@NewhouseSU & Jadavpur University alum. Currently, building interactives @htTweets; Past - @down2earthindia, @IndiaToday;
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My first ever interactive and that too no D3, who would have thought! Some QGIS, Illustrator and Svelte and hell lotta debugging via Claude later, my first interactive for @down2earthindia is up!
Washed Away! A new AI-powered global flood dataset by @MSFTResearch shows India as the world’s biggest hotspot. One in every 10 sq km of the country has been underwater at least once in the past decade.
From Punjab’s paddy fields to Bihar’s devastating river floods, the interactive map reveals startling patterns of inundation. Globally, flood-prone land is 71 per cent higher than earlier estimates, with a steady 5 per cent rise in flood extent every year.
Scroll through the map and story by @down2earthindia's @PulahaRoy and @NanditaBanerji_ to see what’s at stake: downtoearth.org.in/washed_aw…
Sharing a quick screengrab tutorial below to help you navigate the page 👇
hindustantimes.com/specials/…
How effective are the pollution measures by the Delhi government? For @htTweets next interactive, keep scrolling to find out.
PS - we got a feedback from our editors to allow the illustrations to speak for themselves so we did just that — no "scrolly"!
Pulaha Roy retweeted
to the most respected finance minister. i have a doubt. please find time to answer me.
you say that the venue for a debate is the parliament.
you say that my home minister, amit shah has offered a special session to debate.
you say that if rahul gandhi - the leader of opposition, wants to debate my prime minister, he should come to the parliament.
ma'am, let's start by pointing out some facts.
jul 20 - the parliament session opens. narendra modi, the ever so hon'ble prime minister - addresses the media - outside the parliament. he asks for a fact-based debate.
jul 24 - Amit Shah's National Honour Bill is introduced in Rajya Sabha, by Nityanand Rai, who is MoS for home affairs. Jairam Ramesh asks "Where is the Cabinet Minister". This is present in the RS Transcript.
jul 29 - Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition - asks "why is the Home Minister not here today?". This is also present in the LS Transcript.
jul 30 - Rahul Gandhi asks "why Shah is so scared of coming to Parliament"
aug 4 - Amit Shah, is seen in the parliamentary complex. at an NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting. He Doesn't enter the house. as per reporting from Navbharat Live.
aug 6 - Mallikarjun Kharge, in Rajya Sabha, asks "Why is the Prime Minister not coming? Why is the Home Minister not coming?" as Per Kerala Kamudi - this is consistent with the RS transcript.
aug 11 - congress MP Manickam Tagore attacks the absent home minister. as per reporting by the ANI.
aug 12 - Amit Shah says to the media, "have been coming to Parliament regularly since the Session began; I sit in my chamber."
talking to the media, at around 12:30 PM, Amit Shah offered "If the Opposition wrote to the speaker, there would be a debate from 3 PM wednesday (12 aug - the same day) to 3 PM thursday (13 aug - the next day)
this was roughly a 2 hour window to submit the letter.
he further said "I will sit in the House; I will listen to everyone and respond to every point."
Rahul Gandhi said "We are not interested in listening to his lecture, Who shot those students? Who blinded that student? Who ordered the lathi charge?"
this referred to the Pellet Shots fired at the Student, Sahil Lochav. He asked about the Lathi Charge that happened in the protests on July 20th.
The Opposition wanted a statement from Shah about this, Shah wanted them to submit a letter to the speaker, in a window of roughly 2 hours - after not being present for 17 straight settings. with no recorded appearance.
aug 13 - Lok Sabha sits for 4 minutes. 11:00 AM to 11:04 AM. The National Song, Vande Mataram, is played. and then, the house is adjourned sine die. Both ever so honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shri Amit Shah were present on these days. for the 4 minutes.
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Respected Finance Minister Ma'am,
These were the facts I have pointed out. I have not said anything that was my own opinion. I have not framed the facts in a way that support any party. My facts were gathered by scraping Documents from the LS and RS portal, OCR'ing the PDFs, then parsing them and then Aggregating News Sources. - and pointing out facts from them. Cold, Hard, Records.
I have not asked any questions yet - which I will do now.
I am a human. I have evolved Pattern Seeking skills.
I spot a pattern here. I see that for the entirety of the Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Modi, and Home Minister Shah, did not utter a word on the record of the Lok Sabha. They were not present in the house except for the last 4 minutes, on the last day.
Shah says "He was sitting in his cabin",
Ma'am, I don't think debates happen when you sit alone in a cabin. It happens on the floor, where the other side can ask questions too.
I don't see a meaningful debate happening in an environment like the Parliament. I say this with utter disappointment.
If Parliament is the venue for debate, why did the two most senior members of the government not speak there once in 19 sittings? And why was the one offer to debate made to the press on the 18th day, with a deadline of a couple of hours?
Why are there "offers" even? I think it is your responsibility to be in debates because that is your entire job.
As you say, "Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them." -- Well, were Amit Shah or Narendra Modi, hearing the Questions being asked? They were not in the house even.
Please Answer my Doubts. I would be very obliged if you do so.
Regards,
Sarthak
Rahul ji, you ask the Prime Minister to choose a venue for a debate. There is already one: Parliament, where you happen to be the LoP.
Just yesterday, Home Minister Shri @AmitShah offered a special session to debate SIR and EVMs. Why not show the same enthusiasm for a debate in Parliament that you show while issuing challenges on social media?
Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them.
