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Amazing. Nupur j Sharma losing her shit because
@singhamritaa
is doing groundwork and following solid journalistic processes to build a profile instead of just going ahead and publishing lies and slander—the opindia brand of (non) journalism.
Journalist doing this -
@singhamritaa
. Unlock your account, sweetheart. You spoke to my niece. My friends from college. Let’s have a public chat, shall we?
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In the Modi years, the Enforcement Directorate has been given unbridled powers and has been unleashed on the opposition. It should concern everyone. Do not miss this excellent reportage by the always steady, solid and brill
@nileenams
.
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Martin Longman from Washington
@monthly
has unexpectedly found himself caught in the hot mess of Indian politics, twitter troll armies and Sudhir Chaudhuri's gasbaggery.
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A harrowing, chilling record of the February violence in northeastern Delhi, and how the Delhi Police colluded with BJP leaders in protecting murderous Hindutva mobs and terrorising Muslim residents. Please read.
@ArshuJohn
@Prabhtalks
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These backroom boys of Indian democracy, who have no skin in the game apart from the pay package and the thrill of a win, call themselves “politically neutral problem solvers.”
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Read
@VidyaKrishnan
's excellent reportage on how COVID-19 has stolen TB's thunder, an older and deadlier infection. Props to Vidya for pushing through the final leg with an injured wrist, broken computer and a difficult house move.
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Speak up for and support journalists, activists and organisations who are risking life and limb to set the historical record straight. You will need their work and their voices when this emergency is over.
#StopMediaLockdown
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While the Sangh Parivar has fuelled communally divisive politics in other parts of the country, Uttarakhand stands as an experiment of something larger—a micro model, a laboratory to create an exclusively Hindu land, a Hindu Rashtra in the truest sense.
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"During a meeting with local journalists at the Lucknow Press Club, I was told that there were now two categories of journalists: those in support of Adityanath and those against." Prashant Kanojia on how the UP govt has been targeting journalists.
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The ministry of lies, propaganda and "internal matters" really. It's pretty funny how thin-skinned and insecure this government is, and more so because they really hate being laughed at.
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*falls off chair*
#NDTVExclusive
| "It is important for them (government) to know that there is much more to life than just image building": Anupam Kher (
@AnupamPKher
), Actor
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Why would anyone, Shakespeare asked himself, be drawn to a leader manifestly unsuited to govern, someone dangerously impulsive or viciously conniving or indifferent to the truth?Why do people submit to his sheer effrontery, his spectacular indecency?
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Dhirendra Jha sets the record straight on yet another lie the RSS is peddling--that it played a role in India's freedom struggle. A riveting account of the RSS chief, his renegade protege and the eventual ascendance of Golwalkar.
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My brave colleague
@ahanjpenkar
was brutally beaten by the delhi police including ACP Ajay Kumar. One police said “aapko pata nahin hai desh Badal gaya hai?”—don’t you know that the country has changed. The police is being allowed to act with complete, shameless,brazen impunity.
Penkar has filed a complaint to SN Shrivastava, Delhi's commissioner of police.
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Do read
@shahidtantray
’s deeply reported and chilling piece on how journalism is being asphyxiated in Kashmir
I spent over 8 months working on this report on the persecution of journalists, state surveillance, and the sanitisation of the archives and all Kashmiri voices, mainstream politicians, resistance leadership, and more.
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With
@rihanna
having dealt such a body blow to the Indian establishment by sharing an article, what would happen if
@ladygaga
or
@beyonce
also began asking questions about the
#FarmersProtest
? Would the MEA self combust? Could the govt withstand such aggression? One worries.
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As the Modi regime’s deteriorating human-rights record brings international condemnation, the Sangh’s committed supporters are working to ensure that they continue to have a voice in the ear of the eventual victors of the US elections, whoever they may be.
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The evidence suggests that the Sangh trained people to conduct a terror campaign across the subcontinent, with the help of individuals from India’s security establishment.
@sagar_reporter
secures an explosive interview:
Main Yashwant Shinde Bol Raha Hoon
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The spinelessness of TV channels on full display right now. Continuous visuals of the ghastliest family in America while the capital burns.
#ChandBagh
#TrumpInIndia
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The brill
@mayapalit1
read the latest cringe-fest Modi hagiography so that you don't have to.
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Open vilification and dehumanisation of Muslims, reminiscent of Nazi genocidal propaganda that depicted Jews as rats and vermin draining Germany's economy.
