Isha Mathur

Social Impact | MA Philosophy @ubc | anti-carceral feminist, comrade, cat mom, and forever a student | she/her

[🍉 @DelhiIsNotFar]

While CJP was partying last night at a hotel, Meghnad provided food, shelter and sent back more than 60 people to different parts of the country on their own money.

Accomodation was provided by Indian Youth Congress.

These are the real heroes, while Das and Ranka danced.

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

The CJP leaders might be targetting Dharmendra Pradhan. But for thousands of protesters who have poured in in recent days, the loathing is for Narendra Modi, and very few hesitate to express it openly. It's shrill like never before.

[Nipun Malhotra @nipunmalhotra]

Imagine paying GST on walking! That is exactly what I am forced to do, when I pay GST for my wheelchair without which I cannot move.

It was encouraging to hear the Hon’ble Prime Minister talk about GST reforms by Diwali in his Independence Day speech. I hope in this wave of reforms, the needs of PwDs are also considered.
I wrote to the finance minister @nsitharaman and all GST council members to make Disability aid and services zero rated.
This is a non-partisan issue and I do hope all GST council members come together to remove this tax on PwDs walking, seeing and hearing. My request to all the Chief ministers and state finance ministers to rally behind this and correct this "disability tax burden" in the GST regime like many other progressive countries have done.

[Isha Mathur @ishretweets]

Urgent call for action @MSJEGOI @shikharaibjp @India_NHRC

[dopeymean @joyillusion]

🚨 Manual scavenging is happening right now at Number 2, F-1211, Bipin Chandra Pal Marg, near Market, Block I, CR Park, New Delhi 110019.

This is illegal, dangerous, and a human rights violation.

Calling urgent attention of @MSJEGOI @India_NHRC @shikharaibjp

[dopeymean @joyillusion]

🚨 Manual scavenging is happening right now at Number 2, F-1211, Bipin Chandra Pal Marg, near Market, Block I, CR Park, New Delhi 110019.

This is illegal, dangerous, and a human rights violation.

Calling urgent attention of @MSJEGOI @India_NHRC @shikharaibjp

[Vir Mehta @VirMehta6]

A classic example is @rahulkanwal Kanwal had the hardest time maintaining his "neutral" position yesterday. Times up for fake journalism like yours buddy.

[Supriya Sharma @sharmasupriya]

We lost too many colleagues to the despair of the past decade when just doing your job as a journalist meant coming in the line of fire. So many young colleagues exited the profession. I hope some of them will come back. I hope journalism can breathe free now.

[Isha Mathur @ishretweets]

#TrialForTvNews #Nonnegotiable

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

#TrialForTvNews #Nonnegotiable

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

Ground report 🚨

On the morning Sambhal voted, 30-40 police officers stormed polling centres in Muslim villages, snatched IDs, assaulted voters and disrupted peaceful polling, dozens of eyewitnesses in 4 villages told @scroll_in.

#LokSabhaElections2024
https://t.co/qYEAIETgFb

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

Modi listing his handling of the Covid pandemic as an achievement shows how tone deaf he is as a prime minister.

People were gasping for oxygen in 2022 and he disappeared for 20 days. Admit you delivered poorly in the last decade, say sorry, and wrap up the speech.

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

Exclusive: The Election Commission deliberated on poll code violations this election and decided not to "touch" the top 2 leaders each of BJP and Congress, the chief election commissioner told @scroll_in today.

Read:
https://t.co/6Hi6yXRVhX

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

#Election2024 | At 49.4%, the Mathura parliamentary constituency recorded its lowest turnout in two decades — a significant drop from 60.7% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and 64% in 2014, excluding postal ballot votes.

https://t.co/qAy01BEIy0

@sighyush reports

[Vir Mehta @VirMehta6]

@noida_authority @ADCP_C_Noida @noida_police @OfficialGNIDA

Massive fire from trash burning happening near botanical garden sector 137. It has been burning for nearly 3 hours now. 29-4-24

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

In a quiet corner of the Faizabad court complex, I found the Hobart Kutchery Club – a worn down structure that now houses the revenue records of Ayodhya dating back to the early 20th century.

Inaugurated in 1924, it is named after an Irishman — RC Hobart, or Ananda. Story time.

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

Gazans have sent voice memos to relatives and organizations, which have been volunteer transcribed and translated in New York City and Chicago.

Please read, sit with, and share these transcripts from the ground in Gaza.
https://t.co/9jXjW4o3J4

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

STORY: Prashant Kishor's I-PAC hasn't paid its former staffers and vendors in months, even years. Instead of addressing their concerns, its management has chosen to go incommunicado. It now faces their wrath.

And much more in @MorningContext:
https://t.co/yCAEgm06hz

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

A story of surveillance, misuse of public funds, media management.

A body created to flag violations of broadcasting standards seems to have become the BJP’s ‘media cell’, obsessively tracking critical coverage in media.

My debut on @MorningContext:
https://t.co/75j4JKC7kt

[Sujeet Kumar 🇮🇳 @SujeetKOfficial]

Profuse commendations to the Policy in Action Fellows of @ylacofficial on their dedicated efforts in creating insightful policy briefs on i. Climate Action at the local level, ii. Strengthening rural local self-government in India, and sharing it with my office.

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

In a Himachal rally this week, @narendramodi said Cong is riven with infighting.

I travelled across Himachal for a week and spoke to BJP insiders, rebels, workers about the state of their party.

A ground report on how Nadda vs Thakur has cramped the BJP.
https://t.co/gMoASlP6EB

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

After opposing 'revdi culture', BJP manifesto in Himachal offers freebies of more than Rs 2250 cr. @newslaundry

https://t.co/18WrJ6kKpZ