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Barkha Rani Jamke Barasti Hai. Emmy Nominated Reporter. Columnist @WashingtonPost. Editor, @themojostory. Argumentative! Yaaron Ka Yaar

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1Apr 27, '21The kindest, loveliest man I have every known, my father Speedy, lost the COVID battle and died this morning. When I took him to hospital, against his will, I promised I would brin4.4×036k3k96
2Mar 26, '20"Could Yogi not have arranged even a bus for us, Is it because we're? Poor?"-Rajneesh, is walking 247Km on foot to Bareilly. "Poverty will kill us before the virus"- If we airlift 2.9×018k5.9k78
3Jun 12, '25This is an @airindia appreciation tweet . Just boarded flight from Newark to Delhi, heartbroken crew doing best to be professional, smile through tears / whatever be management iss2.9×1.4M21k1.2k500
4Sep 7, '19I think @narendramodi hug of a heart broken @isro chairman was a group hug of a billion plus people. A very fine gesture. And just what was needed. To criticise and politicise even2.7×028k3.4k29
5Feb 26, '20The incredible story of Mujibur Rehman, I meet him in #Mustafabad. The mob burnt his house, looted his belongings, his life was saved by his Hindu neighbour, Sanjiv. He's read both2.7×019k6.5k182
6Feb 28, '19I think we should welcome this gesture from @ImranKhanPTI on the release of #Abhinandan. The door for deescalation has been opened. And this is really not the time for dumb and nee2.6×022k3.9k14
7May 22, '25India's Loony Left - so out of touch with public sentiment, so lacking in regard for the armed forces or the idea of country being bigger than government , so disparaging of war, e2.5×1.2M12k1.4k524
8Jan 29, '20I suppose we live in times when comedians have become journalists and journalists have become comedians. #dystopia2.4×022k3.6k18
9Dec 16, '19"They tell women to stay at home and not speak up, but speak up we must. Nobody can take our voice"- 22 year old Ayesha Renna & Ladeeda Farzana -Sheroes from 2 viral images fro2.4×017k5.9k187
10Sep 15, '19Disappointing to see @Malala wade into cliched Pakistan state narrative about #Kashmir when the hard truth is that she can never even return to her own country because she was shot2.4×021k3.9k29
11Jun 18, '20I traveled 94 days reporting the Battle Against the Pandemic& then reversed my car, drove 14 hours to get to the Battle Against China in Ladakh. Because if you're a reporter yo2.4×021k2k16
12Aug 1, '20Sushant Singh Rajput's Therapist Susan Walker reached out to @themojo_in & broke her silence. Says Media's irresponsible coverage on Mental Health dismayed her & made going2.3×012k2.8k239
13Feb 29, '20In Delhi's Connaught Place, men shouting "Desh Ke Gaddaron Ko, Goli Maaron Salo Ko." marching through our capital as @DelhiPolice stands and watches. Are the deaths of our citizens2.3×012k5.2k79
14Feb 8, '24Everyone who declared #PakistanElections rigged with foregone outcome -that's mostly everyone, including me, is stunned at this moment. #ImranKhanPTI candidates lead in more than t2.3×1.1M12k4.2k158
15Dec 16, '19In a viral video from #Jamia we saw two young women save a male friend from police lathis by giving him cover. We also saw the same women standing atop a roof raising hands in anot2.3×019k4.6k75
16Jan 5, '20Here is the mob wielding iron rods and lathis and sticks freely roaming the JNU campus. The main gate is blocked, media not being allowed inside either. This is a complete collapse2.3×014k7.3k70
17Feb 10, '19This man has routinely tarnished journalists and even called for their trial and arrest. I wont shed a tear for him facing criminal action for his dangerous, communal and vile repo2.2×015k4.1k24
18Jun 12, '19Vinod has been my driver for 20 years and more. Today his daughter Ekta is training in a certified institute to be airline cabin crew. He devoted his savings to education for his c2.2×026k1.5k7
19Jan 7, '20Kudos @deepikapadukone for showing spine and compassion and showing up in solidarity with JNU students who are victims of violence and mob attacks.2.1×020k3.2k14
20Apr 5, '19I met Danish, son of Mohammed Akhlaq, whose own broken skull took two brain surgeries to heal. He hasn't been home to Dadri for 3 years. He still smiles, talks of Mohabbat & wa2.1×018k3.5k22
21Jan 6, '20Zero arrests and FIR against unidentified persons though they are all on camera. Let that sink in #JNU2.0×017k5k19
