Shilpashree Jagannathan | ಶಿಲ್ಪಶ್ರೀ ಜಗನ್ನಾಥನ್ Profile picture
Journalist | Associate Producer @ CBC | Storytelling lens: Decolonization | Polarised communities navigator | Tweets r evolving like me
Nov 7, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
"You will destroy the sanctity of this place."
"If you don't take the children and go from here, people will come and beat you."
This is what kids from @snehdhara foundation were told when they went on a field trip to Gollahalli railways station. The foundation works with children/adults who are differently-abled, their caregivers, and their families.
They were taken to show trains and what a station looked like and received an uncalled-for lecture in return. @BlrCityPolice @CPBlr I expect you to act.
Dec 15, 2021 15 tweets 5 min read
Today I finished the 5-week program organized by @_nywc called the Steps to work meant for women wanting to get back to work after a break. This #Thread is to give a shoutout to the wonderful ppl at NYWC and also to highlight the need for such a program in India. 1/n This program is spread over 5 weeks. Each session lasts about 2 hours, and every week has 2 sessions. In every session, there is a guest speaker. Every guest is from a different org that supports women to get back to work in various ways. 2/n
Jun 7, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
One of the most often racist comments I have found is the judgment on food. While in Bombay, a friend was relocating to Hyderabad. She hated the city (she had never been there). She hailed from UP, grew up in Delhi. I have strong ties to Hyderabad, she knew it. She had the guts to tell me to my face: kaise kaise log hote, kaale kaale rang, din mai teen bar chawal sambad (please note that she said d for r at the end of sambar) khate hai, third class log. Kaise bore nahi hote hai yaar. (All this while having lunch at my place, I had made
May 5, 2021 5 tweets 3 min read
About a week ago, my cousin reached out to our family group asking for financial help to set up a #covid19 care center in Anekal Taluk in Karnataka. They had begun work on it about a week ago. ImageImage They have achieved a lot in less than 3 weeks. They are using so much of Govt Infrastructure itself for this. An NGO with limited resources could set it up from scratch in about 3 weeks, I cant help but wonder why cant our govt be more resourceful? ImageImage
May 2, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
Sep 2, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
Please block your time this evening (7.30 pm) to join the incredible film crew of "They Call Me Bideshini" in a panel discussion with Environmental and Tribal Rights Activist @PrafullaSamant4 and Sandip Pattnaik with @BideshiniPatel Image Amrita Anand is hosting this live panel discussion and interacting with the panelist and the film crew, Abhinash Pradhan, @BideshiniPatel, Dasrathi Behera, Rajesh Gupta, and @PranayManjari. Link to join the panel discussion: facebook.com/ChangeChitra/
Aug 6, 2020 5 tweets 5 min read
#Shoutout
#Podcast
#VFX
#Animation
People often ask me why and how did I get Abhiram to start A Thirsty Mind. I have two reasons.
Firstly, he has grown up seeing my #workfromhome. It simply meant all his life he has watched me, #interview people. Sometimes it annoyed him, but of late it is fascinating him. “How cool amma, you earn money by asking people questions, even I want to do that!” I said, why not?
Secondly, while toying with the thought of encouraging him to ask questions to people, Vendanth started his #podcast.