Arpita Das (she/her)
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Publisher, Yoda Press; Associate Professor of Practice, Writing, Ashoka Uni; South Asia Series Editor, MUP
New Delhi, India
Joined August 2010
Delhi Police ki kya kehne. Hamesha gundon ke peeche rehte hain 😞.
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A map showing percentage of children in India who have access to a minimum acceptable diet. No prizes for guessing which two states have the lowest percentage.
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Manipuri journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem has been arrested for writing that cow urine and cowdung should not be promoted as cures for COVID. This is patently ridiculous and he must be released immediately. Please amplify!.
We strongly condemn the arrest of Impal based journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem and demand his immediate release. While expressing his condolences to a BJP leader, he wrote cow urine and dung are not a cure for Covid. @manipurmygov
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Have come home from work to tell my lovely and proudly queer 13 year old about the judgement. Waiting at the bus stop to receive her from school where she had an exam. Can't wait to tell her and hug her and kiss her and am crying and laughing at the same time.
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My 19 year old voted for the first time. Voted against hate and for India. She even carried her fav Constitution jhola ❤
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Friends, @harsh_mander has been working consistently to empower suffering people and communties. To say he indulged in hate speech is ridiculous. It bothers them that he speaks truth to power. Could we pl share #IStandWithHarshMander to let him know we are with him in this fight.
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Share this again and again. More than 70% of Indians eat non-vegetarian food.
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I wish, how I wish we had such leadership here. Dutch PM appoints Opposition MP as new Health Secretary because of the latter's expertise in the health sector.
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How are people like Vikram Chandra more concerned about the reputation of India as a tourist destination than the fact of a systemic rape culture pervading our country? And more immediately, what these survivors experienced? The casual apathy boggles the mind!.
A single horrific assault like this can reverse a decade of efforts to talk about “Incredible India” as a tourist destination. As you can see from the comments below. I hope the rapists get the strictest punishment - and as quickly as possible.
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Heart breaking. Shifting out of our lovely, bright, warm office space of the last four years today. Giving it up because we cannot pay rent anymore. But staying strong. Focusing on getting through today. Tomorrow's another day. #indiepublishing during #coronavirus.
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No power at my in-laws' village Socorro, Porvorim #Goa since Saturday. My pa-in-law is 90,mum-in-law is 81. No help. Food going bad in the fridge. Can't put the pump on for water. Mobiles losing charge. How can the government of a coastal state be so ill prepared? #CycloneTauktae.
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Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son has run his car over protesting farmers. Two farmers are dead, several injured. Please share this horrendous news widely! The media is playing it down - distracting the public with unimportant news about a celebrity drug bust.
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1. There are 718 districts in India. 2. This data is probably fake.
For last 7 days, 180 districts in the country have not seen a single new case of COVID-19. 18 districts have not recorded any cases in last 14 days. 54 districts have not witnessed any new case in last 21 days: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
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Mumbai: Mahim dargah becomes 'first' shrine to display Preamble of Constitution via @timesofindia.
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Someone should gift the honourable FM this fab book.
#DailyEdit: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently called patriarchy a “concept invented by the Left” while speaking at Jain University in Bengaluru, reported The News Minute. (1/3)
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Twitter Adds 'Manipulated Media' Warning to BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra's 'Toolkit' Tweet.
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I thought my 14-year-old was busy revising for her mid-term exam when she was actually doing this 😐😊
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I had a breakthrough yesterday. After 22 years of being in a deeply loving relationship, I realised I was still holding on to the secret of how my ex and his family emotionally abused me more than two decades ago. So I wrote to his friends and mine of that time and said it all.
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How can people who lived through the Holocaust do this? .#FreePalestine.
Gaza being carpet bombed by Israeli fighter jets on last day of Ramadan
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Always a pleasure to engage @sonamakapoor in conversation at #WordtoScreenMarket about this initiative she leads for us. @MumbaiFilmFest
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How about returning home and actually acting on this noble sentiment?.
