Aroon M

Indian.
Godless Heathen.
Personal account.
#allredallequal

[Aroon Deep @AroonDeep]

The Hindu editorial on the Censor Board: https://t.co/oSyhS8fXk6

[jack @jack]

the government of india does not like technologies like bitchat and wants it taken down

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

Shout out to independent new media journalists by the way. No one would know a damned thing about what’s really happening on ground without you 👊

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

It is very unfortunate that an Indian Ministry has to resort to cheap abuse tactics, threats and harassment, instead of proving me wrong.

The Government, through the National Commission for Homeopathy HAS THREATENED ME WITH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS if I do not apologize for calling out Homeopathy as quackery/ fraud and delete my content on Homeopathy.

This is also the SAME Government who taxes me and other citizens like me, to FUND HOMEOPATHY and pay salary of these people in Homeopathy Public Institutes who have written this atrocious letter to me.

Dear @ForHomeopathy @moayush @secymoayush
Please find your conditions and my responses below, in public:

National Council for Homeopathy says: Therefore, for the first and last time, you are hereby called upon to:

i. Remove/Delete all the content uploaded by you on every Social Media Platforms which criticizes the Homeopathy Medicine or any other alternative medicine

My response: No I will not. My content are factual and science based. It follows Article 51A(h) of the Indian Constitution which outlines one of the Fundamental Duties for every citizen - "to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform." In this regard, my content is based on my Constitutional Rights and against an pseudoscientific and unscientific practice like Homeopathy and is fully backed by evidence and facts. If you can prove all of those evidences wrong, I will remove all of my content on Homeopathy.

Homeopathy has been called many things before and I have only borrowed what has been highlighted in public domain and medical literature. Some of the sources for my online content is given below for your reference:

Homeopathy is pseudoscience: https://t.co/KKF1UZqrmu
Homeopathy is fraud and quackery: https://t.co/ehx1a7CsC9
Homeopathy is unscientific: https://t.co/dcrUlnqkFf
Homeopathy is witchcraft: https://t.co/rYbblwI5pC and https://t.co/8j53wwXIkv
If you can remove these sources, I will remove my content.

ii. Stop making, circulating or disseminating any further derogatory, defamatory remarks in future against Homeopathy and its practitioners

My Response: I cannot guarantee this. As doctors and scientists, it is our right to correct healthcare misinformation. Any further publicizing of unverified claims from the Homeopathy community - whether the Ministry, the practitioners or the industry, will be dealt with strong and aggressive corrective measures from the scientific community including me. For me to stop doing this, Homeopathy practitioners must stop claiming benefits of therapy and stop making misleading content online. Homeopathy community must keep quite and disappear to a corner, and then the scientific community will keep quite and let you be invisible in that corner. Homeopathy graduates on Instagram and Facebook keep creating content that they can cure cancer, treat chronic skin disorders, mental health conditions, diabetes and thyroid diseases and autoimmune conditions. First, ask them to stop that - then come to lecture me.

iii. Issue a public apology and clarification, through the same platforms on which the offending posts were uploaded, acknowledging deep regret for the use of defamatory expressions

My Response: First, The National Commission for Homeopathy and the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi, India MUST issue a issue a public apology and clarification, through all social media platforms , acknowledging deep regret for wasting public money on a fraudulent Homeopathy study which was RETRACTED for scientific fraud. See here: https://t.co/oDTf9JE58B and here https://t.co/bkgffy9VA9. Once your apology is in place, then I may consider an apology, after you prove me wrong, like I proved the scientific fraud in your retracted Homeopathy paper. It was a national disgrace.

iv. Furnish a written undertaking that you shall refrain from repeating such acts in future.

My Response: I am sorry, I wont be able to do that - because as a clinical doctor and medical scientist and medical teacher in India, as long as Article 51A(h) of the Indian Constitution is alive, I will repeat my education on unscientific practices for the benefit of the public.

This is my first and last time, calling upon the National Commission for Homeopathy and the Homeopathy community:

i. Refrain from sending me these hollow threats, first prove me wrong on all my points raised in my contents online (example: why is cockroach used to treat asthma - what is the pathogenetic basis and pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of it)

ii. Prove to the public that Homeopathy is not a pseudoscience or quackery by removing the original sources I have used to describe Homeopathy (links above) and all such sources which I will use in the future.

iii. Apologize to the Indian public PUBLICLY for wasting public funds that are used to publish scientific fraud

iv. PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO OUR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION IN THE SUPREME COURT'S ORDER TO YOU - https://t.co/9Q4XYG7JrM - about why Homeopathy was used on population level scale that led to harm to public, wasting public money.

v: Send me an apology letter for wasting my time which could have been used to diagnose and treat patients at my place of work.