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"The current leadership may be failing Kanshi Ram’s ideas but the ideas themselves are the only tried and tested method for the oppressed rising to the top." The always sharp
@sagar_reporter
on Kanshi Ram's legacy
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Brilliant essay by
@HartoshSinghBal
on the roots of this country’s ills and what more lies ahead. And also
@tushamittal
’s deep reportage of how Uttar Pradesh is systematically persecuting its Christians is an absolute must read.
The May issue—Hindutva’s consolidation of a varna autocracy is destroying the republic; Why the Biren Singh government gives a free hand to Arambai Tenggol; The Adityanath government’s persecution of Christians; The limits of Nitish Kumar’s social coalition; and more.
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Probably why
@BhimArmyChief
being kept away from Delhi for the next four weeks.
#Welcome_Azad
You are a good orator, you are a crowd puller, you will have all kinds of people joining you: Judge
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How India has handled TB in the past decades is a grim story. And now with all eyes on COVID-19, health experts are unequivocally telling us that TB cases are set to go through the roof.
@VidyaKrishnan
has the full story on the festering crisis
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Mishra has been granted extensions for the last five years.
“Is there no other competent person in the entire agency?” a three-member bench of the Supreme Court had asked the solicitor general, Tushar Mehta, in May.
Justice Gavai: Are we not giving the picture that your entire department is incompetent? That you cannot function without one person?
#SupremeCourtofIndia
#SupremeCourt
#ED
#SKMishra
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This is one of the most powerful pieces of journalistic reportage we have seen in years. It’s a bone chilling account of the torture and murder of Indian citizens by personnel of one of the country’s most important institutions. Read what the govt doesn’t want you to read:
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"Where India used to handle its diplomatic relationships with restraint and moderation, there now seems to be grandstanding and abrasiveness." Read
@suchitrav
on how the modi govt deflects international censure
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Quick rewards, it seems, for Jagadesh Kumar who as JNU VC "was attempting to change the very nature of the university." Read
@HartoshSinghBal
's 2019 essay to see how the RSS is infiltrating India's intellectual spaces.
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.
@ShubhangaP
sharp review of a book that attempts to take down the entire history of western scholarship on Nepal.
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It's that time of the year! Read
@aathira_vk
's cracker cover story on BCCL,
@shahidtantray
on BBC Hindi,
@singhamritaa
on Kiran Nadar and the art of least resistance,
@marcopolar
on Sansad TV,
@ArshuJohn
on religious conversions,
@swethakadiyala
on the Telugu hero, and much more
The Media Issue 2023—The untangling of Samir and Vineet Jain’s empire; BBC India’s illusory journalism; How corporate patrons enable the art of least resistance; The inevitable evisceration of Sansad TV; and more.
Read here: 🔗
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Literally every single question raised by the 22
@thecaravanindia
stories on judge Loya's death remains unanswered. The SC decision to deny an independent probe today and the nauseating spin machines that are BJP spokespersons and its media acolytes will not stamp that out.
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The media issue is here and it has superrr stories by
@aathira_vk
on India Today and
@singhamritaa
on OpIndia. Also don't miss
@nikita1712
interview with Sophie Zhang on the Wire-Meta drama and Neel Madhav+
@alishan_jafri
on Hindutva YouTubers. Subscribe and read now!
In the December 2022 Media issue—The submission of India Today; OpIndia’s war on journalism; Hindutva’s thriving ecosystem on Youtube; Sophie Zhang on the Wire-Meta saga; How corporates corrupt the Indian media landscape; and more.
Read the issue here:
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NO, I WON THE ELECTION!
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“How can we ever live there after knowing our neighbouring villagers were part of those who came to burn our homes?” the aunt. “We can never feel safe there again.”
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.
@aathira_vk
has written a superb piece on how Kangana Ranaut, who was once celebrated as a liberal feminist icon, has transformed herself into the mad queen of Hindutva.
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congratulations
@NeelMadhav_
and
@alishan_jafri
! Do read their superb story from Caravan's December 2022 media issue
Winning entry for the K P Naryana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism:
@NeelMadhav_
and
@alishan_jafri
for ‘Clicks and Bait: How a constellation of far-right Hindi YouTubers determine what you see on your TV’ in
@thecaravanindia
magazine.
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"More than five years later, and across the tenures of two state governments, the police officers who ordered the firing have not only not faced criminal trials, but most have escaped departmental action." Excellent, sobering, reportage by
@sujajourno
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"Under Modi, Gurumurthy has perhaps become one of the most significant voices in determining Indian economic policy, even precipitating the government’s disastrous demonetisation decision, in November 2016." Read this fascinating profile by
@sujajourno
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This Sunday take some time out to read
@ArshuJohn
's excellent profile of Ranjan Gogoi and how he has helped pave the way for a nationwide NRC. My only regret is Caravan's lost opportunity of calling this profile "crime master Gogoi"
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Two journalists forced to resign, and a third suspended, for investigating false claims made by the govt. Amit Shah told a group of reporters last week that he planned to "teach ABP a lesson"--for showing commitment to the truth, and not their lapdog CEO.
