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Founder, ThePrint. Politics, governance, non-hyphenated journalism. And typos are my fingerprints.

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1Dec 21, '22Big story in the Chinese Covid surge is their dud vaccine & nationalism that blocked all foreign vaccines incl Astra Zeneca (Covishield). Scandal that WHO approved Chinese non-13.6×1.4M13k2k105
2Apr 25, '21As a child of the sixties, I’ve seen every crisis, incl 3 full wars, food shortages, calamities. This is our biggest post-Partition crisis & never has India seen a Govt missing6.7×028k8.2k131
3Feb 9, '23Can there be a happier sight than this for a sports lover… Champion sprinter PT Usha, among our greatest Olympic athletes ever, presiding over Rajya Sabha in session…6.5×669k14k1k29
4Sep 6, '20Rhea is being subjected to a brutal, medieval witch-hunt. Doubly tragic that a large section of TV media is part of the mob inquisition. Next they would want her burnt at the stake6.3×033k5.1k49
5Jan 25, '23As fans cheer and celebrate SRK’s Pathan success & stardom, remember his courage and fortitude too. The strongest, esp parents, would’ve cracked under what he’s endured. Succes5.6×580k9k1.1k53
6Nov 19, '23When dissections and post mortems are done some will say Rohit was in an unthinking haste. Truth however is, he’s the only one who played the fearless new Indian cricket today. The5.0×518k9.8k88586
7Jun 5, '24A most powerful government suffered a massive setback. All totally peaceful. No rigging, hijack attempted. No candidate harmed. Mexico elections coincided and saw 37 candidates kil4.9×502k8.7k1.3k313
8Feb 27, '19Ejected, beaten, bloodied, blindfolded, handcuffed, in enemy captivity... What do you say? This is my name, rank & religion. I’m not supposed to tell you anything else. Such co4.8×026k6.3k28
9Nov 19, '23The lack of intent from SKY will haunt him and also Indian think tank which gave him the coveted number 6 spot. T-20 stars can do with some humility going into ODIs.3.9×401k6.3k45941
10Nov 28, '23Silkyara tunnel rescue is among India’s most joyous successes in a long time. No lesser moment than any World Cup win. Shows India will even cut through the Himalayas to bring back3.8×392k6.4k80240
11Mar 2, '21Flawless registration on the Cowin website. Shots done in minutes. Within minutes of the shot, SMS arrived on the phone, with time & place the shot was administered, nurse’s na3.5×022k2.7k68
12Sep 9, '23India-MiddleEast-Europe corridor is a brilliant idea & a wide multilateral initiative with full G-7 backing. Imp that PM Modi underlined building infra that’s sudtainable &3.4×354k7k90468
13Dec 6, '19Anybody cheering mafia-style Hyderabad ‘justice’ should never complain about ISIS beheadings, Taliban lynchings & Maoist kangaroo court executions. Modern, civilised state evol3.0×011k3.1k39
14Dec 19, '19These visual will hurt India’s image for a very long time... This is among India’s best known public intellectuals worldwide, and this is in Bengaluru, our most globalized city... 3.0×010k5.2k68
15Apr 25, '20“BJP wants us to see Indian Sonia Gandhi as Italian but Canadian Akshay Kumar as Indian” ThePrint's @jyotiyadaav reports #PoV3.0×011k2.8k54
16Mar 30, '20Ok guys, that was a true ‘senior’ moment and all of you say thank-you to me I gave you such a laugh in grim times. Of all of the dozens of memes I’ve seen though, this is my top of3.0×018k2.6k165
17Aug 8, '24That second 91m+ throw by Arshad Nadeem shows the 1st was no fluke. He’s made a habit of throwing 90+ lately… a prodigy…congratulations Pakistan.. A silver upon Tokyo gold may disa3.0×308k9.4k64692
18Jul 25, '20Sushant Singh Rajput’s death shows how Bollywood can be so unfair to the outsider... Because it is a brutally competitive game with no umpires, adjudicators or whistle-blowers.. I 2.9×014k3.5k178
19Aug 13, '22While we hope and pray for Salman Rushdie, we must never forget that India was the first to ban the book. It was a Congress govt with around 415 seats in Lok Sabha… So who planted 2.9×016k2.7k137
