Shomona Khanna

New publication - 'Compendium of Judgments on the Forest Rights Act: 2015 - 2018' ed. by me & Nikita Agarwal, published by @VasundharaO academia.edu/143845530/Comp… Follow-up to Compendium of Jgmts on FRA 2007 -2015 published by MoTA & UNDP in Dec 2015.

@Aunindyo2023 The most utterly delightful story of Forbidden Fruit, completely overshadowing the apple version.

Memories of Mangoes One early summer’s day, in the South Delhi home where I lived as a child, a sudden sky-black storm shook the solitary mango tree in our garden, showering a bounty of green mangoes onto the grass below. I, head bowed to shield my face from the big, fat drops of quickening rain, sprinted across, from the sheltered veranda, to gather up the fallen fruit. At the door, impatiently, my elder sister oversaw my adventure, already planning what to do with the unexpected prize. Mango picking was forbidden in our home till they ripened; a futile rule defeated by the birds that were aplenty in the cities, back then in the 1980s. My sister stole the peeler and grater from the kitchen, as my middle sister and I washed the mangoes in near silence, for even the faintest betraying clatter in the kitchen would summon our mother’s vigilant tread, who would confiscate the unripe fruit and preserve them for a mango chutney. In a well-practised heist – we had done such things before – the salt and sugar jars, the bottle of mustard oil, and a couple of green chillies were quietly taken to the large bedroom we shared. The green mangoes were peeled and then their white and woody flesh grated, sprinkled with salt and sugar, the chillies broken and crushed, and finally, a generous splash of sharp mustard oil added to the mix, to make an impromptu mango relish, that could only be properly enjoyed when licked off one’s fingers. Relived it today, but with a dash of kashundi. Haapush Hupush shobdo; Charidik nistobdho.

@krishnakant_75 @DelhiTreesSOS @Bharati09 @BhavreenMK @Otternyatlaw you have got to see this!!

Love, deceit, murder ! Hornbill vs Hornbill in a whodunnit in Delhi's Lodhi Garden. Not all murder mysteries are found on OTT ! @Bharati09 @BhavreenMK

Romila Thapar is 94 & still doesn’t give up! I hope I carry even fraction of energy she still radiates at this old age!

PM says global slowdown responsible for mess in Indian economy, then why US dollar is getting strong and Rupee taking dip?

Ah, so not all people are cockroaches, only some of them are. Got it. 👍🏾

@iramsubramanian Cannot. Agree. More.

Despite the Rupee closing at a historic 96.14 CJI, Justice Surya Kant, clocked the lowest today.

@catale7a Gosh, this is horrible, just horrible.

Indian Unemployed Youth; cartoon dedicated to the Chief Justice of India, Suryakant Sharma

@jatinde55345952 @KapilSibal No idea so far.

@alterlaw @KapilSibal what the stand of Supreme Court Bar Association on this statement by CJI?

Deeply perturbed by language used by the CJI, surely he knows their history. "Parasite" - used by Hitler to describe the Jews. "Cockroach" -used by Radio Rwanda to describe the Tutsis. The result was horrific genocide in each case. #NeverForget #NotInMyName

Of for god sake, the unusual investment offer is a damn bribe. It’s a bribe.

Did you know that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants together in a jar, they usually coexist peacefully? But if you shake the jar hard, they immediately turn on each other and start killing one another. The red ants see the black ants as enemies, and the black ants see the red ants as enemies. Yet the real enemy is the one shaking the jar. The same thing happens in human society. Before we turn on each other, we should stop and ask ourselves: who is shaking the jar?

@bahardutt @DelhiTreesSOS Started leaving water for the birds last year. It is the joy of my life. I have kept a comfy chair at a safe distance, and can spend hours at a time just watching them come and go. Such a huge return for a small, small act of kindness.

This poor bird has been almost static on the tree stupefied by the heat have you left some water out for the birds today ?