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As Amarinder Singh resigns as CM, do read this excellent reportage by
@Prabhtalks
and
@jatinder_tur
. He came to power after making grand promises about tackling Punjab's drug crisis and is leaving now, at least partly because his govt failed to deliver:
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"The only people who can argue against the demand for Khalistan on reasoned ethical grounds are those that believe in a secular India, which is why the RSS and the Modi regime carry no conviction when they decry Khalistan."
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This guy! Iconic image of Dalit-Muslim unity at Delhi's Jama Masjid today when
@BhimArmyChief
emerged among the protestors with the constitution in hand.
#NRC_CAA
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Are the lives of
#rohingyarefugees
in Nepal better in comparison to India & B'desh? My report for
@thewire_in
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Super issue this month with
@surajyengde
on race & caste;
@dwai_banerjee
on how pandemics fuel the state's fantasies of control;
@poliohunt
on global vaccine wars;
@shubhra_dee
on Narayan Lavate's lifelong quest to die; and
@mayapalit1
on sham Modiographies, and more. Subscribe
In the July issue—Race, caste, and what it will take to make Dalit lives matter; The making of a sham Modi biography; India’s trouble with colonial-era statues; The global COVID-19 vaccine wars; and more.
Available to subscribers now:
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We need to talk about big media's incredible studied silence on the disturbing questions that have been raised regarding judge Loya's death.
@ndtv
@CNNnews18
@republic
@IndianExpress
@htTweets
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Stellar reporting by
@nikita1712
for
@thecaravanindia
, taking the Loya story forward. How is it that 16 staff on duty at Ravi Bhawan when Loya allegedly had a heart attack heard nothing of the events of the night nor his death until three years later?
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"the Ramcharitmanas debate is an unprecedented attempt by OBC leaders—who represent the majority within the Hindu fold—to question the Hindu identity that the BJP has so effectively weaponised." this
@sagar_reporter
piece is superb
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"The histrionics around the sengol seem to be part of a larger attempt by the BJP to tie Tamil Nadu into its imagined Hindu Rashtra, which is culturally and historically quite alien to the southern state." Read this sharp essay by Abhay Regi
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Daniel Block, even when "manic" and sleep deprived for days, is articulate, coherent and blessedly not cynical.
Here is to one less narcissistic authoritarian leader in this world
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.
@nileenams
takes us beyond the jubilation surrounding Kerala's election results to probe deeper questions about gender and social justice in the state
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Bela Bhatia reports on, and asks all the right questions about, the August "encounter" at Nulkatong.
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"If ever placed in a position of pressure to make a choice, Tendulkar was always likely to squeal on the side on the establishment."
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Excellent reportage on how the Indian Army has been orchestrating Kashmir's nationalist protests.
@shahidtantray
has been consistently pulling off some incredible, important work. Must read.
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Do subscribe & read
@nileenams
's superb piece on the 1994 ISRO espionage case, painstakingly reported, researched and built over the past year. It goes against the grain of what we have been told and raises damning questions about CBI's investigation.
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Over months of reporting,
@skanga
,
@StonerJesus
and
@arnav_d
decode what lies beneath the surface of the cool kids culture at OML: exclusion, entitlement and rampant sexism.
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Journalists protesting the arrest of Mandeep Punia at Delhi police headquarters today.
#ReleaseMandeepPunia
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In fact, "what Prashant Bhushan has said is an understatement." Arun shourie on how the courts have assisted in the assault on democracy.
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Karan Thapar gets Mahua Moitra--a sitting MP who has taken clear positions on some of the most complex issues of the day--on his show & spends a good part of it cheekily asking about her sarees, her love for Italian cooking & how it "doesn't show on her".
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Nikki Haley is a good eg of how Indian-Americans have benefitted from the US’s willingness to accept them at the expense of other groups—esp the black population, whose civil-rights struggles paved the way for the existence of an Indian-American diaspora.
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"Modi then resorted to his unabashed mode of operating through favourites, which demoralised other equally or more talented officers. The latter had not crawled to ingratiate themselves...Babus and businessmen learnt to fake everlasting loyalty and started wooing Sanghis."
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The Caravan wins Stanford's Shorenstein journalism award!
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The recent SC judgment on abortion is in stark contrast to the bureaucratic origin of India's abortion law. Women’s reproductive fate in India has always been tied up with government anxieties about population control.
