Rahul Sabharwal
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Currently trying to raise two boys
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Joined June 2009
Everyone will have their own explanation for why AAP lost. For many, it is the decline in the quality of everyday life -- potholed roads, unwalkable footpaths, irregular water supply, overflowing sewage, broken streetlights, and dilapidated parks.
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Supreme Court will hear next week the matter of oxygen shortage this week.
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Delhi has always had harsh summers but this time is something else. It’s so oppressive that walking outside for ten minutes feels impossible. ACs are barely working, tap water is boiling, and there’s no sign of rain. It’s unliveable.
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“UP main chalta hoga, yahan nahi” — Delhi High Court tells UP police for going after couple who eloped and got married.
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Your 30s are all about guessing whether it’s acidity or a heart attack.
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Can’t wait for the Hollywood movie that portrays Americans fleeing Kabul as an act of bravery.
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It's a testament to Irrfan Khan's talent that a country of fractured opinions is briefly united in mourning.
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Dragon fruit is now kamalam. A strong message to all fruits that think they can mess with India.
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The @IndianExpress edit on the acquittal of Tablighi Jamaat members: As Delhi court upholds justice, the least government can do is apologise
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Does every Indian fridge have a half-cut lemon in the door compartment?.
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Imagine police interrupting your wedding to haul you to the station over a rumour. In Uttar Pradesh, that’s exactly what happened to a Muslim couple
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Bilkis Bano speaks: "Today is New Year for me. I have wept tears of relief. I smiled for the first time in a year and half. hugged my children. It feels like a stone the size of a mountain has been lifted from my chest. This is what justice feels like.".
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In today's edition, the heartbreaking story of an ambulance driver who ferried 200 bodies of Covid patients, and on Saturday died of the virus
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It is really, really depressing that our country is dignifying and debating something as vile and base as love jihad in 2020. We are regressing to the middle ages as the world races ahead.
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How long before the hijab judgment is misused at a hospital or bank or while boarding public transport.
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EXCLUSIVE: Siddique Kappan, who was arrested a year ago while on his way to Hathras, did not write like a “responsible” journalist and only reported events related to Muslims, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force is learnt to have stated in the chargesheet filed against him.
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The owner of a hospital, which had during the Northeast Delhi riots provided emergency treatment to victims, has been named by Delhi Police as the organiser of a protest whose participants indulged in violence. Dr Anwar says he is being targeted for showing "basic humanity".
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Saw many youngsters picking up garbage amid last night's protest at ITO. The future is in safe hands
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Big break: At 6.24 pm on Sunday -- by the time JNU had already seen widespread violence -- the V-C sent a WhatsApp message to the DCP, ACP and SHO. But instead of asking them to enter the campus and bring the mob under control, he told police to be "stationed at the gates".
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If thousands of anonymous, faceless trolls run a calibrated campaign after your death, you must have done something right during your life.
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EXCLUSIVE: Among those who have sent a request to be considered for 'President's Police Medal for Gallantry' is former DCP, Northeast Delhi, Ved Prakash Surya, who was photographed standing alongside BJP‘s Kapil Mishra as the latter gave a speech a day before riots broke out
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The Facebook account of the man who allegedly shot at Asaduddin Owaisi’s car shows him posing for photos with BJP functionaries. He also shared a video of Yati Narsinghanand, and expressed solidarity with Ram Bhakt Gopal, who opened fire at anti-CAA protesters outside Jamia.
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Danish Ali writes to Speaker: “Among words he (Ramesh Bidhuri) directed against me were ‘bhadwa’, ‘katwa’, ‘Mullah ugravadi’… the fact that it happened in a new Parliament building under your leadership is heartbreaking for me as a minority member of this great nation and an MP”.
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In this entire Rhea episode, one thing that's unmistakable is the hatred for women.
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It’s 1997. You’re back from school, Centurions comes on at 3.30 on Cartoon Network, Swat Kats at 4. In the evening you meet friends at the neighbourhood park. Life is good.
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Kafeel Khan was kept in jail for over seven months for a speech which the court said was "a call for national unity and integrity".
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If less than 2% of India has had Covid, how does everyone know someone who’s battled the virus, while every other family seems to have lost a loved one.
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Hounded and vilified, especially by the media, all 36 Tablighi Jamaat members who chose to stay in India and face police charges have been acquitted by the court.
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The distance between Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium and Lok Nayak Hospital is 750 metres.
