Chhavi
@chhavi.c.im.ap.brid.gy
Podcast maker and coach + radio journalist; cat slave, sojourner, swimmer & baarish fan in India
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Flood impact: Suicide prevention helplines start buzzing in Marathwada
Maharashtra has seen ravaging floods in the last few weeks. Marathwada has been the worst affected region #farmersprotest […]
Maharashtra has seen ravaging floods in the last few weeks. Marathwada has been the worst affected region #farmersprotest […]
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c.im
October 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Flood impact: Suicide prevention helplines start buzzing in Marathwada
Maharashtra has seen ravaging floods in the last few weeks. Marathwada has been the worst affected region #farmersprotest […]
Maharashtra has seen ravaging floods in the last few weeks. Marathwada has been the worst affected region #farmersprotest […]
Any resemblance to persons living ...
"The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race, or his holy cause. A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not […]
"The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race, or his holy cause. A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not […]
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c.im
July 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Any resemblance to persons living ...
"The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race, or his holy cause. A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not […]
"The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race, or his holy cause. A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not […]
My review: 🎙️for @T3dotcom
Solid Performance with a Monitoring Catch – UltraProlink On-Air Mic
https://t3india.com/solid-performance-with-a-monitoring-catch-ultraprolink-on-air-mic/
Solid Performance with a Monitoring Catch – UltraProlink On-Air Mic
https://t3india.com/solid-performance-with-a-monitoring-catch-ultraprolink-on-air-mic/
Solid Performance with a Monitoring Catch – UltraProlink On-Air Mic
t3india.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My review: 🎙️for @T3dotcom
Solid Performance with a Monitoring Catch – UltraProlink On-Air Mic
https://t3india.com/solid-performance-with-a-monitoring-catch-ultraprolink-on-air-mic/
Solid Performance with a Monitoring Catch – UltraProlink On-Air Mic
https://t3india.com/solid-performance-with-a-monitoring-catch-ultraprolink-on-air-mic/
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/filth-piles-up-in-kanwar-waste-trip-up-as-3-5-crore-pilgrims-flood-uttarakhand-prnt/cid/2114715
As Uttarakhand continues to be overrun by Kanwar Yatra devotees, with numbers rising exponentially year on year, environmentalists and locals have noted with alarm […]
As Uttarakhand continues to be overrun by Kanwar Yatra devotees, with numbers rising exponentially year on year, environmentalists and locals have noted with alarm […]
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c.im
July 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/filth-piles-up-in-kanwar-waste-trip-up-as-3-5-crore-pilgrims-flood-uttarakhand-prnt/cid/2114715
As Uttarakhand continues to be overrun by Kanwar Yatra devotees, with numbers rising exponentially year on year, environmentalists and locals have noted with alarm […]
As Uttarakhand continues to be overrun by Kanwar Yatra devotees, with numbers rising exponentially year on year, environmentalists and locals have noted with alarm […]
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/19/business/plastic-bag-policies-pollution-wellness
Unfortunately India's plastic bag ban is an eyewash. They vanish from sight for a week when the Gov shakes a stick and everyone goes back to using them after that. They're widely, cheaply available and still used […]
Unfortunately India's plastic bag ban is an eyewash. They vanish from sight for a week when the Gov shakes a stick and everyone goes back to using them after that. They're widely, cheaply available and still used […]
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c.im
June 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/19/business/plastic-bag-policies-pollution-wellness
Unfortunately India's plastic bag ban is an eyewash. They vanish from sight for a week when the Gov shakes a stick and everyone goes back to using them after that. They're widely, cheaply available and still used […]
Unfortunately India's plastic bag ban is an eyewash. They vanish from sight for a week when the Gov shakes a stick and everyone goes back to using them after that. They're widely, cheaply available and still used […]
Climate emergency and the vulnerable... #Heat #labour #climaterelatedrisk
#environmentaljustice
https://www.outlookindia.com/environment/when-the-heat-rises-the-workers-fall-why-climate-justice-must-begin-with-labour
#environmentaljustice
https://www.outlookindia.com/environment/when-the-heat-rises-the-workers-fall-why-climate-justice-must-begin-with-labour
When The Heat Rises, The Workers Fall: Why Climate Justice Must Begin with Labour
The climate emergency is not just about melting glaciers or rising sea levels, it is about livelihoods lost, bodies overburdened, and futures rendered precarious by extreme heat and erratic weather.
