Sec 144 across many parts of the country, prohibiting gatherings in groups of four and more. Police have revoked permissions for protests tomorrow — December 19th — in Chennai, Delhi and Ahmedabad.

The Opposition or at least an organised Opposition is missing in action. Let people in your network know that if Twitter ever shuts down or becomes hard to access, Mastodon is open and is a much better choice, security-wise.

#India #CAAProtests

This could well have been titled 'How to Argue With Assholes' but hey. Go see. Useful, particularly for those of you who engage with the MoDiVotees.

(I tried to find the source for this, but it was reblogged so many times on Tumblr that I got lost. A lot of people credited https://livebloggingmydescentintomadness.tumblr.com/ but I couldn't find this there.)

A question to developing writers.
If you had the opportunity to attend day-long writing workshops, what genres or disciplines would interest you?
(Keep in mind that these are just for a day, which will mean that at beginner level, they can be an introduction to a genre or discipline, or, at intermediate and advanced levels, a focus on a particular aspect of it.)
And what would you pay?
Answer privately, if you prefer. Or email me if you know me.

Do please boost this if you are feeling kind.

Here it is.

“A little brief authority”: Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and the Rise of the Executive Court --

https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2019/11/17/a-little-brief-authority-chief-justice-ranjan-gogoi-and-the-rise-of-the-executive-court/

The Supreme Court's Tribunals judgment is an important one, because it lays down some important principles about what constitutes "institutional independence" when it comes to the relationship between decision-making bodies and the government. Some of those principles are directly applicable to recent amendments that have sought to increase governmental control over the Information Commission under the RTI. A piece:

https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/the-tribunals-judgment-ii-on-independence/

Let's do another round on #Ramayana questions. One never exhausts this subject, truly.

Last time, I commented on modern retellings, Rama's birthplace, English translations of Valmiki's text, Shambuka's story, and the number of versions of the story.

If you have follow-up questions or others, have at it. I'll do my best to answer the first five questions. #MastodonThread #Thread #history

Want to know how Twitter throttles reach?

Posted this to 4k followers on Twitter. Got 1RT in 26 minutes.
Same on m@stodon to 1k followers. 14 Boost (RT) in 18 min!

Also, @[email protected] (37k followers) got 1-2 RTs after 30 min!!

Tw!tter is rigged folks. #Move

Me: What could I possibly do after the Avengers era?

Netflix: Mindhunter, Wild Wild Country, The King, The Devil Next Door

Me: Got it