Thakur men, who have been staging the "Savarn Jago" protest outside the Victim's village, call out
@BhimArmyChief
who has reached Hathras to meet the victim's family.
We were in Tikuri village for 5 hours today & didn't't get a single drop of water to drink.
Asking for water meant that a woman would walk in the scorching afternoon sun for an hour.
Their house of 6 had half a bucket of water with twigs & dust in it, reserved for the children.
Farmers sobbing and hugging each other as they bid their final goodbyes and leave from the Tikri Border. Many are taking soil from the protest site in jars to their homes in Punjab and Haryana.
@TheQuint
"If Modi wants to give my sons four years in service, he should also be the PM for two years only."
-Savita, 42, mother of two sons who are preparing for the army
Even pregnant women are forced to walk for 5-8 hrs everyday to get drinking water in Tikuri Village in Bundelkhand.
The wells, borewells & hand-pumps have all run dry in the extreme heat.
"When kids cry in the middle of night we give them contaminated water, what else can we do?"
Audio:
"Thakur toh paida hota hai lathi khane ke liye"
"Isko (Chandra Shekhar) bharosa nahin hai CBI par, ye aya hai raajneeti karne. Ek baar mulaqat kar tujhko bharosa dila denge. Bahar aa tere mulaqat karne bhai aye hain tere bade"
In Modi’s India hate crimes have become a political tool.
I went back to Bihar Sharif a year after the 113 yo madarasa was burnt down.
While things may seem normal, it has destroyed the communal fabric of this town
We dissect this fear, its weaponisation & the larger trend 👇
"We have nothing to feed our children but salt & chapatis, in summer months we even ration the water they drink even when they cry."
People in Tikuri village have trained themselves to drink not more than 2 litres of water a day, most days even less despite the dehydrating heat.
Remember Nasir Ali?
The man who was harassed by the Bajrang Dal for selling shoes with 'Thakur' engraved on the sole in Bulandshahr in Jan 2021.
A year on we tracked him and went down to meet him and his family to find out what he is doing now and how has his life changed.
One can't even imagine the harrowing night
@zoo_bear
must've have had yesterday.
So much strength and power to him.
We should all be ashamed for letting this happen.
Guess who is the Panchayat ward candidate in
#Hathras
?
This man's wife, because it's a reserved seat
Read the last line on the campaign poster, doesn't look like the woman's campaigning
Thakur men, who have been staging the "Savarn Jago" protest outside the Victim's village, call out
@BhimArmyChief
who has reached Hathras to meet the victim's family.
Manisha Valmiki's mother (center, grey-red sari) angry at insensitive questions shouted, "Ques. the govt, question the Thakurs, not us. They don't even touch us, but to rape they found our daughter? Evyday v r belittled, we have no power. Powerful people twisting d narrative"
Bajrang Muni had been arrested for threatening to rape and kidnap Muslim women.
The man is now out on bail and says he will do it again.
"I feel no remorse."
"I said what I said to protect Hindu women. I have no guilt."
He was trapped, threatened, coerced, but the father of
#HathrasVictim
has not given up.
He is calmly greeting everyone who is entering his door. He has not lost.
We struggled to be here even for 5 hours-- wrapped wet cloth around our heads & needed ORS when we returned.
All this isn't even an iota of what they live through.
They often fall sick because of heat & dehydration, can't afford treatment, most are malnourished & much worse.
"Udaas bhi hain, ghussa bhi hain, ro bhi lete hain, phir himmat bhi aa jaati hai. Ye jung toh bahut lambi hai..."
Sad and angry, but not defeated. The victim's family say they're not scared of this battle
#Hathras
Sunny the pup was born during the farmers protest in Tikri and is headed back to Punjab now along with scores of tractors, tents, cauldrons and farmers going home after protesting at the Tikri border for over a year.
@TheQuint
"My eyes only have tears of joy. We have only been loved. No one will say they were bad people once we leave."
@TheQuint
Farmers leave the protest site at Tikri border with heavy hearts.
On 31 March 2023, Hindu fundamentalists burned down a 113 year old Madarsa in Bihar Sharif
A year later, I follow up on the incident to find that hate and fear has only risen since then
#Thread
When the history of the last decade is written, on the big plus side for the Modi govt will be undoubtedly this: the pace with which road networks are transforming travel. We took around 15-20 minutes to drive through Atal Sethu bridge from Uran to Central Mumbai.. Toll for one
But it isn't just Nasir, several pheriwalas and workers who come form the Muslim community have been harassed in the last 5 years.
