Like Chandrakant Khobragade, 40, has a postgraduate degree in science, with a specialisation in botany, and a DEd in education, but cannot find a job.

So, he’s turned to farming, and makes his peace with being barely able to make ends meet.

Latest: Unemployment is now a talking point in these polls.

But there’s a silent crisis that isn’t discussed at all—UNDERemployment.

Over days of travel in rural Maharashtra, I met so many well-educated young Indians, often postgraduates, working in low-paying jobs they are

Terrible planning by Mumbai’s Metro and Rail agencies towards PM Modi’s roadshow today.

A near-stampede at Ghatkopar station because of closures.

“The day I do Hindu-Muslim, I will be unworthy of public life.”

24 hours later:

Goodbyes are always difficult but we can at least make them funny. One last time around the country and online - *Notes From The Bunker* - in.bookmyshow.com/events/notes-f…
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Supreme Court orders release of NewsClick founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha in UAPA case.

Dear Countrymen,
Please read very carefully 👇

The tale of an APPROXIMATE DEMOCRACY !

1. It’s been 25 days since Phase-I (19-04-2024), 18 days since Phase-II (26-04-2024), 07 days since Phase-III (07-05-2024) and 24 Hours of Phase-IV (13-05-2024) of close of voting hours for

Mumbaikars, please come, stay, listen, absorb and vote wisely.

Friends in Mumbai: Two days before Mumbai goes to polls, I'll be in conversation with the terrific ParodyOfGenesia, about H-Pop and the power of propaganda disguised as pop culture.

Happening at The Quroum on the 18th, at 7.30pm. Do come. Swati Chopra HarperCollins Ananth Padmanabhan

'This is a meticulously researched, well-written book that lays out the state-of-the-art across these connected spaces.' Thank you for such an extensive and detailed review Devangshu Datta for Business Standard
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I talk about 'Being Muslim in Today's India' with Shahrukh Alam and Ziya Us Salam for this interview for Scroll.in

Thank you Harsh Mander for hosting it with such grace

The #INDIA alliance at work in Mumbai is throwing up fascinating visuals:

Muslims of Mumbai’s Nagpada campaigning for a Shiv Sena candidate is something I never thought we’d see.

Very disturbing that retired Army officers living in the same home for decades have found their names struck off the voters list in Pune, this election. Election Commission of India TOI Pune Pune Mirror MaharashtraTimesPune elizabethpaul

Wrote something to deep dive into the way Smita Prakash interviewed MP Owaisi and how it showcases how the right-wing thinks of then conducts “debate”.

“Unwittingly or not, the two-term prime minister has ended up legitimising hard-line, Islamophobic hyperbole and conspiracies that, for years, had been flowing into our social media feeds and phones.” Kunal Purohit

#IndiaElections2024
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#ReUp . Do read this important story by Kunal Purohit

Who all exactly is the Indian PM echoing these days?

Fake Signatures, Intimidating Calls: How Indore Candidates Were Coerced.
It is important to keep telling the story of how BJP has pushed candidates to ensure people don’t get to have a choice Sravasti Dasgupta went to Indore to speak to candidates m.thewire.in/article/politi…