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wordsmith. thought-criminal. quiet. watching. wabi-sabi. journalist @indianexpress
Delhi
Joined March 2013
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn --Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind.
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Had the opportunity to meet @iamsrk as a cub reporter over a decade ago. Was a fan girl then & now. ❤️
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Bait, indeed.
Me to My Shirt today: .‘Tum hoti toh kaisa hota…. Tum iss baat pe hairaan hoti,.Tum iss baat pe kitni hansti…….Tum hoti toh aisa hota. ’ Me also waiting for #Pathaan
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CAREER UPDATE: After an incredible stint with @ThePrintIndia for over 3.5 years, I’m joining @CNNnews18 today. Excited to begin this new ride, I’ll be writing for @news18dotcom on key govt policies across sectors & their implications.
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Bold, yet empathetic. That’s how his colleagues recall him. Col Babu had once helped a Congo village watch FIFA World Cup matches and also took part in a major op in the country while on a UN assignment. via @ThePrintIndia.
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When you can’t deny a story, but under pressure from the “top” to deny it, you invent a new stamp called “extrapolation of facts”. Which is confirming the story is based on “facts”. 😁😁.
Claim: NITI Aayog is planning a media blitz to boost India’s rank on global indices for image correction. #PIBFactCheck: @NITIAayog has not planned any such media blitz. This claim is just an extrapolation of the discussion
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Breaking: I&B ministry has issued orders Monday to block 22 YouTube based news channels, 3 Twitter accounts, 1 FB account, and 1 news website.
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Big: IIT Bombay graduate Parag Agrawal is new Twitter CEO. Was earlier the CTO, takes over from Jack Dorsey, who says companies should be free from founders’ influence.
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Breaking: I&B ministry issues directions for blocking 35 YouTube channels, 2 Twitter & 2 Instagram accounts, 2 websites, one Facebook account. These channels were operating from Pakistan and were spreading anti-India and fake content.
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Breaking: Extensive media monitoring via professional agencies on cards just months before polls, to keep tab on negative publicity against PMO, MoD, MHA, and other ministries. Print, TV, online and social media to be watched. via @ThePrintIndia.
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After a short, yet a wonderful tenure with @CNNnews18, happy to inform that I’ve joined @IndianExpress. Will continue writing on military, media matters, among others. Excited to work with the stellar team here. My first story here on the #ExpressFrontPage.
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Four edit pieces in leading newspapers/ magazines on women's empowerment by women ministers in last 10 days. And it's not a coincidence. Modi’s ‘PMO tells’ women ministers to write positive articles in newspapers via @ThePrintIndia.
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By @jyotiyadaav in POV. BJP wants us to see Indian Sonia Gandhi as Italian but Canadian Akshay Kumar as Indian via @ThePrintIndia.
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EXCLUSIVE : India Foils Chinese Incursion in Arunachal Pradesh, Temporarily Detains some of the 200 Chinese Troops who transgressed the LAC last week and tried damaging Indian defences.
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Breaking: 1,002 Women Clear Their First-ever NDA Exam among 8,000 Successful Candidates. My report.
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India’s first CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat no more. Gen. Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 others died in the chopper crash near DSSC, Wellington today. One survivor, Group Captain Varun Singh is undergoing treatment at MH Wellington.
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I&B ministry clarifies that the new OTT and digital media guidelines are to be administered by itself and that the powers have not been delegated to state govts, DMs or police commissioners. @ThePrintIndia
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I&B ministry allows Sudarshan News ‘UPSC jihad’ episode to air, says can’t pre-censor TV shows .via @ThePrintIndia.
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Armed Forces in process of inducting homegrown innovation along India’s northern, western borders to facilitate better coordination in complex ops, curb Budgam-like cases of mistaken fratricide. Vayulink system developed by Wing Commander Vishal Mishra .
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Exclusive: Internal study by the College of Defence Management has recommended exploring ways of incorporating ‘relevant teachings’ from ancient Indian texts such as Kautilya’s Arthashastra and Bhagavat Gita into current military training curriculum.
