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Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic web series Heera Mandi on Netflix is set against the Indian independence/British Raj in Lahore of the 1920s-1940s. Fareedan (Sonakshi Sinha) is supposedly reading an Urdu newspaper (EP5). Headlines say, “Warangal Municipal Elections: TRS Distributes
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I asked students to sing a song for me and they chose Hum Dekhenge by Faiz as I conducted a media workshop at the IIMC in New Delhi on 21 Nov.
Meet the vibrant students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication.
#IIMCDELHI
#Faiz
#HumDekhenge
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@DanielRosney
You were assigned a job and you did great. Ignore trolls, they are there to find an excuse to get to the BBC.
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Former PM of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on 21 May 1991. Working with the BBC Hindi Service in London, I was a part of the radio prog. presented by Achala Sharma on the morning of 22 May 1991 that went on to win an international award. The highlight of the prog was an
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कमाल है! शायद कुमार विश्वास
@DrKumarVishwas
से बेहतर आज कोई हिंदी कविता इतने सशक्त रूप से नहीं सुन सकता। He's amazing!
#dinkar
रामधारी सिंह #दिनकर के जन्मदिन पर उनकी कविताएं और उनसे जुड़े किस्से सुना रहे हैं
@DrKumarVishwas
#Dinkar
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@johncusack
Also add: why have you unleashed a campaign of horror against Palestinian in the West Bank and surrounding settlements where there’s no Hamas?
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@LBC
@NickFerrariLBC
Nick Farrari is one of my favourite radio presenters in the UK but …
More than 32,000 people dead, mostly women and children. Homes, hospitals, living hood and universities destroyed. People denied food and medicine. But he kept waiting for his moment. Finally, it took him
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@piersmorgan
Being such a senior journalist you should no know the context matters. Brianna Ghey's mother Esther was expected in the public gallery. Brianna, 16-year-old transgender, was murdered by two teenagers. Now, that’s the context.
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She came, recorded an interview with me at BBC Bush House in London, and turned me into a sort of star. Listen to legendary
#LataMangeshkar
in her own voice along with her favourite songs.
#LataKikahani
- Part1
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After working with the BBC for almost 40 years, Veteran broadcaster
@ShafiNaqiJamie
retired with a bash in London. He had a cult following among Hindi and Urdu listeners.
#BBCHindi
#BBCUrdu
#cineink
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The Iftar Dinner hosted by India’s High Commissioner to London, Mr Vikram Doraiswamy, was one of the best Iftars ever at India House in Central London. Proper sit-down and spread over several courses with Aab e Zamzam, dates, pakoras, kebabs, chicken curry, naans and biryani,
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I’m pleased to launch a new podcast, URDU BAGH (اُردُو بَاغ - उर्दू बाग़), a series of anecdotal history, celebrating the life and work of Urdu’s literary giants, mainly through the memories of their family members, friends, historians and activists. Here’s EP01
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I spent the 6th December 2023 afternoon in Delhi in the company of my former colleagues Mark Tully, Satish Jacob and Qurban Ali who continuously reported the demolition of Babri Masjid for the BBC in 1992.
Mark and Qurban were present at the site of the masjid on 6th December in
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@DalrympleWill
He’s aligning himself with the Far Right in the Tory Party before the next election.
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Tommy Robinson is now being courted by Indian media. This interview of him on Ambanis owned News 18 is a shame. He may sound like a Hindutva spokesperson, accusing Muslims for all ills in the society, but in fact his supporters target all people of colour, including Indians,
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@yanisvaroufakis
“This document is a thorough, albeit non-exhaustive, compilation of Israel's violations of international law during the ongoing 2023 Israel-Hamas war, citing reputable journalistic sources and international organizations for evidence of these crimes. While the focus is mainly on
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@TheNewsAgents
@maitlis
@GlobalPlayer
Brilliant interview, Emily. Kari it seems is used to being interviewed by Fox. Trump could have chosen Kari instead of Vance.
