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Reporter at Bloomberg News @business | Previously at The Washington Post, CNN, The New York Times, TIME, NDTV | @columbiajourn | Email: sgupta1048 @bloomberg .net

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Swati Gupta
7 years
The power of journalism! @EllenBarryNYT and @suhasiniraj story on the murder in Pipli Kheda got results.Who says we can't make a difference
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Swati Gupta
6 years
Finally out! This article by @anniegowen has been in the works for months and finally gives a voice to the men and women who suffer every day to feed themselves. Cows are sacred to India’s Hindu majority. For Muslims, that means growing trouble.
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Swati Gupta
4 years
A very special show by @thevirdas on the unique and unsettling experience that has been this pandemic. 50 minutes where self-pity, loneliness and frustration are forgotten while watching a bunch of strangers laugh. #insideout at
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For those wondering exactly how it all works. Here's how you watch my new comedy special for charity #insideout 🙂⌨️🖕 Do watch, and do do share!
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Triple Talaq, privacy ruling, Doklam issue being resolved, popular guru/rapist gets convicted. The last 7 days have been too good to be true
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Swati Gupta
6 years
After months of reporting, this is finally out. For the women who live in a world so different from ours. And a pregnancy doesn't just bring joy but also anxiety and fear.
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Swati Gupta
7 years
@nauzerbTOI @anniegowen @mohuadazzTOI @donaldtrumpjr @TOIMumbai You can hardly blame the foreign media for asking tough questions and writing the truth about the Trump projects. You had 10 minutes more than any of us.
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Swati Gupta
3 years
"So we got down on our knees, and we prayed on the floors of the airport. I hated it. I was praying and pleading with God to take me out of the land I love so much." - How part of a family got out of Afghanistan by @NidhiSuresh_
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Swati Gupta
8 months
My latest with @DanStrumpf : A controversial Hindu temple will be inaugurated on land where an ancient mosque once stood. With an election coming up, is secularism in Modi's India at risk? via @bpolitics
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Swati Gupta
6 months
Will India's oppositions latest attacks resonate with voters any better than its previous attempts? Here's how the Anti-Modi alliance is faring as the national elections approaches
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Swati Gupta
7 years
A thought provoking piece by @DilliDurAst Kashmir Is A Prison With Three Walls And What We Must Do To Break Free
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Swati Gupta
6 years
The battle between India’s central bank and the government has deep roots
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Swati Gupta
9 years
"Can any country be truly great if it silences its brilliant and brave?" Excellent piece by @mihirssharma http://t.co/iF34Sy3YFZ #kalburgi
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Swati Gupta
6 years
Can a poll accurately predict a reliable outcome after it surveyed just 2478 people in a state with over 200 million people and a voting population of 100 million+?
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Swati Gupta
8 years
This is so chilling and gripping. Can't wait for the final part @LATChrisGoffard .
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Swati Gupta
7 years
It has begun #Comeyhearing .. Let Donald Trump unleash his live tweeting..
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Swati Gupta
11 months
During a three-hour interrogation she says they asked questions like, “Why do you write against the country?” and asked the journalist if “someone was paying them to do so,” implying their stories furthered someone else’s agenda.
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Swati Gupta
4 years
‘If We Kill You, Nothing Will Happen.’ How Delhi’s Police Turned Against Muslims.
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Swati Gupta
2 years
This is an excellent piece on the Indian coal industry and the machinery that runs it. By @NihaMasih @gerryshih and @AnantGuptaAG
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Swati Gupta
6 years
U.S. offers India armed version of Guardian drone - sources
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Swati Gupta
5 years
"In this political landscape of negativity where does the voter go for ideological nourishment, where does the voter go for hope? The wait for Nehru's heir continues." By @RaisinaSeries
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Swati Gupta
6 years
Watching @Iyengarish slowly lose his mind while working on this has been great fun!
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Swati Gupta
6 years
After months of waiting, the monsoon is here. Finally able to sit in my balcony and have my morning coffee. #Monsoon2018
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Swati Gupta
6 years
Just had this interesting conversation with a friend about Hindi translations. #dilse #StormAlert
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Swati Gupta
6 years
India's LGBT community hopes for U-turn on anti-gay law @CNN
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Swati Gupta
9 years
Best Sunday morning in a long time. The #GrandAlliance sweeps #BiharElections . Much better wakeup call than coffee today.
