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Joined The Indian Express in Noida as dy associate editor.
I return to Express after 15 years!
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If
#RSS
chief Bhagwat is in town, wants to meet you and you refuse, you have no business to be a journo. The profession requires such meetings to sense what is happening. It offers perspective. The rest is curation and activism, not journalism, for it lacks any inside information
When the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was in Delhi, he met editors.
This is how RSS mainstreams itself.
Recognise all those in attendance?
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Happy b'day,
#KarlMarx
. You once said
#religion
is the opium of the masses, meaning it works like an intoxicant.
The opening of
#LiquorShops
shows that intoxication is also like religion for the masses, meaning something deeply cherished. Intoxication and religion r identical.
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Today is the martyrdom day of
#TatyaTope
, the general of Peshwa Nana Saheb, who took on the British in 1857.
Vinamr Shraddhanjali.
#India
is proud of the warrior.
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अगर एंकर बन कर सर्व-विदित बातों पर ज्ञान बाँटना ही पत्रकारिता का आने वाला दौर है तो एंकर उसी को बनाना चाहिए जो स्थापित विशेषज्ञ हो किसी क्षेत्र में। वरना अधजल गगरी गुमराह कर सकती है समाज को। कर भी रही है।
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#JEE
,
#NEET
exams to take place twice a year now.
#NationalTestingAgency
wl conduct them from this year. The same student can take the exam both times a year and d best score wl be counted. The exam will happen for 4-5 days; students can choose date; papers wl differ.
@the_hindu
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What is the point of fastags,
@nitin_gadkari
sir? Despite having Rs. 800-plus in my account,
@airtelindia
fastag shows it invalid and blocked after paying just Rs. 75! If companies dont have the tech to manage it, why should citizens pay double amounts in cash on the road?
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News stories r saying that St Stephen's and
#JNU
"alumnus"
#ShrutiSharma
has topped the
#IAS
. One correction: a female ex-student is called alumna, not alumnus. Alumnus means a male ex-student, alumna a female ex-student and alumni ex-students in plural irrespective of gender.
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A very close friend's friend in Rajouri Garden,
#Delhi
, requires oxygen. Contact number: Aman, 9810146127. Please help, retweet.
@nistula
,
@iamrajeshahuja
,
@janusmyth
,
@_Rakesh_RC
,
@Khalid_Akhter
,
@srinivasiyc
,
@sajjanjnu
,
@vargheseKgeorge
,
@janusmyth
,
@khanumarfa
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Guess which single higher education institution contributed most to
#PMCares
to fight
#Covid_19
?
#AligarhMuslimUniversity
, as per
#IndianExpress
. It did so from staff salary.
At Rs 1.3-crore, it contributed more than all
#NITs
combined and more than 10 times of
#IIM
Ahmedabad.
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Why were journalists taking gyan from
#PrashantKishor
yday? They should rather hv been in bengal villages. This wasn't a debriefing by
#MamataBanerjee
or
#AmitShah
. Getting debriefed by a political consultant? Seriously? People who know more than him wasting time hearing him?
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Important...
It is unlikely that PM had a teleprompter gaffe. If you look at the WEF version of the recording of his speech, someone in the background says, "Sir aap unse ek baar pooche ki sab jud gaye kya". This portion is not clear in the video live-streamed on PM's YouTube channel.
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Please help, retweet as much as possible to save a life.
@sajjanjnu
,
@vargheseKgeorge
,
@nistula
@suhasinih
,
@BDUTT
,
@khanumarfa
, Patient Name: Abhishek kumar
Age: 44yrs
Attendant:Namita Rajlakshmi
Mobile: +91 9821150114
Address: F 402, Sethi Max Royal, Sector 76, Noida
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#UmarKhalid
can't enter DU.
#Ramdev
can't enter JNU.
#ShehlaRashid
can't enter AMU. Has the argumentative Indian gone off to sleep?💤
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Why is
#RahulGandhi
interacting with Indian-origin professors of foreign universities at the time when he should have had nothing else to do except campaign in
#Election2021
? Does he want the professors to tell their 20 indian friends to vote for him? The priorities are shocking
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#Congress
's ghulam nabi azad says the
#PM
campaigns extensively in each state election at public expense along with the Cabinet. This costs thousands of crores, he says. We want a govt, he adds, not election machine.
@the_hindu
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Since when did
@crpfindia
become about
#UP
and
#Bihar
? Tomorrow some may call the
#IndianArmy
as
#punjab
and
#haryana
army. Shocking parochialism.
As
#ghalib
once said: "Ya rab wo na samjhe hain na samjhenge meri baat,
De aur dil unko, jo na de mujhko zubaan aur..."
