Sonali Gupta

contributing editor @ DJA
Audio Producer & Writer

[South Asian Journalists Association @sajahq]

We are so excited that we can offer $30,000 in scholarships for our undergraduate and graduate student SAJA members! 🚨 There's only a few days left to apply -- April 17, 2026 at 11:59 EST🚨 Get those applications in! 🎓🍎 https://t.co/HPVMTU8cJH

Hear from @AreebaFatimaa , M.S. in Data Journalism, Columbia University, who received a SAJA scholarship in 2025, about how the scholarship helped her. She focuses on power, technology, and resistance across the Global South.

[Sree Sreenivasan (sreenet.substack.com) @sree]

One of the best students I ever had is a Kuwaiti-American named Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (whose digital skills were so good that he taught ME much).

I am upset to learn that he has been detained in Kuwait under new security and fake-news laws. I stand with @pressfreedom and other major media orgs to call for his immediate and unconditional release.
#FreeAhmed #FreeAhmedEldin

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

For @discojourno, I wrote on RFK Jr. and how his misguided policies are harming Disabled people

https://t.co/NcEyZu7Ajq

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

Started a Substack on caregiving, but from the side you don’t hear enough about: the person being cared for and what it’s like to need care. From caring for elder parents to friends kids, I write on all things care.

Would love to hear your thoughts!
https://t.co/EbKjDEwjmu

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

An awesome thing that's happening for #autisticadults 5k/month is steep but I'm curious to see how this goes!
https://t.co/Hdrq68NqrV

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

hey @uber i order XLs bc of my disability. i’d order a WAV but there are never any by me. I’m tired of canceling Ubers bc they’re too big for me to get into. how about you ask me some questions about accessibility before I hit the go button?

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.

I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

Marketing friends!

[shreya @shreyamurthy]

A rare role is opening up at Partiful: our first marketing hire.

We're looking for a creative, scrappy, insanely organized generalist who loves the product & can articulate all the ways it's valuable (including to niche audiences), crafting strategy but thriving on execution.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is collection of photographs of the people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

the power of art!

[Nakshatra @nborgaonkarx]

Nobody painted women with a female gaze until Amrita Sher Gil did. An Indian Modernist one mustn’t skip. Three Girls was painted before the partition happened and was created in 1935.

[sophie @netcapgirl]

“as per my last email”

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

were the twisty camera angles always there?

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

@AIRmedia @willcoley I loved listening to this! What a great story.

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

There is no greater satisfaction than coming home after days of traveling and eating out and having a bowl a kichadi. It’s pure love 🤌🏽

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

@RohnJobert they are lost and Target is a safe place

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

@boreskes @nytimes @dchangnyt @NestorARamos @NYTMetro Congratulations!

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

So much NYU love 💜💜💜

[Julia Dahl @juliadahl]

I ❤️ @sonaligups

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

@juliadahl Awww Julia!! I ❤️ you right back

[Sonali Gupta @sonaligups]

@weischoice Shania Twain ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’