Journalist. Columns in The Tribune,Deccan Herald,Newslaundry, Asia Sentinel. Video column: Latitude@Frontline India. Earlier @ The Indian Express, The Hindu.
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Nirupama Subramanian retweeted
Good to see my (slowly but steadily growing) YouTube channel get credit from newsrooms for remarks captured earlier. Follow the channel for updates, ground reports and analysis: youtube.com/@smitasharmajour… Press 🔔🔔 for fresh videos alert.
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On the protests in Time:
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EXCLUSIVE: We obtained the full text of the Mecca defence pact signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
- The agreement commits the three countries to mutual defence, also barring withdrawal for the first 10 years
THE FULL TEXT IS BELOW
#BREAKING
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Requesting all 400 to return to India immediately and contribute to Amrut Kaal of New India for 2047 to be Superpower and Rich nation.
#BREAKING
Over 400 Indian-origin students, researchers and alumni across 27 countries have issued a statement titled 'Spare India from Anarchy'
The signatories, including individuals affiliated with MIT, Oxford, Harvard, Stanford and Cambridge, have raised concerns over protests and what they describe as attempts to undermine India's constitutional institutions
The statement criticises the growing preference for street protests over parliamentary dialogue and calls for political differences to be resolved through constitutional and democratic processes
The more the claims of new India’s “assertive” foreign policy, the more the silences, I write @thetribunechd
By breaking the silence on the Nobel Peace Prize winner “Navi” Pillay, India has a chance to show it means what it says about the moral force of Gandhi and Mandela, says independent journalist Nirupama Subramanian @tallstories in #TheTribuneOpinion
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By breaking the silence on the Nobel Peace Prize winner “Navi” Pillay, India has a chance to show it means what it says about the moral force of Gandhi and Mandela, says independent journalist Nirupama Subramanian @tallstories in #TheTribuneOpinion
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Excellent from @tallstories: "Israel has condemned the Nobel to Pillay as a “grotesque weaponisation of the award to legitimise anti-Israel hatred and prejudice”.
India’s much-celebrated proximity to Israel and Modi’s personal rapport with Netanyahu have rendered it silent..."
Truly a deeply researched article @iamthedrifter and an invaluable resource.
A deep dive into Inter Services Public Relations or ISPR, the media wing of the Pakistan armed forces, by its foremost historian Ayesha Siddiqa (@iamthedrifter). She writes that the ISPR's evolution was compelled by the military’s need to negotiate its social contract with the political class and civil society, and by the ambitions of numerous army chiefs: himalmag.com/pakistan-army-i…
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A deep dive into Inter Services Public Relations or ISPR, the media wing of the Pakistan armed forces, by its foremost historian Ayesha Siddiqa (@iamthedrifter). She writes that the ISPR's evolution was compelled by the military’s need to negotiate its social contract with the political class and civil society, and by the ambitions of numerous army chiefs: himalmag.com/pakistan-army-i…
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Brilliant investigative report from @Basantrajsonu
Koi web series sey kam nahi hai yeh @newslaundry ki investigation report. Ek baar jarur dekhna.
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Koi web series sey kam nahi hai yeh @newslaundry ki investigation report. Ek baar jarur dekhna.
So are you saying that the apology was insincere?
Some media organisations report that the Union Home Secretary has tendered an unconditional apology to the Honourable Supreme Court in response to a contempt notice. In this regard, this is to state:
Whenever a contempt notice is issued by the Honourable Supreme Court, it is required that the party responding to the notice must begin their affidavit with an unconditional apology. Only thereafter all other facts and arguments are presented. This is mandatorily followed in every contempt petition.
Following this practice, the first paragraph of the affidavits filed by the Home Secretary, Commissioner of Police, and other concerned officials complied with this requirement.
Thereafter, detailed particulars in the affidavit have been furnished, by which it has been clearly established that all actions taken by the Government and the Police are fully compliant with the law, and no case of contempt is made out against them.
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On the public anger against TV media: the average person on the street is not responding to individual reporters, they don't know their bylines or body of work— but what TV news has come to mean. And so it ceases to matter whether every channel has good reporters, ofc they do, but their presence alone cannot repair the damage done night after night on primetime. Owners and editors need to answer for what they have been putting on air, and their role in making the streets unsafe for their own anchors/reporters.
