Aunohita Mojumdar
@aunohita.bsky.social
Journalist. Editor. Writer.
Reading Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville: An American Story' is like following the author down a fissure into the innards of the American Right & those who stand against them. If one wants to go beyond Trumpiana & understand forces shaping the U.S. read this book. @deborahbaker.bsky.social
“Perhaps I should admit now that I don’t know how to write this review.”
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“Charlottesville” Is an American Story That Refuses To Let Hate Win
A look into Deborah Baker’s ‘Charlottesville’ and how past resistance connects to the future’s stand against hate.
southernreviewofbooks.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reading Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville: An American Story' is like following the author down a fissure into the innards of the American Right & those who stand against them. If one wants to go beyond Trumpiana & understand forces shaping the U.S. read this book. @deborahbaker.bsky.social
#BiharElection2025
46.7% of votes gets u 202 seats
37.5% of votes gets u 35 seats. India's first-past-the-post electoral system is a colonial hangover that benefits political parties. We voters should demand a more representational form of democracy!!
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bihar-...
46.7% of votes gets u 202 seats
37.5% of votes gets u 35 seats. India's first-past-the-post electoral system is a colonial hangover that benefits political parties. We voters should demand a more representational form of democracy!!
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bihar-...
Bihar election results 2025: Nitish does it again; alliance returns with crushing 202 seats | India News - The Times of India
India News: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a stunning landslide victory in Bihar, winning 202 out of 243 assembly seats. This outcome highlights C
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
#BiharElection2025
46.7% of votes gets u 202 seats
37.5% of votes gets u 35 seats. India's first-past-the-post electoral system is a colonial hangover that benefits political parties. We voters should demand a more representational form of democracy!!
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bihar-...
46.7% of votes gets u 202 seats
37.5% of votes gets u 35 seats. India's first-past-the-post electoral system is a colonial hangover that benefits political parties. We voters should demand a more representational form of democracy!!
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bihar-...
'Aubade' by Ranjit Hoskote, from the anthology 'Singing in the Dark'. @ranjithoskote.bsky.social #fortheloveofpoetry
August 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
'Aubade' by Ranjit Hoskote, from the anthology 'Singing in the Dark'. @ranjithoskote.bsky.social #fortheloveofpoetry
A group of Indian journos brave & bold,
Went to Israel, breaking the mould,
Sponsored by the Israeli embassy,
They returned from the paid-for odyssey,
With not a single story on Gaza I am told!
#GazaGenocide #journalism
www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/12/f...
Went to Israel, breaking the mould,
Sponsored by the Israeli embassy,
They returned from the paid-for odyssey,
With not a single story on Gaza I am told!
#GazaGenocide #journalism
www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/12/f...
Few questions on Gaza, fewer on media access: Inside Indian media’s Israel junket
Paid for by the Israeli embassy, timed with a war that’s killing journalists, the trip barely raised the tough questions.
www.newslaundry.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A group of Indian journos brave & bold,
Went to Israel, breaking the mould,
Sponsored by the Israeli embassy,
They returned from the paid-for odyssey,
With not a single story on Gaza I am told!
#GazaGenocide #journalism
www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/12/f...
Went to Israel, breaking the mould,
Sponsored by the Israeli embassy,
They returned from the paid-for odyssey,
With not a single story on Gaza I am told!
#GazaGenocide #journalism
www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/12/f...
Important initiative by Afghan civil society. I have followed the work of many of the organisations and individuals involved from my time in Afghanistan. #Afghanistan
Years of dreaming, research & consultation followed by months of collective work with the broader Afghan civic community & here we are: launching the first People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan @rawadari.bsky.social
An initiative for justice by Afghan civil society for women and girls of Afghanistan: launch of the first People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan. Read more here:
rawadari.org/press_releas...
rawadari.org/press_releas...
August 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Important initiative by Afghan civil society. I have followed the work of many of the organisations and individuals involved from my time in Afghanistan. #Afghanistan
Why is India's Election Commission moving from enabling widest possible franchise to restricting it? Excellent interview & explainer by @businessline Resident Editor Poornima Joshi MP Manoj Jha. #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #BiharElections2025
www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/v...
www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/v...
