Akshaya Mukul
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Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya, 2022, Penguin; Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India, 2015, HarperCollins.
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Agyeya's biography to be out soon. Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya. Pre-Order now.
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I too worked in Asian Age features team, 1994-95. I know what many women colleagues had to go through. I trust each and every word of
@ghazalawahab
@SuparnaSharma
@writemeenal
@TushitaPatel
@priyaramani
and endless others who might recount their harrowing experience
#MeToo
I was in
#Asianage
political bureau between 1993-96 &
#IBelieve
@ghazalawahab
@SuparnaSharma
@TushitaPatel
@priyaramani
@writemeenal
and the rest
#MeToo
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Let’s not forget today is M F Husain’s birth anniversary also, a great son of India and an extraordinary artist. Those who hated him should see his series on Ramayana and Mahabharata done at the suggestion of Rammanohar Lohia.
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At least tag
@NitishKumar
I urge Shri Nitish Kumar to reconsider support to the
#CAB
in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill is unconstitutional, discriminatory, and against the unity and harmony of the country, apart from being against the secular principles of the JDU. Gandhiji would have strongly disapproved it.
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Days after a former journalist is made member of a Indian Railway panel, he justifies rail fare hike in a new avatar of public policy analyst.
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Friend
@pradeepmagazine
’s sane piece on being a KP and sense of hurt with what has been done to his beloved state. Must read. A Kashmiri Pandit On Why He Feels Sad For Kashmiri Muslims
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Most Delhi newspapers too scared to carry it, not
@ttindia
of Kolkata. Love the headline Einstain
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What has journalism come to? Shameful. There are others who pass information orally to their BJP masters
PMO asked a senior Hindutan Times journalist Shishir Gupta to spy on elected Delhi govt. Here's the proof :
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Even
@IndEditorsGuild
is subservient to the powerful bureau chief.
The Editors Guild of India has issued a statement.
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If this doesn’t make you cry, nothing will. Loneliness of being Sudha Bhardwaj’s daughter. Reminder of what has gone wrong with our republic. Ajaz Ashraf’s interview. via
@scroll_in
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Finally
@Dhirendrakjha3
's magnum opus is out. 2021 could not have ended on a better note. Deeply researched and beautifully written it is a must read.
@HartoshSinghBal
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The only paper to have the guts to name him, the paper he created. Really unputdownable
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It is high time Editors Guild of India should speak out. Conspiracy of silence won’t work. Media’s credibility is at an all time low
Have you seen a single line tweet by
@ShekharGupta
on
@cobrapost
exposé about Indian media on sale?
He is President of Editors Guild of India!
Today when need to speak up, he is busy tweeting links of
@ThePrintIndia
articles written by his sidekicks!
#MediaOnSale
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No. Republic OB has reached the house of leader of opposition in Jharkhand
Which news channel is taking the Jharkhand govt to task ? Has the Republic OB reached the Jharkhand CMO yet ?
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Hindutva’s charm for West Bengal
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The most powerful piece I read on the demolition of Babri Masjid by Ajaz Ashraf. Babri Masjid: Now a Metaphor of Hindus Harming Themselves
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Shocking indeed. She should be freed immediately. Competitive intolerance at work.
What’s going on? 14-day custody for 25 year old woman just for a meme? And everyone is silent on this!! Absolutely shocking!!
BJP youth wing leader held for Didi (Mamata Banerjee) caricature | Elections News, The Indian Express
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On the contrary he is bad news for anything remotely academic. Imagine a generation turning into gasbags
Why are the tax payers paying for Modi's book launch? Also is he really the poster boy for academic excellence?