@khanthefatima
and I travelled to UP to find the impacts of economic harassment & boycott of Muslims on their lives.
Watch👇
There have been rising incidents of economic boycott and harassment of
#Muslims
in
#UP
.
@sadhika_tiwari
&
@khanthefatima
travelled to different parts of the state to speak to those Muslims who have been subjected to this harassment.
Read more here:
Journalists talking about how challenging it was to cover the tractor march yesterday, please can we stop making it about the minor inconveniences you arguably faced while covering the thousands who have been sitting in the biting cold for two months dealing with so much worse
The farmers are rejoicing, singing, dancing and celebrations are at full swing as tractors head back. These farmers, however, go back with heavy hearts leaving behind their friends and the families they have built over the last one year
@TheQuint
Reports from the farmer's at Ghazipur Border-- Electricity supply has been cut off, police forces with water cannons have assembled.
(Updates via farmers at the border)
Personal update: I have joined
@TheQuint
as their Principal Correspondent. Excited to work with a dynamic team of people!
To always telling the stories that matter...
For tip offs and leads, please write to me at sadhika.tiwari
@thequint
.com
Bhai pehli baat toh ye funny nahi hai. Doosri baat agar ghatiya joke crack kar bhi diya toh jab bataya jaaye toh thoda dimaag khol ke baat samajhne mein itni dikkat kya hai?
Humour nahi hai, basic sensibilities toh hongi?
Ya sirf small nunu energy defend karni hai ab?
This is my show 'Eco India' on
@dwnews
We put in a lot of hard work into each episode.
It's been an inspiring journey so far, please join us, show some love and watch new episodes every Friday on the channel or anytime here--
Here's a tiny glimpse ❤️
Virtually none of Mr. Aslam’s trees, spread over four acres, produced mangoes. In a normal year, they would have yielded more than 25,000 pounds of fruit.
“There will not be enough fruit even for my children"
Read
@suhasiniraj
's compelling peice 👇
Even in AC homes Delhi heat is unbearable
Yet, daily wagers are exerting under the sun, in tunnels with no ventilation, coming out nearly unconscious, drenched in sweat
This is inhumane
Are we waiting for heatwave deaths to rise?
Workers need governmnt help & they need it now!
While Yogi ji makes tall claims about providing employment to the youth in
#UttarPradesh
, graduates with B Tech, Msc, Bsc and double masters are standing at labour chowks wanting to earn Rs 400/day and work under MNREGA because there are NO JOBS. Watch👇
Desperate for drinking water.
No crops. No livelihood.
Pushed into poverty.
Forced to migrate.
And yet...
People's
#drought
is not the govt's drought.
What about the socio-economic drought beyond crop loss & more..
From Chitrakoot in UP's Bundelkhand w
@ClimateraNews
for
@ndtv
"Our eyes filled with tears as tents were taken down today. Our hearts are attached to this land now. We will take this soil with us.
Farmers preparing to leave the protest site at the Tikri border.
@TheQuint
Away from the noise of the election arithmetic, I'll be in UP bringing out the stories of this election's most critical issue-- Unemployment
What does job loss mean for a family, their children, their health, their futures and much more.
Follow
@TheQuint
These are the "COVID kits" that ASHA workers get in UP
No gloves, masks, sanitiser or any basic PPE... let alone therma scanners or oximeters
Scared, when they ask for more, they are told "You want everything for free? Spend some money yourself"
(The picture has 5 kits)
1/2
The most conveniently ignored story of the pandemic: Girls dropping out of schools.
Young girls have been pushed out of schools into labour or early marriages.
Their lives & futures will never be the same.
What do they want? Here's their story:
"Nobody cares for our lives or our pay. We could die today & no one would care. We're providing free social service"
Says an angry ASHA worker who has been working for Rs 73/day without any break in the last year, in a village with no doctors & a dysfunctional health centre
STOP ASKING JOURNALISTS TO SHARE THEIR STORY DRAFTS WITH YOU!
Just because you have given a quote or shared some inputs from a study or a research, you don't get to 'approve' or 'review' the article.
It is unethical.
YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 THEIR 👏 EDITOR!!!
Earlier this month I won a
@Laadli_PF
award for my story on the women workers in the tea gardens of WestBengal for
@indiaspend
.
A lot of heart, soul & labor went into this story.
Truly honoured.