Don’t doubt everyone’s citizenship; EC’s job is to include voters, not exclude them: Manoj Jha, Rajya Sabha MP
Agitation in Bihar over Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, exclusion fears, and opposition mobilisation explained by Prof. Manoj Jha.
www.thehindubusinessline.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Why is India's Election Commission moving from enabling widest possible franchise to restricting it? Excellent interview & explainer by @businessline Resident Editor Poornima Joshi MP Manoj Jha. #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #BiharElections2025
www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/v...
www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/v...
Tachibana Akemi(1812-68). #Japan #Fortheloveofpoetry
June 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Tachibana Akemi(1812-68). #Japan #Fortheloveofpoetry
@bsky.app #Emergency1975 "exacted a terrible price from many but was also a time of preferment for those who became collaborators, their competitive jousting for new ways to express loyalty echoing eerily in these times". My 2024 review of Abu Abraham’s cartoons: www.newslaundry.com/2024/11/06/f...
From satire to defiance: The political power of Abu Abraham’s cartoons
Almost half a century after the Emergency, an exhibition marking Abu Abraham’s centenary gives a stark reflection on that dark chapter and the political themes that continue to resonate today.
www.newslaundry.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
@bsky.app #Emergency1975 "exacted a terrible price from many but was also a time of preferment for those who became collaborators, their competitive jousting for new ways to express loyalty echoing eerily in these times". My 2024 review of Abu Abraham’s cartoons: www.newslaundry.com/2024/11/06/f...
"carrying a tough message on terror is easier for the diplomats...if in a strife-roiled world the govt plays to #India ’s advantages, & what differentiates it from #Pakistan —as a secular, stable, pluralistic, rule-abiding democratic & eco power" says Suhasini Haider
www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
Blame not the messenger in India’s diplomacy
India’s diplomats do not decide the message that India wishes to send after Operation Sindoor, and cannot be held responsible for its resonance
www.thehindu.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"carrying a tough message on terror is easier for the diplomats...if in a strife-roiled world the govt plays to #India ’s advantages, & what differentiates it from #Pakistan —as a secular, stable, pluralistic, rule-abiding democratic & eco power" says Suhasini Haider
www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
Read this report!!! Clear-eyed rigorous report on the human rights movement in #Afghanistan by Rachel Reid published by @aanafgh.bsky.social should be read not just by those invested in Afghanistan but those invested in human rights anywhere, including democracies lurching towards authoritarianism.
Despite IEA’s severe restrictions, Afghan human rights defenders persist.Many work from exile and a new wave of women's rights activists has emerged in #Afghanistan. @rachelreid.bsky.social has been speaking to human rights defenders about adaptation and survival in the new era. bit.ly/4kRiSOX
Manoeuvring Through the Cracks: The Afghan human rights movement under the Islamic Emirate
The end of the Islamic Republic was a catastrophe for Afghanistan’s human rights movement, with nearly all human rights defenders thrown into exile, fearing for their lives. The Islamic Emirate of Afg...
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June 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Read this report!!! Clear-eyed rigorous report on the human rights movement in #Afghanistan by Rachel Reid published by @aanafgh.bsky.social should be read not just by those invested in Afghanistan but those invested in human rights anywhere, including democracies lurching towards authoritarianism.
Excellent analysis on the chilling effect of judicial pronouncements on free speech: "Instead of interpreting Article 19(1)(a) as a liberty that limits state power, courts have begun treating it as a licence that comes with behavioural conditions" by Sanjay Hegde.
www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
Judicial sensitivity to sentiments is a sign of regression
Indian courts today are not defending free speech but are managing it
www.thehindu.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Excellent analysis on the chilling effect of judicial pronouncements on free speech: "Instead of interpreting Article 19(1)(a) as a liberty that limits state power, courts have begun treating it as a licence that comes with behavioural conditions" by Sanjay Hegde.
www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
With wit & wisdom @iftikhargilani cautions us on ignoring the real costs of war: "Before the next missile alert turns the region’s drawing rooms into battlefields, perhaps it’s worth remembering:peace, though quieter, requires the greatest courage of all."
www.outlookindia.com/national/war...
www.outlookindia.com/national/war...
Living War Rooms
Every time tensions flare between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, drawing-room generals, WhatsApp warriors, and tea-stall tacticians flood the airwaves with unsolicited military advice—while real li...
www.outlookindia.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
With wit & wisdom @iftikhargilani cautions us on ignoring the real costs of war: "Before the next missile alert turns the region’s drawing rooms into battlefields, perhaps it’s worth remembering:peace, though quieter, requires the greatest courage of all."
www.outlookindia.com/national/war...
www.outlookindia.com/national/war...
