This nearly 100-yr-old photograph taken at the Mysore Sericulture Department, Channapatna, opens up so many conversations we need to have about inequalities in science. These days the heirarchies are more insidious.

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"This is not the 'new' anything" On mpox, reasons to be vigilant in India & the urgency to shed the stigma associated with this disease that has been around for decades. Full article I can share on request (feel free to DM). hindustantimes.com/analysis/mpox-…

Them: we treat our delivery partners/workers with dignity Also them: ewwwwww someone thought I was a delivery partner

I google Vadhavan and all I see are news reports abt how the deep sea port could be a 'gamechanger' for Maharashtra. In reality, there are massive protests against it by the local communities.

A lyricist, Padma Awardee, Sangeet Natak Akademi Winner, Multiple National award winner is my molester. He was named by 3 women, including me, in front of the media. He gets platformed, protected by major Tamilnadu parties - Something I have repeated for 6 years. I told

“Sometimes keeping our heads down and working is a way to stay sane... but this time it hit very close to the bubble...” - Fields Medallist Efim Zelmanov, on the role of mathematicans in times of political conflict. I write for Frontline frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-te…

When I requested to interview Zelmanov at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings meeting, it was because I wanted to understand the top mathematician's reasons for speaking out against an authoritative government.

How is it that here in India, we view political and communal conflicts as separate from STEM, whereas the two worlds seem to overlap for the likes of leading mathematicians Efim Zelmanov and Maryna Viazovska? frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-te…

Can somebody explain how this man will speak to a right-wing 'unscientific' jerk but will not accept criticism from another doctor? So TheLiverDoc is both castiest and misogynistic? And "so called doctor'? Watch your mouth man, many of us have followed Dr Karpagam's work

It sounds a bit preachy, but it's the only way I was able to articulate🙏🏿 Reading about Ukraine's ICTM & speaking to Efim genuinely made me wonder why we rarely see STEM interventions for the sub-groups of our own population that are so deeply impacted by conflict & oppression.

yikes. liverdoc making things ugly. Will unfollow & stick with Dr. Sylvia Karpagam for my health bytes no prob✌🏿

"a powerful force for identifying breast cancer" “so successful that they were 30% better at detecting tissue changes than doctors” Fascinating story abt a group of women who work as Medical Tactile Examiners at the NAB India Centre for Blind Women npr.org/sections/goats… #WomenInSTEM

Mindblown to find out how nuanced and technical ecological restoration efforts need to be for them to be effective. Those cute one-day tree planting drives just won't cut it, sadly. azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/faculty-resear…

India has it's first mpox case since the latest outbreak. 👉🏿BUT this is a clade-2 case, meaning it's not part of the current emergency, which is reg the seemingly more infectious & fatal clade-1b virus. Some snippets from my recent mpox explainer on Hindustan Times (1/n)

Nevertheless, it's as imp as ever to stay vigilant and informed about #mpox. The stigma makes no sense & is counterproductive. (2/2)

Aww.Only 20 yrs too late. Bet I will still remember all lyrics of american idiot album tho

Heard from Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee & Vallari Sheel about some powerful programmes that have been quietly restoring ecologies we have destroyed, for decades. Restoration is a long game, but it's not an exaggeration to say it's our only hope for a liveable future. azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/faculty-resear…