shoaib daniyal
@ShoaibDaniyal
political editor, @scroll_in
Scroll Adda episode #4 with Pushpesh Pant is out youtu.be/Mk7Z9dmmjxg?si…
Stunning that Western Europe is red.
“US popularity collapses worldwide -China now more popular worldwide than the US -Israel emerged as the country with the worst global reputation" The 2025 Democracy Perception Index canvassed more than 110,000 respondents across 100 countries. politico.eu/article/usa-po…
It seems Vietnam - the size of one Indian state - actually benefited from China + 1. Yet another stark wake up call for Indian manufacturing.
Vietnam has replaced China as the major source of US imports for many simpler manufactured goods.
In the late 1940s, the Indian government was against accepting foreign honours for government officials and private citizens alike... I write about the case of an education ministry official being asked to refuse an award from Cuba for Scroll scroll.in/magazine/10847…
The surreal cruelty that passes for terror investigations in India: • Brutal torture of accused to get a "confession". • Elephant memory Mumbai taxi drivers who "remembered" one particular passenger they had ferried -- 4 months back. • Police literally blocking call records…
What makes ghee desi? youtu.be/Mk7Z9dmmjxg In the latest episode of #ScrollAdda, @ShoaibDaniyal chats with culinary historian @PushpeshPant about food myths (no biryani in Lucknow?!), caste and gender on the Indian plate, and the history behind "desi" ghee
A BJP Bengal executive member tells @AnantGuptaAG that its "Bangladeshi" politics will boomerang. If a Bihar-style SIR is carried out in WB "Hindus will suffer more. If they [Hindu Bangladeshi refugees] are not allowed to vote, BJP will lose in WB.' scroll.in/article/108469…
12 Muslim men were tortured, jailed and even convicted of a crime that they didn't commit. Their lives have been destroyed. One is dead. And even two decades later, we still don't know who carried out the terror attack. scroll.in/article/108474… via @scroll_in
Kya Jagdeep ji ko pata hai ki unhone istifa de diya hai?
Absolutely surreal that the Indian prime minister endorsed Trump's run as president in a stadium with the slogan "ab kī bār Trump sarkār". reuters.com/world/china/tr…
Ganga water strung in bottles around his neck, Deepak set out from Haridwar 12 days back. He sometimes walks with a mask on -- as a lark. It was given to him by a foreign tourist.
Stunning analysis that if extended could explain why so many Americans are also ready to break this system.
Dollar trap or empire by invitation? The global political economy of the dollar system. Got stuck in Chengdu airport today thanks to the typhoon in HK, copped some WIFI, fired up VPN & put together some thoughts about a convo with @EswarSPrasad at Tianjin tinyurl.com/mw8j64ap
If you're wondering where the "W" comes from, Umesh was anglicised to Womesh. His house in Croydon btw was called "Kidderpore", his place of birth. (Though for some reason, there is a Simla house in Girish Park that claims it is his house.)
The Israeli Army is now targeting starving children in the head and testicles in Gaza, while terrorising others, together with violent lunatics, in the West Bank. These past 650 days, Israel has written one of the darkest pages of human history. And it is absolutely sickening…
🚨 SHOCKING REPORT: Israeli soldiers in Gaza are reportedly turning the targeting of Palestinian children into a horrifying and systematic “human-hunting game,” according to British surgeon Dr. Nick Maynard. He testified: “These children are being targeted almost as if it’s a…
"I am worried. Please help me get back home," an #Assam woman, who was pushed into Bangladesh, pleaded. For the story behind the distress call, watch our ground report on Assam's deportation crisis. youtu.be/Ag1TAH1twtk?si… @ZamanRokibuz_ & @raghavKakkar30 report
In 2020, Scroll was the first outlet to show that blaming the Tablighis was simply not correct. Just an example of communal bias - so high that even many liberals piled on - driving sampling bias. scroll.in/article/958392…
Tablighi Jamaat congregation case: Delhi HC quashes 16 FIRs against 70 Indians for hosting attendees scroll.in/latest/1084631… Cases were filed against those who attended the religious conference for allegedly disobeying the government’s Covid-19 guidelines.
“Bengali board kyun lagaya hai, Bengal se ho? Janm kahan ka hai, uska kuch proof hai?…” a cop in Gujarat asks a Bengali shopkeeper. 😵💫👾
Owning a shop with proper documents, as a Bengali, is now a 'crime' in Gujarat? This sudden surge of anti-Bengali sentiment & language-shaming in @BJP4India-ruled states isn't random – it's a despicable attack on India's diversity & vibrant Bengali culture! Calcutta High Court…
Have you heard about Aloo ke Kalakand? Food historian @PushpeshPant discusses this and more on the next episode of #ScrollAdda with @ShoaibDaniyal. Coming on Friday, 6pm on Scroll's YouTube channel. youtube.com/@ScrollIn
One shot dead in Goalpara. The police firing led to chaos among the displaced residents, many of whom fled the tents. More commandos have been deployed in the area, and security personnel are going to the makeshift tents and asking people to leave. scroll.in/latest/1084614…