Mrinalini Ravi

@mrinaliniravi

Meh.

Chennai, India

Joined June 2010

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Thought Provoking Berserker ⚛️🦍🦅

@Provokethoughtz

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Metta Bhavana "officialfineprintenvoy" #5xjabbed @MettaBhavana1

5 days ago

Whoops. How to be schooled, Matt!

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Sowmya

@somsram

5 days ago

Ortho department’s “Bonam Celebrations”- they must’ve been listening to their favourite band - Boney M

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Sneha

@HonestlySneha

4 months ago

It is illegal to reveal a rape victim's face — even after her death. But here, the former DGP of J&K is ignoring the law to post content flattering BJP. Leaving aside sycophancy, isn't this illegal and unethical to post her picture? Especially by a former senior police officer?

HonestlySneha's tweet photo. It is illegal to reveal a rape victim's face — even after her death. But here, the former DGP of J&K is ignoring the law to post content flattering BJP.

Leaving aside sycophancy, isn't this illegal and unethical to post her picture? Especially by a former senior police officer? https://t.co/oQlS8pgBrm

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112 Haryana

@112Haryana

Official Twitter account of Haryana 112 (Emergency Response Support System). Call 112 for immediate assistance from @police_haryana.

Cornerstone

@cornerstoneway

Event management, talent representation & media solutions in the sport & entertainment business.

Prathamesh Avachare

@onlyprathamesh

Indian travel & food content creator documenting destinations, regional cuisine & slow travel across the world | Co-Founder: @ViratGang & @BoldBrigade

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aree_shuklajii

@th_anonymouse

4 months ago

25- 30 policemen came in one night and RAPED her. They beat her, treated her like she wasn’t even human. Sex workers are not spared not even when they are on their PERIODS . MEN ARE NOT HATED ENOUGH.

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Darab Farooqui

@darab_farooqui

4 months ago

Look at this map. Nagpur 45°. Ahmedabad 44°. Prayagraj 43°. Delhi 42°. The entire country is a single dark red mass. This is not a heatwave. This is a country that was told its forests were fine. And this is April. Not May. Not June. The hottest months have not even arrived yet. The past few days have been hell. So I did what I always do when something bothers me. I went looking for answers. What I found was a policy con job that has been running for over two decades. But before I explain what happened, let's clear some definitions. A garden is not a forest. An orchard is not a forest. A plantation is not a forest. A forest is a living system. Soil, water, fungi, insects, birds, mammals, decades of accumulated complexity, specific to its land and climate. It cannot be designed. It cannot be harvested. It regulates water, cools land, shelters hundreds of species. It takes decades to become what it is. You can plant a forest. But it will take decades to become one. In 2001, India's forests were disappearing. The Indian state, led by the Vajpayee government, faced a choice. Protect what remained, or change what the numbers said. It chose the numbers. The Forest Survey of India quietly changed the definition of what a forest means. Any land with 10% tree canopy cover and more than one hectare in area was now a forest. Your mango orchard. A coconut plantation in Tamil Nadu. A tea garden in Assam. Lodhi Garden in Delhi. All forests, on paper. The FSI will tell you that 10% canopy cover follows international norms. The FAO also uses 10% as its threshold. But the FAO's definition comes with a crucial exclusion that India's FSI quietly dropped. The FAO explicitly states that fruit tree plantations, oil palm plantations, olive orchards, and agroforestry systems are not forests. The World Bank says the same. India adopted the number but discarded the exclusion. It took the cover of international legitimacy while gutting the standard that gave it meaning. The government will also tell you this was never hidden. That it was publicly stated in every report, disclosed in Parliament. That is technically true. But a disclosure buried in a technical government document is not transparency. It is the appearance of transparency. I did not know any of this until I went looking. Neither do most Indians whose forests, whose land, whose air this directly concerns. The con is not in what was hidden from experts. It is in what was never explained to the people it was done to. This is not a technicality. This is the con. It was a trick as old as power itself. If you cannot fix the problem, fix the measurement. For ten years after 2001, Congress governed India. Two terms, two environment ministers, including Jairam Ramesh, one of the more serious ones. They saw the numbers. They knew what the numbers meant. They did nothing. Because the lie was convenient. India looked good in international climate negotiations. The fiction of a greening India served everyone in power, so everyone in power kept it. Congress did not create this lie. It simply chose, year after year, to live inside it. The BJP is different. When they returned to power in 2014, they came with something Congress never had. An absolute majority, and no coalition compulsions. They did not merely inherit the lie. They built on it. And in 2023, they legislated it. The Forest Conservation Amendment Act of 2023 removed legal protection from "deemed forests." Forests that existed outside the official definition but were ecologically real. Forests that Adivasi communities had lived in and depended on for generations. Forests that cooled land, held water, sheltered species. They were not on the right list. Since the amendment, forest destruction on Adivasi land has accelerated. The people who knew these forests best, who had protected them longest, now watch them being cleared. Legally. CONT++

