Sonam

Journalist, writer, editor. Previously at Sunday Times of India, @huffpostindia @mashable, TOI travel and @timeoutdelhi

[Lancelot Pinto @lancelot_pinto]

Montelukast is widely prescribed in India, and sales appear to be rising. This is despite several reported adverse effects, including nightmares, depression, death by suicide. Sanjitha Muneeswaran and I make a case for stricter regulations @the_hindu 1/n

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

12 years. Nothing changes. And it only gets worse. #DelhiChokes

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Plastic cookware should not be used. Period. Especially BLACK PLASTIC cookware, that often mixes in toxic recycled electronic waste materials. DISPOSE OF ALL PLASTIC COOKWARE, especially if black colored plastic ones. Pass it on to your family.

Gift🎁🔗
https://t.co/ZOmWFc82n9

[Ritwika Patgiri @RitwikaPatgiri]

Unbelievable number of working hours of Indian women in IT and Media.

"Indian women workers in information and communication jobs worked 56.5 hours every week in 2023, the most for any job type in India... The younger the professional the more the number of hours they work."

[AnnieZaidi PhD @anniezaidi]

I traveled alone in India a lot in my reporting days. Whenever younger women asked about safety etc, I didn't have much advice. I just got lucky. All of us women know it's pure dumb luck that some of us are spared, some of the time. Traveling with a husband is also no guarantee +

[NWMIndia @NWM_India]

InkSights by @anupamabijur: The 70-hour work week conversation needs a gendered perspective. Indian women already spend 7.2 hours per day on unpaid domestic work (compared to 2.8 hours by Indian men), according to research by IIMA Prof Namrata Chindarkar based on NSSO data. (1/3)

[sukumar ranganathan @HT_Ed]

A thread on the bad air in Delhi, which will soon exceed the level beyond which AQI can’t be measured — 500. 1. Delhi’s air is unhealthy (150-200 AQI) through the year
2. Temperature, wind speed and direction play a role — in winter, the three combine to make things worse. 1/n

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Children account for 2 out of every 5 civilian deaths in Gaza, surpassing the total number killed across all the world’s conflict zones in any year since 2019, said Save the Children. Families are mourning what feels like the loss of an entire generation. https://t.co/Fh8ofosViS

[Tora Agarwala @ToraAgarwala]

Before the video emerged, I spent a week in Manipur tracking down cases of violence against women.

4 women bravely recounted every detail of their brutal assault to me.

Thank you @scroll_in for commissioning this crucial story. It is not an easy read

https://t.co/B8yefxoYaQ

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

‘The aroma of mutton, pointed gourd with shrimps, lentil soup and potato curry lured the elephants to the wedding’.

[Narayani Basu @narayani_basu]

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

Nikhil Menon writes of Oppenheimer's
secret attempt to reach out to Nehru -- a desperate attempt to forestall the inevitable in the aftermath of the creation of the atomic bomb.

https://t.co/1Aqh3ikhze

[Ayushi Mona Singh @TheMonaFactor]

Let me share some anecdotes about how the careers of some real women because most women leaders just do tokenism anyway and companies hire Diversity & inclusion experts with literally no skin in the game

[Fifty Two @FiftyTwoDotIn]

🧵Fifty Two #MainCharacter -- We tell you a story about an ordinary person from the Indian subcontinent who made history in their quiet way.

[keerthik śaśidharan @KS1729]

A thread of Indian paintings, from 1900 to 2022, arranged according to year of creation. One painting per year.

Many works & artists missing. 🙏

My hope was to *see* the changes in Indian aesthetics—from Colonialism to Covid.

[Ziyad Al-Aly, MD @zalaly]

Here is the latest from our team in @NatureMedicine

Should you protect yourself from Covid-19 reinfection

Yes!

Reinfection is not benign; it is best to avoid it

by @Bcbowe @Biostayan @zalaly

A thread 🧵

https://t.co/RVENVKRucU

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

#BREAKING All woman are entitled to safe and legal abortion : Supreme Court.

#SupremeCourtOfIndia

[Sonam @sonamjoshi7]

It was a pleasure to interview @BhogleAnita about her new book on the biases that hold Indian working women back and why even the most confident women are plagued by imposter syndrome: https://t.co/OU38ep3YXw

[Pragyan Mohanty @PragyanM]

Newspapers as seen in Hindi films.

Some are defunct, some still going strong. And some, are fictional. A thread.

Dainik Paigham in Ye Dil Kisko Doon (1963)

[Sonam @sonamjoshi7]

@mchik22 Hello, I am trying to get in touch with you for an interview. Please check your messages and let me know how I can reach you. Thanks.