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@nirupamakotru
That’s an interesting observation and, of course, a correct one. Our films must have language consultants readily available on the sets. Probably, some directors do have them. In yesteryears, they used to have language coaches. Today, I’m told, most Bollywood screenplays have
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@Yonatan_Touval
@JosepBorrellF
That makes no difference as long as the Western govts keep defending Israel and continue supplying mass-killing weapons to the state of Israel to be used against Palestinians by Israel’s army. How does it matter if Netanyahu is replaced by Yoav Gallant?
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@rupasubramanya
Being a journalist, surely, you know how you have played with the choice of your words.
The demonstrations in the UK are in support of the Palestinians. But you’re assuming they are pro Hamas. And then you suggest it’s due to demographic changes- and this is where the dog
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@abhisar_sharma
चीन - पाकिस्तान - कोरोना साज़िश का पर्दा फ़ाश अगले चुनाव की पूर्व संध्या पर!
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@milinddeora
Shocked to see the video. This is not freedom of speech but gory glorification of the assassination of an elected politician.
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So many thanks for liking my tweet about the talented students of
#IIMCDelhi
& my media workshop with them. I must name the student who’s singing
#HumDekhenge
by
#Faiz
. He is Devesh Mishra
@Deveshm94955410
A round of applause for him! Thanks
@apradhan1968
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What’s common between Shahrukh Khan & Abhisar Sharma? In an hour-long chat with me TV anchor
@abhisar_sharma
raises a number of questions.
शाहरुख़ ख़ान | अहम तक़ाज़ा | वोट देने से पहले सवाल करो | क्या किया है? क्या करोगे ?
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@OwenJones84
@IndexCensorship
Index Censorship is very selective in its criticism of the regimes opposed to free speech. They are quick to tweet against Putin and Ecuador but quite reluctant to speak on the massacre of journalists in Gaza.
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Mine too,
@salmanravi
. You have done brilliant reporting from some of the most dangerous zones, risking your life at times during the last 15 years or so with the
@BBCHindi
. Pleased to see finally the world is acknowledging your dedication. Cheers!
Who’s my news reporter of the year?
It is this journalist who saw a migrant worker with no shoes and quietly gave him his own.
Well, we have journalists like this too.👏🏼 👏👏
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@zarahsultana
Undoubtedly, you’ve been one of the leading voices in raising the issue of Palestine in the Parliament and outside as well. However, the Labour leadership’s response has been too little, too late.
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A packed house at Jashn e Rekhta inaugural session in New Delhi on a Friday evening- all in the name of Urdu! More than 200,000 registrations. Unbelievable crowds at a literary festival. Hariharan at his best:
#jashnerekhta
#hariharan
@JashneRekhta
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International Booker Prize winner may face a Police FIR. “The references made in the novel are integral part of Indian mythology. Those who have objections to these descriptions, should challenge the Hindu mythological texts in the court,” says GS.
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@PrabhuChawla
Sir you were sorely missed at the Press Club meeting. Sardesai and other senior journalists were there but your presence could have added...
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@MonaChaudhryy
Such an uplifting story in these dark times. Pakistan needs more of Edhis and Asma Jahangirs.
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@theJeremyVine
The Sun should have done its homework rather than having published a half baked story. The police must have done an investigation, so far. They should come forward. Perhaps, as a ‘courageous journalist’, you may step forward.
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@SushmaSwaraj
This is how he remembers his living family members. But your response is as always gracious and kind.
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@smitaprakash
That’s very harsh. How many of us can recognize the so called POK leadership? Did he know about the seating arrangement in advance? Sitting in a public gathering along with the top civilian leadership, Pak Army top brass, ISI etc doesn’t mean endorsement.
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Abhisar Sharma on London Vārta
He has appeared before ED and Delhi Police (anti terror law) and yet he insists he will keep questioning the govt. Popular television anchor and my former BBC colleague
@abhisar_sharma
in conversation with me.