Do not try to gag voices that improve scientific temperament in this country, because you are anyway not doing anything to promote science in India.
@CaulfieldTim @EdzardErnst @TheSkepticMag @McGillOSS @RichardDawkins

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Bulldozing 38 out of 40 buildings of Mohd Ali Jauhar University, in a state with a dearth of quality institutions of higher education, is a perverse decision. If construction was illegal, find other punishments — fines, other punitive measures, even government takeover — but do not destroy a functioning University that UP needs!

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

I have filed a complaint with the SHO, Parliament Street Police Station,
for registration of an FIR against Additional DCP Sandeep Lamba who
assaulted a woman protestor at Jantar Mantar on 20 July 2026.

Yesterday, in the Delhi High Court, the Government's answer to the
petitions on police brutality was that nobody had approached the police
for an FIR.

So today I filed a police complaint.

The complaint invokes:

• Section 74 BNS — assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to
outrage her modesty. Cognizable. Non-bailable. One to five years.
• Section 115 BNS — voluntarily causing hurt.
• Section 131 BNS — assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave
provocation.
• Section 198 BNS — public servant disobeying the law, with intent to
cause injury.
• Read with Section 3(5) BNS.

Where information discloses a cognizable offence, registering an FIR is
mandatory under the Supreme Court guidelines in Lalita Kumari v.
State of U.P.

Thousands of students, parents and children assembled peacefully that
day. Over 90 were injured. There are videos of men in uniform without
name tags, of lathis fitted with nails, of children being beaten.

Every single police officer who illegally assaulted peaceful protestors
must be brought to justice. Not one of them should be spared.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Ram has been politicised. Ram Mandir has been politicised. But suddenly Supreme Court says Ram Mandir’s loot should not be politicised.!! Why?

[Cockroach Janta Party - CJP @Cockroachisback]

Delhi Police have sunk to new lows. Yesterday, during a peaceful march, a male officer was caught on camera brutally assaulting a female protestor, hitting her and shoving a lathi into her lower back.

This is criminal, unconstitutional behaviour by a force meant to protect citizens.

We demand that Delhi Police sack the officer immediately. The people of India are watching.

#DelhiPoliceBrutality

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

This Delhi Police cop is literally shoving a stick behind a female protester when he is aware there are thousands of cameras.

Now imagine what he must be doing to women when there are no cameras around.

Nothing will happen to him, Sanghis will cheer for it.

Delhi will remain a shithole for women. https://t.co/gITZKQ1Tun

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

First in any police service globally- when asked why her force were without name tags while beating protestors RAF Assistant Commandant Sonia says “Name tags can fall in the crowd, so we keep them in pockets.” Madam- sharm bhi pocket mein hai kya?

[ravish kumar @ravish_journo]

स्कूलों में टीचर से कहा जाता है कि आप बच्चों पर छड़ी नहीं चला सकते। उन्हीं बच्चों पर पुलिस लाठी चला रही थी। शहर देख रहा था। बच्चों के माँ बाप और उनके व्हाट्स एप अंकिल चुपचाप देख रहे थे। पेपर लीक करने वाले आज पार्टी मना रहे होंगे। मनाओ तुम लोग। अभी धर्म का मुद्दा खोजा जा रहा होगा ताकी गोदी ऐंकर धर्म रक्षक बन कर चिल्लाने आ जाएँ। जनता को पता है गोदी मालिक, गोदी ऐंकर, गोदी संपादक अपने पेशे के धर्म की रक्षा कभी कर ही नहीं सकते।अख़बारों की हेडलाइन कैसे मैनेज होगी? लिख कर दे दिया गया है या ख़ुद से लिख लेंगे?

[The DeshBhakt 🇮🇳 @TheDeshBhakt]

Well played🫡
Some of the world's most prestigious photo agencies clicked Delhi Police in action today🔥
@Reuters @GettyImages @AP @EPA_Images📸 Now millions more will see😵‍💫
We used to think such brutality comes from Islamabad or Dhaka - but now we are atmanirbhar! 💪🏽

[Vishal Singh Jain @VishhalSJain]

Indian Oil Corporation and IIT Delhi tested an unmodified carbureted BS-IV motorcycle and found that formaldehyde and acetaldehyde emissions increased linearly as ethanol blending rose from E0 through E20 and beyond. Both are reactive carbonyl VOCs involved in photochemical ozone formation. Therefore, mass use of E20 in legacy carbureted two-wheelers can increase the exhaust burden of ozone-forming precursors, particularly in dense, sunny and NOx-polluted Indian cities.

Experimental study on unregulated emission characteristics of a two-wheeler with ethanol-gasoline blends (E0 to E50)

P. Sakthivela, K.A. Subramanianb, Reji Mathaia
Research and Development Centre, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Sector-13, Faridabad 121007, India
Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India

🔗 https://t.co/oqJlTIuQMW

@IndianOilcl - You knew, but still you went ahead with higher blends of ethanol.

Updating the published site.

