Isha Purkayastha

Very, very involved high school teacher. Freelance writer and resident disorganised planner.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

Overheard on the school bus:
If there is a virus on the seat, the radiation from the sun will kill it. It's Vitamin D, I think.
#coronabyerus

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@epw_in @smitav18 @povmumbai I'm a teacher in a school in Bangalore. As educators, how do we protect out students from cyber bullying?

[barkha dutt @BDUTT]

Here is the mob wielding iron rods and lathis and sticks freely roaming the JNU campus. The main gate is blocked, media not being allowed inside either. This is a complete collapse. @ArvindKejriwal if the police won't step in you must

[Nidhi Razdan @Nidhi]

It is absolutely shocking that an armed mob can enter the campus of a University in the national capital and assault students and teachers and those goons are STILL roaming around,the police absent from the scene for hours now. If this isn’t a breakdown of law and order,what is?

[Swara Bhasker @ReallySwara]

Urgent appeal!!!! To all Delhiites PLS gather in large numbers outside the Main Gate of JNU campus on Baba Gangnath Marg.. to pressure the govt. & #DelhiPolice to stop the rampage by alleged ABVP masked goons on JNU campus. PLS PLS share to everyone in Delhi!🙏🏿🙏🏿 9pm on 5th. Jan

[Priyanka Gandhi Vadra @priyankagandhi]

Wounded students at AIIMS trauma centre told me that goons entered the campus and attacked them with sticks and other weapons. Many had broken limbs and injuries on their heads. One student said the police kicked him several times on his head.

[Rohit @backpack_nomad]

Okay, so placards on a motorcycle at Silk Board junction it is. They haven't been able to clear that place all their life. I'd like to see them try. #bangaloreprotest

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

Thanks @UberIndia for absolutely lousy service and for stranding me in the dark. The system glitched and as a result, I was stranded on the road with no way to get home. I need to report a safety issue and there is no way for me to call you.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

My #MeToo story has received mixed responses. Amidst overwhelming support, I have received misogyny, disbelief and slut-shaming. So has every other woman. Who are these pathetic little shits who are tearing into every woman who has gathered enough courage to post? And why?

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@shireenazam @WellWisherYours @TheQuint Thank you for your support. It is empowering and I appreciate it.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

#metoo because I can't live with this anymore. This happened while I was working at @TheQuint (2016-2017) and the toll it has taken on my physical and mental health is enormous. Right now, I only wish to be heard and believed.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@WellWisherYours @shireenazam @TheQuint Yes, this is my fault. The torn clothes and two years worth of panic attacks were my fault too. Must have been horribly painful for him, to violate my body so fundamentally.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@WellWisherYours @shireenazam @TheQuint I don't owe you this information, but I was not in an exclusive relationship with the other man. He was not my 'bf.' You do not have enough information to make assumptions, so kindly refrain from doing so.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@nadeem85_knp @ShivpalSYadav @TheQuint Really? Which part of my statement makes me a 'partner' in this crime? Stop creeping into women's threads to police their statements.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@TaruniKumar @TheQuint Thank you

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@NitiShekhar @TheQuint Seems very likely.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@allmax9999 @nay_yeah @Iam_Prerna @TheQuint It seems as if your reading has been convenient and selective. And it shows nothing. Stop making baseless assumptions. If you don't wish to be supportive, you have no business being here. I am no one and nothing to you.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@Shruti_892 @TheQuint Thank you so much. Your support and anger is heartening.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@velocity_esc @TheQuint Consent once given isn't consent forever. Don't creep into women's threads to make ridiculous, uninformed and misogynistic comments. If that is your understanding of consent, I pity your partner.

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@EsotericPhoenix @TheQuint Thank you. Your support is empowering :)

[Isha Purkayastha @purks92]

@nehahaz @TheQuint Thank you so much, Neha. I am better now. It is too soon to know whether this will bring any sort of closure, but it's a start. The solidarity amongst women on social media is inspiring.