darab_farooqui's tweet photo. Look at this map.

Nagpur 45°. Ahmedabad 44°. Prayagraj 43°. Delhi 42°. The entire country is a single dark red mass. This is not a heatwave. This is a country that was told its forests were fine.

And this is April. Not May. Not June. The hottest months have not even arrived yet.

The past few days have been hell. So I did what I always do when something bothers me. I went looking for answers.

What I found was a policy con job that has been running for over two decades.

But before I explain what happened, let's clear some definitions.

A garden is not a forest. An orchard is not a forest. A plantation is not a forest.

A forest is a living system. Soil, water, fungi, insects, birds, mammals, decades of accumulated complexity, specific to its land and climate. It cannot be designed. It cannot be harvested. It regulates water, cools land, shelters hundreds of species. It takes decades to become what it is.

You can plant a forest. But it will take decades to become one.

In 2001, India's forests were disappearing. The Indian state, led by the Vajpayee government, faced a choice. Protect what remained, or change what the numbers said.

It chose the numbers.

The Forest Survey of India quietly changed the definition of what a forest means. Any land with 10% tree canopy cover and more than one hectare in area was now a forest. Your mango orchard. A coconut plantation in Tamil Nadu. A tea garden in Assam. Lodhi Garden in Delhi.

All forests, on paper.

The FSI will tell you that 10% canopy cover follows international norms. The FAO also uses 10% as its threshold. But the FAO's definition comes with a crucial exclusion that India's FSI quietly dropped.

The FAO explicitly states that fruit tree plantations, oil palm plantations, olive orchards, and agroforestry systems are not forests. The World Bank says the same. India adopted the number but discarded the exclusion.

It took the cover of international legitimacy while gutting the standard that gave it meaning.

The government will also tell you this was never hidden. That it was publicly stated in every report, disclosed in Parliament. That is technically true. But a disclosure buried in a technical government document is not transparency. It is the appearance of transparency.

I did not know any of this until I went looking. Neither do most Indians whose forests, whose land, whose air this directly concerns. The con is not in what was hidden from experts. It is in what was never explained to the people it was done to.

This is not a technicality. This is the con.

It was a trick as old as power itself. If you cannot fix the problem, fix the measurement.

For ten years after 2001, Congress governed India. Two terms, two environment ministers, including Jairam Ramesh, one of the more serious ones. They saw the numbers. They knew what the numbers meant.

They did nothing.

Because the lie was convenient. India looked good in international climate negotiations. The fiction of a greening India served everyone in power, so everyone in power kept it. Congress did not create this lie. It simply chose, year after year, to live inside it.

The BJP is different.

When they returned to power in 2014, they came with something Congress never had. An absolute majority, and no coalition compulsions. They did not merely inherit the lie. They built on it. And in 2023, they legislated it.

The Forest Conservation Amendment Act of 2023 removed legal protection from "deemed forests." Forests that existed outside the official definition but were ecologically real.

