Ananya Saha

Mother. Reader. Editor. Writer.

[Ashok Lalla @ashoklalla]

The Economist nails in at a time when AI and its usage is becoming common and all-pervasive.

[Maheshwer Peri @maheshperi]

Before we get into making a safe examination system, @NandanNilekani must examine the need for any entrance exam. Most exams are territorial power centres and business opportunities.

Take for example CUET. It is the most unnecessary examination Imposed on the hapless Delhi students that made the CBSE scores useless and killed school education. This was done to neutralise the AAP investment in government schools a waste. These kids cannot afford private coaching and a state topper is also denied a seat.

Similarly, NEET is useless for those who want to join a private medical college. The price differential (5 lacs and 1.5 crores) is so huge that at rank 30,000 all government colleges close their admission while even at rank 13 lac, private colleges are unable to fill seats. Private colleges are reserved for the rich 1% of India. If you indeed fighting against reservation and for meritocracy, shouldn’t you include this?

The TET, even JEE advanced, UGC NET etc can be modified to make it a test for those who don’t cross a certain level of education.

We must reduce the entrance exams. We must reduce the number of students who should take the exam. Increase the eligibility. For Ex: Make 80% in boards a qualification to get into all India institutions like AIIIMS, IITs etc. Make school education mandatory. Punish those in dummy schools. Hedge. De-risk. Spread.

Make sure that a 3 hour exam doesn’t become the life altering exam. It will reduce stress. Reduce suicides. The business of entrance exams has to be reformed before we reform the conduct of such exams.

[Ramki @ramkid]

Protest humour is probably the highest form of humour. Some samples. +

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

People are getting it wrong. They're trying to teach the ghouls empathy. The only way to deal with a ghoul or a group of ghouls, is exorcism when the right time arrives. You have the power. You have the choice. Never the ghouls.

[Ananya Saha @ananyas]

Wasn't the English too contemporary for The Odyssey? Great film though!

[Ananya Saha @ananyas]

Wondering if @Dir_Education will stagger the reopening of schools post Summer break in Delhi, given the heat we are facing

[Priyanshi Sharma @Priyanshi50]

We’re all hypocrites for making air pollution only an issue in winters.

This is the current AQI in Delhi. Severe. 400+. Even in peak summer.

This screenshot is from the central government’s @CPCB_OFFICIAL, not any private platform.

[Bhavreen Kandhari @BhavreenMK]

Delhi is turning furnace every summer/gas chamber every winter yet busy bulldozing city’s last natural lungs in the name of ‘restoration’. One cannot destroy biodiversity, concrete over forests, remove native vegetation & then act shocked when heatwaves/AQI becomes intolerant.

[Neha Sinha @nehaa_sinha]

Please don’t share nesting & feeding videos of birds and wildlife. There is a reason why most wildlife magazines and groups ban this. It’s to discourage nest-abandonment.
That doesn’t mean every photographer is bad. It means if we love birds, we can set the bar.

Watch birds. Love birds. But don’t promote nest photography because someone else with a camera will not show the same restraint.

There have been many cases of nest abandonment due to crowding after nest photography. The bird is worth more than the image.

@indiaves @SanctuaryAsia @pnkjshm

[Brian Feroldi @BrianFeroldi]

Having kids has taught me more about valuing my time, scheduling, story telling, patience, and time management more than anything else

[Ananya Saha @ananyas]

I have stopped explaining. Not a Bengali, never been, but suit yourself

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

So, Typically when anything happens in Bengal I get tagged by a bunch of facelesses (that’s a word) saying “Look what happened in your Bengal bro”. Just putting it out there before today unfolds. My name is Das, but I’m actually not Bengali. I’m half UP half Bihari. Good luck 👍

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Vultures eat anthrax, botulism, rabies, and cholera for breakfast.

Their stomach acid is among the most corrosive in the animal kingdom, with a pH around 1, low enough to dissolve the bones, hide, and pathogens of dead animals that would kill almost anything else.

A vulture eating a diseased carcass isn't a vector for disease, it's a terminus. The disease chain ends in the vulture's gut, and that's pretty hardcore.

When vulture populations crashed in India in the 1990s, rotting livestock carcasses sat where vultures used to clean them.

Feral dogs and rats took over the cleanup, both of which actually do spread rabies. Researchers later linked the vulture collapse to roughly 500,000 deaths in India over the following decade.

The same collapse is now underway in sub-Saharan Africa. Six of eleven African vulture species are threatened with extinction, primarily from poisoned poaching baits.

The animals nobody finds cute are doing more public health work than most of the species we actively protect.

[Weather Monitor @WeatherMonitors]

All of the world’s top 100 hottest cities are in India today, and 57 out of the 100 most polluted cities are also in India.-AQI

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

So something really upsetting happened, and I found out just today.
I'd been caught up over the past few days with a medical emergency, not mine this time, and hadn't really been at desk. When I checked the forms for my upcoming workshops from The Story Company India, I realised not only had someone hacked in, removed me as editor, and blocked my access to them but had also disabled the QR codes.
I thought long and hard about whether I should post about this or not, then decided to post.
I never did realise how nasty folks can get and I don't like to whine no matter what happens to me. And I don't really get fazed by nastiness. I just pick myself up and get on with what I have to do.
So all I'm saying now is there are no forms anymore, and I will not have forms anymore. And there will be no QR codes anymore. There will only be DM for details or mail for details or whatsapp for details. And I hope you kind folk help me amplify this so these absolutely fabulous upcoming workshops get the sign ups they deserve.

[Ananya Saha @ananyas]

@rajeshlalwani Yes. The courts are busy in the mornings at least

[Zafar Macha @Maaachaaa69]

BREAKING NEWS: Rowan Atkinson, a legendary icon of comedy, television, and cinema, has left even the world’s richest and most powerful figures stunned—not just with his words, but with decisive action.
At a glamorous red-carpet gala in Los Angeles on December 20, attended by film moguls, tech billionaires, and Hollywood’s most elite stars, Rowan Atkinson took the stage to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. But instead of offering a conventional acceptance speech, he chose a moment of truth—direct, fearless, and deeply human.
He did not thank the Academy. He did not reminisce about Mr. Bean, Blackadder, or decades of global laughter. Instead, Atkinson looked straight into the audience of wealth and influence and declared:
“We sit here surrounded by diamonds and artistic glory while the world outside is falling apart. If your voice can move millions and you choose not to use it for those who have no voice, then you are not creating change—you are creating noise.”
The room fell into complete silence. Film executives and invited guests sat motionless, struck by the weight of his words. He continued, unwavering:
“If you have more than you need, it no longer belongs only to you. Your responsibility is to lift up those who are still beneath you.”
And he did not stop at words.
That very night, Atkinson announced that all profits from his archived works and future creative projects—estimated at 160 million USD—will be donated to fund children’s health initiatives, climate action programs, and arts education for underprivileged youth.
His message was unmistakable:
“Legacy is not built on what you earn. It is built on what you give.”
In an era when celebrities are often dismissed as hollow symbols, Rowan Atkinson delivered a powerful reminder to the world:
true impact is not created by applause, but by easing the suffering of others.

[Veena @veenavenugopal]

This is a scary chart. Delhi's air quality is getting worse every year, and the bad air is staying longer. (source - https://t.co/A31dZo7ga1)

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

This year is certainly worse than before - one can feel it. The weekend was oppressive. Everyone knows the level is close to 800 and the govt continues to fool us with bad data and zero real effort to fix this

[Saurabh Bharadwaj @Saurabh_MLAgk]

Hazardous situation in Delhi

(No one trusts the manipulated AQI of Govt now)