There have been several occasions when you and your party have walked out of Parliament while the government was responding to your allegations. How do you claim to be so eager for a debate when you don’t even stay to hear the other side?
It doesn’t stop at walkouts. You and the INDI Alliance have repeatedly disrupted proceedings, leading to entire sittings being washed out. If you are so keen on debating, why not allow Parliament to function in the first place?
And then there’s the mock Parliament you recently held at the Congress President’s residence. Frankly, that was more a ‘mockery of Parliament’ than a ‘mock Parliament’. You found the time and enthusiasm for that exercise. Surely, the real Parliament deserves at least as much.
You speak endlessly about protecting democracy and the Constitution. But that respect should also reflect in how you treat the institutions they have established.
As for the issues you frivolously raise, bring specific allegations and evidence to back them up. Simply throwing together a long list of accusations doesn’t make your case any stronger. As LoP, you are expected to show some seriousness and responsibility.
You say, “Daro mat.”
Then bring the facts, face the scrutiny and stay to hear the answers. In the House, uphold the standards of debate you demand from others.
Pulaha Roy retweeted
FC Augsburg believes it's quite terrible to have 17 other Bundesliga clubs sitting on a bunch of the league's limited supply of points.
Pulaha Roy retweeted
🚨The SIR has repeatedly been sold as an exercise to identify “illegal foreigners”. Data from at least six states shows only 1,600 found in a combined electorate of over 98 million. Also no standardised SOPs were issued which means several states didn’t even collect this data. @htTweets
Pulaha Roy retweeted
Enjoy Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal. We were the laughing stock of football. Turned us into English Champions. Respected in Europe.
Our fanbase has not had it this good since Prime Wenger. No one will ever stop me from fully backing Mikel. Gaffer!!!!!
Hope the good times last forever.
Pulaha Roy retweeted
Civilian protests across India have been increasingly met with police intervention — and allegations of excessive force have taken center stage. Reuters examined the guidelines and recent protest data to explore where these possible excesses against demonstrators are happening and why reut.rs/47jBORq
Had lot of fun building this project. Scroll away 👇🏽
#HTImmersive : A commercial aircraft’s cockpit door is armoured, its cabin doors are sealed by air pressure, and its slides inflate in seconds. Most of the safeguards were introduced after an accident or a disaster. In this immersive, HT looks at the engineering meant to keep an airliner safe in flight.
hindustantimes.com/specials/…
Pulaha Roy retweeted
Think deeper - If someone has access to centralised, booth-level data on electors from the SIR, Census data, and Form 20 results in Excel or CSV format, how easy would it be to use these datasets to design a delimitation exercise that serves their own interests?
Pulaha Roy retweeted
This is probably why Cong is little better than BJP. But dictatorial governance will not be tolerated by the younger lot unlike us.
The handling of the protestors yesterday by Bengaluru Police will be reviewed.
The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy. It must be respected, protected and never suppressed.
I have issued instructions to the police to ensure that no peaceful demonstration is disrupted.
I also appeal to all protesters to cooperate with the police and keep the authorities informed, so that their safety and the rights of others are protected as well.
The police are here to protect your rights, not to stand in the way of your voice.
Our responsibility is not merely to maintain law and order, but to create an environment where every citizen can express dissent freely, peacefully and without fear.
In a democracy, peaceful dissent is not a threat to law and order. It is a right that law and order must protect.
Follow @prabhat_tiwarii for on ground live updates. He is doing a stellar job 👏🏽
Pulaha Roy retweeted
One man saw us in the gutter, the laughing stock of the league and said I am willing to take on the criticism, hate and abuse to connect us back to the club we love. First managerial role, made us Champions of England and still not satisfied. To the very end Mikel Arteta.
Pulaha Roy retweeted
1/ We recently ran an immersive story, or what some call "scrollytelling", on the glacier collapse in Nepal that set off deadly floods. It's the best way to explain why we started SimplyPut, our explainers section, and an immersives IP at HT. Thread:
hindustantimes.com/specials/…
It’s been less than a month since I joined @htTweets immersive desk and we have churned out four interactives (not bad), made with lot of love and care. We are constantly trying to evolve and integrate best storytelling techniques, so if you have any suggestions, let us know!
Pulaha Roy retweeted
Declan Rice knew exactly what he was doing. 🧠
He looked at the guaranteed, plastic success at City and chose the real project instead. He understands that lifting just one properly earned trophy at the Emirates is worth a hundred bought titles over there. No amount of financial doping could buy his integrity.
What a player, what a mentality! 👊
add removing feudal mindset from the rural belt, which China successfully got rid of by the 1970s, but most self proclaimed defenders of democracy, like this guy, won’t mention that.
My first interactive for @htTweets also got to work on @maplibre for the 3D topography. Hopefully, first of the many.
🎥 A Himalayan glacier collapse near the Nepal-China border in late August triggered a devastating surge of ice, mud and water, giving people downstream little time to respond. HT’s interactive traces the deadly flood’s path through Nepal’s valleys.
🔗 Read the full story for a detailed look at how the disaster unfolded: hindustantimes.com/specials/…
@LamaPrawesh ✍🏻
Graphic & web development: @PulahaRoy
Pulaha Roy retweeted
A glacier collapse near the Nepal-China border unleashed a torrent of ice, mud and water, devastating those in its path. This HT immersive story traces the deadly flood’s journey through Nepal’s valleys. Masterful storytelling by @LamaPrawesh & @PulahaRoy. hindustantimes.com/specials/…
