A journalist’s job is to tell you when the emperor has no clothes.
Anahita Mukherji
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- If you’re an Indian who spoke up for #GeorgeFloyd but are deafeningly silent on Uttar Pradesh, you didn’t give a $!!@& about George Floyd to begin with. #hathras
- Am I the only one who still has recurring dreams about being unprepared for a maths exam?
- Guys, you know what it means when a woman is out late at night, drinking with you? It means she trusts you.
- Journalism is not meant to reflect any country/religious identity. It’s meant to tell the truth. The awards you’re thinking of are for public relations.
- Thread: Dalits in US tech companies say caste discrimination from upper castes at work is rampant. I explore the manifestation of India’s centuries-old caste system in US MNCs, in the wake of California’s historic lawsuit against Cisco. @thewire_in
- I recall tonnes of WhatsApp forwards last year on the science of thaali banging and how it prevents COVID. Haven’t received them in a while.
- If you want to revisit the India of the 1980s/90s, just walk into an Indian restaurant in Silicon Valley. You can tell the precise year in which the owners left India. Because that’s the year they’re still living in. Replete with Shemaroo videos & Mithun songs.
- There was a time when any mention of the massacre of Muslims in the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat was met with “What about 1984?” Haven’t heard that in a while now. The pseudo concern for the massacre of Sikhs seems to have rapidly evaporated.
- What exactly did the cycling federation think Jyoti was doing? Practising for Tour de France?‘Bicycle girl’ Jyoti turns down offer from Cycling Federation, to focus on studies. “I also feel physically weak now after such a long arduous journey.” कोई मंत्री Jyoti से भी पूछेगा की वो क्या चाहती है या सिर्फ social media पर वाह वाही बटोरेगा! thehindu.com/sport/bicycle-…
- A desi friend in America is shocked by #GeorgeFloyd’s murder. Says she doesn’t think the Indian police could be this cruel. #nowords
- And unlike leaders in US and some European counties, the PM of India is lucky that journalists don’t ask him to hold a press conference.Advantage of having a leader who has a high belief score is that citizens take what he takes seriously. Unlike US & some European countries where leaders have waffled, PM @narendramodi has been crystal clear in his messaging. He's been able to get masses to rally to his message.
