Zumbish

Journalist. Covered Bihar polls, 2020 for The Caravan. Words in Down To Earth, The Wire, TNIE. Poetry, Places, Cinema. Rebellious. [email protected]

[Zumbish @Zumbish8]

On the occasion SC strikes down the unconstitutional #electoralbonds scheme allowing donors to anonymously send funds to political parties, I share my report that once exposed corrupt practices of poll officers hand in gloves with some big parties: https://t.co/AOahxGbzn9

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.

The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.

HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.

Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
(1/10)

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

Yesterday, @IndianExpress reported an unprecedented rupture inside the Election Commission: TWO of its three members objecting on record, 14 times in 10 months, to decisions taken without their knowledge.

Today, the second part of our investigation looks at the concern Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi flagged most often: Who really controls our electoral rolls?

We followed that question to Goa, where we found something deeply concerning.

Stay with me....
(1/14) 🧵

[prashant dixit @prashantmd87]

My father is a blank space in my memory. I don't want to become one in my daughter's.

My column #Fatherland in @ThePrintIndia

https://t.co/aAoMvCUWFI

[rama lakshmi @RamaNewDelhi]

What Modi got wrong. Indians don’t want hundreds of new MPs

By @virsanghvi https://t.co/PS4XuDR4Kk

[Sujit Bisoyi @bisoyisujit87]

Twist in case of Odisha man who carried sister’s skeletal remains: Bank called it his first visit, CCTV proves otherwise https://t.co/C4czrW4QG5 via @IndianExpress

[noir @BanarasWallah]

Welcome to Noida extension...apparently a mega city in the making. These are the roads you get after filing your taxes on time.
#tax #roads #governance

[Nidhi Jamwal @JamwalNidhi]

A New Low in Media

Received a call from a media house which is bringing out a special magazine edition on Environment Day featuring people working on sustainability.

I was offered a full-page profile space IF I PAID THEM Rs 2.5 lakh.

You can imagine what my reply was!

[Paranjoy Guha Thakurta @paranjoygt]

Write to me at [email protected]

[Main Media / मैं मीडिया @MainMediaHun]

नाव, नदी और नसीब: कोसी के गांवों में मातृत्व की अधूरी कहानियाँ

कोसी तटबंधों के बीच बसे बेलागोठ गांव की रहने वाली सहायक नर्स मिडवाइफ (एएनएम) राधा देवी हाल के वर्षों में स्वास्थ्य लाभ में देरी की वजह से जच्चा और बच्चा दोनों की मौत की 12 घटनाओं की गवाह रही हैं।

वह कहती हैं, “नाव की कमी के कारण मैंने कई गंभीर मामलों में गर्भवती महिलाओं के बच्चों को खोते देखा है। आपातकाल में प्राइवेट नाव मिल भी जाए तो सुपौल सदर अस्पताल पहुँचने में तीन घंटे लग जाते हैं।”

बाढ़ के दौरान जलस्तर बढ़ने पर या तो नाव मिलने में अतिरिक्त देर होती है। कई बार डीजल से चलने वाली नाव मिल भी जाती है, तो उसका किराया 2000 से 5000 रुपये तक होता है, जो हमारे ग्रामीण दलित समाज के लिए बहुत महंगा है। जलस्तर बढ़ने पर यात्रा करना जोखिम भरा होता है। “इतना जोखिम उठाकर भी समय पर अस्पताल पहुंचने के बाद भर्ती की कोई गारंटी नहीं होती,” उन्होंने कहा।

राधा देवी पिछले 25 साल से बतौर एएनएम काम कर रही हैं। एएनएम का मुख्य काम ग्रामीण स्वास्थ्य, मातृत्व और शिशु स्वास्थ्य में मदद करना है।

बेलागोठ के नवदम्पत्ति ओमप्रकाश और रिंकू देवी ने दो मौकों पर, जब कोसी में पानी का स्तर ऊपर था, तब नाव के अस्पताल पहुंचने में विलम्ब की वजह से अपने दो अजन्मे बच्चों को खो दिया।

Read ground report by @Zumbish8: https://t.co/vswGcuQKGr

[Oppressor @TyrantOppressor]

And you want me to feel sad for Kashmiri Pandits...nah man
I hate you all from the bottom of my heart for a reason.

[Nida. @themeowist]

she is fundamentally misidentifying and misrepresenting the problem. the contradiction here is between capital and labour not men and women. exclusion from exploitative labour is not liberation. gig work is unsafe, underpaid, unregulated and coercive. (1/n)

[Satish Acharya @satishacharya]

Outrage after women journalists were removed from Taliban minister's press conference in India. #Taliban https://t.co/0rOlRzwVEM

[Hartosh Singh Bal @HartoshSinghBal]

exactly the praise dyc deserves

[Nitin Sethi @nit_set]

I don't know if it's sad, worrisome or hilarious that someone who loves the ECI paid a really cheap and bad quality agency to run an online bot trolling campaign against @reporters_co investigation. Yet again.

The story 👇:
https://t.co/EIrvQsJNcv

The bots 👇

[A.S.Deol(Butter Singh) JMM @ButterSDeol]

Well , Abhishek’s mistake wasn’t missing paperwork — it was rattling men in power with journalism that actually mattered. Imagine being so fragile that you need to hide behind HR excuses to silence a voice. If this is the cost of honesty, he’s already paid in full — and still stands taller.

[Zumbish @Zumbish8]

@nit_set @nit_set, well, unprofessional and unethical are the other names of @Outlookindia under its current leadership.

[Abhishek Angad @abhishekangad]

In 12+ yrs of journalism, never seen this: Joined on Aug 21, next day was asked for an “experience certificate” or offer would be withdrawn. Submitted it, yet they withdrew the offer on Aug 27. The job hunt begins again.

[Pratik Sinha @free_thinker]

PIB debunked 69 false claims relating to Op Sindoor between May 7 & 16, but chose not to fact-check Indian mainstream media which incessantly put out falsehood in the name of breaking news. Was there a method in the madness? @shinjineemjmdr reports

https://t.co/Ehra9cVspI

[International Women's Media Foundation @IWMF]

AI can be a powerful tool, but it can also add to misinformation & a shrinking journalism job market. This week, UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event focused on these opportunities & threats – a reminder to #CheckYourBylines for real news by real people. https://t.co/9LpnTSoki7