@kaul_vivek Thanks for all the recommendations! Thanks to your lists over the years, I read some amazing crime fictions (Rebus, Vera, Beck, and so on). I'd like to return the favour by recommending a solid (English) police procedural series, the DC Smith series by Peter Grainger.
I hope today’s results allow hope, freedom and courage for more Indians to stand up to bullies and tyrants. Keep questioning and demanding accountability from those who wield power. We are a country governed by a constitution not a god king.
@gauravsabnis This is absolutely true. I graduated with a dual degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering, and there was such a marked difference between the professors. The Physics professors were warm and friendly, while those in the EE faculty always seemed to be in a bad mood.
Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
I’ve been trying to think through the haze of disbelief this month, as the bombing has gone on and on.
One question that troubles me: How 1,200 people killed by guerillas matter more to Western governments than 12,000 — and counting — killed by bombs from the sky. (Thread)
A protest happening in Delhi by 14 opposition parties in the backdrop of a non functioning parliament but @TimesNow@IndiaToday and @CNNnews18 showing live speech of PM inaugurating a water treatment plant. The rot in most legacy news is complete.
Injustices against Dalits, once deemed untouchable people by India’s caste system, have gone largely unnoted for decades. One journalist has started a news outlet focused on covering marginalized groups –– giving, as she says, "a voice to the voiceless." https://t.co/NQCXTUjWBG
The main selling point for many elite institutions in India today is the entrance difficulty and not the education you receive there.
Given this, people don’t want to make these institutions more accessible by expanding capacity because the exclusivity is marketable.