Frnds
800 metres away from PM's residence there was a VVIP wedding on 11th March. The Guestlist was full of VVIPs starting with PM Modi,Rajnath Sing, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, FM Sitharaman & CMs from BJP-ruled states.
It was the wedding of Navika Kumar's son.
Stay here frnz. ☺1/12
In 1988 Times Group Hindi Newspaper NavBharat Times Editor Surendra Pratap Singh's wedding was attended by Chief Ministers from 7 states and many Central Ministers. It was highly criticized then. Anand Swaroop Verma in his Book "Patrakarita ka Andha Yug" wrote about this. 2/12
It was the view of the majority of the Journalist fraternity during then that against those your pen is expected to move if you make a sweet relationship with them, your loyalty towards your profession is no more trustworthy.
11th March wedding of Navika Kumar's son Siddhant in GymKhana Club. Other than BJP Mins Shehzad Punawala, Anand Rangnath, the owner of TimesGroup Vinit & Samir Jain, Rajat Sarma India Tv were present.
No @INCIndia or any other party leadrs were present.
Plz stay frndz. 4/12
With this Navika has established her Leadership in the elite or the Lutyen lobby class she often joked in past years.
It is a significant thing that she didn't care to hide her close bonding with the Ruling Govt. Maybe as all these are normalised these days. 5/12
In 2019 in an interview, Navika Kumar: Even today I'm hungry for news. That hunger is understood by a survey of Newslaundry where it has been found Jan22 to June22
Her 123 nos debates
Communal 45
Anti-Opp 36
Pro BJP 10
Others 32
That interview link.👇6/12 samachar4media.com/interviews-new…
2009 Neera Radia tape. Barkha Dutt still suffers from that leakage of 5000 talks betwn Politicians/Corporates/Journalists. 6-8 journalists were caught & Navika Kumar was among them. Surprised?☺
In that tape Neera Radia told Navika to not share information wid Arun Jetley. 7/12
Nothing to be surprised as Navika Kumar Had a strong relationship Respect/Guide/Mentor with Arun Jetley whom she used to call everyday Morning. She said that herself in 2019 after Arun Jetley's Demise. 🙂 8/12
Neera Radia Tape changed lives of Barkha Datt, Vir Sanghvi but strangely Navika hardly faced 2 wks suspension from studio. She was not even a big name like 2day. Again 2022 Nupur Sharma's row in her show resulted heavily for Nupur but Navika remained untouched.
Stay frnz🙏9/12
After Arnab Goswami left it is not R Shivsankar but Navika who took charge. Despite only 20% representation of Females in TV media hats off to Navika made it. It fastened from2020 #SSR case when she targeted Rhea Chakraborty insanely. Remember this Ekta Kapoor style Entry? 10/12
She is the boss of @TimesNow it can be understood well the rival Republic Group 2021 filed a defamation case Against Navika only.
But her devotion to Ruling made it easy to cross all obligations. In Jan24 when #HindenburgReport revealed she kept bashing @INCIndia 11/12
Finally
She is only a part of a machine built by whom u know well.
Endng this thread with the lines of Raj Kamal Jha, the Editor of Indian Express 6yrs ago who said this after PM's speech. Plz listen frndz.🙏
"Criticism from the Govt is a Badge of Honour"
Let's discuss the Special Marriage Act.
But before that, if you consider the women folk a lesser brain, herd of sheep, her body a communal property -scroll down.
This is not for u.
Md Galib (30yrs) & Asha Verma (27yrs) from Jharkhand've been in a 💘 for over a decade. 1/14
Galib an Engineer was working outside India. Asha's family fixed her marriage with a person aged over 40 yrs. Hearing this Galib returned to India. As they are both adults they can opt for Court Marriage. Right?
Now Think about the whole scenario. They need to act asap. 2/14
They have no other option left but marrying without family permission.
