99 percent of homeless individuals in Delhi experience sleeplessness due to extreme heat.

idronline.org/ground-up-stor…

Personal is political. And politicians seem to be getting around to the Feminism 101 debate.

I write for BehanBox on why promises to recognise women's care labour do not focus on resharing its burden & responsibility.

behanbox.com/2024/05/03/in-…

Had a hilarious time watching Aavesham on the big screen last evening. So important to take yourself lightly and act silly to your heart's content!!

#FahadhFaasil #Aavesham

Public institutions over-reliance and abuse of 'temporary'/'contractual' labour without employment security and entitlements is the real state-capacity problem.

Be it frontline workers, data entry operators or young professionals. No healthcare, no allowances, no rights.

Finally in Bengaluru 🥳🥳

Wonder what the Kannada word for this is 🤔

CW Suicide:
Daily Wage Workers accounted for 26.4% of the suicides in India in 2022, according to the NCRB.

Additionally, 64.3% of those who died by suicide in 2022 belonged to low-income backgrounds (less than 1L per annum). (1)

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Found them at bakeree.in! So good 🤤

Laapata Ladies is lovely for many reasons but this dialogue really stood out to me. One may think the film’s feminist lessons are intuitive to us urban elite but the way it frames the act of being alone as an act of being happy is actually a radical departure from other films

Bengaluru friends, where do you get the best stuffed donuts / bombolone?

Akshay (he/him) enthucutlet Atul Pinheiro Aishwarya

#CalcuttaColours
Election Wall Writing
2024, Calcutta

Very true! But thankfully there are exceptions that keep us going.

One day, when the bureaucrat who signed the release has retired and written their tell-all book, we'll really know what political shitshow went down... #roozkadrama

What a wonderful movie! Hats off to Biplab Goswami for the original story and team Aamir Khan Productions for the production.

Moved me to tears, the same way listening to endearing stories of loss, care and recovery do during fieldwork ❤️

Just so you know:

Polling ends at 6PM in Bengaluru

The rulebook says, polling must continue *after 6PM* if there is even one voter (or 100) waiting at the booth. I've seen polling continue till 7PM & beyond in some places.

Check your polling center & head to the right room!

Almost 51% voter turnout in Karnataka as of 3: 30 PM...