Our work isn't very kind to us on most days. Validation & love always feel good. ❤️
Also, when someone refuses to speak to you politely, over and over again, respect their consent and stop shoving your camera in their faces before they are forced to say no in more emphatic ways. The farmers don't owe you a comment per your liking, it's not your entitlement.
Farmers work under the sun even when temp rise to 50°
Despite this they are losing their crop and struggling to make ends meet.
This is a story on how farmers are living with climate change.
Please watch this video, a story we can't ignore anymore 👇
This is the health sub-centre in Hapur's Shamli village In UP
Instead of patients, it has cows and buffaloes...
While the Asha & ANM workers complain of inadequate facilities, patients continue dying without any treatment.
The village has seen over 15 deaths in the last 8 days
I will be helping build The Global South Climate Database from South Asia for
@risj_oxford
&
@CarbonBrief
!
It's a database of scientists & experts in climate science, climate policy & energy.
If you are a scientist or know those who should be a part of the database, please DM!
Scientists from the Global South are often underrepresented in climate reporting. That's why
@CarbonBrief
&
@risj_oxford
are creating a new database with climate experts from Asia, Africa, LatAm and the Pacific
#GSCD
📚 Details below
🧵 Key points
"We are returning for now but can come back with the same force if needed. Our demands on MSP are still unmet. We have showed the world how to protest in peace, and we won't hesitate from doing it again."
--Farmers returning from the protest site at Tikri Border.
@TheQuint
Here’s a poignant story of a now 19-year-old Anupama who was trafficked by her own school teacher at the age of 12.
But what does her story have to do with climate change?
Watch my story for
@dwnews
Full link below 👇
#ClimateChange
Bhaisahab, Hisaab?
Is what this country needs to ask the BJP before we cast our vote.
We’re trying to do some good old journalism that involves stock taking, data crunching & ASKING QUESTIONS.
Watch & think for yourselves 👇🩷
And VOTE! 🙏
Full video:
So, something special coming up...
Thrilled to announce my new show for
@dwnews
... and more!
Details soon.
Looking forward to working with a brilliant team. ✨
This man continues to have clout in the village, is proud of what he has done, and claims to be apparently 'empowering' his newly wed wife too
Patriarchy-- the shit hole that never stops giving
Stray cattle have been a big issue for farmers in East UP. The problem has only gotten worse with each passing year.
In poorer districts, like in Bundelkhand, farmers have quit farming because of cattle menace or 'Anna Pratha' as the locals call it. (1/4)
Jamuna breaks down while talking about the compensation she never got from the government.
Her house destroyed by Amphan, her husband killed by tigers.
In Sunderbans, several women are left to fend for themselves as men become prey to tigers or migrate.
#WestBengalPolls
jalā hai jism jahāñ dil bhī jal gayā hogā
kuredte ho jo ab raakh justujū kyā hai
Protesting farmer quotes Mirza Ghalib (00:13) "ye kured rahein hain, suicide kar chuke hain kisan, ye rakh kured rahein hain ki kuch bachaa na ho"
Jean Dreze and Bela Bhatia have been detained by the Bijapur administration since last night and kept from visiting the site of recent firing in Silger, Chhattisgarh
In the firing 3 tribals were reportedly killed. Social activists have been demanding a higher investigation since
"The more deaths we record in our registers, the more trouble it is for us
Hundreds can die, no one cares, as long as the records don't seem grim
These deaths are no secret, who knows the reason, but till my register says fever, it's all fine" an Asha worker says
@IndiaSpend
'Only 11% workers in UP earn a regular wage compared to the national average of 19%'
'Unemployment rate has gone up by 2.5% since 2017'
'Labour force participation rate has gone down by 6%'
Sir, contrary to what you'd like the government data is "one sided" not our coverage 🙏
As usual another one sided coverage by the Quint, i have been on ground in Uttar Pradesh and people have enough jobs and they are very happy with UP CM.
You can't always satisfy everyone at everytime.
Well let them run the propaganda, 10th March will clear the air for them.
A Farmer's Woe: To Sow Or Not To Sow?
Left at the mercy of climate change, with no state support, it's debt, despair & even suicide for farmers who have lost crop after crop
What happens to an agrarian nation whose farmers are its most deprived citizens?
"We are also patriots, but we also need to sustain our families"
"A pride was attached to army service. They have ruined it"
"We feel helpless"
I speak to angry aspirants, their despondent families and ex-servicemen in UP's Baghpat.
#Agnipath
Watch👇
This is just inconsiderate and cruel.
Temperatures are touching 50 deg C in many constituencies.
