ideally be below 100. Above 500, most agencies stop counting because "maximum damage is done so there is no point going beyond that." What is going on?!
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the question of our times..
@PalshikarSuhas
suhas palshikar
11 months
Public mobilization not possible as public opinion is dominated by majoritarian sensibilities. Does this mean, moments come when democracies present dead ends for countermajoritarian ideas?
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@neeednewname Narate and Ashtami in Punjabi.
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Prannv Dhawan
1 year
Just heartbreaking to see the same story playing out over and over again.
@_sabahgurmat
Sabah
1 year
In Dec 2021, reported on UP’s draconian crackdown on interfaith marriages. In Mau, an entire Muslim family of a man was randomly jailed on the complaint of the Hindu family of adult woman who’d *chosen* to elope. Sitapur’s murders didn’t emerge in a vacuum
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Prannv Dhawan
2 years
Watch out as @_sabahgurmat churns out the most significant stories this year - and congratulate me as she has given me a permanent hike 😂
@_sabahgurmat
Sabah
2 years
Glad to announce that I’m a @IWMF Howard Buffett grantee for women journalists. In the coming months, I hope to use this grant opportunity to report on the decline of industries & livelihoods which once saw a strong presence of Indian Muslims. More here:
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Comments and inputs are most welcome!
@MissionAccess_
Mission Accessibility
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If you do have any inputs. write to us at missionaccessibility @gmail .com. Your insights matter! @Rahul400 @amarjain2006 @turab_hvc @tanishkgoyal21 @prannv99
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Prannv Dhawan
2 years
Coolest senior counsel profile on the bird app.
@Luthra_Sidharth
Sidharth Luthra
2 years
@ishkarnBHANDARI Education is vital. Self control on Population growth will follow. Please read up about sterilization during emergency and don't propound such ideas without reading the consequences of such acts.
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Just wanted to come here and call out @_sabahgurmat for irreversibly damaging Marxist praxis by not sending me my hard earned share of tunday kebabs. #sabyaadrakhajaega #ditcher #naklicomrade
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1 year
“India belongs to Muslims too. India is for everyone,” he said. “It’s good when we live together. We have to co-exist.” Excellent story @Article14live
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Prannv Dhawan
11 months
Possibly the only silver lining today.
@jaynakothari
Jayna Kothari
11 months
Justice Kaul stated emphatically that we need an anti-discrimination law to address intersectionality and discrimination by private sector - amazing news for pushing an Equality law - @CLPRtrust has drafted the Equality Bill!
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Prannv Dhawan
10 months
I am a bit sad how all the episodes are so PC and pseudo -therapy but I get why it is that way…
@narayani_basu
Narayani Basu
10 months
This Kareena-Alia episode on Koffee with Karan is some Bollywood version of kindergarten mummies chatting outside school 😭
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Prannv Dhawan
2 years
Congratulations @NatashaMaheshw3 I hope @muskanmt13 indicts me into the cult that she has founded to worship your brilliance.
@nmaheshwari__
Natasha Maheshwari
2 years
So so proud of this report! We’ve filed a gazillion RTIs, visited almost all the ACP offices in Delhi ( @madhavagg16 even went to the one in Najafgarh :P), spent a dozen sleepless nights. The findings, if I may say so myself, are startling! Please read/share❤️
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@mihirxr and political struggle. Balagopal rightly said that rights are the fruits of struggle..
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Prannv Dhawan
2 years
Great work!
@Beard_Pakoda
V Ashish
2 years
After 4 years of being in Law School, facing multiple occasions of mine and others' disability not even being recognized in lieu of "equal treatment" by the college, it feels ecstatic to finally have an official logo for the NLS Diversable Alliance/Disability Support Group!
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1 year
Watched Kohrra on Netflix - perhaps the best series I have watched in very long time. Don’t get misled by the crime thriller - it is just the percussive background to the pasoori that ‘family’ creates in our lives and our loves. 1/2
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Prannv Dhawan
2 years
Selective empathy is the word.
@AnupriyaDh_19
Anupriya Dhonchak
2 years
Spent 5 yrs in law school arguing against the selective empathy of ppl on a shared univ campus towards dogs vs those who were scared of/attacked by dogs. Love movies where they show villains loving animals: reinforcing that kindness to animals ≠ necessarily kindness in general.
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‘No part of what makes us who we are could ever be irrelevant.’
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Prannv Dhawan
11 months
Started reading it yesterday and the book is unputdownable.
@narayani_basu
Narayani Basu
11 months
Halfway through Anna Funder's genre-bending book on George Orwell's quietly systematic erasure of his wife, Eileen. Quite a thought-provoking hybrid of biography, feminist polemic & literary criticism. Must read more of Funder's work.
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Prannv Dhawan
2 years
this line of questioning...
@LiveLawIndia
Live Law
2 years
Justice Gupta : You can't take it to illogical ends. Right to dress will include right to undress also? Kamat : Nobody is undressing in a school. #Hijab #SupremeCourt
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Prannv Dhawan
2 years
Really enjoyed the first episode @twitatreyee look forward to reading the book, and doing a bit of the heavy work myself!
@twitatreyee
Atreyee Majumder
2 years
@beepso The Big Book Project Episode 1 (from @beepso and me) featuring AIjaz Ahmad's In Theory (1992) is now out! Do listen and tell us what you think. Spotify Anchor Amazon Apple Podcasts
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2 years
@gautambhatia88 The series on political defections and midnight(?) hearings, and the book symposium on @anujbhuwania ’s book
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Prannv Dhawan
1 year
@peeleraja There has to be more to this story..
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