Swapnil Joglekar

Music, nature gazing, and all the other things I should be doing. Waise, I do a 'host' of things at The Indian Express. Views personal🐶 (he/him)

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From @bsindia #IndependenceDay2022 special episode of The Morning Show.
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@pub_neat bringing out the human cost of war and turning that sombre statistic in a well fleshed out human being who talks to his parents but doesn't want them to worry too much
❗3 Indians have died after the US fired a missile at a commercial ship with 20 Indians onboard. Watch

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Why US bomb killed Indians?

The US-Iran war is leading to Indian casualties.

US has attacked three ships in recent days — all of them carried Indian crew who had to be rescued. But three of them weren't so lucky, including 23-year old Aditya Sharma. He wasn't supposed to be on the ship that was struck by US Navy, but his decision to continue working on the ship proved deadly. His parents are now asking the government to bring back his remains.

This debacle is far from over for India.

There are 18,000 seafarers stuck in the Gulf, several India-flagged ships and a few Indians have already died in a war their country didn't chose.

Who will protect them?

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I think we grieve Bashir Badr today because he made us feel that our anxieties and vulnerabilities were worthy of attention. In an age of endless content, which ends up feeling vacuous and disposable, his words store an unmistakable human experience.

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#FreshTake | Decades after they were written, Bashir Badr's couplets still surface whenever people need words for love, loss and everything in between.

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If all 27 lakh people removed from voter rolls in West Bengal are gathered, you can fill 20 Narendra Modi Stadiums - the world's largest - that's the scale of deletions.
This Express Investigation based on some superb reporting done by @DaminiNath @raviklive @mitra_atri

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Sukla Hazra got married in 1993. Her Election Commission voter ID says she was born in 1994. Because of that one error — made by the EC itself — she cannot vote in Bengal's upcoming elections, despite submitting her passport, both voter IDs, the 2002 electoral roll, and her own wedding invitation card.

She is one of 27 lakh people deleted from West Bengal's voter rolls.
The EC calls it a "logical discrepancy." Former Chief Election Commissioners are calling it illogical and unprecedented. The algorithm removes you if you have more than 6 siblings, if your name is spelled differently across documents, or if you changed your name after marriage or conversion.

Bengal votes in the first phase of elections on April 23 and many of these voters have run out of time.
This is an Indian Express investigation.
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Based on reporting by Damini Nath, Ravik Bhattacharya, and Atri Mitra
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Story ideas for a city reporter come from many places. Most times it's officials, sources, tip-offs.

Sometimes it's a tweet.

We came across one while scrolling. A whacky fact about Mumbai: that there's a tunnel boring machine lying abandoned 60 metres underground. Just sitting there. No one coming for it.

This was exactly when Mumbai had just launched two new TBMs.

@nayonikakb spoke to several BMC officials to jog their memory on how a German-made machine got trapped in volcanic ash beneath Powai in 2019, why every attempt to retrieve it failed, and why the BMC eventually just left it there and started again.

This city is just full of surprises.
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Based on an exclusive investigation done by @kaunain_s

You have to see it to believe the scale of the problem plaguing Indian healthcare

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India's burden of cancer cases is mounting. It has the third highest number of cases globally. At the same time, the promise of health is forcing people to shell out as much as Rs 1.5 lakh for a single shot. But what if the medicine inside the vial is fake. That's precisely what Cancer Calculus, an investigation by The Indian Express in association with The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), has uncovered. A nexus of pharmacists and fixers is using authentic batch numbers and used vials to enlarge a black market for cancer drugs such as Merck & Co's Keytruda. What's left in its wake is hospital-level breaches, distraught families and dead patients.

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We have a lot of very timely explanatory news pieces on our website and social handles. Do head over to indian express dot com for verified information on the Iran conflict.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who maintained an iron grip over the military and sway as a religious leader over more than three decades, was killed in US and Israeli strikes.

It has happened only twice in the past, but a new Supreme Leader will be chosen in the days to come. Who steps into the role once held by Khamenei is crucial as that person will have to navigate a reality of marked with increasing hostility.

US President Donald Trump has warned Tehran against retaliation and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed more strikes in the days to come. But how is the topmost leader chosen in a theocratic state like Iran? We explain.

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Edit: Kapil Joshi

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Trade agreements involve give and take and as India moves towards signing one with the US, there's apprehension over what New Delhi has put forward to sweeten the deal. One of the biggest potential losers is India's soyabean farmer.

The total acreage under soyabean at 13 million hectares can fit 5 lakh Narendra Modi Stadiums, which is the world's largest cricket stadium.

Even though duties haven't been cut on imported soyabean, soyabean oil from the US will face zero or lower duties, raising concerns from domestic producers.

Another worry lies in the language on Russian oil imports. While removing the 25% additional levy on India, the Trump administration's executive order stated it can re-impose the duties if India continues to buy crude oil from Russia.

The Indian government, however, maintains that farmers have nothing to worry about the US deal. It also says that India's oil purchase decisions are driven by commercial interests and that the country is diversifying its oil sources.

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With inputs from Harish Damodaran, Sukalp Sharma, and Ravi Dutta Mishra

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He stood up to a mob threatening a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper. Now he's facing backlash. My colleague @aiswaryaa_raj speaks to the man at the centre of it all

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The calm in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal broke when Bajrang Dal members heckled and threatened a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper over using ‘Baba’ in his shop's name.

A man stood up to the mob, and when asked his name, replied: "Mera naam Mohammad Deepak" (My name is Mohammad Deepak). While his act won many hearts online, he is facing brickbats back home. Indian Express spoke to the man about what made him stand up to the crowd, and does he regret anything.

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Trying to answer*the* post-Budget question?

