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On Saturday, I conducted a one-hour presentation for students of journalism and IR at the St Joseph's University, Bengaluru, about the role the media plays in informing and influencing policymakers and the public. I had an incredible time interacting with this bright bunch!
Hi! I need help connecting with researchers studying Indian west coast fisherfolk, esp heat impacts/occupational health/livelihood issues, preferably in Mangalore/Udupi. Would be great to connect with @MangaloreUniv or @ICAR_CMFRI regional centre folks. Please connect/DM, thanks!
Udbhavi retweeted
Political parties listen when in opposition but stop listening once in power.
Nobody asked for this flyover.
People wanted better airport connectivity via Budigere & Hennur at a lower cost and faster execution of Metro & suburban rail and PRR projects.
Instead, govt is pursuing projects people never demanded.
Bengaluru: For 18 months from Nov 6, 2026, goods vehicles of all categories, including light, medium and heavy vehicles & KSRTC and private buses will be barred from Ballari Road due to BDA's construction of a four-lane elevated corridor between UAS Staff Quarters and Mehkri Circle.
Airport-bound vehicles can take Nagawara-Tannery Road or BEL Circle-Ring Road, while city-bound vehicles can use Nagawara-Bamboo Bazaar-Queens Road or Hebbal Ring Road-Goraguntepalya-Dr Rajkumar Road. @blrcitytraffic
Udbhavi retweeted
All our life will be reduced to getting ID Cards, linking cards, submitting biometrics, correcting errors, change of address, and filling KYC forms.
Aadhaar to be replaced by voter ID, biometrics for benefit payments: Minister indianexpress.com/article/in…
Udbhavi retweeted
The pump says E20. The lab found E31.
Karnataka government tests have found ethanol blending of up to 31.2% in petrol samples from major oil companies.
Udbhavi retweeted
to the most respected finance minister. i have a doubt. please find time to answer me.
you say that the venue for a debate is the parliament.
you say that my home minister, amit shah has offered a special session to debate.
you say that if rahul gandhi - the leader of opposition, wants to debate my prime minister, he should come to the parliament.
ma'am, let's start by pointing out some facts.
jul 20 - the parliament session opens. narendra modi, the ever so hon'ble prime minister - addresses the media - outside the parliament. he asks for a fact-based debate.
jul 24 - Amit Shah's National Honour Bill is introduced in Rajya Sabha, by Nityanand Rai, who is MoS for home affairs. Jairam Ramesh asks "Where is the Cabinet Minister". This is present in the RS Transcript.
jul 29 - Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition - asks "why is the Home Minister not here today?". This is also present in the LS Transcript.
jul 30 - Rahul Gandhi asks "why Shah is so scared of coming to Parliament"
aug 4 - Amit Shah, is seen in the parliamentary complex. at an NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting. He Doesn't enter the house. as per reporting from Navbharat Live.
aug 6 - Mallikarjun Kharge, in Rajya Sabha, asks "Why is the Prime Minister not coming? Why is the Home Minister not coming?" as Per Kerala Kamudi - this is consistent with the RS transcript.
aug 11 - congress MP Manickam Tagore attacks the absent home minister. as per reporting by the ANI.
aug 12 - Amit Shah says to the media, "have been coming to Parliament regularly since the Session began; I sit in my chamber."
talking to the media, at around 12:30 PM, Amit Shah offered "If the Opposition wrote to the speaker, there would be a debate from 3 PM wednesday (12 aug - the same day) to 3 PM thursday (13 aug - the next day)
this was roughly a 2 hour window to submit the letter.
he further said "I will sit in the House; I will listen to everyone and respond to every point."
Rahul Gandhi said "We are not interested in listening to his lecture, Who shot those students? Who blinded that student? Who ordered the lathi charge?"
this referred to the Pellet Shots fired at the Student, Sahil Lochav. He asked about the Lathi Charge that happened in the protests on July 20th.
The Opposition wanted a statement from Shah about this, Shah wanted them to submit a letter to the speaker, in a window of roughly 2 hours - after not being present for 17 straight settings. with no recorded appearance.
aug 13 - Lok Sabha sits for 4 minutes. 11:00 AM to 11:04 AM. The National Song, Vande Mataram, is played. and then, the house is adjourned sine die. Both ever so honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shri Amit Shah were present on these days. for the 4 minutes.
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Respected Finance Minister Ma'am,
These were the facts I have pointed out. I have not said anything that was my own opinion. I have not framed the facts in a way that support any party. My facts were gathered by scraping Documents from the LS and RS portal, OCR'ing the PDFs, then parsing them and then Aggregating News Sources. - and pointing out facts from them. Cold, Hard, Records.
I have not asked any questions yet - which I will do now.
I am a human. I have evolved Pattern Seeking skills.
I spot a pattern here. I see that for the entirety of the Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Modi, and Home Minister Shah, did not utter a word on the record of the Lok Sabha. They were not present in the house except for the last 4 minutes, on the last day.
