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Raksha Kumar

@raksha-kumar.bsky.social
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Journalist. Human rights. Social justice South Asia Words, images, audio: NPR, The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC, The Hindu, Article-14 Columbia Journalism School rakshakumar.substack.com Media Freedoms: bit.ly/41gC

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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
5 years since the incarceration of Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima and others in the Delhi riots case under the UAPA. No bail granted. My latest newsletter. rakshakumar.substack.com/p/37-whats-i...
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#37 What's in a date?
Gulfisha Fatima was arrested in April 2020 under India's anti-terror law, for protesting a biased citizenship law. She writes powerful poetry and teaches basic writing skills to Tihar Jail's inmates.
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It is time for everyone who was critical of globalisation to feel nostalgic about it now. Who'd have thought, that those who spent the last 70 years criticising the world economic order would spend the next 70 yarning for it. :/
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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 10/04/2025
To dismantle VOA and other US-funded affiliates would be to silence decades of coverage in overlooked parts of the world on topics like human rights, corruption, and war crimes, @raksha-kumar.bsky.social writes. Read more: twp.ai/9PRXY2
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What’s Lost if Voice of America Disappears: Watchdog Spirit, Intrepid Reporters, and Focus on the Global South
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Trampling upon minority rights, when in power is not strength. #WaqfBill is not a "victory", let there be no doubt. History will not judge anyone in power kindly if these tariffs are not negotiated with courage. For all the hugging and Howdys, this is the time to show who is stronger.
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
What they want is Capitalism on cocaine. They want "less regulation", so they will come at our agricultural sector (MSP?), at data protection laws, at land laws.... Now's the time for chappan inch ki chaati, folks. Standing up to the bully is strength.
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A quick Sunday reminder that #TrumpTariffs are not just about tariffs. They are about what are called "non-tariff barriers" to trade. Those are a lot more serious and dangerous. So, when India sits down to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement, these "non-tariff barriers" are what one should watch for.
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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Why protest?
A portrait of AJ Muste with this text:
A reporter once asked AJ Muste, the Dutch-born American clergyman and pacifist who protested against the Vietnam War, “Do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candle?”
Muste replied, “Oh I don’t do this to change the country. I do this so the country won’t change me.”
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Did you know Pakistani TV shows are not always fluff? Here's a show that gave me goosebumps, made me wonder why Hindi film makers would not tough political issues with a bargepole. thewire.in/film/a-pakis...
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A Pakistani Serial That Should Inspire Hindi Filmmakers
Many stories about communalism and other issues get written but never see the light of day.
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
1. Why is anyone asking her to react? 2. Even if she did, why is that news? 3. Even if you thought it was news, why did you assume we should care?
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Here's fiction that tries to explain reality. Each story is based on real people I have seen, heard of and met during my decades of reporting. My latest issue of my newsletter on the #fashionshow in #Gulmarg, #Kashmir rakshakumar.substack.com/p/fashioning...
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#35 Fashioning morality
A fashion show was organised in a ski resort in Kashmir - India's only Muslim majority state. Politicians criticised it for being "obscene", unbefitting the month of Ramzan. Designers apologised.
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Do read my report on how security forces made headway against Maoists who held sway over #Chhattisgarh’s Bastar, after decades of slacking.
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The Hindu @thehindu.com · 11/03/2025
Pakistani Militants opened fire at a passenger train in the country’s restive southwestern Balochistan province, wounding the driver and prompting security guards aboard the train to fire back, officials said. www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
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Pakistan train hijack: Militants open fire at a passenger train in southwestern Balochistan, wounding the driver
Pakistan train hijack: Insurgents attack passenger train in Balochistan, wounding driver, prompting security response; separatist group claims responsibility.
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is usually Saturday Night Live material, now playing out in real life. #Musk #Trump #US #DOGE
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
At least #India and #China had economic considerations to abstain, the #US seems to have brought personal friendship in the midst of #foreignpolicy #Ukraine
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
#Germany ’s Friedrich Merz promised to “achieve independence” from the #US after his centre-right bloc won federal elections The era of globalisation is dead? www.ft.com/content/a87d...
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Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’
[FREE TO READ] Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration is ‘largely indifferent’ to Europe’s fate
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Perks of being the richest person on earth.
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
How is 61% few! That is a crazy lot of Americans.
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The Hindu @thehindu.com · 19/02/2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he made it clear to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India will not be spared from Washington’s reciprocal tariffs, emphasising that “nobody can argue with me” on tariff structure. www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
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Trump on reciprocal tariff with India: Nobody can argue with me
US President Donald Trump emphasizes reciprocal tariffs with India, stating "whatever you charge, I'm charging," during Fox News interview.
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"The US perfected the strategy of pulling down adversarial regimes around the world. Now, it is a victim of its own playbook." #Trump #Musk scroll.in/article/1079...
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The USA’s latest puppet regime – the USA
The US perfected the strategy of pulling down adversarial regimes around the world. Now, it is a victim of its own playbook.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
5. Tesla, which is supposed to roll out a more affordable model this year in the hopes of expanding its consumer base, has sought to expand its operations and sales in India.
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Musk pushes private financial interests in meeting with Indian Prime Minister
When Elon Musk met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, the pair was seated in front of the American and Indian flags, an arrangement that typically accompanies a meeting between wor...
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Raksha Kumar @raksha-kumar.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Have you followed the news of undocumented Indians who were put on a flight and deported from the US? If yes, then you might enjoy my latest newsletter on the issue. #Trump #Modi #immigration #fiction #news rakshakumar.substack.com/p/33-caging-...
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#33 Caging the birds
On 4 Febuary, a plane carrying 100 Indians accused of entering the US illegally landed in Amritsar, Punjab. Two more will land on 15 and 16 Feb, after President Trump began his onslaught on immigrants
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