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Swati Gupta
5 years
How My Hometown Became the Epicenter of India’s Religious Politics
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Swati Gupta
3 years
Such terrific reporting. The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine
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Swati Gupta
9 years
@joa_soc @sahelirc @DinaAsat there is a bunker somewhere for people who are being hunted for stupidity. He may be hiding there.
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Swati Gupta
6 years
Just got asked in the newsroom, "what is a nicer way to say convicted rapist". #overheardinnewsroom #journalism #weirdquestions
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Swati Gupta
10 years
If you want daily updates of what is happening in Indian politics follow @PolitixUnpacked #indianpolitics #politics #india #Modi
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Swati Gupta
9 years
@sahelirc @joa_soc @DinaAsat This is just brilliant. The perfect thing to lift my spirits after a long day at work.
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Swati Gupta
6 years
Signs for #FakeNews according to @WhatsApp - messages that make you angry. That would make a lot of my conversations fake. Let's please come up with something better.
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Ivanka Trump to promote women in India amid questions about garment workers who make her clothes there
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Swati Gupta
1 year
This piece by @HeidilBlake is horrifying in the extent to which foreign governments have participated in the imprisonment and abuse of these women. Apparently horses and arms dealers trump the rights of women in this world.
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1 year
My first piece for @NewYorker , on the royal women of Dubai who risked everything to flee the brutality of its ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, while he publicly espoused gender equality. A story of mind-blowing courage and terrifying cruelty.
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Swati Gupta
10 years
They “Don't Walk By” the Hidden Homeless in New York City. My latest article on #nycitylens http://t.co/iDzYuN5JlF
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Swati Gupta
6 years
How a phone app and a database served up Imran Khan's Pakistan poll win
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Swati Gupta
8 years
I am quite excited about the new @amitvarma podcast. Have been searching for a good Indian podcast for a while now.
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Poor guy. #Scaramucci deleted all those tweets for nothing!
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Swati Gupta
6 years
Why would @htTweets even agree to giving its space to a man accused of sexual misconduct and rape? Distasteful and inappropriate for a national newspaper to provide MJ Akbar a platform. #MeToo
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Sundance-Backed Political Documentary Caught in Censorship Nightmare
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Swati Gupta
9 years
@sahelirc @joa_soc @DinaAsat shhh.. The email gods will hear you and send a Vince to punish us too.
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Swati Gupta
8 years
3 days outside Delhi with just Rs 500 or $8, visited 12-15 ATMs, no cash, borrowed money. This is #DeMonetisation at its best. Thanks #Modi
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Swati Gupta
3 years
Brilliant reporting by @seekingsrishti on how the Modi government chose political power and money over all else, even human lives. The Kumbh Mela was allowed to continue because of the millions of dollars involved and the upcoming consequences on the Uttar Pradesh elections.
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Wow. I have no words. Stripped off her rights, confined and isolated. The #LoveJihad bogeyman strikes again!
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Swati Gupta
11 months
India’s big-money cricket league has billionaires and celebrities turning a once-staid sport into a $6.2 billion juggernaut by @christopherkay via @BW
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Swati Gupta
4 years
How Does an 83-Year-Old Jesuit End Up in Prison?
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Swati Gupta
9 years
My latest contributing reporting byline. Enjoy!!!
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9 years
When Satnam Singh became the first Indian drafted in the NBA, his 7-foot father back in Punjab gained stature, too. http://t.co/JOxwx47G5r
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Swati Gupta
6 years
An air strike and its aftermath
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Hadiya’s ordeal: The battle for political control in Kerala is being fought over a woman’s body
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Swati Gupta
8 years
@amrit_sharma if I could, I would. :) She conceded eventually that she was making an insane request though.
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Swati Gupta
4 years
Global Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine Intensifies
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Swati Gupta
1 year
Beautiful one @ohanzhang “Here, people are quick to forget. Sometimes they are forced to forget.Other times, new events overwrite the old before you know it. It’s like we live in an environment where people can’t keep going if they don’t learn to forget.”
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Let's just bomb places and my favorables to go up. Bigger the bomb, better I'll be liked.Trump masters the mantra of dictators. #Afghanistan
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Swati Gupta
7 years
I really hope that this is not true. VHP wants its own personal religious warriors.
