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Mekhala Krishnamurthy arrived at Penn fresh from fieldwork in Harda. In the library, she found that the Indologist William N Brown had spent his early years in Harda too, a century prior:
My conversation with @CASIPenn's first postdoc:
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This is a fantastic piece by @kikumbhar, who also elaborates on some of these arguments in his forthcoming book.
The establishment of @aiims_newdelhi sparked debates over whether Indians preferred 'Western' or 'indigenous' forms of medicine. These debates masked the elite ignorance and elite self-interest that continue to shape healthcare policy. @kikumbhar writes
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Excl: Face-off with China continues at multiple locations in Arunachal: ITBP D-G . First official confirmation on skirmishes between PLA and Indian Army since July, that were on even when Xi Jinping visited Delhi for BRICS. @vijaita reports @the_hindu
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At this year’s @litlivemumbai , I shall be in conversation with Naresh Fernandes, the brilliant editor of @scroll_in . The session is titled “Gandhi Matters”, and will be held at the NCPA’s Experimental Theatre, 24th October, 630 pm onwards.
@tajmahalfoxtrot
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Visit of External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to Azerbaijan (October 23, 2026)marks a full, positive turnaround in ties post Op Sindoor tensions in 2025.
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"Policy makers in India recently asked a remarkable and unusual question by global standards... The SECI-discovered thermal mimicking price for renewable power is now 10 per cent cheaper than new coal... We have crossed a tipping point." mayin.org/ajayshah/MEDIA/202…
"What is distinctive in 2026 is the combination of the two, where surveillance records generated at one protest were used to direct pre-emptive action before the next... to restrict and detain those who could arrive, miles away from Delhi."
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"I must confess that I know nothing whatever about true underlying reality, having never met any. There are many people who say they have, I know, but they’ve luckier than I."
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"Anger has been the driving force for most political movements. Yet the anger that is taken seriously and considered politically valid is most often male."
@NidhiSuresh_ on "a slow shift in the ownership and performance of rage."
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Few editors say it so plainly. Speaking at the RSS Vijayadashami celebration in Nagpur, Dainik Jagran editor-in-chief Sanjay Gupta declared: “The ideology of the Sangh and Jagran is one at the point of loyalty and dedication to Indian Sanatan culture and the nation.”
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Openings for THREE research associates (impact) in the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King's. You should have a PhD in a discipline related to faculty research (political economy, security studies/IR, development, geography, global health, education,communication)
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I can categorically say this claim from @DelhiPolice is a lie. It took the phones.
“We did not take anyone’s phones. These people misplace their phones themselves or leave them at home. They then put pressure on the police.”
24 phones missing after Delhi Police detentions. Where did they go?
Detainees say police took their phones and promised to return them. The police deny taking them. An e-FIR has been filed, but the phones remain unaccounted for. @SavyasachiAstha
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World's 4th largest refining capacity (and due to Ukrainian strikes on Russian plants, probably world's 3rd largest if measured as "usable capacity" right now)
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It was great to meet with Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar and UAE Foreign Minister @ABZayed to discuss regional energy security and advance our shared economic priorities.
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A bit late posting my piece for @IndianExpress on #ECINET's role in autocratic digitisation
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Frames the use of IT+"quasi-legal" orders to subvert the law, challenging the view that digitisation = better accountability & transparency. 3 key concerns👇(1/n)
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It seems like the idea is to heckle or disrupt but it’s actually scene-setting for Republic TV to boldly take on Neha — with her audio down, you’ll only hear ‘brave reporter’ Harsh’s manufactured confrontation.
Watch how it played on primetime today, it’s Arnab’s studio formula taken to the streets: accuse, mute the person you’re accusing, and go wild attributing criminal motives to them. Exactly what happened in the JNU sedition case, Bhima Koregaon, Shaheen Bagh, Farmer’s protest, endless lists…
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A must-read report by Zaen Alkazi
He traces large-scale revolt of over 2 lakh Indian contract workers in 2026, tracing how they spread strikes across northern India, on social media, marching factory to factory, networks built over years of migration archive.is/20261001100945/ht…
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Few things to note: Delhi Police still hasn’t returned phones of people detained. The brunt of the protest is falling on the ground staff working gruelling shifts, executing a strategy with no clear endgame. And the intimidation isn’t quite working: “police ki maar ka bura nahin maante”, says a cop. By the end, protestors are pretty much scolding them to let them go
Anyone who gets detained will come out with serious doubts on whether @DelhiPolice's attempts at initimidation are working. My report from inside the now-infamous community centre at Pandwalan Khurd. newslaundry.com/2026/10/14/w…. cc: @svaradarajan, @Jayati1609, @Aakar__Patel.
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The million-dollar question. Are the efforts by @BJP4India and @delhipolice to intimidate Indians working? If the detention centre at Pandwalan Khurd is anything to go by, nope, nada, nahin. (And, trust me on this. I was in there).
Beatings, seized phones, and detentions on the outskirts of Delhi.
Read @mrajshekhar's chilling eyewitness account of a crackdown that appears to be fuelling the anger it seeks to contain.
newslaundry.com/2026/10/14/w…