Zoya Mateen

A watercolour in the rain but more importantly, journalist @BBCWorld.

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

Look,” he says, holding out his phone. “They’re still getting delivered. That has to mean something, right?”
Messages deliver, no trace of bodies — @ZoyaMat on the families holding on to hope after the Air India crash.
https://t.co/o0cPJn6XDZ #AirIndiaPlaneCrash #AirIndia

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

Indians receive 72% of H-1B visas and are the top source of international students in the US, with over 331,000 in 2023-2024. The immigration row sparked by Trump supporters over H-1B raises concerns for many of them, I report with @ZoyaMat #H1Bvisa
https://t.co/iXe4c5ALxx

[Planet Reimagined @planetreimagine]

What is the cost of saving a blue whale? What is the cost of our planet? Can we put a price tag on everything? What sounds like an impossible task, is something that economists are trying to do. And so are our fellows this year. Time to dive in and learn more with our @HaarisMat!

[Phelan Chatterjee @PhelanChatterj]

Check out @ZoyaMat’s deep dive into how LGBTQ Indians are more accepted than ever – but invisible in this year’s election campaign. Featuring interviews with three trans pioneers

https://t.co/luNXY4gf2f

[Nikhil Inamdar @Nik_Inamdar]

Rashid Khan was the defining artist of his generation. His #music cut through hierarchies, becoming a rare converging point for the pundits & the masses.
@ZoyaMat & I write for @BBCIndia @BBCWorld
https://t.co/Z5wRfWsyGm

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

Why Ms Marvel's treatment of the India-Pakistan partition deserves a closer look https://t.co/C4wAa3ySE0

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

"Home is now a memory. There is nothing left. You did not just break a house, you broke a family. And a part of us is buried in the rubble."
This is a heart-wrenching story of loss by @ZoyaMat.
#Prayagraj
https://t.co/JTR98GNZo1

[Vikas Pandey @BBCVikas]

Here is your feel-good Sunday read by ⁦@ZoyaMat⁩ https://t.co/u45qSR8hMz

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

Who does Urdu belong to?

India's right-wing seems to think it's a foreign import, forced upon by so-called Islamic invaders. But history and lived experiences show quite the opposite https://t.co/UzWJpAQoC8

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

India's most well-known clothing retailer, Fabindia, known for its ethnic clothes, has often found itself in the crosshairs of the right-wing. Why does a brand rooted in local traditions get a bad rap from the nationalists? #India
https://t.co/Uy9ZJaE24t

[Yogita Limaye @yogital]

Why an Indian state is demolishing Muslim homes - #mustread by @ZoyaMat⁩. #India https://t.co/X7IF2Gj0Z6

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

“You are disproportionately punishing people of one community without any due process.”
Madhya Pradesh's government has torn down many Muslim homes and shops after communal violence broke out on Ram Navami. But legal experts say there is no justification.
https://t.co/4esrdPbIS5

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

"What you're going to see is the creation of several thousands or millions of criminal profiles in India."

The new Criminal Procedure Identification bill has sparked concerns over the sweeping powers it grants the police to collect biometric data.
https://t.co/hUCaGXXhoV

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

"Who are we to say a woman's choice to wear the hijab is not well thought out?"
The Karnataka high court has upheld a government ban on the hijab in classrooms, saying that wearing it isn't "essential" to Islam.
But experts wonder - who should decide that? https://t.co/MhE0fyYCLh

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

"It's been six days since we have slept or ate properly. There is the sound of explosion piercing our ears... my friend is wheezing and even the pharmacy hasn't opened to give her medicine."
@ZoyaMat on how Indian students are coping in Kharkiv.
https://t.co/QeoMVnHEtC #Ukraine

[Zoya Mateen @ZoyaMat]

My brother did a thing

[Joseph E. Stiglitz @JosephEStiglitz]

With Jungyoll Yun and @HaarisMat, our working paper on income-contingent loans and their role in unemployment programs, available from @nberpubs https://t.co/A7s9zB0XIn

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

THREAD👇
Narendra Modi swept to power with promises of economic growth but his record has proved to be lacklustre

@aparnalluri and @Nik_Inamdar track seven years of India’s economy under Mr Modi in seven charts

Charts by @shadabnazmi

https://t.co/JruGCOyftp

[Supriya Sharma @sharmasupriya]

How India created a world record for highest number of vaccinations in a single day

States ruled by the BJP went slow on vaccinations in the run-up

https://t.co/DJAbW7HwGf

[Zoya Mateen @ZoyaMat]

From what I see, they're selling a "Downloadable Google Drive Link" containing the personal details of school students - including their address, number and father's name - on Amazon...how is this legal?

[Zoya Mateen @ZoyaMat]

https://t.co/8O41xIXXbw

Someone is selling student details...on Amazon!?