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Are you richer or poorer after the Budget?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made history on Sunday after delivering her ninth consecutive Budget. She allocated money to bolster the sectors battered by Trump's tariffs, announced schemes to add jobs, and proposed high-speed train corridors. Then she turned to the second part of her Budget speech, which relates to taxation. Where did the tax announcements on taxation leave you? We explain

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When Kalidasa and Mahabharata met the Union Budget ✨

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Budget is about numbers. But the Budget speech is much more than that.

It is the government’s chance to explain its thinking and convince millions listening closely to every word of the Finance Minister. Nirmala Sitharaman has since her first Budget speech on July 5, 2019, consistently leaned on literature and classical texts to make her point.

Rabindranath Tagore offered comfort during the Covid-19 crisis.

An Urdu poet underlined the power of resolve.

Kalidasa and Thiruvalluvar found mention while explaining taxation ideas. Even the Mahabharata has made its way into her speeches.

What literary references might the Budget 2026–27 speech hold?

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Aviation tragedies have claimed the lives of several Indian leaders and public figures over the decades.

From Homi Jehangir Bhabha and Sanjay Gandhi in the last century, to multiple prominent figures in the 2000s, crashes, often linked to poor weather, have left lasting questions.

The most recent tragedy occurred on January 28, 2026, when a plane carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed near Baramati, killing everyone on board.

In 2025, former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani also died when his London-bound Air India flight crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, killing 241 people. The cause remains under investigation.

Here’s a quick look back at some of India’s aviation disasters that altered the country's political history.

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What happens when you attend a memorial meet for a late professor? A lot, it turns out
My latest short video piece for @IndianExpress
Based on reporting by @sadafmodak

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GN Saibaba, a former DU professor, spent nearly a decade behind bars before the Bombay High Court acquitted him of charges. A few months later, he passed away. When some students of Tata Institute of Social Sciences observed a memorial meet on his first death anniversary on October 12, 2025, they were booked for alleged sloganeering.

They went to court recently, seeking protection against arrest, when a Mumbai Sessions Court judge admonished them, telling them: ‘Your career is ruined’.

The court warned that the students now had a criminal record, which police could access across India. "You know that you have made a blunder so early before your career starts. Your career is ruined," Additional Sessions Judge Manoj B Oza said.

The judge asked how many students were from outside Maharashtra and whether their "fathers" knew about the case. The judge went on to say that a Master’s in Social Work programme, which the students are pursuing, won't help them land a job. "You think you are scientists or engineers. Even engineers don't have jobs,” he said.

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Based on news reporting by Sadaf Modak

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New Year celebrations turn deadly in Switzerland

The swiss alpine resort town of Crans-Montana is a popular destination among tourists as an international ski and golf venue. Hundreds had gathered on December 31 from multiple countries to ring in the new year. But within 2 hours of the clock striking 12, a fire ripped through a bar, the Le Constellation, killing dozens and leaving at least a 100 other people injured. The police have ruled out this being a terror attack but a probe is on to find the cause of the incident. The scale of injuries overwhelmed the local medical facilities and patients are now being sent elsewhere to receive specialised burn treatment.

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With inputs from agencies

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This needs to be fixed @MCD_Delhi @gupta_rekha
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@MCD_Delhi a very painful experience happened with my wife at MCD toll plaza in Ghazipur. She booked a taxi for station. The cab was stopped because the driver had pending dues. She was all alone in the NE 3 with her luggage. There needs to be serious action @gupta_rekha

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What went wrong for Sonam Wangchuk?
My latest video piece for @IndianExpress

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Sonam Wangchuk is being treated like a "security threat".

He's detained under the stringent National Security Act and some 1,500 kilometres away from his hometown of Ladakh.

But, it wasn't always like this. People remember him as a tech innovator and climate activist.

But, even for the Central government, which has soured on him, Wangchuk was an all-weather expert. For nearly three decades, he advised the government on water conservation, clean energy, tourism and even pashmina.

Here's the story of what went wrong.

Script & Anchor: @SwapnilJogleka1 (With inputs from Bashaarat Masood, Jay Mazoomdaar)

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What's happening in Uttarakhand?

My second video piece for @indian

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Uttarakhand is in the news again -- this time for protests from Haldwani to Dehradun against alleged large-scale paper leaks.

Within hours of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission exam on Sunday (September 21), a few pages of the question paper were found online.

Things have moved fast since then.

There have been two arrests in the case, the state government has set up an SIT, and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has courted controversy by terming the incident a case of nakal (cheating) jihad.

But, the topic of jobs is a sensitive one for the people of Uttarakhand where 20,000 people applied for 24 posts of home guard instructors last year and past protests against paper leaks remain fresh in the memory of the people

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#Uttarakhand #PaperLeak #UKSSSC #UKSSSCPaperLeak

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Uttarakhand is in the news again -- this time for protests from Haldwani to Dehradun against alleged large-scale paper leaks.

Within hours of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission exam on Sunday (September 21), a few pages of the question paper were found online.

Things have moved fast since then.

There have been two arrests in the case, the state government has set up an SIT, and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has courted controversy by terming the incident a case of nakal (cheating) jihad.

But, the topic of jobs is a sensitive one for the people of Uttarakhand where 20,000 people applied for 24 posts of home guard instructors last year and past protests against paper leaks remain fresh in the memory of the people

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#Uttarakhand #PaperLeak #UKSSSC #UKSSSCPaperLeak

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Ye Jo Zindagi Ki Kitaab Hay (This book called life) was released in the year 2000.
The republic was stepping into a new century, and its vocabulary needed a reset. The words of @Rajeshreddyvb did that, more than ably carried by Jagjit Singh's music. I write in @IndianExpress

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Reading life with Jagjit Singh: The book of zindagi in a ghazal
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