No journalist covering the #Bengal elections can ignore this: SIR deletions while they are - aren't just rolls purification —there is also clear disenfranchisement. .. - Have met scores outside appellate tribunals with complete documentation— even links to the 2002 rolls—standing in long queues losing daily wages, spending precious ₹150–₹300 on photocopies, only to leave confused, anxious, holding a torn white slip with a hand scribbled number. this isn't what electoral integrity looks like .. Did the powers that be fail to safeguard it? Yes.
Long years ago, when I worked for The Associated Press, I sat for chai in Kathmandu with a Pakistani colleague from The AP’s Islamabad bureau, a very accomplished photographer and a thorough gentleman.
Mid-conversation, he said: “Are you telling me that you have Muslims in the army in India? Because we have been told that there are no Muslims in the Indian Army.”
I was shocked.
“There are thousands and thousands of Muslims in the Indian Army. If there is a battalion with majority Muslim soldiers and a Hindu commander, the Hindu officer will offer namaz with the soldiers. And vice versa. We have literally had a Muslim Vice Chief.”
Imagine living in a country where news of sexual violence against women is so overwhelmingly common that it barely registers anymore. It would be shocking if we manage to have a single day where no woman is violated.
The desensitisation is terrifying.
Between The Worst Person in the World and Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier has to be my favourite working director this decade. Both completely original masterpieces that emotionally floor you and linger in your thoughts long after watching them. Incredible visuals, nuanced acting and clever but profound writing. They have it all.
Mia Goth and Andrew Scott will lead Justine Triet’s (Anatomy of a Fall) next psychological thriller ‘FONDA.’
Also starring Frank Dillane, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett & Allison Janney.
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The Rajasthan High Court has instructed the state government to promote app-based ride-hailing services to ensure that at least 15% of their drivers are women within six months
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The spectacular lack of accountability of this man. If I asked you India's environment minister's name you wouldn't know it. Your kid's lungs meanwhile are damaged permanently. You failed!!
The unbearable uselessness of India’s Environment Minister https://t.co/B32SWzRLzH