Siddhartha Y

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://t.co/2I7IpaYoKb

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Several American X accounts have used these images recently to openly put out racist posts targeting Indians.

The person shown in the photo is Mr. Rajendra Panchal, who works as a helper in Maharashtra.

At the age of one, he fell on his face and broke his jaw, which remained fused shut.

Due to financial constraints, his parents could not get him treated.

Growing up with the deformity, he faced taunts about his appearance, which made him withdrawn and introverted.

For 38 years, he survived only on a liquid diet.

In 2017, after 39 years, Dr. Garde performed corrective surgery free of cost.

The surgery was successful, enabling Rajendra to eat solid food and speak clearly for the first time.

For the first time in 2017 after nearly four decades he ate solid food.

[Ethan Sandweiss @the_real_sand]

In suspending the Palestine Solidarity Committee, IU said the organization "presents a substantial risk to members of the University community."
It's also demanding the organization hand over the names of all active members. @WFIUWTIUNews
https://t.co/Iw5cBpEsqD

[Lokesh Bag @lokeshbag67]

This scene from SANTOSH is very close to reality, depicting how Oppressor Castes humiliate Dalits & deny them their basic right to file an FIR.

It's one of the reasons why it's banned.

[sanjoy ghose @advsanjoy]

When you send your junior to court to cross examine with a few standard questions and the witness comes out of the syllabus! 😆

[Shivam Bahuguna @JanusBlinked]

The most damning aspect of that Blume Ventures report that pointed out that around 800 million Indians essentially have only enough money to survive: it wasn't written by any western NGO or think tank.
It's essentially meant for businesses, for devising consumer strategy

[Michael Baym @baym]

What amount of eye disease research would have discovered the laser? How much virology would have discovered lipid nanobody mRNA delivery? How many disease genes would you need to find before you discovered CRISPR?

Sometimes the hardest problems need discoveries in other fields

[Siddhartha Y @notabuddha]

@JanusBlinked I get it. One of the foundational researchers in my field of biology is also named Clive Lloyd.

[Siddhartha Y @notabuddha]

@cool_scootre didn't know they are jains

[Siddhartha Y @notabuddha]

@QuizzerThirsty he's not wrong. All chilli peppers as well as bell peppers are in the genus Capsicum.

[Siddhartha Y @notabuddha]

@peeleraja @cool_scootre It's functional. Not great, especially when trying to search for exact terms.

[Raquel Willis @Raquel__Willis]

Even if Imane Khelif were transgender and/or intersex, she shouldn't be dissected and discriminated against.

It’s great that a lot of folks are defending her, but don't let your empathy end there.

Trans and intersex folks deserve dignity and respect as well.

[Siddhartha Y @notabuddha]

@cool_scootre Babur writing to Humayun and giving him the same writing advice my PI gives me...

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Christ as the Man of Sorrows, by The Master of Sankt Kathrein, 1475, 📸 by Boris Streubel

[Siddhartha Y @notabuddha]

@cool_scootre @peeleraja I know plenty of kids who told their parents that they absolutely will not do their undergrad in India. US/Canada only.

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

This is a stunning piece of accidental confession to explain the news media playbook last few years. It’s a simple three step process (already mastered by WhatsApp uncles over the years):

1. Label yourself as ‘apolitical’/‘observer’.
2. Start framing every issue into a govt vs opposition conflict.
3. Black out the uncomfortable issues under the pretext of being apolitical.

Stories of public concern (mob lynchings, ethnic violence, sexual assault allegations against people in power, or even much widespread old-school issues of rising unemployment etc) have been systemically ignored under the horribly shameful pretext of ‘not our job to discuss politics’. Every inconvenience faced by the common citizen has been dubbed as the ‘opposition’ and hence ‘not our job to side with them’.

And to top all that, constant pushing of communal, divisive, and provocative narratives has been normalised as a job of media. So somehow - talking about a tunnel collapse is political side-taking but branding an entire religion as anti-national every night through shrieking anchors is being a ‘neutral observer’.

[Siddhartha Y @notabuddha]

@cool_scootre Everything in Indian society is centred around catering to the small proportion of upper caste people. Cars allow one to travel without getting into contact with the disgusting poors so this is the natural consequence.

[peeleraja @peeleraja]

This may seem comical to you, but it is actually an indicator of how poor India is.

I remember as a kid, some relatives would not eat for the entire day, so that they could gorge on some wedding feast. They did so because they could not afford to eat out, but a wedding offered them the chance to have fancy delicacies like fish fry, mutton curry, etc. Today of course, either they or their kids earn enough so that they don't need to fast before a wedding feast. A simple restaurant outing or home delivery can satisfy their cravings.

What you see here are people who probably cannot afford paneer at home, and thus wedding was their much-awaited opportunity to have some. The fight you see is a manifestation of their disappointment.

Think about this the next time you read fluff pieces about unicorn funding, 1 crore+ offers during campus placement, and designer brands and 500 rupee artisanal coffee.

There is another India - one that riots at the disappointment of not getting paneer at a wedding.

[peeleraja @peeleraja]

My apartment complex is screening the match. Before the game they were blasting a song called "Ayodhya mein mera Ram aayega."

This world cup was never about cricket.

[Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum]

If you've been following the Jason Aldean story & think he reps country music, DON'T. My @NewYorker story this week is all about the other side of Nashville—a wild, varied, joyfully creative community of country-music artists, fighting for a better TN: https://t.co/AhT2LJs9J0