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India’s Third Aircraft Carrier to be Another INS Vikrant? Navy Chief Says Discussions On for Repeat Order.
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A first ever: IAF’s new night-flying capability at Leh for MiG-29s is a first and a “game changer” for the force. Will help conduct multi spectrum ops at LAC for future contingencies. via @ThePrintIndia.
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Exclusive: Modi govt to document stories of immigrants in a book to counter ‘anti-Muslim’ image fueled by CAA protests. Book to be eventually translated in five UN languages. via @ThePrintIndia.
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On this day in 1962, Sub Joginder Singh of the Sikh Regiment and his platoon fought the Chinese till the last man and bullet, to stop them from breaking through to Tawang. Pics are from the Joginder war memorial close to Bum La. He was awarded Param Vir Chakra posthumously.
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Breaking: . Army looks at raising the 72 Division — which was to originally function under the 17 Mountain Strike Corps— for possible deployment in eastern Ladakh under the Northern Command.
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Breaking: DD News shot PM Modi’s Mission Shakti speech — but without logo | ThePrint via @ThePrintIndia.
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AIR’s Urdu service truncated to 3 hours from 18. As a result, all counter-propaganda programmes aimed at Pakistan, including Pakistan Diary launched after Balakot strikes last year, lie suspended. via @ThePrintIndia.
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Exclusive: New marching tunes, laying to rest few pre-1947 battle honours, greater focus on Indian war heroes, languages, & more of indigenous works like Kautilya’s Arthashastra in military studies: How Armed Forces plan to “Indianise”. via @ThePrintIndia.
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Breaking: The Corps Commander level talks between India and China on 22 June held at Moldo ended up in a mutual consensus to disengage. Modalities for disengagement from all friction areas in Ladakh were discussed and will be taken forward by both sides: Sources @ThePrintIndia.
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Breaking: . The Army is converting its HQ UB area into a full-fledged operational corps — a move that will shift its focus towards operations along the Line of Actual Control from its current responsibility of majorly peacetime duties.
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Breaking: India uses AIR Chinese service to broadcast commentary on Galwan ‘transgression’ by China via @ThePrintIndia.
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Breaking: Armed forces plan to hire 400 retired military doctors for a year on contract to assist in fight against Covid. Would be applicable for doctors who retired in the last four to five years. via @ThePrintIndia.
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Happy to complete the Defence Correspondents’ Course, 2019, organized by the Ministry of Defence. Was an amazing, enriching experience. @SpokespersonMoD
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Breaking: Fresh clashes in eastern Ladakh on 29/30 August 2020 as PLA troops carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo in the region: Army.
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Good piece by @jyotiyadaav .Tale of 2 Indian fathers — one who stands by his daughter in jail, another who disowned his via @ThePrintIndia.
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Here’s the @ThePrintIndia report from Uri on how a constant threat to life at the villages in LoC is ‘destroying’ a generation. 50 of the 70 houses in one of the villages damaged amid increased shelling at LoC last year. via @ThePrintIndia.
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EXCLUSIVE: Coming Soon, Books to Remind India of Its Seafaring Glory from Vedas to Cholas to 1971's Op X
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Wonderful and relevant piece by @jyotiyadaav .Trolled, abused, mocked, bullied — Rahul Gandhi offers a window into battling mental health via @ThePrintIndia.
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Col Santosh Babu awarded MVC posthumously today. Sharing a piece I had written last year on him. ‘Will be busy for couple of days, be strong’ — wife recalls last chats with Col Santosh Babu via @ThePrintIndia.
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Breaking: New tri services special ops division, meant for surgical strikes, finishes 1st exercise today via @ThePrintIndia.
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Excl: The Army is conducting an internal survey on the Agnipath scheme to assess its impact on its recruitment process so far, based on which it is likely to draw up recommendations for the incoming government on possible changes to the scheme.
