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Journalist, editor, curator. Founder, Lucid Lines. Director, SYNAPSE. Host, IGNITION, web show, ENQUIRY. Former co-founder Algebra, Tehelka, THiNK, CatchNews.

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@ShomaChaudhury
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5 years
#ArnabGoswami is not a free speech issue. Free speech is right to have an opinion. Even distasteful ones. But fake facts & inciting violence is not free speech. Muslims were not the lynchers. Sonia Gandhi did not support Sadhus’ murders. Goswami is an assault on every media norm.
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Karnataka wanted Rs 1300 from migrants for a Rs 300 bus ticket as buses would run at half capacity to ensure social distancing. Now it’s charging one way. This is brute farce. Charging migrants bus & train fares! What is the PM Cares Fund for? Migrants have taken the worst hit /n
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#RHEACHAKRABORTY Now that CBI & AIIMS have ruled out murder and no siphoning of funds, what should happen to the TV channels & anchors who ran a relentless campaign against Rhea? With great power comes great responsibility. But most TV media seem to have none of the latter!
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Fantastic speech by @RahulGandhi ! He has consistently been speaking a language of decency and love in the face of hate and propaganda. That takes courage. Our public life needed that. Today, he took that to another level in Parliament. Reclaimed what it means to be Hindu too!
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Don’t love. Don’t hold hands. Don’t get on a train. Don’t ride a horse. Don’t buy cattle. Don’t give chocolates to children. Don’t keep meat in your fridge. Don’t breathe: you can be lynched to death for it. This is India.
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If icons like @aamir_khan and #NaseeruddinShah can’t speak without BJP leaders, footsoldiers & “supari journalists” coming down hard on them, imagine what ordinary people feel. The Ajmer lit fest should have stood by Naseer. What is a lit fest that can’t stand for free speech?!
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9 arrested for posters saying: ‘Modiji why’ve you sent out vaccines meant for our children?’ This is now a crime in our country?🤯 Even if it was prompted by an AAP councillor, why should opposition leaders not criticise the PM? This is what’s occupying India’s Home Minister?!
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4 years
Classic misinformation campaign begins! Indian TV no longer believes India has any thinking adult citizens left.Every protest has someone’s hand in it: Maoists, Pakistanis, Khalistanis, Congress (wish they had a hand in something!) Any hand will do - but not the protestors’ mind!
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#Breaking | Left-wing extremists have hijacked the farmers' protests: Intelligence sources.
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“Targeting Muslim youth equals targeting India’s future. Muslim youth today have a burning desire for justice. That’s a huge, huge thing going on. They want the equality guaranteed by our Constitution,” says ⁦ @asadowaisi ⁩ in a forceful interview.
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Those confused about how Central Vista Project will provide employment, here’s a simple response: building hospitals, schools, universities, roads, ponds, durable water regeneration structures etc can provide as much and way more productive employment!
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“Muslims can no longer be the coolies of secularism. That is every Indian’s responsibility. In my childhood Hindus & Muslims were neighbours & understood each other. I want my son to be grow up in that atmosphere,” says ⁦ @asadowaisi
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Outrageous. How can a government deny its citizens the right to buy diesel and stop their right to protest peacefully? Freedom to travel within the country is a fundamental right. Is this India or China?
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Hindustan Times
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Uttar Pradesh government orders no diesel for tractors as farmers gear up for January 26 rally: Report
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Everyone applauding the bold move in Kashmir, ask yourself one question: once you lock down a society, how do you unlock it? PM Modi says he’s made the impossible possible. Maybe there was a good reason some things were impossible. And no, I’m not pro-terror or pro-Pakistan.
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#ArnabGoswami is not an @INCIndia problem only they should take up. He’s violated every norm of journalism. Every self-respecting media professional should condemn it. Regardless of political position. Lawyers lose bar licenses. And Doctors. Media plays with lives too.
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As farmers protest & there’s much debate over production of wheat & rice,do remember what kept india comparatively safe through the pandemic is stockpiles of grain, food security infrastructure & MNREGA- all of which @BJP4India used to heavily criticise. Improve, don’t dismantle!
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6 years
#PehluKhan It’s not tragic enough that a man was lynched to death. Now his sons are shot at on their way to court for standing witness. We have BJP leaders garlanding other assualters. How much more scary and blatant can things get?
