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Rukmini Pillai
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Bygone days a teacher of Science, a mother, part of a self-help advocacy group of loved ones living with disabling Mental Illnesses / Brain Illnesses.
Thiruvananthapuram Indiaschizophrenia.com/indiamJoined April 2009

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Flowers of Calotropis gigantea known as Arakku in Malayalam & Madar in Hindi are used for rituals in pooja /worship by Hindus who practice Dharma. The flowers stay fresh for a long period. Calotropis gigantea is also an endangered species which needs to be protected.
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Calotropis gigantea flowers. bit.ly/1zJMuoC #bees #butterflies #biodiversity #Thiruvananthapuram #Kerala
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If AI is not sentient as stated in this interview, what logic was used to term machine errors in the AI industry, whether inadvertent or deliberate as hallucinations? Hallucinations r felt experiences by humans who r sentient beings. All hallucinations r not deliberately induced.
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Google’s Bard chatbot recommended and then summarized five books. 60 Minutes checked, and the books weren't real. In the AI industry, this type of error is called a “hallucination.” cbsn.ws/3o8FDFy
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Society never pays the price. On the other hand society extracts a vicious toll on the person w/MI disability & the loved one giving care. All children in India do not live in orphanages on state support. The person w/MI does not live in a vacuum either.
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📌In India alone, WHO predicted the economic loss due to mental health for the period 2012 -2030 would stand at around US$1.03 trillion. The financial costs of mental illness are vast and continue to rise, affecting individuals, businesses, and governments alike. #mentalhealth
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Blaming the patient isn't fair when it is the deteriorating social norms w/intent 2 harm the person w/mental illness that r responsible 4 the person w/MI being discriminated against. Lack of access 2 inpatient beds, dearth in provision of quality care, support have been left out.
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Mental illness is still widely stigmatized in India, and many people with mental health issues are reluctant to seek help due to the fear of being judged or discriminated against. ~ Dr. Manisha Kiran, HoD, Deptt of Psychiatry, RINPAS @usaid_india
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Which ex-friend are you referring to? The couple from Noida who own 3 cars, take part in vintage car rallies and who lock up their disabled daughter at their house while they go out to work?
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1} An ex-family friend's son was a fan of the Greek singer Yanni. The singer happened 2 visit India in the late 1990s slated 2 have a show by the Taj Mahal, Agra. Conservationists, archaeologists raised a furore which was sorted out by shifting the spectator stands a little away.
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Bitter India (is the blue tick the sifarrish/recommendation type?) buttering up to elites some w/Hindu names. Address the animal cruelty involved in domesticating dogs, horses using collars & harnesses which is strangely not even acknowledged as animal cruelty in some cultures.
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A robotic elephant to perform rituals? 🤖 Considering the tradition and the #animalcruelty, four people have invented robotic elephants to perform rituals in Kerala's temples. 😀 #IngeniousIndians #Innovation #Tradition #Heritage #Technology #Kerala @anandmahindra
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Y was this housing run by Jubin Baby, Mariya 4 rehabilitation 4 persons w/mental illness->Anbu Jothi Ashram, labelled an ashram in the 1st place? Y r mainstream TV channels in India earnest when it comes 2 depression chicklit, not reporting these horrific goings on @ Villupuram?
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*NEW* SCANDAL | Serious allegations of sexual assault, human trafficking, and drugging of inmates emerge from the #AnbuJothiAshram at #Villupuram in #TamilNadu. The incident also highlights the apathy of govt departments concerned. @rinpoet writes. frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/hum
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Query from an ordinary citizen to Shri ji - Is there any law governing robots/Artificial Intelligence/AI in India? One robot has made a Trojan horse entry into the precincts of a temple in Kerala, India. What law will prevail were this robot to harm humans?
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Beloved robot elephant Raman is near indistinguishable from real elephants. Take a look! The more robot elephants are used, the more elephant families can stay together in forests. @micro_bursts
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Shame on those running Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna temple for giving in foolishly to anti-Hindu forces that deride traditional knowledge, then usurp it for themselves for profit. Will replace live horses w/robotic horses in polo on the pretext of animal cruelty?
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Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple's robot Raman elephant has its skin made of rubber and can carry four people. It was PETA's gift supported by Parvathy Thiruvothu. Read here: bit.ly/3J1SCRz @vandana_menon reports #ThePrintFeature | Video: @PetaIndia
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Hope the esteemed orators will take out some time to discuss the recent tragedy of the Health Minister Mr Naba Das involving ASI Gopal Das & whether the ASI had a supportive environment to talk about his mental illness with his colleagues/seniors in the Odisha police.
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Meet Our Oration Speaker – ANCIPS 2023, Bhubaneswar. Visit ancips2023.com #ANCIPS #ANCIPS2023 #Bhubaneswar #mentalhealth #mentalhealthconference #mentalhealthawareness #depression #anxiety #mentalillness #ocd #mentalhealthmatters #stress #suicide #autism #therapy
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Reality in Singapore-the number of students from India who go on scholarship 2 Singapore for studying Class XI and XII & end up having breakdowns. Despite some of these students having relatives in India who are journalists, the stories of these students haven't been chronicled.
