'Women are travelling like they are possessed. Where are they going? This is just not good. We men get no space on buses. These women do no work at home, just roam around all day.” Fascinating, compelling report by ⁦Uma Vishnu⁩ and Jithendra M.
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Satyajit Ray's 103rd birth anniversary. He towered above us all, both physically and intellectually.
An aside, Kishore Kumar quietly contributed to the funding of Pather Panchali & sang for Ray for free in Charulata.
Genius recognized genius!
Picture, by Henri Cartier-Bresson

There will come a time when people, looking back at today’s extreme inequality will be shocked that we tolerated this, the same way that we get shocked that our ancestors tolerated slavery & serfdom.

Birthday of one of the world’s great film directors, Satyajit Ray. With Marlon Brando, Indira Gandhi, Ravi Shankar & Nehru.

“Everyone thought he was dead.” First sentence, The Book of Illusions, Paul Auster (1947-2024)

A massive ‘sex abuse’ case hits a general election, but primetime doesn’t see it as news: Rubika hosted two shows. As usual praised PM, calling him “BJP ki jeet ka Brahmastra”

The Prajwal Revanna case didn’t even make it to top 50 news stories of the day
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Exclusive: It’ll be a year since the women whose sexual assault made it in a viral video filed their case. I accessed the CBI chargesheet and found that though police complicity is clear, no cops or accused Meitei extremist groups have been questioned article-14.com/post/manipur-p…

Many of you are wondering why Prajwal Revanna videos didn’t hit the news cycle before since they have been doing rounds for months. There are two reasons. One is that he got a court gag order last year itself claiming videos may come. This is a list we made of other gag orders

The way misinformation about forest fires spread yesterday, I began to doubt if I was residing in the same town ( #Nainital ) that the media was writing about.
SUGGESTION for journalists: Please talk to required sources rather than relying solely on news agencies for information.

Forest fires are raging in #Uttarakhand . Today, IAF's Mi-17 helicopter was deployed to douse fires in #Nainital , which has received no rainfall for several months. This year, 720+ hectares already impacted by fires in U'khand.
Visuals: Special arrangement
Data: State forest dept

Widespread complaints in Mathura from people who arrived at the polling booths only to be told their names were missing from the rolls.

There's been a lot of noise about AI replacing editors. I am an editor, and I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. In fact, in the age of AI and algorithms serving up endless and indistinguishable content, editors are about to become more vital than ever.

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Incisive reporting by Rokibuz Zaman — interesting details on how lower caste Muslim communities in Barak Valley region are opting for the BJP. Scroll.in

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Latest in my #NortheasternView column for Hindustan Times:

#ArunachalPradesh wants to resettle the #Chakmas & #Hajongs to #Assam . But, Assam doesn't want them. Its time leaders stop using these two communities for political mileage. Modi gov must protect them.

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A couple of stories on how the elections are playing out in Assam's Barak Valley.

1. The promise of relief to Bengali Hindu migrants tangled in citizenship cases with the CAA may have fizzled, but the support for the BJP in the community has not swayed indianexpress.com/article/politi…

Zero voter turnout in six districts of eastern Nagaland amid shutdown call over statehood demand

The demand for a new state arises because this region is significantly more backward than the rest of Nagaland. Our old story on:

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Special polling station for the internally displaced persons nicely decked up today inviting those in the relief camps to come and cast their vote. Some have turned up, many are boycotting.

Huge loss to LSE, but what a coup for University of Oxford. Alpa Shah, shame we overlapped as colleagues only for a year as we swapped institutions. Good luck with the next step in your career!

We are delighted to announce Alpa Shah as Statutory Professor in Social Anthropology and Fellow of All Souls College from 1 October 2024.
We look forward to welcoming her to University of Oxford!
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I write on Toxicity in Indian Newsrooms: While it is okay to be demanding, a boss should never overstep and be toxic. It’s a red line that should never be crossed. The Wire Editors Guild of India