My piece:
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"Journalists said that its regional language services—primarily BBC News Hindi—have often succumbed to clickbait, censorship and a majoritarian ideological bent." The excellent
@shahidtantray
on BBC India. Subscribe to read
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"The govt’s communication has been marked by mixed messaging, the downplaying of potential threats, grandstanding on the administration’s handling of the crisis and a reluctance to share information."
@nayantaran
on how India handled COVID-19
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An excellent critical essay by
@suchitrav
on how "The Family Man" justifies the rapid deterioration of India's democracy
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The ECI acting cute again
ECI is taking strong action against X, and letting the BJP get away scot-free. Parties are accountable to the ECI but a shameless and spineless set of three re-employed bureaucrats feel telling the social media company is enough. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Himal is looking for a chief editor. Kudos to the incredible
@Aunohita
for steering it through some choppy waters in the past years, particularly its transition from Nepal to Colombo. Thanks for keeping our beloved magazine alive and kicking <3
It's been a real privilege and honour to have been entrusted with the task of editing Himal. Do apply! It's challenging but immensely satisfying work!
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"The list of Modi’s lies and obfuscations is long, but that is no longer surprising. What is surprising is that the public allows this government to get away with so much of it." The always astute
@suchitrav
on the function of lies in authoritarian regimes
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❤️✊🏽💃🏽🕺🏽💃🏽🕺🏽💃🏽🕺🏽❤️✊🏽
Congratulations to The Caravan, winner of the Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. Nieman Fellows at
@Harvard
chose
@thecaravanindia
for its “uncompromising coverage of the erosion of human rights, social justice and democracy in India."
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@VidyaKrishnan
@thecaravanindia
😂 It would be a little more accurate if the girl was also periodically getting up to try and reorganise the contents of the baggage while screaming “you don’t understand, I am a husk of a human being!”
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Susan Sarandon has also spoken. Who will the gov line up now? Rekha? Bindu?
#IndianSellebrities
Standing in solidarity with the
#FarmersProtest
in India. Read about who they are and why they’re protesting below.
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YUSSSS!
Elena Ferrante to become Guardian Weekend's new columnist
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what an incredibly petty, defensive, and childish response to Manmohan Singh's practical, sane, recommendations on the vaccination rollout.
History shall be kinder to you Dr Manmohan Singh ji if your offer of ‘constructive cooperation’ and valuable advice was followed by your
@INCIndia
leaders as well in such extraordinary times !
Here’s my reply to your letter to Hon’ble PM Sh
@narendramodi
ji 👍
@PMOIndia
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When Netanyahu visited India, he attended an outreach programme called “Shalom Bollywood,” an effort to improve the image of his country abroad. Bollywood stars happily complied, and most likely didn't press him on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine.
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Read
@aathira_vk
excellent cover story on the Jain brothers, their contribution to the grand undermining of journalistic standards we see in the country today, and why according to many employees a Times Group split has been a longtime coming
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Gathering by journalists against arrest of
#MandeepPunia
at New Police HQ, Patel Chowk at 2 pm. Fellow journalists are requested to come.
#ReleaseMandeepPunia
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Hey delhi media, pretending you don't hear the disturbing questions that have been raised re. judge Loya's death will not make it go away. Show some spine.
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Superb reported piece on Bhanwari Devi, her activism, the rape case that shaped feminist jurisprudence, and the toxic backlash she has faced within her community throughout her life
Bhanwari sat on a jute cot in the verandah of her dilapidated house, gazing at the backyard, flooded in the rains. The peeling walls and the rusting windows of her house mirror how she feels in her bones these days—like the autumn of an exhausted feminist.
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Do read this extremely clear-eyed analysis of RG's Bharat Jodo Yatra by the brilliant
@sagar_reporter
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In this month's cover story,
@seekingsrishti
's sharply reported piece shows how in Modi's India, superstitious practices have gained more legitimacy. And how this has lead to some heinous crimes. A chilling read:
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oh boy
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Ajay Kumar must resign.
Ajay Kumar, the assistant commissioner of police of Model Town, kicked and slapped Penkar inside the Model Town police station premises. Penkar had repeatedly told the police that he was a journalist and prominently displayed his press card.
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“The fellows note that the selection of this publication comes under extraordinary and alarming circumstances. The Caravan’s recent coverage of nationwide farmers’ protests has drawn the ire of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government”
The Caravan has been awarded the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism for 2021 by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University.
Read the statement in full here:
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Read this WILD story by
@ShaanWrites
on Trump's fave Indian American Shalabh Kumar, and how he uses his wealth and connections to forge ties between American conservatives and Hindu nationalists, all the while artfully dodging campaign finance regulations
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