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Life’s too short for bad tv. Mostly retweets.

Chicago
Joined July 2009
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Inhale. Exhale. Repeat.
here is a thread of animations I made for anyone who could use some deep breaths
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Replying to @ABPNews
@ABPNews की ये ख़बर देखिए. ये चैनल मुझे वेश्या और कॉल गर्ल बताना चाहता है. मैं सरकार से सवाल पूछूँगी तो ये बिके हुए चैनल मुझे इस तरह से अपमानित करने का प्रयास करेंगे. इस देश का महिला आयोग मर गया है क्या? @NCWIndia इन गोदी चैनलों का भाजपा की दलाली से पेट नहीं भर रहा है. इन्हें अब बेटियों का सम्मान खाना है. @narendramodi इस देश को आपने बेटियों के लिए नर्क बना दिया है.
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When I started using the Delhi Metro, I was struck by everything: air-conditioned coaches, audio announcements, automatic turnstiles, even staff who allowed me to chain my bicycle outside the station. Today, I had the honor of documenting it in @nytimes nytimes.com/2026/09/02/headw…
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A new low for news channel @TimesNow 👏👏 Used AI irresponsibly to recreate video of victim being beaten. Think of the surviving family that will see this and weep 😢 Multiple layers of Management + Editorial agreed to create and air this. UNSUBSCRIBE all Times-products
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no RAF, no pellet guns, all in good fun year after year
In UP's Meerut, policemen in plain clothes were brutally assaulted by Kanwariyas over allegations of desecration in Daurala area. A man, believed to be a cop, ran towards sugarcane field to save his life but was ambushed and mercilessly flogged using stick.
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While I was reporting for @Article14live on Facial Recognition Technology used by Delhi police, I found myself on their monitor. Delhi police was caught on camera surveilling a journalist on duty. When I confronted them, this is what they had to say.
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Ashrut retweeted
The moral timidity of Sachin Tendulkar will be his legacy. Laanat.
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Tear gas and batons. Suspended metro services and mobile internet. Reported unnecessary and excessive use of force against peaceful protesters. Demonstrators in India were marching towards parliament to demand the resignation of a Union education minister following alleged examination paper leaks that affected millions of students. The Delhi Police responded with violent crackdowns. Indian authorities must ensure that all allegations of unlawful conduct against these Cockroach Party-led protests are promptly, independently, and impartially investigated.
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The sheer amount of anti-Modi hatred at the protests is astonishing. Not just against the government or the Party in general, but against Modi personally. People are mocking him directly, shouting anti-Modi slogans, singing songs cursing him, defacing his posters and images, and it won't be surprising if people start burning his effigies on the streets. This is an astonishing failure of Modi's omnipresent PR machinery. For more than a decade, they worked overtime to sanitize Modi's image, mythologizing him as an infallible, quasi-divine entity beyond reproach. Credit for every successful government policy was always attributed to him, while he was carefully kept away from all its failures, for which his minions (e.g. ministers) eagerly absorbed the blame. Corporate media sang his praises and extolled his virtues day after day. It was perhaps the biggest cult of personality in modern India's political history, surpassing even that of Nehru. And today, it's all going down the drain. The house of cards is crashing down. As always, pride came before the fall. Style can only win over substance for so long.
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Despite calling them out ( @TajinderBagga @Mrsinha @UnSubtleDesi ) for sharing clipped video, more than an hour back, None of them have deleted their misleading tweet or apologised for sharing misleading video. These BJP members and Iat cell trolls have been waiting for a slightest oppertunity to bring in Hindu-Muslim angle to target the Protesting students.. Beware! They did the same during Shaheen bagh protest, They did the same during Farmers Protest. They are trying the same formula even now.
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Everybody should watch Samdish's coverage video. The man did exactly what a journalist is supposed to do, and more. I have never seen such anger on his face.
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Shameful.
BREAKING || Rahul Gandhi Detained During Protest Near 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.
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IIT Rorkee’s gag order warning students from using social media for participating or discussing current student protests. IIT Roorkee calls students not to say or do anything which is capable of embarrassing relation between Central govt and IIT.
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Rahul Gandhi today exhibited a degree of personal physical courage that will forever be beyond the comprehension of Narendra Modi, a man too frightened to take an unscripted question.
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Farewell Stephen Colbert. Thank you for all the laughs ❤️
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Great article by @sabahvir . The maps were v helpful 👏👏 Share with your friends who’re excited about the metro
If you spend hours commuting in Mumbai, this is for you. 10 km of new Metro lines open this Thursday. Another 40-50 km expected in 2026. And 2027 could finally be the year Mumbai gets a network worth calling city-wide. @sabahvir has mapped EVERY SINGLE Metro line to update you on what's ready, what's coming, & what remains a distant promise. Your COMPLETE guide to Mumbai Metro is here👇. indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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This is terrible. Do not watch
This work is in Bad Taste by @thewire_in. Don’t watch it. Anyone who watches and laughs is anti national. Like or Share it for awareness purpose so that people know what not to watch.
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Ashrut retweeted
This work is in Bad Taste by @thewire_in. Don’t watch it. Anyone who watches and laughs is anti national. Like or Share it for awareness purpose so that people know what not to watch.
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After 30 years of planning, Navi Mumbai Airport opened in 2025 without NO REAL RAPID TRANSIT LINK. The nearest rail station is 3.2 km away with commuter trains every 60 minutes, the other station is 8.3km away, crowds heavily, and both require unreliable shuttle buses to access. No cabs were ready to take any trips In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, transport has become a massive struggle by design. Bad planning is now a norm.
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Wheelers book stalls going! It is the end of an era of Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling's dream on Indian Railways. One of Indian Railways’ most iconic features—the Wheeler book stalls— are set to disappear from stations across Mumbai’s Western Railway network, marking the end of a nearly century-old legacy. #Mumbai
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A couple of days ago, OTTPlay, the website I used to write for, shut down. It was abrupt and no one had an inkling. As someone escaping a blazing house, my knee-jerk reaction was to save the few pieces I was happy with. The shock came a little later and remains.
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