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@Razarumi
@CMShehbaz
@MIshaqDar50
What you describe as good job has been doing rounds for decades. Cajoling, begging and elevating the beggar with a certificate of merit. Don’t you see how shallow this whole exercise is!
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@vsirnate
Thanks for this thread of huge significance. The laws proposed in your thread are regressive to say the least.
Voluntary!
It’s the prerogative of the two individuals whether they want to register their partnership/live in with the govt agencies or not.
London: A civil
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@VVSLaxman281
@GautamGambhir
Would you vouch for his campaigners as well? Some of them have made misogynistic remarks on tape! Would you consider condemning all sorts of anti-women campaigning? Please do. They’d listen to you.
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@OborneTweets
This tells you so much about the state of journalism today! I hope academics document and save this issue of The Times. Future generations will come to know how the media reported on a genocide in making.
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@DalrympleWill
@EmpirePodUK
Loved every episode of Empire from the beginning. Rare to find such authentic voices in a time when history is being rewritten and amended according to one’s own tinted vision. Cheers!
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@abasitpak1
Interestingly, Iran might suspect Pak hand. Iran carried out attacks on alleged strongholds of the militant group Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan. Pak recalled its ambassador. Pak has earlier traded its geo political importance for dollars. See, ambassador, there’s a connection…
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Kya Arif Bhai! Vo aapke humaare ustad rahe hain.
The Kerala Governor Arif Mohd Khan, Ex- President of AMU Students’ Union, has accused renowned historian Irfan Habib, 88, from AMU of heckling him & pushing his ADC on stage.
Some on twitter are demanding Prof Habib’s arrest.
Shri
#IrfanHabib
tried on stage to disrupt inaugural address questioning Hon'ble Governor's right to quote
#MaulanaAbdulKalamAzad
, shouting that he should quote Godse.He pushed Hon'ble Governor's ADC&SecurityOfficer, who prevented his unseemly gesture
#IndianHistoryCongress
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Broadcasting legend, Ameen Sayani, has died aged 91 after a heart attack Tuesday night. His son Rajil Sayani has just confirmed the news to me in a message.
Ameen sahab’s radio programme Binaca Geetmala started in Dec 1952 on Radio Ceylon. It celebrated 42 continuous years in
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What Hamid Mir & Zehra Nasim revealed recently was confirmed by
@iamthedrifter
(Ayesha Siddiqa) in this Aug 2019 interview with me. Since then media has been quoting selectively but I suggest you must watch it in full.
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@advsanjoy
All of them have contributed immensely in upholding the rule of law. But what matters most is their fight for the ones who are at the lowest end of the social strata. Respect! I’m sure there are others as well who couldn’t get a mention in your thread.
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@RanaAyyub
“This is the first time in his political career, beginning as Gujarat’s chief minister, that he has not garnered a complete majority. After a campaign in which Modi claimed to be a divine incarnate, his myth of invincibility has been punctured.”
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@OnePunchMan_tw
Reportedly, first gramophone disc in India was cut in Calcutta. And, the year was 1902! Gauhar Jaan was among the first ones to record songs in the early 1920s.
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@anniegowen
It’s a great story, needed to be told. Excellent piece of reporting at a time when top networks in India won’t even touch this story with a barge pole.
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@indyanwriter1
Very hard! The images of papers published before independence are so rare that some people have uploaded them on the net so that others can also look at them. Just a click …
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Hindujas! 4 members of Britain's richest family get jail sentences after exploiting servants. Prakash Hinduja & his wife, Kamal, were each sentenced to four yrs and 6 months, and their son Ajay and his wife, Namrata, received four-year terms.
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The University of York has announced that 10 leading figures will receive honorary degrees today, including William Dalrymple, historian and best selling author, and Sanjoy Roy, entrepreneur of the arts, widely known for their association with the Jaipur Literature Festival.