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The sacking of @AtishiMarlena is deplorable! No matter what criticism one feels of @AamAadmiParty & @ArvindKejriwal rhetoric, one thing is clear: the Lt Gov & Modi regime have been malafide in not allowing an elected govt to function, and hamstrung them with ill thought rules
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Yogendra Yadav
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Whatever the technicalities of her appointment, no one can deny that @AtishiMarlena has done selfless and tireless work for Govt schools in Delhi. Central Govt should stop petty meddling, give post facto approval & award her for exemplary public service.
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#OxygenConcentrator Apart from cylinders & liquid oxygen, we need CONCENTRATORS. This works on ambient air & will help those with moderate O2 saturations & stem the rush on liquid oxygen. @PMOIndia put out ads for indigenous concentrators to be made. We have the know how 1/n
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#KarnatakaElections India has questions for both @narendramodi and @RahulGandhi . Can we afford a prime minister who lowers discourse to rock bottom? Can we afford a leader of opposition who loses every election and still heads a party that asks him no questions?
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This is regressive nonsense. India deserves better politics! @RahulGandhi berating @narendramodi for running away and “leaving a woman” to defend him is really distasteful. @nsitharaman is the defence minister. We don’t need politics to be about “being a man”. Just be competent!
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PM Modi fled, asked woman to defend him: Rahul
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The IT raid on @_YogendraYadav family is outrageous & the worst kind of sly government intimidation. Yogendra has been channelling farmers distress — the biggest crisis facing the country. The Modi government doesn’t like that. Everyone who cares for must democracy condemn this!
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The curtailment of @AamAadmiParty & @ArvindKejriwal govt is beyond disturbing. And goes against the Supreme Court. Let’s set up an election for the Lt Gov position instead then! @BJP4India we are a democracy. Let’s keep India that way, unless you want to extend China into India.
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The media coverage of #SushantSinghRajput is nauseating. First it was nepotism that drove him to despair. Then a lurid theory about gang rape & murder. Then a gold digger girlfriend. Speculation is not news! Journalism requires one work on a story, uncover FACTS, then publish!
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#Dholera Promises by PM Modi, former CM Modi: Dholera, on the ocean’s edge, a new city twice the size of Delhi (built over 1000s of years) and - hold your breath - 6 times the size of Shanghai. Sounds familiar.
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Swati Chaturvedi
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This is a clinical fantasist. Scared for my country now
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Courage, that’s composure. That’s the kind of people Arnab has denounced every day with loud venom & zero substance. People like Sudha Bhardwaj, 3 yrs in jail, & Soni Sori, who was tortured. People who’d rather die than cry like this. And make a circus of themselves. Give 4/n
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Have said this before: I respect @RahulGandhi for his political civility and public discourse, even when it looked like he couldn’t win an election. India needs a leader who can say we will fight an ideology but don’t want to make India ‘Mukt’ of anyone. There’s been no gloating.
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Many editors who applauded the unplanned lockdown of 1.3 billion people in 4 hrs as masterful leadership r now asking govt to apologise on hindsight. Ditto after demonetisation. Why not think before you clap. Look before you leap. Dialogue, consultation is democracy. Not diktat.
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#UnnaoCase Bone chilling. You get raped. Your father is framed & killed in custody. You try to self-immolate. Your uncle is arrested. A truck hits you. Your aunts die & you and your lawyer end up in ICU. And yet the BJP keeps the accused MLA in its ranks. Strong leadership??!
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#AarushiVerdict The media should have the courage to play their old footage denouncing, baying for blood and contrast the verdict today
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What’s more shocking than the capacity to hate is the Hindu Right’s capacity to lie, produce fake news, impersonate, doctor videos.About protestors being paid, about being grateful Kashmiris on Twitter. Now @gunjakapoor in a burka gets caught out in Shaheen Bagh. How much lower?!
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So now the BJP sent @gunjakapoor in Burqa to Shaheenbagh to create fake propaganda videos to not only defame the women protestors but to create unrest before the elections. She was however identified, exposed & then shielded from crowd by same women who she was there to defame!
