Eid Mubarak, friends

If you aren’t following Sayantan Bera, you aren’t getting the stories from real India before elections. This is a must-read: livemint.com/politics/cards… What anecdotes, like the guy who can’t marry because he can barely pay for his hair oil and the 18% GST on it.

Get your hands on this early folks, it's 🔥🔥🔥 amazon.com/Solidarity-Eco…

भारत में ट्राइबल आर्मी, गांव सवेरा, हंसराज मीना, मंदीप पुनिया आदि का X अकाउंट हुआ बहाल. ट्राइबल आर्मी ने कहा- 'जातिवाद के खिलाफ लड़ते रहेंगे...'

Tribal Army

In this #longfom I address two points: #language as intent & its impact when framing solutions for human-wildlife interactions. Also, shouldn't the capture of 🐘 as a solution be equally influenced by the state & lives of #elephants post-capture? A thread +

Eid Mubarak!

Whether it is Eid today or tomorrow, wherever you are,
may the day bring us all release from the miseries that engulf so, so, so many of us around the world!

And if you celebrate, may you have a lovely day!

Rajeev Chandrasekhar declared taxable income of Rs 680
'What does this reveal about the Indian tax system's loopholes for the ultra-wealthy, whilst steadily eroding benefits and exemptions for salaried individuals? Shouldn't this concern all taxpayers?'
moneylife.in/article/wealth…

Jon Stewart checks in on the war in Gaza and examines how America's 'values' stack up against its support of Israel

Trust is the bedrock of any election.

What happens when a large section of the electorate loses trust?

I report from western Uttar Pradesh

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It was unclear who the ultimate recipients of the animals were. “Even the individuals transporting them did not possess this information. They were simply instructed to deliver the animals to the West Bengal border.”

Good report from Mrinal Talukdar. pratidintime.com/watch-tower/wh…

Interesting argument in this video — BJP's ticket distribution in 2024 elections is likely an Amit Shah ploy to inherit the PM position after Modi retires, while simultaneously nudging out Yogi, Fadnavis as competitors.
youtube.com/watch?v=Okqo-K…

Ornithoctoninae 'Ho Chi Minh'
A Vietnam species named after President Ho Chi Minh to remember him
This Is A Beautiful Girl !!! 😍😍

And now, a battle is brewing over custody of an elephant from Iskcon. #Vantara or a forest in West Bengal?
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/10…

Superb. Our (@himalistan + moi) discussion with biologist MD Madhusudan and env lawyer Shibani Ghosh is out on SoundCloud as well. Head here: soundcloud.com/user-162273488…

PS: The video of the discussion. himalmag.com/politics/south…
PS: The article itself. himalmag.com/politics/relia…

'The north has been denied development for so long it has stopped believing in it.' This is a superb report from Andy Mukherjee. Do read.

30 years ago this week marked the start of the genocide in #Rwanda .

Our teams were working in Rwanda in 1994. In 2014, we produced a case study which examined the constraints, questions and dilemmas faced by MSF.

Read the Speaking Out Case Study 👇
msf.org/speakingout/ge…

If you have to read one thing this week. This fantastic piece by Andy Mukherjee has to be it.

'Modi didn’t create the vacuum of hope. He just filled the hole in people’s material lives with religious fervor'

Replug:

How a legal loophole allows BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar to hide his full wealth from election panel

m rajshekhar's report from 2019

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