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Editor, Opinion/GroundReports/Books @ThePrintIndia; Ex Washington Post ; Ex Smithsonian Institution; ASNE awardee; Curator @RemBhopalMuseum; BillyJoel/SRK fan
Joined May 2009
"Liberal" people, please stop treating DUSU election results as a referendum on Modi. Wishful thinking isn't the same as political analysis.
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When Kejriwal sat on the street, he was branded 'anarchist-CM'. Waqt waqt ki baat hai.
Somebody, Governor or PM tell Shivraj he's an elected CM not Anna Hazare. Shd return to office & govern his burning state, not sit on fasts.
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Muslims say law and order has improved in western UP. ‘But voting for BJP against our imaan’ . #ThePrintGroundReports .
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"We want a kattar and dabang neta like Amit Shah/Adityanath as CM of UP - to counter leaders like Azam Khan." Rural western UP BJP voters.
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I want to watch SRK’s Dunki in Punjab cinema halls. It’s even more political than Jawan .
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When @BDUTT asked why he's not been speaking up for so long, Kejriwal said "aaj kal janata bol rahi hai". At @ManishTewari book launch.
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Last year, CM Kejriwal protested on the street! Today the entire Modi cabinet was on the street to protest! Govts protest too! New India?.
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True. cant disagree with this one.
इटली अदालत के आदेश में यदि मेरा नाम होता, मोदी जी अभी तक मुझे गिरफ़्तार कर चुके होते। पर सोनिया जी से पूछताछ तक नहीं कर रहे। क्यों?.
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Acid attack on Soni Sori -- silencing an inconvenient woman who speaks inconvenient truths about incredible India.
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People were keen to give me a house on rent – till they learned about my Dalit identity
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Indian from US: "I voted Trump to keep outsiders from taking away our jobs". Me: 'But u also took an American's job, didnt you?" .Silence.
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Nationalist social media campaign works with half-truths.
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This is the real crisis of nationalism. Not slogans and placards.
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‘I’m Dalit but identify as a Brahmin’ — How Dalit comedians in India are smashing elite nexus .
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In US media, it is considered patriotic to question, make the govt accountable, here to be patriotic is to just agree with govt: PrannoyRoy
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To those who say Kovind isn't known for dalit activism: the burden on all Dalits to be activists is unfair. They can also be pure careerists.
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As an Indian citizen, it is nauseating to watch political parties & their followers play 'my surgical strike vs yours'. Grow up! Seriously.
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Eight years of New India Foundation fellowship - no Dalit found to have merit? Yet Indian liberals like speaking of Blacks at Oscars!.
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In the seminal 1909 Hind Swaraj, Gandhi said railways will increase famines and disease. Fear of change and scale is in our political DNA.
#NationalInterest .Criticism of #bullettrain shows our fear of scale is like mass hypochondria, writes @ShekharGupta
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Govt cant bring judiciary to a grinding halt: Supreme Court
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Friend (near Munirka): Achcha, JNU yahan hai? . Me: Nahin, JNU jagah nahin, ek mansikta hai!.
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After being called an "anti national" for months, its nice to get an award named after a freedom fighter, says @nehadixit123
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They want liberals among Muslims to rise up. But they look down upon liberals among the Hindus as if it's a dirty word. Go figure.
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India’s democracy goes beyond the last mall in Noida. Rural feudal rich are feeling the pinch. The Tyagi case is proof that mall modernity and RWA urbanity are winning . By @Profdilipmandal .
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"man of development", "man who stands up to the old guard". Clever tags on eve of election for a man who didnt act on Muzaffarnagar riots.
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The DalaiLama visit to Arunachal Pradesh may be religious, but it is a smart geo-political move by India. One that should have come long ago.
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As an oral historian, my take on #Padmavati . Left-liberals first said Padmini wasn’t historical, but they’re the ones who emphasise ‘multiple histories’. It’s inconvenient this time, so they’re silent.
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First, Modi wore a suit with his name with Obama. Now he signs his name on the flag meant for Obama. Is he scared Obama may forget his name?.
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Nobody talked about mukt-this, mukt-that back in those days, because we r all part of democracy: Yashwant Sinha at @ManishTewari book launch.
