Shunali Khullar Shroff

Author/ Features Writer/podcaster. Write on travel,popular culture, art,feminism,parenting. RT not endorsements.

[Kiran Manral @KiranManral]

In the TOI today

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

Raghu Rai's unforgettable 1989 picture of Kurrkutt, a rescued sarus crane living with its adopted family in Khajuraho, India. #photography

[Cāmuk @Albert_Camuk]

Urdu is a language that lost two countries and kept the grief.

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

@hthieblot Ask Jeeves

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@GargiRawat You can’t make this stuff up. 😸

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

looking forward to part of Nadal’s Netflix documentary when he explains how he won his 14th French Open (2022) before the match even started by freaking out Casper Ruud with the most unnecessarily intense prematch warmup in the hallway before they walk out

[Pankaj Arora 🇮🇳 @Panks_Arora]

Dubai: 36°C
Riyadh: 38°C
Doha: 37°C

Meanwhile in India:
Delhi: 45°C
Nagpur: 46°C
Jaipur: 44°C

Desert cities are now cooler than many Indian cities.

This is not just climate change.
It is also years of poor urban planning, endless concrete expansion, disappearing trees, and zero focus on livable cities.

And still 18% GST on ACs.

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

@varunmehra Exactly.

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

Most innovative. Sadly this cannot be done in high-rises.

[DINESH K SEN @dks_230]

"लोग AC पर 20-30 हजार खर्च कर रहे हैं...
ये भाईसाहब ने छत पर जो किया, उससे 15 डिग्री ठंडक फ्री में!😱

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

This is what real journalism looks like. Absolute masterclass by @BDUTT and @themojostory on the Twisha murder case. True investigative reporting at its best.

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

Every day some new declassified UFO files released. Don’t UFOs care for our part of the world? Or Japan? Or Finland? Italy? How about Spain?

[Dr. Neha Das @neha_laldas]

FYI:
One person was travelling in a Car, just 1 mtr ahead of this bicycle, to record this video!!😂

Fuel conservation = 🔔

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

META INTRODUCES PAID SUBSCRIPTION PLANS FOR INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, AND WHATSAPP WITH PREMIUM FEATURES AND UPCOMING AI-FOCUSED OFFERINGS — TECHCRUNCH

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

Can’t understand how Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow became so popular. I found the novel tedious, the prose uninspiring - and while the platonic relationship at its centre, along with the gaming world, made for an unusual premise - it just couldn’t redeem the book for me.

[Raj Nayak @rajcheerfull]

This is not the beginning of a warning. This is the middle of a catastrophe.
The Sahel is on fire. India is at 45°C. 90 dead from flooding. Records broken every single week. But sure let’s destroy what’s left of our forests too. I’m sure the authorities will figure it out eventually. 😡

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

@KiranManral knows how to write about domestic life and parenting with such Wodehousian flair that you’ll find yourself turning the pages of her book chuckling away at her hilarious commentary on the happenings inside Kay Mehra’s home and housing society. #bookrecco

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

Melody for Melony. Sweet.

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Thank you for the gift

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Desperately awaiting.

[Mumbai Rains @rushikesh_agre_]

Finally. The time has come for #MumbaiRains!

Pre-monsoon rains have already arrived over South Konkan since last 48-72 hours and are likely to shift north by this weekend. As this happens, Mumbai & surrounding areas are also likely to get rains starting this Friday. Carry umbrellas! ☔

[Shunali Khullar Shroff @shunalishroff]

A post about celebrity culture, validation and online hostility seems to have struck a nerve. Interesting, though not entirely surprising, to watch how quickly conversations around women celebrities turn vicious online.
The Times of India https://t.co/IPuDCfKlT6

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

A tiny bee just did what chemotherapy couldn't.

Scientists in Australia discovered that honeybee venom can wipe out 100% of aggressive breast cancer cells in under 60 minutes.
And the healthy cells around them? Barely touched.

The breakthrough came from Dr. Ciara Duffy and her team at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, working alongside the University of Western Australia.
They tested venom drawn from 312 honeybees and bumblebees across Australia, Ireland, and England.

The target: triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer. Two of the deadliest, most stubborn forms of the disease.
The weapon: melittin. The same tiny peptide that makes a bee sting burn.

At one specific dose, melittin tore through cancer cell membranes completely within an hour. Within just 20 minutes, it shut down the chemical signals cancer cells need to grow and multiply.
Bumblebee venom, which lacks melittin, did nothing. Zero effect, even at high concentrations.

Scientists then recreated melittin synthetically in the lab and got almost identical results, meaning no bees need to be harmed to develop the therapy.

Published in the peer-reviewed journal npj Precision Oncology, the findings are still early-stage. Human trials haven't happened yet.

But one thing is clear. Nature has been hiding answers in plain sight all along, sometimes inside the smallest creatures on Earth.

Source: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research / npj Precision Oncology (Dr. Ciara Duffy et al.)