Ashraf Padanna

Journalist, BBC

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

Kerala is searching for new ways to care for its ageing population as migration leaves more elderly people living alone.
https://t.co/xlslx5bNgM

[Steven Derby @Steven_Derby]

BBC News - This #Indian state is trying to ensure no one grows old alone. #Kerala
https://t.co/bE6pRYSKV7

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

Thank you for sharing this! @vdsatheesan

[V D Satheesan @vdsatheesan]

The BBC report, the second most-read story worldwide on its website today, rightly highlights the growing challenge of ageing and loneliness in #Keralam. #Keralam's commitment to social justice extends to ensuring dignity, care and security for our senior citizens. As our society ages and migration reshapes family structures, we are strengthening community-based support systems so that no elderly person feels isolated or abandoned. Our new #DepartmentForElderlyWelfare is a step towards building an age-friendly #Keralam where every citizen can age with dignity, care and companionship.
@padanna21330
#KeralaBudget #SeniorCitizens #AgeFriendlyKerala

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

Thank you for sharing this

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

A moving piece by @BBCNews — Nikita Yadav and Ashraf Padanna report on Kerala's quiet reckoning with ageing: a state grown old on the back of its own progress and its diaspora, where too many elders now live alone, their children oceans away.

Kerala's new department for elderly welfare, the first of its kind in India, is a humane response to a hard truth. Do read.

https://t.co/Usq1MaTAkW

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

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[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

Trivandrum International Airport is one of the few airports that closes for a religious event, alongside Indonesia's Ngurah Rai Airport during the Balinese Hindu new year and Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Yom Kippur—my piece on the BBC with Nikita Yadav.
https://t.co/xJczCDBjH9

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

Devotees pull ornate wooden chariots bearing temple idols along a 2km (1.2 miles) stretch of the runway, a tradition so revered that it shuts down operations for a few hours at the airport, which usually handles 90 landings and take-offs daily.

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[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

@vinuvjohn Is he going to put in his papers?

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

The Indian airport that halts flights for a divine procession https://t.co/FVMQF0d4Ar

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

Why are Kerala’s frontline health workers protesting? Here's my BBC piece on their sit-in, which has entered its second month.

https://t.co/pdR7X36Eu8

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

@ShashiTharoor Why are Kerala’s frontline health warriors protesting? Here's my BBC piece on their sit-in, which has entered its second month.
https://t.co/hOSUqVuv47

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

India's frontline health workers fight for better pay and recognition https://t.co/KshacA2KCn

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

Malayalam has lost its most celebrated writer. Adieu, the master craftsman!
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[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

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[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

The Indian men traumatised by fighting for Russia https://t.co/MFl937U6P2

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

@rupa_jha Congrats, Rupa! All the best!

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

Prince was heavily armed with an RPG-30, AK-47, more than 500 bullets, four magazines, five bombs and two smoke grenades. Its weight prevented him from moving quickly when the bullet was fired at him...

My piece on the BBC. https://t.co/VYxvjH0fhM

[Ashraf Padanna @AshrafPadanna]

@rejitweets മിന്നൽ മുരളി എഫക്ട്

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

Kerala: Protests rock Wayanad after elephant attack deaths https://t.co/K2aPsYtYOE