Anannya Parekh

full-time reader, part-time social worker, need-to-be writer | 🌷

[Anannya Parekh @anyahkutty]

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[BehanBox @BehanBox]

What can administrative data tell us about gender-based violence in India? A new study by Tanya Rana shows how One Stop Centres (OSCs) are both a lifeline—and a lesson in missed administrative data. 🧵 https://t.co/4xtRgF8Axv

[The Caravan @thecaravanindia]

One problem with nuclear games is that their consequences are so hard to fathom. The person who sits down, sandwich in hand, to work out the details of a war plan involving 600 million casualties is surely disconnected from reality in some fashion. Ironically, a thoughtful fiction movie can help us to reconnect. That is one good reason for watching Dr. Strangelove again today.

Dr. Strangelove is also a useful memento for future generations of the insanity of the times when world leaders were playing with the fire of nuclear war. The risks of nuclear gambles are hidden from the public with deceptive claims that “mutual assured destruction” is a guarantee of safety. Game theorists are better placed than most to understand and expose these risks. Some of them, such as Daniel Ellsberg and Anatol Rapoport, have made sterling contributions to the peace movement, but there is room for more.

The logic of nuclear deterrence and its false assurances of safety. Read Jean Dreze's essay on the recklessness of nuclear games and of the ageing men who play or plan them:
https://t.co/jXI8hSKDBb

[BehanBox @BehanBox]

What does it mean to live where the sea enters your home twice a day? In Kochi’s coastal villages, tidal flooding now lasts 6 to 7 months a year. As the state’s climate response lags, women are driving community-led solutions. @ArathiMR1 reports. 🧵 https://t.co/mmzNhtKv3N

[BehanBox @BehanBox]

🌼Durga’s gallery of flower braid ideas could rival Pinterest—fruit jaadas, doll designs, bridal florals, and more. Each one tells a story of care, creativity, and cultural memory. #SliceOfLife from Chennai. Read this story by @arch_types🌼

https://t.co/wwHlSgdouY

[BehanBox @BehanBox]

Inter-caste marriages have long been seen as a pathway to social integration in India. The Dr. Ambedkar Scheme aimed to support such unions. Let's delve into its current status: 🧵

https://t.co/WBjkbUGwCP

[Nix 🕊 @startingfromnix]

I think about the Crane Wife essay a lot

[BehanBox @BehanBox]

“They gave us dreams, and left us unemployed.”

10,000+ drivers—many women—are jobless after BluSmart’s sudden shutdown.
No notice or compensation. Just silence. When a startup fails, where does the acocuntability lie? @Saumya_Kalia & @shreyaraman18 ask

https://t.co/8HZHZ0NxDt

[Jordy Silverstein @jordana_s_]

in Naarm today. all we have is each other.

[Ayesha A. Siddiqi @AyeshaASiddiqi]

what makes me optimistic about the world is I spend most of my time alongside people committed to improving it

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

don’t lose your sweet whimsy, yes, but also don’t lose your political rage!

[amirtha @ewyuckugh]

once u start going to the gym, u realise that going to the gym is actually the easiest and fun-est bit. eating clean, getting 8 hrs of sleep, actively managing stress are actually the HARD things

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[Nostos @NostosLit]

― Virginia Woolf

[soli @solisolsoli]

hug to you by checksy

[Ranveer @ranveer2252]

Always flirt and date people you REALLY find attractive...in your mind they must be the hottest person ever....becs trust me the fights will happen...and when it does happen

"But she's soooooo hot" ... helps a lot to keep the relationship going

[HIM @Him_edits]

11 times table

[Caroline Melear @CarolineMelear]

@growing_daniel There’s usually a reason but girls are too “nice” to say what it is so they leave their former friend suffering for years, constantly wondering what small grievance wrecked years of friendship

[Yara @iamnotyourdove]

You’re allowed to have 2 nights a week where you are extremely cynical and closed off to the world if u vow to use the other 5 nights to see the light and love in everything around you

[Mordecai @MenschOhneMusil]

Thomas Bossard (born 1971) Méditation.