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Very illuminating statement from book toting/writing Mr RVS Mani that whether it was simply a case of loss of mental balance is to be determined by the Crime Branch investigation.
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#OdishaMinisterKilling | ' I don't see any conspiracy here, ASI was going through bipolar disorder' Watch @UdayPratapSingh speak with RVS Mani on #NewsX youtu.be/y6Acj6zF2Qc
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DId this 'mental health patient' as emphasized by news anchor -> Odisha Polce ASI Gopal Das have any support at all from his colleagues/seniors in the Odisha police before this preventable tragedy took place ? Surprising why did not ask this question.
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#OdishaMinisterKilling | Odisha health minister was shot by ASI Gopal Das in a public event at Jharsuguda . The minister died an hour later at hospital. @UdayPratapSingh Watch the whole story #NewsX youtu.be/y6Acj6zF2Qc
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The mainstream media in India would attribute such deaths to stigma, caste etc. Besides hasn't India copied such laws of privacy w/o ensuring the support systems as are available in UK which themselves proved inadequate as in this case of Laura Winham?
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Laura Winham death: Family battled privacy law as sister lay dead bbc.in/40byjHZ
Reality in Singapore is also a totalitarian state that silences dissidents - not worth emulating!
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In India, reality means corruption, dirty roads, pollution&many times no power. Reality in Singapore means clean road, no pollution&lots of power. Your responsibility to create that new reality: Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy at GMRIT, as cited in GMR release (Pic: Infosys)
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4/If these patients in the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital r locals/residents of Thiruvananthapuram, what happened 2 the support from the social circle, support from colleagues in the work place whose functions these patients attended when these patients were healthy?
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3/The bystander in the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital is either a family member or a commercial bystander who is paid for these services. R all the patients mentioned in this report locals from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala or are these patients from elsewhere in India?
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2/The bystander gets back to the various departments every couple of hours or so 2 check if the results of the scans, x-rays, various tests are ready and collects them. The bystander is also the 1 who feeds the patient, bathes the patient, changes & washes the patient's clothes.
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1/The bystander is conspicuous by his/her absence in this report about the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. The bystander is the one who buys medicines, syringes etc, takes the patient for x rays and scans to the various departments, gives the blood and urine samples.
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With no children or relatives to take care of them, 42 patients at the #ThiruvananthapuramMedicalCollegeHospital are uncertain about what lies ahead for them after discharge. #humanrightsday
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20 yrs ago message boards moderated in Canada used 2 offer so much hope instead of this dystopia. Lives of persons w/schizophrenia/serious mental illnesses could b saved w/messages exchanged by those giving care on the other side of the world. #HumanRightsDay #HumanRightsDay2022
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Canada's flirtation with assisted dying has gone well beyond mercy for the very ill. Officials want children to be able to access the service without the consent of their parents along with people suffering from non-terminal mental health issues. spectator.com.au/2022/12/death-
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Its a fallacy that upper caste diets exclude garlic & onion. My paternal grandfather, an Iyer who maintained a separate kitchen from his fish consuming wife with whom he had a love marriage, used garlic in rasam & shallots in sambhar. #diversity #Brahmins
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There is a cartoon character of a Mollywood oldie playing himself wearing a stethoscope around his neck preaching quite patronizingly ->we must change<-aired on television. Why does this Mollywood oldie playing himself have to wear a stethoscope around his neck?
'A hostile State+moonlighting, disgruntled that work against the interests of persons w/serious mental illness disabilities can scarcely b expected to achieve rehabilitation, education, employment of persons w/mental illness disabilities even if policies are in place 4 the same.'
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If so, the 9 minute audio clip of the call from 0471-2766557 @ 5.50 pm in Thiruvananthapuram w/o cut & paste ought 2b in the public domain as well. Y should only moonlighting ex/current public prosecutor, retired, superceded disgruntled Colonel, menagerie have privileged access?
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Wonder if the audio clipping of the 9 minute long call received from 0471-276557 @ 5.50 pm in Thiruvananthapuram has been handed on a platter 2 an ex/current public prosecutor freely moonlighting 4 a retired superceded disgruntled Colonel & a menagerie of other favoured persons.
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.@museumpstvm 2/My daughter called 112 at 4.56 pm today. No one came. After 1 hour at 5.50 pm, a call was received from 0471-2766557. A man named Shri Hari involved me in an interrogatory tete-a-tete lasting 9 minutes during the course of which he asked me if I was a doctor.
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This really cute caterpillar does not resemble a round worm by any stretch of imagination, does it? What was behind the angst then that led to issuing instructions to hack at this calotropis gigantea plant on which this caterpillar of a tiger butterfly was once perched?
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Stray dogs have been a part of the landscape in Kerala for ages. Are dogs being fed illicit drugs by humans? What else could account for this sudden change in behaviour in dogs in recent times?
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The death of a 12-year-old girl after being bitten by a stray dog has sparked outrage in Kerala. bbc.in/3REyiqR