20May 17, '20Never seen a Modi Govt so defensive. The labour disaster has shaken it. Half of the 10+ hours over 5 days could’ve been compressed into a humble one line apology: “Sorry, we messed2.9×014k3.3k34
21Dec 14, '18SC order on Rafale is a lesson to Congress. There’re perils in buying into mythologies & folklore and calling every Defence deal a scam. It sung just a loss of face. It’s a kic2.8×011k3.4k22
22Jan 12, '20When Dev Anand & Kishore Kumar protested the Emergency, Govt banned their movies/songs on DD/AIR. Now, Deepika visits JNU & faces vile attacks led by top ministers, calls t2.8×013k3.3k30
23Jul 29, '20Fighter planes can make adult enthusiasts act like juveniles. But, while it’s great that the Rafales have arrived, we must be the global laughing stock tracking each take-off, land2.8×013k2.3k44
24Aug 2, '21Celebrate the joy of 2 hockey teams in Olympic S-F, remember to send a humble thank-you note to Odisha and its CM @Naveen_Odisha ....For 6 years now, the not-so-rich state has spon2.8×017k2.8k20
25Jan 5, '22A prime minister’s security must always be a fully non-partisan issue. All institutions of the state security machinery, whether at the Centre or the states, have to take full resp2.8×017k2.4k40
26Oct 24, '18Before you laugh or make jokes about Rakhi Sawant, count the microphones in front of her and TV channel logos. The joke is on us, the news media2.7×013k3.5k52
27Jan 8, '20It is simplistic to dismiss Deepika Padukone’s support at JNU as ‘movie promotion.’ She’s a mega star & knows the risks of boycotts/demonisation. Which is what the mighty Khans2.7×015k3.1k19
28Mar 19, '20For all his fine oratory, this was by far the calmest, most measured & important speech Narendra Modi has delivered in his public life. This is just that juncture when India ne2.5×015k2.2k32
29Jan 12, '21What legal doctrine does the court use to stay the laws just passed by both Houses of Parliament and notified by the president? There wasn’t even a whiff of a constitutional challe2.5×013k2.8k46
30Dec 30, '24If ego is central to Rishabh Pant’s natural game, smarter rivals have figured it. Even part-time bowlers like Root & Head will throw the bait and make him look stupid, esp on b2.4×247k6.7k57779
31Mar 24, '20Spoken like a true national leader. Sincere, convincing, powerful, humble & yet firm. Pleaded with folded hands at least 5 times. And totally non-partisan. Just the kind of mes2.4×013k2.5k22
32Apr 30, '2041 among pilgrims who returned to Punjab from the Gurudwara in Nanded have already tested +ve. Reminder that a virus isn’t spread by a specific religion. It is spread, instead, by 2.2×09.5k2.4k54
33Jul 28, '19Jo hum se takrayega, choor-choor ho jaayega... Unnao woman who accused BJP MLA Kuldip Sengar of rape hit by truck, lawyer dies... her father was killed earlier, also the lone witne2.2×08.4k3.8k17
34Oct 30, '21Here, spoken like Virat @imVkohli …spoken for all of us fans to…2.2×014k1.4k19
35Sep 28, '18The surgical strikes anniv celebrations are pure politics & electioneering. No govt has used armed forces for political propaganda and own Image-building than this one. Respect2.2×08.7k3.5k11
36Mar 1, '202 killed, 10 injured, Internet banned, curfew in anti-CAA protests in faraway Meghalaya. Under an NDA govt & the BJP’s favourite governor. No Muslims/Hindus/Congress/‘urban nax2.2×09.3k3.3k46
37Mar 30, '20Disinfectant spraying of people, esp those coming from outside, is acceptable in COVID season. Watch China, Indonesia etc. Even with new airport arrivals. Drones are also used to s2.1×010k2.5k42
38Aug 16, '18Confession: I once told Vajpayee I’d never voted for him. He squirmed in mock horror & said “abhi kuchch aur mashaqqat karni padegi,” (I’ll need to slog harder). Here was a PM 2.1×012k2k11
39Apr 23, '25Canada is the only G7 country not to have spoken on Pahalgam yet.. Or may be it really sees itself as the 51st state & believes Trump has spoken for it… A shame. When China, Ir2.1×217k6.6k804151
40May 7, '18Agree with Haryana CM Khattar the place for namaz is the mosque or own homes. It shd also apply to weddings, jagratas, bhandaras, kanwarias and all such. All shrines (of any faith)2.1×07.5k2.7k4
