I've covered conflict for 20 yrs. During this story, I called my wife & said: I just had worst interview of my life.
Jeffrey Gettleman
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Jeffrey Gettleman
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Foreign correspondent for The New York Times and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Author of the memoir, Love, Africa. Retweets do not equal endorsements.
- When a young Indian woman is attacked by goons, she doesn't turn into a victim. She turns into a hero. Aishe Ghosh. Read about her here: nyti.ms/2G1OgZq
- As I interviewed a Rohingya woman whose baby was killed, I got angry at myself. Why am I putting her through this?
- Seeing a lot of discussion about India's media. Under Modi, India's Press is Not So Free Anymore. A New York Times investigation into India's media landscape:
- When Kamala Harris was facing a tight election in California a few years ago, what did she do? She called her aunt 8,000 miles away in Chennai to smash coconuts for her at a Hindu temple, for good luck. And she won! More here: nyti.ms/3gXGgt8
- After India’s health ministry repeatedly blamed an Islamic seminary for spreading the coronavirus — and governing party officials spoke of “human bombs” and “corona jihad” — a spree of anti-Muslim attacks has broken out across the country. nyti.ms/2VjtOu8
- Good news just in: India's air is cleaner than it has been in DECADES ! The lockdown has delivered blue skies over the world's most polluted cities. Many difficulties remain. But the air here is vastly improved. Read all about it: nytimes.com/2020/04/08/wor…
- India is facing three crises: the fastest growing Covid crisis; the deepest slump of any major economy; and incessant trouble on its border with China. Many scholars say this is one of the toughest times India has faced since Independence. Read here:
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- Unlike Russia that has sent prisoners and conscripts to do its dirtiest fighting, Ukraine is reaching deep into all levels of society to fight this war. It is losing some of its “best of the best.” The tragic story of one professional couple ….
- A Tale of Two Refugees. A young man fleeing war in Sudan and a young woman evacuating Ukraine cross into Poland at the same time. What happens to them says a lot about the world we live in. Written with @MonikaPronczuk.
- India’s train system is like the blood vessels of this nation. In an exclusive story that took months to report, we found that the government’s enormous train operation to bring home stranded migrant laborers spread Covid-19 across this country. Read here: nyti.ms/383G4FG
- How many people are really dying right now in India? It's a very sad, frightening situation and our India team surveyed areas across the country, finding huge discrepancies between what has been reported and what's happening on the ground. Please read.
- America isn't sending troops to Ukraine. But in many ways, it's the war the US has been waiting for. Here's the story of a former Marine colonel who's unusually open about his past. He's now on the frontlines in Ukraine. Read here, with this gift link: nytimes.com/2022/10/09/wor…
