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Jun 4 11 tweets 2 min read
#ManipurLokSabhaElections2024 saw unprecedented threats, intimidations and poll violence. Close to 50 cases of poll violence, proxy voting, party agents not being allowed, sitting BJP MLAs even punching on EVMs were put across to the #ECI. This only for the inner constituency 1/2 There was repoll in only 11 polling booths. The situation was same in the outer seat where the BJP did not field any candidate. For the inner seat, the turn out in the repolls was massive. It was as if the people wanted to show they had had enough
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Sep 6, 2023 19 tweets 4 min read
To begin with, this fact finding of media's reportage does NOT analyse media reporting at all. What it does however, is more problematic/disturbing/unwarranted
Long thread alert #Manipur #EditorsGuildofIndia The report says EGI 'received several representations that the media in Manipur was playing a partisan role' and from here on, puts the Manipur media in the dock while absolving national media, many of whom played judge and jury 1/2
May 26, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Chandralekha Chanu of Manipur, a hockey coach sells vegetables to provide for the diet and equipment of her players. Her academy has produced many national and international level hockey players for India. 1/n
Manipur is power house of sports' because of people like her and NOT govt support. The academy came into being after another woman, RK Ongbi Memcha saw Chandralekha being turned away from playgrounds donated her agricultural land 2/n
May 26, 2022 27 tweets 11 min read
yo folks: I am feeling sadistic. Should I go watch #Anek first day first show and do a tweet review? Been pitching for an #OwnVoice review to media houses but no one's interested. Keep me in your thoughts people. This is a difficult mission. Pray I have my sanity intact after this
Oct 6, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
Vice President India came calling to Manipur. Invites were sent out to Cultural and social icons, film makers, sportspersons for an interaction in which invitees were to self introduce themselves. Imagine a head of Govt on an Indian visit and asking such a thing #ColonialMindsets Celebrated film maker Aribam Syam Sharma didnt attend and said: I am now 86 yrs. How can I go to a function and say 'My name is Syam Sharma, I have made these many films, won these many awards. It is embarrassing to even consider. I am wondering how such a thing has come to be
Mar 8, 2020 17 tweets 4 min read
How do I retrieve tweets from last year? This is regarding a series of tweets on the rise of the child climate change activist starting with the fraud stories behind it Till I find my way to my earlier tweets, here is a press release based story heralding the rise of Kangujam Karnajit as a 'global activist' e-pao.net/epSubPageExtra…
Apr 24, 2019 8 tweets 3 min read
A con story in the making that went viral and how fact checking led to some interesting turns
ifp.co.in/page/items/577… the 'breaking story' was first carried by @NortheastToday without any by line and with no mention of the said 7 yr old child except name and age. The story has since been deleted from their site without any further mention/clarification