Deepa Padmanaban’s book, ‘Invisible Housemates’, is an ode to all the big and small critters that share spaces with us in our homes, our gardens and our cities. Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi reviews in #SpectrumTheTribune@HarperCollinsIN@deepa_padma
https://t.co/b0XT3Df4RY
"It's because of human intervention that many animals and birds, now considered pests, have become abundant" - @deepa_padma, author, Invisible Housemates, talks to me about incest-averse cockroaches, sparrows and China's Great Famine, and more #podcast
https://t.co/Kzqe8BTHp8
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Ever wondered who really lives with us at home?
Invisible Housemates by @deepa_padma takes you on a fascinating journey into the secret lives of monkeys, geckos, pigeons, and more.
From cockroaches giving birth in space to pigeons saving human lives, every creature around us has a story—one that reveals science, myth, history, and even a bit about ourselves.
Peek behind the corners of your living room and windowsills, and discover the hidden multiverse in your own home.
Available in bookstores and online.
Buy here: https://t.co/oYNMZf2SYE
#ReadWithHarperCollins #InvisibleHousemates #DeepaPadmanaban
A retired school teacher retreating into a shell; an 81-year-old man having hallucinations. As
India ages, families are silently coping with rising dementia incidence. India-specific
research, expansion of care facilities is critical, @deepa_padma reports:https://t.co/3eapRv8Zc4
A lot has been said about the Modi Government’s crackdown against NGOs.
But for weeks, I tried to find out what the impact of this crackdown on the ground is.
What I found: Job losses, financial distress, school dropouts and crucial amenities like hospitals shutting down.
I investigate for @ContextNewsroom the price that ordinary Indians are paying, for the Modi Government’s witch-hunt against NGOs:
https://t.co/n9SfXCUaII
Against a backdrop of deforestation/land use change, KFD or "money fever" is spreading through the Western Ghats, debilitating marginalised communities bereft of a vaccine, disease surveillance & healthcare, pushing them into poverty. @deepa_padma reports https://t.co/7QqTMoBgiz
With laws broken, discarded, Western Ghats denuded for plantations & highways, a virus once limited to monkeys in these old-growth forests has jumped to humans via ticks on livestock & rodents. From 5 districts, cases now in 5 states, reports @deepa_padma https://t.co/tRlwXEpAb6
Do watch this brilliant response by @_YogendraYadav when the Anchor said "BJP itself is more than the entire INDIA block put together, What do you have to say about that".