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Fmr head of the BBC Eastern Service William Crawley and his deputy David Page invited fmr colleagues to celebrate the old times in London. This was a hugely emotional moment for some of us to go back to the 1970-1980s. I joined the Hindi Service, a part of the Eastern Service, in
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@anubhavsinha
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
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@PankajPachauri
India as a nation is yet to realise how sincere and honest MMS was as a PM. Quite an engaging press conference.
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@amitjulka
That’s true. Film producers must have a budget for language consultants. And, I mean all languages. In most Hollywood and British films there are language consultants and dialogue coaches to train actors in certain accents. Hindi ke saath bhi atyachaar hota hai.
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@DearthOfSid
They can’t notice the difference between an act of terror committed by a non-state actor and the state! “What is state terrorism? It is similar to non-state terrorism in that it involves politically or ideologically or religiously inspired acts of violence against individuals or
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Former BBC broadcaster Yavar Abbas celebrates his 100th Birthday!
It’s official! The Queen has sent a congratulatory message, consisting of a card with a personalised message in a special envelope, to former BBC broadcaster Yavar Abbas on his centenary.
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@gulrayys
Beautiful thread! इसी सिलसिले का अमीर मीनाई का शेर है-
ख़ंजर चले किसी पे तड़पते हैं हम 'अमीर'
सारे जहाँ का दर्द हमारे जिगर में है
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@ashoswai
I have a separate issue with him. He’s such a besura and betaaala singer - an insult to Hindustani music, a disgrace to the land of Rafi, Manna Dey, Jagjit, SP Bala & Yesudas He should be asked to spend at least 6 months in the company of Ustad Rashid Khan to learn sargam.
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Hold a Press Conference, Mr Modi! In a wide-ranging interview with me on Cineink’s podcast series, London Vārta , fmr Communication Adviser to PM Dr Singh,
@PankajPachauri
shares how he planned PM Dr Singh’s last presser. He says: If I were to advise PM Narendra Modi, I would
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@DalrympleWill
@CIJ_ICJ
They are sick! Most affected in Gaza are women and children. UNICEF says thousands of children in the Gaza Strip are unaccompanied or separated. Each one, a heartbreaking story of loss and grief.
The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child," says
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So pleased to say that our Cine Ink UK is Rekhta’s Media Partner in their ground-breaking ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta UK’ festival (5-6 Sept), offering a feel/feed of different venues simultaneously (3 Stages and 30 Sessions)
@cineinknews
#JashnERekhta
#Rekhta
#RekhtaUK
#JeRUK
#CineInk
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@RnaudBertrand
Let’s be honest, Stephen Sackur, a brilliant journalist, was just trying to be devil’s advocate, asking difficult questions. Undoubtedly, Guyana’s President articulated his response superbly. Three cheers for Guyana! But to suggest as if BBC was caught red handed in an act would
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@chetan_bhagat
Obviously, you haven’t read the bill. India must help the persecuted Hindus. But it should also help, Ahmadis, Shias, Hazaras, Muhajirs, Balochs and other persecuted minorities. Ideally, all persecuted people, including Tamils in Sri Lanka, need our help. Any problems with that?
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@SaulStaniforth
@OwenJones84
And then the presenter realised it was a mistake. He asked the wrong person - a person, who could write a book on the life in Gaza before October the 7th.
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@GulYousafza
اِدھر تخت گِرتا ہے اُدھر کوئ کمینہ تخت نشین ہو جا تا ہے۔ اور اُدھر کسی کا تاج اچھلتا ہے اور اِدھر کوئ کمبخت اسے کیچ کر لیتا ہے۔ 70 سال سے یہی کھیل چل رہا ہے۔
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@sircarnabanita
To be honest, I watch his work with great interest. I love SLB’s grandeur. camera, lighting, choreography, set designs and above all costumes are magnificent. He creates a spectacle!
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@GorwayGlobal
Some of my friends in London voted for Brexit, arguing that Muslims were going to take over under the EU regime. Most of them ended up, voting for the Tories in the previous election but now they have a dilemma- Britain's opposition Labour Party has widened its lead over Prime
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Nakba 2023 is in operation. An important thread on what happened in 1948 and what’s happening NOW. The only difference is it’s much more devastating and severe now in the 21st century.
