Journalist & Visual Storyteller I Reports from Rajasthan on politics, gender, human rights,marginalised Communities I Hometown Kashmir I Retweets ≠ endorsements
Thrilled to announce that my first book - tentatively titled RAJASTHAN: Politics and Power Struggles in India’s Largest State, co-authored with dear friend & fellow journalist
@manwithaquill
, will be out in the Summer of 2024. It is a great honour to have our debut book
#Rajasthan
Meteorite like object falls in Sanchor area in Jalore district at 7 AM on Friday , (June 19 , 2020 )
The object weighs 2.78 Kg approx
As per geologists it is a metallic meteorite - very rare and most valuable.
@ParveenKaswan
Slept to this evocative picture & woke up to this again❤️! Thank you SRK for filling our Twitter TLs with love and peace - much needed in these toxic times.
Jaipur mourns passing of its son, as actor
#IrrfanKhan
breath his last today.
Four days ago his mother Sayeeda Begum (95) also died of prolonged illness in Jaipur.
Prayers and strength to the family in these testing times.
Photo: Irrfan Khan with his family in Jaipur
#Thread
I have just boarded the flight to
#Srinagar
. The only way I could find to reach my parents. I haven't been able to contact them since past 4 days. This is the story of every
#Kashmiri
living away from the valley --a valley writhing under the weight of brute force
#Kashmir
"After I refused to chant 'Jai Shree Ram & 'Modi Zindabad, they forced me to come out of the auto and hit me with a stick. My teeth broke and my eye was left swollen. They said that they will send me to Pakistan", 52 year old driver
I report
@Outlookindia
Testimony of Irfan Khan (34) of
#Bharatpur
who lost his child today due to alleged negligence of hospital staff.
"Tum Muslim ho, tumhara yahan koi ilaaj nahi hoga", a doctor at RBM Zennana hospital told this to the couple, says Khan
#Rajasthan
@vishvendrabtp
@ashokgehlot51
Video
So proud of these Kashmiri students for braving all the odds and scoring so well in
#NEET
👏
Lest we forget, last 14 months in the valley have been full of hardships for students due to consistent curfews / lockdowns & no internet (now graduated to 2G speed).
#NEETResult2020
It's post midnight, and if you sleeping in your bed, inhaling the available oxygen around you, you are a blessed being! Don't forget to thank God & say a prayer for thousands & lakhs of Covid patients who are gasping for bed & oxygen. Every prayer counts. 🌼🙏
The inconsolable father of the infant who died today
#Bharatpur
tells me, "The doctors at Zenana Hospital enquired about our religion. When they found we are Muslims, the doctors referred us to Jaipur. My wife delivered the baby in the ambulance on way to Jaipur & the baby died"
After 3 adjournments the MP High Court has further postponed the hearing of the bail plea of bangle seller Taslim Ali till 9th Nov. He will have to spend 11 more days in jail
Ali, a native of UP, beaten by Hindu vigilantes in Indore, is in judicial custody for the last 63 days
#Thread
I write about the ordeal of UP's bangle-seller Taslim Ali's family, who was arrested after being beaten by Hindu vigilantes in Indore
44 days on, while the attackers are out on bail, Ali (25) faces charges under the POCSO Act
Read
@Article14live
Here is a document which has Pan India availability details about , OXYGEN, Ramdesivir, PLASMA, vacant beds , doctors etc
Moreover it gets updated in every five minutes. Could be useful to many.
Pls help amplifying / sharing this document. Thank you 🙏
#Rajasthan
No words for this! A 9-year-old Dalit boy beaten to death allegedly by his school teacher, who got angry on seeing the boy drink water from an earthen pot (matka) meant for the upper caste
Teacher has been arrested under sec 302 of IPC & relevant sections of ST SC Act
#Rajasthan
Heartbreaking news coming from Jaisalmer. Talib Khan , a manganiyar singer from Jaisalmer's Poonam Nagar village , died on his wheelchair while waiting for an oxygen bed outside Govt hospital for almost two hours.
#OxygenEmergency
#COVIDSecondWave
Harmony in the times of
#COVID2019
This is Bhatta Basti area of Jaipur, where muslim neighbours perform last rites of a Hindu man who died today.
