Rohini Mohan
@rohini_mohan
Independent journalist, India. Chameli Devi Jain Award winner, 2019. Author: The Seasons of Trouble (on postwar Sri Lanka). Email [email protected]
My book The Seasons of Trouble, a non-fiction narrative on postwar Sri Lanka, is available again on Amazon at the regular price, rather than 4 times the price (a mistake that lasted a year). It's a well-reviewed book that won awards + a work I'm proud of amazon.in/dp/9352641132?…
Eye-opening op-ed on the US & Israel's illusion that military strikes will damage Iran’s nuclear programme. All this money & ammunition may not achieve the end goal, which diplomacy could. #IranUSConflict thehindu.com/opinion/lead/i…
Every few years, this ridiculous panic about citizenship & being robbed of rights (still sadly emerging only from citizenship alone & not humanity) is shameful & unnecessary in a country that doesn't really have THAT MANY refugees or illegal immigrants that threaten us.
In today's episode of "Don't give them ideas", how about a new department, preferably headed by Nandan Nilekani, where all citizens get a QR code tattooed on their foreheads which, when scanned, shows whether they are legal ctizens or not?
James Bryce writes in 'The American Commonwealth', on the role of the press in a democracy. "Selfishness, injustice, cruelty, tricks & jobs of all sorts, shun the light. To expose them is to defeat them..." The rankling sore in the body politics, when disclosed, is half destroyed
This is how a reporter who has a deep understanding of the various intersecting politics in central India writes about the government's anti-Maoist crackdown. #mustread by Malini Subramaniam. reporters-collective.in/trc/the-claims…
Shut up about the unshaken spirit!
After Vadodara’s tragedy, now this from Jharkhand Children in Khunti carry a bamboo staircase to cross a fallen bridge and reach school. A chilling reminder of India’s broken infrastructure and unshaken spirit #BridgeCollapse #JharkhandNews #VadodaraBridge #BambooBridge
Excellent advice for journalists feeling tempted to use LLMs. Just to test it, I used Gemini to generate a summary for a Google Meets interview I did. Was impressed by the nuance but there were also grave errors in details. Thankfully I'd written my notes & listened closely.
PSA: Reporters using LLMs to write your stories, please stop. Editors can tell, & you are not doing better than you otherwise can. Especially in longform journalism, you're chosen in part for the unique perspective you bring, not because you can use a tool available to everyone.
Across India, over 100 govt hospitals built with public money, with ~30,000 beds and over 1,400 acres of public land in prime areas are being handed over to private entities in the name of PPP PPP=PPT(People Pay Twice)-once to build health infra and then to pay for pvt healthcare
#Exclusive : Six people from West Bengal deported after being detained by Delhi Police on the suspicion of being “illegal” Bangladeshi. While police allege that they are from Bagerhat, Bangladesh, families say that they have been always living in Birbhum. ✍🏻 @the_hindu
Very disturbing story in HT today. The government doesnt have enough funds to send 60 tribal, dalit and other marginalised students for their overseas scholarship? Read @MeSanjayy and @vrinda_tulsian imp newsbreak hindustantimes.com/india-news/min…
Why aren't we making more of the eerie similarities between the document verification processes adopted in the #Bihar's voter lost revision & #Assam's NRC? thehindu.com/data/voter-ver…
Another BBC Kumbh story. Must watch reporting on how UP Government claimed Guinness world record over waste management of 30k tonne garbage at Kumbh. In reality, there was no waste processing. The garbage was just moved from one place to other.
📍MP Constable Scam: Candidates just walked into a kiosk, updated their Aadhaar biometrics and sent someone else to write the exam. No hacking needed. Just a thumb and a loophole. But don’t worry *Aadhaar is absolutely secure* It flawlessly verified the wrong person.