"Do you know how to swim" #fortheloveofpoetry Poem from Mandakranta Sen, translated from Bengali by Subrata Sen, in collection India in Verse published by The Little Magazine, Antara Dev Sen.
May 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"Do you know how to swim" #fortheloveofpoetry Poem from Mandakranta Sen, translated from Bengali by Subrata Sen, in collection India in Verse published by The Little Magazine, Antara Dev Sen.
Returning to this fabulous collection of poetry after a long time. Poem from Hiren Bhattacharya, translated by Kallol Choudhury, art Jogen Chowdhury. The Little Magazine and Antara Dev Sen, thank you for many years of joy which continues. #fortheloveofpoetry #poetry #assam
May 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Returning to this fabulous collection of poetry after a long time. Poem from Hiren Bhattacharya, translated by Kallol Choudhury, art Jogen Chowdhury. The Little Magazine and Antara Dev Sen, thank you for many years of joy which continues. #fortheloveofpoetry #poetry #assam
#Afghanistan stares at a humanitarian crisis with the end of U.S. aid to the country. Relief agencies predict more deaths as they try to prioritize who they can keep alive. @kateclark.bsky.social at @aanafgh.bsky.social gives an excellent overview, political context & granular details. #USaidcuts
The stark reality of the US's aid cuts to #Afghanistan is here: over $1.8 billion in promised assistance has been halted. The UN has redirected efforts from supporting 16.8m to 12.5m, and humanitarians are searching for alternative funds to continue assisting millions of Afghans. bit.ly/438TRHc
The End of US Aid to Afghanistan: What will it mean for families, services and the economy?
The full weight of the United States’ cuts to aid to Afghanistan has finally become clear. Almost all the aid that was promised – at least USD 1.8 billion – will now not be given, according to the US ...
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May 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#Afghanistan stares at a humanitarian crisis with the end of U.S. aid to the country. Relief agencies predict more deaths as they try to prioritize who they can keep alive. @kateclark.bsky.social at @aanafgh.bsky.social gives an excellent overview, political context & granular details. #USaidcuts
"Is it possible for...educators, social activists & public intellectuals across the borders to come together & initiate a movement for collective sanity?"Avijit Pathak's eloquent call for collective sanity in violent times #IndoPakConflictAvijit #IndoPakConflict www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment...
A call for collective sanity in these violent times - The Tribune
It is easy to get carried away by the propaganda and the mass psychology of revenge it accelerates.
www.tribuneindia.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"Is it possible for...educators, social activists & public intellectuals across the borders to come together & initiate a movement for collective sanity?"Avijit Pathak's eloquent call for collective sanity in violent times #IndoPakConflictAvijit #IndoPakConflict www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment...
"Some days, I don’t want to report anymore. I want to scream. I want to cry. I want to sleep without dreaming of explosions. But I keep going ... I will not let #Gaza disappear quietly"writes journalist and poet Nour ElAssy: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/first-person... @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
I’ve been displaced again, but I will not let Gaza disappear quietly
After returning home during the ceasefire, journalist Nour ElAssy has been forcibly displaced again. Now, she confronts a war seemingly with no end.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
May 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
"Some days, I don’t want to report anymore. I want to scream. I want to cry. I want to sleep without dreaming of explosions. But I keep going ... I will not let #Gaza disappear quietly"writes journalist and poet Nour ElAssy: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/first-person... @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
Reading the @theonion.com on @bsky.app is getting harder. As you scroll, you have to really work hard to distinguish the Onion's posts from the regular news, especially that emanating from Washington!
April 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Reading the @theonion.com on @bsky.app is getting harder. As you scroll, you have to really work hard to distinguish the Onion's posts from the regular news, especially that emanating from Washington!
December 23, 2024 at 3:19 AM
For the love of poetry.
A poem from Sri Lankan poet Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
#Poetry #SriLanka #Nepal #Crossingborders
A poem from Sri Lankan poet Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
#Poetry #SriLanka #Nepal #Crossingborders
December 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM
For the love of poetry.
A poem from Sri Lankan poet Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
#Poetry #SriLanka #Nepal #Crossingborders
A poem from Sri Lankan poet Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
#Poetry #SriLanka #Nepal #Crossingborders
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