Sunando Patra

Coder, Statistics and Physics nerd. Not necessarily in that order.

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

अगर एक जाहिल इस मुल्क की रैहनुमाई करता है तो वह यहीं चाहेगा कि उसकी तरह पूरा मुल्क जाहिल बेरहम नासमझ बने: नासिरउद्दीन शाह

[ur mom @nainkat28]

My God she’s flawless

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Andhbhakts are NOT Hindus

They have created their new religion with a new god. Stop calling them as Hindus from now on.

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Hahaha this is the power of Cockroaches 💪

[दिव्या कुमारी @divyakumaari]

Next level roasting....💀📈

😂😂😂

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

मोदी जी के रील का यह लड़की कुछ जवान दे रही है। सुनिए

[Sunando Patra @SunandoPatra]

He has done a good job collecting independent journalists that you need to actually follow. Forget about what he is saying, follow those 16! 😉

[Amit Malviya @amitmalviya]

There is a lot of chatter about sections of the media in the aftermath of the recent protest at Jantar Mantar. It has become almost fashionable to dismiss any journalist or media house one disagrees with as “godi media.” What happened to some journalists at the protest was unacceptable. A few were targeted, and women journalists, in particular, were subjected to vile sexual abuse. There can be no justification for that.

At the same time, it is equally evident that another section of the media was treated as part of the spectacle rather than as independent observers. They appeared to enjoy the confidence of the protesters while others were branded and abused. If one set is labelled “godi” for allegedly being close to those in power, what label applies to those perceived to be aligned with the organisers or a political ecosystem?

This selective outrage is hardly new. Long before 2014, there was an influential circle of journalists widely seen as enjoying extraordinary access to the Congress leadership. Over the years, the names and platforms may have changed, but the ecosystem, incentives and alignments have remained familiar. Some moved from television to YouTube, others reinvented themselves as independent voices, but the underlying partisanship often remained intact.

Perhaps it is time to stop reducing every journalist to a political label simply because they hold a different worldview. If media independence is the standard, it should apply consistently to everyone, not just those one happens to disagree with.

Incidentally, someone sent me the picture below. What do you think is the common thread between the people in it? And who else do you think belongs in the frame, or doesn’t?

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

देश के गृह मंत्री मुंह छुपा रहे हैं क्योंकि वो छात्रों के गुनहगार हैं।

[Rowen @imrowenz]

See how governments control NDTV.
An Ex-NDTV journalist explained it.

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

🚨URGENT STATEMENT🚨

The interim order passed by the Supreme Court of India in the batch of PILs related to the CJP protest must ring alarm bells across the country. In particular, Direction No. 4, which permits governments to proceed with existing FIRs and carry out investigations, raises extremely serious concerns.

This direction stands in direct contradiction to the solemn assurance and guarantee extended by the Government of India to the youth of this nation on 25 July 2026, namely, that the FIRs would be withdrawn and that no protester would be directly or indirectly targeted for participating in the peaceful movement.

It was on the strength of that solemn assurance, and in complete good faith, that the Cockroach Janta Party called off its nationwide protest.

We now have a credible apprehension that the Government of India and BJP-ruled states may seek to use and weaponise this order of the Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to continue FIRs against individual protesters and subject them to great harassment. This was precisely our concern from day one: that courts could be used, directly or indirectly, to achieve political ends by targeting peaceful dissent.

Equally troubling is the fact that the interim order was not opposed by the government's lawyers, despite the Central Government being fully aware that talks/assurances with the CJP had continued until as recently as late last night and that a solemn agreement had already been arrived at on 25 July.

The court's uninformed order is therefore wholly unacceptable.

A solemn public assurance given to thousands of young students and protesters cannot be diluted, undermined, or rendered meaningless through subsequent legal developments, in a surreptitious manner. It only results in breach of public trust.

