Vegan, anti-caste, reader, writer, parent, lover, and a WSOGMM.

Joined September 2013
Look at this beauty we found in the garden today. How lovely is it that snakes get a natural wardrobe makeover!
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So kind of you @nehaa_sinha ! And thanks to @redriverpress for selecting such perfect illustrations!
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I think the word for this kind of talk is 'gaslighting' A new word Modi and rest can learn.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a video on his Instagram handle, in which he says, "Today I just feel like talking to you. The country and the world have witnessed what happened at Jantar Mantar. Some mischievous children used very crude and abusive language, words that do not befit any civilized society. I was personally abused, and even my late mother was subjected to abuse. It was a truly ugly spectacle. However, I want to talk about the fact that mistakes happen in childhood, and childhood also offers the opportunity to correct those mistakes; that is simply the nature of being young. Therefore, I can fully understand the outrage within society. It comes as a cultural shock to see our daughters using such language. Yet, now is the time to embrace these children and show them the right path. They have lost their way, and it is our duty to guide them. Punishing them, dragging them through court proceedings, and harassing them in society, none of this will change the situation. I want to forgive them. Society, too, should accept this. I hold only one sentiment in my heart. Sometimes, our tongue gets caught between our teeth and bleeds, yet we do not break our teeth; after all, both the teeth and the tongue belong to us. These children are ours, too. It is our duty to show them the right path. Guiding those who have gone astray is difficult, but it is a task we must undertake. So, come, I call out to these children, let us move forward together for the sake of the country. Let us learn something new and learn from our mistakes as well. Let us set out to pursue our dreams. The country is moving forward and is poised for further progress, and it is my dream that you, too, move forward. I live for you; I dedicate myself to your bright future. Come, let us move the country forward together. Learn from mistakes, and move forward." (Source: Instagram/Narendra Modi)
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This story was a delight to write.
You may never look at a rogue mouse the same way again. A Mouse's Saga by @ABHaiku turns the ordinary domestic world into a battlefield of survival, myth, and absurdity. Read it in Issue 14: Witness. #ShortStory #LiteraryFiction #IndianLiterature #Fiction #EcologicalSatire
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SUBMISSIONS OPEN: Usawa Issue 15 | Refuse For our Summer 2026 Issue, we're inviting work that refuses to be dominated by hierarchy or systemic exclusion for example. Send us your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual narratives, reviews, translations, and interviews.
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Two of my poems published in The Muse India. museindia.com/Home/ViewConte…
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Replying to @ABHaiku
@ABHaiku reviews ‘The Art of Unboxing’ by Neera Kashyap in Muse India, Jan-Feb 2026 museindia.com/Home/ViewConte…
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‘Slender rays of the sun are diligently drinking up entire oceans. The invisible wind is deliberately herding clouds to bluer pastures. Birds smaller than a palm are ushering in distant momentous springs’ Poems by @ABHaiku thechakkar.com/home/agnibara…
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Our latest newsletter, featuring poetry by Junaid Ahangar and Maansi Sharma, the evolution of Tripti Dimri, and more! mailchi.mp/0ae9831b934b/this…
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Hymns for Longing and Loving . Poetry by Agni Barathi: ‘What impossible simile / will suffice, my love, / to sing of my real, utter ruin?’ thechakkar.com/home/agnibara…
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We need @madonneashwin to remake #JayaJayaJayaJayaHey starring @VijaySethuOffl and @NayantharaU with @iYogiBabu commentating on the interval fight scene! Would be the mass movie of 2024 just like how #Maaveeran was the mass movie of 2023.
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A very well-written profound article that sums up all the reasons why I am a vegan. theguardian.com/news/2023/ma…
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பட்டங்கள் ஆள்வதும் சட்டங்கள் செய்வதும் பாரினில் பெண்கள் நடத்தா வந்தோம்! எட்டும் அறிவினில் ஆணுக்கிங்கே பெண் இளைப்பில்லை காணென்று கும்மியடி! வேதம் படைக்கவும் நீதிகள் செய்யவும் வேண்டி வந்தோமென்று கும்மியடி! Tamilnadu leading the way!
Three women complete course to become priests under ‘All-Caste Priests’ scheme in Tamil Nadu. TN Govt runs six ‘Archakar Payirchi Palli’ (Priest Training Schools) which train priests from all communities. This is the first time ever women enrolled & completed the course.
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Almost all the English literature quotes that I've picked are thanks to Wdoehouse's wickedly funny wrangling of the original lines.
She was, in short, melted by his distress, as so often happens with the female sex. Poets have frequently commented on this. You are probably familiar with the one who said, "Oh, woman in our hours of ease tum tumty tiddly something please, when something something something brow, a something something something thou."
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Why don't the religious heads of #SanatanaDharma end this controversy by stating that there is no difference by birth in their "way of life"? Anybody can adopt any varna's work, even non-brahmins can be priests. I wonder why they don't do this simple thing. Idea illaatha pasanga
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Indian vegetarianism is casteist and has compassion for neither fellow humans nor animals. Anybody who practices vegetarianism in the name of ahimsa needs to take a hard look at how the dairy industry abuses cows/buffaloes. Milk is just liquid beef in ethical terms. #goVegan
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