— Vishal Singh Jain
VSJ Ventures LTD | Team Bharat

@OGTeamBharat

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

The much celebrated Papaya leaf extract for low platelet count in chemotherapy patients has now received an Expression of Concern from the Journal due to doubts regarding fraud after I notified the Journal.
https://t.co/5Q41eLEbqc
This is a black spot on Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital.

This is also a warning of sorts and also genuine advice to all institutions of repute trying to dabble in "integrative medicine" research taking money from alternative medicine industry or Ayush Ministry.

Either publish the truth, or do not indulge in such shameful research looking to promote Ayush nonsense. The Institutions of repute will have a globally bad name. Please stop doing this to your credibility.

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

ED FILES: ED conducts raids in Kalanee Impex/Dharmesh Sangani case. Sangani is a film producer and close associate of actor Shekhar Suman (they co-founded Shekhar Suman Film Academy) . Suman has just started a successful stand up You Tube show that often takes on the GOVT . Now go join the dots. 🙏 (ED meanwhile claims they have found ‘evidence’ of undisclosed foreign accounts)

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Incredible Egyptian goal is disallowed because of a foul far away, then same situation a few minutes later and goal for Argentina not disallowed! No VAR, nothing? FIFA again looks like a corrupt joke, playing favorites for stars.

[Jonathan Reiner @JReinerMD]

FDA blocked publication of studies demonstrating the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, and also the shingles vaccine. This is scientific censorship. The leadership of FDA and HHS is becoming an increasing liability to the Trump Administration.
https://t.co/LSurmLNikH

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Dear Friends, please help this message reach the makers of the malayalam movie Vazha 2. It is long, but very important.

A recent malayalam movie, called Vazha 2 portrayed a character who keeps consuming ayurvedic medicine -(arishtam, a herbal liquor, with 10-15% alcohol, which Ayurveda practitioners blindly claim to have "health benefits")- and ends with serious fatal liver disease.

The people behind the movie are intelligent and well-informed. For decades, the Ayurveda community has been feeding public and patients the narrative that herbal medicine is safe and effective, even the ones containing toxic botanicals and alcohol. This narrative is now being challenged because there is a large body of peer-reviewed evidence that without reasonable doubt show that Ayurvedic herbals can be extremely toxic to the liver, sometimes even leading to death or liver transplantation. Now the movie format is bringing this to public's notice.

My most impactful publication on this was literally about a 14 year old girl developing severe alcohol-related hepatitis due to long term use of PRESCRIBED ayurvedic herbals (the same category mentioned in the movie) for epilepsy management.
Published paper: https://t.co/m1xklJH4eh and media report: https://t.co/8P6BKsEyLM

There are also other reports that show ayurvedic herbals can cause cirrhosis (https://t.co/bVhEfxm7N6), severe liver injury (https://t.co/DUM6upItUL, https://t.co/7vus6pBDQi), liver failure (https://t.co/XWRkbH9H4q) and death (https://t.co/oJcSFUi2eD).

Analysis of Ayurvedic herbals - classical formulations, proprietary herbals as well as traditionally prepared ones have consistently shown alcohol, liver toxic botanicals, liver toxic heavy metals and organ damaging adulterants (https://t.co/t8EzBeDS9S). Ayurveda is a harmful pseudoscience which which even global experts agree with (https://t.co/maJjdzYffe).

Now, the Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI), which is in fact, a third rate society of Ayurveda practitioners and the herbals manufacturing companies that they are in cahoots with, has served legal notice against the movie writers and producers. They have threatened further action if the specific segment in the movie was not removed.

The same AMAI group sent complaints against me to the police, Courts and also Prime Ministers Office also when I published peer reviewed papers on harms of Ayurvedic herbals. They could not even scratch my epidermis with all of that legal drama, because science wins. Evidence shines.

These so-called Ayurveda Practitioners are losing business because public is realising that their products and services are one, useless (no evidence) and now two, dangerous also (more side effects than beneficial effects). An existential crisis is looming over their quackery business.

I would like to offer my complete and highest level of academic expertise and support to the makers of the movie Vazha Part 2 to fight these cheap, fragile ego suffering so-called alternative medicine practitioners (SCAM) of Ayurveda who think they, and their unscientific businesses are above evidence based medicine and public health.

DO NOT. I REPEAT, DO NOT, modify or remove anything from the movie. It is perfect and a huge needed public health activism. Keep up the good work! Do not bow down to any legalized glorified quacks!

And for everyone here, watch both parts of Vazha movie. It is brilliant and worth your time and money.

- The Liver Doc
abbyphilips(at)theliverinst(dot)in

[Veena @veenavenugopal]

Why @the_hindu matters

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

Proud of my old newspaper, @the_hindu, take a bow @nambath, the only paper to have the correct headline for what transpired in parliament yesterday. All other newspapers seem to have bought the government’s spin that the ‘opposition defeated women’s reservation’!