Forests that Adivasi communities had lived in and depended on for generations. Forests that cooled land, held water, sheltered species. They were not on the right list. Since the amendment, forest destruction on Adivasi land has accelerated.

The people who knew these forests best, who had protected them longest, now watch them being cleared. Legally.

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Muthukrishnan Dhandapani

@dmuthuk

4 months ago

As a country with tropical climate, India needs mass cooling solutions. Almost 6 decades ago, Lee Kuan Yew started completely air conditioning Singapore. He credited air conditioning as one of the most significant factors in the nation's success. He believed that physical comfort was a prerequisite for high productivity in the tropics. To quote Lee Kuan Yew: "Air conditioning was a most important invention for us, perhaps one of the signal inventions of history. It changed the nature of civilization by making development possible in the tropics. Without air conditioning, you can only work in the early morning hours or dusk. The first thing I did upon becoming Prime Minister was to install air conditioners in buildings where the civil service worked. This was the key to public efficiency." Yesterday our central minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that he doesn't use AC in his car, he doesn't sit in air conditioned environment and he just keeps an onion in the pocket to beat the heat. He implied that is an easy and inexpensive way to beat the heat. It is well known that Scindia's home, office and luxury cars are equipped with AC. Telling ordinary Indians to keep an onion in the pocket to beat the heat is mockery of our people. We don't have what is required to become a Singapore. Our minister is no Lee Kuan Yew. The least Scindia can do is not to talk this kind of unscientific crap. There is no slightest evidence that keeping an onion in your pocket would help you beat the heat.

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aree_shuklajii

@th_anonymouse

5 months ago

LETS MAKE THESE WOMEN FAMOUS . Women supporting women is my favourite genre 💚 From the villages of Uttar Pradesh, a quiet revolution rose, women in green sarees, known as the Green Army 💚 • They step in to support women facing domestic violence, harassment, and injustice, making sure no one fights alone • They stand against social issues like alcohol abuse, dowry, gambling, and harmful traditions • They train women in self-defense and educate them about their rights, building confidence and fearlessness • They help women become financially independent through small businesses and skill building • They promote education, awareness, and stronger, safer communities Their unity and courage, walking together, confronting wrongs, and lifting each other up, captured the internet’s attention and turned them into a powerful symbol of grassroots change This is more than a group. It’s a movement of women empowering women 🌿✊

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Archaeo - Histories

@archeohistories

4 months ago

In 1885; Philadelphia, three women stand shoulder to shoulder in a photograph that shouldn't exist... Anandibai Joshee traveled from India carrying a grief no mother should bear. At fourteen, she held her dying infant in her arms, helpless because not a single doctor in her region would treat women. That loss became her fuel. She crossed an ocean to learn what could save the next mother's child. Beside her, Kei Okami from Japan. She didn't just want to study medicine; she needed to prove that a woman's hands could be as skilled as any man's with a scalpel. And Sabat Islambouli, who journeyed from Syria, determined to bring modern medical knowledge back to women who had none. The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania was their battlefield. While America debated whether women even had the intellectual capacity for higher education, these three dissected cadavers, memorized surgical techniques, and mastered anatomy in their traditional dress. They were outsiders twice over: foreign and female in a profession that wanted neither. Graduation should have been their triumph. Instead, it became the starting line for three vastly different fates. Joshee's story breaks your heart. She returned to India as the nation's first female physician, ready to fulfill her purpose. Tuberculosis had other plans. She died at twenty-one, her practice never established, her dream barely tasted. Okami made it further. She returned to Japan, led an entire gynecology department, became exactly what she set out to be. Then the Emperor refused to meet with her. Why? Her gender. She walked away from it all in protest, choosing dignity over compromise. Islambouli? She actually got to live it. She practiced medicine across the Ottoman Empire, from Damascus to Cairo, treating patients until 1941. Decades of work. Thousands of lives touched. Three women. Three continents. One photograph that captured a moment when the impossible became briefly, defiantly real. They did this before women could vote, before anyone believed they should. That frame holds more courage than most of us will ever need to summon. The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania wasn't just progressive for admitting women. It actively recruited international students, making it a rare beacon for women worldwide who had no other path to medical education. By 1885, it had already graduated dozens of female physicians when most American medical schools still barred women entirely. Anandibai Joshee's husband, Gopalrao, was actually the one who encouraged her education, which was radical for the time. He was twenty years her senior and faced severe social backlash in India for supporting his wife's ambitions. Their correspondence with American missionaries ultimately led to her admission to the college. When Joshee graduated, Queen Victoria sent her a congratulatory message. The irony? British colonial rule in India had done little to advance women's healthcare, yet the Queen celebrated one Indian woman's achievement abroad. Another interesting detail: Kei Okami's resignation wasn't the end of her story. She later opened her own private practice and became a prominent figure in Japanese women's education, proving that institutional rejection couldn't stop her impact. (Colorized Photo) #archaeohistories