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Tale of 2 Agniveer suicides and India’s unemployed. ‘I can die even for 4-day uniform’
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It's cow-slaughter vs man slaughter. And we know which side India is.
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This is the sign transport minister Nitin Gadkari has in his office! http://t.co/4ZjEuzHqur.
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The Indian state needs to apologise for the historical injustice to its own people too - caste system.
Canada's PM apologises to indigenous peoples who were forcibly placed into boarding schools that were rife with abuse
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Bollywood isn’t dead. But there’s panic everywhere in Mumbai
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Achcha? I didn't know UP Hindus don't get electricity on Diwali. One learns so much from Modiji's speeches.
Gaon me kabristan banta hai to shamshaan bhi banna chahiye;Ramzan me bijli ati hai to Diwali me bhi ani chahiye;Bhedbhav nhi hona chahiye-PM
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Gurgaon Metro line is empty. I guess people prefer to be stuck in rain-induced jams in cars & hashtag their woes
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"The FIR said a Hindu mob attacked a Muslim mob,. I'm not a 'mob,' I'm a woman who was gang-raped by 3 men." 2002
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ChamarPride! Dalit singer embraces centuries-old slur, finds success.“Time has come to restore respect to this word"
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Would Muslims get better jobs if employers didn’t know they were Muslim? Findings of think tank Demos
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No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence. #ThePrintGroundReports.
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Seattle, California caste ban votes same as BJP’s Project Pasmanda. For US ‘model minority’ . My article today.
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Unnao teen watched her rapist celebrate bail. Then he burnt her home, threw her son in flames. #ThePrintGroundReports.
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"No One Killed Gandhi.". Gandhi Museum doesn't even mention Godse name as killer. The audio describes him as 'a person'.
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ThePrint's @jyotiyadaav and @MainaBismee won the prestigious Goenka award for journalism today. More power to you both and to @ThePrintIndia
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How does Wasim Akram get away with his chamar slur? Its because Pakistan is not India. And Pakistan never had an Ambedkar or Mayawati: .@Profdilipmandal.
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Disgusting! Families climb walls to provide answer chits to students of Class 10 Board exams. Vaishali, Bihar. http://t.co/f039y33GGC.
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AAP shows anti-demonetisation film in a Delhi market. 2 cops land up to stop it, saying AAP hasnt got 'required permission'. Argument ensues
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We must not forget that both the PM and CM endorsed this event with their participation.
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Man of the Match award gets 'digitally transferred' on the ground to Kedhar Jadhav! Cashless India! :-).
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Do not question the soldier on the border if you are patriotic. However, if the soldier on the border questions, dismiss him, silence him.
#JustIn | BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, dismissed after his videos on bad food went viral, says 'will move High Court'.
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BJP's Vadra moment? Awkward much?
.@AmitShah’s son has seen a dramatic increase in some of his businesses since @NarendraModi became prime minister.
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Nitish didn’t ditch me, he cheated the people who voted for him. Now I will present the real face of Nitish Kumar before the people: Lalu
Interview: Both Akhilesh, Mayawati will attend 27 Aug Patna opposition rally, @laluprasadrjd tells @anshumanscribe
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One day the BJP says AAP is funded by CIA. Another day, it calls the AAP naxals. How can a party be both CIA & naxals at the same time? Huh?.
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Our party is an honest party, says JairamRamesh (and the entire group of reporters here laugh out loud!).
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Watch how Amit Shah-Adityanath roadshow passes through Muslim lanes of Gorakhpur yesterday shouting Jai Sri Ram.
#AmitShah rally: #BJP supporters chant 'Jai Sri Ram' slogans in front of mosque in #Gorakhpur. #UttarPradesh.
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“It’s good to have the BJP both at the Centre and in the state. Besides, the party has done good work here; we have 24X7 electricity, good roads and good schools.” #GujaratElections
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"Kaafi budha ho gaya hai, par abhi bhi ladkiyon ke saath ghoomta hai" this is how Kejrial describes VijayMallaya to Azadpur Mandi crowd. Ew!.
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"Maza aa gaya Arun Shourie ka speech! This is the liberal voice we need." .ME: You forgot his book Worshipping False Gods dissing Ambedkar?.
