Director, Journalist Programmes
@risj_oxford
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Karnataka home to Bangalore, the Tech city. The state that wanted to take on the world with its IT prowess. And as we watch, a great tragedy of potential dissolves into a dark puddle of hate before our eyes.
#KarnatakaHijabRow
At 2 lakh cases today in India, there should be no other headline or talking point or event or speech. Healthcare workers are collapsing. Stop the tamasha now.
#COVID19
Too many clothes, too few clothes. Too revealing, too covered up. What is so intimidating about young women who want to learn and wish to wear what they choose ?
#Karnataka
Deplorable scenes unfolding in Karnataka, another govt college not allowing Girls with
#hijab
to enter classrooms. The students are crying and requesting the principal not to ruin their future with just 2 months to go for exams.
Genuine question, why do economists working with the Govt get so rude/aggressive when asked about issues like Unemployment or Social Welfare Spending ? Is it that these questions make them uncomfortable or do they believe talking about this is a waste of time?
#UnionBudget2022
So,
1. Zomato raises $1.3 bn via IPO
2. 1 month later Anchor investors book out
3. 2 months later the COO quits & the grocery delivery biz is closed
Tell me folks, what should we make of it ?
P.S: Have Exchanges been informed of the resignation yet ?
#StockMarket
#Zomato
#IPO
Cities and families are under siege. My husband has COVID, so does my daughter and so do my in- laws and my parents. Please stay home. Please. 🙏
#COVIDEmergency
On this day, in 1947, a Drafting Committee was set up under Dr. Ambedkar to prepare the Draft Constitution. It was a historic moment in our Constitutional history. The Committee gave us a Constitution which continues to guide us. Nation is indebted to Drafting Committee.
दिल्ली पुलिस की क्राइम ब्रांच की टीम यूथ कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्रीनिवास से पूछताछ करने पहुँची है,पूछ रहे हैं ज़रूरतमंद लोगों के लिए राहत सामग्री कहा से लाते है ?
Personally, I’m not at all surprised that the RBI isn’t worried about inflation. If the government refuses to acknowledge unemployment, why should the Central Bank acknowledge price rise ?
#inflation
#RBI
This is literally false. On Monday, 3rd June, domestic institutional investors that handle mutual funds for scores of Indian citizens net bought 1914 crores. Also, is Mr Goyal making the case that foreign investors were fooled and this is a good thing?
#stockmarket
#exitpolls
No prison is big enough to contain free speech.
মূক্ত কণ্ঠক কোনো ৰঙা ঘৰে, কোনো কাৰাগাৰে, আবদ্ধ কৰিব নোৱাৰে।
बोल ज़बां अब तक है तेरी
बोल कि जाँ अब तक तेरी है
बोल कि सच ज़िंदा है अब तक I
I'm in that little girl's shoes. With my bag & polished shoes. I'm taking my head scarf off and on again. And off again. Moving uncertainly between family & the school gates. My classmates walk into school. Just like I was meant to, without the shaming. 💔
#KarnatakaHijabRow
Students of Rotary educational society school Mandya remove hijab when they were asked to, to attend classes. Most schools have enforced the ban on religious clothing earlier ordered by the Karnataka HC.
@TheQuint
Haven't heard what Kangana Ranaut has to say in the video that is being shared and frankly, I don't care. She's banned from Twitter and clearly scrambling to make herself heard. Why giver her the importance? The more people comment on her toxic crap, the more leverage she gets.
A key difference between this manic surge in COVID cases vs. last year is that the entitled don't give a damn. Large sized parties, holidays, travel and socialising; it's all happening right here-right now. There is no fear, only entitlement.
#COVID19
#COVIDSecondWave
So very excited to join the amazing team at The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. I move to Oxford where I hope to keep learning from and collaborating with outstanding journalists across the world.
Journalism matters ✊
@risj_oxford
We are thrilled to announce Mitali Mukherjee will be the next Director of our Journalist Programmes
A respected journalist across print, TV and digital in India, she'll oversee our Journalist Fellowship and many other initiatives. Welcome
@MitaliLive
Just some casual sexism thrown in during a conversation about markets. Even better the laughter and giggles egging it on.
Beyond tragic that a field with so many outstanding and talented women never really grew up.
