Swati Gupta

Freelance journalist | Previously @ Bloomberg News, The Washington Post, CNN, The New York Times, TIME, NDTV |@columbiajourn | Email: [email protected]

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

"I became increasingly certain of a truth I had just started to grasp: freedom couldn’t be imposed from above; it would only come from popular struggles in a society." @alexshams_
https://t.co/QIuCaqeya1

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

Really good one by @SDestradi on populism and foreign policy in India by Narendra Modi and the BJP.
https://t.co/ElBAeohC1Y

[Nitin Sethi @nit_set]

You can see the Sankarshan Thakur's touch in @Roshanjnu's superb piece on Nitish Kumar's 'kicked-up to be kicked out' episode. Do read. https://t.co/gPaQDnqAra

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

Bangladesh plans to renegotiate its power purchase deal with India’s Adani Power in order to seek lower prices, according to people familiar with the matter https://t.co/gyH6V4XIIS

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

French President Emmanuel Macron said the free speech defense of social media platforms is “pure bullshit,” pushing back against a key foreign policy goal of President Donald Trump.
https://t.co/fWvZaRNhRg

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

‘They All Tried to Break Me’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story https://t.co/kYDRv0zJyc

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

Live analysis on the 2026-27 budget by me and my colleagues at @business

https://t.co/2lembofQSs

[Subramaniam Sharma @subramaniamsh]

For all the news and analysis of India’s annual budget follow our live blog:

https://t.co/uaVkR0SNlW via @business

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

India's sluggish growth in manufacturing and a booming gig economy - how these 2 sectors intersect and where the country's population is choosing to work.
https://t.co/fhgg2atR1t

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

🚨*CALL FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST*🚨

There comes a time when silence no longer makes sense.

That time is NOW.

Citizens of Delhi—RISE TO THE OCCASION!

Join the protest in large numbers this Sunday, 9 November, 5 PM at India Gate, to make sure we are SEEN and we are HEARD!

#HelpUsBreathe

Join the WhatsApp group: https://t.co/i4STtT63UV

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim has been detained by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as they advanced in el-Fasher, raising concerns about his safety and prompting calls for his release https://t.co/yM8hbFq0CH

[Pranshu Verma @pranshuverma_]

exclusive: Indian gov't officials in May quietly greenlit a plan to steer ~$3.9 billion in taxpayer funds to Modi’s billionaire ally Gautam Adani in order to, among other things, signal "confidence" in his empire + encourage investor participation, gov't docs we obtained show. The plan came months after Adani's DOJ and SEC charges, which have plagued the billionaire, and docs show funds are steered from India's Life Insurance Corporation, which underwrites life insurance for poor + rural Indian families.

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

One patient's story hints at the potential for lower dose cancer medications. So why aren't there more studies on this? https://t.co/uKAjo7aZiY

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

@DanStrumpf reports from Kathmandu on the protests #nepalgenzprotest #nepal

[Bloomberg @business]

Angered by corruption, Nepal’s Gen Z ousted its government and turned to Discord for a new leader, @danstrumpf reports.

Read more about Asia's deadliest protest this year: https://t.co/foJHn4NgIQ

[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

My uncle Jagdeep Chhokar @JagdeepChhokar , co-founder of @adrspeaks passed away early this morning.

His lifes work, after he retired from IIM-A, was towards improving our democracy, irrespective of political party. Whether it was his pushback against simultaneous elections, petitioning the Supreme Court in the Pegasus case, or more recently related to Bihar's voter lists, it's something that he continued working on tirelessly.

I joked with him at his 80th birthday celebration last year that while most people teach their kids how to stay out of trouble, I learned from him how to get into trouble (fighting the good fight for freedoms).

Will really miss our banter.

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

Brilliant piece by @karishma__m__ and @raunakshivhare on the violence in eastern India.
https://t.co/Lc9MFXssDu

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

India's Boiling Point
“There’s not one system in the body that heat spares. Right from the central nervous system—to our heart, to our muscles, kidneys and liver—everything is at risk.”
Gift link:
https://t.co/FHBf1bUJAi

[Debjit Chakraborty @JournoDebjit]

MUST READ: Millions of people in India are confronting a terrifying reality: when sweat can’t evaporate, heat kills -- the Boiling Point! @rajeshsing13 @sw_gs @ClaraDFMarques
https://t.co/ImOJpX4Qi9 via @BW

[Arvind Gunasekar @arvindgunasekar]

Now, prove your identity.

“This exercise reveals the state's presumptuous character. It burdens citizens with the constant demand to prove their identity, as if they are forever on probation.
The KYC (know your customer) mania has extended to voting: Proof must be furnished again and again, often under arbitrary or shifting standards.”

[Swati Gupta @sw_gs]

What's behind the conflict between India and Pakistan? And what's the likelihood of all-out war? https://t.co/XEkcOAw7aK