In absence of Hindu familes, the muslim community even chanted 'Ram Naam Satya Hai' during the funeral of their neighbour Rajendra.
An important appeal by
@asadowaisi
, ahead of the reopening of religious places, in most cities of India 👇
- Maintain social distancing
- Wear a mask
-Carry your own prayer mats
-Do ablutions at home
Listen 🎶
As mosques reopen tomorrow, we'll be eager to pray together again. However, we cannot ignore that
#covid19
isn't going anywhere & we should take some precautions:
-Encourage elders & those with chronic illnesses to avoid the mosque
-Maintaining distance between 2 namazis
#Thread
Basit Ahmed Khan, 17 yr old youth from Kupwara
#Kashmir
who was working as a waiter in
#Jaipur
was allegedly beaten to death after a fight broke out with his co worker.
Rajasthan police has arrested one accused under section 302 & 307 of IPC and detained two others
#Rajasthan
“My son would have been alive today had he known that the pot he is drinking water from was meant for the upper castes. He wanted to quench his thirst but he lost his life instead", says father of a 9 year old Dalit boy
My report
@Outlookindia
Streets of
#Jaipur
on Sunday afternoon.
Unlikely sight in one of the otherwise busiest routes of Pink City where thousands of people marched along the 4 Km long stretch from Albert Hall to Gandhi circle for
#CAA_NRC_Protest
#CAA_NRC
#Rajasthan
@DeccanHerald
Update: The Madhya Pradesh high court today, once again, extended the hearing of the bail plea till 28 Oct 2021. The bangle seller, Taslim Ali of Uttar Pradesh, beaten by Hindu vigilantes, in Indore has now spent 62 days in judicial custody.
@Article14live
#Thread
I write about the ordeal of UP's bangle-seller Taslim Ali's family, who was arrested after being beaten by Hindu vigilantes in Indore
44 days on, while the attackers are out on bail, Ali (25) faces charges under the POCSO Act
Read
@Article14live
#Rajasthan
Two held for allegedly assaulting & attacking an autorickshaw driver Gaphar Ahmed (52), by forcing him to say 'Jai Shree Ram' & 'Modi Zindabad'
FIR lodged under sections 323, 341, 295-A, 504, 506, 327, 382 of IPC
Victim hospitalised at govt hospital Sikar
FIR copy👇
#PadmaAwards
dominated by West Bengal. Assam. Tamil Nadu. Kerela. Puducherry.
All these state have assembly elections this year. Mere coincidence ?? 🤔
#JustThinking
Just in: Taslim Ali, the bangle seller has been granted bail today after spending 108 days in Indore jail. He arrested on charges of molestation and forgery.
Taslim was attacked on August 2021. While Taslim was in Jail, his attackers were released on bail.
@Article14live
"Me and the MLAs who were supporting me have borne hotel charges and lawyers fee. We spent our own money . Their were rumours that we are taking help from other people. ",
@SachinPilot
at the presser in Jaipur'
FIR lodged against - NFIW 's Annie Raja, Nisha Siddhu and advocate Deeksha Duivedi - who were on a fact finding mission & held a press conference on Saturday at the
#Manipur
Press Club to disclose their findings.
Sections 121- A/124/153/153-A/ 153-B/ 499/ 504/505(2)/34 of the
After Charred Bodies Of Two Rajasthan Men Found In Haryana, Families Demand Justice.
The FIR lodged in Gopalgarh police station in Bharatpur, mentions the alleged role of Bajrang Dal members.
My report
@Outlookindia
#Rajasthan
Farmer leader
@RakeshTikaitBKU
alleges his convoy was attacked in Alwar district
Bhiwadi police have taken four people into preventive custody including a student union leader
Ink thrown at the convoy and glasses broken, say police
#FarmersProtest
#Farmers
Important thread here👇
Verified information / govt guidelines on acquiring beds , oxygen , Remidesivir and other medicines required for Covid positive patients in
#Rajasthan
#Thread
"Hum tau mazdoor log hai, Pairon se ja sakte hai", Suman Devi, 36 year old, migrant labourer told me in Jaipur.