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Delhi police have arrested 9 people and filed 10 FIRs over posters critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The posters read: “Modi ji humare bachon ki vaccine videsh kyon bhej diya (Why did you send our children’s vaccines abroad?)”.
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Kapil Mishra will be the guest of honour tomorrow at the launch of a book called Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story
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BIG EXCLUSIVE: Before the video capturing the stripping and sexual assault of three Kuki-Zomi women in Manipur on May 4 became viral, there was a concerted effort to get Yumlembam Jiban – the 18-year-old who had shot it – to delete it from his phone, @IndianExpress has learnt 👇🏽.
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Younger reporters with little social media following have done the best work in Hathras. Reporting begins where 280 characters end.
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Coming today, our report on how barricading has led to a toilet and water crisis for protesters. This photo at Ghazipur taken by @IndianExpress photographer Prem Nath Pandey
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On Haridwar, ask yourself this: Can the "fringe" really organise such large scale events, where killing a former PM is endorsed and police don't act despite proof on video?.
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The hounding of Rhea Chakraborty will go down as one of the lowest points in TV news history.
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On removing Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi from the DU English literature syllabus, oversight committee chairman says: "Just see the kind of language that is used in it. We have some culture and ethics. Indian military is shown in a very poor light. Students should not hate them…”.
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I’d like to apologise to anyone I referred to as uncle when I was in my teens. Shit hurts.
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Some solid exclusives in today's @IndianExpress on Shrikant Tyagi -- nailing not just his, but his supporters' undeniable links to the BJP. That's not all -- for over a year, Tyagi was provided police protection. Sharing our reports in the thread below:.
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Nothing shakes us anymore. The death of a UPSC aspirant by electrocution on a waterlogged street in Delhi evokes no response from those in power. Life moves on till we read about another needless death. This is the national capital only in name; we live in a crumbling city.
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If Delhi was a photograph. Captured by my colleague Praveen Khanna
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To counter namaz in the open, residents of Gurgaon’s sector 47 show up with mic and speaker, sing bhajans. This is the fourth week in a row that Friday prayers have been disrupted.
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Nirula’s defined many a childhood. Their Defence Colony branch would offer a free sundae once a year to anyone who got 90% plus in school exams. For many years, it was my primary motivation to study harder. Deepak Nirula, who helped popularise the brand, died earlier this week.
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Your honour, Sudha Bharadwaj would like to have a word.
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Some context on JNU. • The fee hike would mean a student pays roughly Rs 2,500-3,000 more per month.• This is excluding the mess bill, another Rs 2,500, and utility charges.• 40% of students in the university have parental income of Rs 12,000 a month of less.
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The @IndianExpress top edit on Disha Ravi’s arrest: The Centre is sending out a chilling message, especially to the country’s youth — you can speak out and talk back to your government at your own peril
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Our edit on FabIndia withdrawing the Jashn-e-Riwaaz collection: When hate and bigotry are amplified by social media and licenced by politicians such as Tejasvi Surya, India’s business world needs to show greater spine in standing up to bullies
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Delhi is such a wonderful city. I remember falling off my cycle a few years ago and two guys passing by, instead of helping me up, said पहले चलानी तो सीख ले.
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Let's not confuse coordinated hate campaigns with public backlash. Tanishq is facing the former.
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On health, education, AAP-led Delhi govt fared exceedingly well.• 9 in 10 who visited mohalla clinic satisfied.• 2 in 3 visited PTM at govt school in last 5 yrs.• AAP score on health: 7.06/10. On education: 7.66/10. Survey by Lokniti-CSDS
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BJP’s Ghaziabad unit says they had no idea that man whose only claim to fame is Shaheen Bagh shooting was the Shaheen Bagh shooter.
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A WhatsApp group with 125 members was used to mobilise and coordinate between rioters, with members bragging about “killing Muslims” and “dumping their bodies in the sewer”, and offering manpower and guns when necessary, 3 chargesheets filed in the Northeast Delhi riots show.
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Every variant seems mild until you're the one who gets it.
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Almost every hospital number on the Delhi Corona app is either switched off, busy or unresponsive. There’s an urgent need to have a centralised helpline that connects patients to hospitals with vacant beds. A person who is dying can’t be expected to make desperate phone calls.
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The Mumbai hoarding collapse is a stark reminder of how little we value human life in India. You could be going about your day one moment, your entire future ahead of you, and dead seconds later for no fault of yours.
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Delhi Police have told the High Court that they don't have videos of Pinjra Tod's Devangana Kalita making a hate speech. She has been in jail since May.
