“[His wounds] were profound, but he’s [also] lost the sight of one eye,” said Wylie. “He had three serious wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut. And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso.” theguardian.com/books/2022/oct…

Fabulous pastiche H/t Mihir

“Prisoners are the most secular... they pray to every God, asking for freedom. The Gods are equally secular, they listen to none of them.'
The indomitable Sudha Bharadwaj, a year after her release on bail, in an exclusive interaction with me.
Do read:
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I want to share some professional and personal news.

After 18 wonderful years working at Penguin, then Random House, and then Penguin Random House, I will be leaving Penguin India in a full-time capacity at the end of this year.

“Everything is bleak, grey, gloomy and dull, with no chance of it brightening up soon”

“Our political editor there, and now to the weather...”

The decision to ban Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo from travelling abroad freely is arbitrary & excessive

We Committee to Protect Journalists call on Indian authorities to allow her to travel & collect her Pulitzer Prize in New York

The Pulitzer Prizes Reuters Press Team

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#IranProtest #MashaAmini

‘When Byculla was Gambia’: Outstanding piece by sanjay nagral recalling 1986 when Glycerol wreaked havoc at Mumbai’s JJ hospital and how public-spirited journalism and the redoubtable Justice Lentin stepped in to save lives. hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-…

Is Mumbai dying? A newly-released book on his magnificent retrospective offers a chance to talk to Sudhir Patwardhan about all things Mumbai. hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-…

Brilliant. 🤣🤣🤣

Truss: “Your Majesty… Lovely to see you again.”

King: “Back again. Dear oh dear. Anyway…”

This is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. 😂😂

What a star Srushti Tawade is

With the Shiv Sena symbol frozen and the Shinde faction getting the name Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena, the debate on who gets the Shiv Sena is pretty much settled. Uddhav Thackeray will have to make a fresh start and Herculean effort to reclaim the Sena legacy.

How residents of Ulhasnagar, once famous for fake Made IN USA (Ulhasnagar Sindhi Association) goods, became victims of a shoddy builder cartel, that has led to 21 building crashes since 2009, & multiple deaths. Yogesh Sadhwani reports in today’s HTMumbai hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-…

I cannot quite stress to Western observers how massive this is - Iran's bazaar class are king-makers (and, er, de-makers). This is really 'Game Over, thanks for playing' territory now.

My report for HTMumbai. For 3 years, MahaRERA dismissed complaints because GACPL went into insolvency. Then complaints were settled out of court as Patra Chawl issue dragged on. Now comes the ruling. #RERA Meenal Baghel Cheatedbuyers Kalpataru Radiance Owners ekta tripolis buyers group Anjana

Sudipta Basu writes about our experiences and learnings from the writing of 'Being the Change' in today's Hindustan Times.
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