Nabanita Samanta | নবনীতা (@hydroecstatic) 's Twitter Profile
Nabanita Samanta | নবনীতা

@hydroecstatic

An 'Earth-ecstatic' nurturing keen interest at the intrasection of ‘ecology’, ‘society’ & the ‘self’. PhDing @iitbombay. EARTH Scholar @sgsah & @EdinburghUni

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Nabil Echchaibi (@nechchai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many have asked me why I wrote this essay in poetic prose. I did because I’m reminded of the words of the great Aretha Franklin: let me give you something you can feel because knowing is impossible. Scream for Gaza journals.sagepub.com/eprint/KJWM8H9…

Nabanita Samanta | নবনীতা (@hydroecstatic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

" Gaza cannot be just another scroll in our fleeting social media feed. ... Scrolling has turned our thumb into a monstrous muscle. ... If words wept, this screen would be leaking. "

APPSC IIT Bombay (@appsciitb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Their homes in Jai Bhim Nagar Powai, where they have lived most of their childhood, were demolished by BMC two days ago. We found them coming out from the rubble today morning with this copy of the Indian Constitution.They went searching for it. Their search for justice continues

Their homes in Jai Bhim Nagar Powai, where they have lived most of their childhood, were demolished by BMC two days ago. We found them coming out from the rubble today morning with this copy of the Indian Constitution.They went searching for it. Their search for justice continues
M.Yuvan (@yuvan_aves) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Indian govt's plan to make Great Nicobar a modern city is a project of plain settler colonialism. 50 yrs later Shompen and Nicobarese tribes will be slave-workers in their own land, with their forests and ways of living wiped out. India's plight was this less than a century ago.

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Very few people have acknowledged the Shompen. A Letter to the President of India: Who will stand up for 229 Shompens (PVTG) and 27,168 Nicobarese in Great Nicobar Island, whose interests stand ignored by a “Mega Infra Project”? countercurrents.org/2024/06/open-l… via @countercurrents

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Yesterday PM Modi laid the foundation stone for India’s largest deep water port: the Vadhavan Port Project, but the ceremony was not held in Vadhavan, where the port is actually proposed. It was held in Palghar, around 30 km away from Vadhavan. Why you may ask? Stay with me 🧵