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Aunohita Mojumdar

@aunohita.bsky.social
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Journalist. Editor. Writer.

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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mary Slusser stole a great many sacred objects from #Nepal, often 'cleaning' them up with Tide detergent powder. Though she joins a hoary line of westerners saving a country's heritage from itself, her credentials as a real scholar make it all the more shocking. www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...
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Mary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritage
A US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The most important question is the one not addressed: Does your partner give you the space to read? Now that is what I would call a real dealbreaker!😄 lithub.com/my-partner-r...
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"The bureaucracy that demands Aadhaar from citizens, often the poorest, has resisted linking their own Central Govt Health Scheme cards to Aadhaar". Excellent report from Rema Nagarajan. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/aadhaa... #health
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Aadhaar for rest, but babus resist link for CGHS
Over 3,100 DBT schemes and 360 public services use Aadhaar-based authentication. Yet the bureaucracy that demands Aadhaar from citizens, often the poorest, has resisted linking their own Central Govt ...
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What happens when drying rivers change Ajrakh colours, no phuti karpas for Jamdani,no clay for Dhanak potters? Superb, well-written article combining data, reporting & analysis on impact of climate change on crafts by Avantika Bhuyan in Mint Lounge t.co/7N7lM2l7F0
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/art-and-culture/climate-change-extreme-heat-unpredictable-monsoon-impact-craft-weaving/amp-11788500069687.html
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#Nowruz Mubarak to my Afghan friends and to all those celebrating Nowruz. May today be the start of a new year of hope and resilience. #Afghanistan #Iran
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Dissent, key to electoral democracy, had little space in Nepal with opposition parties abdicating their role to maneuver for the next chance. Voters have now exercised their right to dissent with force, voting for a dissenter. #Nepalelections frontline.thehindu.com/world-affair...
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Nepal’s 2026 Election Shock: What’s Next for Politics?
Nepal ousts old parties as disruptors rise, reshaping politics and foreign ties. Explore development, governance, and Gen Z influence now.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Reading Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville: An American Story' is like following the author down a fissure into the innards of the American Right & those who stand against them. If one wants to go beyond Trumpiana & understand forces shaping the U.S. read this book. @deborahbaker.bsky.social
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
#BiharElection2025 46.7% of votes gets u 202 seats 37.5% of votes gets u 35 seats. India's first-past-the-post electoral system is a colonial hangover that benefits political parties. We voters should demand a more representational form of democracy!! timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bihar-...
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Bihar election results 2025: Nitish does it again; alliance returns with crushing 202 seats | India News - The Times of India
India News: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a stunning landslide victory in Bihar, winning 202 out of 243 assembly seats. This outcome highlights C
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
'Aubade' by Ranjit Hoskote, from the anthology 'Singing in the Dark'. @ranjithoskote.bsky.social #fortheloveofpoetry
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
A group of Indian journos brave & bold, Went to Israel, breaking the mould, Sponsored by the Israeli embassy, They returned from the paid-for odyssey, With not a single story on Gaza I am told! #GazaGenocide‌ #journalism www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/12/f...
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Few questions on Gaza, fewer on media access: Inside Indian media’s Israel junket
Paid for by the Israeli embassy, timed with a war that’s killing journalists, the trip barely raised the tough questions.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Important initiative by Afghan civil society. I have followed the work of many of the organisations and individuals involved from my time in Afghanistan. #Afghanistan
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Why is India's Election Commission moving from enabling widest possible franchise to restricting it? Excellent interview & explainer by @businessline Resident Editor Poornima Joshi MP Manoj Jha. #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #BiharElections2025 www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/v...
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Don’t doubt everyone’s citizenship; EC’s job is to include voters, not exclude them: Manoj Jha, Rajya Sabha MP
Agitation in Bihar over Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, exclusion fears, and opposition mobilisation explained by Prof. Manoj Jha.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Tachibana Akemi(1812-68). #Japan #Fortheloveofpoetry
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
@bsky.app #Emergency1975 "exacted a terrible price from many but was also a time of preferment for those who became collaborators, their competitive jousting for new ways to express loyalty echoing eerily in these times". My 2024 review of Abu Abraham’s cartoons: www.newslaundry.com/2024/11/06/f...
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From satire to defiance: The political power of Abu Abraham’s cartoons
Almost half a century after the Emergency, an exhibition marking Abu Abraham’s centenary gives a stark reflection on that dark chapter and the political themes that continue to resonate today.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
"carrying a tough message on terror is easier for the diplomats...if in a strife-roiled world the govt plays to #India ’s advantages, & what differentiates it from #Pakistan —as a secular, stable, pluralistic, rule-abiding democratic & eco power" says Suhasini Haider www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
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Blame not the messenger in India’s diplomacy
India’s diplomats do not decide the message that India wishes to send after Operation Sindoor, and cannot be held responsible for its resonance
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Read this report!!! Clear-eyed rigorous report on the human rights movement in #Afghanistan by Rachel Reid published by @aanafgh.bsky.social should be read not just by those invested in Afghanistan but those invested in human rights anywhere, including democracies lurching towards authoritarianism.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Excellent analysis on the chilling effect of judicial pronouncements on free speech: "Instead of interpreting Article 19(1)(a) as a liberty that limits state power, courts have begun treating it as a licence that comes with behavioural conditions" by Sanjay Hegde. www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...
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Judicial sensitivity to sentiments is a sign of regression
Indian courts today are not defending free speech but are managing it
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
With wit & wisdom @iftikhargilani cautions us on ignoring the real costs of war: "Before the next missile alert turns the region’s drawing rooms into battlefields, perhaps it’s worth remembering:peace, though quieter, requires the greatest courage of all." www.outlookindia.com/national/war...
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Living War Rooms
Every time tensions flare between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, drawing-room generals, WhatsApp warriors, and tea-stall tacticians flood the airwaves with unsolicited military advice—while real li...
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
"Do you know how to swim" #fortheloveofpoetry Poem from Mandakranta Sen, translated from Bengali by Subrata Sen, in collection India in Verse published by The Little Magazine, Antara Dev Sen.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Returning to this fabulous collection of poetry after a long time. Poem from Hiren Bhattacharya, translated by Kallol Choudhury, art Jogen Chowdhury. The Little Magazine and Antara Dev Sen, thank you for many years of joy which continues. #fortheloveofpoetry #poetry #assam
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
#Afghanistan stares at a humanitarian crisis with the end of U.S. aid to the country. Relief agencies predict more deaths as they try to prioritize who they can keep alive. @kateclark.bsky.social at @aanafgh.bsky.social gives an excellent overview, political context & granular details. #USaidcuts
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"Is it possible for...educators, social activists & public intellectuals across the borders to come together & initiate a movement for collective sanity?"Avijit Pathak's eloquent call for collective sanity in violent times #IndoPakConflictAvijit #IndoPakConflict www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment...
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A call for collective sanity in these violent times - The Tribune
It is easy to get carried away by the propaganda and the mass psychology of revenge it accelerates.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"Some days, I don’t want to report anymore. I want to scream. I want to cry. I want to sleep without dreaming of explosions. But I keep going ... I will not let #Gaza disappear quietly"writes journalist and poet Nour ElAssy: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/first-person... @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
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I’ve been displaced again, but I will not let Gaza disappear quietly
After returning home during the ceasefire, journalist Nour ElAssy has been forcibly displaced again. Now, she confronts a war seemingly with no end.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Reading the @theonion.com on @bsky.app is getting harder. As you scroll, you have to really work hard to distinguish the Onion's posts from the regular news, especially that emanating from Washington!
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Nowruz Mubarak, especially to friends from Afghanistan. A day to plant and tend new shoots of hope for everyone. #nowruz
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
For the love of poetry A poem by Mumbai poet Gieve Patel #India #Poetry
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
For the love of poetry. A poem from Sri Lankan poet Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe #Poetry #SriLanka #Nepal #Crossingborders
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
For the love of poetry A poem from Nepali poet Jerusha Rai #Poetry #Nepal
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
For the love of poetry A poem from Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Taha #Palestine #Poetry
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
For the love of poetry A poem by American poet Muriel Rukeyser #America #Poetry
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
For the love of poetry. A poem by Pakistani poet Taufiq Rafat. #Poetry #Pakistan
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
For the love of poetry. A poem from Bangladeshi poet Razia Khan #Poetry #Bangladesh
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
For the love of poetry. A poem by Punjabi poet Lal Singh Dil. Translation by Nirupama Dutt.
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
For the love of poetry. A poem from Nepali poet Shuvechchhya Pradhan. #Poetry #Nepal @suvpradhan
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
For the love of poetry A poem from Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih from #meghalaya #Poetry
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
For the love of poetry, this one, by Afghan poet Shakila Azizzada, translated by Mimi Khalvati and Zuzanna Olszewska. See thread for last stanza of poem. #poetry #Afghanistan #Kabuljan
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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
For the love of poetry, this one, by Sri Lankan poet Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe #poetry #SriLanka
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