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4 years
True. There may not be a case against Arnab.But there are certainly more composed ways of dealing with a bit of adversity. Embarrassing to see such craven panic from a man who’s urged others to be arrested & encountered without a shred of evidence.And yes — he should get bail 1/n
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vir sanghvi
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There may or may not be a case against Arnab.Either way there is no justification for keeping him in jail. Like every Indian he has a right to liberty. Bail must be the rule. Jail can only be the exception.
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#RuleOfLaw has a whole new spin! Hiren Gosain, Cambridge scholar, sahitya akademi award winner, 80 years old, charged with sedition by BJP for speaking against Citizenship Amendment Bill and fighting for Assam & India and secular nature of the country. This paranoia must stop!!
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And there it surfaces again as election nears. The irresponsible, wild statements that @INCIndia and @RahulGandhi are seeking Pakistani help to oust Modi government. India deserves better!! @nsitharaman as defence minister, you better back your statements with evidence. Shameful!
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Must read @sardesairajdeep book 2019: How Modi won India. It is compelling. Fair. Chilling. Captures the gargantuan political phenomenon sweeping through India. Both what’s to be admired and what’s to be feared. If you want to understand contemporary India, this is a first stop.
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4 years
We have put Rs 500 into Jan Dhan accounts as relief. Rs 500! Let any of us on twitter survive on Rs 500 in a month! Other countries are committing trillions of dollars to mitigate this crisis. Economists in India say India has enough money to mitigate the stress. /n
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There is no further rock bottom to fall to. Sadhvi Pragya, terror accused for Malegaon bomb blast that killed 6 and injured 101, given BJP ticket. Every single self respecting Hindu must stand up and say: NOT IN MY NAME. Neither India nor Hinduism needs such defenders.
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Beware the #PartitionOfHearts . It will consume us all. Amit Shah says Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists & Christians need not be afraid. The rest, ie, Muslims,are infiltrators. The Citizenship Amendment Bill is not just a NE problem. Religion based citizenship is an outrage against India.
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Salute @ravishndtv ! Much needed pushback from within on hysteria, noise & hyper nationalism of TV anchors.Must watch
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4 years
Other migrants walking from Surat to UP — Surat to UP! — stopped at borders. Yes others spending Rs 4,000 each, borrowed, to get a double decker bus. But not getting permits. A 12 year old girl dying after walking 800 km, a 40 year old man hanging himself too tired to walk. /n
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Migrants deserve to go home. With dignity. Every citizen deserves a full stomach. We have millions of tonnes of food grain in stock. If there are legal or accounting hassles to releasing it, that’s surely something that deserves an ordinance. /n
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@rohini_sgh @INCIndia Not to forget that it’s legitimate political activity to “fan” issue based protests. Otherwise what’s the point of having an opposition?! They are meant to keep the state in check and amplify the people’s voice so the best median point between competing positions is found!
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Offer quick certification if the product is right. The market needs to be filled with more affordable concentrators. We don’t need to rely only on imports. It would create a lot of respite. #HelpIndiansBreathe
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Other countries are pumping trillions to mitigate their crisis. Premier economists in India say we have enough money to mitigate ours. We need to see the immediate migrant labour crisis dealt with larger heart and larger pocket. Frame it as national pride, if not national duty!
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#MohammedZubair Just to remind ourselves as we go about our ordinary busy day that the ground is eroding beneath our feet @zoo_bear is a symptom that affects us all
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When I met him like this in Raipur, sitting inside a jail van, me outside, he could’ve shouted in panic about his unfair incarceration. Instead he said, “please go back to Delhi and report about the Malthusian crisis here — the hunger & malaria among the tribal people”.That’s 3/n
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Says it all. Worth more than a 1000 words.
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5 years
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar refuses to meet a US congressional committee because it has one member who disagrees with Indian govt actions in Kashmir. Can anyone tell the leaders of our “new” democracy that disagreement is not the same as bias. It is just two points of view.
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#WakeUpGovt Just one piece of data to figure the scale of the migrant crisis: the govt’s own labour report says, there were 11.5 lakh migrant workers around Surat. Now only 1.5 lakh are left. Rest are trying to get home.That’s 1 hub. Imagine the human & economic impacts of this.