Shah says "He was sitting in his cabin",
Ma'am, I don't think debates happen when you sit alone in a cabin. It happens on the floor, where the other side can ask questions too.
I don't see a meaningful debate happening in an environment like the Parliament. I say this with utter disappointment.
If Parliament is the venue for debate, why did the two most senior members of the government not speak there once in 19 sittings? And why was the one offer to debate made to the press on the 18th day, with a deadline of a couple of hours?
Why are there "offers" even? I think it is your responsibility to be in debates because that is your entire job.
As you say, "Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them." -- Well, were Amit Shah or Narendra Modi, hearing the Questions being asked? They were not in the house even.
Please Answer my Doubts. I would be very obliged if you do so.
Regards,
Sarthak
Rahul ji, you ask the Prime Minister to choose a venue for a debate. There is already one: Parliament, where you happen to be the LoP.
Just yesterday, Home Minister Shri @AmitShah offered a special session to debate SIR and EVMs. Why not show the same enthusiasm for a debate in Parliament that you show while issuing challenges on social media?
Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them.
There have been several occasions when you and your party have walked out of Parliament while the government was responding to your allegations. How do you claim to be so eager for a debate when you don’t even stay to hear the other side?
It doesn’t stop at walkouts. You and the INDI Alliance have repeatedly disrupted proceedings, leading to entire sittings being washed out. If you are so keen on debating, why not allow Parliament to function in the first place?
And then there’s the mock Parliament you recently held at the Congress President’s residence. Frankly, that was more a ‘mockery of Parliament’ than a ‘mock Parliament’. You found the time and enthusiasm for that exercise. Surely, the real Parliament deserves at least as much.
You speak endlessly about protecting democracy and the Constitution. But that respect should also reflect in how you treat the institutions they have established.
As for the issues you frivolously raise, bring specific allegations and evidence to back them up. Simply throwing together a long list of accusations doesn’t make your case any stronger. As LoP, you are expected to show some seriousness and responsibility.
You say, “Daro mat.”
Then bring the facts, face the scrutiny and stay to hear the answers. In the House, uphold the standards of debate you demand from others.
Udbhavi retweeted
the dhurandharification of indian society is complete.
violent crimes followed by spectacles of violent instant justice.
no diagnosis of root cause. no reflection on structural issues like patriarchy.
Breaking News :
Andhra Police shot the accused in yesterday’s horrific chainsaw attack on a Class 10 girl inside Raptadu Zilla Parishad High School in Anantapur district
#AndhraPradesh
Udbhavi retweeted
SIR: Here’s how Bengaluru’s electoral rolls are riddled with errors
‘µ¢µÌèÌ’ and ‘????K’ appearing as names, ‘Husband Husband’ entered as the husband’s name & in many cases, it’s only a single letter in the relatives’ column
In one polling station alone, dozens of voters listed one after another have garbled names & details
I found at least 1,000 such entries. Read here: thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp…
Udbhavi retweeted
Vanga’s Animal has a scene where Ranbir Kapoor walks into a classroom with an AK47. This is what such movies lead to. When will directors like Sandeep Reddy Vanga and actors like Ranbir Kapoor be held responsible for poisoning young minds?
Horrific attack at Anantapur School: 21-year-old enters classroom with power chainsaw, one girl killed another Injured. the attack took place inside the classroom while a teacher was present and lessons were underway. Police launch a hunt to nab the accused. #AndhraPradesh
Udbhavi retweeted
the little girl consoling the other girl. god. they’re going to be traumatised for life. never tell me war propaganda and normalising violence in the mainstream media doesn’t have real consequences.
Horrific attack at Anantapur School: 21-year-old enters classroom with power chainsaw, one girl killed another Injured. the attack took place inside the classroom while a teacher was present and lessons were underway. Police launch a hunt to nab the accused. #AndhraPradesh
Udbhavi retweeted
Two horrific cases of macabre violence today in the news both involving school girls. We can't even protect our little children in schools anymore in this godforsaken place.
Udbhavi retweeted
we really need to have an uncomfortable conversation about how mainstream cinema keeps romanticising misogyny, stalking and violence against women
Horrific attack at Anantapur School: 21-year-old enters classroom with power chainsaw, one girl killed another Injured. the attack took place inside the classroom while a teacher was present and lessons were underway. Police launch a hunt to nab the accused. #AndhraPradesh
Udbhavi retweeted
The Modi-led govt has pushed through the Ken-Betwa link project. We found there is a bizarre story unfolding in how the government is compensating those it is forcibly displacing. The lowered caste are being given less compensation than the ‘upper’ caste displaced families. 1/3
Udbhavi retweeted
first you delete . then you make an appeal to apply using form 6 with an illegal declaration ( liable with a 1 year jail term for misrepresentation) that you are a "first time voter"!!
The election Commission and its proceedures are a cruel joke on people, democracy, and citizens
VIDEO | Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukumar says, "I appeal to all the eligible voters of Karnataka. If your name is not there in the electoral roll, kindly apply through Form 6, your name will be definitely added into the electoral roll after due verification. I could assure, we have taken lot of special drives, campaigns and publicity campaigns. So, every voter is aware of and I specially appeal to voters who complete 18 years of age. The moment you complete 18 years of age, kindly apply immediately, definitely enrol your name into the electoral roll."