22May 2, '20In the land of the punjab at 3 am we found dinner. I cannot begin to describe how much joy a fresh roti gives me and my team these days. Today begins Day 47 of chronicling the Pand2.0×023k1.3k9
23May 12, '21After 16 days of COVID i mixed my father’s ashes into a rose plant and two evergreen trees, sought his blessings, and return my broken heart to the reporting road for @themojostory1.9×021k1.4k120
24Feb 27, '20At #Mojo we brought you the story of Mujibur Rehman who was saved by his Hindu neighbour Sanjiv. We spent 24 hours looking for Sanjiv & now bring you his extraordinary courage 1.9×013k5.1k133
25Aug 10, '19Kashmiri women are not your cattle Mr Khattar. Repulsive.1.9×012k2.9k17
26Jun 30, '20We can question our government. Can you question yours? It's called a democracy. And that is what nationalism truly is. To raise uncomfortable questions, that I'd love to hear from1.9×017k3.3k34
27Jan 5, '20Isn't it bizarre that a police that has been raining lathis on students in #Jamia #AMU didn't raise one lathi on the iron rod carrying masked vandals of #JNU who sauntered away aft1.9×014k5.4k23
28Feb 24, '20Here is a closer shot of the man who fired 8 rounds in North East Delhi today with absolute impunity. Identify this man. Lock him up #DelhiViolence1.9×012k5.3k38
29Apr 19, '19Pragya Thakur humiliates 26/11 hero and martyr Hemant Karkare. Guess who is Anti National.1.8×011k2.8k7
30Feb 11, '20The defeat of Kapil Mishra settles all theoretical debates on whether hate slogans and hate politics worked. The voter had the last laugh on who is the "Desh ka gaddar". BJP on sin1.8×016k2.9k9
31Aug 15, '21And where’s the UN?1.8×017k1.3k19
32Apr 7, '19Apoorva,daughter of Pulwama Martyr, says to politicians: "My father did not die for Modi or Rahul. He died for India. Cant you contest an election without dragging us soldiers in. 1.8×013k4.6k54
33May 5, '19Pretty sure even Modi supporters cannot approve of this coarse personal attack on Rajiv Gandhi by PM Modi. Dignified response by @RahulGandhi1.8×011k2.1k4
34Apr 23, '20We are on a 15 hour road trip through the heartland to continue to bring you ground reports on the Pandemic, the lockdown and its aftermath. This is a small break in Tonk. We will 1.8×018k1.7k16
35Feb 19, '19I had close to 1000 abusive messages and calls in a Cordinated and violent mob attack. These included a message to shoot me, a nude photo, many sexually abusive messages. I outed t1.7×011k3.4k25
36Oct 13, '20Rajiv Bajaj on one side and the surrender of Tanishq on the other. Difference between spine and supine.1.7×018k2.4k33
37Jul 31, '20Vomit inducing coverage of Sushant Singh's Rajput on television channels. Trivialization of mental health issues, privacy, personal relations- and now oh, the brazen misogyny. Ugh.1.7×016k1.8k33
38May 14, '20Dear Mumbai, you fixed my car, fed me food, gave me clean clothes, loved me and set me free. Perfect relationship. Seriously, you are the best. Onwards. Day 59. On the Road with th1.7×018k1.5k7
39Aug 2, '20IPL in Dubai with Chinese Sponsors sounds like it deserves a video on Tik Tok. Oh wait.1.7×019k1.9k12
40Apr 28, '18This picture should fill us with shame. #DrKafeelKhan1.6×011k4.3k12
41Feb 16, '21Needed: A #Toolkit to repair our wounded democracy, our craven media and our swiftly diminishing common sense.1.6×015k2.1k20
42Jul 7, '2021 years ago I met the extraordinary #VikramBatra, Code name, Sher Shah, the swashbuckling soldier who was one of the first interviews I did at the #Kargil frontline and would be t1.5×017k1.7k50
43Sep 12, '25Why is the beheading of Chandra Nagamallaiah - kicked and beheaded in Dallas over a washing machine dispute - as his wife and son were made to watch - not getting more attention in1.5×717k14k3.2k267
44Mar 15, '19And if you aren't going to call the #Christchurch shooter a terrorist, you're a sociopath too.1.5×011k2.5k3
45Sep 9, '20Children are being blocked from online classes and school whats app groups as parents struggle to pay full fees because of the lack of income or jobs cuts. This is news. You wont s1.5×014k3.1k19
46Sep 17, '25Interviewing PM Modi at the BJP headquarters in 1996 when he was party general secretary and I was not yet 24 years old . Many best wishes sir for the 75th @narendramodi 🙏🏾1.5×699k11k574345
47Apr 17, '2020s.1.5×017k66825