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If you missed
@timesofindia
on Sunday, here is
@htTweets
with same answers, almost verbatim. Golden age of journalism
HT Interview | I am a ‘Kaamdar’, not ‘naamdar’; my values can’t be changed, says PM
@narendramodi
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Out now. Probably the best book on Bhima Koregaon by Ajaz Ashraf. Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste
@chacchachoudhry
@seemay
@SushantSin
@paranjoygt
@nit_set
@meenakandasamy
@pradeepmagazine
@Ram_Guha
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Media sees it, afraid to report anything that might annoy the Modi establishment
#ModiInPune
today ... Live from his rally . U can hear his speech ! What a response ... but media is so sold out that they can't see it !!!
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On Vinoba Bhave’s 125th birth anniversary re-reading what he wrote about the RSS.
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Honoured that Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India is part of their list of iconic books
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You really think Modi reads or listens to others. He is in love with his own voice. I, Me, Myself and My Shadow
Hasn't CEA
@arvindsubraman
said that empirical evidence shows poverty reduction in India greatest during 2004 - 2014
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And Yash bats for Fahad Shah
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Hope
@IASassociation
is worried about suspension of
@acjoshi
for taking on someone like
@KapilMishra_IND
who was openly inciting violence
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Should also be shown to journalism students
How I wish I could play this clip to an overwhelming majority of our news anchors.
Please see and share
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Sudhir Chandra's Rukhmabai takes biography writing to another level. Decades of research clears many myths and falsehoods about this extraordinary rebel-doctor.
@TeestaGuha
@PanMacIndia
@chacchachoudhry
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I stand with
@pbhushan1
. Silencing a voice like him would sound the death knell of democracy.
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Two reasons: caste profile of newsrooms and fear of the big boss
Is there a reason why several protests by common people demanding release of
#BhimArmy
founder
#chandrashekharazad
in Delhi always go unnoticed by the mainstream media?
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Leadership lesson to editors, politicians and all those who only think of themselves in times of crisis. Story of Pratik, sports editor
@timesofindia
Kolkata, who resigned to save jobs of his colleagues. An unsung hero of our times
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Shameful. There are few in print media also who went crazy when Modi started following them.
If TV anchors get this giddy with delight when a politician follows them on Twitter, imagine the level of ecstasy if that politician shakes hands with them! Can we truly expect objectivity and professionalism from such people?
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Really remarkable. One an opportunist with backbone tied to chair, other hardcore communalist.
And the invitation accepted, the partnership embraced. Two of the most remarkable politicians of contemporary India come together.
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What a fascinating read. No other political party has faced vendetta of this kind. All for winning 67 out of 70 seats
In 19 out of 22 cases decided by Delhi fast track courts in last five months, AAP MLAs acquitted/discharged. Is there any other example of such a witch-hunt in India by Modi govt's machinery - MHA, LG & Police badly exposed :
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Good observation Anita.
Is that red light in the middle of the picture divine intervention on behalf of Sardar Patel to say STOP?
#JustSaying
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Father of compromised journalism, sanghi to the core Mr Chawla, who once upon a time was begging before Amar Singh not to expose him, is ideologically neutral now. Shameful.
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The riot that wasn’t: How Twitter spread rumours of communal violence in Kolkata via
@scroll_in
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If you zoom in on BJP protest picture it is led by Vijay Jolly, facing sexual harassment case.
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You will be held responsible if any analysis comes now
During these grim days, we must be thankful that Kangana Ranaut is not into data analysis.
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@ElectionComm
is to be blamed. Never seen CEC and ECs working so blatantly for government. Leak, one old source told me, has happened from one of the EC’s office
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Sad that a honourable bureaucrat, one of the best CECs, has come to defend CBSE chairperson. Sure she was a great Chief Electoral Officer, she is not in CBSE. Why did she not cancel examination despite knowing about leak the previous night?
What the IAS is good at: defending its own. What the IAS does not understand: taking responsibility. ... and also that an electoral officer and the head of a school exam board require different abilities.
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@PCITweets
statement condemning action against *Caravan* Magazine staffers.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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You are right. He is desperate to get something. Did absolutely nothing for school education. Handed it over to private sector. Will be remembered for CBSE examination paper leaks.