#Karanataka #SIR
Udbhavi retweeted
SIR: Karnataka’s final electoral roll is out. Check your name here: voters.eci.gov.in/download-e…
More than 99.32 lakh names have been deleted from the State’s electoral rolls
Udbhavi retweeted
At least 61,059 Form-7 applications seeking the deletion of names from Karnataka’s electoral rolls were filed by election officials themselves, with not a single application mentioning a reason for the deletion, a mandatory requirement under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.
✍️@pon_vasanth and @rishitaakhanna
thehindu.com/news/national/k…
This was in Nagarbhavi at 9 am. Police contables also accompanied them. How is this loud marching with a band allowed in public but a peaceful protest outside Freedom Park isn't?
Where are the "only freedom park", "traffic jam", "public inconvenience" warriors now? The @PoliceBangalore and @CPBlr must make public the application for permissions and the permission letters.
Udbhavi retweeted
My dear friends, please, I hope to demand your absolute attention to this matter:
In 2018, my junior from St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, Dr. Randall Sequeira (middle in the pic), trekked up a steep, bauxite-rich plateau in Odisha to hold a monsoon health camp in the indigenous Kutiya Kondh village of Kutrumali.
In a piece he wrote then titled "Kutrumali’s Demons," Randall described sleeping under a dripping school roof in freezing fog, borrowing utensils from a local health worker to cook khichdi, and waking up at 6 AM to a line of tribal mothers. He wrote with heartbreak about treating malnourished toddlers with protruding bellies and visible ribs, listening to stories of stillbirths and chronic fevers, while noticing the shiny new solar lights installed by a mining conglomerate eyeing the aluminium ore beneath the villagers' feet.
Comparing his small medical team to hobbits sheltering in the night, Randall worried about the outside forces coming for that fragile village.
Randall stayed with the tribal/ adivasi community to serve them. After St. John’s and an MD in Internal Medicine from SMS Jaipur, he gave up every comfort of urban medicine to live in Kalahandi, recognizing that clinical prescriptions are meaningless when indigenous communities are stripped of their forests, water, and dignity.
On the night of October 16, Odisha police picked up Dr. Randall Sequeira and Dalit activist Laxman Naik at 11 PM from his home in Bhawanipatna. A gentle physician who has spent years trekking up hills to save tribal children is now locked in Rayagada sub-jail under frivolous but draconian charges (attempt to murder, dacoity), simply for standing with Adivasis peaceful protesting the mining of their sacred hills in Sijimali and Kutrumali.
thewire.in/rights/randall-se…
Odisha Govt. said it will cut down forests to connect tribal villages. But it was a way to bypass green laws and fast track London based Vedanta’s, and Adani's mining plans. Local organisations estimate that around 45 villages depend on these hills and would be affected.
reporters-collective.in/trc/…
The state has answered with repression rather than dialogue. In the last three years, at least 43 police cases have been filed and over a hundred Adivasis and Dalits, both women and men, have been incarcerated in Odisha jails. For example, from In March and april 2026, 8, 2026, to April 8, 2026, within one month, 24 people were sent to jail, 217 were made accused, and the number of “others” total 1,140. An activist who was not named in the original FIRs, but has since been implicated in about 12 cases, so that bail in one case is followed by arrest in another. This pattern of capture and releases have been used to crush rational dissent.
Dr. Randall understood that being a good doctor means understanding that prescriptions cannot compensate for the denial of land rights, that surgery cannot undo displacement and that no medical can substitute for the basic infrastructure a government has failed to provide.
thehindu.com/sci-tech/health…
To my fellow medical fraternity, and every citizen with a conscience: a kind physician who embodies the highest ethics of our profession is being criminalized to clear the way for bauxite mining. Please do not let his voice be buried in a sub-jail.
Amplify this, demand due process, and demand the immediate release. Please sign in this form to show solidarity: forms.gle/o2Rj2Uu3tXaoWu9dA
If anyone can help out in this situation please reach out to Medico Friend Circle - mfcindia.org/
Udbhavi retweeted
VB-G RAM G scheme is a scam, at least in Beed. The scheme was being manipulated to add fake attendance, fake work sites.We traced 47 workers in 5 sites & found that they didnt know their name was listed. Crores are being siphoned off. Read the story here.
scroll.in/article/1096483/wh…
Udbhavi retweeted
“Omg they’re abusing cops and calling our father a vote thief this is the worst” my brothers in cow urine they’re rolling out the guillotine in France.
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Just the month before SIR started in Karnataka, more than 1.28 lakh Form-7 applications were filed between the announcement of the SIR on May 14 & the freezing of rolls on June 16
Of these, 2,254 were filed “in bulk” by just 112 people, seeking deletions even before SIR began
Read: thehindu.com/news/national/k…