In the 21st century we cannot allow petty, narrow and divisive issues to dictate human and social relationships. We have to rise above all divisive issues to remain focussed on human development : CJI NV Ramana at event organised by Association of Indo Americans at San Francisco
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Life update friends! My time as Visiting Faculty at Ashoka Uni comes to an end even as another begins there as Associate Professor of Practice, Writing. Looking forward to this new innings. It's been 6 years for me on that campus and it feels very much like home. Wish me luck!.
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Once demonised, Tablighi Jamaat volunteers conduct funerals of COVID-19 victims in Tirupati now.
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So what of this? .Tarun Tejpal:“I have violated that long-standing relationship of trust and respect between us and I apologise unconditionally for the shameful lapse of judgement that led me to attempt a sexual liaison with you on two occasions. despite your clear reluctance.”.
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Ace shooter Vartika Singh has moved court in Sultanpur accusing Union minister Smriti Irani and two others for demanding Rs 25 Lakhs to make her a member of the central women’s commission.
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Not keen on joining zoom calls with a bevy of friends all keen on cracking jokes and laughing together because I am on the verge of tears most of the time these days.
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Are they actually still playing cricket as people die all around them??.
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Join in today to express your solidarity with #NatashaNarwal and raise your voice for all political prisoners to be released in these beleaguered times. #ReleaseAllPoliticalPrisoners . #UnitedAgainstHate
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So husband has fever and other symptoms since last night. No lab open today so went to hospital and got test done thanks to a dear dear friend who is a senior doc there. Results awaited. Meanwhile, huge anxiety over how I shall manage with the kids, work, home. #SayAPrayerForUs.
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My hero, my sister @MaryTKurkalang has finally spoken out about the torment she suffered as a child for years at the hands of a beast of a Catholic priest. This is why the present #MeToo moment in India is so important. #MeTooIndia @IndiaMeToo #TimesUp .
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Wrong. This precisely is Hinduism. Violent in every way. When will we admit it?.
Beating a man while his child begs and pleads and forcing him to chant Lord Ram’s name is terrorism. This isn’t Hinduism.
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One fact this time of crisis has made very clear is #TheFutureIsFemale.
Dr Trupti Katdare & Dr Zakiya Sayed I so admire you as women, as doctors, as Indians. They were pelted with stones while screening patients in Indore. This is what the Hindu & Muslim best friends want India to pay attention to & learn. My #Mojo interview
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.@sonamakapoor is the brand ambassador for this frabjous first-time initiative. Apply now! #JioMAMIwithStar2016.
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This is just terrible. ASHA workers are at the forefront of the fight against COVID throughout the country. In the rural areas their role is even more critical. Yet, they are paid abysmal wages and not given any PPE. This HAS to change! Please amplify!.
That's all a frontline ASHA worker got for her door-to-door tracing and surveillance work for COVID-19 in rural Uttar Pradesh. No sanitizer. No therma scanner. No pulse oximeter.
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Beg to differ. Some of these so-called 'fearless' writers write so badly, that had we humble copyeditors not worked hard to sharpen their language and style, the whole point of their fearless writing would have eluded people.
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How Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation evades paying taxes. The foundation "claims that donations–or "contributions"–account for a major chunk (even when) some of them aren’t so; they list as “donations” earnings from selling yoga sessions, “spiritual” jaunts.
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Doesn't it look scrumptious? ❤
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My friend Parnal Chirmuley and I are beginning a new adventure. If you want to be part of it, do write in?
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More than 100 entries have come in for #WordtoScreen #JioMAMIwithStar2016 the initiative led @sonamakapoor! Thank you all! @Mumbaifilmfest.
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Wish I lived in East Delhi just to be able to vote for the fabulous @AtishiAAP.
Unbelievable crowd at @AamAadmiParty's rally in Shaheen Bagh Okhla, as East Delhi candidate @AtishiAAP addresses the people. CM @ArvindKejriwal expected to reach in a few minutes. #KejriwalInEastDelhi #AK4DelhiStatehood
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In the last month, Delhi University has lost over 35 teachers to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. via @ThePrintIndia.
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50 baby! 💃.Feeling on top of the world and yet super grounded ❤
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GST on printing ink goes up from 12% to 18% which means it will be even costlier to make books, and that will have a bearing on cover prices. That too at a time when things are already dire with the fuel rate hike. It's going to get even tougher to be a small indie publisher 😞.
