Rukmini S @Rukmini
Data journalist. Book: "Whole Numbers & Half Truths" (Westland, 2021). Columns for @livemint, @IndiaSpend and others. Before: @The_Hindu, @timesofindia. Chennai, India Joined July 2011-
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Nothing is more disappointing than a disappointing mango :(
What a fantastic resource. India's open data community is just 🫶
What a fantastic resource. India's open data community is just 🫶
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Fun chat with @bala_devarajan about data, India, and embracing the mess open.spotify.com/episode/75k5CC…
Once you get used to watching movies in theatres in Chennai (TN?) I don't think you'll enjoy them as much anywhere else. There was wild whistling and hooting today during the fight scenes in....Kung Fu Panda 4.
If you've read my book and would like to join an online conversation around it with other readers (and me), get in touch with Shruti 👇
If you've read my book and would like to join an online conversation around it with other readers (and me), get in touch with Shruti 👇
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Been seeing "habitual panchas" and "pocket witnesses" in court orders for 10 years now and absolutely nothing seems to change. Excellent reporting here
Been seeing "habitual panchas" and "pocket witnesses" in court orders for 10 years now and absolutely nothing seems to change. Excellent reporting here
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Like, I mean, WHY IS AUSTRALIA EVEN
Waited a loooooong time to say this.
Mom says get out & vote! #LokSabhaElections2024
(1/3) Heart is all warm! ♥️ I went out to vote with my baby. Holding the 5 month old, standing in the sun in a long line was no problemo. But humanity just won a little - a party worker and all the people ahead of me (more than 20-25 people) asked me to jump the line..🥺
🚨NEW SERIES 🚨 Elections aren't about candidates, parties, contests They are about people getting a chance to express themselves Read about real people and their real concerns in our series #ViewFromTheMargins, edited by @ShoaibDaniyal and @AKMetoikos 1/n
@kleinherenbrink Whole Numbers and Half-truths by @Rukmini P.S. The current stack is fantastic. I’m going to get a couple (or more) for myself
Our everyday train ride from Dehiwala to Colombo Fort but do we ever take time to feel its magical scenery? Deserted Colombo on Awurudu is the best time to experience the beauty of Colombo.
This platform (dataforindia.com) looks promising! It’s an excellent effort using 🇮🇳 public data. Here’s an eye opener: while conversations on ⬇️fertility rates are mostly focused on countries like Japan & Norway, there are similar pockets within India. @Rukmini @akwaghmare
@MaxCRoser The Economist had a good piece on this a few years back economist.com/leaders/2018/1…
@rohan_mukh @ForeignAffairs 3/ I would recommend @Rukmini's book "Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us about Modern #India", especially considering the current "disinformation" / "misinformation" environment I will make a short thread on it another time 👇 x.com/Rukmini/status…
Thrilled to share that my first book 'Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India' is now available for pre-order in India at this link. Available in book stores and overseas from Dec 6 @WestlandBooks @LabyrinthAgency amazon.in/-/hi/Rukmini-S…
Brilliant @MaxCRoser! 20th century perspective of routine and dramatic killers (in millions M) 20-100M: Spanish flue 200M: wars, famine (MAN-made disasters) 2000M: childhood infections (now widely averted by vax+treatments) @jburnmurdoch @Rukmini @SaniaNishtar @DrTedros
One big lesson from humanity's history is that pandemics happen all the time. Our ancestors couldn't do much about them, but our situation today is different — and so I think we should learn this history lesson and reduce the risk of pandemics. This chart is from @salonium's…
Breaking: Our exhaustive paper on liver toxicity of various herbs/ plants used in Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (Ayush) systems of alternative medicine is out now (free to read) journals.lww.com/md-journal/ful… with @arifhussaintm This paper was initially an invited…
The hardback edition of my 2019 book The Wild Heart of India is now #outofprint. If you like to read #naturewriting (with fine illustrations by Sartaj Ghuman) in a beautifully-produced volume, the last few copies are in #indiebookstores or here: ncf-store.zohocommerce.in/products/the-w… #books
Given that 'what can we describe as "almost half"?' has been a perennial issue for us when reporting results, we put that question to the public last year. The answer was "45%", which 63% of Britons say fits the bill yougov.co.uk/society/articl…
Wrote an op-ed about migration policy in Sri Lanka for the @Dailymirror_SL. Draws on findings from several papers including those with colleagues and students at @nd_econ, @KelloggInst , @VeriteResearch, and @BIGLabND. Version with links is here: dropbox.com/scl/fi/csfaorh…
Historically, migration restrictions have failed to improve #SriLankan migrant workers' welfare. In today's @Dailymirror_SL, Verité Research global academic network member Nilesh Fernando says incentivising employment agencies would be more effective. Read bit.ly/3vN06UR
How do intra-household bargaining, decision-making, financial literacy, behaviour, affect day-to-day financial transactions? Below screenshot shows transactions (anonymised) entered by a male garment worker (A) in Karnataka who lives in an extended family-parents, spouse, child
It’s great to see Dhruv credit journalists whose work he’s cited as primary source. Especially because so many YouTubers pose as gyaanis on all topics without ever crediting the journalistic work they heavily rely on. I think only Dhruv & Akash B do this regularly…