41Sep 4, '22Trust Swaminathan Aiyar for honesty so rare in our public debate. Anti-Narmada campaign wasn’t just a giant con, it was another far-Left “block everything” hobbyhorse at the cost o2.1×010k2.5k317
42Sep 16, '19Farooq Abdullah, 83, with transplanted kidneys, detained under PSA...can be held without trial for 2 yrs... How mindless can it get... And you know what: in 1994, he was in Rao Gov2.0×08.4k2.4k20
43Oct 12, '19Rafale/Rajnath/Shastra Puja must be the most ridiculous controversy in some time. All of India’s armed forces hold Shastra Puja every year. I have seen pictures of Nehru, Shastri &2.0×011k2.2k21
44Apr 24, '21It’s early days for the Biden Admin. Yet, it’s already confirming the hard truth that post-Cold War India-US ties have been way more robust under Republican presidents. It isn’t ju2.0×011k1.9k47
45Jun 4, '19We must be seriously under-employed to make an issue of Akshay Patra not using onion & garlic in its midday meals. Check the quality, quantity, nutritive value & taste of t1.9×09.2k2.6k17
46Feb 26, '19The 35-year Pak Army/ISI fantasy of bleeding India with a thousand cuts, using expendable proxies as gun-fodder has ended. They have to make a hard choice now: find peace with Indi1.9×09.7k2.6k10
47Oct 13, '20The nuttiest story today is Maharashtra governor Koshyari taunting his CM Thackeray for “turning secular.” So which country’s Constitution does the governor think he’s sworn to pro1.9×011k2k18
48Jun 18, '20I was 5 in 1962. It took five decades after that to get India’s new generations to trust China. That trust won’t return for decades now. And never if a regime like CPC is in power.1.9×010k1.6k48
49Feb 4, '19CBI is left with 0 credibility for a supposedly autonomous agency. It’s a rogue vigilante of the rulers of the day. Only the gullible, or the faithful will believe it suddenly woke1.8×06.3k1.9k8
50Mar 6, '19Astounded by govt threat in SC to use Official Secrets Act against N. Ram, and The Hindu and demanding the source of their Rafale stories. Government should be answering the questi1.8×07.3k2.6k6
51Sep 5, '17Journalism is nothing without courage. Democracy is nothing without dissent. You had plenty of both #GauriLankesh You live on as inspiration1.8×08k3.1k0
52Mar 26, '20Wanting to go home in a crisis is natural. If Indian students, tourists, pilgrims stranded overseas want to return, so do labourers in big cities. They want to go home to their vil1.7×08.5k2.3k14
53Dec 26, '24In his 2nd term when so much abuse was flung at Manmohan Singh, he gently and famously said history will judge him more kindly than journalism. This vindication will come earlier a1.7×178k6.6k635111
54Aug 4, '24The day enough of us start believing @16Sreejesh is as much of a national icon as a Tendulkar, Kohli or Bumrah, Indian hockey will back…1.7×178k7k69827
55Feb 20, '22The one democracy where you see mounted police trampling protestors in 2022 has to be the Great Hypocrisy called Trudeau’s Canada. Just spare the rest of us ‘lesser’ democracies th1.7×08.6k2.1k78
56Feb 2, '18It’s fashionable to say only 2.56% pay income tax in India. See it like this: 2.56% Indians pay all 100% of our tax. And you continue to strangle, and extort from only these few ho1.6×06.3k2.9k0
57Dec 15, '19Just how strong are these young women.....1.6×07.1k2.3k27
58Jun 29, '19Afghanistan should fire their captain for egomaniacal stupidity. He had a real chance of becoming a mega star by just letting his team win, than insist on bowling himself at crucia1.6×08k1.5k10
59Feb 24, '22Our #50WordEdit on Europe’s crisis1.6×08.6k1.6k53
60Mar 24, '20My favourite in the union home ministry lockdown notification is point 9: All religious places will remain closed. No religious gathering or congregations of any kind will be allow1.6×08.9k1.4k14
61Jul 17, '18In 40+ yrs of knowing him since he was Haryana Edu Min & Sushma Swaraj his deputy, I have never seen the elegant arya samaji without his turban. This is heart-breaking. To do t1.5×06.3k2k4
