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"Wow, you make people miserable and there’s nothing they can do about it! Just like God" ~Homer
Except for governmental accountability, the judiciary will ask everyone to come up with an unsearchable solution.
A day after GRAP 3 restrictions were withdrawn, the average AQI in the national capital was at the higher end of the ‘very poor’ category on Thursday.
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#AirPollution
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#AirPollution
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Except for governmental accountability, the judiciary will ask everyone to come up with an unsearchable solution.
In UP, BLOs are being asked to delete the names of Samajwadi voters. The incident came to light when a BLO committed suicide as a result of pressure exerted by senior officers.
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Besides Uttar Pradesh, several suspected suicides during the #voterlistrevision process have been reported in West Bengal, Kerala and Rajasthan.
#SIR #BLO
Besides Uttar Pradesh, several suspected suicides during the #voterlistrevision process have been reported in West Bengal, Kerala and Rajasthan.
#SIR #BLO
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In UP, BLOs are being asked to delete the names of Samajwadi voters. The incident came to light when a BLO committed suicide as a result of pressure exerted by senior officers.
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"Aap kaun?"
The first thing I learned in Batla House was this: people here freeze when they hear a knock at the door. The first instinct is fear. Masrat Nabi’s #fieldnotes on the mental strain & emotional toll wrought by the demolition of Muslim homes
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The first thing I learned in Batla House was this: people here freeze when they hear a knock at the door. The first instinct is fear. Masrat Nabi’s #fieldnotes on the mental strain & emotional toll wrought by the demolition of Muslim homes
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Field Notes: Where A Knock On The Door Makes Muslim Families Freeze
MASRAT NABI
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November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Aap kaun?"
The first thing I learned in Batla House was this: people here freeze when they hear a knock at the door. The first instinct is fear. Masrat Nabi’s #fieldnotes on the mental strain & emotional toll wrought by the demolition of Muslim homes
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The first thing I learned in Batla House was this: people here freeze when they hear a knock at the door. The first instinct is fear. Masrat Nabi’s #fieldnotes on the mental strain & emotional toll wrought by the demolition of Muslim homes
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So much happens and the coward leading this country doesn't have the gall to name China.
#PremaThongdok said that the #Chinese officials pointed to her passport, which showed Arunachal Pradesh as her birthplace.
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“They were insisting that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of China, and that therefore my passport is not valid,” she said.
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“They were insisting that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of China, and that therefore my passport is not valid,” she said.
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
So much happens and the coward leading this country doesn't have the gall to name China.
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Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Indians must recognise that violence doesn't become less real within marriage it becomes more dangerous, precisely because law and society refuse to see it.
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Karan Babbar writes
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Karan Babbar writes
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Indians must recognise that violence doesn't become less real within marriage it becomes more dangerous, precisely because law and society refuse to see it.
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Karan Babbar writes
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Karan Babbar writes
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'Centuries-old wounds are being healed' as the PM of a supposedly secular state hoists a religious flag on a temple built at the site of a national hate crime in which his party participated, and for which no one was held accountable by the nation that existed before our current defacto ethnostate.
“Today, the entire India and the whole world are imbued with Ram,” PM Modi said at the ceremony. “…Centuries-old wounds are being healed, centuries of torture are finding respite, and a centuries-old resolve is achieving fulfillment today.”
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#ramtemple #ayodhya
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#ramtemple #ayodhya
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
'Centuries-old wounds are being healed' as the PM of a supposedly secular state hoists a religious flag on a temple built at the site of a national hate crime in which his party participated, and for which no one was held accountable by the nation that existed before our current defacto ethnostate.
Yep, don't be surprised if we Biharis start spitting laser rays.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Yep, don't be surprised if we Biharis start spitting laser rays.
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#InPics | At India Gate in New Delhi, people protested against the capital’s worsening air quality on Sunday. Demonstrators raised slogans demanding action, while police and security personnel detained several protesters.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#InPics | At India Gate in New Delhi, people protested against the capital’s worsening air quality on Sunday. Demonstrators raised slogans demanding action, while police and security personnel detained several protesters.
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Photos show the daily struggle to breathe in New Delhi's dense winter smog
Photos show the daily struggle to breathe in New Delhi's dense winter smog
Photos show the daily struggle to breathe in New Delhi's dense winter smog
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November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Photos show the daily struggle to breathe in New Delhi's dense winter smog
Somewhere, someone said 9 lives of Nitish Kumar. Of course, the allegory did not age well.
Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the 10th time at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan
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November 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Somewhere, someone said 9 lives of Nitish Kumar. Of course, the allegory did not age well.
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“I own all the blame for the election results,” Prashant Kishor said to the media and apologized for the debacle.
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#PrashantKishor #janSuraaj
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#PrashantKishor #janSuraaj
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“I own all the blame for the election results,” Prashant Kishor said to the media and apologized for the debacle.
