As Elections are here and Mr Modi is seeking a 3rd term, media and endless ads on TV are showing how PM single-handedly "developed" the nation. So here is a story:

In December, I found myself in Mr Modi's adopted villages in Varanasi. What I saw there, blew my mind.

A thread.. When Mr Modi assumed office 10 years back, he made all parliamentarians adopt villages in their own constituencies to make them "model villages." Modi himself adopted 8 villages in Varanasi.

Now I will tell you what happened to those villages.

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restofworld.org/2024/bjp-saral… In the run-up to India’s massive elections, the Saral app — which has more than 2.9 million Google Play store downloads — has emerged as a key piece of technology in the BJP’s campaigning operations so much so that Amit Malviya called it an "ELECTION WINNING MACHINE."

🚨Scoop: Remember how in 2018, India's education minister said that he believed Indians were descendants of rishis rather than monkeys ?
Satyapal Singh had called Charles Darwin "scientifically wrong" and claimed "Nobody saw an ape turning into a man.”
indianexpress.com/article/india/… Satyapal had said : "Darwin’s theory is scientifically wrong and so, in schools and colleges it must be changed."

And guess what ?

From Bangalore, to Paris, to Berlin and finally in Delhi, nearly nine months of reporting for #storykillers is now published by Forbidden Stories and their partners.

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Some findings here : Picking up where Lankesh left off, Forbidden Stories investigated Postcard News.

I found that in the years following Lankesh’s killing, Hegde grew closer to the BJP, co-founding a company that lists an active BJP advisor as a director.

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India is one of the WORST countries concerning food insecurity in Asia. Only war-torn, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan suffers more than India, according to 2022's World Hunger Index. India slipped six places and ranked 107 of 121 countries on the 2022 index.

An alarming thread : Indian government fails to recognise how alarming hunger is in India. In the Supreme court, the government said there were no starvation deaths in India, which is not correct.

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Yogi Aadityanath, UP's CM yesterday claimed - "Before 2017 was everyone able to get ration? Only those who used to say 'Abba Jaan' were digesting the ration." He LIED from the stage. My reporting from UP proves otherwise. A thread. Please stay with me. Last year 5-year-old Sonia Kumari died in Agra, a district in Uttar Pradesh. Sonia born to 40-year-old Sheela and 50-year-old Pappu had reportedly gone without ration for 15 days before she died. Pertinent to mention that they are Hindus.

Last year, this day, I was suspended from my work. Eventually, forced to resign because of a tweet. Even thinking about that day gives me shivers. But I cannot stop thinking about it - A dramatic, public and insulting exit. Many people thought that my career was over. There was name calling, trolling, rape and murder threats. From money to shelter, I was struggling for everything in a pandemic. As my world turned upside down, only my work and my passion felt like a refuge. Here, is a thread of some stories that I have written so far.

Today WhatsApp wished it's users good morning. Accept the updated terms and conditions or say goodbye. (Thread 1/n) It is effective from Feb 8, 2021. There are seperate hyperlinks for terms and privacy policies. Both these hyperlinks lead to multiple pages of contracts written in a very jargonised language. A few things I noted : google.com/amp/s/tech.hin…