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Because for all citizens — regardless of who they are — the law should be fair. But this scene from a jail van reminds me of another much greater man — Dr Binayak Sen — the kind of man Arnab routinely condemns as “urban naxals”. Dr Sen had unfairly been in jail for a year yet 2/n
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1/2 Rana Ayyub's a courageous reporter but her story wasn't published in Tehelka coz it didn't meet ed standards not 'political pressure'
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The attacks on critical press is brazen. The ED raid on #Newsclick is very disturbing. This atmosphere of demonisation has to stop. Dissent is a constitutional right. Calling opponents “anti-national” has to stop. Sadly, sections of the media has played a big role in this.
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The grand Rajpath road being uprooted for the colossal blunder of the Central Vista Project — going ahead full steam in the midst of an apocalypse. #AcheDin experienced in its full horror.
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I feel tongue tied. We all just witnessed this: they sent in an army & locked down an entire society. Arrested leaders without reason. And changed a law. In other countries, we’d call this dictatorship. And we — the proudest, biggest democracy in the world - are applauding this?
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The UP police order that Muslims must stop offering namaz in parks in run up to 2019 to prevent law and order problems is a shameful, gross violation of fundamental rights. Their job is to ensure law & order while people exercise their rights - not prevent rights to ensure order!
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@suhasinih Very few know there are only 31,000 beneficiaries of CAA, as per IB & JPC report: Hindus 25447; Sikhs 5807; Christians 55; Buddhists 2; Parsis 2. Their citizenship could’ve been expedited without alarming anyone. No need for the wording of the CAA except as dog whistle
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Harish Salve writes article entitled "CAA is necessary" to counter criticism of the law, but doesn't actually answer "Why is CAA necessary?", i.e. Why does government need to change law at all,when it is already mandated to give this citizenship?
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#AnandTeltumbde case: Kafkaesque. Finest Dalit scholar in India denied bail.Jean Dreze, Noam Chomsky asking UN to intervene. Here’s the irony: he wrote AGAINST the “myth creation” of Bhima Koregaon. But is being arrested for that meeting! So much for police evidence gathering!
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Woke this morning to a TOI story that CBI will explore #SSR from “mystery death angle” while NCB into Rhea role in “drug cartel” angle. And ED into “money laundering”. So what happened to “nepotism & gang rape, murder with dog collar” angle?! This is sick, lurid, irresponsible.
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@bhupendrachaube Govt isn’t gospel. One only needs to apply one’s mind and view the live video & see the ANI retraction, and it’s clear there was no doctoring & there’s no “conspiracy” and no “guilty” to bring to book, except state PR machinery on false & malafide overdrive.
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@bhupendrachaube @UPGovt There isn’t a different version of events here. There is only ONE version. Yogi used the expletive probably by mistake. No big deal frankly. But the cover up, the lies and threats wasn’t a mistake. It was classic fascism that journalists should call out.
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Must watch:Cop Gagandeep Singh stood up to a crowd and protected a Muslim boy from what could have become a “love jihad” lynching.His simple immovable arm around the man is the most heartening thing I’ve seen in a long while. @narendramodi that’s what a 56 inch chest looks like!
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Uttarakhand cop restores faith in humanity. #ITVideo More videos:
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#bloomsburyindia About free speech: those who opposed the Delhi Riots book did so intellectually, non-violently. They didn’t threaten to burn the book or ransack libraries or kill. That is called principled dissent. It made the publisher rethink. That option is open to everyone
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Humour sometimes catches what many news reports can’t.
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7 years
30 children dead in a Gorakhpur hospital as - reportedly - oxygen supply cut off due to non payment of bills! How hellish can things get!
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6 years
Wanted to share some personal news: I’m moving on from Algebra - the Arts & Ideas Club. Was great setting it up with my colleagues, growing it to 4 cities. Hosted more than 200 conversations. Met fantastic people. But time to move on to new things. Excited about what lies ahead..
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Arnab bail because all citizens deserve fair treatment. But next time he’s in his studio screaming for others’ lives to be ruined — without basis or evidence — hope this experience has taught him something and his “inner TV” stops him in his tracks!
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#KamalNath This is depressing! The first thing he says as CM is blame the “outsiders” from UP and Bihar for lack of jobs in MP! @RahulGandhi this is why the country needs new leaders not “experienced” cynical ones. What’s the difference between BJP, Shiv Sena and Congress?
