Zara Chowdhary
@awarazara.bsky.social
Writer | Creative writing professor | Author of The Lucky Ones (2024) | big fan of trees and seas.
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Well, that was a good rehearsal I guess.
August 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Well, that was a good rehearsal I guess.
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We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
August 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
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Stunning! A Timelapse of an Oxalis plant blooming.
August 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Stunning! A Timelapse of an Oxalis plant blooming.
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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
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I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
July 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
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Stephens wants to see a final solution situation before he’s willing to confirm genocide
I mean it seems pretty methodical and deadly to me but if it's not quite brisk enough for you maybe it's because the conscript army is largely incompetent and fleetingly squeamish
July 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephens wants to see a final solution situation before he’s willing to confirm genocide
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Your wordle/games subscription doesn’t go in some magical separate pile. It goes to the New York Times, and it pays for things like Bret Stephens, Maggie Haberman, and both sides coverage of ICE and all the rest. Wake up.
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Your wordle/games subscription doesn’t go in some magical separate pile. It goes to the New York Times, and it pays for things like Bret Stephens, Maggie Haberman, and both sides coverage of ICE and all the rest. Wake up.
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Beto O'Rourke went on PBS and said the US has to stop being complicit in the bombing of Palestine
It's really that simple, folks
It's really that simple, folks
July 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Beto O'Rourke went on PBS and said the US has to stop being complicit in the bombing of Palestine
It's really that simple, folks
It's really that simple, folks
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Just an occasional reminder that there was no good reason for Obama, Harris, Clinton or Biden to go to Trump’s inauguration after he attacked the Capitol and they all went anyway. Cause the Democrats are chumps.
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Just an occasional reminder that there was no good reason for Obama, Harris, Clinton or Biden to go to Trump’s inauguration after he attacked the Capitol and they all went anyway. Cause the Democrats are chumps.
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“This is the new EC...it’s no longer an EC but a branch of the BJP.”
In an interview, #MahuaMoitra speaks about the voter roll revision process, argues it is a way to disenfranchise voters “by design,” and more.
#Watch ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkHt...
In an interview, #MahuaMoitra speaks about the voter roll revision process, argues it is a way to disenfranchise voters “by design,” and more.
#Watch ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkHt...
'We need a civil disobedience movement against Election Commission': Mahua Moitra, MP
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July 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
“This is the new EC...it’s no longer an EC but a branch of the BJP.”
In an interview, #MahuaMoitra speaks about the voter roll revision process, argues it is a way to disenfranchise voters “by design,” and more.
#Watch ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkHt...
In an interview, #MahuaMoitra speaks about the voter roll revision process, argues it is a way to disenfranchise voters “by design,” and more.
#Watch ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkHt...
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Alex Kydd
Ocean, Nature & Travel Photographer
Ocean, Nature & Travel Photographer
July 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Alex Kydd
Ocean, Nature & Travel Photographer
Ocean, Nature & Travel Photographer
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One of the wildest color gradients I’ve ever seen in the aurora!
July 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
One of the wildest color gradients I’ve ever seen in the aurora!
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Read every word.
ICE is an abomination and injustice. They have no place in our society, and everyone who works for them or their for-profit network ought to be held accountable for their actions. I look forward to that day. #AbolishICE
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
ICE is an abomination and injustice. They have no place in our society, and everyone who works for them or their for-profit network ought to be held accountable for their actions. I look forward to that day. #AbolishICE
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Read every word.
ICE is an abomination and injustice. They have no place in our society, and everyone who works for them or their for-profit network ought to be held accountable for their actions. I look forward to that day. #AbolishICE
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
ICE is an abomination and injustice. They have no place in our society, and everyone who works for them or their for-profit network ought to be held accountable for their actions. I look forward to that day. #AbolishICE
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
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For The Dial, I blurbed The Lucky Ones, by Zara Chowdhary. Check out all of The Dial's Best Books of Summer 2025: www.thedial.world/summer-readi... @thedialmag.bsky.social @awarazara.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
For The Dial, I blurbed The Lucky Ones, by Zara Chowdhary. Check out all of The Dial's Best Books of Summer 2025: www.thedial.world/summer-readi... @thedialmag.bsky.social @awarazara.bsky.social
It’s very meaningful, this coming out of india at a time like this. 🌷
It's a Friday of celebrations as Zara Chowdhary's The Lucky Ones wins Shakti Bhatt prize!