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Breaking it here: NDA to Admit 20 Women Cadets Next Year in a First, Army’s Intake to be Largest at 10
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Important piece by @maneeshchhibber .Sengar, Akbar, Tejpal: Hearings in these cases less about justice, more about victim shaming via @ThePrintIndia.
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‘150 died without vaccine’: Retired Gorkha soldiers from Nepal write to Gen Naravane for doses via @ThePrintIndia.
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As expected, NO rollback or any sort of concessions on the cards on Agnipath scheme. Reservation announcements by ministries and states are not concessions.
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Breaking: More British-Era Honours, Symbols and Ceremonies May be Dropped as part of Army’s 'Indianisation' efforts. An internal review is scheduled tomorrow.
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What a beautiful story by @S_kritika! Across India, only 2 students took CBSE’s Class 12 theatre & gender studies courses via @ThePrintIndia.
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Tomorrow on, Radio Kashmir Jammu, Srinagar, Leh will be renamed All India Radio. Here’s this August @ThePrintIndia report on the significance of the name Radio Kashmir and what the name change would mean. via @ThePrintIndia.
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Kapil Mishra to Payal Rohatgi, India’s new intellectuals are dethroning one Guha at a time. @jyotiyadaav writes. via @ThePrintIndia.
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#Breaking: The Armed Forces are planning to turn Mumbai into the first “tri-service common defence station” in the country—step aimed at achieving jointness among the 3 services ahead of creation of the integrated theatre commands.
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Lateral entry results are out. Nine of the 10 positions for joint secretaries in the Govt of India announced by UPSC. @ThePrintIndia
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The contracts were signed a day before the fiscal ends with the Govt aiming at spending the max defence capital funds and minimise surrender in the backdrop of its inability to process outstanding Rouble payments for weapons purchased from Russia.
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You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming -Pablo Neruda.
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Army reviewing policy to assign aides-de-camp to governors, cites shortage of young officers via @ThePrintIndia.
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In my column #DefenceDiary this week, I argue why should the Navy get a jump in the budgetary estimates for 2022-23 & a bigger pie of the defence budget. And it is not just the oversold reason of a growing Chinese PLAN.
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As a MiG-29K crashed today because of a suspected bird hit, here’s @ThePrintIndia report on why India couldn’t get avian radars in the last 10 years— 39 for the IAF and 6 for the Navy—despite 3 past attempts. via @ThePrintIndia.
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BREAKING: Kathua rape-accused Vishal Jangotra feared his calls were monitored much the cops even had a clue about his involvement. They are watching me: Kathua rape-murder accused 'suspected' much before arrest via @ThePrintIndia.
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Part 2: Challenges lie in niche tech for DRDO, plans afoot to depute more IAF officers in HAL. IAF also looking at reducing the types of aircraft in its inventory to minimize interoperability issues. IAF Chief Bhadauria tells me. via @ThePrintIndia.
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The latest being palakkad turned to Mallapuram. New India has a solution to all its problems — Blame the Muslim. By @jyotiyadaav. via @ThePrintIndia.
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Many scribes had latched on to BJP/Govt narrative that NaMo TV is a special service that doesn’t need a licence. As more proofs tumble out, hope good sense prevails that it is a regular channel aired using a satellite and cannot escape a licence.
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Exclusive: Army, IAF Struggle to Exhaust Their Capital Budget, Defence Minister Asks Them to Expedite Spending. Read on to know why the pace of spending has been unusually low this year, even as the numbers could go up by March end.
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Important story by @abantika77 .Up to 530% spike in poll states, 152% after Holi — the big culprits in India’s new Covid wave via @ThePrintIndia.
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Vivek Oberoi, Paresh Rawal, among others to host new show ‘Samarpan’ on DD National, based on RSS-affiliated NGO and associated individuals.
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New Army advisory on social media warns officers about the dangers of OSINT, Facebook, WhatsApp, smartphones. Army wants officers to deactivate Facebook accounts, stay away from WhatsApp via @ThePrintIndia.