48Dec 22, '19Prime Minister @narendramodi angrily says there has been no talk of nationwide NRC except Supreme Court mandated #NRC in Assam. But this sir is not true. The Home Minister has clea1.5×012k3.4k22
49Dec 20, '19The right wing media did not spend a fraction of outrage on a woman accused of a terror blast who sits in Parliament as they have on the Facebook posts of two 22 years olds. I'm ju1.4×010k2.8k24
50Jan 31, '20I blame television media much more than politicians for mainlining hate and violence in India. They, fulminating, ranting, raving, inciting, with hashtags of hate are the real #Tuk1.4×012k2.6k16
51May 26, '20Nobody thought we could do it. Even we didn't. But 71 days & 14000 kms later, a journey that started in the North has reached the south in Kerala. Through Delhi, Punjab, UP, MP1.4×015k1.4k14
52May 22, '25This now viral image of Aishwarya Rai at Cannes seen by many to be a silent hat tip to Operation Sindoor1.4×664k14k1.1k213
53Jun 22, '20When we Insult Military Veterans and Pretend that we are nationalists... Is it Farce, Tragedy, or Comedy?1.4×014k2.1k8
54Jan 7, '20Here's the truth: Spunky women stars of the industry @deepikapadukone @aliaa08 @taapsee @RichaChadha @sonamakapoor @ReallySwara along with @anuragkashyap72 @mehtahansal @anubhavsin1.4×013k2.8k14
55Aug 12, '18What is this absolute CRAP. If attending Imran Khan's swearing in is anti national, is our entire cricket team treacherous because they signed a bat for him ? Aren't journalists se1.4×011k3.4k7
56Aug 14, '20This is what I feel about my trolls 😜1.4×012k35110
57Jun 24, '20Most of my friends have fancier cars. This does the trick for me. 23000 kilometres plus in 3 months of being #OnTheRoad. Still standing. Both the car and Me. Well ok, I'm sitting. 1.4×016k8107
58Nov 20, '20Only in India will we legislate on something called 'Love Jihad' but refuse to pass a law on marital rape. This is how much we love our women. And their right to say both Yes and N1.4×014k1.8k29
59May 8, '20Today in Surat, at the platform, I waved goodbye to the Train to Bihar. After 53 days of telling the stories of Migrant workers walking our national highways, for 100s of kms, some1.4×014k1.9k14
60Mar 1, '21On this day in 1984, my mother Prabha, seen here on assignment in Bihar, died while at the peak of her career. India’s first woman war correspondent, she reported the 1965 war from1.4×016k96135
61Feb 27, '19Calm, composed and dignified #Abhinandan you do us proud. Shrill Prime time evangelists could learn from officers like him. So relieved to see he is safe, treated professionally an1.4×011k2.5k38
62Nov 19, '19BHU students protesting against a Muslim Professor for teaching Sanskrit are living embodiments of bigotry. I can't even begin to imagine the heartbreak of Firoz Khan. Why doesn't 1.3×011k1.9k16
63Feb 9, '20I am never out of words. But this made me speechless.1.3×012k2.5k31
64Apr 12, '21Stop. Election rallies. Now. It’s callous and disgusting to watch, while people are running short of space at cremation and burial grounds1.3×013k2k10
65Jun 27, '20Sometimes my 'Studio' looks like this. One from #OnTheRoad Day 1041.3×015k8867
66Oct 2, '20I am standing a kilometre from the #Hathras village where the gangrape and murder of a Dalit woman has shaken India. No journalists are being allowed past this barricade. Why is @U1.3×012k2.6k12
67Apr 24, '20On 31st of March the govt told the Supreme Court there are no Migrants on the Road. This week alone, first on Agra Expressway & today on Kota-Indore National Highway 52, I meet1.3×011k3.1k21
68Jan 6, '20The women of the film industry - @aliaa08 @sonamakapoor @taapsee @mrsfunnybones @RichaChadha @ReallySwara and sorry in advance for anyone else I am missing - thank you for your spu1.3×012k2.3k12
69May 19, '25It is UNBELIEVABLE that congress is doubling down on its bizarre allegation that FM @DrSJaishankar gave away war plans. Do they even understand how military ops work ? This has NOT1.3×601k16k2.7k252
70Oct 3, '20I meet the #Hathras victims mother. "They (upper caste men) told us if our boys are punished we won't let you live. We'll have to leave the village. But Im ready. My daughter must 1.3×011k2.8k28
71Oct 7, '20#RheaChakraborty finally gets bail after a month. She has been the subject of utmost misogynistic vilification, led by some of our major TV news channels ( some of whom tried and t1.3×013k1.6k11