Meanwhile, even the harshest critics of Godi must know what's unfolding now on the streets is HARASSMENT for clicks/content — the exact thing TV news channels promoted for TRPs. This is exactly what repulsed us about TV news, and this is qualitatively different from a protestor's RIGHT TO CHOOSE to disengage. If those of us in digital media support this content-baazi in the name of some comeuppance or even journalism, we're ushering in our own demise.
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Anuj Kumar in @the_hindu on @RahulGandhi ‘s use of Shivji ki Baraat to counter the BJP’s narrative of top-down command and control with the Opposition’s fluid, decentralised style of protest….
Shivji Ki Baraat refers to the highly unusual wedding procession of Lord Shiva as he travelled to marry Goddess Parvati. This event is central to Hindu texts like the Shiva Purana and Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas. By embedding Puranic iconography into a press conference about institutional accountability, Mr Gandhi challenged the BJP’s monopoly on religious symbolism.
It is said Lord Shiva’s wedding procession was an unprecedented gathering that brought together entities who were otherwise bitter enemies or social outcasts. With the INDIA alliance partners led by Yadav heirs (Akhilesh and Tejaswi) of Mandal politics on one side and the emerging face of Left politics, Neha Bora, on the other, Mr Gandhi attempted to translate the Opposition’s fight into a multi-polar collective where there is no singular ‘leader’ on a pedestal.
Here's a gift link The Hindu. You will be able to read it without hitting a paywall for 24 hours.
Shiva’s Baraat in Batman’s mask: In the battle of cultural narratives, Rahul Gandhi blends Puranic lore and pop culture idioms - The Hindu
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Nirupama Subramanian retweeted
This nonsense about “godi media” has to STOP!! Where is @DCPNewDelhi now? How can something like this happen right in the heart of the country’s capital? Disgusting.
NDTV का माइक देखकर कुछ लोग @Vasudha156 को गोदी मीडिया.. गोदी मीडिया कहकर टारगेट कर रहे हैं .
जो लोग भी ऐसा लग कर रहे हैं , बिल्कुल गलत कर रहे हैं .
किसी रिपोर्टर को इस तरह से घेरकर उसके साथ बदसलूकी करना गलत है .
प्रोटेस्ट करने आपका अधिकार है लेकिन किसी भी सूरत में फील्ड रिपोर्टर के साथ ये सलूक ठीक नहीं है . गलत है . अपराध है .
हर चैनल में बहुत अच्छा काम करने वाले पत्रकार भी होते हैं . वसुधा भी अच्छी रिपोर्टर है . आप किसी चैनल का माइक देखकर किसी भी फील्ड रिपोर्टर के साथ ऐसा नहीं कर सकते . वो भी एक महिला रिपोर्टर के साथ . आप ये लिहाज़ भी भूल रहे हैं . हालांकि इस वीडियो में कुछ लोग वसुधा भीड़ को समझाते भी दिख रहे हैं .
किसी चैनल से आपकी नाराज़गी है तो उसकी खीझ हर फील्ड रिपोर्टर पर मत उतारिए.
जुलाई में CJP प्रोटेस्ट के दौरान भी कुछ रिपोर्टर के साथ मारपीट तक की गई थी .
ये अपराध है .
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ਮੁੱਖ ਚੋਣ ਕਮਿਸ਼ਨਰ ਗਿਆਨੇਸ਼ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਦੇ ਅਸਤੀਫ਼ੇ ਦੀ ਮੰਗ ਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਸੜਕਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਆਏ ਨੌਜਵਾਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਮੁਜ਼ਾਹਰੇ ਦੇ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਬਾਰੇ ਸੀਨੀਅਰ ਪੱਤਰਕਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਲੇਖਕ ਮੁਹੰਮਦ ਹਨੀਫ਼ ਦੀ ਟਿੱਪਣੀ
(ਇਹ ਲੇਖਕ ਦੇ ਨਿੱਜੀ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਹਨ)
#MohammedHanif #GyaneshKumar #ECI #YouthProtest
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Delighted and grateful to be on this @crossword_book non-fiction shortlist. And, in such amazing company, too.
Congratulations to everyone & thank you to the jury ☺️
