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Soumya

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Soumya

@bytesofnews

I write and edit. Buy your copy of BHARAT BLUFF by @RoliBooks now! amazon.in/Bharat-Bluff-I…

Mumbai, India

Joined July 2013

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Soumya
@bytesofnews
May 13
✨Some exciting news✨ For two years, I have been working on an exciting project -- chronicling online scams in India and trying to understand how exactly we developed a 'scam economy'. It's all come together finally in my book! Bharat Bluff, by @RoliBooks is OUT NOW
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Feb 10, 2025
here👇🏼
माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC
@mybmc
Feb 9, 2025
Replying to @Trendulkar
Please share the exact location to resolve this issue
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Aug 5, 2025
yeah living in mumbai is literal hell for 99% people and someone’s head was literally pierced by a sariya today while commuting but so glad the ppl in power AND opposition are mobilising overnight for Pigeon Rights
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Feb 28, 2021
everyday we stray further away from god (pic by a friend)
Soumya
@bytesofnews
Jun 9, 2021
me all day: fuck deadline im napping me at 1.26am: should I do MBA
Soumya
@bytesofnews
Nov 4, 2025
who falls for such PR. look at this city. we live inside a garbage dump. there are no roads, only tracks. there are no footpaths. and everywhere i look, some ugly politician's face greets me while i steel myself to walk through garbage everyday thanks devabhau🙏
Vishal Bhargava
@VishalBhargava5
Nov 4, 2025
Maharashtra CM @Dev_Fadnavis lashes out at contractors for slow pace of infrastructure development. Orders them to move quicker. Good decision. One step he must add: Punish contractors and officers who do disasters. Example: The infamous Palava bridge that has shamed India.
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Jun 2, 2025
for what's happening at Zepto, did you know that there's a subreddit dedicated to disgruntled zepto customers with more than 9k members. It was started this jan!
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Nov 1, 2025
Me, newbie to Mumbai, fell asleep in local pulling in at churchgate Random stranger hits me on the head while walking by “Eh uth ja yard jayegi” true spirit of mumbai 🤌
Mumbai Heritage
@mumbaiheritage
Oct 31, 2025
What’s the funniest comment you heard in a #MumbaiLocal train? "train rukne ke baad utrega kya?" Pic from 1984
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Apr 15, 2025
DLF ke flat k liye aadmi kya kuch nahin kar sakta
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Dec 4, 2024
So apparently Zepto is sneaking dark patterns into its check out flow? Some folks reporting the totals of individual items aren't adding up to the bill final. Reminder that the Central Consumer Protection Authority has banned 13 kinds of dark patterns But...
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Jul 8, 2023
that headline
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Apr 21, 2021
My relatives in Lucknow, after much struggle, secured home collection of RT PCR test samples. This includes my nearly 90 year old grandma. Technician: Ma'am hum sample le lein ge but order hai negative dene ka. A few days ago, they received reports saying they don't have covid
Soumya
@bytesofnews
Mar 24, 2025
My BMC hard at work now that all the roads of the city are built, flyovers functional, cracks and footpaths repaired 🙏🏾
Richa Pinto
@richapintoi
Mar 24, 2025
BMC Inspects @kunalkamra88 show venue, unauthorised shed being removed: The venue in Khar West where comedian Kunal Kamra recently performed is now being inspected by BMC officials. They are reviewing the ground-plus-three-storey building’s plans and for now found a temporary
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Soumya
@bytesofnews
Jun 25, 2023
now that i'm older and a journalist in mumbai i don't like wake up sid anymore. woh ladki ko columnist ki naukri, mast 2bhk, live-in ki permission, hot boss ke saath affair, end mein boyfriend bhi, sab kuch mil gaya hum log faltu mehnat kar rhe hain???
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