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Piercing piece by @DilliDurAst .The Delhi pogrom 2020 is Amit Shah’s answer to an election defeat via @ThePrintIndia.
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Thrilled to announce that I’ve written a chapter on ‘effective sourcing of digital news’ for Handbook of Digital Journalism, published by Springer, for journalism students.
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In an interview to me, Lt. Gen. DS Hooda lucidly puts forth his views on the need for sustained military modernisation to curb Chinese coercion at LAC & Indian Ocean, appointment of CDS, Tour of Duty and the standoff in eastern Ladakh, among others.
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@jyotiyadaav says it in this piece. Indians are fighting against coronavirus and BJP IT cell is fighting against Indians via @ThePrintIndia.
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#Fauji showed that talent can be spotted young. The show that launched a broody, chain-smoking SRK on the path to Bollywood glory via @ThePrintIndia.
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Insightful piece by @jyotiyadaav .Go Corona to Go Democracy: How Covid showed Indians’ love for autocracy via @ThePrintIndia.
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Defence minister Rajnath Singh’s statement in both houses of the Parliament this morning on the Mi 17 V5 chopper crash near Coonoor, yesterday. @CNNnews18 @news18dotcom
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Reporting as a profession makes most of us efficient chasers. Be it stories, sources, plumbers, carpenters, food delivery guys.
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Many congratulations @jyotiyadaav and @khanthefatima for the Laadli awards. Wish you many more amazing stories and many more awards 🤗🤗.
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Those who’ve seen Chhat puja celebrations at their backyard, or participated in them & eaten the thekuas all through, will understand this 🙂.
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The Army is looking at 2 models for recruitment & training. A 3 years’ voluntary service for youths and a tenure of 7 years for paramilitary forces. The aim is to cut down Defence pensions, and have more youths in the service. via @ThePrintIndia.
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This new route will also facilitate travel of pilgrims to Kailash Mansarover by cutting short 5 days of trek to 2 days of car journey to reach the Lipulekh pass at the India-China border. Was a top priority project for PMO. via @ThePrintIndia.
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Here’s a mishti story by @madhuparna_N : ‘Mishti essential for Bengalis’: After appeal to Mamata, sweet shops to run for 4 hrs daily via @ThePrintIndia.
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After Tawang, Infra Construction Gathers Pace in Eastern Arunachal as Army Puts Full Focus on LAC and increasingly pulls out of CI duties in a reorientation in the north east. So far, the focus has remained primarily on Tawang. My report: .
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As Russia-Ukraine War Rages On, Armed Forces Partly Curtail Live Training Activities, especially those on equipment and weapon systems which sources ammunition from these countries. My report:
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I&B ministry issues advisory for TV channels to adhere to Cable TV Act and not broadcast content which may incite violence. @ThePrintIndia
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Completed a year in The Indian Express today. It is special :).
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Major General Birender Dhanoa @bsdhanoa called it a harebrained idea and an ill-conceived scheme.
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EXCLUSIVE: India is exploring at least three options to clear outstanding Rouble payments worth around Rs 28,000 crore against weapons delivered by Russia. Includes an interesting suggestion that came from Russia’s side.
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‘If there’s hell…it’s here’ — A day with patients in DMCH, north Bihar’s mainstay hospital, ground report by @jyotiyadaav .via @ThePrintIndia.
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Breaking: I&B ministry orders blocking of apps, website, and social media accounts of foreign-based “Punjab Politics TV” having close links with Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an organization that has been declared unlawful under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
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A scary and disturbing story for the day. Seems all the education and awareness drives are going down he drain. Delhi women’s commission wants ‘Bois Locker Room’ probed, sends notice to Instagram, police. @jyotiyadaav reports .via @ThePrintIndia.
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Exclusive: In a first, Modi govt looks a proper framework for Govt communication so that the masses get its message right via @ThePrintIndia.
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Defence Diary— my new weekly column starts today. This one is on the chatter around the govt’s latest directive on review of all foreign procurements & the 3 policy interventions first needed before it goes at full throttle on its Atmanirbharta plans.
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