There will come a time when people, looking back at today’s extreme inequality will be shocked that we tolerated this, the same way that we get shocked that our ancestors tolerated slavery & serfdom.

In The Great Derangement I wrote that in the event of a major storm 'the thousands of billboards that encrust' Mumbai would turn 'into deadly projectiles'. The recent storm was nowhere near as damaging as a major cyclone would be. Mumbai really needs to cut back drastically on

Pune Porsche case: Is the outrage over bail to minor justified? indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via The Indian Express

"Students should be prohibited from wearing any coloured wristbands, rings, or forehead marks (Tilaka). They must also refrain from coming to school on bicycles painted with reference to their caste or exhibiting any caste-related sentiments." Justice Chandru, One-Man Committee

🚨New paper klaxon🚨 Assuming rehabilitation is among criminal justice’s goals, then does it matter whether treatment happens in custody or the community? Let’s take a look… 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Absurd Clouds written by: Pupul Dutta Prasad Pupul Dutta Prasad   Heavy and hovering clouds Ominously unmoved Like blame that is blind to what is right to what spillwords.com/absurd-clouds/… #SpillWords

One thing I ultimately like about any sport (well, life, in general): the comeback from the down and dead. #Olympics facebook.com/share/v/P6HVWj…

The #riots that erupted across the #UK are the most significant since 2011. On LSE British Politics and Policy, Tim Newburn (LSE Social Policy) identifies the key differences between 2024 and 2011, and calls for an official inquiry. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

जगह-जगह दाँतदार भूल, हथियार-बन्द ग़लती है, जिन्हें देख, दुनिया हाथ मलती हुई चलती है। ~शून्य, गजानन माधव मुक्तिबोध Seeing everywhere serrated mistakes, armored faults, the earth, rubbing its hands, moves on. (The Zero, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra)

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“If quarks and waves could talk, you can bet that physicists would be doing qualitative research as well.” Shadd Maruna

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Adolescence, love and POCSO: Intimacy must not be criminalised indianexpress.com/article/opinio…