Tweet in hope of post retirement assignment. This, after not acting against his deputy responsible for CBSE paper leak. Hoping to be rewarded for not acting against Gujarat cadre officer who is Modi-Shah favourite.
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If there is one piece to be read today it has to be Ajaz Ashraf’s brilliant series on RSS and misrepresentation. He takes on Golwalkar, the master twister of facts.
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Idea of India: Dilip Kumar, Stan Swamy
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Not to be missed interview of
@manojkjhadu
by Ajaz Ashraf. 10% quota: ‘Poor upper castes don’t need reservations as their poverty is not due to their caste’
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Now Modi will copy him or make his mother go shopping
Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin shopping for essentials at a supermarket to check on the supply of goods during the movement control order (MCO) period. He wanted to see how members of the public were behaving during this period
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Ajaz Ashraf chronicles Modi’s tempestuous relationship with pain. Very incisive. A Brief History of Modi’s Changing Idea of ‘Pain’
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Too much is being made out of Kishor by few Delhi journalists
Kishor is a Brahmin, not an OBC. His place in Bihar is in the BJP. And all of us know how much he helped Amarinder Singh, but he has a loyal bunch of drumbeaters among Delhi journalists. And we bemoan the influence of a certain chief of bureau...
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Why OBCs Should Celebrate August 7 Every Year
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This is what happens when diplomacy is in hands of ji huzoor diplomats.
UNFORTUNATE: MEA didn't protest China's refusal—in breach of two bilateral MOUs—to share upstream data on Brahmaputra and Sutlej or its cutting off Indian pilgrims' access to two sacred sites in Tibet. And now this, when India should be doing the opposite.
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Interesting. Raut requested a copy of the Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India by Akshaya Mukul. Govt pleaders argued the book was scandalous and spoke against the govt and refused it.
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History of how Sangh Uses Religious Processions to Spark Riots
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If it is Election Commission it has to be
@KhurafatiChopra
’s exclusive. Not to forget
@anubhutivishnoi
of Economic Times who too has done some incredible EC and I&B stories. Nothing escapes them.
EXCLUSIVE: PM Modi’s Balakot remark at a rally in Latur this week is a prima facie violation of the Model Code, Maharashtra poll officer tells EC in his report.
Commission's decision on the matter likely today. My report: via
@IndianExpress
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Since Modi came to power
Since when did journalism mean NOT asking any questions of the state.
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Brilliant profile of Savitri Phule by Ajaz Ashraf. Seems to be a misfit in BJP
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Kudos to you and the entire team that worked for it relentlessly. Great day
The nine judge bench of the Supreme Court has unanimusly held that privacy is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution.
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This is what Vinoba Bhave had to say about RSS after Gandhi’s assassination by Nathuram Godse.
@hridayeshjoshi
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The best book on Visva Bharati by
@swati_ganguly12
. Deeply researched and non-hagiographic.
@newindiafndtion
@Ram_Guha
@srinathraghava3
@cyabhishek
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Thanks
@scroll_in
for reporting on them again and again. Sad times we live in. No bail for five while terror accused becomes MP.
Bhima Koregaon: What has happened to the five activists who were arrested a year ago?
@AarefaJohari
reports via
@scroll_in
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Not a single tweet on
@CBSE_Board
paper leak from school secretary
@swarup58
who otherwise has an opinion on everything.
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Insightful. Must read piece by my former boss
@Bharatitis
My take on Pranab Mukherjee's Nagpur visit -- Did Pranab make a Faustian bargain?
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Congratulations
@Nidhi
Richly deserved
Journalist Nidhi Razdan’s Show Wins International Press Institute Award. Congrats
@Nidhi
#throwback
#ThursdayMotivation
#KathuaCase
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Yes. It is going to be the standard text on caste. Manoj has dug out so many extraordinary gems from archives all over the country. This is the first volume. Second will follow soon.