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Why does the Hindu Right scaremonger all the time?! RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat thinks Hindus are like lone lions that packs of “wild dogs” can kill. Amit Shah thinks everyone’s out to “break India”. Shocking language apart they really need to get themselves a confidence injection.
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Media owners & editors across political positions should condemn crosses every boundary of journalism. This is hate speech. And fake. In a sane world, he would lose one’s media license for this. Will the media speak up as a unit?
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#Familyman @BajpayeeManoj is just brilliant in this conversation about his fascinating journey from farmer’s son to star actor. What does it take to dream & win? What is the real psyche of a hero? He speaks about passion. Anger. Spirituality. Must watch:
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If you care for democracy. If you care for plurality. If you care to be truly safe in its deepest sense. Stand by @tmkrishna Listen to him sing. Be at Garden of Five Senses. Saket. 630pm tomorrow. Delhi. Let the bigoted not define this country.
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@tjoseph0010 Hope to see you tomorrow Venue: Garden of Five Senses, Saidul Ajaib Village, Near Saket Time: 6.30 do share widely
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Regardless of what one feels about @RahulGandhi ’s #jaadukijhappi for PM Modi, one had to say it counts as more Parliamentary behaviour than throwing shoes, shouting, breaking chairs, and lying in the well of the house. All of which seems to have become parliamentary norm!
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#BiharResults Reminder to Modi that 2014 youth voted for governance dreams he was selling, not Hindutva
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SpiceJet, GoAir, AirIndia, Indigo. Suspending @kunalkamra88 vi tweets while tagging @HardeepSPuri This is chilling beyond belief. Brazen! disproportionate! Outlandish! This is not just a banana republic it’s plain bananas! People are lynched with video evidence & nothing happens
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Journalism?! This surely counts for a collective jaw drop from the entire media. Regardless of political conviction, affiliation — or capitulation.
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Meanwhile Sudhir Chaudhury has taken the exit polls personally and has resorted to insulting and taunting the Delhi voters. (video via @Rofl_Gujarati )
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I don’t think @SachinPilot will join BJP. I hope not. Politics cant be jumping jobs in corporate companies. It’s about ideologies. He’s started a much-needed fight. Now he must choose the battlefield correctly for the long fight.Put in the grind. India needs credible politics
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India needs to invest in public funded, high quality, affordable health care, education, clean air and water. That is the minimum guarantee poor Indians need to build a proud life for themselves. Neither “basic income” nor #MinimumIncomeGuarantee will ensure either.
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#LockdownNow panic rush buying everywhere. Imagine the high level of crowding and contact happening. PM Modi should have announced the protocol for buying medicines & groceries. Emphasising midnight as Lakshman Rekha has triggered panic. And what of those with no money to stock.
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My family is down with Covid and I cannot emphasise enough the healing power of steaming. Everyone PLEASE steam even if you’re well. There are many videos about the breathing exercises put out by health professionals. It is really powerful. Please do it. Stay well.
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Shoma Chaudhury
6 years
The trolling of @SushmaSwaraj is a wake up call: The BJP IT cell needs a citizen committee inquiry. Should be taken to court. Whistleblowers have spoken out. Victims have complained. Yet nothing happens! How can a government and ruling party run a hate shop and get away with it.
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Shoma Chaudhury
4 years
At the very least, Deep Sindhu has a LOT of explaining to do. How do you get to stand next to ⁦ @narendramodi ⁩ & campaign for BJP leader Sunny Deol & in one single stroke discredit a peaceful movement and lakhs of fellow farmers?
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Shoma Chaudhury
7 years
11,400 farmers committed suicide last year.Imagine if 11,400 journos / politicians committed suicide in a year? Would we be as unconcerned?
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Shoma Chaudhury
4 years
Went to AIIMS yesterday for an emergency. And Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya Hospital in Delhi. A huge salute to government hospitals like this. And the doctors working there. Against all odds. Incredible service. Our public health system needs massive support.