Jawans of
@crpfindia
brought in from UP/Bihar pushed Trinamool candidate and media out of polling station. CRPF openly supporting
@BJP4Bengal
Is
@ECISVEEP
sleeping?
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@YRDeshmukh
of
@cvoter
now says the
#bjp
is closing the gap and the
#BengalElection2021
are tight, even in
#Nandigram
. So, opinion polls are now saying what
@sajjanjnu
was saying in his report.
Watch "Nandigram fight: Mamata on weak ground, or victory certain? | Poll Baazi" on YouTube
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Please retweet. Help my student
@SmridhiSuyashi
find her dad, who went missing.
@suhasinih
@sardesairajdeep
@nistula
@vargheseKgeorge
@saurabhtop
@sajjanjnu
@mayur_jha
@sambitswaraj
@SushilModi
@rajkamaljha
@_Rakesh_RC
@janusmyth
@VinodSharmaView
@MathewLiz
@maryashakil
🚨SOS. My father Dr Sanjay Kumar has been missing since 01 MAR. His car was found parked over Patna's gandhi setu bridge w/ his phones inside.
@officecmbihar
&
@bihar_police
have assured all efforts but we need your help! RETWEET, AMPLIFY & SHARE ANY INFO, esp if you're in Bihar
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#RajThackeray
must be sad. He said all that
#MamataBanerjee
says today much before her -- outsiders, insiders n threat to culture -- and also addressed rallies against
#PMModi
in 2019. But
#Liberals
ignored him. They just praise the late
#vajpayee
's former union minister.
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#RahulGandhi
says
#RSS
chief Mohan Bhagwat says we are organising the nation! Who are you, he asks? Are you God? The nation will organise itself. Will it sit back to be organised by you? This is a fantasy and will end in a couple of months.
@the_hindu
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Yes,
#DroupadiMurmu
as President is a symbolic act.
However, this symbolism is better than the symbolism of old boys from elite schools in high posts.
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A pic of the late
#KamaalKhan
of
#NDTV
was put up at Ganga Arti of Dashashwamedh Ghat at Varanasi last evening. This is
#Hinduism
. The left has maligned it for decades. But, gestures that Hindus can show would be heresy for most faiths. Whatever the time. Whatever the politics.
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No
#cbse
board re-exam in schools outside India, says
#mhrd
, as there is no evidence of leaks outside.
@the_hindu
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My book "Contesting Nationalisms" released today at the 78th
#IndianHistoryCongress
at Kolkata by Harvard historian and MP Prof Sugata Bose, Jadavpur University V-C Prof Suranjan Das and veteran historians of Punjab Prof Indu Banga and Prof KL Tuteja.
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पत्रकारिता में मूलभूत परिवर्तन आया है। आजकल चुनाव पर लिखना ऐसे पेश किया जाता है जैसे देश पर एहसान किया जा रहा हो। एक समय था कि अगर बीस दिन घूम कर कमर भी तोड़ लो तो संपादक और डेस्क दो कॉलम जगह देने में एहसान दिखाते थे। युवा पत्रकार मसीहाई के मूड में आ चुके हैं अब।
#Election2022
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#JNU
teachers, students' union -- with support from
#jamiamillia
and
#aiims
doctors -- to march to
#parliament
on friday alleging unilateral decisions, signalling the widening rift between
#jnuta
and JNU administration.
@the_hindu
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I wish Hindu religious heads call for cancellation of the
#KanwarYatra
beginning July 25. It can be a super-spreader much worse than Kumbh last year, experts have warned. The Yatra is best avoided at this moment and Hindu religious leaders' voices will count.
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Ten people being burnt alive in
#Birbhum
in the
#bengalviolence
does not seem to have moved many sensitive hearts.
The national debate on lynching and intolerance has come to a grinding halt. Our silences speak louder than our words.
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There are two ways of being a journalist: one, explore and investigate, and, two, pick up a political line and keep employing it irrespective of whether your stories have depth or not. The first is what
#journalism
should be; the second offers committed fans.
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दर असल कांग्रेस-मुक्त भारत राहुल जी ला रहे हैं। मोदी जी सिर्फ क्रेडिट ले रहे हैं।
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Subaltern hindutva as used by
@sajjanjnu
is not anti-elite in Ranajit Guha terms. It is a transactional relation. It is important to understand a concept first and then judge it.
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I recall my days as a student political activist in JNU for The Hindu. Being a student
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#GeetanjaliShree
, the first Indian
#InternationalBookerPrize
winner, is a
#JNU
alumna. Just like Nobel Laureate Abhijeet Banerjee, EAM
#jaishankar
or R & D head of the team that made
#COVAXIN
Sumathi K.
Time to stop mistaking JNU for Sharjeel Imam, Umar or Kanhaiya.
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Woke is a nice word conveying the crux of wokeness.
