Shruti Talashi

Bioscience Researcher

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

An Open Letter to the Jantar Mantar protestors:

My dear young friends,

I address you today not as a politician or an MP, but as someone deeply troubled by what is happening to your generation of young Indians.

This is personal for me. I was born to a middle-class family: my father was a salaried newspaper employee, my mother a homemaker, with three children to educate on one income. For a family like ours, merit was not a slogan. Scholarships, fair examinations, honest results — these were the only way one salary could carry three children's dreams.

I went to school in Mumbai and Kolkata, to college here in Delhi, topped the University and earned admission into IIM — and chose instead to follow my passion for international affairs, in America, on a scholarship. Nothing was inherited; everything was earned by hard work and yes, Exams.

So I know that a fair, merit-based system is the only ladder for young people from lower and middle-income families to climb up. When that ladder is broken — papers leaked, examinations cancelled, trust destroyed — the children of the rich and powerful do not suffer. They have other ladders. It is your dreams, and your families' sacrifices (and tragically, in some homes, young lives themselves) that are betrayed.

To the young people gathered at Jantar Mantar, and those raising your voices peacefully across India: this country hears you. Your anger is not indiscipline — it is the anguish of a generation that did everything right and was still betrayed . You are not alone.

And to the millions of young Indians watching quietly: your generation is not a problem to be managed. You are the answer to India's future. Do not lose hope. This ladder will be rebuilt — by you, and by every Indian who stands with you.

To Shri Sonam Wangchuk-ji, my heartfelt appeal: please end your fast. You have awakened the conscience of the nation; that is what a fast is meant to do. India needs your voice for the long road ahead.

With Parliament in session again from Monday, we will have an opportunity to raise the students’ issues in the highest forum of our democracy. That’s where the problem should be addressed, not by fasting unto death. Please heed my plea.

And finally, to the Government: I respectfully urge you to reach out and engage in the dialogue our democracy owes its young citizens. That is not weakness; that is statesmanship.

[AIIMS, New Delhi 🇮🇳 @aiims_newdelhi]

Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation (ORBO), AIIMS, New Delhi, facilitated the whole body, cornea & skin donation of Smt. Ishwar Kaur, honouring the pledge she made with ORBO in 2013. Her final gift will restore sight, support burn survivors, advance medical education, and inspire generations through the gift of life.

@MOHFW_INDIA
@NITIAayog
@Nottolndia

#OrganDonation
#OrganDonationAwareness
#TissueDonation
#WholeBodyDonation
#AngdanMahadan
#GiftOfLife

[Soumya Swaminathan @doctorsoumya]

This is why we need an Environmental Health Regulatory agency that looks holistically at pollutants in our air, water & food, sets standards & rules & implements guidelines. Environmental pollutants (eg lead, PM2.5, pesticides, microplastics) are the greatest risk to our health today

[ICMR @ICMRDELHI]

Powering CSR Partnerships for Rare Diseases: Driving Access, Equity & Hope ✨

ICMR convened a high-level dialogue chaired by Prof. V. K. Paul, Former Member (Health), NITI Aayog & Dr. Rajiv Bahl, DG, ICMR, with representatives of ministries, PSUs, clinicians & CSR stakeholders.

[Dr Jitendra Singh @DrJitendraSingh]

GI-tagged Basohli Painting from district Kathua, GI tagged Basohli Pashmina, GI tagged Udhampur Kaladi,
GI-tagged Doda Rajma, GI-tagged Kishtwar Saffron, GI tagged Ramban Honey…

And above all, Bhaderwah Lavender…the torchbearer of “Purple Revolution”.

Guided by PM Sh @narendramodi 's vision of "Vocal for Local", the #Udhampur-#Kathua-#Doda Lok Sabha Constituency offers an assorted bouquet representing 12 years of transformation.

[ICMR @ICMRDELHI]

Major milestone for India’s #MedTech ecosystem!

Dr. Rajiv Bahl, DG ICMR inaugurated CNC Precision Machining and Sterilization & Packaging Facilities at ICMR-DHR Centre of Excellence, IIT Delhi mPragati, with Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director @iitdelhi, driving #AtmanirbharBharat.

[Ministry of Health @MoHFW_INDIA]

The ABDM Drug Registry under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is building a unified, verified database of medicines, making India’s healthcare ecosystem more transparent, reliable and digitally empowered.

A stronger foundation for safe, informed healthcare across every corner of India.

#ABDMDrugRegistry #AyushmanBharat #DigitalHealth

[Sanatani Thakur 🇮🇳 @SanggitaT]

After 79 years of independence, India has finally built its first homemade MRI machine.

