"If FB can't fix itself, can anyone?" is like asking "If Union Carbide can't stop chemical disaster, can anyone?" An ominous conv where @szhang_ds and I discuss IT Cells, life after whistleblowing, deposing before a Standing Committee, all The Bastion👇 bit.ly/3PmFSoL

With Namibia and India signing MoU yesterday to bring in Cheetahs to MP, I'm replugging this story for The Bastion . we ask: what does this mean for the Adivasis residing in Kuno, where 'voluntary relocation' is ongoing to make place for the cheetahs? bit.ly/3B9SFr1

I spoke to Vibha Nadig about The Right to be Forgotten and how it will work in India.

The digital lives of humans are stored on corporate servers owned and operated by companies like Google, Amazon & Microsoft. There is a vast divide created between users and where and how their data is stored. Feminist servers could bridge this divide🧵 thebastion.co.in/politics-and/t…

While we all know the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of the #climatecrisis in India, the cultural aspects of our changing climate—from food and festivals, to livelihoods and large monuments—are often overlooked🧵 thebastion.co.in/politics-and/e…

Of 2,592 proposals the MoEF&CC received for environment clearance between July 2014 and April 24, 2020, it had approved 2,256 proposals (clearance rate of 87%). Of these proposals, 270 have been in and around #biodiversity hotspots & national parks thebastion.co.in/politics-and/e…

Amazing article on "feminist server" practices in India from The Bastion: thebastion.co.in/politics-and/t… Raises important rationales and challenges for the making of governable stacks: ntnsndr.in/GovernableStac…

Delighted to receive the Laadli Media Award for this story with BehanBox . Big thanks to Bhanupriya Rao for believing in the pitch, and the Adivasi women who spoke with me in detail of the various layers of their lives that changed with displacement due to dams. 1/3

Looking to meet with PR/Content agencies and social media marketers in #Bombay this week, to introduce a cool new #MarTech platform we're working on -- please DM or tag if you know any!

How do we tell complicated stories about transforming communities and ecologies of the Himalaya? MAYANK SHAH and I attempt to witness a place we have intimately engaged with over the past decade. thebastion.co.in/politics-and/e… Thank you The Bastion for giving us the space.

India's conservation fraternity lost one of its brightest young minds, Shashank Srinivasan (ss). He founded Technology for Wildlife Foundation known for its incredible work at the intersection of conservation & technology. Shashank may be gone, but his legacy will live on through them.

Over 100 governments in low- and middle-income countries have introduced anti-poverty cash transfer programs over the last 3 decades In new research, we examined the effects of these initiatives on the ultimate health outcome — mortality Published today in nature /1

As Aam Aadmi Party Delhi again curbs kids’ rights by closing schools instead of addressing root causes of #AirPollution in #Delhi, a kind reminder to Arvind Kejriwal Atishi Saurabh Bharadwaj Shailendra Sharma Himanshu Gupta Commission for Air Quality Management of Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights’s view. What is school closure meant to achieve?

Thank you for raising this very important issue Mohan and giving me an opportunity to address it. Ashoka has a very generous scholarship programme. Approximately sixty percent of class at Ashoka is on some form of financial aid from the University - ranging from 25% to 100%.

A vote for democracy In an election in which voters sought out alternate media & the Constitution re-entered mass politics, voters punished BJP for crossing a “red line” Questions for the future of Indian democracy remain Final piece in my series w Yamini Aiyar (updated image)