Abhi abhi so kar uthe aur dimaag kaam nahin kar raha types.
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Here is the link.
@sardesairajdeep
,
@saurabhtop
,
@scribeprashant
and I discuss
#BengalElection2021
.
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At 64,
#GeetanjaliShree
, a writer from Mainpuri in UP and residing in Delhi, becomes the first Indian to win the
#InternationalBookerPrize
for the English translation of her Hindi novel Ret Samadhi. What a leap at 64! Inspiring.
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Great story, somesh jha.
And since the quinquennial survey data are available only since 1972-73, this means the present
#Unemployment
is the highest since NSSO began to record it. Meaning the crisis is unprecedented.
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@sajjanjnu
It was only subaltern hindutva in Bengal this time. About half the seats of the bjp are SC/ST reserved seats. It ended up as a party largely of Dalits and tribals and could not dent the Bhadralok and the larger South Bengal region.
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With a
#NAAC
score of 3.77 on 4,
#JNU
emerges at the top of category 1 institutions with highest autonomy.
#hyderabad
university only other Category-1 varsity. Category-1 means a score of 3.5-plus.
@the_hindu
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Just saying.please don't mind. But left or liberal journalism is the last refuge of semi-literate people claiming to be journalists.
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I deleted my FB account last night due to too many attacks on my posts..
I am 45 plus and need peace, not fights. Have been into too many ideological disputes to desire them any more.
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23 years ago, a professor of mine gave me a B-plus for an assignment for which I had worked quite hard. I asked him politely what went wrong. He replied, "You have simple clarity. I wanted complex clarity." I had no complex clarity in my younger days as an unmarried bachelor.
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Veteran historian Satish Chandra, author of
#ncert
textbooks from 1970s to early 2000s and former
#jnu
professor, passes away.
@the_hindu
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#Brahmastra
is
#Bahubali
2.0.
#Bollywood
's
#Kohli
moment.
Go watch the visual treat high on adrenalin and mythology, with
#amitabh
,
#shahrukh
and
#Nagarjuna
playing their part alongside
#RanbirKapoor
.
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#PChidambaram
says the
#Congress
demands that petroleum products, electricity, which account for 50-% of the
#GDP
, must be under
#GST
. Else, one nation, one tax means nothing.
@the_hindu
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Going by the
#Bengal
report of
@sajjanjnu
, the
#BJP
is headed for a clear majority in
#Bengal
, and should end up between 160 and 200 seats, while
#TMC
should end up bagging anything between 70 and 110-115. The Congress-Left should be between 12 and 20.
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@vargheseKgeorge
had early in 2014 seen in the rise of
#Modi
a context for the consolidation of lower and upper caste Hindus behind the
#BJP
and
#Hindutva
. This piece needs to be re-read.
In 2014, Hindutva versus caste:
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#IISc
Bengaluru,
#IIT
Bombay,
#IIT
Delhi,
#BITSPilani
,
#Manipal
University and
#Jio
Inst given
#instititionofeminence
status.
@the_hindu
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The latest 'feminist' wave? A rich woman abusing a poor
#bihari
man out to eke out a living?
She has no idea about what Bihar is. Lack of quality education and lack of sensitivity.
Ek baar madam ko Bihar jaa kar history aur heritage kya hota hai dekhna chahiye.
It has become fashionable with the elite to abuse those from Bihar and UP. It is no one’s dream job to work in homes of people or to work as guards in colonies where such obnoxious people live. They do it because they are poor and desperately want to earn an honest living.
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Complicated English is a useful tool to write pages without saying anything.
It works for those academics who want to obfuscate. Since journalists have to communicate, they should avoid it.
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There is a small category of woke journos in Delhi. They will throw terms like UC, middle class etc. Generally they are partially educated but anglicized. And starved of meaningful academic reading.
Wokeness is the core claim to their highly suspect intellect.
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Former FM
#PChidambaram
says there should be one tax slab not more than 18-% in
#GST
and food, milk, etc., can be exempted from it. Else, it can be given another name, as it isn't
#GST
.
@the_hindu
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Addressing students of pol science, journalism and mass comm at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, yesterday...
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#SardarVallabhbhaiPatel
disowned his son Dahyabhai for having secured a job with an industrial house using his name. The
#Congress
today can disown anyone if the person dares to go beyond the dictates of one family.
No wonder, the Congress ignores Patel and celebrates Indira.
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Joining
@JioInstitute
of
#Reliance
Foundation the day after tomorrow in Navi Mumbai as journalism programme coordinator and visiting associate professor.
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What binds the right and the former left worker in
#Bengal
: the slogan
#JaiShreeRam
.
What binds
#Mamata
of the east and Raj Thackeray of the west: hatred for 'outsiders'.
Who said opposites never meet?
Have fun. Full entertainment promised.
