#cheetahinIndia a short thread. The Indian Prime Minister will officially announce the reintroduction of the Cheetah in India tomorrow, on the occasion of his birthday. Expect fanfare and a carefully crafted greenwashed speech that mixes conservation with nationalism. There has been plenty of discussion on the feasibility, the pros and the cons of this. From long term ecological viability to practical constraints associated with preybase, space, genetics and threats. Here is a podcast that discusses all of these issues bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

A thread on @vivekagnihotri’s visit to cambridge. He and his PR team have been continuously painting the image that they were invited by @Cambridge_Uni and by @FitzwilliamColl to speak on #Kashmirfiles. This is simply not true and has been communicated to him multiple times. On arrival @vivekagnihotri threw a tantrum and started rudely arguing with his own supporters, many of whom were #KashmiriPandits. He was upset as the venue decided to disallow video recording of his event to protect the identities of its students asking critical questions