This is what happened at the Nakba in 1948. Its exactly the same playbook. First the Israelis drove out the Palestinians with atrocities & mass murder. Then they demolished the villages & built settlements over the ruins. Then they denied the Palestinians had ever been there or
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@alishan_jafri
@RahulGandhi
He fears political lynching the day he mentions those incidents. राहुल गांधी ही नहीं और भी विपक्ष के बड़े नेता आज भी मुसलमानों पर हो रहे अत्याचारों पर टिप्पणी करने की हिम्मत नहीं जुटा पाते। आँख बंद करके वोट देजिए, बदले में कुछ भी माँगिए मत!
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I present a 3-part special podcast on the life and work of legendary ghazal singer Iqbal Bano who sang the famous nazm of protest ‘Hum Dekhenge’ by Faiz.
#IqbalBano
#HumDekhenge
#Faiz
@aajtakradio
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Veteran journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
@paranjoygt
is in conversation with me on London Vārta: Freedom of Speech, a Cine Ink podcast series in both audio & video. Thakurta says, arm-twisting through legal means and harassment of journalists by the current govt in India is to
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The BBC is not what it used to be…
Discussing the state of media in India with me on London Vārta,
@PankajPachauri
, journalist & former media advisor to PM Dr Singh, says: “The BBC is not what it used to be. By outsourcing its news output, it has become another media outlet just
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@shekharkapur
@BBCWorld
Sorry, you got it wrong again, sir. You’re upset because you’ve been led to believe the people in Kashmir are ecstatic whereas the BBC is reporting it’s just the opposite. BBC calls ’India-administered Kashmir’ and ‘Pak-administered Kashmir’. Next time, research before tweeting.
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Hum Dekhenge! Last year, I posted this and, unknowingly, stirred up a hornets' nest. Several versions of my post popped up, putting me in the firing line. I still wonder, why? Thanks,
@DeveshIIMC
for making it viral.
#FaizAhmedFaiz
#HumDekhenge
#IIMC
I asked students to sing a song for me and they chose Hum Dekhenge by Faiz as I conducted a media workshop at the IIMC in New Delhi on 21 Nov.
Meet the vibrant students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication.
#IIMCDELHI
#Faiz
#HumDekhenge
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@DalrympleWill
@CharlieSweeney
There’s no limit to whataboutery but the world knows that you have always stood by the Palestinian cause and you still believe in a homeland for them where they can live with dignity. One should read your books and listen to your podcast to get a clear picture.
Hamas has
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Jashn e Rekhta in London brought both Indian and Pakistani celebrities together on one public platform- such a normal feature in London but almost impossible in India. Cricket is an exception.
Hugely gratifying to interview Dr Arifa Syeda Zehra, Samina Peerzada, Bushra Ansari,
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An excerpt from my long interview with Dr Medusa,
@ms_medusssa
, political satirist who took the bull by the horns. This interview is both in video & audio formats. She reads Faiz and recites Habib Jalib. Links in the comments box.
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@joybhattacharj
I can watch any movie just because he’s in it. He was one of the greatest Indian actors! His nuanced look, his gaze and his dialogue delivery with an incredible inflection did the trick.
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I interview Human Rights Activist and Author Harsh Mander
@harsh_mander
who says history will identify those UP officials who committed acts of violence against
#AntiCAA
demonstrators as partners in a crime against humanity.
@cineinknews
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@washingtonpost
USAR! The United States of America & Russia! At least, the Cold War is over.
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@apradhan1968
अत्यंत प्रसन्नता होती है यह बताते हुए कि IIMC के तीन छात्रों ने आजतक रेडियो के साथ अपनी इंटर्न्शिप शुरू कर दी है। इसका श्रेय इन छात्रों की अपनी योग्यता और IIMC के प्रशिक्षण को जाता है। आप और हम ख़ुश हो सकते हैं कि जॉब वैल डन!
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