If you need a few seconds away from the rush and nonsense of your timeline, here’s a little #peakdistrict peace for your day. 💚

@rameshsrivats @pyoli Why were we waiting for 72 days *after* the crisis began?

If convoy sizes can be cut down overnight, then why were we waiting for an energy crisis to do it?

@nirupamakotru @Snag50438118 @SamirKu73625117 Very well said @nirupamakotru It's a wonderful development, and I'm looking forward to this new era. Congratulations @StStephensClg

@alterlaw @Snag50438118 @SamirKu73625117

I am proud of my alma mater;it's come a long way from being the Boys' Club it used to be in the 1980s. Not that there weren't any outspoken women around in that decade and thereafter,but boys dominated the discourse,unlike in @JNU_official_50 which welcomed me into its fold when I left @StStephensClg after completing my graduation. After all the college(SSC) has had an uncomfortable history when it comes to gender-after the initial years when there were a few women students studying in college,it became a all-boys' college in 1950 and turned co-educational only in 1975. Hence women were relegated to the background. I remember envying my friends in @mirandahouse_ for instance, coz they were far more outspoken than I was. I missed having that opportunity. In JNU everyone had a voice. Everyone,regardless of their background or gender. Hence this shift (having a lady principal) truly gladdens my heart. Stephen's has always been a great educational institution and I hope it continues to lead ❤️ StStephen's college rules ✌️

@ANI The godi media may have forgotten, but we have not forgotten #EpsteinFiles How anyone can believe a single word coming out of this person's mouth, it is incomprehensible to me.

#WATCH | Delhi: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, says, "... If you look at the fiscal situation, if you look at the fact that my oil companies are losing Rs 1,000 crores every day, the under recovery is going to be Rs 1,98,000 crores. The losses are Rs 1 lakh crore, if you look at the quarter. In that context, how long can you keep it like this? Where is the oil? It used to be around $64 or $65. It has gone up to $115 in that basket..."

@SketchesbyBoze I really wish there was some way to turn OFF AI. It is constantly interrupting my work and my thoughts, I'm at my wits end. This looks like a long document, shall I summarise it? Do you want help writing this? Can I suggest a better word? 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

This sort of thing really angers me. I’m trying to answer emails and spellcheck is changing words into different words, Gmail wants to “polish” my thoughtfully written draft and even suggests an automated three-paragraph response I didn’t write. They are trying to take all the personality, all the joy and spark, out of my writing. Writing IS thinking and they don’t want anyone ever to think again.

Dear Modiji You lectured us yesterday to save fuel, carpool and embrace austerity. But here’s how your lecture worked in reality incase you are not aware. Mumbai–Vadodara Indigo flight 6E 618 was scheduled to land in Vadodara at around 9 pm. The flight has now been diverted to Ahmedabad because Vadodara airport has been shut for commercial operations till your (PM Modi’s) special aircraft takes off for Delhi. After burning extra fuel to divert, the aircraft hovered over Ahmedabad for several minutes awaiting landing clearance — wasting even more fuel. Passengers suffered delays and inconvenience, all for one VIP movement. Yours. Sir, you claim that you don't believe in VIP culture. Right now, entire Vadodara airport stands disrupted, commercial flights affected, aviation fuel burnt unnecessarily — but we are told to tighten belts and save petrol. Austerity for citizens. Privilege for PM? Tomorrow another lecture on fuel efficiency? Spare us, Sir. #NarendraModi #Indigo #Fuel #Vadodara @narendramodi @RamMNK @IndiGo6E @virsanghvi @srinivasiyc @rohinisingh @tvkvijayhq @ravish_journo

Very admirable. Hope the case files also came by bicycle, not in official car. It would be great if a cycling culture could be encouraged in Delhi also, with the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court judges, instead of their BMWs and Toyota Camrys respectively.

The first one is a digitally altered page being wrongly presented as the front page of The Hindu on June 6, 1967. The second is the actual page released that day. This is what social media is capable of; it can even alter the front page of India's national English daily.