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bhai yeh news channel hai? aur isko journalism kehte hai?
Will the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign or will he continue and finish his term? Astro Sharmishtha shares her predictions. #UnPolitics #CEC #GyaneshKumar | @AstroSharmistha @PreetiChoudhry
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what on earth is manipurians?
Everytime we have a call with the CJP North East team, it becomes impossible to hear the plight of fellow Manipurians. They have been saying this for a while - "Bhaiyya we all feel abandoned". I am not sure what to say in such a moment, for I can't even imagine what the people of Manipur are going through. Let me just say this - @Cockroachisback stands in complete solidarity with the people of Manipur. We sincerely hope that peace comes to your beautiful state, for you all deserve the same happiness as the rest of India.
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Boss, everyone who stands up to the state pays a price. The price may differ, but that doesn’t make one person’s struggle more worthy of admiration than another’s. Focus on the politics and the system people are fighting, rather than romanticising individual sacrifice.
A few years ago, Ashu had a high-paying corporate job in London, earning millions. Saurav was writing about the country’s legal system and living a great life. Both had successful careers, financial security and every reason to continue living the lives they had built for themselves. But they chose to give it all up in the hope of making this country a better place. They had absolutely no reason to leave behind their comfortable lives, take to the streets, face uncertainty and eventually end up in jail. Yet they did. What I admire most about these two is that despite coming from privileged backgrounds, they chose to fight for those who aren’t as fortunate. They could have easily looked the other way, enjoyed their lives and never bothered about the struggles of people they had never even met. Nobody asked them to make these sacrifices. Nobody expected them to. But they did, because they genuinely care about people beyond themselves. And to me, that is the greatest quality a human being can have. To stand up for people you don’t know, to fight battles that aren’t your own, and to risk everything you have so that someone else might have a better life. That’s the kind of people Ashu and Saurav are.
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no doubt that KS is a learned senior counsel and a doyen of the bar but yeh kaisa flex hai aur kaun aise bolta hai bro
🚨 IMPORTANT We have consulted Mr. Kapil Sibal. If Ashu and Saurav are not released by tomorrow, we will pursue legal action against all those who deliberately ensured that they continue to be in illegal custody especially when they have not committed nor charged with any offence. The deliberate use of delaying tactics to keep them behind bars cannot go unchallenged. Those responsible will be held accountable.
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the first step now is to take the constitution away from the supreme court of india (and rest of it will follow)
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Not to fall into the trap of comparing what has always been everyday life in the margins with what is now happening at the centre, but I think we are reaching a point where approaching institutions is mostly about creating a record of their failure to provide relief. ++
#BREAKING Supreme Court orders no illegal detention can take place of those peacefully gathering. Court orders Metro & Rail Services to function normally, Internet facilities must remain undisturbed as per law and free movement of people and traffic be permitted. Court also directed take down S.163 board outside Supreme Court, so there is no apprehension with regard to access to justice. #SupremeCourt #CECProtest
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Of course for many, this has long been the reality. But, perhaps what is changing is not the nature of institutional indifference or apathy, but the diversity of those now subjected to it, across social locations that we all once assumed to be insulated from it.
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bravo to the lawyer but also you’ll understand why she may have been let go the moment she slipped into a dialect if you know a little about the social composition of the Delhi Police constabulary
तीन से मिलकर एक ना सँभाली गई। कमसिन कलियों का तीतर सा बाँध दिया अकेली वकील ने।
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the Supreme Court is (not) your friend
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it would be interesting to review the results of an audit of the system logs of ERONET HmMMmmmm
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Hi, a phone got stolen in front of McDonalds, Bhagirath Palace near SBI Bank around 8:00 pm. e-FIR (80078884) dated 17.09.2026 is filed. There are CCTV cameras positioned at the exact spot. IO is yet to be assigned but kindly review the footage. @DcpNorthDelhi @DelhiPolice
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to all my fellow indians living in the north: don’t say voilations — it is v-i-o lations
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Why is everyone in the foreign policy beat thanking MEA XP for a pen and notebook?
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So @amazonIN thinks I must learn about Rakhi (what I received) and its virtues instead of learning how to write better (what I ordered)…
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don’t have the right words but it is existentially cruel that someone leaves home for a city in pursuit of education, possibility, and a more expansive life, only to have that aspiration end with the roof (literally) falling on his head and ground slipping away from his feet…
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nothing against her but you don’t need to create a linkedin origin story to say that you value access to education for all… theguardian.com/world/2026/a…
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I can’t make head or tail of this statement. But then again, I guess the random in Penguin Random House isn’t there for decoration…
Penguin Random House India official statement.
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vaise har matter ke do-chaar dates baad apni petition lekar aa jaana, yeh kaunsi Shobha ki baat hai?
#BREAKING Sr Adv Shobha Gupta mentions student protests matter before #SupremeCourt praying that it take suo motu cognizance of the issue of sexual assault against women/girls CJI: we have already recorded the issue separately in our order. Given priority J Bagchi: there was an independent petition regarding this Gupta: How will complaints be filed before the Committee appointed? Please appoint a District Judge...or...so complaints can be sent CJI says once nodal officer is appointed, the Committee can notify a procedure for making of complaints.
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feel shy but must share that I contributed a chapter with @GolanNaulak to a volume on 75 Years of the Constitution of India, edited by @KK_Kannabiran. We write about how tribal communities in NE India, negotiate and reclaim the Constitution. amzn.in/d/052ZBtdV
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I thoroughly enjoyed writing this, even if some may say we were boxed in by identity. But there is no better way to write about the Constitution than to begin with where we stand, and tell the story of how it has found us, shaped us, and given us a language to tell our own story.
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