📢 I'm
@restofworld
's South Asia reporter! So excited to do big things with
@the_bongrel
, reunite with
@ItikaSPunit
, and learn from
@AnupKaphle
@mvzelenks
and the rest of the incredible team who I am slowly meeting over the course of my first week, which started yesterday 🥳
"To be clear, most men will never turn violent. Most men will turn out fine. Most will learn to navigate the deep waters of their feelings without ever engaging in any form of destruction. Most will grow up to be kind. But many will not."
I loved NH10 and pretty much everything
@AnushkaSharma
has backed since from Phillauri to Pari so I was excited for
#pataallok
(what a cast!) but damn, I did not see THIS coming. What a gritty, arresting view. Couldn’t pry myself away from the screen and it’ll continue to haunt
#Chhapaak
is a series of much-needed slaps on India's face and if you're tempted to give it a miss because it's too harrowing, DON'T. Suffer through everything
@meghnagulzar
and
@deepikapadukone
put you through. It's sick that we got here, but we have to face it to fix it.
Yoooo
@taapsee
could’ve warned me not to watch
#gameover
when I’m home alone! 🤭😧 What a stunning performance though 👏🏼👏🏼 gonna
#fightlikeagirl
against the nightmares I’m for sure getting tonight 😂
i watched
#bulbbul
last night and
@tripti_dimri23
isn't leaving my head. what a standout powerhouse.
@AnushkaSharma
deserves kudos for pushing a lesser-seen genre (and making it so visually stunning!) but a special thank you for pushing this talent 🌟
I was so excited for and skeptical of
#manmarziyaan
but loooooved it 👏🏼
@taapsee
I could’ve easily loathed Rumi but you made me empathise with her
@juniorbachchan
you were a perfect fit for Robbie and
@vickykaushal09
YOU HAVE MY HEART. How can one be so talented and versatile!
thank you
@taapsee
&
@chintskap
for eloquently highlighting the issue of "woh aur hum" in india. i've spent countless car rides and dinner table conversations trying to explaining the exact empathy that
#Mulk
shows to my father. happy to say he left the theatre a changed man
i want to like the new
#zingaat
but it just feel so wrong (1) it has mad marathi vibes for a movie set in rajasthan 🤷🏽♀️ (2) i love making up my marathi gibberish as i sing along to the original. that fun is gone with the hindi version 🙄
Above all, it is so unfair to the two young daughters of Sridevi, whose loss has been compounded by the furious scrutiny of their (fiercely private) mother’s life. - THIS. Forget being good journalists. Can we just start showing some humanity at least?
Ridiculous. Ludicrous. Insidious: The way Indian Media- especially news TV has reported
#sridevideath
has been shameful. As a a member of the fraternity, I am embarrassed My piece in
@washingtonpost
on why I started the hashtag
#NewsKiMaut
-Death of News
#Thappad
is essential viewing for anyone who has a “yeh lawyer se activist kab ban gayi” attitude towards patriarchy. Kudos to
@taapsee
+
@anubhavsinha
for making everyone—men, women, young, old, rich, poor—squirm and reflect, and to
@pavailkgulati
for being perfectly imperfect👏🏼
#Manto
is such a fine, fine film. so privileged to have had the opportunity to watch it before releases this Friday.
@nanditadas
' hard work has translated impeccably and the format is so refreshing. the dynamic between
@Nawazuddin_S
and
@RasikaDugal
is sublime 🌟
mass deaths are desensitising. if you can handle it, let
@thevirdas
remind you to feel grief, outrage, and everything in between. 240,000+ people have died of covid so far in the country (that's just the reported number) and we're allowed to be heartbroken about it for 10 mins
back in 2018,
@Varun_dvn
told me India's next big superstars would come from youtube, and now he's acting alongside one of India's biggest youtubers
@iamMostlySane
in
#JuggJugJeeyo
. prediction on point
this was stopped in its tracks and I’m over it but I want people to see
@Wootsaw
’s apology is not an anomaly. So many educated, urban boys have this spectacular sense of entitlement. their reaction to making women uncomfortable is not “I’m sorry” but “cool” 👏🏼 👏🏼
#MeTooIndia
so
@ayushmannk
made it to
#TIME100
. in an interview i did with him right after
#badhaiho
and
#andhadhun
, he told me "The real hero is the one who curates good content." proved right and how! kudos
When a Bollywood star says "I'm sorry if I'm talking too much, I'm very passionate about this," it's a golden moment for an interviewer 💛 Had the loveliest conversation with
@Varun_dvn
about
#October
on
#AmazonPrimeVideos
and his friends over at
#YouTube
Been a few days since I've seen
#Karwaan
but I carry the movie with me in my heart.