Manoj Mitta is too cool to be here so I am happy to do the honours. Out this summer, please buy:
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Tipu Jayanti: BJP wants to correct history’s wrongs. It should start with caste oppression via
@scroll_in
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Hinduism let down by clergy
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Must read interview. New perspective to the ongoing debate on Muslims and their increasingly marginalised role. Md. Adeeb’s novel suggestion to Muslims: Don’t vote in 2019.
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All newspapers. This politician runs political bureau of most Delhi newspapers
Economic Times carries an opinion piece by a senior ruling party politician disguised as news reporting
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Shocking how the mainstream media is silent on the biggest story of recent times. Even Opposition parties are keeping quiet.
On this video - judge Loya’s father Harkishan said that his son had confided in him about bribe offers: “Do you want a house in Mumbai, how much land do you want, how much money do you want, he used to tell us this. This was an offer.”
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I and
@omthanvi
had a long and pleasant conversation wiih brilliant
@BeechBazar
of
@newslaundry
on Agyeya and the world of Hindi literature.
@eliofkottayam
@Tweetaround24
@Penguin
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गीता प्रेस ने कैसे हिंदू राष्ट्र के लिए जमीन तैयार की? via @जनचौक
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He is a first rate opportunist. Will be the first to figure out. If he starts humming secularism, secularism be sure NDA is in trouble.
Would be interesting to watch Ram Vilas Paswan's next moves.
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Congratulations
@rohini_mohan
and
@khanumarfa
. So well deserved
The Chameli Devi Jain award for outstanding journalists this year goes to independent journalist
@rohini_mohan
and
@khanumarfa
from
@thewire_in
.
Journalism in India is survived only by independent media at great personal risks and almost shoe string budgets. Kudos to them!
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A beginning has been made. Other political parties should also come forward now.
Circumstances around the death of CBI court judge,HP Loya, raises disturbing questions of murder, bribery & manipulation of institutions of our democracy at the highest levels. CPIM demands that a high level judicial enquiry be instituted immediately.
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Friends in Delhi-NCR please come for two days of serious engagement with
@Ram_Guha
’s varied body of work. Open to all.
@nandinisundar
@srinathraghava3
@M_Khosla
@PenguinIndia
@MeruGokhale
@TariniUppal
@AshokaUniv
@pbmehta
@pradeepmagazine
@hemalisodhi
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His Jan Sanghi self is out in the open.
Finally, an Opposition leader speaks up on
#Article370
and guess what? He doesn’t sound like an Opposition leader at all.
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Yes they are from Gita Press.
I want to say that the two large orange and yellow volumes on
@vivek_murthy
’s shelves are the Gita Press’ Ramayana and Mahabharata. Awaiting confirmation from
@Akshayamukul
...👀
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During Elections, NCERT Drops Chapter on Democracy From Class 9 Book via
@thewire_in
?lang=en
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संस्कृति के नाम पर लोगों को आसानी से भड़काया और बरगलाया जा सकता है: अज्ञेय: via
@thewirehindi
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Mainstream media might have killed the story of Judge Loya’s mysterious death but
@thecaravanindia
raises more questions on the story they broke first.
@HartoshSinghBal
@vinodjose
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After this if
@mjakbar
remains in public life (minister, MP or journalist) it will mean we have failed as a society. His place is elsewhere. Shocked at the conspiracy of silence by
@BJP4India
.
@mjakbar
, minister and former editor, sexually harassed and molested me
"This is my story. My last six months as a journalist at Asian Age, the newspaper he edited, were pure hell with repeated physical advances," writes
@ghazalawahab
#MeToo
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Pratik being blocked by her is a proof you are on the right path.
Two things happened after the
@AltNews
story on Prof. Amartya Sen yesterday. There's been an apology, and I have been blocked.
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Ajaz Ashraf's incisive analysis of what Adityanath as UP CM means. Must read. via
@scroll_in
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One of the most incisive piece on Gujarat election and marginalisation of Muslims. Why haven’t Gujarat’s Muslims produced young leaders like Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mevani? via
@scroll_in
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