She was ready to travel 500 kms on foot - to her hometown Mhow in MP along with her child & three bags.
#MayDay
#InternationalWorkersDay
#MotherAndChildOnRoad
Ahead of the state polls, AIMIM chief
@asadowaisi
releases a report on 'Status of Muslims in Rajasthan', today during a presser in Jaipur.
@aimim_national
In
#Rajasthan
student wing of
#Congress
party launches a campaign 'Rs 1 Ram Ke Naam' to collect money from students for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.
NSUI says, it will hand over the amount collected during the 15 day initiative to the temple authorities in Ayodhya.
Notes from curfewed
#Kashmir
Where I write about everyday struggle for the smallest of things like reaching home, searching for a refilled ATM, medicine, internet, a call to an ailing relative!
Uneasy and unforgettable 6 days of my life.
#KashmirCrisis
INTERVIEW l As the first round of polling concludes in
#Rajasthan
, Deputy CM and
@INCRajasthan
Prez
@SachinPilot
talks about party's strategy to win most of the 25 seats, denies Modi Wave in the state, elaborates
#NYAY
& much more
Excerpts
@DeccanHerald
One more thing, please keep your DM open on Twitter. Especially those who are willing to help and also those who require help. This will make communication much easier in these tough times. Thank you. 🙏
'I spent the night amidst uncertainty, not getting info about my husband's whereabouts. We are still not used to this new normal of journalists getting arrested for their work" Leelashree wife of Journalist
@mandeeppunia1
told Outlook
My report 👇
Amidst protests over
#CAA_NRC_NPR
, Pakistan origin 36 yr old Nita Kanwar who received her Indian citizenship just 5 months ago is elected as Sarpanch of Natwara Panchayat in Tonk
#Rajasthan
on Friday.
She defeated her closest rival Sona Devi by 365 votes.
@DeccanHerald
Thread
#Rajasthan
police lodges case under SC/ST Act & arrests a priest for allegedly not allowing a newlywed Dalit couple to offer prayers at a temple in Jalore
"The priest stopped us from entering the temple & said only upper caste are allowed to enter", says the Dalit Groom
#Thread
I write about the ordeal of UP's bangle-seller Taslim Ali's family, who was arrested after being beaten by Hindu vigilantes in Indore
44 days on, while the attackers are out on bail, Ali (25) faces charges under the POCSO Act
Read
@Article14live
“We will sell our crops outside the Assembly, collectorate and also outside Parliament, since the PM had said that we can sell cropd anywhere & everywhere in the country,” says
@RakeshTikaitBK
while addressing a kisan mahapanchayat in Jaipur.
My report 👇
Good news.
#RajasthanBudget
Now women across
#Rajasthan
can get sanitary napkins (free of cost) under the states free medicine scheme.
200 crores allocated for this scheme.
Just in:
UP police once again stops congress leader
#SachinPilot
in Moradabad.
Pilot and
@AcharyaPramodk
were enroute LekhipurKheri . Earlier in the day, he was stopped by Ghaziabad police.
Whatever BJP is doing in UP is unconstitutional and is not acceptable :
@SachinPilot
#Rajasthan
BJP general secretary and sitting MLA Madan Dilawar kicked up a controversy on Saturday by saying 'Farmers are “conspiring” to spread bird flu in the country by “eating chicken biryani and cashew nuts/almonds” '.
#FarmersProtest
My report 👇
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) on pandemic/quarantine
“If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; and if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place.” (Sahih al-Bukhari)🌸🌼
#Kashmir
24 hours after our landline phone got restored:
My home has become a ground of human narratives.
"Demise of a close relative, arrival of new borns, belated Eid wishes, sharing of pain"--are the conversations exchanged over phone after 13 days of communication lockdown.
#Kashmir
4:44 minutes 😊
Never thought speaking through a landline for 4 min 44 seconds could bring such relief.
Landlines in limited areas in Srinagar restored after 13 days of communication blackout.
