Rammanohar Reddy

@ramreddy

Writer, economist, & journalist. Editor, @TheIndiaForum. Earlier Editor, @epw_in. Before that with @the_hindu, @deccanherald

Hyderabad, India

Joined March 2007

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 2

Renegotiation of the Indus Waters Treaty looks inevitable; an opportunity to address environmental issues: Daniel Haines Interview by Sambandan of @the_hindu thehindu.com/opinion/interv…

ramreddy's tweet card. Indus Waters Treaty: Professor Daniel Haines talks about the making of the Treaty, the concerns flagged by India and Pakistan, even before the Pahalgam terror attack, and the implications of the...

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · 6 h

The case against journal publishing A nexus between the journal publishing industry and universities is deriving academics to publish more and more, irrespective of quality. theindiaforum.in/education/agai… @TheIndiaForum

ramreddy's tweet card. The 'publish or perish' model fosters a culture of superficial scholarship, stifling genuine academic innovation and the teaching-learning process.

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 24

India's production-linked incentive scheme has been touted as a success story where mobile phones are concerned. Is it really? Chidambaran Iyer of @CdsTrivandrum analyses the scheme in detail. #phones #economy #India theindiaforum.in/economy/assess…

ramreddy's tweet card. PLI has contributed to growth in production and exports; however, given the scale of support, the rise in output, relative to total electronics production, falls short. Four fifths of the domestic...

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 24

The world’s largest democracy is on the path to creating South Asia’s new stateless population scroll.in/article/108477… via @scroll_in

ramreddy's tweet card. India’s crackdown on Bengali-speaking migrants and now the revision of voter rolls in Bihar is an exclusionary exercise in identifying ‘citizens’.

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 22

'Dying Lineage' offers a valuable feminist perspective on the epics, showing their ability to absorb diverse beliefs and practices, disciplining them into Brahminism & facilitating the shift to a monarchical, stratified society. A review theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/o… @TheIndiaForum

ramreddy's tweet card. 'Dying Lineage' offers a valuable feminist perspective on the epics, showing their ability to absorb diverse beliefs and practices, disciplining them into Brahminism and facilitating the shift to a...

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 19

Frugal Science “technologies illustrate how simple science tools, while being low key, tap into powerful scientific principles to execute vital processes typically reserved for costly labs.” #Science theindiaforum.in/science-and-te… @TheIndiaForum

ramreddy's tweet card. Frugal science expands traditional science by prioritising inclusion and practical capability over cost. But structural biases and lack of institutional support hinder its growth. Mainstreaming...

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DIGIPUB News India Foundation@DigipubIndia · Jul 14

DIGIPUB News India Foundation strongly condemns the FIR filed against independent senior journalist and YouTuber Ajit Anjum.

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 12

The Modi government was insistent that only 0.48 million died during #Covid, and vilified those who showed otherwise. Now with official data Aashish Gupta & @muradbanaji show the tragedy was colossal: 4 million deaths. Will GoI apologise? theindiaforum.in/health/will-go… @TheIndiaForum

ramreddy's tweet card. Newly released 2021 government mortality data shows 3 million excess death registrations in India during Covid-19, suggesting over 4 million total excess deaths. The pandemic’s real impact then was...

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 10

We are now at a stage where it is not a population "explosion" that matters, but a steady decline in population. @SrinivasGoli1 reviews Dean Spears and Michael Geruso's case for population stabilisation. #population theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/w… @TheIndiaForum

ramreddy's tweet card. A population explosion is not the issue confronting the world today; fewer people will not necessarily benefit the planet in economic or environmental terms. We need instead to worry about an...

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 10

Jean Dreze writes: "Darkness and silence prevail as Gaza descends into hell. If we do not come to our senses, this will be the end of humanity." Why are we Indians so unconcerned about the people of Gaza? #Gaza #GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide‌ #Israel

ramreddy's tweet image. Jean Dreze writes: "Darkness and silence prevail as Gaza descends into hell. If we do not come to our senses, this will be the end of humanity."
Why are we Indians so unconcerned about the people of Gaza?
#Gaza #GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide‌ #Israel

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Bar and Bench@barandbench · Jul 5

ADR moves Supreme Court against ECI’s Bihar voter revision order Association for Democratic Reforms has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission’s June 24 order directing a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. The petition…

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 5

In the July issue of @TheIndiaForum : Articles on #Kashmir during war, the #IndusWaterTreaty , promise and perils of #AI, the new #WHO treaty on dealing with a #pandemic , review of a book on Visvesvaraya Do read & help us publish more with a donation at tinyurl.com/3ebsn7cw

ramreddy's tweet image. In the July issue of @TheIndiaForum : Articles on #Kashmir during war, the #IndusWaterTreaty , promise and perils of #AI, the new #WHO treaty on dealing with a #pandemic , review of a book on Visvesvaraya
Do read &amp; help us publish more with a donation at
tinyurl.com/3ebsn7cw

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 4

'Poison PR', an Investigative Collaboration Between The Wire and International Outlets Wins One World Media Award m.thewire.in/article/enviro… via @thewire_In

ramreddy's tweet card. The project examined how a US-government funded PR firm profiled activists and scientists opposing pesticides across the world, including India.

Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 3

A remarkably comprehensive and eminently readable biography of M. Visvesvaraya by Aparajith Ramesh, spanning colonial India, princely states of Mysore & Hyderabad, & then independent India. Review by Aashique Ahmed Iqbal of @kreauniversity theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/i… @TheIndiaForum

ramreddy's tweet card. The career of M. Visvesvaraya, arch-technocrat and statesman, throws much light on how India embraced the idea of modernisation through industrialisation.

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jul 2

The @ECISVEEP is embarking on potentially the biggest disenfranchisement in India. @_YogendraYadav explains what is in store in #Bihar. #BiharElections2025 #BiharElections

ramreddy's tweet image. The @ECISVEEP is embarking on potentially the biggest disenfranchisement in India. @_YogendraYadav explains what is in store in #Bihar.
#BiharElections2025 #BiharElections

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Haaretz.com@haaretzcom · Jun 26

Behind the staggering death toll of 17,000 children in Gaza are faces, names, and dreams that will never be realized. These are some of their stories | @FalahSaab haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jun 27

India’s Social Regression Under Modi’s Eleven Years May Not Be Mendable thewire.in/society/indias…

ramreddy's tweet card. While much has been written about the Modi regime’s economic failures and diplomatic missteps, the most insidious damage lies elsewhere – in the corrosion of India’s socio-cultural fabric.

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Rammanohar Reddy@ramreddy · Jun 23

“The senile old men do not march…They do not risk; they calibrate. They are not made by war – they manufacture it, algorithmically and otherwise.” Twilight of the Patriarchs: How Old Men Wage Wars on Futures That Are Not Theirs to Live m.thewire.in/article/diplom… via @thewire_I

ramreddy's tweet card. At the helm of nation-states sit men on the brink of their biological expiry, curled around launch codes and bunker-buster fantasies. It is not the young who want the world to end – it is the dying,...

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