Amrita Dutta

National Editor @scroll I
Ex: @IndianExpress, Mint I
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[Amrita Dutta @damrita]

Kaagaz nahi dikhayenge, par kaagaz kuch kahaaniya sunaate hai. My father's first passport tells the history of how he became a citizen of a new country, and why his father refused to become Indian. My piece in #SundayEye's special issue on #RepublicDay

https://t.co/xSxfGUg3VI

[mariana Z @mariana057]

Due to the high cost of energy, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off.

[Supriya Sharma @sharmasupriya]

The cruelty of the state

And the kindness of strangers

Another report by @ZamanRokibuz_ that is a must read

https://t.co/vaxpBpIVFM

[Safwat Zargar | صفوت زرگر @safwatzgr]

The survey’s format makes the majority of respondents evade questions related to drugs. Most strikingly, experts have warned that the survey, carried out through a mobile app, might throw up a distorted picture.

#Punjab #DrugCrisis

https://t.co/zGLmyhCy8K

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

"In the mobile app, if we enter that a household has a tin roof, we are asked by our superiors to change it to concrete. Are we supposed to lie?"

[Amrita Dutta @damrita]

"She is an Indian, not a thief or dacoit. We had to help her.”

An ‘indigenous’ Assamese Muslim woman was pushed into Bangladesh a year ago.

A family in Dhaka gave her shelter and care. But support from home has been scarce

@ZamanRokibuz_ reports
https://t.co/msrLMleuQN

[Amrita Dutta @damrita]

‘Let me die at home’: Back from Bangladesh, an Assam woman struggles to recover from ‘pushback’

These are empathy-less times. But please do read my colleague @ZamanRokibuz_ 's piece on a family devastated by India's citizenship regime

https://t.co/vKujtGZUbl

[Amrita Dutta @damrita]

"Raja bola: raat hai
Mantri bola: raat hai
Ye subah subah ki baat hai"

[Vijaita Singh @vijaita]

Excl: Ground reality vs official records: Census fieldwork is throwing up data that differ from govt records on open defecation free villages, use of cow dung cakes/kerosene/crop residue for cooking in urban areas despite LPG connection, no electricity. Enumerators asked to revisit and review the “data discrepancies”.I ✍️

https://t.co/1LaYwpiiED

[Ujval Nanavati @ujval_nanavati]

Bloomberg Economics breaks this down, asserting that MTM losses accounted for only about $400 million of the decline shown in RBI data (not my calculation). The remainder can only point to gold sales, logically.
5/5

[Ujval Nanavati @ujval_nanavati]

These calculations are based on India Bullion and Jewellers Association prices (https://t.co/AcyQaSJHJZ). Clearly, the math falls apart if what the RBI is saying is correct. Or is the RBI just obfuscating?
4/5

[Ujval Nanavati @ujval_nanavati]

This is from RBI data as well, but more current. It shows a fall when prices were absolutely flat in that week (next tweet in thread for details). So it can only mean it has sold.

From: https://t.co/E576ZYhIuA
3/5

[Ujval Nanavati @ujval_nanavati]

1st, following data is what RBI is citing to say it has not sold any gold. But RBI Bulletin data is only till 24 Apr while the report says it may have sold in the 2 weeks till 22 May. So the answer is not only incomplete, it is downright wrong.
From: https://t.co/nkZ3l6Mvxt
2/5

[Ujval Nanavati @ujval_nanavati]

RBI issued this clarification to refute Bloomberg's hypothesis that it may have sold some gold.

The clarification breaks down and raises more questions than it answers.
1/5🧵

[ABC News @ABC]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order repealing bedtime so that kids can stay up late to watch the Knicks in the NBA Finals. https://t.co/ed20eINRV4

[uttam sengupta @chatukhor]

Why Delhi University’s four-year undergraduate programme has left students in panic
"Among the titles of the value-addition courses are “Envisaging Viksit Bharat: Perspectives and Challenges”, “Emotional Intelligence”, “Panchkosha: Holistic Development of Personality”, “the Art of Being Happy”, “the Gita for Holistic Life” and “the Gita for Sustainable Universe”.
Chocolate making, communication skills and Python are also there along with horoscopes and Ayurveda and Nutrition.
Whether it is a stroke of genius or a disaster caused by the NEP, only Time can tell. #DelhiUniversity #Fouryearundergraduatecourse
https://t.co/irV1mkSvsI via @scroll_in

[Sarthak Sidhant @sidhant_sarthak]

very nice investigation, i wonder who did it

[Vikraman Maniraj @vikramanmaniraj]

Language imposition, exam paper leaks, re-exams, evaluation discrepancies, poorly thought-out courses... Tough time to be a student these days.

[Amrita Dutta @damrita]

The Delhi University’s four-year undergraduate programme is a disaster

And that is just one example of how the university is being hollowed out from within

https://t.co/UPdsR3rSNW

[Arunabh Saikia @psychia90]

Delhi, where temperatures in May hit 45C for several days running, is at particular risk of becoming "a dust bowl with extreme heat load".

[Amrita Dutta @damrita]

‘Let me die at home’: Back from Bangladesh, an Assam woman struggles to recover from ‘pushback’

These are empathy-less times. But please do read my colleague @ZamanRokibuz_ 's piece on a family devastated by India's citizenship regime

https://t.co/vKujtGZUbl

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

.@DrSYQuraishi: Judicial review is a remedy designed for citizens with resources and time. For the poor voter, it is no remedy at all - it is the law’s way of closing a door while appearing to open it. https://t.co/BE2s8j1RTl #SIR #India

[Sayantan Bera @sayantanbera]

India did everything it takes to crush the spirit of an athlete! Shame on us.