Basav Biradar (@basavbiradar) 's Twitter Profile
Basav Biradar

@basavbiradar

Writer, Film maker, Teacher.
words in @the_Hindu @Mint_Lounge @thecaravanindia @FilmCompanion @thenewsminute @NGTIndia @openthemag

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calendar_today10-09-2010 19:17:46

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Rishika Pardikar (@rishpardikar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wish India had the kind of sports journalism that could hold cricketing bodies and franchises accountable for corruption and all other forms of illegality and flouting of norms. The sports section in newspapers is very very boring and redundant to those who watched matches

Maria Popova (@themarginalian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We seem to have forgotten that identities and opinions are the least interesting parts of people — ripples on the surface of the ocean of the soul, shimmering but shallow, pervious to every windsweep, irrelevant to the depths. themarginalian.org/2025/05/15/ann…

N.S. Madhavan (@nsmlive) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hugely disappointed at change of name of India-England tests trophy from Nawab of Pataudi Trophy to Tendulkar-Anderson trophy. Nawab was the real moderniser of Indian Cricket. At cover he is to prance like a tiger, while other gentlemen found it difficult even to bend. 1/2

Hugely disappointed at change of name of India-England tests trophy from Nawab of Pataudi Trophy to Tendulkar-Anderson trophy. 

Nawab was the real moderniser of Indian Cricket. At cover he is to prance like a tiger, while other gentlemen found it difficult even to bend. 1/2
Basav Biradar (@basavbiradar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The answer is no, Bengaluru cannot. There is no space for people or vehicles, every area is densely packed and rampant unhinged commercialization of areas means that there are shops, malls, eateries lining up all roads with no parking. By far the most badly managed city.

Caytlyn Brooke (@caytlyn_brooke) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No one showed up for my book reading event. I know this happens and I'm trying really hard to keep it together but I feel terrible that the shop stayed open to host me for nothing.

No one showed up for my book reading event. I know this happens and I'm trying really hard to keep it together but I feel terrible that the shop stayed open to host me for nothing.
Rishika Pardikar (@rishpardikar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excellent piece. RCB & corporate anonymity. "A reporter is seen chasing a bunch of men saying "who is a KSCA official?" & the guy in front of the group points to one behind & says "he's the one". The guy doing the pointing was the head of RCB, who people failed to recognise."

Excellent piece. RCB & corporate anonymity. 

"A reporter is seen chasing a bunch of men saying "who is a KSCA official?" & the guy in front of the group points to one behind & says "he's the one". The guy doing the pointing was the head of RCB, who people failed to recognise."
Kaushik Raj (@kaushikrj6) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"I am afraid of hope, so I try not to remain hopeful. Nurturing hope in jail is a risky business." Umar Khalid writes from jail. He has been in jail for 1730 days without trial. google.com/amp/s/www.theq…

Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The 1st thriller writer to capture my imagination. I was blown away by 'Day of the Jackal' & 'Odessa File,' but my favourite was 'Shepherd,' which drew on his experience as an RAF pilot. RIP Frederick Forsyth, who started writing for the best of reasons, he was totally broke!

The 1st thriller writer to capture my imagination. I was blown away by 'Day of the Jackal' & 'Odessa File,' but my favourite was 'Shepherd,' which drew on his experience as an RAF pilot.
RIP Frederick Forsyth, who started writing for the best of reasons, he was totally broke!
সোহিনী 🌻 | ஸோஹினி | Sohini (@sohinichat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Professional Couriers The Professional Couriers being typically unprofessional. My father's transplant medicines lying with them in Kolkata since 7 June according to their own tracking mechanism. But not delivered. PLEASE RT. A human being's life is at stake Tracking screenshot below ⬇️

Professional Couriers <a href="/TPCGlobeCares/">The Professional Couriers</a> being typically unprofessional. My father's transplant medicines lying with them in Kolkata since 7 June according to their own tracking mechanism. But not delivered.
PLEASE RT. A human being's life is at stake 
Tracking screenshot below ⬇️
Rukmini S (@rukmini) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two data points in our work on road accidents that stood out for me: 1. Road accidents are now the leading cause of mortality among young men in India, and 2. In two out of three two-wheeler fatalities, the victim was not wearing a helmet

Balaji (@sbalaji1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This system of solatium payment must be stopped immediately. It is, and will always be unfair and unjust. Instead create a department for rehabilitation and channelise funds through it. In many cases, they need support like employment, therapy, caregivers etc.,

The Paris Review (@parisreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Anyone who writes is a seeker. You look at a blank page and you’re seeking. The role is assigned to us and never removed. I think this is an unbelievable blessing.” —Louise Glück buff.ly/CuMcst6

Dolly Kikon (@dollykikon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Believe and walk the journey of decolonisation, repatriation, and healing. Naga delegation begins historic repatriation of ancestral remains from Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum nagalandtribune.in/naga-delegatio…

Nithin Kumar (@nithinkumrr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My Swiggy delivery partner handed me this tonight. Mr. Padmanaban is a full-stack developer with 19+ years of experience. He once ran a software company. I asked if he wanted a job. He said, “No, just trying to get my business back on track.” Let’s get him the break he

My Swiggy delivery partner handed me this tonight.

Mr. Padmanaban is a full-stack developer with 19+ years of experience. He once ran a software company. I asked if he wanted a job. He said, “No, just trying to get my business back on track.”

Let’s get him the break he
S lrfan Habib एस इरफान हबीब عرفان حبئب (@irfhabib) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Umar Khalid in jail for more than five years without trial should be one of the most outrageous injustices committed in independent India. A young man languishing in prison and also being denied bail several times. It is not only sad but tragic as well.

Leonard Fernandes (@leonardjensan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Most indie publishing houses and bookshops in India are started by women, either on their own or with a partner. This article highlights three such bookshops in Hyderabad. vogue.in/content/the-la…

Saib Bilaval (@saibbilaval) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Book recommendations, Zohran Kwame Mamdani's dad edition: 1️⃣ Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism 2️⃣ When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda by Mahmood Mamdani

Book recommendations, <a href="/ZohranKMamdani/">Zohran Kwame Mamdani</a>'s dad edition:

1️⃣ Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism 

2️⃣ When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda

by Mahmood Mamdani