Siddhant Vashistha

Various interests, superficial knowledge.
Independent Journalist. IIMC '23

[Siddhant Vashistha @Dabberlocks]

@nehaa_sinha It was a pleasure! Thank you for writing this fabulous book.

[Siddhant Vashistha @Dabberlocks]

@Rasha_talkhani @nehaa_sinha Thank you Rasha!

[Siddhant Vashistha @Dabberlocks]

I wrote a review of @nehaa_sinha's wonderful book, "Wild Capital". The book is an ode to all things wild and to the city of Delhi.

https://t.co/Ih6XURXOdw

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

Who are these judges to police the language used by @MnshaP, or for that matter any credible journalist, in the course of reporting? “We may pass an order which will place her entire career in disarray,” one of the judges said. Is this how a constitutional court threatens a journalist for merely using the word “shit”? Every person aware of the state of the media will use words stronger, harsher, uglier to describe it. When rabid communal campaigns are launched by these channels, do Justices C Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla take suo-motu notice and nip them in the bud? Something that is far more consequential to democracy itself than the word “shit” that seems to have shook their conscience?

Such language of intimidation belongs on the streets, uttered by goons, not expected from a constitutional court, an institution that derives its authority from constitutional restraint and moral gravitas. Judges must remain aware of their limits of business and be more than circumspect in their utterances. Otherwise it is the institution itself that is diminished in the eyes of the people---an institution that deserves nothing but respect.

https://t.co/ODadZ8fJcf

[Arnav @ahcelaWvanrA]

@rapidobikeapp I NEED HELP!
Vishal, bike number DL4SDW9071 has vanished with my valuables. There is absolutely no response on the customer service. It’s been over 2 hours.

[Arnav @ahcelaWvanrA]

@regards_rishi @sankaaravind PLEASE HELP!

[Frontline @frontline_india]

NEW | BOOK REVIEW

G.N. Devy’s Citizen Under Siege serves as a stark reminder of the difficult times that Indian citizens have faced over the last decade.

Siddhant Vashistha writes.

https://t.co/e1r7S8UbLv

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

‘Citizen Under Siege is a book that will age well, bearing witness as it does to a time when citizens rights and the Constitution suffered grave damage.’

Read @Dabberlocks’s review of G.N. Devy’s Citizen Under Siege for @frontline_india here: https://t.co/wWNSY8rCVy

[Siddhant Vashistha @Dabberlocks]

@akshitchawla04 Onwards and upwards Akshit 🙌

[Siddhant Vashistha @Dabberlocks]

@SauravDassss Onwards and upwards, Saurav!

[Siddhant Vashistha @Dabberlocks]

@tushar15 @chirayusdesai Why not? The new definition was literally given by the govt. The SC accepted a uniform, scientific definition of the Aravalli Hills and Ranges proposed by a committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

#StoryAlert🚨

The 19th fortnightly 'Case In Point' column: I write about the ongoing Rohingya matters in the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has come under fire for his “objectionable” comments against refugees.

But is that really the case?

Read here---https://t.co/mxLd1jhv1y @frontline_india

[Siddhant Vashistha @Dabberlocks]

Had the opportunity to watch & write a review of this stupendous and inspiring film. The film won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at Sundance and premiered in India at the @DIFFindia 2025
@judithhelfand @thesheilanevins @rebeccafanya #Documentary #Iran #motorcycles

[Outlook India @Outlookindia]

Read the full review: https://t.co/76s1SWKgVs

Directors Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni explore the life of Sara Shahverdi as they capture her teaching girls to ride motorcycles, challenge patriarchal norms, and navigate societal backlash, while highlighting the cost and reward of rebellion.

Siddhant Vashistha writes.

[Article 14 @Article14live]

Bhavya, 7, cycled 300 km from #Jaipur to #NewDelhi to request @narendramodi’s help in saving the city’s Dol Ka Badh forest, as officials prepare to raze thousands of trees for a mall, fintech park, hotels etc, reports @dabberlocks

https://t.co/SyrnOCaKnx

[Article 14 @Article14live]

Illegal detentions, RTIs ignored & silence: Jaipur’s citizens fighting to save the Dol Ka Badh forest are met with State power. Their struggle echoes urban forest battles across India—from Mumbai’s Aarey to Delhi's Dwarka forest, reports @dabberlocks

https://t.co/SyrnOCaKnx

[Article 14 @Article14live]

A seven-year-old joined her parents in Jaipur’s street protests to save the Dol Ka Badh forest—one of many families facing police pressure for defending India’s last city forests. Such battles are growing, as the trees disappear, reports @dabberlocks

https://t.co/SyrnOCacxZ

[Article 14 @Article14live]

The canopy rings with birdsong, peacock & nilgai rustle through a lush, #Jaipur city forest with >2,400 native trees, >60 medicinal herb species, >85 bird species. Citizens are now its last hope, as the govt prepares to raze it all, reports @dabberlocks

https://t.co/SyrnOCacxZ

[Article 14 @Article14live]

Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a plea to stop destruction of Jaipur’s Dol Ka Badh forests ends a legal path but not the movement. On the ground, citizens continue protests against a system that keeps shrinking India’s green spaces, reports @dabberlocks

https://t.co/SyrnOCaKnx

[Article 14 @Article14live]

Illegal detentions, RTIs ignored & silence: Jaipur’s citizens fighting to save the Dol Ka Badh forest are met with State power. Their struggle echoes urban forest battles across India—from Mumbai’s Aarey to Delhi's Dwarka forest, reports @dabberlocks

https://t.co/SyrnOCacxZ

[Karuna Nundy @karunanundy]

This decision will decimate the Aravali mountain range, to put mining money in a few pockets. The Mining Act and Rules are such that the benefits of mining India's natural resources go primarily to the mining company and not to the State.