Seema Chishti

Editor @thewire_in || Writer-Journalist || Books - Sumitra and Anees: Tales and Recipes from a Khichdi Family | Note by Note: The India Story || Tweets mine ||

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

Crying ‘Regime Change’ Proves Modi Govt Has Lost Control: The Ground Has Shifted
Something has changed to put the Modi regime under pressure - from the bureaucracy's altered calculus to Dipke's social identity are a big challenge.
My piece
👇https://t.co/6P4gBCEwBL

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

Gokul में भी Gyanesh?
गाय-भैंस लेकर सड़क पर हज़ारों किसान!कोल्हापुर - What is happening? @khanumarfa https://t.co/sDghcIFm9F via @YouTube

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

@apar1984 It is an excellent show 💜 Keeping journalists out of this one takes the conversation in very interesting terrain.

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

On the Broadest Possible Canvas,
Art Meets Law | UNMEDIATED is a brilliant watch.
@apar1984 and Aban Raza speak on all the colours, the law and order of their lives and work. https://t.co/T2e2y4wOLK via @YouTube

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

Days After Fadnavis Govt Changes Rules, Mahayuti Candidate Is Elected Chairman Of Key Maha Dairy.
Why this matters - @kunalpurohit https://t.co/AKIrnz1DR4 via @thewire_In

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

‘पांच सौ र��पये के नोट वापस लें’- भ्रष्टाचार रोकने के लिए आंध्र के सीएम की बड़े नोटों को हटाने की मांग https://t.co/QwhZJuKM3v via @thewirehindi

[The Hill @thehill]

Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t back Schumer in Senate leadership vote
https://t.co/9XBHJowtam

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

Over 80% Savarna Faculty, 2,600+ Reserved Posts Vacant: What New RTI Data Reveals About Caste in IITs https://t.co/Milzrq7cl3 via @thewire_In

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

From Race Club to IAF Complex: Govt's Lutyens' Land Drive Raises Operational and Green Concerns https://t.co/6zxlT9dMBU via @thewire_In

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

Carbon Emissions Worldwide are Dipping In 2026, But India’s are Set To Rise By 4.4%: Study https://t.co/I0SxL30Go3 via @thewire_In

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

This is what photos are looking like, GOI - can breathe, smell and see the poison in the air.
What is gobsmacking is that triple engine could not bother giving a damn about people choking. Pictures take up all their energy

[Economic Times @EconomicTimes]

47 out of 50 most polluted cities of the world in India, Delhi gets a high rank https://t.co/X5wmDzpJdJ

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

How much doctoring 🤔
Glad the working news camerapersons’ association is calling this out.

[WNCA Working News Cameramen's Association @wnca_s]

Protest letter against locking photojournalist's X account for posting photographs and videos exposing #Delhi's severe #AirPollution conditions. @PCITweets

[WNCA Working News Cameramen's Association @wnca_s]

Protest letter against locking photojournalist's X account for posting photographs and videos exposing #Delhi's severe #AirPollution conditions. @PCITweets

[Financial Times @FT]

Seasonal flooding in Gaza has left Palestinians in unsafe conditions, exacerbated by Israel allowing insufficient aid into the territory, according to the organisation chaired by the US president https://t.co/cRcHOnWqsj?

[Anjali Bhardwaj @AnjaliB_]

The latest volte-face by the ECI - its letter of November 6 to the CEOs of seven states - is a stunning moral victory for the anti-SIR campaign.
Following the directions of the Supreme Court in the Delhi SIR matter, the Commission has directed that in these states the deadline for submission of enumeration forms has been waived and those who were deleted because they shifted residence do not need to sign a false declaration in Form 6 that they are new voters, they can simply fill the enumeration form with a statement of their new address and come back to the rolls.
This is the most significant public-facing reversal on SIR by the ECI.
But the ECI’s latest U-turn still doesn’t undo the injustice of mass exclusions - @_YogendraYadav , @johriamrita and I write for the Indian Express.

[Apar Gupta @apar1984]

Why are people speed-reading it? If it’s for political scoops, that’s a waste. It’s not a race, guys. Go gently. Should you get it? Yes! I’m just 84 pages in and enthralled by the candour and vulnerability. So far, it reads like a love story. The prose is conversational, and the inner monologue is captured with all its insecurities. You can hear the emotion in the sentences without anything feeling contrived. It reminds me of another favourite autobiography, On Balance by Leila Seth. Both books are ultimately about family, fate and femininity.

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

Oh 😬

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

I’m triggering a high air pollution alert for London on Tuesday 10 November.

I urge everyone in the capital, especially those most vulnerable, to stay safe and follow health advice to minimise their exposure.

Please switch off engines when idling and avoid burning garden waste, which contributes to pollution.

https://t.co/waVUBk0Qro

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

क्या अग्निवीर स्कीम देश और फ़ौज दोनों से धोखा है?
@nowisforever and @SushantSin in conversation.
Nidheesh says like demonetisation- Agniveer is another one of those ऊटपटाँग प्रयोग or mad experiments with our signature institutions https://t.co/440oT3S5V1

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

After Failed Attempts, US Court Clears Way to Send Summons Through Indian Courts to NSA, Ex-RAW Chief on Pannun's Lawsuit https://t.co/VezCVhtGis via @thewire_In

[John Reed @JohnReedwrites]

Good column by @gideonrachman here connecting the dots on Russia's and the US/Israel's faltering wars of choice 👇
https://t.co/T9pyJJo02T via @financialtimes

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

Perfect 👌🏽