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#BypollResults2021
In MP, Kalpana Verma of the Congress has just taken a lead 1509 votes against the BJP in Raigaon.
The BJP is ahead on the other two assembly seats, Prithvipur and Jobat, by 3966 and 9362 votes, respectively.
@Outlookindia
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How many judging
#GurMehar
wanna send their kids to the army? If those wanting safe careers for kids can love war, can't she seek peace?
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#shaheedbhagatsingh
was NOT a
#marxist
but just a socialist inspired by the writings of Lenin and many others. He was against all forms of
#communalism
but also avenged the death of Hindu Mahasabha and Congress leader Lajpat Rai.
Bhagat Singh cannot be straitjacketed. Period.
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Political reporting today demands an open mind not chained by ideology. Watch me in conversation with
@maryashakil
on behalf of Jio Institute. Registration link: .
Admissions to PGP in Journalism at Jio Institute are open. Visit .
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#RahulGandhi
lost an opportunity to be a statesman in British Parliament. He should have said: "I am in opposition in India but stand here as a representative of the people of India as an MP. I take this opportunity to highlight India's contribution and promise for humanity."
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#MP
sees emergence of a farmers's identity while in
#Rajasthan
, the rural is not the same as agrarian, with caste a key marker. I seek to capture the nuances of India's rural worlds
@the_hindu
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For a change I recited
#ahmedfaraz
's ab ke hum bicchde .. And my former student
@mojobyfaizan
converted it into this.
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@vargheseKgeorge
traces how the
#dalit
#matua
vote may be largely with the
#BJP
in
#bengal
. The Dalit community has been one that
#hindutva
has looked towards there.
@sajjanjnu
.
West Bengal Assembly Elections | The road to the Matua vote is through Dhaka:
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I thanked
#NarendraModi
ji for the
#CoronaVaccine
drive as I read tweets praising d great work. Then I thanked
#nehru
ji for the
#BCG
mass
#vaccination
drive of the 50s and
#smallpox
mass
#vaccination
from 1962. Because of that, we have leaders like
#modi
ji and
#Yogi
ji today.
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Why did
#Dalits
shift to
#BJP
and not SP in
#UPElection2022
at a time when none saw Mayawati as having any chance? One clue is what happened to them when SP won in 2012. Dalits were attacked by SP workers. What happened after the victory of the BJP? Nothing. Security matters.
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#sitaramyechury
says transporters say 4 k trucks are stranded as drivers -- who get 30-40 k in cash for trips -- can't pay to eat
@TheHindu
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My piece today...
Liberals in India need to understand that denial does not obliterate fault lines; it only deepens them, writes
@vikaspathak76
#GyanvapiSurvey
#GyanvapiMosque
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In the 100th episode of
@TheLallantop
show
#netanagri
, where political journalists recall one experience, I recall my meeting
#AtalBihariVajpayee
at his last public appearance in 2007.
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"A bigot and an austere puritan, Aurangzeb was no lover of art & litt. He infuriated the great majority of his subjects by imposing the old hated jeziya... He offended the proud Rajputs,.. roused the
#Sikhs
, ... angered the warlike Marathas.." (Nehru, Discovery of India, p 271).
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Why not consider
#CentralVistaProject
to be the
#vaccine
and export it to some other country that may want or need it?
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Om shanti,
#VinodDua
ji. Aapki maatribhasha Hindi nahin thi.Par hindi aapke mukh se barastee thi.
Ek baar jab aapne apne show mein bulaaya to contract-vash manaa karnaa padaa.
UP, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan ke yuvaa Jaan lein Hindi kaise bolee jaatee hai sir ke video dekh kar.
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Lol... a fact check was required to prove that my book is mine....
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The shallowest words used indiscriminately in recent times are positivity and negativity.
They are the Bible of those who don't understand nuance and complexity.
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Who wrote the script of
#TheKashmirFiles
and who did the research,
@vivekagnihotri
? Was really impressed that you got the character of the
#JNU
professor to summarise Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities to perfection. Never in a mainstream movie have I seen such a thing.
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Shame on you,
#Punjab
government and Punjab police. You knew that a banned group had offered money for
#PMSecurityBreach
and took no action. Sting operation by India Today reveals the conspiracy.
#PMSecurityBreach
: How did protestors gather on flyover? Punjab cops on duty reveal all!
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I employ subaltern hindutva, a concept of
@sajjanjnu
, to explain why the stereotype of Bengali exceptionalism has failed to arrest the rise of the
#BJP
#WestBengalElection2021
#BengalElections2021
In Bengal,
@BJP4India
seems to be clawing its way to electoral success by becoming favoured party of Dalits & Adivasis in rural areas, writes
@vikaspathak76
in
#CNBCTV18Views
#AssemblyElections2021
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