#StockMarket
#gender
My grandmother passed away today. A beauteous woman, fiercely independent, avid reader, perfect to a fault with her appearance & her cooking. Calcutta has always meant her presence. A picture from my last visit to her home of me, holding a picture of her. Go well, dear Dida. 🖤
What in the world. I don't know what's causing this behaviour, but this anchor should not be on-air in this state. It is irresponsible and disrespectful.
#ChopperCrash
What happened to
@DChaurasia2312
? Is he not well? Why was he removed from his show 'Desh ki Behas' in mins? Why is his show not uploaded on YT? Didn't look like he was in his usual sense. Nothing he spoke made sense too. Referred to Gen Bipin Rawat as VP Singh & many such errors
If I were an investor, I'd take SEBI & this exit poll tamasha to the cleaners. On 3rd June FIIs bought equities worth Rs 6,851 crore, domestic investors bought Rs 1,914 crore. Not just that, India's home minister exhorted people to buy stocks. Who should now be held accountable?
I’m guessing the mike fell out of the Anchor’s hands (just like that cellphone story in Hyderabad ) so she couldn’t check or correct this. Throughout the show.
#kanganaranuat
#forshame
#KanganaRanaut
may think India got Independence in 2014 but this cannot be endorsed by any true Indian. This is an insult to millions of freedom fighters who gave up their lives so that present generations can live a life of self-respect & dignity as free citizens of a democracy.
An evening to celebrate the life and voice of this singing colossus. Songs from parties in the Officers’ Mess to train journey sing-alongs, high school crushes and every twist and turn of our growing years. Your music lives with all of us.
@ankursabs
#LataMangeshkar
Business channels, please stop with the "woman led" drone around
#nykaa
. Did you run with that for Zomato ? Man led unicorn to list today ? Talk about the business and the fundamentals, not about the gender of who is running it.
#StocksInFocus
#nykaa
Excerpts of letters exchanged between Sardar Patel & Nehru, compiled in the beautifully etched book Princestan. Happy Children's Day to all our young boys and girls. May you always make space for debate, dialogue and diversity.
#ChildrensDay
#Nehru
Must say I'm hugely impressed by the ability of stock market analysts on business channels, to double ( and triple) up as epidemiologists, foreign policy experts - and even spiritual leaders.
#knowitallandthensome
#StockMarket
Can’t bring myself to share a video of convicted rapists being garlanded and fed sweets. Can only think of Bilkis Bano’s anguish & anger today. We don’t want women to work, don’t want them to study, to get due justice, to speak or write. We just don’t want them.
#BilkisBano
Much is known of Tagore’s writing & art. A lesser known fact is that his 2 brothers were exceptional artists too.This, painted by Gaganendranath Tagore, is an image of Ma Durga being carried in a procession, titled “Protima”. Let there be light.
#WestBengalPolls
#Elections2021
When a press release is published as a journalistic 'interview', we do a great disservice to our readers, our industry & our role as journalists.
P.S: Guess how many times India's biggest challenge, unemployment is mentioned? That's right, zero.
#India
Such a beautiful and heartfelt piece by
@MohammadKaif
. I am as far removed from cricket as one can be, but as an Army Officer's daughter who grew up with friends from every region & religion imaginable, I feel his every word.
#WasimJaffer
You cannot claim to be a developed nation when you allow someone to walk into a classroom and gun down little children.Repeatedly and intentionally. I'm sorry, you can't.
#TexasSchoolMassacre
#GunControlNow
Diwali throwback from Muhurat sessions. For retail investors placing their hard earned money into stocks, I hope this Samvat brings gains & learnings. No matter where in the world I go, I will always cherish the affection & respect I got from viewers 🪔
#Diwali
#Throwback
A few months back someone sent this mike for me to our office. No name or introduction. First, I’m really touched by your kindness. Second, I hope the sound is better now & third; I wish you’d identified yourself but if you’re reading this, thank you :)
#atwork
#actsofkindness
In the last few weeks, my tweets/ articles on inflation have got replies saying that I was wrong or panic-mongering, or that I should go to Pakistan. People are feeling the pain of high costs and no jobs. You can deny the data, but you can’t deny the truth.
#inflation
#economy
From a time when we would write our thoughts in diaries and hoped no one ever read them - to a time when we write on social media and hope everyone reads them :)
#ThrowbackThursday
#diaryentries
So many thoughtful things have been written about the video of the little Muslim boy and the heinous and criminal humiliation he was victim to by his teacher of all people. But something has now ripped in the fabric of our society that I fear, will never heal. It will never heal.