@irrfank
was extraextraordinary and
@dulQuer
and
@mipalkar
filled me up with so many emotions. One of the most brilliant films I've seen. Definitely something I'll be rewatching throughout my life
can you think of a time when
@TripathiiPankaj
has not been pitch perfect? nope, me neither 🌟 and
@kritisanon
has upped her game and howwww in and as
#mimi
💯💯
Ahh
#VeereDiWeeding
was such a feel good film! My takeaways: everyone deserves a veere like
@ShikhaTalsania
, there is no role
@ReallySwara
can’t play to perfection and
@vyas_sumeet
sorry proposals have been such a pain for you from Permanent Roommates to now but you da best 💕
I have❗️news❗️: Last month, I moved on from
@qz
where I spent 7 precious years. I have SO many people to thank for shaping me, a fresh college grad, into a journalist that strives to be inquisitive, aspirational, and assiduous. I'll undoubtedly miss some people but let me try...
#Stree
's going to be my new Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. I've already seen it twice in theatres and can't wait to keep rewatching it on whatever on-demand platform it moves to. Already learnt most of the dialogues, too 😂 p.s. does that makes
@RajkummarRao
my new SRK? 😱😛
What a treat it was to chat with the multi-talented, down-to-earth
@vyas_sumeet
☺️ He may have gone mainstream with the Rs100crore-blockbuster
#VeereDiWedding
but don't worry
#PermanentRoommate
fans, his love for the web is still alive and kicking!
i joined
@restofworld
in 2024 but before that, i was an avid reader and inspired journalist. the bold, nuanced stories left me in awe. at times, it was hard to articulate just how amazing RoW is, but not any more. our 2023 impact report does the job:
Ather, a pioneer in India's electric scooter market back in 2013, exists in a very different world today: one with deep-pocketed rivals scaling up with speed. Still, founders
@tarunsmehta
@swapniljain89
stay focused on homegrown design above all else
i feel 😒😒😒 every time a company pushes stories about its “7-year-old app developer” and “14-year-old entrepreneur” just let kids chill man what is this rat race kids edition in the middle of a pandemic
Humble beginnings to global domination, you go
@priyankachopra
👊🏽 Here's an excerpt from
@chhabs
's biography, recounting when
@anjulaacharia
decided, "I want to make her a star to I want to make her a face in America”
Hi
@MumbaiPolice
2/3 of these are road signs. The ghost hand with the Mumbai marathon stamp in khar is not. Looks like a temporary, fake sign. This is not an official road sign and we refuse to pay any fine for it unless you can prove otherwise. Your response?
it’s so interesting (read: frustrating) to me that women are saying “your fake accent is irritating” “why does she look like a man” and other nasty things on
@priyankachopra
’s allure video which is trying to build women up like I don’t even 😑🤦🏽♀️ I hate people
wow
@TripathiiPankaj
is too cute. i mean the man walked into cottonworld to shop, cooked kerala for his wife and kids before the interview and is ready to do average acting to avoid upstaging insecure actors 😂 film companion's best
@anupamachopra
!👏🏽
Watched
#Hamid
last night and the sensitivity with which it has been made is exemplary. What a heartwarming story. The little boy stole my heart. And
@RasikaDugal
, you are now my female
@RajkummarRao
. Anything you're in, I'll watch with blind faith that it'll be fantastic 🤩
If there’s one thing Kabir Singh is not meant to be, it’s likeable... likeable stalkers, disguising toxic masculinity with song and dance, complemented by a Manish Malhotra wardrobe, those are the ones we need to worry about
related: after bhaag milkha bhaag and soorma, i never want
@Shankar_Live
@EhsaanNoorani
and
@loy_mendonsa
to stop creating motivational, sports movie soundtracks. i feel invincible when i listen to these songs 👊🏽
@RichaChadha
🤦🏽♀️ jeez this is not even close to the full quote...totally missing the point. the complete & correct version is here: and thank you for sharing your inspiring thoughts with us at
@qzindia
!
bear with me for a few tweets while i share my labour of love. i've spent three years closely tracking
#h1b
issues and this feels like some kind of a culmination (for now). sharing this brand new
@qz
field guide by yours truly 🛂
so you watch soorma and you're like
@diljitdosanjh
is awesome. then 3 days later, when it actually sinks in that
@flickersingh
exists, you get overwhelmed all over again 🏑 so much respect! p.s.
