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When I am not telling stories, I am thinking of how to tell stories better. Latte and long-form lover! Ex: @BrutIndia and @TheQuint. DM with leads and love. :)
Sep 28, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
"Kasam Ram ki khate hai, hum bhi Raavan marenge." Raavan here is @BhimArmyChief . Here's what's happening in #Hathras a year after a Dalit girl was gang-raped and 'forcibly' cremated in the dead of the night by UP Police. Stay with me. #Thread The man in yellow scarf is Pankaj Dharvaiyya, chief of Rashtriya Savarana Parishad, who had last year threatened to kill Bhim Army Chief Chandrasekhar Azad in police presence. The video had gone viral. He had then taken out a rally in support of the four Thakur rape accused.
Sep 28, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Probe Ordered Against Senior UP Bureaucrat Over "Conversion" Allegations. Why? Because he was 'preaching' Islam.

Are we still living in the India where propagating one's religion is a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT?

ndtv.com/india-news/utt… From Umar Gautam to now an IAS officer, the police has not been able to provide any proof of forced conversion or links with terror groups except their claim that these people "preached Islam." Someone go read Article 25(1) please!
Mar 17, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
Yesterday, the IT cell circulated a context-less interview of this Hindutva leader #NarsinghanandSaraswati who lost his cool when he got to know we are from The Quint. More on that later in the thread. First, some facts from the ground.
thequint.com/videos/dasna-g… The IT Cell claimed that the Muslim boy was a thief and "deserved to be beaten up" based on Narsinghanand's interview.
1. In the interview, Narsinghanand's only cites suspicion which is spun as gospel truth.
2. Do they have any proof to back their claims? ..Contd.
Mar 22, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
Petrol bomb hurled near the protest site in #ShaheenBagh by two unknown men on bike around 9.30 am today morning. The protest has been curtailed to only a symbolic one with not more than 5 people present at a time to follow #JantaCurfew @TheQuint Some more petrol bombs seized by the police in the lane next to the protest site.