72Aug 7, '21The anthem. Makes you cry today #NeerajChopra1.2×015k6188
73Apr 24, '21My wonderful, gentle father, Speedy to friends and family alike, was placed on a ventilator at three am. I had to consent and it’s the hardest decision I’ve ever taken. All my hope1.2×012k63318
74Apr 9, '22Pakistan beats Netflix.1.2×013k1.9k52
75Feb 11, '20Biryani for dinner? 😳😎 #DelhiElections20201.2×014k1.2k3
76Jan 19, '21Only Rahul Gandhi would time a press conference to the exact moment when most of the nation is in a paroxysm of hysterical pleasure 😳1.2×012k96333
77Jun 14, '20I did not know Sushant Singh but I do know that one of the deepest reasons for depression is choking on your own emotion and putting up a brave front. Im often called an emotional 1.2×014k1.2k41
78Dec 17, '21Hello 50. Because black is the new orange . Thank you everyone for your wishes 💜1.2×014k20913
79May 20, '20Some nights on the road look like this. Got lost in Karnataka and ended up inside the interiors instead of the national Highway. Spent 9 hours on the road at night. Took our majorl1.2×013k1.3k12
80May 18, '20Shoe leather journalism. Day 63. On The Road with The Pandemic.1.2×013k9996
81Oct 25, '21Is the Indian cricket team going to take a gratuitous knee for Black Lives Matter, entirely disconnected from the Indian reality, but stay silent on the bigoted online attacks agai1.2×012k1.6k17
82Apr 25, '20Lunch today. A feast by the standards of highways that have no food or open dhabas. Gatte ki sabzi, paneer, roti served on a kagaz ki plate, had on a newspaper. Tomorrow is Day 41 1.2×014k9094
83May 4, '20There is no real meaning to social distancing when a woman breaks down in your arms after a third failed attempt to get to her village only to be turned back at the border.1.1×012k2k8
84Nov 27, '18Watch Exclusive: First response to me from @sherryontopp on #Kartarpur in Lahore Fort : "Only a tree laden with fruit is pelted with stones. Don't care about critics". On @capt_ama1.1×010k2.4k33
85Feb 8, '24If the #PakistanArmy steals this election the people of their country may never forgive them. And if they don't and allow #ImranKhanPTI and independents to take their democratic vi1.1×538k16k5.2k131
86Aug 4, '21India glued to #womenshockey over men's cricket. That in itself is a win #OlympicGames #India1.1×012k1k16
87May 7, '20Home is where the charpoy is. A dhaba between Udaipur and Ahmedabad. The rain drenched night sky was stunning. Day 52 begins of reporting the Pandemic and lockdown from the ground 1.1×012k1.1k4
88Jun 19, '20Welcome to my 'Studio' Day 95. Setting up at ground zero in Ladakh and had a little furry fella for company. #OnTheRoad1.1×012k7556
89Sep 22, '20So, No men "Do Drugs" in the movie industry? You mean they are high on just testosterone ? Erm.1.1×011k97116
90Apr 15, '21In Delhi Dad in his 80s, tested positive for COVID even as I am #OnTheRoad in Maharashtra tracking the #SecondWave. Finding the balance between remaining calm, clear headed and pro1.1×011k60310
91Oct 3, '20In the Republic of Noise and the reality of the Times Now what will India Today do without gossip, venom and slander now that Sushant Singh has been found to have committed suicide1.1×011k1.6k9
92Jun 24, '20Breakfast. At the border between UP and MP. Day 100. #OnTheRoad1.0×013k4676
93Apr 10, '21Lockdowns punish the poor, not the virus. #unlockvaccines1.0×011k1.4k12
94May 12, '19Prabha Dutt reporting the 1965 war from the frontline.. My ferociously strong, molten hearted mommy who went too soon, but not before she taught us that courage is the conviction o1.0×012k81712
95Feb 9, '24At night #ImranKhan had swept #PakistanElections decimating the might of the Army that wanted to decimate him. However hours later numbers on TV seem different. Is this the Pakista1.0×471k10k4k80
96Jun 21, '218 million vaccines today is the best news all year. Onwards, upwards please .1.0×012k6027
97May 9, '20Khajur, nimbupani and pineapple and mango from Golden Gate dhaba midway between Surat and Mumbai, run by Omar Bhai as he breaks his roza. Shukriya. Kindness of strangers still sust1.0×011k9891
98Dec 26, '21The night curfews are an insult to our intelligence. Please stop.1.0×011k87616
99Jun 3, '20Dear @satishacharya this is so so beautiful. If this is what jokes look like, I forever want to be a cartoon. Thank you.0.9×011k9409

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