Priti Patnaik
pritipatnaik.bsky.social
Priti Patnaik
@pritipatnaik.bsky.social
Journalist & Publisher. Admirer of Trees. Mum. 'Flâneuse'. GLOBAL HEALTH. Founder, Geneva Health Files https://bsky.app/profile/genevahealthfiles.bsky.social

Alum: New York University & Geneva Graduate Institute
So Obama does not endorse Mamdani? Too bad. And disappointing
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Terrible framing from @nytimes.com on #ZohranMamdani
Calls it "most remarkable political upsets"

New York deserves better than New York Times.

A city of immigrants, led by an immigrant: Mamdani's words
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Zohran Mamdani Wins, Brings Fight to Trump
Zohran Mamdani Wins, Brings Fight to Trump: ‘Turn the Volume Up’
‘To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us,’ Mamdani told Trump, declaring victory in the New York City mayoral race amid a blue wave.
zeteo.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?

great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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it’s kind of funny that the New York Times, which is probably at least 50% Ivy League on the editorial side, is one of the primary drivers of contemporary anti-intellectualism, but not really funny in a good way
What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Happy Diwali
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The prisoner Israel won’t free on.ft.com/3WcSmov
The prisoner Israel won’t free
Marwan Barghouti, whom Palestinian admirers have called their ‘Mandela’, not part of Gaza deal swap
on.ft.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My son stopped to observe the lake during our short run today. He is a romantic.
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Opinion: It would be a hugely welcome development to discover that we have not merely reached social media saturation point, but that the experience has been degraded to such an extent that it has shocked people out of their stupor. on.ft.com/476Dcr8
October 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Hustling is an under-rated effort in entrepreneurship (sigh)
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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For anyone who cares to pay attention, the fact that major developers are lining up behind the NIMBY mayoral candidate tells you a lot about real-world housing politics and who the real shills tend to be in local YIMBY/NIMBY fights. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
Wealthy New York Developers Hold Meeting to Plot Mamdani’s Defeat
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So what we do with men who stand in the way WHEN you are having a conversation :-/

Must confess women do it too. But so annoying all the same.
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Blindsided by Trump, Modi is learning hard lessons about India's place in the new world order | Mukul Kesavan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blindsided by Trump, Modi is learning hard lessons about India's place in the new world order | Mukul Kesavan
New Delhi spent decades cosying up to the US. The truth is, Washington doesn’t have allies outside the west – it has clients, says historian Mukul Kesavan
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We are indisputably in nerd territory.
I had fun working on this.

bsky.app/profile/gene...
Developing Countries Outline Contours of the Pathogen Access Benefits Sharing System for Global Health

genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/developing...
September 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The joy of nurturing sources willing to speak on background. Trust is the currency in journalism.
August 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The US has slapped additional levies on India over its purchases of discounted Russian oil, dealing a blow to the world’s fastest-growing large economy and deepening a rift between Washington and New Delhi on.ft.com/4fWmxte
August 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Israel has killed at least 20 people, including several journalists, in a double strike on Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. on.ft.com/41X8Jsz
August 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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A primetime TV talent show each summer selects the nation’s most idyllic village. But in Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye, not everyone is happy, says Simon Kuper: on.ft.com/4oO39Th
August 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM