Arnab Chowdhury

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[Pavel Durov @durov]

India’s IT ministry banned Telegram for one week because some users shared leaked exam questions.

This punishes 150M+ ordinary Telegram users in India — not the insiders who leaked the exam materials.

And the ban hasn't stopped anything. The leaks just moved to other apps.

[JayPrashanth @JayPrashanth]

1. Govt refuses to divulge the ARAI report that studied the effects of E20 petrol on Indian vehicles. An RTI seeking the same was filed by Mr. Nachiket Deshpande.

2. Over 80 % of petrol powered vehicles - both cars and two wheelers - running on Indian roads are NOT compliant with E20 petrol. Compliance here refers to both material and full compliance!

3. If there's nothing to hide, why not reveal the effects of E20 petrol on older vehicles?

4. If there are indeed adverse effects caused by E20 petrol - as suspected and experienced by many - why are there no separate nozzles at petrol bunks for non-E20 petrol?

5. If ARAI has found out that E20 petrol causes adverse effects on specific brands of vehicles, is it not the right of vehicle owners to know this, and be able to access non-E20 fuel?

Any answers Mr. @HardeepSPuri @nitin_gadkari @PetroleumMin ?

@CarToq @nachiket1982

https://t.co/i4MTrXH4KJ

[Vinay Kumar Dokania @VinayDokania]

The Wire 's roasting is on another level these days..

[Arjun @arjundsage1]

It is my brother @DrNimoYadav. Today. Tomorrow, it could be any of us who chooses to question, to dissent, or to speak up.

This is bigger than a single account it’s about every voice that refuses to be silenced, and every citizen who still believes in freedom.

Democracy rarely collapses overnight. It erodes slowly when fear replaces courage, and silence replaces resistance.

We stand with Nimo for truth, for courage, and for the shared responsibility to defend our democracy.

[𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗕𝗷𝗽 🪷 @Game_Of_BJP]

Nemo is here. 👋
I can't believe the government would be so afraid of criticism from a parody account that it would have to shut it down.

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

After a long time had a free flowing chat with @Wangchuk66 without glancing at the scary clock every now and then to make the most of the fleeting 60 minutes as in jail!
Taking him for a health checkup as per the strong recommendations of our family doctor. He will be under medical observation for 36 hours in a good hospital!
#SatyamevaJayate
#ForeverPositive

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

FEAR IS NOT PEACE

The #GovernmentOfIndia’s appointees #SGI and #ASGI have been claiming in the #SupremeCourtofIndia that #Ladakh is “peaceful” after @Wangchuk66’s detention. This cannot be farther from the Truth.

First of all, it is a Logical Fallacy: Correlation ≠ Causation.

Secondly, it was not Peace that followed- it was dread that was cultivated: curfew and internet blackout was enforced for weeks after Sept 24, 100+ youth jailed for months (some still inside), 4 young men shot dead heartlessly under Government orders by CRPF, social media posts attract police summons and hours of interrogation till date.

The dreaded silence of the graveyard is not equal to sacred peace of the temple that Ladakh was known for!

#satyamevajayate
#releaseSonamWangchuknow
#EnoughIsEnough
#Dontmislead

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

Here’s my latest interview on the status of @Wangchuk66’s detention with @vijaita of @the_hindu where I highlight how the entire country is praying for his release which is mandatory to coalesce the #Ladakh movement into a collaborative exercise between the #GovernmentOfIndia, people of #Ladakh and its leadership towards a glorious future!!

https://t.co/r71rYHhmMw

#freesonamwangchuknow
#satyamevajayate

[The Wire @thewire_in]

‘What Is His Crime?’: @Wangchuk66 Crosses 100 Days of Detention Under NSA

While the maximum detention period under the NSA is 12 months, @GitanjaliAngmo said that the government need not have taken this long.

Full story: https://t.co/685wLRphk8

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

Our path is non-violence and truth. If I choose to fast, it is my own responsibility—so Ladakh’s voice is heard within the Constitution. Thank you for articulating it @GitanjaliAngmo
#Ladakh #Satyamevajayate

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Never expected any Indian Journalist to give it back to someone as powerful as Kailash Vijayvargiya, Amit Shah's man.
Seeing this video of an Indian Journalist questioning and holding power accountable brings hope.
@Anurag_Dwary ✊

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

This is why due process matters: allegations must stand up to evidence.
#Ladakh #satyamevajayate

[JoJo Nakro Naga @Nakro_Jojo]

“When Students Don’t Come Home”

I am writing this as a conscious journalist from the Northeast, carrying the weight of years of silence, loss and unanswered questions.

Late Anjel Chakma was preparing to return to his hometown for the holidays, a routine moment of relief every student understands. But that journey never happened. Instead, Anjel’s life was violently altered and ultimately taken in Dehradun, far from home, far from safety and far from the comfort of those who raised him.

His death is not an isolated tragedy. It is a painful and familiar reminder for every family in the Northeast that sends its children away in search of education and a better future.

More than a decade has passed since Nido Taniam, a young student from Arunachal Pradesh, was killed in South Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar. That incident shook the nation’s conscience. Committees were formed, guidelines were drafted, helplines were launched, and special police units were introduced to protect people from the Northeast living outside their home states.

Yet today, looking at Anjel Chakma’s death, we must ask: what truly changed?

What we have not honestly acknowledged is that the Northeast continues to be seen as “different” in the national imagination. That difference has become dangerous. It manifests as casual slurs, suspicion, ridicule and at times, fatal violence. This mindset was not created overnight and it has not disappeared with laws or advisories.

We often comfort ourselves by saying systems are in place. But systems do not control the minds of men. The prejudice that fuels such attacks has existed since the earliest days of our collective existence, passed on quietly, normalised, and tolerated. The question before us is uncomfortable: do we keep forgiving a rotten mindset until more innocent lives are lost?

Enough is enough.

Special helplines and designated police units are not enough to protect students who are targeted because of how they look, speak or belong. What is needed is institutional seriousness, not symbolic gestures. A dedicated national ministry or statutory body that focuses solely on the vulnerabilities, safety and dignity of Northeastern people across India, without distractions, without dilution, must be debated urgently.

Will it work? That remains to be seen. But doing nothing has already failed too many times.

In response to Anjel Chakma’s death, the Chakma Students’ Union proposed a protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on December 28, 2025, demanding justice and stronger safeguards for students from the Northeast. This protest was not only for Anjel. It was for every student who left home with hope and returned in a coffin or never returned at all. However, the proposed protest by the Chakma Students’ Union Delhi was postponed after police permitted only 50 participants.

Anjel Chakma’s death is not just news. It is memory. It is a warning. It is grief carried by an entire Northeast region.

I write this not to provoke sympathy, but to demand recognition, that the Northeast is not an exception within the nation, and its children are not expendable.

I write this because silence, at this point, is no longer an option.

@pushkardhami @DrManikSaha2 @uttarakhandcops @HMOIndia @DelhiPolice @mygovtripura @tripura_cmo @PMOIndia @NodalofficerNE
#JusticeForAnjelChakma
#NortheastLivesMatter
#EnoughIsEnough
#ProtectNortheastStudents

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

We will continue peacefully and patiently. Ladakh’s concerns deserve to be heard. #savehimalayas #SatyamevJayate

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

Memory is the strongest form of resistance. In a democracy, questions shouldn't be met with detention; only with answers. In the end, truth will prevail!

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

Thank you @MehakKasbekar and #Brutindia for a sensitively done interview on @Wangchuk66’s detention, the flimsy grounds of his detention and life after that - Sonam’s in jail, mine outside running from pillar to post and #Ladakh’s grim and uncertain future
https://t.co/ndiTtXrSq2

[Tashi Gyalson @tashi_gyalson]

Have written to Hon’ble Union Home Minister Sh. @AmitShah Ji, to restore and re-delegate the financial power of Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor Ladakh to it's earlier status, and also requested to implement Ladakh Reservation and Domicile Rules to University of Ladakah withdrawing all previous notification issued without adopting ladakh reservation and domicile rules.

Earlier I have also highlighted the matter to Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh who has immediately order to postponed the Advertisement No. 6 of 2023 of UOL.

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

In the meantime, #HIAL co-founded by @Wangchuk66 and me has featured in the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on #education as a “role model” to be emulated.
In July this year, the committee, a bipartisan body of 31 Parliamentarians from all parties that is tasked with reviewing the performance of the Ministry of Education, undertook a study visit to Ladakh and spent a half-day at SECMOL and the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (#HIAL) under the Chairmanship of @digvijaya_28
Yesterday while presenting its report to the #IndianParliament on the autonomous bodies of the Higher Education Department, the committee noted HIAL’s success in community engagement, experiential learning, and strengthening #IndianKnowledgeSystems - and recommended that the UGC not just give recognition to HIAL but also study it as an exemplar of #NEP implementation.

https://t.co/KYm2G1jykY

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

The Solicitor Gen of India has sought 2 weeks in @Wangchuk66’s matter to read and respond to the rejoinder filed by us yesterday. Next hearing on Dec 8, 2025
Sequence of events:
29th Oct: The Hon Supreme Court agreed to our request for amendment of the Habeas Corpus petition to include the challenge to the grounds of detention within a week.
3rd Nov: We filed the amendment within 5 days
17th Nov: The Union of India took 14 days to file the counter instead of the 10 days granted to them since the 3rd.
23rd: We filed the rejoinder within 6 days for which we had been given 7 days.

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

When I met @Wangchuk66 yesterday, he told me how he spends time with the kids of the jail staff who accompany their parents to work! To the jail staff who ask him about how to bring up children, he gives the simple advice of always celebrating the good the child does more than pointing out their wrongs!
He is enjoying Sri Aurobindo’s autobiographical description of his 1 year detention at Alipore jail, ‘Tales of Prison Life’ that I felt inspired to take for him last time. It was so similar to his case where the most patriotic Sri Aurobindo was accused of sedition! He wanted me to bring a sundial next time as he does not have a watch to know the time and a book on the behaviour of ants!!