This is a fabolous piece on writing by Daniel Torday: lithub.com/the-space-betw…

Started listening to this episode with Samarth Bansal to learn more about Indian newsrooms and journalism (especially in light of the current Wire-Meta fiasco) but the first half of the conversation about life things is all heart! 💜

The Wire's Great Meta Takedown was a manufactured story based on flimsy & poorly-sourced evidence—we just don’t know who manufactured it & how.

This is what happens when you don't follow basic journalistic rules of sourcing & verification.

🧵My analysis for fab Splainer:

My latest newsletter about Pondy, Auroville, and more!🌻

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Morning Walk by Mary Oliver ✍🏼

Wow!

One of my all time favourite poems ❤️

The Wire—as an institution—dismissed my critique of their Tek Fog reporting.

No internal reflection, no lessons learnt, no accountability.

So not surprised with what we learnt today.

Good journalism is an outcome of good process. Please follow it.

theinterval.co/the-wires-tek-…

Issue #17 of my #travel newsletter is out! 💌
A note on Pondicherry, Auroville, childhood memories, board games, gendered public spaces, slow travel, and more!
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Don't choose tribalism over principles.

That's the lesson we should draw from the Wire's fiasco.

My latest newsletter post: indiauncut.substack.com/p/18-dont-choo…

😭💜

Great piece by Ted Gioia -- and the data confirms what I've been saying for a long time: People. Crave. Depth.

tedgioia.substack.com/p/has-the-inte…

I would add that raw hits or views are a bad metric. What matters is the depth of engagement.

Do Diwali celebrations in Delhi always have to involve tambola, karaoke, and bad music on loudspeakers? 🙉 And the firecrackers haven’t even started! After a peaceful Saturday exploring a lush green Mehrauli, this is like being shaken back into the worst of Delhi! 😬

Who else here has tried to modulate her voice or speech to sound more like a man to get people to just listen? I know I have 🙋🏻‍♀️

DM me your stories and I'll write a piece about it.

motherjones.com/media/2022/09/…

“Risk a voice that doesn’t demure, a voice that is difficult, unaesthetic, charged, forthright, sappy. Risk it, or risk living a half-a-person life.” ✊🏼

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To live in this world

you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,

to let it go.

- Mary Oliver 🌻

If I Had Three Lives by Sarah Russell 🙌🏼

Italy launches a digital nomad visa! andysto.com/italy-launches…

By Lucille Clifton 🍃