Rasheeda Bhagat

Editor, Rotary News, former Senior Associate Editor, Business Line. Write on gender, social sector, people, politics, travel, and life!

[Mujib Mashal @MujMash]

At 92, Gulzar writes with the same discipline that's helped him refine & reinvent his art decade after decade - building an enormous body of work known for its tenderness.

This summer, I spent time with him at his Mumbai home for this @nytimes profile:

https://t.co/ZOZCnj5UPe

[Rasheeda Bhagat @rushbl]

A chilling account of killing of civilians in Gaza.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Important piece
"Why Israel Fears This Searing New Documentary"
https://t.co/NsGzmx2DGy

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@Mo7ammed_jawad6 Heartbreaking

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#GloriaSteinem spurned marriage and remained child free, a choice she said she never regretted. “Not for a millisecond. Not everybody with a womb has to have a child, like not everybody with vocal cords has to be an opera singer.” Hmm..food 4 thought. ! From her obit in NYT

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@odysseymovie Despite the hype &hoopla over Christopher Nolan’s movie, give me Peter O’Toole, Brad Pitts’s Troy! Yes, it had violence but so much more. Human emotion, a dash of romance, mystique and a gnawing feeling at the pit of your stomach about the futility of war&violence.

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Seriously??? Bareilly education officers ordered to collect cattle fodder https://t.co/U7uLoiD0mq

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@OfficialJoel4_ 67

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@narendramodi Haha! I love that show!

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@RCB1929 @Rotary

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23 February 2026 – Rotary Anniversary
121 years of connection. 121 years of service. Here’s to the generations of leaders who carry this legacy — and the impact ahead 💛

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@_zabiiii 116

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@Subtle_Eutonies @AhmadRaza_1982 True!

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One of my favourite books. An honest portrait of a man most historians have portrayed as a buffoon, joker! Your book motivated me to visit his resting place in Burma/Myanmar when I was there!

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

It is based on my Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857

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@Alexa_vibe1 Trout, tent, taunt, truant,taught, taut, tout, tint,

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@Arden_2210 Trout

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@ElinaMia34 Happy Birthday Sir 🍻

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@Hazelkeech0918 Congratulations! God bless all four of you. ❤️

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@SarahXArt 10. Excellent❤️

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It was a well organised event with interesting sessions!

[Rotary Club Of Thane Hills @RCThaneHills]

So good to see our literary initiative @thanelitfest organized in collaboration with @NCPAMumbai is covered in the latest Dec. 2025 issue of @Rotary News India, an official Regional Magazine of @Rotary Thank you Publisher P T Prabhakar, editor @rushbl
@JohnHewko @bachikarkaria

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True. A great actor, a greater human being. He imbibed and retained all the goodness that permeates rural Punjab! May he rest in peace.

[Amitabh Bachchan @SrBachchan]

T 5575 -
... another valiant Giant has left us .. left the arena .. leaving behind a silence with an unbearable sound ..

Dharam ji .. 🙏 🙏🙏

.. the epitome of greatness, ever linked not only for his renowned physical presence, but for the largeness of his heart , and its most endearing simplicity ..

.. he brought with him the earthiness of the village in Punjab he came from , and remained true to its temperament .. un soiled throughout his glorious career , in a fraternity that witnessed changes every decade ..

... the fraternity underwent changes .. not him ..

his smile, his charm and his warmth , extending to all that came in his vicinity .. a rarity in the profession ..

.. the air about us swings vacant ..

.. a vacuum that shall ever remain vacuus ..

.. prayers 🛕 🙏

[Rasheeda Bhagat @rushbl]

… and some fun moments too ⁦@TejasRZI2025⁩ , when ⁦@Rotary⁩ Prez Arezzo’s seat was taken temporarily!