archeohistories's tweet photo. In 1885; Philadelphia, three women stand shoulder to shoulder in a photograph that shouldn't exist...

Anandibai Joshee traveled from India carrying a grief no mother should bear. At fourteen, she held her dying infant in her arms, helpless because not a single doctor in her region would treat women. That loss became her fuel. She crossed an ocean to learn what could save the next mother's child.

Beside her, Kei Okami from Japan. She didn't just want to study medicine; she needed to prove that a woman's hands could be as skilled as any man's with a scalpel. And Sabat Islambouli, who journeyed from Syria, determined to bring modern medical knowledge back to women who had none.

The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania was their battlefield. While America debated whether women even had the intellectual capacity for higher education, these three dissected cadavers, memorized surgical techniques, and mastered anatomy in their traditional dress. They were outsiders twice over: foreign and female in a profession that wanted neither.

Graduation should have been their triumph. Instead, it became the starting line for three vastly different fates.

Joshee's story breaks your heart. She returned to India as the nation's first female physician, ready to fulfill her purpose. Tuberculosis had other plans. She died at twenty-one, her practice never established, her dream barely tasted.

Okami made it further. She returned to Japan, led an entire gynecology department, became exactly what she set out to be. Then the Emperor refused to meet with her. Why? Her gender. She walked away from it all in protest, choosing dignity over compromise.

Islambouli? She actually got to live it. She practiced medicine across the Ottoman Empire, from Damascus to Cairo, treating patients until 1941. Decades of work. Thousands of lives touched.

Three women. Three continents. One photograph that captured a moment when the impossible became briefly, defiantly real. They did this before women could vote, before anyone believed they should. That frame holds more courage than most of us will ever need to summon.

The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania wasn't just progressive for admitting women. It actively recruited international students, making it a rare beacon for women worldwide who had no other path to medical education. By 1885, it had already graduated dozens of female physicians when most American medical schools still barred women entirely.

Anandibai Joshee's husband, Gopalrao, was actually the one who encouraged her education, which was radical for the time. He was twenty years her senior and faced severe social backlash in India for supporting his wife's ambitions. Their correspondence with American missionaries ultimately led to her admission to the college.

When Joshee graduated, Queen Victoria sent her a congratulatory message. The irony? British colonial rule in India had done little to advance women's healthcare, yet the Queen celebrated one Indian woman's achievement abroad. Another interesting detail: Kei Okami's resignation wasn't the end of her story. She later opened her own private practice and became a prominent figure in Japanese women's education, proving that institutional rejection couldn't stop her impact.

(Colorized Photo)

#archaeohistories

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Sann

@san_x_m

5 months ago

His name was R Akash Delison. He was 26 years old. An engineering graduate from Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu. On March 6 this year 10 police officers in plain clothes came to his home and took him away. He was accused of attacking two men. A case that needed investigation and a courtroom. Instead he gave a dying declaration to a magistrate. In it he described how police blindfolded him, placed his legs on stones, covered them with a wet sack, and beat them repeatedly with an iron rod. Police said he fell from a bridge while trying to escape. He died on March 8. 48 hours after arrest. He never saw a courtroom. Yesterday India celebrated a custodial death conviction. Akash Delison’s family is still waiting for one. There are hundreds of families still waiting.

san_x_m's tweet photo. His name was R Akash Delison.