www.outlookindia.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-collecting-immigrant-data-surveil-track/
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-collecting-immigrant-data-surveil-track/
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct6ssh
#CrowdScience listener Sid is running late, and he’s turning to science to find an excuse. He and his partner Steffi in Singapore have very different attitudes to timekeeping. They wonder if this is down to their different cultural upbringings, or if […]
#CrowdScience listener Sid is running late, and he’s turning to science to find an excuse. He and his partner Steffi in Singapore have very different attitudes to timekeeping. They wonder if this is down to their different cultural upbringings, or if […]
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c.im
April 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct6ssh
#CrowdScience listener Sid is running late, and he’s turning to science to find an excuse. He and his partner Steffi in Singapore have very different attitudes to timekeeping. They wonder if this is down to their different cultural upbringings, or if […]
#CrowdScience listener Sid is running late, and he’s turning to science to find an excuse. He and his partner Steffi in Singapore have very different attitudes to timekeeping. They wonder if this is down to their different cultural upbringings, or if […]
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-us-visa-crackdown-50-of-revocations-involved-indian-students-3813984/
My heart goes out to the kids dealing with this heartbreaking situation. I can't imagine how devastated and frightened I would have been had this happened to me at 19 […]
My heart goes out to the kids dealing with this heartbreaking situation. I can't imagine how devastated and frightened I would have been had this happened to me at 19 […]
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c.im
April 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-us-visa-crackdown-50-of-revocations-involved-indian-students-3813984/
My heart goes out to the kids dealing with this heartbreaking situation. I can't imagine how devastated and frightened I would have been had this happened to me at 19 […]
My heart goes out to the kids dealing with this heartbreaking situation. I can't imagine how devastated and frightened I would have been had this happened to me at 19 […]
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/15/blue-origin-flight-american-feminism
False eyelashes? False feminism
False eyelashes? False feminism
April 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/15/blue-origin-flight-american-feminism
False eyelashes? False feminism
False eyelashes? False feminism
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/yemeni-tradition-bees-tazeeb/
How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations
To make the most of brief blooming seasons, beekeepers in one of the world’s most water-scarce countries have turned their apiaries mobile.
How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations
To make the most of brief blooming seasons, beekeepers in one of the world’s most water-scarce countries have turned their apiaries mobile.
How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations
As beekeeper Mosad Al-Humairi watched the truck carrying 48 of his beehives lurch to one side, its right wheels sinking dangerously in the muddy road and its top tilting towards a drop fewer than two meters away, his world came to a sharp halt. The 288-kilometer journey from Ibb in...
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reasonstobecheerful.world
April 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/yemeni-tradition-bees-tazeeb/
How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations
To make the most of brief blooming seasons, beekeepers in one of the world’s most water-scarce countries have turned their apiaries mobile.
How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations
To make the most of brief blooming seasons, beekeepers in one of the world’s most water-scarce countries have turned their apiaries mobile.
Loved this ode to Val Kilmer https://www.avclub.com/val-kilmer-tombstone-doc-holliday-supporting-star
April 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Loved this ode to Val Kilmer https://www.avclub.com/val-kilmer-tombstone-doc-holliday-supporting-star
https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-hindutva-laboratory-communal-violence-aurangzeb-tomb-chhaava/article69395730.ece
Old formula, new laboratory: Hindutva finds fresh ground in Maharashtra
Old formula, new laboratory: Hindutva finds fresh ground in Maharashtra
Maharashtra: India’s New Hindutva Laboratory?
The recent surge in hate speeches, violence, and communal polarisation in Maharashtra raises a critical question: Is the State becoming the next laboratory of Hindutva politics?
frontline.thehindu.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-hindutva-laboratory-communal-violence-aurangzeb-tomb-chhaava/article69395730.ece
Old formula, new laboratory: Hindutva finds fresh ground in Maharashtra
Old formula, new laboratory: Hindutva finds fresh ground in Maharashtra
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190523-does-reading-fiction-make-us-better-people
"It sounds as though it’s time to lose the stereotype of the shy bookworm whose nose is always in a book because they find it difficult to deal with real people. In fact, these bookworms might be better than […]
"It sounds as though it’s time to lose the stereotype of the shy bookworm whose nose is always in a book because they find it difficult to deal with real people. In fact, these bookworms might be better than […]
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c.im
April 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190523-does-reading-fiction-make-us-better-people
"It sounds as though it’s time to lose the stereotype of the shy bookworm whose nose is always in a book because they find it difficult to deal with real people. In fact, these bookworms might be better than […]
"It sounds as though it’s time to lose the stereotype of the shy bookworm whose nose is always in a book because they find it difficult to deal with real people. In fact, these bookworms might be better than […]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha
I learned something new today!
