Tag Archives: Hema Malini
Phogat and Khelif, and others
This tweet is spot-on… … and we’re seeing it play out somewhat in the aftermath of Vinesh Phogat being disqualified from the Paris Olympics for not staying within the stipulated weight limit for two straight days. It was a tough … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Carini, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Hema Malini, Imane Khelif, Kangana Ranaut, Rose Eveleth
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The life and death of ‘Chemical Nova’
You know how people pretend to win an Oscar or a Nobel Prize, right? Many years ago, I used to pretend to be the author of a fictitious but, blissfully unmindful of its fictitiousness, award-winning series of articles entitled Chemical … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes, Science
Tagged aachaaram, Bharatiya Janata Party, Brahminism, caste apartheid, casteism, chemical reagents, class apartheid, hand washing, Hema Malini, Kent, manual scavenging, pseudoscience, running water, soap, untouchability
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