Sumit Vij

Assistant Professor @SDC_WUR @WUR power, peri-urban development & political ecology, transboundary water politics. Find me @sumitvij19.bsky.social

[Nidhi Razdan @Nidhi]

It’s done bro 💍 @OmarAbdullah

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

Assam CM lays foundation for Adani power project on land cleared by evicting 1,400 Muslim families https://t.co/1SihLtSOTi via @scroll_in

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Who Is the Pappu Now?

What we are seeing is what Bharatiya Janta Party did to their favourite punching bag – Rahul Gandhi – but in reverse: the pappu-isation of Narendra Modi.

Palash Krishna Mehrotra writes
https://t.co/yaqxrpWf6K

[Shubhra Gururani @gggrrrurani]

Ban RSS in Canada, block Mohan Bhagwat’s entry: Two of the country’s MPs urge government https://t.co/YXNWpgmmro via @scroll_in

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

मोदी जी के रील का यह लड़की कुछ जवान दे रही है। सुनिए

[Rana Ayyub @RanaAyyub]

I might not have the time to attend parliament, I might not have the time to visit the flood ravaged Assam. I might tell the country to cut down on expenditure. But I have all the time in the world for self promotion on tax payers money

[Aadesh Rawal @AadeshRawal]

पुलिस हिरासत से छूटने के बाद की ये तस्वीर नेता प्रतिपक्ष राहुल गांधी की है।तस्वीर ये गवाही दे रही है कि उन्हें घसीटा गया है,एक पैर में जूता भी नहीं है।ये हाल नेता प्रतिपक्ष का है तो सोचिए युवा छात्रों के साथ क्या सल���क हुआ होगा…

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

My column in @ttindia on the state of the Congress Party and the fate of the Indian Republic: https://t.co/EclidzrtLf

[Amrita Dutta @damrita]

No one expects statesmanlike speech from Himanta Sarma anymore. But even by [his] abysmally low standards, a chief minister of a state directing the extraordinary harassment of Muslim voters – and owning it with pride – is a red line crossed.

My piece
https://t.co/EFCDyndlk5

[Mathrubhumi English @mathrubhumieng]

Meet Sreereshmi Udayakumar: The Kerala woman Gaza is thanking for providing clean drinking water amid war | WATCH

https://t.co/lvi6u1tL1Z

#SreereshmiUdayakumar #GazaGenocide #Drinking #Water #aid #Palestine #Thanks #Israel #war

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

The Arab Spring was driven by a common aspiration for democratic transformation across borders, whereas the South Asian protests are rooted in distinct national contexts.

https://t.co/cGA2eI5tYU

To view them as part of one sweeping tide risks flattening their differences, writes Ashok Swain.

[The Wire @thewire_in]

The project in question has not only raised apprehensions about displacement, anticipated ecological destruction, and cultural erosion, but it may also collapse due to the region’s high seismicity and geological fragility.

Hilde Nijland, Sumit Vij✍️ https://t.co/C4bZoORjyN

[The Caravan @thecaravanindia]

Archives | Among Vantara’s large and varied population of exotic, endangered animals are more than ninety African cheetahs, including over a dozen cubs. A 2024 investigation by Himal found that Vantara has been sourcing animals not only from private entities in India and abroad but also from state-owned zoos in Gujarat and Assam. Some state zoos have also sent to Jamnagar exotic species that were given to them after being seized from trafficking operations. In addition, state forest departments, especially in Maharashtra, have sent wildlife from mining-affected regions and sites of human–animal conflict—often related to a reduction in wildlife habitat—to the private compound, without taking into consideration the environmental and wildlife impacts from its proximity to one of the world’s largest oil refineries. The Himal investigation found that “Vantara has poached veterinary and animal-care staff from conservation NGOs across India.”

Read @akhileshhpandey's cover story on how Modi's Project Cheetah is falling apart from our April 2025 issue:
https://t.co/0bbjfYLuvF
#Vantara

Cover illustration by Radhika Dinesh.

[The Caravan @thecaravanindia]

A joint investigation by the German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Venezuelan media outlet Armando Info has revealed that Vantara, owned by Anant Ambani, the youngest son of the Reliance chairperson, Mukesh Ambani, has received at least thirty-nine thousand wild animals from over thirty countries since 2022. Several of the imported animals in Vantara actually belong to species that are subject to an international trade ban, under the CITES. The report notes that Vantara has been under international scrutiny for bypassing restrictions under the CITES, possibly with cover from the Indian government.

Read @akhileshhpandey's cover story on how Modi's Project Cheetah is falling apart from our April 2025 issue:
https://t.co/0bbjfYM2ld
#Vantara

Cover illustration by Radhika Dinesh.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Umar Khalid | Activist behind bars
✍️@khabrimishra
https://t.co/pln9ZxmzHZ

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Thank you @nytimes for doing what execrable GodiMedia do not have the courage to do.

[Nidhi Razdan @Nidhi]

Hardly a surprise given the state of the higher judiciary

[Pratap Bhanu Mehta @pbmehta]

Belated tribute to Alasdair McIntyre

[Manjeet Ghoshi @ghoshi_manjeet]

पिछले कई हफ्तों से Jist न्यूज़ की महिला पत्रकार मध्यप्रदेश के अलग अलग गाँव में जाती है और कवरेज करती है

ग़रीबी की वो तस्वीर शायद है प्रदेश में रहने वालो ने भी कभी देखी होगी क्युकी इन तक कोई कभी गया ही नहीं 25 साल से भाजपा सरकार ऐसी तस्वीरे दबाए बैठी है 💔

[Rahul @warriorpoet26]

@iit__mandi @Dir_IIT_Mandi should clarify whether they reached out to this scammer. This scammer has previously committed frauds. Her anti-reservation stance and her hatred towards SC/ST/OBC is no secret. Does @iit__mandi support this no-reservation propaganda?