Disappointment at Guindy Station today around 6:42 PM. Station announced a 10-min delay for the premium AC local to Chengalpattu, but completely ignored the delay of the normal local train to same. Why this class bias? Ordinary commuters' time matters too! @DrmChennai@GMSRailway
Tender firms. Public procurement agents. Market & power brokers. Contractors. The touts who hover outside collectorates and various Govt. offices including court complexes. They are all more likely rattled. Had #DMK or #AIADMK even won, none of this anxiety would exist.
Thanks to @raamkumaar for raising this pertinent issue! 1/10
🧵based on my opinion article published today @dt_next on #Sathankulam judgment & the architecture of impunity.
When a suspect is tortured to death in custody, the fatal blows are struck by the police. But the murder is structurally enabled by a network of institutional gatekeepers. 1/10
The tharkuri slur is contemptible. What's more disheartening is seeing left ideologues reach for it too. Calling young people illiterate for their political choices, while ignoring who created the conditions for their depoliticisation, is not critique. It is deflection. 1/5
சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் கடந்த ஓராண்டாக ஆராய்ச்சி மாணவர்களுக்கான பல்வேறு கட்டணங்களை உயர்த்தி மறைமுமாக செயல்படுத்தி வருகிறது பல்கலைக்கழக நிர்வாகம்.முழு நேர ஆராய்ச்சி மாணவர்கள் தங்கள் ஆய்வேட்டை சமர்ப்பிக்க ரூ100ஆக இருந்த கட்டணம் ரூ25000ஆக உயர்த்தப்பட்டு மறைமுகமாக செயல்படுத்தப்பட்டு
For 2 YEARS, University of Madras has been violating the RTI Act with impunity.
On 11 Oct 2023, I filed an RTI request seeking basic information about PhD fees. What followed is a masterclass in institutional opacity & contempt for transparency.
A thread 🧵 1/10
The proposed Sub-Inspector (Scene of Crime Officer) cadre by @tnpoliceoffl is a welcome step for strengthening forensic capabilities. However, the exclusion of #Criminology postgraduates from eligibility criteria needs urgent reconsideration. 1/6
Thank you @Rajalakshmi2398.
This sickle attack isn't isolated. Chennai Central-Arakkonam route has seen years of student fights, train stunts, random attacks. Police occasionally catch someone, warn them, then leave. This band-aid approach isn't working. We need real solutions. 1/10
@GMSRailway The speakers towards the Tambaram side at Guindy railway station are completely inaudible for a long time! Only one speaker is working for the entire station, leaving passengers on the Tambaram side struggling to hear announcements. Fix it immediately #SouthernRailway
Two University of Madras PhD candidates, @thomasgowtham08 (Criminology) and @Vigneshwaran92V (Criminology-Defence Studies), attended the ACJS Doctoral Summit in Denver, USA, March 2025. ACJS gave free registration and stay, but they paid for flights themselves. (1/12)
This qualifies as an organised environmental crime in the marine ecosystem!
Terrestrial or aquatic, environmental crimes are all-pervasive...
#endENVcrime
Long read, but please do read!
1/ The efforts by the #TamilNadu Forest Dept. to involve a manpower agency for anti-poaching watchers (APWs) led me to write this thread. Having spent months with APWs in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) for my PhD, I feel obligated to stand with them. Everyone should. #Solidarity
The use of prisoners for domestic work by staff of Tamil Nadu’s Vellore Prison sparks concerns over oversight and prisoners' rights. In our article for @NewIndianXpress, @thomasgowtham08 & I discuss reforms to uphold justice and dignity. #PrisonReform Thanks to @Rajalakshmi2398
The much-needed voice of criminology students at a time when it's most required. @thomasgowtham08@Vigneshwaran92V, keep up this critical approach to highlighting issues within our correctional institutions in mainstream media. Thanks to @Rajalakshmi2398@xpresstn.
🚫 #Thread: Why Parandur Airport Project Needs a HARD NO! 🧵
1/8 Let's talk about the elephant in the room - the massive 4000+ acre land acquisition for #ParandurAirport. This isn't just numbers, it's about 3000+ families' ancestral lands & livelihoods! We lack the #Anthropological and #Sociological perspective!
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இறுதியாக கோரிக்கை மனுவை உரிய இடத்தில் @Udhaystalin சமர்பித்துள்ளோம். உடனே கவனிக்கிறேன் என்று உறுதியளித்துள்ளார். மனுவை ஏற்றதற்கு நன்றிகள். விரைவில் #சமூகநீதியை நிலைநாட்டி நல்ல முடிவு எடுப்பீர் என்றும் நம்புகிறோம். #MadrasUniversity#FeeHike#SocialJustice
சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் கடந்த ஓராண்டாக ஆராய்ச்சி மாணவர்களுக்கான பல்வேறு கட்டணங்களை உயர்த்தி மறைமுமாக செயல்படுத்தி வருகிறது பல்கலைக்கழக நிர்வாகம்.முழு நேர ஆராய்ச்சி மாணவர்கள் தங்கள் ஆய்வேட்டை சமர்ப்பிக்க ரூ100ஆக இருந்த கட்டணம் ரூ25000ஆக உயர்த்தப்பட்டு மறைமுகமாக செயல்படுத்தப்பட்டு
Criminals often find desirable opportunities to commit crimes. These opportunities vary across time and space. I am starting this #thread to report one of the serious environmental crimes that criminals have found an opportunity to commit. In this case, late night hours and locations with little to no vehicle and human movement are the factors that give opportunities for environmental criminals to operate!
I recently came across sewer lorries discharging collected #sewage water from #Vandalur and its adjacent neighborhoods on the service road under Chennai's outer ring road bridge (discharge points are marked on the map). To gain more insights into the regulation of sewer lorries, I have started reading about the Septage Management Regulation and Operative Guidelines.
Based on documenting the evidence, I will update this thread on the offence and complaints to respective government stakeholders, including @DISTRICTCPT, @COPTBM, @MawsTamilNadu and @Tnpcbofficial. (1/n)