Aravind Varier
@VarierAravind
Teacher | Scientific Temper | Linguistic Equality | Cooperative Federalism | Secularism | Social Justice
Pinarayi Vijayan has done a pretty good job, especially when you compare him to Kerala’s previous Chief Ministers.
Does this look like Pinarayi Vijayan has done a good job?
Dear @pinarayivijayan The Kerala government should learn from the Tamil Nadu government how to organize a robust fact-checking mechanism. Could you please constitute a fact-checking mechanism in Kerala, similar to @tn_factcheck, which Tamil Nadu has established in its state?
Fake news claims that the Church Employees Welfare Board uses Hindu temple funds ! Under the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, Hindu temple funds cannot be used for the welfare boards of the other departments. In Tamil Nadu, the Christian Priests and Church…
PLFS counts underemployed as employed. In 2023-24, youth unemployment was 29.9% in KL and 2.6% in MP Yet, 33.4% of workers in MP are classified as helpers in household enterprises compared to just 4.6% in KL, revealing the poor quality of jobs behind the low unemployment figures
Wealth Creation leads to Job Creation. To understand the nature of employment in India, one must understand labour markets and business climate across states of India. #Jobs #EaseofBusiness
Dear @indiainpixels The wonderful platform that you have created is singlehandedly responsible for initiating the Data Driven Governance revolution in India.♥️ I am happy to be a part of this revolution and hope more data enthusiasts join the movement.🫂
Maps are compression engines. One frame can hold a chapter of context. When a convo has maps shared, people argue less about “what” and more about “why”. I have witnessed first hand how social discussions today are lot more data aware today than they were 10 years back.
It is indeed offensive for someone to enter a vegetarian restaurant, eat meat, and offer it to other customers. NOTE: Most non-vegetarians in India would feel uncomfortable if a random person entered a non-vegetarian restaurant, ate lizard meat, and placed it on their plate.
How is eating meat, a food rich in protein, an offensive act? Vegetarian food does not help us hit the daily protein requirement. Nothing offensive at all. Food is food. I absolutely support the guy.
I will answer your questions 👇🏻 1) The majority of Malayali Hindus do not know the Hanuman Chalisa. 2) Hanuman Chalisa is written in Awadhi, a language that most Malayalis do not understand. 3) Awadhi is not considered a sacred language by Malayali Hindus, unlike Sanskrit.
What kind of hindu doesn't know hanuman chalisa how is that even possible? lol