I learned something new today!
Ha-ha - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha
I learned something new today!
I learned something new today!
https://article-14.com/post/the-right-to-die-with-dignity-is-legal-but-most-indians-don-t-know-it-a-society-in-kerala-lights-the-way-66b2e3d7d850c
The Right To Die With Dignity Is Legal, But Most Indians Don’t Know It. A Society In Kerala Lights The Way
The Right To Die With Dignity Is Legal, But Most Indians Don’t Know It. A Society In Kerala Lights The Way
The Right To Die With Dignity Is Legal, But Most Indians Don’t Know It. A Society In Kerala Lights The Way
In 2018, the Supreme Court legalised advance medical directives, a document that provides bodily autonomy to those too incapacitated to stop a doctor from fruitless, invasive remedies. While union and state governments (save Goa) have done nothing to recognise or accept these documents, some people and institutions have finalised such directives, hoping to spur State acceptance. Our story from the Thrissur Pain and Palliative Care Society in Kerala, where 42 people—one of the largest cohorts in India—signed directives this year.
article-14.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
https://article-14.com/post/the-right-to-die-with-dignity-is-legal-but-most-indians-don-t-know-it-a-society-in-kerala-lights-the-way-66b2e3d7d850c
The Right To Die With Dignity Is Legal, But Most Indians Don’t Know It. A Society In Kerala Lights The Way
The Right To Die With Dignity Is Legal, But Most Indians Don’t Know It. A Society In Kerala Lights The Way
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/10/more-than-1100-dead-olive-ridley-sea-turtles-washed-up-along-southern-india-coastline-aoe
The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols and a crackdown on fishing boats
The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols and a crackdown on fishing boats
February 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/10/more-than-1100-dead-olive-ridley-sea-turtles-washed-up-along-southern-india-coastline-aoe
The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols and a crackdown on fishing boats
The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols and a crackdown on fishing boats
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/stampede-delhi-railway-station-general-tickets-unreserved-system-9839718/
The stampede broke out at the station between 9 pm and 9.20 pm, killing 18 people and injuring several others.
The Indian Express has learnt that, on an average, 7,000 […]
The stampede broke out at the station between 9 pm and 9.20 pm, killing 18 people and injuring several others.
The Indian Express has learnt that, on an average, 7,000 […]
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c.im
February 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/stampede-delhi-railway-station-general-tickets-unreserved-system-9839718/
The stampede broke out at the station between 9 pm and 9.20 pm, killing 18 people and injuring several others.
The Indian Express has learnt that, on an average, 7,000 […]
The stampede broke out at the station between 9 pm and 9.20 pm, killing 18 people and injuring several others.
The Indian Express has learnt that, on an average, 7,000 […]
https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/genetically-modified-fish-could-erase-mercury-pollution
Genetically Modified Fish Could Erase Mercury Pollution
Genetically Modified Fish Could Erase Mercury Pollution
Genetically Modified Fish Could Erase Mercury Pollution - SynBioBeta
This breakthrough in genetic engineering could protect ecosystems by neutralizing one of the world's most dangerous pollutants
www.synbiobeta.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/genetically-modified-fish-could-erase-mercury-pollution
Genetically Modified Fish Could Erase Mercury Pollution
Genetically Modified Fish Could Erase Mercury Pollution
I just had a radiation-free, non invasive, thermal breast scan from @niramaianalytix (I covered their groundbreaking tech for the BBC in 2022) at home!
The tech is robust + cheap & INFINITELY less painful/dehumanising than a mammogram. Iykyk #breastcancer #screeningsaveslives #psa
The tech is robust + cheap & INFINITELY less painful/dehumanising than a mammogram. Iykyk #breastcancer #screeningsaveslives #psa
February 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I just had a radiation-free, non invasive, thermal breast scan from @niramaianalytix (I covered their groundbreaking tech for the BBC in 2022) at home!
The tech is robust + cheap & INFINITELY less painful/dehumanising than a mammogram. Iykyk #breastcancer #screeningsaveslives #psa
The tech is robust + cheap & INFINITELY less painful/dehumanising than a mammogram. Iykyk #breastcancer #screeningsaveslives #psa