Vijayta Lalwani
@VijaytaL
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Journalist/writer | Formerly @scroll_in | Alum @KingsCollegeLon| DMs open for leads and tips | she/they
Joined September 2014
For @thewire_in, @jaffrelotc and I write about the role & lack of accountability of the Delhi police in their investigation into the riots in 2020. We argue that ethnic composition of police may be a way to look at this bias, citing RTI data (1/n) https://t.co/PPGDSmKN32
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The perception of the police amongst the people, and its ethnic composition directly correspond to its ability to serve the population it represents. There is much work cut out for the Delhi Police...
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A Muslim Sanitation Caste and the Constitution of India: For @LSEblogs, I write about the efforts of two men from the Halalkhor caste in Varanasi. For decades, they have sought to be recognised as what they know they *are* in India’s caste order—as Muslim Dalits.
What is the recognised status of #Dalit #Muslims & Dalit #Christians as per provisions in the #Constitution of #India? @shireenazam writes about the Halalkhor community & their struggle for official recognition https://t.co/DJobW6IQdq
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As the Taliban Foreign Minister visits India, we renew our call for justice. Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize–winning Indian journalist, was captured, tortured, and killed in Afghanistan in 2021 while reporting. We continue to seek truth and accountability.
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This Sunday, we'll be talking about our reporting on "vote chori". Please join us and send your questions to membership@scroll.in.
Join us for an essential online discussion on the integrity of India's electoral process, as reporters @sighyush & @whatsthemahtta join Political Editor @ShoaibDaniyal to discuss how polls in India might be getting subverted. Tune in at 4 PM on Oct 12⤵️ https://t.co/dDtZE9uGUO
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Just imagine the consequences if he was from another religion.
#WATCH | Delhi: Suspended Advocate Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to hurl an object at CJI BR Gavai, says, "...I was hurt...I was not inebriated, this was my reaction to his action...I am not fearful. I don't regret what happened." "A PIL was filed in the Court of CJI on 16th
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This piece has now been unlocked for 24 hours. Read: https://t.co/FYfSLOuJfF
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In the name of infrastructure, tourism and development of Ladakh, we are witnessing an invasion of the economy of the plains over the ecology of the hills, the consequences of which have already been...
For anyone who thinks that Ladakh crisis has suddenly erupted and surprised the Modi government, here is what I wrote in March 2024 in @MorningContext . Sadly, almost all of it holds true even today.
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The Modi government’s part in the “well established pattern” to “subdue a previously fissiparous press” continues to make world headlines. @TheEconomist after the NYT CEO put India in the embarrassing company of Turkey and Hungary
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The "very erection" of Babri mosque was the "fundamental act of desecration", DY Chandrachud tells me. A startling statement -- all the more given the verdict he co-authored clearly says no evidence was supplied to show if the earlier structure was demolished to build a
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Don't miss the opportunity to work with the fantastic @tarangini_s! Apply for 2 PDRA positions by Sept 29. https://t.co/ZECsCSsC6F
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This is a historical ethnography situating such labour within the post-2000 neoliberal landscape of digitisation in health and developmental landscapes in India
🚨 We're hiring! 2 PDRA positions available for the Wellcome-funded project I am leading on Covid-driven digital health work at King's College London. 📅 Deadline: Sept 29 - apply soon! Details in the thread below
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The Importance of Sankarshan Thakur (1962-2025). His grit, his craft, his tenacity and ability to put events of post-2014 India always into context, made him invaluable to the business of documenting India today. A small tribute to him.
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Journalist Sankarshan Thakur will be remembered for much – his classic flipped up collars, the owl brooches, jackets and delightful sharp repartee. But all that was just dressing, cloaking his...
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The departure of the magnificent Sankarshan Thakur, author, Editor of The Telegraph, is deeply saddening. He had so much left to say; a brilliant, multi-facted and brave journalist. For all those who knew him on the field this is a huge loss #RIP
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Thakur took over as editor of the newspaper in 2023, before which he served as the newspaper's national affairs editor.
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Thrilled and humbled by a triple honour at the @UniofOxford: my book The Dravidian Pathway and The Cambridge Companion to Periyar featuring my chapter was released by the indomitable (Hon'ble @CMOTamilnadu) @mkstalin during the historic Self-Respect Movement and its Legacies
#Oxford-இல் சுயமரியாதை இயக்க நூற்றாண்டுக் கருத்தரங்கு! #தந்தை_பெரியார் நிகழ்த்திக் காட்டியதெல்லாம் ஆயுதமேந்தாத - இரத்தம் சிந்தாத புரட்சிகள்! இந்நிகழ்வின்போது, பெரியாரின் சிந்தனைகள் - போராட்டங்களை உலகம் முழுதும் கொண்டுசெல்லும் வகையில், வரலாற்றாய்வாளர் திரு. @ARV_Chalapathy
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Some unforgettable Telegraph front pages from the Sankarshan Thakur era. He had taken over as the editor of @ttindia in October 2023. A Thread:
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One of the worst judicial injustices in recent times, now perpetuated for indefinitely longer. The cases against these people are built on foundations of smoke; to justify their imprisonment without trial for 5+ years, on each occasion, court judgments lack all reason. See:👇
#Breaking: The Delhi High Court denies bail to #UmarKhalid, #SharjeelImam, #KhalidSaifi, #GulfishaFatima, and others in connection with the UAPA FIR linked to the #Delhi riots cases.
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Free media is priceless. But it still needs to be paid for. Thousands of you have responded to my recent appeal with a one time donation, but if you’re one of the millions who regularly read The Wire, here’s a thought: If just 20,000 readers committed ₹200 a month—the cost of
The Wire belongs to no corporate owner or govt advertiser—as a non-profit it belongs to you, our readers. Sadly, only a fraction of readers choose to support us financially. So this week, we're asking : If you read The Wire, will you help sustain it? We need your support now
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17 women die everyday because of dowry. Why isn’t this a national crisis? Why are we stuck in a time warp? Re-upping a recent article: Dear parents, teach your daughter to say no: https://t.co/F0WxnfvGbs For News on the go, Download HT app. Click
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The Wire belongs to no corporate owner or govt advertiser—as a non-profit it belongs to you, our readers. Sadly, only a fraction of readers choose to support us financially. So this week, we're asking : If you read The Wire, will you help sustain it? We need your support now
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On the domestic fallout of Trump's actions within India. It isn't just economic hardships for Indians but also tough political questions about Modi's leadership and record that are emerging. Plus diaspora politics.
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