On the sidelines of a reporting assignment. Here's a throwback to an engaging conversation over
#ChaiBiscuit
with these lovely women in Bajju village, situated on the India-Pak border in
#Rajasthan
Dina Nath Kaul Nadim came to prominence in 1946, when he recited a poem to honour Sheikh Abdullah - who had just been released from prison.
Today as
#NirmalaSitharaman
recited his poem, Sheikh Abdullah's son
#FarooqAbdullah
& grandson
#OmarAbdullah
are detained since Aug 2019 !
Here is the full Kashmiri poem by 20th century poet Pandit Dina Nath Kaul Nadim that was recited by
#NirmalaSitaraman
#BudgetSession2020
SHIHIL KUL, a collection of Nadim's poems has been honoured with Sahitya Academy Award in Kashmiri lit
@DeccanHerald
Farmers hold placards at a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur's Vidhyadhar Nagar, where BKU leader
@RakeshTikaitBKU
is addressing a Mahasabha (meet)
This is Tikait's maiden rally in Jaipur. Earlier he held mahapanchayats in around 11 districts of
#Rajasthan
#FarmersProtest
#Farmers
The tale of two advertisements. First one promoted beauty of an interfaith weddings and second one Urdu language. Both were brought down after the row on social media
Last Diwali it was Tanishq & this Diwali it is Fabindia!
Moral of the story: intolerance + a new low every year
This coincidence
Today
#OmarAbdullah
spent his 50th birthday at Hari Niwas where he is under detention for the last 7 months under PSA
His grandfather Sheikh Mohd Abdullah,
(accused in infamous
#Kashmir
Conspiracy Case) also happened to spent his 50th b'day in Kud Jail in Jammu
#Rajasthan
police lodges an FIR under section 323 & 341 of IPC against the contractor in Neemrana
#Alwar
for allegedly assaulting
#migrantlabourers
from Jharkhand
Labourers had alleged that during Lockdown contractor refused to clear their payments & stopped them from going home
#Rajasthan
14th century Neelkanth Mahadev Temple, a Shiva Temple , built by Maharana Kumbha in 1458 AD , in the Kumbalgarh Fort.
Rectangular on plan it is supported by seven domed roof and strong 26 pillars.
#Myarchives
@IndiaHistorypic
#Thread
First report: 36 hours after I landed in
#Kashmir
(fifth day of curfew)
I could manage internet connection from a relatives place who lives very close to airport (the only place where internet works)
No communication. Medicines especially insulin is needed in valley
Jumbos undergo
#Covid19
test in Jaipur 's haathi gaon (
#Elephant
Village).
#Rajasthan
Forest Dept organises three day
#Covid
testing camp.
On the first day samples of 19 Elephants were taken.
All 103 elephants in
#Jaipur
(Amber + Haathi Gaon) to undergo test.
@ParveenKaswan
#Kashmir
Two civilians, Satinder Kour and Deepak Kour - a principal and teacher of higher secondary school, Eidgah in Srinagar, shot dead
Five civilian killings in two days.
On Tues evening, Chemist ML Bindroo, street vendor Virendra Paswan, & Taxi guy Mohd Shafi were killed
Just In ::
Lockdown in Rajasthan from April 19 to May 3
Govt announces a Jan Anushasan Pakhwara /fortnight of discipline - owing to the surge in the
#Covid19
cases
Markets, private/ govt offices / restaurants / public places to remain shut.
Essential services to remain open
#Rajasthan
HC grants bail to Shahbaz Ahmad after 12 yrs
Court expresses surprise why he was arrested in the present F.I.R. when he was held not guilty in 08 similar FIRs
Addl Adv General was not in a position to appraise the Court
My piece
@Outlookindia
Just in:
#Kashmir
A street vendor selling Golgappa, Arvind Kumar from Bihar killed in Eidgah, Srinagar.
In second incident a carpenter Sagir Ahmed of Uttar Pradesh is critically injured in another terror attack in Pulwama, south Kashmir.
#Rajasthan
Celebrations held outside the BJP headquarters after trends show saffron party leading in all 24 seats/25 seats in Rajasthan. In Nagaur RLP is leading which is also an ally of BJP.
Former CM
@VasundharaBJP
addresses a presser at BJP HQ in Jaipur.
@DeccanHerald