Meera Srinivasan

Colombo-based journalist with @the_hindu; covers Sri Lanka & the Maldives

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#SriLanka civil war: 17 years later, the imprints remain - long read from the Northern Province https://t.co/32qQtuCbkc via @the_hindu

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#India: Journalist Tarun Tejpal was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for raping and sexually harassing a junior colleague in 2013. The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has directed him to surrender within two weeks.

https://t.co/l9Hx2uIfIW

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

Misri urges Sri Lanka to hold provincial polls ‘at the earliest’;
Discusses India-backed energy, infrastructure and technology projects during Colombo visit 
https://t.co/c6U8U0N7hn via @the_hindu

[Ramya Kannan @ramyakannan]

Udhayanidhi apologising for double entendre remark would not merely be the right thing to do, but also send the message to legions of his followers and youth that apologies, when words slip, are also de rigeur in political discourse.

https://t.co/CkkXLVZcAf

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

In the latest edition of The View From India newsletter,
@Meerasrini writes on how the US is stubbornly persisting with a war it has already lost.

Subscribe to the newsletter!

Read more:
https://t.co/jtZKyCvndi

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Profile | Fuelled by viral outrage and youthful anger, the Cockroach Janta Party’s rapid rise was driven by three very different men whose skills, ambitions and political histories transformed a satirical online campaign into a national protest that brought down Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

✍️ @SobhanaNair , @ikasnik

https://t.co/qLETO7dUQO

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

Also read: More than 70% police personnel believe they should be allowed to use force without punishment : 2025 survey https://t.co/xCSs4OE7Ui

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#India: Less than 1% of crimes committed by police result in a guilty verdict - @nitikafrancis, @devyanshibihani and Gandla Sneha tell us in this important data story https://t.co/EAg5iw2EkT via @the_hindu

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

Force of law: Delhi Police are pursuing protesters, but not acting against their own - @the_hindu Editorial
https://t.co/sRUXhokCG1

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

"The cockroaches are everywhere" - sharp reflection by Sri Lankan researcher and activist @EnHui on what the youth-led protests in #India looked like from #SriLanka, and what ails our region's public education system

#mustread

https://t.co/7pGITk0GV5 via @thewire_in

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Nearly 200 activists, social movements, civil society organisations, and trade unions in Sri Lanka have expressed solidarity with students in India, who were protesting and voicing serious concern over the NEET examination paper leak and broader issues facing the education sector.
✍️@Meerasrini
https://t.co/3PO9RDwOYi

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Nearly 200 activists, social movements, civil society organisations, and trade unions in Sri Lanka have expressed solidarity with students in India, who were protesting and voicing serious concern over the NEET examination paper leak and broader issues facing the education sector.
✍️@Meerasrini
https://t.co/3PO9RDwOYi

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#India: Jantar Mantar protest LIVE: Dharmendra Pradhan resigns as Union Education Minister
https://t.co/JgZkbdHWTw via @the_hindu

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Good of The Hindu to state this in its edit. This is extremely important.

[Nirupama Subramanian @tallstories]

India is winning friends in the neighbourhood again, and no, it’s not the state to state kind. This is a Gen Z to Gen Z connect, a reaching out across tough borders with expressions of love, admiration and respect, I write @newslaundry @MnshaP

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#India: Caught on camera: Police brutality was on public display at the Jantar Mantar protests -
@the_hindu editorial
https://t.co/UZXt1dxGkL via @the_hindu

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

😆

[Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88]

Indian Celebrities - Don’t Politicise Politics

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#India: Amid resolute youth protests raising the most pressing questions about education and their future, amid serious allegations of police violence against peaceful protesters, the government's response - let's switch to Instagram.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Within 24 hours of posing a vertical angle ‘Instagrammable’ video with a phone telling youngsters protesting against the NEET exam paper leak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised his own Cabinet colleagues that they needed to be Instagram-ready and reach out to young people.
https://t.co/o20pIxvWcA

[PenPencilDraw @penpencildraw]

Empty-quote generator.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

South Asians for Human Rights, a regional network of human rights defenders, said it is “deeply concerned” by the Government of India’s “failure” to respond promptly and transparently to the NEET examination crisis.

✍️ @Meerasrini
https://t.co/mMdrq6fB4R

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#India: Student suicides jumped 80% in ten years; over 2,000 die by suicide every year due to exam failures - @SambaviParthy's important data story.

https://t.co/ShyA7AgkTR via @the_hindu