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@_YogendraYadav Strength to Kavita and other family members and friends. My deepest condolences. RIP Ananth

Anantha passed away this morning, around 3 am on 18 April. He went away peacefully. An end that he had prepared himself and all of us for. Leading the kind of life he did and facing death the way he did should be an aspiration for all of us. Ananthapadmanabhan Guruswamy would be remembered for many of his accomplishments and contributions: CEO of Amnesty International in India, the International Programme Director at Greenpeace, CEO of Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) and the founder of Socrates. An alumnus of IIT Madras and a former teacher at The School – Krishnamurti Foundation India, he would be remembered as one of the most gifted and amazing minds that could think across fields and come up with out of box solutions. Colleagues in Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan would remember him as an unending source of ideas and energy for our work. We met through his partner Kavita Kuruganti. Over the last five years, I had the honour of calling him my friend — actually, my guide and life coach. The beautiful way he embraced cancer and prepared for death has been a life lesson for me. His body would be kept at home (#606, Petunia Block, Sankalp Central Park, Yadavagiri, Mysuru) till 3pm today before being taken for cremation. Cremation will be done at 4pm in Gokulam. Alvida Ananth, as you begin your ananta journey. Till we join!

Do you know why does @Jaspritbumrah93 deceive batters again, again and again? Neuroscience may have an explanation, says @kvijayraghavan in a recent @shaastramag column shaastramag.iitm.ac.in/essays/why-you…

Edit cartoon @IndianExpress on #MadhavGadgil . @Ram_Guha

Happy that FB just reminded me of a story that I broke some 13 yers ago on Indian scientists identifying Queen Ketevan DNA in Goa! @GeoEmbassyIndia telegraphindia.com/science-tech/g…

VS, Kerala's much-adored Marxist leader, no more.

This issue of IIT Madras Shaastra is a must read if you are a #Weather enthusiast. Three wonderful stories by my colleagues @tvjayan and @rekhadixit123 The first on the history of Monsoon forecast in #India and the new research that's happening shaastramag.iitm.ac.in/lead-story/let…

I am offering a 3-credit, 30-hour course on introductory evolutionary biology on the NPTEL platform. NPTEL courses are free for anyone, anywhere in the world, but require registrations, which is open as of now. onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_bt87/pre… Kindly spread the word.

Neither India nor Pakistan can win a war against the other, as both are nuclear powers. Interventions can happen again, and the lesson Pakistan may have learnt is that it can get away with it in future too. That takes India’s Pakistan policy to a dead end.

The view that people from #IndusValley might have moved South might have to be re-looked. Entire Indian sub-continent was culturally integrated by 2500 BCE. But why is #PMModi silent on Iron age antiquity in #TamilNadu, #SouthIndia? #IronAge #DravidianModel #DravidianStock

Debate on arsenic life revisited after 15 years. Science in times of internet, women in science, nature of life. The scientist at the centre of the debate dropped out, went into music, and is back into science again, exploring boundaries. #arseniclife nytimes.com/2025/02/11/sci…

Open call! The EMBO Global Investigator Network supports group young leaders who are setting up their laboratories in Chile, India, Singapore or Taiwan. Apply by 1 May: embo.org/funding/fellow… #ResearchFunding #LifeSciences

@vijivenkatesh @menongautham @mammukka @MKampanyOffl Didn't you already act in another Malayalam movie? I forgot which one, though...

House owner , Mrs Madhuri She’s pretty cool I thought #DominicAndTheLadiesPurse @menongautham @mammukka @MKampanyOffl

Congratulations Prof @SinhaUrbasi !

Something very inspiring!

“If there were no hope, we wouldn’t have fought at all.” A crucial interview with Leila Khaled: mondoweiss.net/2024/12/octobe…

A depleted river, degraded habitat, flattened hills—a satellite fact-checks denials of illegal mining in #Rajasthan's Sota river. @sukriti_vats of @LandConflicts has a case study of how India's environmental laws are violated & officially abetted article-14.com/post/as-a-sate…

Remembering #ManmohanSingh, the architect of India’s digital infrastructure. | A tribute by @tkarun Without his backing, there would have been no Aadhaar, no India Stack, no UPI, no DigiYatra. Read more here: thecore.in/opinion/manmoh…

Under #ManmohanSingh, India achieved the highest-ever decadal compound growth rate. 🔗shorturl.at/owhcN Not only was the growth fast, it was more participatory as well. Rural wages, adjusted for inflation, went up for six straight years over 2008-14, sharply slashing poverty. ✍️@tkarun.