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Swati Gupta
9 years
Amazing story by @RachelNuwer Death in the clouds: The problem with #Everest ’s 200+ bodies http://t.co/v6hxkORWsV
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Swati Gupta
8 years
Logical or desperation? #AuditTheVote Hillary Clinton Supporters Call for Vote Recount in Battleground States
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Swati Gupta
5 years
A classic @EllenBarryNYT piece where you can imagine walking through the trees with her in Delhi and watch a family crumble away. And feel the reverberations of the partition across 3 countries, 72 years later. The Jungle Prince of Delhi
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Swati Gupta
3 years
In Fond Memory of Danish Siddiqui, My Argumentative, Loving and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Friend via @thewire_in
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Swati Gupta
8 years
I'm in love with your writing @MarkLeibovich .Beautiful! ‘I’m the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse’
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Swati Gupta
7 years
The economy under Modi: India’s prime minister is not as much of a reformer as he seems via @TheEconomist
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Swati Gupta
4 years
The End of a Beloved Delhi Institution
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Swati Gupta
7 years
22 percent for India in the cashless economy.
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Swati Gupta
8 years
You buy a chocolate and you get digital cash. #Paytm #DeMonetisation
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Swati Gupta
8 years
At his best, @ShashiTharoor explains what India lost decades ago because of the British rule.
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Privacy in #UIDAI has been ignored by @tomfriedman and also the environmental impact caused by hundreds of hydro power plants. He has forgotten to mention the outstanding Supreme Court cases in both areas. @Memeghnad @nixxin
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Swati Gupta
7 months
Pakistan votes for its next Prime Minister. Follow @BloombergAsia live blog for all the details:
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Swati Gupta
12 years
@HAlanScott Beautiful stuff man!!
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Swati Gupta
4 years
"Amazon removed products from its U.S. and EU platforms, but not in India." Developing countries get marked by a different yard stick - a more callous, unconcerned and only-for-profit stick.
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Swati Gupta
8 years
300 Million Children Breathe Highly Toxic Air, Unicef Reports
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Swati Gupta
6 years
The story of culture and tradition, of degradation of women and the intense loneliness of men who are left behind, of suffering and humiliation. There are too many men in my country!
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Swati Gupta
6 years
A Young Activist’s Advice: Vote, Shave Your Head and Cry Whenever You Need To
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Swati Gupta
3 years
Did not know any of this about a product I grew up drinking everyday. Lovely piece by @MujMash Across Borders and Divides, One ‘Heavenly’ Refresher Cools Summer Heat
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Swati Gupta
5 years
Six weeks of campaigning finally ends with BJP and Congress at simultaneous press briefings. A concise snapshot of the chaos these elections have been. #IndiaElections2019
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Swati Gupta
8 years
This is so funny!!
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This guest managed to keep his composure when his children interrupted his live @BBCWorld TV interview
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Swati Gupta
9 years
Amazing piece by @abdulmc . Exploring in depth the reasons behind communalism in India. http://t.co/1PXKYR76ly
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Swati Gupta
8 years
@anniegowen this did cheer me up. :)
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Swati Gupta
7 years
This thread made my day. It is these moments when I feel that common sense and dignity is not lost.
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Swati Gupta
3 years
"My entire vocation as an investigative reporter was predicated on being able to reveal truths, and yet I could not even rustle up the evidence to convince my own mother that our 45th president was not, in fact, the hero she believed him to be."
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Swati Gupta
8 years
Can it be due to lack of education and open-minded conversation? I wonder. Does India’s Right Wing Have Any Ideas?
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Swati Gupta
8 years
@amrit_sharma yeah. I was about to run out of the house.
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Swati Gupta
9 years
@hargup13 this was put up in Mumbai on link road on way between the airport and goregoan.
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Swati Gupta
7 years
Another one! I really liked his Netflix show and now I won't be able to watch it Netflix Fires Danny Masterson Amid Rape Allegations
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Swati Gupta
6 years
26 lawsuits and claiming billions in damages. Anil Ambani' RCom suing journalists and media firms for the Rafale deal coverage.
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Swati Gupta
9 years
Yes #VHP , we need more temples instead of schools, hospitals, toilets. Setting priorities is important. #RamMandir
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VHP says it has decided to set up a Ram temple in every village in India
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Swati Gupta
8 years
Time again as op-eds say Cong should dump Rahul,BJP denies playing communal card,me hugging beer bottle+losing all hope. #ElectionResults
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Swati Gupta
7 years
“It seemed as if I was diving into a sea with no bottom to it.” Bringing Internet to Rural India
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Swati Gupta
4 years
"Each of the above comments, as well as this article, may well be said to affect the confidence of the public in the Supreme Court. We are all, therefore, under the present dispensation, guilty as charged."
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