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#PrashantKishor #janSuraaj
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#PrashantKishor #janSuraaj
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Replug | In the post-Babri era, all the parties active in the state seemed to enter a tacit pact not to bring up the #bhagalpur riots. So the violence of 1989 seemed to fade from the larger politics of the state and beyond.
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✍Ipsita Chakravarty
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✍Ipsita Chakravarty
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Replug | In the post-Babri era, all the parties active in the state seemed to enter a tacit pact not to bring up the #bhagalpur riots. So the violence of 1989 seemed to fade from the larger politics of the state and beyond.
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✍Ipsita Chakravarty
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✍Ipsita Chakravarty
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Kanu Behl (director of Agra) today shared a joint statement from many Indian indie filmmakers about how access to independent films is actively suppressed in India. Great to see them speaking out; the PVR-Inox monopoly has been terrible for distribution, and the OTT platforms aren't much better. 📽️
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Kanu Behl (director of Agra) today shared a joint statement from many Indian indie filmmakers about how access to independent films is actively suppressed in India. Great to see them speaking out; the PVR-Inox monopoly has been terrible for distribution, and the OTT platforms aren't much better. 📽️
The world's largest democracy. Or should I just say, a parody account of democracy.
In #Odisha, as police largely ignore growing persecution of #Christians, Syed Affan investigates 5 cases where #Hindu mobs stopped #Christians from burying their dead. One body was ‘re-converted’, one buried in a forest, one exhumed & burnt
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Refused Burials, Corpses ‘Converted’ To Hinduism: Odisha’s Christians Face A Surge Of Violence Under A BJP Govt
In village after village in Odisha, Hindus are stopping Adivasi Christians from burying their dead unless they renounce their faith. Between October 2024 and April 2025, four Adivasi families and one ...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The world's largest democracy. Or should I just say, a parody account of democracy.
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A crowd sourced list of indie bookshops in India 😍
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A crowd sourced list of indie bookshops in India 😍
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Producing 1 litre of ethanol from sugarcane uses about 2,860 litres of water. Maintaining #India’s #E20 petrol blend will require 10 billion litres of ethanol annually, adding pressure on water & farmland in over 500 districts, writes Nilotpal Datta
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India’s Quiet Rollout Of A New ‘Clean’ Fuel Bypasses The Law, Hobbles Vehicles, Impacts Environment & Food Supply
India’s hasty switch to E20 petrol—fuel with 20% ethanol—five years ahead of schedule was hailed as an environmental milestone, but it came through government orders, not law. The policy forces millio...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Producing 1 litre of ethanol from sugarcane uses about 2,860 litres of water. Maintaining #India’s #E20 petrol blend will require 10 billion litres of ethanol annually, adding pressure on water & farmland in over 500 districts, writes Nilotpal Datta
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Interestingly, they lost like Maharashtra.
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Interestingly, they lost like Maharashtra.
नीतीश जी के पलटने के सारे रास्ते बंद हो गए। भाजपा ने उन्हे चारों ओर से घेर लिया है। #biharassemblyelection2025
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
नीतीश जी के पलटने के सारे रास्ते बंद हो गए। भाजपा ने उन्हे चारों ओर से घेर लिया है। #biharassemblyelection2025
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Modi's silence on Mamdani’s victory reveals what terrifies Hindutva supporters. Young, progressive, interfaith, anti-establishment and unafraid, Zohran represents everything whose existence the Hindu Right has spent decades trying to deny.
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Narendra Modi's silence on Zohran Mamdani’s victory reveals what terrifies Hindutva supporters
Zohran Mamdani represents everything whose existence the Hindu Right has spent decades trying to deny.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Modi's silence on Mamdani’s victory reveals what terrifies Hindutva supporters. Young, progressive, interfaith, anti-establishment and unafraid, Zohran represents everything whose existence the Hindu Right has spent decades trying to deny.
I write in The Caravan
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I write in The Caravan
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Just a reminder that my new book on Indian Parallel Cinema was published earlier this year. If anyone is interested in reviewing for any film publication outlets, etc. then please do get in touch; I can share/email a copy for review.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just a reminder that my new book on Indian Parallel Cinema was published earlier this year. If anyone is interested in reviewing for any film publication outlets, etc. then please do get in touch; I can share/email a copy for review.
This is the case after sprinkling water near the AQI meters for a month or so.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is the case after sprinkling water near the AQI meters for a month or so.
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“#BhimaKoregaon case is proof that they can pick up anybody without reason, keep them imprisoned for years”
Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer
Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
“#BhimaKoregaon case is proof that they can pick up anybody without reason, keep them imprisoned for years”
Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer
Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer
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Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
EC, or institutions like EC, should be a product of consensus. Since the Congress era, the rules for appointing an EC have always been sloppy; the BJP actualized that sloppiness for their own benefit. #VoteChor
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
EC, or institutions like EC, should be a product of consensus. Since the Congress era, the rules for appointing an EC have always been sloppy; the BJP actualized that sloppiness for their own benefit. #VoteChor