62Oct 26, '21Waqar Younis gloating over ‘namaz among Hindus’ is no shock or surprise. Cricketing talent is no cure for illiteracy, idiocy & bigotry. It’s disappointing only because it shuts1.5×08.7k1.2k40
63Sep 18, '21Anything you can do, I too can, Rahul Gandhi seems to be telling Narendra Modi by firing a CM. Now can he do the next thing Modi does: bring his party the votes too?1.5×08.5k75727
64Mar 1, '19Very disappointed but not shocked that Pakistan ruined its own “gesture” by forcing a POW to say things so obviously under duress. Civilised armies don’t do such things. I can see 1.5×06.7k1.7k7
65Oct 23, '20Our air IS filthy. Every year about 15 of the 20 cities with the filthiest air in the world are in India. We’ve also done little to address this, except pass the buck around. No po1.5×08.4k1.3k26
66Jan 14, '20If economic growth is stagnating at below 5% level, and inflation is running up to 7.3%, we have the exact definition of the ‘stagflation’ Dr Manmohan Singh had warned us about in 1.5×06.6k2.4k18
67Jan 30, '20Think: if somebody had gone at a crowd pointing a gun, even fired in full view of hundreds of armed cops, what would they have done? Shot him forthwith. And if it was Kashmir, N-E,1.5×07k2k13
68Oct 2, '20Whatever the issues with some channels, journalism is overwhelmingly a force for the good. If Hathras weighs so heavily on our national conscience it is thanks to the courage &1.5×09.2k1.2k14
69Oct 5, '20May be Yogi Govt is right & Hathras is a global conspiracy to defame UP. In which case, key conspirators must be his cops who burnt the body past midnight, kept family out. And1.4×08k1.7k17
70Nov 30, '19Why are people afraid of criticising you, Rahul Bajaj to Amit Shah (+Nirmala Sitharaman & Piyush Goyal) at ET event.. Then: is there any doubt that Godse was a terrorist? It ne1.4×06.9k2k30
71Nov 21, '18Modi Govt has been set on a disastrous course in Kashmir for some time. It has reversed two decades of gains, incl the investment Vajpayee made in holding fair elections. It has ta1.4×06k2.2k6
72Jun 29, '20The Chinese must be laughing their guts out. They come pushing at the LAC & a war breaks out between BJP & Congress. In a national crisis, India needs to be united. The onu1.4×06.7k1.1k16
73Dec 11, '18One clear verdict today: a stunning clean-sweep by the EVMs in all five states... This ends all urban legends, propaganda & loser’s perennial whine... India’s EC conducts the m1.4×06.8k1.6k4
74Mar 3, '19Here’s an idea: All the fauji, foreign svc & intelligence veterans who preen on TV channels screaming for war should disclose if their kids live in India or overseas. And if ov1.4×06.5k1.5k3
75Oct 21, '21FATF report again today. Not only does Pakistan fail to get out of the grey list, it’s joined their by its latest ‘best friend’ Turkey…1.4×09k90521
76Aug 10, '19The full video clip of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar underlines the perils of igniting social media outrages before facts are clear. What he said & clearly meant is contrary t1.4×06.1k1.9k7
77Aug 14, '20The mildest thing we can say about the SC contempt order on Prashant Bhushan is, a great institution is letting itself down. No criticism can undermine the top judiciary more than 1.4×06.5k1.3k14
78Jun 20, '20Known Chinese psywar handle posts a fake claim of low PLA casualties at Galwan with a staged Feb video of some soldiers in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber claiming these are Indian cap1.3×06.7k1.6k23
79Feb 8, '20Touching, Advani sobbing at VVC’s Shikara.. Pls remind him that VP Singh was in power then, propped by BJP.. He didn’t pull it down over KPs. He was setting up his rath yatra &1.3×06.6k1.9k27
80Sep 5, '21This is awful, awful BBC… just ignorant journalism and arrogant anchoring..Christine Fair has an oft state argument: in Afghanistan, Pakistan is the arsonist who pretends to be the1.3×06.9k1.5k91
81Mar 17, '22India exploring a discounted oil deal with Russia is a perfectly good idea. Morality lectures are a joke. Nations act in self-interest. Americans are unwise to sanction 3 biggest o1.3×08.3k1.1k53