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The best journalists are often a little damaged because truthfully and consistently reporting human suffering slowly eats away at you.
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Every photo of DYC and family @tashitobgyal clicked for @IndianExpress is outstanding but this one’s my favourite
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Our edit on the chargesheet against Siddique Kappan: A disturbing document that criminalises dissent, confirms the fears and anxieties expressed by civil liberties groups
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A 20-year-old shouted 'CAA waapas lo' at Amit Shah's rally in Delhi. He claims he was immediately assaulted by the crowd, whisked away to a police station, and coerced to write a letter saying he is mentally unstable.
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Our edit today: The attack on Owaisi’s residence marks a new low. It is a sign that foot soldiers of polarisation have a disturbing confidence in their impunity
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Pinjra Tod's Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita refused to sign the disclosure statements which name Jayati Ghosh, Apoorvanand and Rahul Roy. The two statements are near identical, including a spelling mistake that mentions "massage" instead of message.
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We tracked the men arrested for putting up posters critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and found that many were either daily wage workers or jobless youths who had no idea of the content or the politics involved. By @mahendermanral & @ButaniAshna .
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Significant: The Delhi govt has decided not to take test samples after death even if the person is suspected to have died of coronavirus.
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The short story is about a tribal woman who is gangraped by policemen after being picked up on suspicion of being a Naxal. DU also dropped two Dalit writers — Bama and Sukhirtharini. Report by @AnyaShankar .
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The only thing worse than having to take the math exam once is having to take the math exam twice. #CBSEPaperLeak #CBSE.
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No matter where you stand on the farm protests, there’s something to be said about Punjabi artistes who put their money where their mouth is. Many have appeal beyond their state and stand to lose a lot, but that hasn’t stopped them from backing a cause they believe in.
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The two Pinjra Tod activists were "merely protesting" and "did not indulge in violence", a court said while granting them bail. The respite was short lived as the Crime Branch arrested them in another case, seeking their police custody for 14 days.
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We’re all desensitised to the death toll, a set of numbers flicking past the bottom of our TV screens as scenes from super-spreader events play on top. Each of those numbers was once a person who meant the world to someone.
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Banning Trump accounts when his presidency is almost over
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The chargesheet cites his reports on the Nizamuddin Markaz, anti-CAA protests, Northeast Delhi riots, the Ram temple, and the case against Sharjeel Imam. Referring to a piece “written during the CAA protests in AMU,” it states: “Muslims have been portrayed as victims”.
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A doctor at AMU’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, who had earlier this month told The Indian Express that the FSL report in the Hathras woman’s case “holds no value”, was told Tuesday “not to perform any further duties”. Report by @jignasa_sinha .
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The 17-year-old who opened fire at a group of protesters near Jamia last year participated in a mahapanchayat in Pataudi, where he encouraged the crowd to abduct Muslim women, and warned those with a “terrorist mindset” that if he can “go to Jamia”, “Pataudi is not very far”.
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🧵 A long thread on why a school offering English education to Muslim students from poor homes is at the centre of a storm in Madhya Pradesh. Last month, a poster celebrating the school’s success in class 10 Boards was put up, featuring some non-Muslim students in headscarves.
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Targeting bangle sellers, fruit sellers, mehendi workers is also intended to further cripple them economically. The same way some civic bodies have tried to go after halal meat sellers.
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Amazing how a terror attack anywhere in the world is a perfect opportunity for trolls in India to rant about the faults of secularism.
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@journoshivs This is at a protest against #CAB by students of Jamia Millia Islamia, who were joined by locals.
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Danish Siddiqui was a rare gem whose photos told stories a thousand words couldn’t. Not just Afghanistan, he was in the thick of action during the Delhi riots too, closely capturing the horrors that unfolded. His death is a tremendous loss for journalism — and for the country.
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We took a closer look at the men arrested for the Jantar Mantar event and found that they work in tandem to mobilise and broadcast hate — from YouTube to Facebook. In the past week alone, they were at 3 locations in Delhi trying to disrupt peace.
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Old Delhi woes: Running late because someone put a mattress on my car to dry.
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EXPRESS INVESTIGATION: Lead up to 50 times the acceptable limit, cadmium up to seven times – our analysis of groundwater near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill has thrown up findings that raise concerns for those living there. An eye-opener by @abhi__naya. Link in thread
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Chief Medical Officer of AMU’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, where the Hathras victim was admitted for two weeks, says the FSL report — which UP Police relied on to say she was not raped — “holds no value”. Report by @jignasa_sinha.
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