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The Delhi HC on Wednesday adjourned an appeal filed by M.J. Akbar against a trial court order that acquitted journalist Priya Ramani in the defamation suit filed by the former, saying, 'There Are Far More Important Matters.'.
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While the accolades for Dhruv Rather, Ravish, and other fairly well-located men keep flowing in, I want to give a special shoutout to three organisations/platforms whose coverage of zameeni truth kept me grounded throughout the election. @KhabarLahariya @BehanBox @The_Mooknayak.
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This rubbish about the @Shaheenbaghoff1 protest being sponsored and paid is laughable at best and pathetic at worst. Every time, we from the @GatherSisters group, enquired about contributing there, we were told NO CASH. So we took vegetables and cereals for the community kitchen.
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#MeToo One of India's most feted artists alive. Padma Bhushan recipient. My molestor. Long post alert. @IndiaMeToo and so MANY other women, starting with @Rxyxsx Thank you for so much.
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Dilli then, Dilli now! We have brought two splendid books on our beleaguered capital back in their second editions. Order them now! .#IntizarHusain #AmitaBaviskar #Dilli #Delhi #YodaPress #indiepublishing #YodaPressAt20 .With @readingisha
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14 terrific books shortlisted for the #WordtoScreen mkt.Splendid opportunity for the publishing&film industries to interact @sonamakapoor.
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Book & film folk will come together @Mumbaifilmfest. Led by @sonamakapoor #WordtoScreen;14books selected by @jabeenmerchant & @Abhishekapoor.
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Should have been studying for her board exams, but my 28-year-old spent last night crafting a ladybug out of an avocado pit. 🙄😊
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Bhakts, this one's for you all.
💎 MARK TWAIN . Died on this day, in 1910. “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.".
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As promised, the complete online version of my new essay on how walking and wandering were acts of dissent for medieval women saints of India.
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Woke up to this. Super happy because this category means the WORLD to me ❤.
@arpitayodapress won the Mentor of the Year Award at @printweekindia's #WomentoWatch Awards! . Read the entire article here: All of us at #YodaPress are so excited! .@readingisha . #award #mentoroftheyear #printweek #indiepublishing #yodapressat20
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Thrilled to announce that #YodaPress will bring three magnificent books to South Asia in early 2023 via its #SouthAsiaEditions:Jungle Passports by @MaliniSur, Changing the Subject by @ProfSrilaRoy and Gods in the Time of Democracy by #KajriJain. #indiepublishing.
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The Yoda Press Team’s Statement on The Occupied Clinic: Militarism and Care in Kashmir .@readingisha @suraahi_ @jayantea_ .
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What a triumph for freedom of speech and the Indian publishing industry!.Juggernaut wins case against Sanatan Sanstha in landmark victory for free speech via @juggernautbooks.
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Any FIRs here?. Karnataka CM attends grand wedding, despite restrictions due to COVID-19 - The Hindu .
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Nothing gets me into my Durga mode faster than authors being arrogant with my team or treating us like vendors. If you feel you should be respected as a professional, have the same respect for us publishing professionals. We are NOT service providers. Certainly not at Yoda Press.
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@BDUTT writes a Call to Action to protest against this 'unspeakable injustice'. Read it now! .#JusticeForBilkisBano
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Jada Pinkett-Smith is more than capable of fighting her own battles. She is super kickass. This was celebrity grandstanding-meets-toxic masculinity at its worst. Which he later tried to explain away in the acceptance speech by talking about all that 'protecting'. Jeez 🙄.
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Ok that's it. Now that RG has quoted Popper I'm voting Congress in the next polls.
“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, it’s the refusal to acquire it.”. - Karl Popper.
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Uff what a story: the Tiger widows of Sunderbans fighting to protect the endangered Sundari mangrove tree. And so beautifully shot too! Made me think of Sherni. This will interest you @swatiatrest @arpithakodiveri @DollyKikon via @scroll_in.