In any event, nothing in the interim order prevents the Government of India or the concerned BJP/NDA ruled State Governments from withdrawing the FIRs or deciding not to proceed against peaceful protesters, like done by Bihar and Assam governments. The power to withdraw or not pursue such cases continues to rest with the executive. The court has not mandated that governments must definitely continue with the FIRs. That would be a deliberate misreading. The Government must not invoke the Court’s order as a justification for reneging on the commitment it made on 25 July.

We therefore demand that the Government of India and the concerned BJP/NDA State Governments immediately place the terms of this solemn assurance before the Supreme Court in the pending proceedings so that there is complete transparency regarding the commitments already made to the youth of this country and so that the court can withdraw and make an informed order in the future.

The youth of India entered into this understanding in good faith. That good faith must not be betrayed. Institutions of constitutional importance must never be politicised and weaponised to not honour the guarantees.

The deadline for the Government of India to honour its guarantees expires today. We once again call upon it to fulfil every commitment it made: withdraw the FIRs, ensure that no protester is subjected to future punitive action, and honour both the letter and the spirit of the assurance that brought an end to the protest.

Failing this, and as previously declared, the Cockroach Janta Party will have no option but to resume its nationwide protest to protect the students and young protesters who stood up not for themselves alone, but for the future of this nation. A government that breaks its word cannot expect the youth to remain silent. If the guarantees are dishonoured, the streets of India will once again become the voice of its young.

[Nirmalya Kajuri @Kaju_Nut]

When IISERs first started, they used to pay scholarships to every student.

Then those scholarships ceased, but students who earned KVPY or DST Inspire fellowships received financial support.

Then KVPY was stopped. Now it appears that DST Inspire is gone too👇

Meanwhile the fees have continued to go up. Now it’s close to 60K per semester.

Slowly but surely IISERs are being put beyond the reach of financially weak but talented Indian students. We have barely heard a word of protest from Indian academics on this.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Activist Sonam Wangchuk along with Members and supporters of Cockroach Janata Party, protesting at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on June 06, 2026.

📸: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

If I get my teaching sorted this morning, and my emails done after lunch, I'll hopefully have just enough time to complete my 3 years of unfinished writing

[LHCb Experiment @LHCbExperiment]

Improved determination of the CKM angle γ at #LHCb, #LHC, #CERN, see https://t.co/6smzgmxmNc

[Basabendu Barman @BasabenduB]

@jd_iitk is taking an online course on introductory group theory, QFT and particle physics, tailor made for 1st and 2nd year PhD students. Link to register:

https://t.co/pGiU6IHPWT

[Varun Verma @iVarunVerma]

Make no mistake! The legacy of #Modi won't be his jumlas, massive unemployment, price rise, a dead democracy OR the 2002 Gujarat pogrom!

It isn't the Ram Mandir either or his obsession with photo ops...his ability to lie through his teeth, or hatred for Muslims, propaganda movies, nor his disdain towards humanity, science, and kindness.

His legacy will be a "deeply divided India"! Everyone fighting and hating each other. Friends, families, colleagues... the poison has made it everywhere.

He achieved this with his "Weapon of Mass Propaganda", known as:
- #GodiMedia and paid anchors
- BJP IT Cell or a Troll Army

#LokSabhaElections2024   📷 #NoVoteToModi #NoVoteForBJP

[Sunando Patra @SunandoPatra]

@jyotishkadatta https://t.co/KXPV7P6TKS
Would this work for you? #of citations with country tag...

[Sunando Patra @SunandoPatra]

@WolframResearch Correction: only for ChatGPT Plus users on iOS, not Android...

[Mali's @Malicartoonist]

#suspended #Democracy

[CERN @CERN]

What show is on tonight? 📺

This #ThrowbackThursday, we go back to the summer of 1962. Here we see a group of scientists in the Proton Synchrotron (PS) Control room, taking a break from work to watch the very first TV transmission between Europe and the United States via the TELSTAR satellite.

The PS, CERN’s first synchrotron, is a key component in the Laboratory’s accelerator complex, where it usually accelerates either protons delivered by the Proton Synchrotron Booster or heavy ions from the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR).

Find out more: https://t.co/Ea6ODNi537