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Raghu Karnad

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Raghu Karnad

@rkarnad

रघुकुल रीत सदा चली आई. Founding team @theWire_in. 2022-'23 fellow @CullmanNYPL

India

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Joined May 2012

Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Feb 25, 2020
I'm at Mustafabad, near the Loni Border, and new fires (set post-9pm) are burning in front of our eyes - Muslim jhuggis and tempos, according to onlookers - by masked men shouting JSR. Delhi Police are present saying they are unable to intervene.
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Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Dec 15, 2019
University students torched public property, pelted stones at police, brought cities to a halt to protest an elected government. It was 1974. The students, mostly ABVP, were led by Arun Jaitley. Not so long ago, and maybe worth remembering. #JamiaMilia #Delhi
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Feb 3, 2021
Since tweets by @rihanna and @miakhalifa are now considered 'external forces' and 'foreign interference', a small reminder... During the first Emergency, the Sangh's main line of dissent was through foreign press, governments, activists, and funding. A short thread.
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Apr 19, 2019
At least Vajpayee's BJP tried to -stop- terrorists from getting to the Parliament
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Jun 13, 2019
The picture that is growing rooted in my mind is of Appa in his spot on the sofa, his hand around a glass of whiskey, gently bubbling with bits of history, legend, song, folktale and philosophy. That was the man I… instagram.com/p/ByouTFrlEyG/…
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Jan 5, 2020
If you're confused about the possible identity of the masked attacked in #JNUviolence, a question to ask: Has there been a single tweet yet from @narendramodi @AmitShah or HRD minister @DrRPNishank? What about @CPDelhi @DelhiPolice? Ans: none
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Jun 16, 2020
Cassandra: Warned her arrogant rulers, again and again, about true dangers to their city; was disregarded and abused ("a raving tongue of evil speech") and told to be silent, but was always right.
Rahul Kanwal
@rahulkanwal
Jun 16, 2020
There’s a bunch of Cassandras who are delighted that the Modi Governent is on the back foot with China. Folks, this is about the Indian Army. Can you put your petty politics on the back burner please. This is India vs China. Not BJP vs China. Politics can wait.
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Feb 12, 2019
Students at Aligarh Muslim University are saying that a team from @republic TV just visited campus, and reportedly physically & verbally harassed students – saying "We're standing in a university of terrorists" – to provoke an on-camera reaction.
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Jul 6, 2021
Yesterday #StanSwamy died, after eight months in prison conditions that exacerbated his Parkinson's. He was one of the jailed human-rights advocates aka #BhimaKoregaon 16. The story of the evidence against them is... amazing and bizarre, and is worth going over. A thread.
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Apr 11, 2019
After a week of obfuscation, @BJP4India's IT Cell admits to funding #NaMoTV. It's not a news channel (requires a license) but it's not an ad service (says Delhi EC). It is broadcast by satellite, with no license for that. Is this party running the government or running around it?
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Jan 27, 2020
Breaking, from sources at #ShaheenBagh: Deepak Chaurasia & Sudhir Chaudhary of @ZeeNews have arrived, were let in through the barricades by police, but confronted by women protesters who refused to speak to them – and simply sang the National Anthem. (1)
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
May 5, 2019
We're all talking about PM Modi's popularity as if it's based on a psychic link with the public. Newsflash: it's based on a publicity / propaganda campaign more expensive than you'll believe. I lift the lid on the insane numbers:
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
May 10, 2021
Natasha Narwal, a young activist leader held in jail, has lost her only parent to Covid. She could not speak to him before he died. Last August, the imprisoned activist GN Saibaba was refused a video call to see his dying mother one last time. A video call. /n
Raghu Karnad
@rkarnad
Feb 11, 2021
A @YouTube video, trending on Twitter this morning, called for Indian journalists - including my friends and colleagues - to be 'hanged to death' for treason. It had half a million views before it was taken down just now. (1/3)