Raghu Karnad
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रघुकुल रीत सदा चली आई. Founding team @theWire_in. 2022-'23 fellow @CullmanNYPL
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Joined May 2012
Perhaps it slips your mind that the crowds you see in the picture are not returning to anything — our homes and streets no longer exist. Everything has turned into emptiness, rubble upon sand. All that remains are the photos we’ve kept in our memories and on our phones, and a bit
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Theatre listing for #Homebound around you! If you’ve liked it then please share it among your friends, on socials and WhatsApp.
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“The film is affecting, though, not because of its blockbuster treatment, but because it simply remembers — and lets us remember — in a way that feels increasingly rare.” #Homebound @rkarnad
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Sunday reading: @rkarnad on #Homebound In an age when tech and media manufacture amnesia, the film remembers, and let's us remember
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I have a short story out after a long time. If you aren't that fond of me there are 17 other writers you can choose from: #ChirodeepChaudhuri #PrayaagAkbar
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Presenting #TheOnlyCity—an extraordinary anthology of eighteen new short stories that capture the pulse of Mumbai, an ever-evolving urban centre. Edited by novelist and journalist @aninditaghose, the collection showcases some of the finest voices in Indian fiction—both
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ChatGPT? Optional. Zheng Li from Quizlet says Neo gives him answers instantly — straight from the Magic Box. 🎥 Watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel: Norton Neo (@/neoaibrowser)
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“If you're longing to read one new work of fiction about Bombay, The Only City is the only book you need to read.”—@suketumehta We are delighted to announce ‘The Only City’, ed. by @aninditaghose —a landmark anthology that captures #Mumbai in all its chaos, beauty, & resilience.
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The First Sitaram Yechury Memorial Lecture on September 15, Monday at 3pm is to be delivered by Prof Irfan Habib. 📍HKS Surjeet Bhawan, New Delhi
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Today marks the heartbreaking 5th anniversary of Umar Khalid’s unjust arrest—a fearless voice of justice silenced by an authoritarian regime. In solidarity with Umar and all equal citizenship activists behind bars, I stand with the chorus of resistance that challenged hate and
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He writes on history, war, politics, and memory with rare depth. Our next guest on The Soft Record is Raghu Karnad — award-winning journalist & author. 🎙 Full episode streaming soon on Kindle Cast. #RaghuKarnad #TheSoftRecord #KindleCast #Podcast #IndianPodcast
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AI’s real face won’t appear in offices or universities. It will appear in war — as we’re seeing in Gaza, where AI-driven systems autonomously select targets, says Raghu Karnad. #raghukarnad #thesoftrecord #kindlecast #gaza #israel #palestine #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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My heart broke as I read this account of a Muslim boy with mostly Hindu friends beaten to death after he met a Hindu girl in cafe His biggest betrayal was that his Hindu friends also joined in his murder Even friendship is poisoned by ideologies of hate https://t.co/a1Ho4Z4yLC
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He led the Ganpati celebrations in his village, where Hindus and Muslims lived in harmony. He dreamed of joining the police, but refused to leave the only home he knew. On 11 August, a mob dragged...
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"The real work for adults in government isn't to build grand new infra, but to maintain it year after year - and we don't have those adults in the room."
The reporting is from 2013 but the malady at the heart of it seems worse now than ever. The real work for adults in government isn't to build grand new infra, but to maintain it year after year - and we don't have those adults in the room (4/6)
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One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world - including in the West. This is Sydney today. No level of intimidation, surveillance, or threats can force the majority of humanity to support and defend apartheid and genocide.
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How long until this one goes down? https://t.co/LtMEbh4hvx
#WATCH | Bihar | Part of double-deck flyover in Patna, sinks after incessant rainfall in the city The flyover, built at a cost of Rs 422 crore, was inaugurated on June 11 this year
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What’s with the @nytimes harassing Zohran Mamdani repeatedly about disavowing the phrase “globalize the intifada”? It has written several articles featuring accusers of Mamdani for not affirmatively denouncing this slogan which means different things to Palestinians and
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(6/6) Bridges are proof that the loss of accountability doesn't just cost you your fancy rights. It can cost you your life or your family just for driving down the road, and trusting that someone has checked the metal girders and separating you from the river
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My broader reflection is about the other thing collapsing in India, the mechanism of accountability. People think, "oh I don't need that. That's for minorities and activists. This government wants to look after people like me, we're safe on the same side..."
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The reporting is from 2013 but the malady at the heart of it seems worse now than ever. The real work for adults in government isn't to build grand new infra, but to maintain it year after year - and we don't have those adults in the room (4/6)
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