Editorial Director at @newslaundry || Doer of TV Newsance, weekly show on all the insanity that passes off as news on Indian TV bit.ly/TVNewsance
Joined January 2013
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Jun 5
Me: Can I call you a nerd?
@sidhant_sarthak: I would call myself a dork, a less knowledgeable nerd
The best of us don’t have this level of self-awareness. Fav chat this year cos we all need reminders that we don’t know everything & we need to stay curious
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I have majorly limited posting about my food history research because people conveniently pinch my work from here & pass it on as their own. But then there are the rare ones like @historywali who always asks for permission &gives credit/cites. Read her latest for @newslaundry
Jun 13
Pulao is not the safe, indigenous, satvik cousin of a foreign-sounding biryani. The renaming campaign ignores this fact.
✍️ Shubhra Chatterji
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Pulao is not the safe, indigenous, satvik cousin of a foreign-sounding biryani. A lovely piece with some nice biryani reccos too 😋
Breaking: Sadhus 🤝 Food Snobs
The Akhand Parshuram Akhada says veg biryani is actually veg pulao.
Biryani snobs: “We’ve literally been saying this for decades.”
I followed the trail through history, language, and a tehri recipe in the Pakadarpana that lists chicken as one of its ingredients. Turns out, food names are messier than food politics, and i’m delighted that @newslaundry let me write about it.
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Poet Aleena speaks to @dhanyarajendran and @PoojaPrasanna4 on feminism, Dalit allyship, and navigating identities in this week’s South Central.
Tune in to the conversation
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Jun 13
Pulao is not the safe, indigenous, satvik cousin of a foreign-sounding biryani. The renaming campaign ignores this fact.
✍️ Shubhra Chatterji
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had a blast this week speaking to the fifth most powerful Gujarati in India 😚
Modi has completed 4,399 uninterrupted days as PM. But can BJP survive without him?
And the big question: who after Modi?
@MnshaP, @ramankirpal, @Shardool_, and @Aakar__Patel weigh in.
🔒 Tune into NL Hafta: newslaundry.com/2026/06/13/h…
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Jun 13
NL Hafta is here!
This week, @MnshaP, @ramankirpal, and @Shardool_ are joined by @Aakar__Patel to discuss PM Modi completing 4,399 uninterrupted days and what his tenure has meant for Indian politics.
🔒 Tune in.
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Jun 13
What started the whole Khan Sir vs Roshan Anand episode was a boast both coaching centres made about
a Constable Recruitment exam.
Bullets, Thars and toppers: Inside Bihar’s crazy coaching wars. I didn't it was this fierce.
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TV Newsance is here! Modi completed 4,399 uninterrupted days in power — a great occasion to sing bhajans, pray, and display north korean-level sycophancy.
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Jun 13
Newslaundry does a @sidhant_sarthak @ni5arga on the FCI-Adani silo contract.
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Jun 13
for many aspirants - the main issue will be immediate resolution for various exam leaks and bhartis, not resignation of edu minister. these students will not want to align with CJP because it distracts core demand - as we saw some voice in Lucknow yesterday
Jun 13
लखनऊ के ईको गार्डन में लेखपाल और UPSI परीक्षाओं में हुई कथित गड़बड़ियों के खिलाफ बड़ी संख्या में अभ्यर्थियों ने प्रदर्शन किया.
परीक्षा व्यवस्था में पारदर्शिता की मांग को लेकर हुए इस प्रदर्शन को कॉकरोच जनता पार्टी प्रमुख अभिजीत दीपके ने भी समर्थन दिया.
@tfzaidi21 की रिपोर्ट.
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Jun 12
Just how hollow and superficial is the UP government's Investors' Summit? How are fraudsters exploiting it to rake in crores? Read this investigative report by Basant.
Jun 12
कंपनी का दावा था कि वह #UttarPradesh में 70 हजार लोगों के लिए रोजगार पैदा करेगी. हालांकि, लोंगो का आरोप है कि कंपनी ने उनसे पैसे तो ले लिए बदले में उन्हें रोजगार नहीं मिला.
देखिए @Basantrajsonu की रिपोर्ट.
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good taste in music 🙂
Jun 13
What does @sidhant_sarthak listen to when he's not nerding out?
His response may surprise you.
🔒 Catch him in conversation with @MnshaP: newslaundry.com/2026/06/04/b…
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Jun 12
लखनऊ के ईको गार्डन में आज लेखपाल और UPSI परीक्षाओं में हुई कथित गड़बड़ियों के खिलाफ बड़ी संख्या में अभ्यर्थियों ने प्रदर्शन किया.
परीक्षा व्यवस्था में पारदर्शिता की मांग को लेकर हुए इस प्रदर्शन को कॉकरोच जनता पार्टी प्रमुख अभिजीत दीपके ने भी समर्थन दिया.
@tfzaidi21 की रिपोर्ट.
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Jun 12
HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT!
Abki baar Modiji 4399 days paar!
Time to partake in the bhakti pro max!
Watch TV Newsance: youtu.be/NY86zK21aX4
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Jun 12
How hollow and superficial is the UP government's Investors' Summit? How are fraudsters exploiting it to rake in crores? Read this report by @Basantrajsonu
Jun 11
At the 2023 UP Global Investors Summit, the government signed a 3,350 cr MoU with a company that promised to establish Digital Doctor Clinics and generate 70,000 jobs.
The company now faces fraud allegations.
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19 Jul 2023
NCB tells SC it is ‘not challenging’ bail granted to Rhea Chakraborty in drugs-related case.
Don’t forget how TV news anchors, especially women, hounded Rhea and ran a malicious media trial against her — just for TRPs
Navika Kumar’s 'drug connection' youtu.be/ka0Z-r_32s4
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Journalism isn’t stand-up comedy, it's a tragedy under these worthies.
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"Women can be possessive...it's seen in Indian families...the wife or girlfriend doesn't really like too much of the man's relationship with his own family."
This regressive BS is being passed off as #JusticeforSSR on TV news. Coverage being led by women anchors no less.
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Jun 11
Delhi Gymkhana takeover didn't start now but during Covid: Chronology of how the govt came to ‘clean up’ but left a bigger mess
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Jun 12
“first generation learner hoon”
Do listen in to some voices here from yesterdays CPJ Pune protest
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Jun 12
Delhi Gymkhana takeover: How the govt came to ‘clean up’ but left a bigger mess
Deep dive into l’affaire Gymkhana by Alpana Kishore — a systemic trail of wreckage has pushed Delhi’s historic club to the brink
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