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On V Day: celebrate inter-caste, inter-religious love. Oppose Arranged Marriage coz it upholds regressive notions of caste/religious purity.
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86% Dead In Cow-Related Violence Since 2010 Are Muslim; 97% Attacks After May 2014
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This is the first story we published on #manipurrapes.last week. Sensitively reported and written on a subject that stayed hidden for weeks. No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence
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One of the biggest swings predicted in Gujarat by many is the tribal vote. In this story, a Dang voter says: “Our Congress MLA hasn’t worked for us at all. He barely comes to our village.".
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For all those who say there's an Emergency. This speech from JNU against the establishment, telecast live, is a fine moment for democracy.
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To save cows, will Haryana launch "Selfie with Cow" campaign? Or is it easier to just target the Muslims and save the cows?.
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Imagine the outrage that would follow if this headline had instead said Muslims practice with swords at boot camp!!
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Qutub Minar, historians, heroin addicts—Romila Thapar’s Delhi Talk on camps of history
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Wonder what happened to the 'na goli se na gaali se' speech. Pitting Himachalis against Kashmiris.
#BattleForHimachal -- Jawans from Himachal are targeted by stone pelters in Kashmir: PM Narendra Modi .(Image: ANI)
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Why is meeting spelling bee champs in the US more important than drought-hit farmers in India?
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First political speech by Modi since beef-murder. But his healing touch was available only for the holy cow, not Akhlaq family. #theekhai.
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It is becoming really annoying to hear the word 'disruption' as a fashionable euphemism for bigotry and majoritarianism these days.
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"India has a very strong voice in the world today. India can tell the world that we are not terrorists,:" @BBugti after Switzerland denies political asylum to the Baloch leader
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If you hear the audio of Salman Khan making the rape comment, you can also hear many people giggling. Who were those people? Journalists?.
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We dont believe in armed struggle, nor in Naxalism. Babasaeb said change will come only thru democracy, says Shital Sathe #Article14.
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Why I fled Vipassana in just 4 days — Dilip Mandal. In which @Profdilipmandal.dismantles the spiritual-industrial complex called vipasana
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Gopal Patha built army to save Hindus, met Gandhi too: grandson on Great Calcutta Killings: @deepscribble
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"beat the accusers with shoes". "drag her by her hair" -- political statements in the last two days.
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After exactly 27 great years at WashPo, I'll join the exciting new start-up @ThePrintIndia in Apr. Looking forward @ShekharGupta @YPRajesh.
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The job of a vistarak is to engage with people, and post a ‘Main hun BJP’ sticker on each door if they’re sure residents will vote for BJP.
Amit Shah's micro-management before #GujaratElections2017: 1000s roped in for door-to-door campaign| @pragyakaushika
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Whether Neo-liberal or Marxist, Right or Left, its about azadi from unpalatable McCarthyism,political highhandedness
Meeting Kanhaiya Kumar- the Man who made ' Azaadi' an Anthem. My column:
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In Pak court, grenade displayed as evidence. Judge asks how it works. Constable pulls Pin. 5 Including judge injured.
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If celebrities r to be held responsible for what they endorse (proposed Bill), we now know who we should blame if Jio service is sloppy! ;-).
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Cameras, chocolate, compromise—Muzaffarnagar Muslim boy is forced to repeat his story to everyone. #ThePrintGroundReports.
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India’s most controversial minister shifted in a sweeping government reshuffle
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Both the PM and the CM endorsed and attended this cultural event. It truly showcased our 'culture' of destroying our rivers and riverbeds.
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So what good is the removal of lal batti? Elaborate security, convoys and the proverbial 'protocol'are trappings of VIP power too. They stay
Government will not reduce security given to VIPs: Union Minister #MVenkaiahNaidu.
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What's with this apologist hashtag #NotAllBrahmins ? If you don't believe in caste system, why hold on to the tag and defend yourself?.
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Has Sehwag tweeted about this yet? #justasking
Announcements made by Haryana Government after my OLYMPIC MEDAL win were for MEDIA ONLY ?.(2/2).@cmohry @anilvijminister @VijayGoelBJP.
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Dadri killing brings bad name to India:ArunJaitley. Worried more about India's image abroad. He once said that Nirbhaya protest hurt tourism.
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