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Thrilled to say that over 2021-22, I shall be teaching more at @AshokaUniv. Apart from the #PublishingSeminar I teach over Spring semester, I shall be teaching all year on the Undergraduate Writing Programme. Looking forward to it along with all the publishing.
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Quiet campus time before semester madness begins.
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Just finished watching this terrific film. #HighlyRecommended Watch it now! #Bhakshak.
When justice needed a voice, Vaishali Singh stood up and spoke on behalf of everyone!!. #Bhakshak, a film inspired by true events, watch now only on Netflix!. #BhakshakOnNetflix @bhumipednekar @imsanjaimishra #AdityaSrivastava @saietamhankar @surya_sun1990 @justpulkit @Njyotsana
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Women form: 32 % of those preparing land for cultivation,.76 %of those sowing seeds, .90 % of people engaged in transplantation.82 %of those taking the crop from field to home.100% of those processing food.69 % of those doing dairying. Via @PARInetwork.
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Gutted to read this. Three iconic #Delhi buildings, the National Museum, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), the National Archives Annexe, are set to be demolished as part of the centre's Rs 20,000 crore Central Vista project.
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Look how pretty Freddie made the terrace look last night for our friends who were coming by.
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Planning a #garagesale over a weekend because we've barely had any sales revenue trickling back to us this last year. All our fab #YodaPress #backlist titles at 50% off. Our stocks are in a lovely friend and author's garage in Asian Games Village. #Delhi folks, would you come?.
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Meanwhile, business as usual in terror state UP.
#UP : 3 innocent daughters of deceased #Muslim meat seller made serious allegations against #Bulandshahr_police, ."Police came at one o'clock in the night, threw the father down from the roof, which led to the father's death.".Do the police extort money from meat seller in UP?
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Thrilled to be curating this splendid platform again,led once more by the fabulous @sonamakapoor .#WordtoScreen.
#WordtoScreenMarket is back as we throw it open to Hindi stories&books. Send in your entries now:. @MumbaiFilmFest.
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Depressed. Just found out something about an author and a book we value deeply that puts all her work in question. These are terrible moments for a small independent publisher like ourselves.
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He is positive, folks. Thanks for all your good wishes and warmth. Going out of my mind trying to organise everything before curfew starts tonight. Your messages are helping tremendously. Make me feel like I am not alone.
So husband has fever and other symptoms since last night. No lab open today so went to hospital and got test done thanks to a dear dear friend who is a senior doc there. Results awaited. Meanwhile, huge anxiety over how I shall manage with the kids, work, home. #SayAPrayerForUs.
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Some of the art my 17-year-old has produced over 2022. She is entirely self taught but is hoping to get into art school for college. We are keeping our fingers tightly crossed. Do send her some ❤ here if you like her work.
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Still used in my mother's kitchen.
Who has seen this in his/ her kitchen?? It used to be a must have in every household before mixer/ grinder became popular. @iamrana
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And the Gulmohar outside my window is flaming once more.
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My baby in her first sari, in an old tussar silk that belonged to my Mum. I am weeping!
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My older child was hard at work this morning on this canvas rather than studying for her board exams. Couldn't reprimand her though because I love the art and also because. she turned 18 today. Yay! #IAmMommyToAnAdult
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Atleast one Indian cricketer has a conscience.
Do not hesitate while tagging me in your #SOS tweets. I will amplify tweets with prescription, and verified tweets. My dms are also open. Let's help each other 🙏 #Covid19IndiaHelp #CoronavirusIndia #IndiaFightsCorona.
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This time, appealing to you for a friend. 🙏 #SOSDelhi @srinivasiyc.He is currently on an oxygen concentrator and needs help with an oxygen bed - his SPO2 levels are falling. Name- Arcopol Chaudhuri.DOB- 31st May 1986.Age 34 years.Blood type AB+.Oxygen Level 86/87.CT - 13/25.
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Undeniable. Swallowed by BJP in their states after acting as allies in the government's hasty actions in passing dodgy bills in the Lok Sabha. Let this be a cautionary tale for future allies of despotic regimes.
These 2 stood by BJP, in passing Anti Democracy bills in Parliament. BJP washed them out in their states. Well Deserved !
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