Chirag Thakkar
@chiraghthakkar
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Senior Associate Publisher @bloomsburyindia | Previously published books @penguinindia + @rolibooks + @OUPAcademic | Tweets are personal
Delhi/Bombay
Joined April 2010
When I asked @poonamjourno to consider doing a book on the beast that is the Indian general election and #electoralbonds, little did I know that we'd manage to do it in such a record time. Poonam's relentless investigative work on electoral bonds and the lack of transparency
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People need to understand how this caste idiom has been used by various regimes along its evolution. As I alluded to the character of caste, there cannot be any solution to the caste question other than its complete annihilation. Ambedkar had come out with this golden solution
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Anand Teltumbde talks about his recent writing, ideas of the caste census, recollections of time in prison and life afterwards, the criminalisation of dissent and more.
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Hello Twitter fam! No Gods, No Gurus - A Radical Guide to your Wellbeing Excited to share my latest book and labour of love, addressing all your burning questions on health and wellbeing with a science-backed, easy to read, practical approach. Out on Dec 2 | Preorder ⬇️
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Just landed in Delhi, already got a headache, throat irritation, and burning eyes. It’s unbearable. When China declared a health emergency, AQI was around 300–400. Thailand did it at 250. France took action at 200. And here in India, with AQI touching 500-1000+, our government
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What Delhi Govt should’ve done at 500+ AQI: - Enforce GRAP-4 - Issue health advisory - Close schools - Halt construction - Implement odd-even What Delhi Govt is actually doing: - Sprinkling water near AQI stations - Pretending all’s fine - CM busy campaigning in Bihar -
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What a wonderful night! Launching my novel #LonelyPeopleMeet in my city with the very best Karuna Ezara Parikh and Karuna's Kitaab Club at the wonderful Skinny Mo's Jazz Club, Calcutta.
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Breaking: day before Bihar votes, latest ‘vote chori’ claim by @RahulGandhi : one assembly, one photo, 100 votes. Total 5,21,619 duplicates in Haryana elections last year claims Cong leader. Ball in EC court once again to answer what are very grave charges. Not by a press
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Evidence provided by @RahulGandhi on 2024 Haryana Assembly elections manipulations are solid enough to reveal alleged manipulation in voters' lists. It demands point wise clarification from the @ECISVEEP
Rahul Gandhi is holding a Press Conference at 12 noon today at Indira Bhavan. Looks like on another PC on the #electioncommissionofindia
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A Brazilian model voted in Haryana for 22 times at 10 booths. She was named as Seema, Saraswati…sweety, Vimala …etc — Rahul Gandhi Ji #VoteChori
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I have one question: Where are the investigative journalists?
#WATCH | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, "...We have crystal clear proof that 25 lakh voters (in Haryana) are fake, that they either don't exist or they are duplicate or are designed in a way for anybody to vote...1 in 8 voters in Haryana are fake, that's 12.5%..."
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Went to my old favourite @StorytellerKol today, and signed a few copies in the company of my favourite bookstore dog Mowgli. #LonelyPeopleMeet
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It’s amazing to see young Indians so inspired by Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York. But while we celebrate progressive victories abroad, let’s not miss what’s happening at home. Rahul Gandhi just presented how 25 lakh votes disappeared in Haryana. Our own democracy, our own
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Unlike Naseeruddin Shah, we are not peers, friends, or family to Satish Shah. We have no intimate knowledge of these people. All we have is the work, and their use of fame and notoriety. Shah used the latter to spread vile communal agenda. We can and should reckon with it?
Naseeruddin Shah's beautiful ode to Satish Shah is a big slap on the face of those who were hating on him even after his death. It shows how relationships and respect go well beyond political opinions, and how we need to become more tolerant as a society.
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#LonelyPeopleMeet buried under the weight of so many favourites and literary heavyweights. So happy to be on the @Bahrisons_books bestseller list this week. @BloomsburyIndia
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Open Access | In The Cell and the Soul: A Prison Memoir, the scholar and activist Anand Teltumbde writes about his incarceration in Taloja Central Prison. He spent 31 months in prison, as an undertrial in what is broadly termed the Bhima Koregaon case, before being released on
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this week from 2 different cities-- I was messaged that 'Meet the Savarnas' is being taught & discussed in classrooms. As a writer & teacher, this is the best gift! Thanks to Prof Govardhan Wankhede + Prof Meera Chandran at TISS, Mumbai & to Prof Madhu at Dr B.R. Ambedkar
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Do watch: Straight Bat Vlog with a few LIFE LESSONS. 4 months ago, I was detected with cancer. Why this year has been life changing and why this Diwali is extra special. And yes, find out how you too can support the fight against cancer. Watch here:
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South Asian University, Delhi. An 18year old Btech student was sexually assaulted by atleast 4 men on October 12. Her warden Anupama said, “naha lo kapde badlo, sab theek hai.” I report for Khabargaon. https://t.co/8yW8kt7XXY
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This should be a fun and feisty discussion this evening, Dilli! See you there? @manjimamisra @chiraghthakkar @alliancefrdelhi
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फ़िल्मों के नाम की अपनी नियति होती है जैसे इस फ़िल्म में दो किरदारों के नाम की अपनी नियति है। मुझे नहीं लगता कि ऑस्कर वाले इस फ़िल्म को समझ पाएँगे। भारत की तमाम सरकारें भी SSC, BPSC, UPPSC, MPPSC, WBPSC की भर्ती परीक्षाओं के चक्र में फंसे जवानों की सिपाही और सैनिक बन जाने की
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