This time, the tears flowed as I wrote this piece :') Speaking to me in December, Vinesh Phogat told me: "The only thing I have told Bajrang and Sakshi is that I will still fight. I will look him [Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh] in the eye and medal leke aungi main, tu dekh [bring

"I am fighting for the future generation of wrestlers. Not for myself, my career is done and this is my last Olympics. I want to fight for the young women wrestlers so that they can wrestle safely. That's why I was in Jantar Mantar, and that's why I am here." Leader ❤️👇🏾

GIVE VINESH SILVER! 🥈

This fact makes me even more angry. Last two days have been a roller coaster of emotions, but I am settling at rage against the small minds of powerful men. This is a case study in "setting athletes up for failure" 😔

Horrible what’s being done to Hindus in Bangladesh. A revolution that can’t ensure the safety and dignity of the minorities is no revolution. Mob-rule must end and the student leaders, new government must step-in to control it.

Beautiful words from India's first individual gold medalist. Yes, we will live to tell the story to our children for ages to come of the champion Vinesh Phogat was, is this week, and will be for times to come. 👇🏾

The #Odisha government started sponsoring the India Men and Women National Hockey Teams from 2018, with a commitment until 2033 (now extended to 2036). The state hosted 2 consecutive editions of the Men's Hockey World Cup.Developed grassroots hockey.Built the infrastructure.(1/2)

"One of the world’s most prolific enemies of truth is Elon Musk. He is surely the global far right’s most significant figure, and he holds the world’s largest megaphone. As he may put it, a battle to defeat him is now inevitable – and it has to be won." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"With nearly 195mn followers, he is America’s most influential purveyor of disinformation. In total he has made 50 posts since January 1 that have been debunked by independent fact checkers ... These were viewed 1.2bn times." ft.com/content/bdd100…

So thrilled that Priya Ramani has written a detailed review of my book ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X.’

Caturday 🐈‍⬛🐈

Imagine the 'rule of law' environment if we had such commitments to transparent arbitration and turnaround times in Indian courts Hoping justice 🥈 gets delivered at 6pm IST👇🏾

"He’s an arsonist with a huge box of matches—and he’s having too much fun. But advertisers have an immediate power that sluggish regulators lack: in the first six months of Musk’s ownership of X, revenues fell by nearly 40 per cent" Dangers of our digital public square👇🏾

Doctors should only need to worry about saving others’ lives, not their own Let’s protect our protectors. #Nirbhaya2 #KolkataDoctorDeath

Thank you for your voice Faye DSouza Our healthcare system failed the young doctor who was killed. Our collective apathy to the terrible working conditions in government teaching hospitals led to this tragedy. youtu.be/-oq28x6snt8?si…

I received this from a friend. Please check in with the numbers of the organisers and please show up if you can in solidarity with the resident doctors fighting for justice in Kolkata. They represent the voices of all healthcare workers & women who ask for safety

Bangalore, show up

Very powerful words on the recent tragic incident #Kolkata from Ayushmann Khurrana

Useful illustrations on understanding predatory behaviour among us men. Artist - coinswallow (insta handle )