82Apr 5, '22In no city or region of India are 99% people vegetarian. Even if they were, it’s a free country & no majority can force its choices on people. And if indeed they could, vegetar1.3×07.6k93223
83Mar 3, '21Haryana’s nutty 75% reservation law brings the worst kind of inspector raj in the pvt sector. An army of those will now be visiting factories/offices, counting Haryanavis & che1.3×07.4k1.3k18
84Feb 11, '21I notice some people asking who’s Wasim Jaffer and if he counts in Indian cricket. He played 31 Tests as opener, with a double 100 each against WI (away) & Pakistan (home). Bes1.3×08.7k7075
85May 12, '20Too many of India’s chief ministers make a poor case for federalism. Shirking responsibility, they lean on the Centre to extend the lockdown and further strangle the economy. Then 1.3×06.2k1.4k27
86Apr 12, '21With 1.2 million active cases, and daily number reaching 2 lakhs, it’s bizarre to have poll rallies & a full Kumbh Mela. This will take the virus deeper into villages & sma1.2×06.4k1.1k14
87Apr 11, '21Both Sputnik-V and J&J vaccines have peer-reviewed phase-3 results published. Both are approved in many countries. And both are being produced in India. Govt insistence on brid1.2×06.3k1.1k24
88Jan 2, '21Health minister Harsh Vardhan’s promise to provide the Covid vaccine free for all is generous. But, given the scale of the challenge & costs it will be pragmatic to let those w1.2×07.1k76215
89Feb 27, '22No continent has had conflicts raging longer than Europe. No continent has birthed World Wars but Europe. Balkans/Bosnia are in Europe too. And Europe it is that brought about this1.2×06.4k1.5k91
90Feb 11, '21Most shameful the bigoted targeting of @WasimJaffer14 in Uttarakhand. He’s an invaluable servant of Indian cricket, as a big-hearted player and coach. To target him for his faith i1.2×06.5k76211
91Apr 21, '22When Dhoni does a Dhoni on Mumbai Indians! Never mind the age, MSD will forever be the calmest finisher #CSKvsMi1.2×08.3k70911
92Nov 11, '22Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination was a national tragedy & also the first time a foreign power (if non-state) dared to take it battles to India by killing its former PM. His assassi1.1×06.3k1.1k24
93Dec 27, '20Wonderful 100 for skipper @ajinkyarahane88 on the big stage. If you follow Test cricket closely, don’t forget how nastily he’s been treated by the Kohli-Shastri duo who’re even hap1.1×06.6k80014
94Jun 16, '20Be sure that Xi Jinping has fully taken into account the economic/trade loss this would entail for China. He’s thinking not money but hegemony. The world is looking at a militarily1.1×06.4k1.1k24
95Aug 31, '20Since so many of my wonderful friends here are asking, here’s my health bulletin: a second covid test was negative too but our smart pathologist found something amiss and dug deepe1.1×06.8k2515
96Dec 12, '18Once again, by respecting the mandate in MP rather than try a smash-and-grab like Karnataka, @ChouhanShivraj shows why he’s among our most dignified political leaders. He’s a BJP s1.1×06.4k9365
97Jan 2, '21Don’t believe any politician who says I am not taking ‘this’ vaccine. They will all quietly get themselves fixed with Pfizer/Moderna while spreading a scare about vaccines a]easily1.1×06.1k1k18
98Jan 4, '21Bharat Biotech is a world class company with a stellar reputation for research and reliability. A pity it’s caught in the Govt rush to clear a swadeshi vaccine. A few more weeks’ w1.0×06.1k59017
99Oct 10'Modi at 25 is staring at a cascade of crises… A perfect storm is building… We list a dozen signals… And on what these could add up to, a dire warning from late C.K. Prahalad.. #Na1.0×103k3205883
100Feb 15, '21This 100 is @ashwinravi99 answer to those like Vaughan maligning his home pitch as a mud pile or asking for India to be docked WTC points for making a lousy wicket. If a number 8 c0.9×06.4k6338
101Jan 19, '21Ashwin had promised Tim Paine if he comes to India it will be his last series. With him not having to lift a finger, his team has likely made this Paine’s last already... #INDvsAUS0.9×06.6k5195

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