@ECISVEEP
has made no arrangements for drinking water, shade on polling stations & poor management leading to such long lines.
This is really poor planning.
PS What a drag! 🫠
A village in Banda with 1400 voters used to have two machines in all the earlier elections. They are casting their ballots with just one machine today.
People say long waiting time due to a single machine, in the 46c temp, is deterring people from voting.
#IndiaElection2024
'Kisaan aaye the, sirf dilli nahin, humara dil jeet kar gaye'
'The farmers came, they didn't just win Delhi, they won over our hearts'
Rare heart warming stories we seldom get to cover ❤️
Please watch 👇
Did you know CO2 & other Greenhouse gases can be sold?
Yes!
What are
#CarbonMarkets
& what's
#CarbonTrading
?
This is where we explain this super boring but very important concept in an extremely fun way 💃
Watch till the end for bloopers 🦜
#COP27
#TheClimateChangeDictionary
is here!
You think weather & rainfall is the first thing on your mind lately.
The next-- Why is rainfall all over the place?
So here is everything you need to know about erratic rainfall 💁
Zero jargon. Super quick.
Watch!
Delhi skies were a delight to work with today. 🌥️
New episodes every Friday on DW’s international TV channel and
@dwnews
for Eco India.
Keep watching 🌻
Graduates are looking for jobs at labour chowks and seeking MNREGA work.
Labourers at these chowks have no work, no money for food, children's education or hospital treatment.
Such is the dire state of unemployment in UP.
Full report soon on
@TheQuint
#UPElections2022
"I am a farmer's son, my father's bank account has Rs 16,000. That's all we own. The army was my last hope, what will I do now. My family is hopeless, I can do nothing for them. My peers who had been preparing for 2-3 years have killed themselves."
--Rohit Tomar, 22
@TheQuint
I have been in Varanasi on the field for over a week now, closely looking at the preparations for the rollout of the vaccine in urban, suburban and rural healthcare centres. Here are a few gaps that I have observed, apart from the general cluelessness that shrouds this process
"Whichever govt comes, what will I get, nobody will be able to return my children," says Ranjeeta.
She has lived through multiple miscarriages, one operation and the death of her 6 children while working in Darjeeling's tea gardens
Ranjeeta votes on 17th April
#WestBengalPolls
Climate change is intrinsically linked to our fundamental rights. But are we voting to protect this right?
Climate crisis does feature in election manifestos but does India care?
In our latest episode on
@dwnews
Watch 👇
(1/4)
'Kept running from pillar to post but the government gave nothing', say the widows in Sunderbans
Their plight is a product of cyclic poverty, climate crisis, and absolute govt apathy
In
#TMC
's 'bastion' the 24 South Parganas, these women live on unnoticed
2:30 AM
I am the Ghazipur Border right now.
Main power supply is still cut, street lights on one side are up now. Farmers say they are not afraid even if the police are preparing to attack them.
Is Revanna the only or first big politician who’s an abuser?
Is misogyny, sexual misbehaviour, abuse, crimes normal in Indian politics?
How many politicians & sitting MPs in the parliament have charges for sexual crimes against women?
How’re these men into voted into power? 👇
Polling booth takeaway:
अगर आप उस पार्टी को वोट नहीं देना चाहते जिसकी जीत का माहौल बना हुआ है, तो इसका मतलब ये नहीं की आपका वोट “बर्बाद” है.
आप सोचिए, वोट करिए, और उम्मीद के साथ करिए.
Feeling more hope than usual.
#LokasabhaElection2024
Can you see the blue bar almost at the bottom, one of the shortest with the green light?
That’s India on the World Press Freedom index.
This is how the largest democracy treats its journalists.
Hits harder when you see it as an Indian journalist at an international forum.
#Shame
INEQUALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
MNREGA
What has the BJP done?
Where is the money?
We have some questions!
Here are some hard facts on the issues that should matter to India.
Watch before you vote
#Election2024
On our series
#BhaisahabHisaab
Ep2
Full video:
I remember standing in front of this board at LNJP, last year.
The wailing, crying, death, chaos, confusion, the constant movement of ambulances & the long long line of patients' families looking for dead bodies was chilling.
Seeing this lull today was such a strange relief.
If you thought
#ClimateChange
is not as bad...
🚨The world is currently being ravaged by record-breaking droughts, storms, flash floods, wildfires & heatwaves; Unprecedented loss of lives & livelihoods.
Here's a small thread on the recent catastrophic events across the globe👇