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Feb 18 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
This is a #Thread on all my Hindi articles written for @navjivanindia. I wrote them in English, translation done in-house. Link to my Author's Page navjivanindia.com/author/1428509…

Navjivan, National Herald and Quami Aawaz are newspapers started by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1930s.
मनवाधिकार दिवस की हकीकत: सिर्फ तारीख पे तारीख- बिना सुनवाई-मुकदमे के लाखों विचाराधीन कैदी जेलों में

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पंजाब शिक्षा मंत्री परगट सिंह का दिल्ली डिप्टी सीएम को करारा जवाब, कहा- पैरामीटर पर जहां चाहें बहस कर लें...
Interview with Pargat Singh in Hindi. December 4, 2021.
navjivanindia.com/news/punjab-ed…
महाश्वेता देवी की 'द्रौपदी' को पाठ्यक्रम से हटाकर दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय ने खुद ही करा ली अपनी थू-थू. Sunday Navjivan, September 3, 2021.
navjivanindia.com/news/du-made-i…
सूचना क्रांति से लेकर वैक्सीनेशन तक, राजीव गांधी के शासन में चले 6 मिशन ने बदल दी भारत की तस्वीर - सैम पित्रोदा

Interview with @sampitroda for Navjivan, National Herald. Special edition on Rajiv Gandhi birth anniversary. Aug, 2021. navjivanindia.com/news/from-it-t…
#SanjuktaBasuInterviews
The video interview with Sam Pitroda can be seen here

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पंचायती राज को ग्रामीण विकास की धुरी मानते थे राजीव गांधी, लेकिन आज राज्यों में सिर्फ 'सरपंच राज' ही चलता है
My interview with veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Iyer on Rajiv Gandhi and Panchayati Raj. #SanjuktaBasuInterviews navjivanindia.com/news/rajiv-gan…

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