People really be calling YouTube Premium an “investment” but then complaining about househelp demanding a little extra pay coz of supply demand dynamics.

Hear hear dear world, in this country apps are an “investment” while human servants are an entitlement.

HD Revanna, JDS leader arrested by SIT, Karnataka Police in alleged sexual assault case.

Fuck. The. Hustle. Culture.
Start the anti hustle culture.
Try to understand every human & their problems, create workflows that would maximize their productivity while also prioritizing rest.
Create a fucking village to help anyone and everyone.
Start the anti hustle culture.

'Women are travelling like they are possessed. Where are they going? This is just not good. We men get no space on buses. These women do no work at home, just roam around all day.” Fascinating, compelling report by ⁦Uma Vishnu⁩ and Jithendra M.
indianexpress.com/article/cities…

1.10 CRORE daily passengers for Karnataka buses, 60% women since bus travel was made free for them.

May we see more Indian women travel without fear or hesitation. May we see more of them take buses, trains, all modes of transport. May they explore, travel, loiter, flourish!

This The Indian Express report from Karnataka made my day. This is what governments can do. What better use of public funds than to have women travel more -- and have more women travel? google.com/amp/s/indianex…

99 percent of homeless individuals in Delhi experience sleeplessness due to extreme heat.

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Hypocrites of the highest order

Prajwal Revanna’s father booked for kidnapping an alleged victim in sex abuse case
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The discourse around 'domestic help has become expensive' reflects a pattern in which many people want India to become a richer country: Top down. First the people who I work for, then me, then the people who work for me. God forbid this order is reversed and I have to spend...

Frontline's book project with the brilliant Pankaj Sekhsaria is now ready. An in-depth & informed look at the dangers to #GreatNicobar from the mega project planned there. Must-read for all concerned about environment & India. Rs 499/- only. Buy now.
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Manipur conflict marks a year tomorrow.

Apart from over 227 dead, about 31 Meiteis and 14 Kuki Zos are still missing.

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I wrote about an orangutan who smeared a medicinal plant onto his face in order to treat a nasty gash he likely got from a fight with another male 🦧 within a few days his wound had closed! sciencenews.org/article/orangu…

After months of ideating, conversing and many coffees Samarth Bansal has launched The Plank.

The platform hopes to make space for the kind of work that many of us aspire to do and complain we can't in India.

Send in your pitches to — theplank.co/pitch-call

39 years and a temporary worker, that should be illegal.

A man works for IIT Bombay for 39 years and is refused his gratuity because they argue that he is a 'temporary worker.' Two courts tell IIT to pay him, but they refuse and appeal again. He commits suicide. Shame on you, IIT Bombay. 'Premier institution'?

The trees, plants, flowers and grass which sahebs of IIT Bombay take for granted were seeded, watered and nurtured as children by Raman. His blood and sweat is permanently inscribed in trees he cared for. IITB’s ecology, air and water will always bear testimony of his presence.