Tarun Cherukuri

Policy wonk @ a Do Tank @IndusAction. Believes in Listen | Act | Change for social justice. Political views are personal.

[ವಿನಯ್ ಕೂರಗಾಯಲ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ Vinay K S @vinaysreeni]

Useful illustrations on understanding predatory behaviour among us men.

Artist - coinswallow (insta handle )

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

Very powerful words on the recent tragic incident #Kolkata from @ayushmannk

[Rajani Surendar Bhat @RajaniSurendarB]

I received this from a friend.
Please check in with the numbers of the organisers and please show up if you can in solidarity with the resident doctors fighting for justice in Kolkata.
They represent the voices of all healthcare workers & women who ask for safety

[Rajani Surendar Bhat @RajaniSurendarB]

Thank you for your voice @fayedsouza
Our healthcare system failed the young doctor who was killed.
Our collective apathy to the terrible working conditions in government teaching hospitals led to this tragedy.
https://t.co/BP6ZjFsks6

[Sagar @sagarcasm]

Doctors should only need to worry about saving others’ lives, not their own

Let’s protect our protectors.

#Nirbhaya2 #KolkataDoctorDeath

[Tarun Cherukuri @tarunch]

"He’s an arsonist with a huge box of matches—and he’s having too much fun.

But advertisers have an immediate power that sluggish regulators lack: in the first six months of Musk’s ownership of X, revenues fell by nearly 40 per cent"

Dangers of our digital public square👇🏾

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

Elon Musk is an arsonist with a huge box of matches. And he wonders why advertisers don’t want to go near him. My column https://t.co/40GnIGAa4u

[Mujtaba Rahman @Mij_Europe]

"One of the world’s most prolific enemies of truth is Elon Musk. He is surely the global far right’s most significant figure, and he holds the world’s largest megaphone. As he may put it, a battle to defeat him is now inevitable – and it has to be won." https://t.co/f55NrIvmQ8

[Richard Florida @Richard_Florida]

"With nearly 195mn followers, he is America’s most influential purveyor of disinformation. In total he has made 50 posts since January 1 that have been debunked by independent fact checkers ... These were viewed 1.2bn times." https://t.co/yOSQa0HUNs

[Tarun Cherukuri @tarunch]

Imagine the 'rule of law' environment if we had such commitments to transparent arbitration and turnaround times in Indian courts

Hoping justice 🥈 gets delivered at 6pm IST👇🏾

[Boria Majumdar @BoriaMajumdar]

BIG BREAKING

Here is the breaking update on the @Phogat_Vinesh appeal.

Decision to come today by 6pm Paris time. @RevSportzGlobal

[Neha Dixit @nehadixit123]

So thrilled that Priya Ramani has written a detailed review of my book ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X.’

[Tarun Cherukuri @tarunch]

Caturday 🐈‍⬛🐈

[cats with powerful impression 🐾 @catshealdeprsn]

Sry I'm super busy Today 😞

[Lokesh Kaza @LokeshKaza]

The #Odisha government started sponsoring the India Men and Women National Hockey Teams from 2018, with a commitment until 2033 (now extended to 2036). The state hosted 2 consecutive editions of the Men's Hockey World Cup.Developed grassroots hockey.Built the infrastructure.(1/2)

[Tarun Cherukuri @tarunch]

Beautiful words from India's first individual gold medalist.

Yes, we will live to tell the story to our children for ages to come of the champion @Phogat_Vinesh was, is this week, and will be for times to come. 👇🏾

[Abhinav A. Bindra OLY @Abhinav_Bindra]

Dear Vinesh, It is said that sport is a celebration of human will. I have known that to be true many times in my career but never has it resonated more than today. As I look around me, I see a nation and its people celebrate your unyielding resolve.
You are a fighter – on and off the mat. Through you, we are learning what it means to never lose the fight in us, even as a loss weighs heavily. You embody the true spirit of a warrior.

Not all victories look alike. Some end up as a glittering souvenir in a cabinet but the ones that matter more find their way into the stories we tell our children. And every child in this country will know the champion you are. Every child will grow up wanting to face life with the resilience you have displayed. I thank you for that.

Respect,
Abhinav Bindra

@phogat_vinesh

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

Horrible what’s being done to Hindus in Bangladesh. A revolution that can’t ensure the safety and dignity of the minorities is no revolution. Mob-rule must end and the student leaders, new government must step-in to control it.

[Tarun Cherukuri @tarunch]

@Phogat_Vinesh Vinesh, you will always be an Olympic champion & leader in my eyes & heart🥇

Grace & solidarity for your fights for justice ahead. All fair-minded Indians are with you ✊🏾

[Tarun Cherukuri @tarunch]

This fact makes me even more angry. Last two days have been a roller coaster of emotions, but I am settling at rage against the small minds of powerful men.

This is a case study in "setting athletes up for failure" 😔

[Indulekha Aravind @Indulekha_A]

The most telling part of @jon_selvaraj s truly excellent piece on how India's wrestling fed let Vinesh down, yet again:
"She wanted to compete in the still manageable 53kg category... Vinesh desperately asked for trials..The federation didn’t budge"

https://t.co/m5yPwpRokZ

[Jordan Burroughs @alliseeisgold]

GIVE VINESH SILVER! 🥈

[Tarun Cherukuri @tarunch]

"I am fighting for the future generation of wrestlers. Not for myself, my career is done and this is my last Olympics. I want to fight for the young women wrestlers so that they can wrestle safely. That's why I was in Jantar Mantar, and that's why I am here."

Leader ❤️👇🏾

[Shyam Vasudevan @ShyamSportsGuy]

This time, the tears flowed as I wrote this piece :')

Speaking to me in December, Vinesh Phogat told me:

"The only thing I have told Bajrang and Sakshi is that I will still fight. I will look him [Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh] in the eye and medal leke aungi main, tu dekh [bring back a medal and show it to him]. They both have Olympic medals, I don't. I have a reason to fight. If I train well, I can win a medal. No one can stop me."

On August 6, 2024 those very words came to life :')

READ? https://t.co/EVR9y7qWLo

#Paris2024 | #Olympics | #Wrestling