Sankarshan Thakur

@SankarshanT

Delhi-based National Affairs Editor of The Telegraph. Itinerant reporter-writer

Delhi. Calcutta. Elsewhere
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Joined November 2012
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    Sep 14

    हम ताना-बाना वाले लोग हैं, तानाशाही वाले नहीं

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Protests. Cops. Detentions

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  3. 2 hours ago

    Detentions at More cops around than folks at roundabout

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  4. 3 hours ago

    In defence of Indian secularism via

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  5. 3 hours ago

    Dog whistling

    Sources:There were few protests in Delhi in past 24 hrs which were organised by mobilising people through WhatsApp groups but no organization has come up to take responsibility of protest. Few locations identified where officers have asked to provide local intelligence frequently
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  6. 3 hours ago

    So this too: communication curtailed by official diktat in

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  7. 3 hours ago

    People being detained for the simple act of stepping out on the street and speaking their mind. This is how freedoms are throttled by autocracies. But we are told we are a democracy.

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  8. 3 hours ago

    Which “Sources” are these? And does a news organisation require “Sources” to tell it street protests are on? These protests were planned and announced ahead by multiple groups and organisations, nothing secret about them.

    Sources:There were few protests in Delhi in past 24 hrs which were organised by mobilising people through WhatsApp groups but no organization has come up to take responsibility of protest. Few locations identified where officers have asked to provide local intelligence frequently
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  9. 3 hours ago

    A regime that won such a handsome vote just six months ago clamping down on the citizenry across in this fashion should tell us something about its state of mind

    When India’s best intellectuals have been driven out of universities and are being detained at barricades, we have a lot to think for and the regime a lot to answer for
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  10. 4 hours ago

    अब कर ही डालो ऐलान

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  11. 5 hours ago

    Today is Day

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  12. 5 hours ago

    being effectively shut down. Barricades at entry points from . Several stations in centre of town sealed. Police withholding permission for gatherings, effectively under Section 144.

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    15 hours ago

    Day 93: Posting covers of my favourite books at the invitation of

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  14. 14 hours ago

    हम एक साथ पाँच विचार करना छोड़ देंगे

    Basically हमारे विचारों पे 144 लगा दो।
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  15. 14 hours ago

    Who said: “When they were asked to bend, they crawled.” ? Where is the author of that line?

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  16. 14 hours ago

    मत कहो आकाश पे कोहरा घना है। ये किसी की व्यक्तिगत आलोचना है ॥

    Section 144 imposed by those who do not tire of talking about the excesses of the .
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  17. 14 hours ago

    Ghar se nikalte hi Kuchh duur chalte hi

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  18. 15 hours ago

    Day 93: Posting covers of my favourite books at the invitation of

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  19. 16 hours ago

    It’s raining Section 144

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  20. 16 hours ago

    Our democracy can be turned into a dictatorship through entirely legal means. It’s been done before, it is being done even more effortlessly now. It’s seldom about a provision of law. It’s always about the intent it is used with.

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  21. Dec 17

    Day 92: Posting covers of my favourite books at the invitation of

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