@Imangadbedi
+ sandeep singh's real life brother are amazing
Very proud of my colleague
@_ananyaaa
for being nominated for the
@sajahq
award for her brilliant reporting on this story for
@qzindia
.
Ananya is one of the most hardworking and diligent reporters I've known. Sending her all the luck for this one. 🤞🏽
HAHAHA 2:56
@sapanv
i watched black pather + avengers twice in the cinema with different sets of people and guilty of doing this every. single. time 🙆🏽♀️
In a truly global move,
@qz
got writers across the world to ask local offline businesses what the online means to them. Here's my contribution to the series:
PSA: my bitter
#july4th
tweets 100% stem from spending on an NYU degree and getting job(s) but then being at the mercy of a dumb lottery system in a hostile, anti-immigrant environment and hence “choosing” to move back. I love India but I also would’ve loved no stress also ok bye
been sick for the past few days and realised that more PR people than relatives will enquire about me when i die. "hey ananya, are you planning to use these inputs? haven't seen your story! are you still alive? if not, will your story still publish?"
this
@restofworld
feature took six months to report. i'll be going back to it for the next six months at least — in part to play with the stunning maps but mostly to marvel at how engaging and discernible the writing is.
@VickiTurk
@DarrenLoucaides
, in awe
a tweet, a mayor, partying with evan spiegel and jack dorsey, drunkenly befriending investors, the lure of the sun and the threat of hurricanes...this
@NicolasFuRivero
story is a wild ride beyond explanation. just do yourself a favour and read it 🌴
i’d like to report a theft.
@amolparashar
stole my personality for his character in feels like ishq 😜 also radhika madan is a cutieeee (with a constant supply of tequila and large pockets in her lehenga!! winning)
#FeelsLikeIshq
i haven't been publishing stories daily CAUSE SOMETHING BIG IS COMINGGG for
@qz
members. can't wait for everyone to see it. in the meantime, i'm getting back to making daily appearances on
@qzindia
🤓
watched the
#super30
trailer two days back and still not over how bad it looks. rohit from koi mil gaya needs shower and drop that bandra-boy-trying-to-go-undercover-in-bhopal accent. and most importantly, THIS IS THE MAIN LEAD ROLE
@TripathiiPankaj
DESERVES because
"Investing in an idea like Ather must have taken a lot of chutzpah, even for those who are not particularly averse to some risk." —
@atherenergy
's
@tarunsmehta
Some eye-opening insights from
@KHosanagar
and
@aghose
+ data on how India hopes to become an AI powerhouse by copying China’s model—but will it get there?
i thought PR people calling for stuff they could email was bad but you know what's worse? PR people calling 3 times in 10 mins and making it look like an emergency when it's not. JUST EMAIL ME and call for IMPORTANT THINGS ONLY thanks bye
being a journalist is hard. if you misspell/mispronounce anything, your friends look at you like “you must suck at your job” NO IM HUMAN I MAKE MISTAKES ok bye
ok i didn't wanna say it but i'm gonna say it. please stop calling me to tell me to check my email unless it's earth-shatteringly urgent. it is my job. i do check it. very frequently. just maybe not in the 0.04secs that you take to press send and simultaneously call kthxbye
Among the 4
#LustStories
movies, I enjoyed
@karanjohar
's the most. What a strangely endearing tale 🥰 And a hundred claps for
@vickykaushal09
's pitch-perfect, almost lovable depiction of blissful ignorance about his wife's desires 💯👏🏽😂
we blame men for sexism misogyny chauvinism etc but some women are poking holes in the feminism thing we got going here. we’re supposed to be on the same side sistahhh(s) get with it thank you rant over
uh last i checked a cornerstone of feminism is for women to not pull other women down. what are these nugatory attacks on
@taapsee
@ReallySwara
@RichaChadha
@KanikaDhillon
@ anybodywhodoesn'tagreewithkangana achieving? ⚠️check yoself before you wreck yoself queen⚠️