Protima

a bit of this & a bit of that.

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@thesatbir Lick it clean. Always.

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@ceo_karnataka hello. The last page of signature is timing out. When is the portal expected to be functional completely?

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@IndiainTandT @diaspora_india I believe one has to still visit the embassy to validate the documents - or is it not the case?

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@ceo_karnataka It’s not working now. When is it expected to be up?

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@ceo_karnataka the enumeration form is not working, the portal seems to be down. When is it expected to be addressed?

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@ECISVEEP hello. Is the Enumeration form online submission down? It was working until yesterday evening. And now it’s not accessible. Please confirm.

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@BOIndiaOfficial @PIBFactCheck @PIBHomeAffairs @MEAIndia @MEABharat What about new applications?

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@PratPanc @sakpataudi ‘standing up to an adult’ ?!! Really?

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@ktuhinv @IndinNederlands Sir, I have been trying to book 2 appointments for OCI for my husband and child in your Netherlands embassy for past 2 months. But to no avail. We got documents apostilled etc … Can you please help? Reaching out to you in much distress.

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@MEAIndia I have been trying to book 2 appointments for OCI for my husband and child in your Netherlands embassy for past 2 months. slots for OCI is never available. We got documents apostilled etc … it is very disappointing to try for months & not get it. Can you please help?

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@thesatbir African team would be the best.

[Natasha Ramarathnam (she/her) @nuts2406]

No, darling. It is not conviction. It is entitlement.
The kid modelling the behaviour he sees, and is talking down at someone he knows isn't a social equal.
If you are serious about reducing plastics, hand over your bottle to the vendor before he pours it

[Saad Kassis-Mohamed @sdkassis]

The problem with AC is that it lets us ignore the real issue. Bad housing, no shade, concrete cities, weak public planning and rising heat are all treated as personal problems. So everyone buys a machine, the outside gets hotter, and the people who cannot afford cooling suffer most.

[Marco Lambertini @ConvenerNatureP]

Today in the Netherlands they have to splash water on steel bridges to cool them down and avoid damage from the extreme heat.

The costs of extreme weather are grossly underestimated now and in the future.

#ClimateChange

The future we want

[Siddharth Singh @siddharth3]

Yes, 43°C in India feels different to 43°C in Europe. Allow me to explain.

1. Europe is much more north on the planet, compared to the tropical location of India. For example, Paris is even north of Toronto in Canada. In India, the sun hits from the top. In Europe, it hits at an angle, and significantly longer summer days can yield strong solar loads through the course of a day. So the sun feels different.

2. India’s air pollution (suspended particulate matter) dulls the sun a bit. The sun feels sharper in Europe due to the clear skies, while pollution in India scatters and dissipates heat differently.

3. The recent heat waves in Europe have been accompanied with very low or zero winds. The leaves on trees don’t have a hint of movement. So it feels suffocating in a different way. In India, the warm winds and humidity might have different effects.

4. Europe has historically been cooler, so its buildings have been designed to remain warm in winters, while Indian buildings are designed to remain cool in summers. For example, stone or tiled floors in India dissipate heat quickly in summers, but also mean that you can’t walk bare feet in winters. Meanwhile European households might have wooden floors that don’t feel cool in the summers. Some European cities also have black roofs as a norm, which trap heat.

5. Much of Europe has had very limited number of warm days through history, so air conditioning is not a norm. Why would households invest in ACs when it crosses 25°C (minimum) for less than 7 days a year? New York has 4-5x more frequent warm days than Paris, for example. But that’s now changing. As it gets warmer, the case for ACs is obvious.

6. Much of Europe values aesthetics and public spaces a lot. So buildings associations oppose ugly heat-blowing external AC units facing the streets. This is why European cities are the most beautiful and walkable on the planet. Would you sit down to have wine and pasta on a street side cafe if an ugly AC unit was blowing hot air onto you? But of course, it’s too hot during heat waves now, so buildings associations will be forced to relent and change their rules. (You can also find some examples of some activists or institutions opposing ACs for climate change reasons, but I think that has a much smaller impact on decisions than actual building rules).

But the ultimate reality is this: as heat waves get hotter and longer, ACs will become the norm in Europe as well. Most offices and shopping centres are already air conditioned. Households are increasingly purchasing them too.

And the other reality is that Indians suffer a lot from heat waves too, even at 43°C. We just don’t report human interest stories the same way. Many don’t have ACs, live under tin roofs, and are hit by a constant stream of hot AC exhaust air from neighbours. We all need to prepare better for our respective heat waves.

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

😂

[Adil Hossain @adilhossain]

An ex student reminded today that I had shown two Satyajit Ray films back to back for a class discussion-Ghare Baire & Charulata. When I asked the class to start the conversation- one student said, “first thing first, one should never allow Soumitra Chatterjee to enter your home”

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@adilhossain 😂

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@IndinNederlands it’s been an endless pain trying to book appointments for OCI. For the last 3 weeks, there wasn’t a single slot allotted for OCI. There were slots for passport, miscellaneous etc but not OCI. Can you please help? RelLy struggling with this.

[Protima @Tale_Smit]

@surajitdasgupta His past aside, it is interesting to listen to him. That he was good at what he did is apparent. The thing is even now, he hasn’t lost his old spark.

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Launching our first ground campaign - #LifeOfACockroach