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Shoma Chaudhury
5 years
Here’s what Delhi police—Delhi police—said in defence of Kapil Sharma, Parvesh Verma & Anurag Thakur in Court: Gaddar doesn’t refer to any particular section of society. Goli maaron saalon ko is not threat of any unlawful action. Was not a provocation to start a riot. #InsaneWorld
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Shoma Chaudhury
8 years
Anyone noticed the new disease in the country? You sneeze and you catch sedition! Let's be human. #StandByRamya
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Shoma Chaudhury
5 years
GDP down to 5%. Threat of war next door. A valley draped in silence. And zero political opposition. The story of India today. This is what happens when a country wants to be run by a Homo Deus instead of a PM.
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Shoma Chaudhury
5 years
Hope everyone will now stop applauding PM Modi’s style of ruling though spectacle: shutting 1.3 billion down in 4 hours without planning. We needed a step by step, thought through shutdown, not this brutal panic creation. Difficult time for any govt. But he just made it tougher.
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Shoma Chaudhury
4 years
Petrol at Rs 100. And countrymen happy and content. Media delighted. #NewIndia
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Shoma Chaudhury
8 years
#YogiAdityanathCMofUP Forget as an Indian or a mere citizen! One hangs one's head in shame as a Hindu! Sabka Haath, PM Modi?! Masks off.
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Shoma Chaudhury
9 years
Najma Heptullah says union ministers speaking on Dadri is the "voice of the prime minister". So Mahesh Sharma on Dadri is the voice of Modi?
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Shoma Chaudhury
5 years
This is journalism?A channel gets its facts wrong. Abuses the hardworking journalists who fact check it as a “petty website” with an “agenda against Modi”. And then the anchor abuses his guest for bringing the fact to his notice with a repeated “how dare you”. How dare you indeed
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5 years
I trust this petty website run by individuals more that I would trust a sold out media house! @AltNews 👍🏽👏🏽
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Shoma Chaudhury
3 years
#ElectionResult Indian Democracy Zindabad! We need many voices, many victories! Democracy is safest in many hands. India needs to give up its deluded romance with one “saviour leader”! Hope the re-elected leaders pull up their socks and keep the faith!
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Shoma Chaudhury
6 years
The pushback on gross misuse of CBI & flagrant abuse of Constitution by @BJP4India needed. But @MamataOfficial setting up bad precedents too. How can a top cop sit on a dharna with a CM? Where is the separation of power? Gross impropriety on all sides. Victim: Indian democracy
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Shoma Chaudhury
6 years
#AadhaarVerdict Private corporations cannot get Aadhar data. Passing Aadhar Act as money bill amounts to subterfuge. Thrilling to see constitutional values prevail! Salute, Justice Chandrachud!
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Shoma Chaudhury
3 years
Please watch & retweet! 2 lakh trees in Buxwaha forest is going to be cut down for diamond mining by Essel Mining of Aditya Birla Group! This has to stop. Forests protect our health, oxygen, water replenishment. No diamond is worth this. We need enlightened capitalism now!
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Shoma Chaudhury
4 years
#JusticeforJayarajAndFenix This horrific story has to be a turning point. Over the last few months we have seen police mercilessly beat people. In this case, a magistrate turned two obviously tortured men back to the police. All of this over downing a shop shutter. Beyond tragic.
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Shoma Chaudhury
3 years
@myogiadityanath ⁩ was hailed by many media organisations as the “best chief minister”. Here’s his model of good governance. Rather than save lives, hospitals have to go to court in his wonderfully ruled state. What circle of hell is this! #SupremeCourtSeriousNotice
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Shoma Chaudhury
13 years
Madeline Albright: there's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women
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Shoma Chaudhury
4 years
6% farmers have had MSP. 94% farmers are already subject to the volatility of the open market. The farm sector needs urgent overhaul. But what shape should that overhaul take? You were clear, concise and convincing @Devinder_Sharma have had wonderful feedback on your interview.
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Farmers protest: Its time to come up with solutions that addresses the injustice farmers continue to face over decades. My interview with senior journalist @ShomaChaudhury .
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Shoma Chaudhury
8 years
2/2 Rana continued working at Tehelka after 2010 & Tehelka continued publishing hard stories on Gujarat. Simple check of archive shows that
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Shoma Chaudhury
3 years
The @BJP4India govt is increasingly making it clear they’re defacto turning India into a religious republic. To offer refuge to only Hindu & Sikh Afghans in a crisis as terrible as the #Taliban takeover is sacrilege. Anti-constitutional & ironically so anti-Hindu too! Shameful!!
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