Paromita Chakrabarti

Journalist with The Indian Express. Editorial and opinion; books.

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

Women are angry and they are speaking up. As they try to find a new language of protest, they have also got each other's back. My piece in @IndianExpress
today on #MeTooIndia
#MeToo
and what this moment of rupture holds for us:
https://t.co/e3xjjrqsvY

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

MoMA

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

Karnataka’s menstrual leave policy: When the default worker is a man, rights seem like concessions

writes✍️@Paromita_Ch

https://t.co/3Y9o5lBfrv

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

#ExpressOpinion | “We are trying to keep up but we don’t seem to be keeping pace. So we do what we can. Ask and insist, read the riot act when online time threatens to overtake real life”

@Paromita_Ch on watching ‘Adolescence’ as a parent

https://t.co/9HkvmjloXE

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

#ExpressOpinion | “If Kolkata cossets you into an extended youth, Delhi makes an adult of you overnight”
@Paromita_Ch on looking for home, between Kolkata and Delhi #TheCity&I

https://t.co/3pyv2kDgM6

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

@p_semolina @HurstPublishers Congratulations!

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

Debunking the image of the pampered Indian cricketer, Dravid brings the change he wants to see in Indian cricket – that of equality and simplicity

Source: The Indian Express https://t.co/SC7kJKeRkM

[Aakash Joshi @Joshi_Uncle]

A fine, heartbreaking piece by my colleague @Poojaspillai -- we know about bigotry, normalised. Now, beginning in Gujarat, on the cusp of an Apartheid state. In @IndianExpress
@ieopinion https://t.co/MdeIzXwToF

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

Alice Munro: 1931-2024 💔

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

@srikarrrrrr on what’s at stake in Karnataka:
https://t.co/RcT3HnOSvx

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

As always, a lovely, nuanced piece by @SumanaSiliguri

[Sumana Roy @SumanaSiliguri]

Phool, Pushpa, Suryamukhi ... Why is Laapata Ladies scattered with the names of flowers? I wrote an essay about this and Mahasweta Debi's story "Seed" for the @IndianExpress today. 

https://t.co/UEbPKZMkzg

[Aakash Joshi @Joshi_Uncle]

The dangerous fiction of #KeralaStory -- and the more true and beautiful tales from the state. A fine piece by @Poojaspillai in @IndianExpress @ieopinion

https://t.co/J8wNubaJOq

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

@Poojaspillai on the dangers of looking away:

https://t.co/O6MMUrO2Iy

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

@nidhi_sharma Thank you for reading 🙂

[Pratap Bhanu Mehta @pbmehta]

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[The Paperclip @Paperclip_In]

As a child, perhaps you vividly recall the red grammar book that graced your school desk. Yes, the famous "High School English Grammar and Composition" by Wren & Martin. But did you know that one of its creators also inspired a Hollywood film banned by Mussolini? A thread. 1/17

[Paromita Chakrabarti @Paromita_Ch]

Priya Ramani’s letter to the wrestlers: Whenever you feel overwhelmed, tell yourself better me than other women who can’t speak up | The Indian Express https://t.co/arCuZT5szs

[Aakash Joshi @Joshi_Uncle]

A quick piece on the mob, pretending to be a majority, stifling the voices that should matter -- those whose right to live, love and marry as they choose, religion no bar. @IndianExpress @ieopinion
https://t.co/uHHHjhCEDy