So now if they take legal route of Marriage, they will have to apply for permission & this application with personal details is pasted on the magistrate’s notice board for the next 30 days. 3/14
Sardar Patel Exposed the real face of Nehru.
In Sardar Patel's words :
14th October, 1949. 🧵1/18
Jawaharlal & I've.. soldiers in the struggle for freedom, colleagues in the CWC devoted followers of Great Master who has unhappily left us to battle with grave problems without his guidance & co-sharers in the great & onerous burden of administration of this vast country. 2/18
Having known each other in such intimate & varied fields of activity we've naturally grown fond of each other; our mutual affection has increased as yrs have advanced & it is difficult for people to imagine how much we miss each other when we are apart & unable to... 3/18
15/12/2019 evening Md Minhajuddin then a 2nd yr LLM student #JamiaMilliaIslamia was studying in the Library when Delhi Police broke in & beat him mercilessly.
@Article14live
He lost 1 eye & the another vulnerable to infection. He was not only who faced the Brutality. 🧵1/2
5yrs Multiple petitions for compensation pending in courts.
Read Sumit Singh & @Abubakr_syed1
March 2020 police told the HC that they entered the campus to “rescue innocent students trapped inside”.
The then VC Najma Akhtar said nearly 200 students have been injured.
However the Jamia filed a petition in Saket Court seeking FIR against Delhi police in Jan 2020 which a yr later dismissed by the Court. The Admin didn't appeal to the higher Court further. 3/4
Zakia Jafri is no more - But her story is incomplete without Ehsan.
Who was Ehsan? Not just a politician but a living example of shared existence.
A Freedom Fighter, a writer & the successor of Indulal Yagnik and his school of thought who always stood for the downtrodden. 🧵1/14
While still at RC High School in Ahmedabad, Ehsan published a magazine in URDU & joined the Freedom Movement. Influenced by communism was arrested in 1949 for his 'calls for revolution'.
Upon his release, he became the Gen Secy of the Progressive Editors Union. 2/14
Simultaneously he completed his Law Degree & started practicing as a Lawyer in Ahmedabad.
In 1969, when a communal riot ravaged the city, his house was burned down. He & his family took shelter in relief camp. But his belief in the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb remained undeterred. 3/14
HISTORIAN Prof Irfan Habib (94 yrs) a pioneer in interpreting Indian History based on diff social dynamics challenging the Colonial Dynastic false communal narrative.
Prof remembering Pt Nehru.🌹
Plz read
"One day in 1942 my elder brother & I were playing here in Garden". 🧵1/7
Prof Irfan Habib's father Prof Md Habib taught the history of medieval India at AMU
"when suddenly a tonga came in & out jumped Nehru. He took no notice of us —that disheartened me.
He just came to this door, knocked on it, opened it & called out, ‘Habib, get me a sandwich". 2/7
Next time when Prof Habib met Nehru he was a college topper and teaching at the university.
“He scolded me at a tea party here where he was invited. I was having my tea, and my fellow colleagues had dropped all kinds of things on the grass.
Unfortunately Nehru caught me." 3/7
“As I left the room the RSS volunteers entered and laughter broke out again.” Gopal Mukund Huddar recounted this incident in yr 1979 article "Illustrated Weekly of India".
Huddar was serving emissary of Netaji Subhash was sent to Hedgewar to fix a meeting between the two. 🧵1/12
Netaji after resigning as the Cong Pres in April 1939 wanted a fresh movement against the British.
So He called Huddar in his Bombay office & told him to arrange a meeting between him & Hedgewar.
Huddar a former RSS & the 1st sarkaryavah - Gen Secy & later became a leftist. 2/12
With Netaji's msg on 7 July 1939 Huddar met Hedgewar who was then staying in a mansion of one his rich follower, Deolali Nasik.
Huddar wrote Doctorsaheb (Hedgewar) was joking & laughing with some youngsters of the RSS, after Huddar's request those volunteers left the room. 3/12