Debasish Roy Chowdhury

Journo/Author; To Kill A Democracy: India's Passage To Despotism; Words@ PanMac, OUP, Sage, Routledge, NYT, TIME, ProSyn, SCMP, Haaretz, Frontline, Scroll...

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

So, where are we on the Muslim demand to ban cow slaughter and the government saying, 'no thanks, it's fine to kill cows'? How did we manage to let that slide?

[The Observer Post @TheObserverPost]

Speaking at an event in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath responded to recent demands by some Muslim clerics and organisations to declare the cow as the national animal of India.

Yogi Adityanath said, “I have come to know that some maulvis have demanded that cows be declared a national animal. The cow is already our mother and our bond with the cow spans beyond lifetimes. No formal declaration is required to define the relationship between a mother and her child.”

Calling the demand “double standards,” he alleged that some people support cow slaughter while also demanding national animal status for cows. The chief minister further warned against cow slaughter and said his government would take strict action against offenders.

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

"Bengal's welfare scheme now has a religious criterion. Indian citizens who are Muslim and whose names were deleted from the rolls are not entitled to receive the benefits. But Indian citizens who are Hindu refugees from Bangladesh will"

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"In international border management, pushback is the interception of a person at the frontier, before he has entered the territory, and the refusal of entry. There's no pushback from the interior of a country. Sonali Khatun was taken from a room in Delhi"
https://t.co/CPYYIHlzy8

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

Why the reluctance to name the beastly doctor? https://t.co/vJTgY8FtRr

[هارون خان @iamharunkhan]

West Bengal, Barrackpore.

BJP MLA Koustav Bagchi, during the launch of "Annapurna Yojna" scheme, asked a Muslim woman beneficiary to chant “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and “Vande Mataram”.

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

What is the "ideological basis" of ANY political party in India today? Do we know for sure? Do THEY know?

[ANI_HindiNews @AHindinews]

#WATCH | दिल्ली: RJD सांसद मनोज कुमार झा ने 'कॉकरोच जनता पार्टी' को संविधान क्लब के आवंटन के लिए अपने पत्र पर कहा, "आपने मेरा पत्र देखा ही होगा; एक पत्रकार हैं जिनसे में सोशल मीडिया के ज़रिए जुड़ा था, साथ ही मेरे कुछ साथी भी थे... मुझे बताया गया था कि उन्हें एक कार्यक्रम आयोजित करना है- खास तौर पर, एक प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस... ऐसा अक्सर होता रहता है, लगभग हर दिन; मुझे बस इतना बताया गया था कि उन्हें एक कार्यक्रम करना है। शाम को, जब उसकी तस्वीरें सामने आईं, तब मुझे एहसास हुआ कि यह क्या था... 2012-13 के विरोध प्रदर्शनों के दौरान भी मैंने यही कहा था कि इस तरह के आंदोलनों पर कोई टिप्पणी नहीं की जा सकती- जिनका वैचारिक आधार ही स्पष्ट न हो..."

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

Heat didn't kill 8,000 people in 5 days, poor state and individual capacity did. It's as tragic as it's shameful for a country that boasts of being an emerging power https://t.co/xH96Dy56C7

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

Where do they find these people?

[Pranav @pranav7222]

Another banger by Delhi CM 🧠🤣

Water shortage is due to evaporation of water 🤯🤯

EK vote ki taakat 💪🏻💪🏻

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

People paid India Today 5 lakhs to learn "journalism"? 😬

[अश्विनी सोनी @Ramraajya]

अध्यापक अभिनय ने इंडिया टुडे के कोर्स में फ्रॉड भी दावा किया है।
अब पोल खुल ही रही है तो सबका नम्बर आएगा।
लगता है अंजना ने मधुमक्खी के छत्ते में हाथ दे दिया।

[Aditya Goswami @AdityaGoswami_]

NSUI President @VinodJakharIN led a protest against Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Raipur, Chhattisgarh yesterday demanding his resignation over NEET paper leak.

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

“Being government officials, we have been asked not to select options that may show the government in a poor light.”
Important story on how Census is being reduced to a farce by a govt desperate to hide reality

[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

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

GDP growth has long been challenged as a single measure of welfare and prosperity even though it's never been the sole determinant of quality of life, and a new measurement including components like peace, human rights and equity might change the rules https://t.co/Z6e5YFg1JO

[Ayantika Chattopadhyay ( অয়ন্তিকা ) @honubroto]

বালিশ চিহ্নে ভোট দিন 🤣🤣🤣

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

India's "natural ally"

[E @ElijahSchaffer]

FRISCO: “F*ck India! F*ck India!”

A Texas resident @Channel6ixNEWS rips an Indian flag in front of city hall

Voicing anger against the Indian immigration invasion in north Dallas

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Maharashtra: The passing out parade at the Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik, concluded on an emotional note for a couple as Captain Bharat Bhardwaj proposed marriage to his partner.

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

That bad? https://t.co/1a9fWUUzBh

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

Good to see a political party take to the streets against lynching. Why is it so rare?

[Meer Faisal @meerfaisal001]

Hundreds of people took part in a protest march in Bihar’s Siwan district on Monday, demanding justice for Shahzad Ali, who was allegedly killed by a mob.

The demonstration, led by the CPI(ML), called for the immediate arrest of all those accused in the case, a fair and impartial investigation, ₹10 lakh in compensation for the victim’s family, and a government job for one of his family members.

Protesters marched through Barharia town, raising slogans and urging the authorities to take swift action against the accused. The protest comes amid growing demands for accountability and justice for Shahzad Ali’s family.

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

"With inflation surging and the rupee depreciating sharply, real growth in 2026-27 is likely to fall to 5-5.5%, while IMF’s dollar-based growth could be as low as 2-4%," says former finance secretary on why India is now the world's most vulnerable economy https://t.co/YxOA5OrPLS

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

"It feels as if mornings and nights no longer exist."
In Banda, India's hottest place, life is being reorganised around extreme heat. For many of its 2 million-plus residents enduring 47°C is not a choice but a necessity.
My and @Neetugc's report.
https://t.co/xZiGKxG6FD #Heat

[Winter @LeftyWinter]

I miss when politics was like this.

Zohran isssued an executive order repealing kids bedtimes so kids can watch the knicks finals.

So innocent, unserious but playful. Brings back humanity.