Abhimanyu Chandra

@yale @ChicagoBooth @cambridge_uni; words in @HuffPost, @Suntimes, @the_hindu @thecaravanIndia, @thewire_in, @firstpost

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Unmasking the Five Lies That Buried India's Covid-19 Reckoning

@_a_chandra✍️
https://t.co/5k4Tt0mWzm

[Abhimanyu Chandra @_a_chandra]

Unmasking the Five Lies That Buried India's Covid-19 Reckoning -- my column today in @thewire_in

https://t.co/scy9K52flL

#FiveYearsSinceDeltaWave #covid #coronavirus

[Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi]

My column examines how nations in our region search for new origin or creation stories often based on fake facts . Happening in Bangladesh most recently. South Asian nations are still a work in progress https://t.co/uKl0JTB4r7 via @deccanherald

[Abhimanyu Chandra @_a_chandra]

Privilege getting @smujibrehman's new book signed by him last week. Congrats Mujib and looking forward to diving in!

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

In today's @ftweekend

[Rohini Singh @rohini_sgh]

The conduct of Rahul Kanwal and a panelist on India Today on the morning of result day where both thought BJP is 400 paar before counting started was so disgraceful that it led to @sardesairajdeep even threatening to walk out. Abusing the opposition, shouting at those they thought weren’t ready to celebrate Modi as the greatest leader in a bid to curry favour with the BJP will go down as one of the most shameful conduct by a channel editor in Indian journalism.

[Abhimanyu Chandra @_a_chandra]

@ShekharGupta and @dksingh73 of @ThePrintIndia normalizing toxicity by describing Tejasvi Surya as 
‘so articulate,’ ‘good,’ and ‘very modern.’ 

Highly centrist and non-hyphenated journalism indeed. 

https://t.co/iNHdzf05LY

#media #JournalismMatters

[Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek]

The Financial Times' big story today is the humbling of Narendra Modi.

[Abhimanyu Chandra @_a_chandra]

2/2 ... , @YRDeshmukh, @PradeepGuptaAMI, and others, greater academic rigour and human empathy towards those unlike oneself will be most welcome #indiaelection #DemocracyMatters @AcademicChatter

[Abhimanyu Chandra @_a_chandra]

1/2 After the #2024Indianelectionresults, hopefully the smugness of not-really-centrists, who have helped normalize a toxic politics, will temper.

From @BDUTT who normalizes talk of a bogus ‘Muslim appeasement’ and of ‘deracinated’ liberals, to @rahulkanwal...

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Agreed

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Abusive Far right trolls on BJP IT cell head @amitmalviya. 😭😭

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Do watch this brilliant response by @_YogendraYadav when the Anchor said "BJP itself is more than the entire INDIA block put together, What do you have to say about that".

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Video rukwa di PawPaw!
This latest episode of John Oliver’s 'Last Week Tonight' which is critical of PM Narendra Modi, has not been aired yet by JioCinema, Viacom18. People from India cannot watch it on YouTube too.
https://t.co/EOQFwrVTuY

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Is Narendra Modi still mentally fit enough to be the prime minister of the country?

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Godi ji... Godi ji Godi ji.... Do watch this video on Godi Media.
The role of a journalist in a democracy is to ask questions, hold people in power accountable and build an informed electorate. However, many journalists, in particular, television anchors, seem to have forgotten that their job is to serve the people, not the government. How far will the Godi media go before it destroys the secular fabric of this nation? The nation, indeed, does want to know!

[Abhimanyu Chandra @_a_chandra]

2/2 does this not sound disrespectful to you? @IndianExpress #casteism #indianelections

[Abhimanyu Chandra @_a_chandra]

1/2 @tavleen_singh What are you implying about the skillsets of lower caste groups by writing this?

‘caste cannot be the basis for handing out government contracts because this would mean that bridges would be designed by those without the skills to build a bridge.’

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Step 1 : ED Raid
Step 2 : Join BJP

[Abhimanyu Chandra @_a_chandra]

WalterRussellMead’s academically non-rigorous, ahistorical column on India typifies so much of the discussion today that buys into Hindu nationalist framings

https://t.co/zjMNdOqyEf

@WSJopinion @WSJ