First we wanted supernormal profits, then we weren’t making profits, then we weren’t as expensive as it was made out to be. And now we’re philanthropic. Btw, central govt still paying Rs 150/ shot ?
#vaccine
#COVID19
As a philanthropic gesture on behalf of
@SerumInstIndia
, I hereby reduce the price to the states from Rs.400 to Rs.300 per dose, effective immediately; this will save thousands of crores of state funds going forward. This will enable more vaccinations and save countless lives.
I don’t think we will ever fully comprehend how heartbreaking and difficult this year has been for so many families across India. This must be hell many times over for the sisters.
#VinodDua
Say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress
Staring at the sunset,
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again
Even if it's just pretend 🖤
#newtwitterprofilepic
#songsarepoetry
The
@IndianExpress
asking some key questions. For the upper middle class saying what’s the big deal in Rs 600, this is how complicated it’s going to get. P.S: We already have a dual vaccination pricing policy. This is how states ( that you live in) will now struggle.
#COVID19
"If you don't have truth, you can't have trust. And without trust.. With trust in the room everything is possible. Without trust, nothing is possible."
The powerhouse journalist and Nobel Peace prize recipient
@mariaressa
#NobelPeacePrize2021
#MariaRessa
#freedomofpress
The grace,composure and class of Brig Lidder’s wife and daughter is equal parts heartbreaking and awe inspiring today . Fellow journalists, please, give them space to grieve.
#ChopperCrash
A very special day to share with you my little labour of love. My YT channel Mitali Live where I hope we can start talking about the value of financial independence, for each one. As they say, please like, share, subscribe :)
#IndependenceDay
#mitalilive
#financialindependence
🇮🇳
The birthday included lots of writing, soaking in the voices and words of loved ones and their wishes, a nap and a visit to a bookshop. All my favourite things ❤️
A long walk in the hills led me to this little nest of learning - empty corridors, silent classrooms. May 2021 return the joy of going to school to my country’s children.
#2021makeawish
#HappyNewYear2021
Every time I see these (utterly) ridiculous debates on language, this tweet by
@varungrover
shines true & honest.
Forever fan of Varun and forever fan of the magic of mixing languages and words.
#Fabindia
#jashneRiwaaz
#भाषा
Update: For the next couple of months, I will be in London on a Chevening Fellowship. In the times we live in (ripe cliché) I’m really looking forward to interacting with fellow journalists from across the world. I hope to keep writing and observing, albeit from afar.
A name that has now become synonymous with SOS calls for help around COVID, I speak to
@srinivasiyc
on how his team and he are coping with the innumerable cries for help. Also addresses the Embassy spat.
#COVID19
#OxygenShortage
#
Whatever, to repeat whatever, a state machinery may be playing at, to actively enable this treatment to ANY woman asking for justice on sexual harassment allegations , is despicable. Today these are Olympic gold medallists, tomorrow they could be our children.
#WrestlersProtest
A daily ritual now, slipping colouring sheets under her door, waiting to see the finished artwork. Sometimes there’s a story, a mermaid and even a paper doll family with a dog (cat?). I will squish my little girl so hard when she’s out of her isolation.
#COVID
ー19
#art
I hope Business channels/papers do not shame themselves with breathless coverage of today's GDP figures. The only figures that matter now are these; The poorest 20 percent households lost 100 % of their income. 100%. Let that sink in.
#GDP
#COVID
Today marks two decades as a journalist for me .The Scholarship awarded to me was my badge of honour then. Twenty years later, no badges to display. But it’s been a hell of a ride.
@IIMC_India
#Journalism
I hesitated writing about the
#HathrasCase
because so many others were writing such powerful and moving words. A family has been torn to shreds. And the scariest part is what they have lived through may not be the worst of what is to come. This is what living hell looks like.
India Today reports that the father and the brother of the victim in the
#HathrasCase
who were sitting in a protest have been removed by the police and driven away somewhere. I am appalled at the treatment that the victim and her family have been subjected to. Speak up for them.
Haven't yet seen the Vir Das video, I understand the context & tone of it though. The clearest sign of how far the needle has shifted, is not in the calls for booking him under UAPA. It is that for anyone who speaks like Vir, there's now a genuine chance it could happen.
#VirDas