He was 26 years old. An engineering graduate from Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

On March 6 this year 10 police officers in plain clothes came to his home and took him away.

He was accused of attacking two men. A case that needed investigation and a courtroom.

Instead he gave a dying declaration to a magistrate.

In it he described how police blindfolded him, placed his legs on stones, covered them with a wet sack, and beat them repeatedly with an iron rod.

Police said he fell from a bridge while trying to escape.

He died on March 8. 48 hours after arrest.

He never saw a courtroom.

Yesterday India celebrated a custodial death conviction.

Akash Delison’s family is still waiting for one.

There are hundreds of families still waiting.

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aree_shuklajii

@th_anonymouse

6 months ago

🚨 Fake news-  This is a disgusting distortion. What actually happened:  A minor filed a POCSO complaint against her maternal uncle.  Later, in court, the girl and her parents said it was a misunderstanding and asked to withdraw the case.  The Bombay High Court quashed the FIR and directed the uncle to deposit ₹1.5 lakh to buy a laptop for the girl’s education. But here’s the reality people conveniently ignore , in India, families often force girls to withdraw complaints to save family honour and avoid relationships getting ruined. Silence the girl, settle the matter, move on. And now people like Nalini are shamelessly twisting the story into “GIRL FILED fake RAPE case for a MacBook” just to farm male attention and outrage. This is exactly how patriarchal women operate online scream “fake case”, mock the girl, and help bury the real issue. Every time this happens, the conversation shifts away from abuse and toward attacking the victim. Stop spreading this garbage.

th_anonymouse's tweet photo. 🚨 Fake news-
 This is a disgusting distortion.

What actually happened:
 A minor filed a POCSO complaint against her maternal uncle.
 Later, in court, the girl and her parents said it was a misunderstanding and asked to withdraw the case.
 The Bombay High Court quashed the FIR and directed the uncle to deposit ₹1.5 lakh to buy a laptop for the girl’s education.

But here’s the reality people conveniently ignore , in India, families often force girls to withdraw complaints to save family honour and avoid relationships getting ruined.

Silence the girl, settle the matter, move on.
And now people like Nalini are shamelessly twisting the story into “GIRL FILED fake RAPE case for a MacBook” just to farm male attention and outrage.

This is exactly how patriarchal women operate online scream “fake case”, mock the girl, and help bury the real issue. Every time this happens, the conversation shifts away from abuse and toward attacking the victim.

Stop spreading this garbage.

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RadhakrishnanRK, PhD.

@RKRadhakrishn

about 1 year ago

#ThugLife: my views after watching the movie. இதுவரை செய்யாத ஒன்றைச் செய்கிறேன். Thug Lifeயைப் பற்றிப் பேசுகிறேன்.

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Mrinalini Ravi @mrinaliniravi

over 2 years ago

@CarrierMideaInd I've filled the form multiple times. I can DM you the latest complaint number. If there's gojng to be any action after this.

Mrinalini Ravi @mrinaliniravi

over 2 years ago

@CarrierMideaInd why is your service so unaccessible. Your phone lines don't work. WhatsApp helpline raises a new ticket each time without responding to the existing one. And the website complaint status is perpetually pending. The guy who installed my AC says to back to ticket.

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Mrinalini Ravi @mrinaliniravi

about 3 years ago

Oh my God yes. Pettai already paid homage to the fan. We want #rajini the actor. We miss him. Stop wasting his time. And ours.

Baradwaj Rangan

@baradwajrangan

about 3 years ago

Nelson's #Jailer is yet another watered-down attempt at fan service, but Rajinikanth is solid and Vinayakan is superb #JailerReview #JailerFDFS @galattaplusoffl Text review: https://t.co/ynQXwIJA4V

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Anur Cloud Technologies @AnurCloudTech

about 3 years ago

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about 3 years ago

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