Devika Rajeev

Tweets about books, parenting, people & workplaces, Kerala, Bangalore. Personal account - views are my own and not my organization's.

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

Thousands of hours are being lost EVERY SINGLE DAY because the govt has not been able to build an ROB for 15 years. Meanwhile the DRDO flyover stands empty because opening it to the public would "spoil the employee campus" for our so-called scientists who do zilch anyway.

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

Dude @krishnabgowda If you do one thing in your tenure make it building the Kaggadaspura ROB. Or, even better, make these spoilt DRDO folks open up the existing flyover to the public. Built with taxpayer money, but can't be made available to us?

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

Dude @krishnabgowda If you do one thing in your tenure make it building the Kaggadaspura ROB. Or, even better, make these spoilt DRDO folks open up the existing flyover to the public. Built with taxpayer money, but can't be made available to us?

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

So everyone's out in full force to un-cancel this guy? The sheer arrogance.

I beg you my fellow Malayalis, let's make this the biggest flop to grace our theaters ever.

(I know no one will see this tweet, but please no comments about kodathi vidhi etc).

https://t.co/cwBMwpKZSQ

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

@nikhilnarayanan

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

@Mallufideintent Oops. Looks like people took you seriously. 🤣🤣

(Please read his other posts before outraging, people.)

[Pinarayi Vijayan @pinarayivijayan]

On this Kerala Piravi, #Kerala will be declared as the first state in India without extreme poverty. This fulfills the very first decision the GoK made in 2021. Instead of a one-size-fits-all policy, the govt identified 64,006 vulnerable families and created specific micro-plans for each one's unique needs.

Today, with an investment of over ₹1000 crore, the Government has ensured:

- Food: 20,648 families facing hunger now have daily food, including 2,210 receiving hot meals.

- Health: 85,721 individuals receive necessary treatment & medicine.

- Housing: 5,400+ new homes are built/building, 5,522 homes repaired, & 2,713 landless families received land to build their homes.

- Dignity: 21,263 people received essential documents (Ration cards, Aadhaar, pensions) for the first time.

- Income: 4,394 families are supported with livelihood projects.

This was a massive joint effort by LSGs, Kudumbashree, & various govt depts. This is the Kerala Model of social justice, equity, and compassionate governance in action. Building #NavaKeralam means leaving no one behind.

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

@Discoverin98611 @Krishna29005894 And what are you doing?

[Aswin @AswinTvm3]

From the river to the sea Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

‘Names of Gaza’ event held at Ernakulam Kerala, reading out over 18,000 names of children massacred in Gaza in solidarity with Palestine.

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

Visited @SciGalleryBlr for the first time today. Currently they have a year-long exhibit on food, as well as one on Bengaluru's water heritage. Very well curated and worth a visit, especially if you have kids. Helping kids get interested in science through art! ❤️

[Adrian Zahir⚡ @ForwardsMarch]

IMAGINE SENDING 20 WARSHIPS TO INTERCEPT BOATS CARRYING MILK POWDER AND BABY FORMULA FOR STARVING CHILDREN. THIS IS THE GREATEST EVIL EXISTING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW!!!!!

[Pinarayi Vijayan @pinarayivijayan]

Commemorating the RSS centenary with a postage stamp and a 100 rupee coin is a grave insult to our Constitution. It legitimises an organisation that abstained from the freedom struggle, promoting a divisive ideology that aligned with the colonial strategy. This national honour is a direct assault on the memory of our true freedom fighters and the secular, unified India they envisioned.

[Abhinandan Sekhri @AbhinandanSekhr]

You have to be a real expert in hate & division to turn the most wonderful, peaceful and serene place like Ladakh into a violent tinderbox.

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

Learning of the day: When Indian Railways says it will take them an hour and a half to travel between two stations in the same city, BELIEVE them. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

The most evil man currently alive.

Though there's more competition than ever before for that title.

[Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws1]

⚡️🇮🇱BREAKING: Israeli PM Netanyahu:

"A Palestinian state will not be established. The response to the recent attempt to impose a terror state in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the US"

"I have a clear message to those leaders who recognize a Palestinian state after the terrible massacre on October 7th: you are giving a huge reward to terror.

And I have another message for you:
It will not happen. A Palestinian state will not be established west of the Jordan River.

For years I have prevented the establishment of this terror state despite enormous pressures both from within and from outside.
We did this with determination, and we did it with political wisdom.

Moreover, we have doubled Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria — and we will continue on this path.

The response to the recent attempt to impose a terror state in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the United States. Wait."

[Pinarayi Vijayan @pinarayivijayan]

Strongly condemn the Union Government’s decision to host Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right extremist and a chief architect of Israel’s brutal occupation and expansionist agenda. At a time when a genocide is unfolding in Gaza, entering into agreements with representatives of the Netanyahu regime is nothing short of a betrayal of India’s historic solidarity with Palestine. It is deplorable to maintain military, security, and economic ties with Israel while the path to a just and lasting peace for Palestine remains unpursued.

[Dr Babu K V @drbabukv]

#TheKeralaStory

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

I thought we cancelled Siddique. Why is he being rehabilitated? #Hridayapoorvam

[Brandon Stanton @humansofny]

“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a limit on food? I’ve worked in many places with extreme hunger, but what’s so jarring in this context is how cruel it is, how deliberate. I was in Gaza for two months; there’s no way to describe the horror of what’s happening. And I say this as a pediatric ICU doctor who sees children die as part of my work. Among our own staff we have doctors and nurses who are trying to treat patients while hungry, exhausted. They’re living in tents. Some of them have lost fifteen, twenty members of their families. In the hospital there are kids maimed by airstrikes: missing arms, missing legs, third degree burns. Often there’s not enough pain medication. But the children are not screaming about the pain, they’re screaming: ‘I’m hungry! I’m hungry!” I hate to only focus on the kids, because nobody should be starving. But the kids, it just haunts you in a different way. When my two months were finished, I didn’t want to leave. It’s a feeling I haven’t experienced in nearly twenty years of humanitarian assignments. But I felt ashamed. Ashamed to leave my Palestinian colleagues, who were some of the most beautiful and compassionate people that I’ve ever met. I was ashamed as an American, as a human being, that we’ve been unable to stop something that is so clearly a genocide. I remember when our bus pulled out of the buffer zone. Out the window on one side I could see Rafah, which was nothing but rubble. On the other side was lush, green Israel. When we exited the gate, the first thing I saw was a group of Israeli soldiers, sitting at a table, eating lunch. I’ve never felt so nauseous seeing a table full of food.”

-------------------------------------------------------

Aqsa Durrani is a pediatric doctor and board member of Doctors Without Borders USA, with nearly twenty years of experience in humanitarian projects. During our interview Aqsa repeatedly expressed a desire to center the voices of her Palestinian colleagues. To this end I’ve spent the past week collecting stories from the Palestinian staff of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. I will be sharing these stories over the next several days. I’m so grateful for the time that these people gave me; they were sleepless, hungry, traumatized, and often working 24-hour shifts. Because of the unreliable internet connection their images are sometimes grainy. Their words, however, will be crystal clear.

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

How many junctions are there in Bangalore which would not function properly if local residents did not get involved every day to manage traffic? I regularly go through one where 3-4 locals armed with whistles manage traffic every day.

[Devika Rajeev @devikarjv]

Distance from the nearest metro station to my house: 2 km

Auto mafia's usual quote for these 2 km: Rs 150.

(I usually prefer to walk.)

Today I was offered the amazing opportunity to SHARE AN AUTO with someone else for those two kilometres at the rate of 100 rupees only.