Bengaluru startup VoxelGrids, backed by Zoho, spent 12 years developing a fully indigenous 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner. It skips the costly liquid helium used in traditional machines, making it around 40% cheaper to build and far more energy efficient.

The scanner is already up and running at Chandrapur Cancer Care Foundation near Nagpur, helping cut India's heavy reliance on imported medical equipment from global giants.

With India having only about 5,000 MRI machines for its entire population, this breakthrough could mean faster, cheaper scans for smaller hospitals and rural areas in the years ahead.

A proud moment for homegrown innovation.

[Ministry of Health @MoHFW_INDIA]

सही समय पर उठाया गया एक कदम बड़ी समस्या को टाल सकता है। 100 दिवसीय सघन #TBMuktBharat अभियान के माध्यम से TB के प्रति जागरूकता और समय पर जांच का संदेश जन-जन तक पहुंचाया जा रहा है। आइए, सतर्क रहें और स्वस्थ भारत के संकल्प को मजबूत बनाएं।
#HealthForAll

[ICMR @ICMRDELHI]

ICMR is honoured to receive🥇Gold Award at #NAeG2026
ICMR-MINDS, a multistate implementation research study integrating screening & management of mental and substance use disorders with NCDs, was recognised under Category II (Innovation using AI & new-age technologies)
@DARPG_GoI

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The ramp up of cancer immunotherapy is remarkable. Now we're seeing vaccines achieve some cures or remissions in the most refractory cancers: pancreatic, melanoma, glioblastoma, renal, triple-negative breast cancer.
✓ out the new Ground Truths (link in profile)

[Raghunath Mashelkar @rameshmashelkar]

Breaking news!

Dr Soumya Swaminathan @doctorsoumya has been elected as FRS, Fellow of Royal Society, one of the highest global hours that a scientist can receive.
@royalsociety

With her father Bharat Ratna Prof Swaminathan also being elected as FRS, this is the first daughter-father FRS duo from India.

Also she is the second Indian woman scientist being elected in 365 years history of Royal Society, the first being Prof Gagandeep Kang.

Very proud moment for Indian Science & indeed for us Indians.

Heartiest congratulations dear Soumya!

@PMOIndia @DrJitendraSingh @PrinSciAdvOff @CSIR_IND @ICMRDELHI @IndiaDST @DBTIndia @PuneIntCentre

[indianhistorypics @IndiaHistorypic]

1962 :: Indira Gandhi Donating Her Jewellery to National Defence Fund During India China War

[ICMR @ICMRDELHI]

ICMR signed an MoU with the IndiaAI Mission, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology to advance AI in health- covering AIKosh datasets (MIDAS), data standards, secure compute access, and joint capacity building for responsible innovation.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

A very important message!

I hope maximum number of youth turn out to vote and strengthen our democracy.

[ICAN @nuclearban]

Hiroshima: Today Civic groups held a demonstration in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome, as President Trump has threatened to bomb Iran’s “power plants” and civilian infrastructure — language that could include nuclear-related facilities, with potentially catastrophic consequences.

[CSIR-IIIM @csiriiim]

🌿 Promoting Aromatic Farming in the Himalayas 🌿

Under the CSIR Aroma Mission Phase III, CSIR–Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu distributed 70,000 QPM rosemary plants among 55 farmers in Chamoli District on 14 March 2026.

The initiative covered five villages—including one from Deval Block and four from Tharali Block—bringing nearly 5 hectares of farmland under rosemary cultivation. Farmers enthusiastically participated in the programme and showed keen interest in adopting rosemary as a high-value aromatic crop.

The CSIR Aroma Mission, a flagship initiative envisioned by Dr Jitendra Singh ji, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Vice President of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, continues to promote agricultural diversification, aromatic crop cultivation, and essential oil production, creating new livelihood opportunities for farmers in the Himalayan region. 🌱

#CSIRIIIM #AromaMission #RosemaryCultivation #FarmersEmpowerment #AromaticCrops #Uttarakhand #HimalayanAgriculture

[Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw @kiranshaw]

Well done Goa. We tried doing it in Bangalore n failed. Shane on our tech city.

[Shruti Talashi @shruti_talashi]

@kour_sunmeet @Jammu_SmartCity I am more than willing to pay a premium for quality service, but I will not tolerate the level of disrespect shown by your on-field staff. Professional internal disputes should never be projected onto customers, and specifically, the blatant disregard shown toward women

[Shruti Talashi @shruti_talashi]

@Jammu_SmartCity Profit loss will not depend on this activity of not stopping at station where women are waiting to board the bus Inter City - 1 Kathua Jammu Kathua