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Lauren Frayer
@lfrayer
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correspondent in India. Past lives in Madrid, Lisbon, Cairo, Baghdad, Jerusalem & DC. Apasionada por fútbol. Cricket convert. Peanut butter connoisseur.
Mumbai, IndiaJoined February 2011
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This is Sharifa Bibi in Burewala, Pakistan. In 1947, she lost her brother Mohammed Tufail in the turmoil of Partition. He was 7. He was spotted sleeping at a rail station & eventually adopted by a family in India. 75 years later,
@NPR
is trying to find him. Can u help? 1/
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"An authentically colorblind society—one that recognizes histories of difference but refuses to fetishize or reproduce them—is the destination we must aim for. Either we achieve genuine universalism or we destroy ourselves as a consequence of our mutual resentment and suspicion."
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In France, @thomaschattwill has seen how a vehement rejection of identity politics can become a dogmatism as rigid as what it opposes: on.theatln.tc/hb0MrLF
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Odisha police are on it! They're "creating a dummy the same weight and dimensions as the stocky Mr. Antov, which they plan to drop from the same hotel rooftop."
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Evan Gershkovich
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Haunting ending to this story about the actual common cause of what initially appear to be suspicious deaths of Russian men: heart attacks and suicide aided by heavy drinking prompted by depression. By @SMeichtry and @pokharelkrishna wsj.com/articles/russi
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"The BJP is not working to dilute the power of the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley, but it is our duty to empower every citizen of India," a @BJP spox tells
@Reuters
'
@rupamjn
. "In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, they just happen to be Hindus."
reuters.com
How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir
For the first time in her life, Asha, a street cleaner in the Indian city of Jammu, will be allowed to vote in upcoming local elections. And she's in no doubt who will get her ballot.
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This book was a primer for me, when I moved to India! Such a good read, and now as timely as ever: amazon.in/End-Karma-amon
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Somini Sengupta🥭
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In 2023, India is poised to overtake China as the most populous country in the world, as @lfrayer reported on @NPR's @UpFirst. Good reason to shamelessly replug my book! The End of Karma: Hope & Fury Among India's Young. Link in profile. npr.org/sections/goats
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@lfrayer
In a one-room flat on the edge of a megacity, a newborn's cry marks a milestone for India. Little Vehant Singh is more likely to be healthy, literate and urban than any of his ancestors. He is the new India 🇮🇳
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This baby could push India past China to become the world's most populous country
Any day now, the United Nations will declare India's population the largest in the world. The country's next generation is poised to be healthier, more literate — and more female — than ever before.
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A step toward a Saudi bid for the 2030 World Cup?
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AlNassr FC
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History in the making. This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves. Welcome @Cristiano to your new home @AlNassrFC
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Anyone know where I can buy (or rent?) a live Christmas tree in Mumbai? One that's potted, rather than cut, so it can be replanted?
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Morocco! I love this World Cup for all its upsets. Thinking of all the Moroccans who've grown up in Spain, feeling like 2nd class citizens. Is France the favorite now?
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"Gandhi’s march could determine whether India’s fractured political opposition can do anything to halt the era-defining ambitions of the governing BJP, led by PM Narendra Modi. The future of India as a multiparty democracy hangs in the balance,"
@sameeryasir
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@nytimes
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Sameer Yasir
@sameeryasir
On 76th day of his long march north through the entire length of India, Rahul Gandhi walked into a textile-making town in the middle of this vast country, his face and hair covered in dust. I walked with him for about 13 miles that day. Here is the story. nytimes.com/2022/12/03/wor
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It's not hard to imagine how Elon Musk's understaffing of Twitter can lead to real world harm. Just look at mob killings in India, fueled by social media posts. "We've been watching the same reality TV show,"
@MishiChoudhary
tells
@shannonpareil
. "India is 2 or 3 seasons ahead."
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Vincent Ni
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Twitter's chaos could make political violence worse outside of the U.S. npr.org/2022/11/30/113
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UPDATE: Israeli director Lapid tells
@CNNnews18
that he "totally, totally, totally apologizes" for his comments about The Kashmir Files: news18.com/news/movies/di
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A Bollywood box office hit, an Israeli director's take on it — and accusations of pro- and anti-Hindu bias that are shaking Indian-Israeli relations 🤯 npr.org/2022/11/30/113
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A requiem🧵about rosier days at India's best English-language TV channel, amid (well-founded) fears it's losing its independence under new corporate control
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Raksha Kumar
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Anyone who knew about #Adani 's August acquisition of a minority stake in #NDTV and its open offer to take over the company, knew this day was coming. But, just like death, we were in denial until it came. 1/n
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