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Zara Chowdhary wins 2025 Shakti Bhatt award for debut memoir
Zara Chowdhary wins 2025 Shakti Bhatt award for debut memoir, as foundation discontinues prize after 17 years.
www.thehindu.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It’s very meaningful, this coming out of india at a time like this. 🌷
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I am hearing people on our side describing Brad Lander, Mayor Baraka & Senator Padilla's arrests as "stunts" designed to boost their electoral prospects.
First of all, I know that Brad Lander has been quietly accompanying migrants to their appointments for YEARS now, long before he ran for mayor.
First of all, I know that Brad Lander has been quietly accompanying migrants to their appointments for YEARS now, long before he ran for mayor.
June 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I am hearing people on our side describing Brad Lander, Mayor Baraka & Senator Padilla's arrests as "stunts" designed to boost their electoral prospects.
First of all, I know that Brad Lander has been quietly accompanying migrants to their appointments for YEARS now, long before he ran for mayor.
First of all, I know that Brad Lander has been quietly accompanying migrants to their appointments for YEARS now, long before he ran for mayor.
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SHUT DOWN PALANTIR
June 26th. 12pm.
100 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto.
From ICE abductions to the genocide in Palestine, Palantir makes billions off surveillance, deportation, and war.
actionnetwork.org/events/palan...
@bayresistance.bsky.social
@indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social
@planetoverprofit.org
June 26th. 12pm.
100 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto.
From ICE abductions to the genocide in Palestine, Palantir makes billions off surveillance, deportation, and war.
actionnetwork.org/events/palan...
@bayresistance.bsky.social
@indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social
@planetoverprofit.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
SHUT DOWN PALANTIR
June 26th. 12pm.
100 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto.
From ICE abductions to the genocide in Palestine, Palantir makes billions off surveillance, deportation, and war.
actionnetwork.org/events/palan...
@bayresistance.bsky.social
@indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social
@planetoverprofit.org
June 26th. 12pm.
100 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto.
From ICE abductions to the genocide in Palestine, Palantir makes billions off surveillance, deportation, and war.
actionnetwork.org/events/palan...
@bayresistance.bsky.social
@indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social
@planetoverprofit.org
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We’re going to need a bigger demonstration I guess.
June 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We’re going to need a bigger demonstration I guess.
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Weather fluctuations over three years have disrupted rose and jasmine harvests in Kannauj, India's perfume capital.
In this week's #EcoIndia, we discuss how Kannauj's famous perfume industry can survive the effects of climate change.
#Watch⤵
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In this week's #EcoIndia, we discuss how Kannauj's famous perfume industry can survive the effects of climate change.
#Watch⤵
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Eco India: How can Kannauj's famous perfume industry survive the effects of climate change?
Weather fluctuations over three years have disrupted rose and jasmine harvests in Kannauj, India's perfume capital.
scroll.in
June 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Weather fluctuations over three years have disrupted rose and jasmine harvests in Kannauj, India's perfume capital.
In this week's #EcoIndia, we discuss how Kannauj's famous perfume industry can survive the effects of climate change.
#Watch⤵
scroll.in/video/108329...
In this week's #EcoIndia, we discuss how Kannauj's famous perfume industry can survive the effects of climate change.
#Watch⤵
scroll.in/video/108329...
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At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
June 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
We should be hearing more about these but we aren’t. The sunlight has been eerie and red where I live in the upper Midwest for two days, and we’re all just walking around like it’s a normal early summer weekend.
Thousands of people have evacuated their homes across parts of the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where officials have declared a state of emergency and crews are working to contain dozens of out-of-control wildfires. Here’s what to know.
Wildfires Are Raging in the Canadian Prairies. Here’s What to Know.
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We should be hearing more about these but we aren’t. The sunlight has been eerie and red where I live in the upper Midwest for two days, and we’re all just walking around like it’s a normal early summer weekend.
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We’re watching transparency erode as law enforcement begins to resemble secret police more than public servants. This piece unpacks how we got here, and why it should alarm us all.
Why Are They Hiding Their Faces?
If ICE agents' actions are perfectly acceptable, they shouldn't have to mask their identities
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We’re watching transparency erode as law enforcement begins to resemble secret police more than public servants. This piece unpacks how we got here, and why it should alarm us all.