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Nilanjana Bhowmick

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Award winning journalist I Feminist writer I Solitude Seeker I Passionate Advocate of Gender Equality I 'Live your truth; Tell your stories.'

New Delhi, India

https://t.co/VdOqiqmhhQ

Joined March 2009

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

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It's not a book where I tell you how not to be a superwoman because I am still figuring it out myself. You can call it a continuation of my self journey that started with Lies Our Mothers Told Us. I call it building community, sharing our lived experiences. The bottom line is :…

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You know who I am thinking about right now? Umar Khalid.

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3 years

Writers have the luxury of working from home. Photojournalists don't. They are the superstars the media industry should celebrate every day.

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Wow! An Indian male politician has not only addressed the elephant in the room but broken it down so everyone would understand. The elephant in the room? Women's invisible labour at home - unpaid caregiving. Brava!

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In India, women do not loiter; their relationship with public space is purely functional. Their relationship with the public space is strictly utilitarian – going from point A to point B, often accompanied by a male chaperone. #NotOk

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4 years

Amitabh Bacchan is 77. Shifted to hosp w/mild Covid symptoms. Varavara Rao,also 77, a much bigger icon, is being refused med attn in jail despite worsening condition.Why? 'cause the former is a govt lackey & the latter an adversary? #FreeVaravaraRao @hrw @amnesty @UNHumanRights

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SOS: #VaraVararao is seriously ill. Called up wife Hemalatha today, has been hallucinating about death of his long gone parents. Person with him in jail told family over phone that VV is in #verybadshape . Delirious. Unable to walk or brush teeth! #RT for urgent hospitalization.

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The @Uppolice arrested @sadafjafar on Dec. 19. She posted three Facebook lives from a protest site. Throughout her videos, she makes it clear that the protesters were women and young children. The arson and violence was being carried out by hired rioters.

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3 years

Trolling @RahulGandhi has been a national pastime for years now. Especially for attention seekers. That he has remained unfazed & decent through it all riles said attention seekers even more.

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Update2: Sadaf was brutally beaten by the police, reportedly by a male police officer. She was beaten with a baton, kicked in her belly. She is bleeding internally and needs medical attention immediately. Raise your voice for her release. Retweet with #ReleaseSadafJafar

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Unpopular opinion: Women don't come back home from work - they come back to another oppressive workplace. An 8 hour day should be followed by rest & leisure. Shame on men who glorify this exploitation as love just so they can continue to laze around guilt free.

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3 years

*toxic newsroom alert" #longthread I have worked twice in Indian newsrooms. Once in the early 2000s and one recently. Sorry to report nothing has changed in the two decades. These newsrooms are as toxic as ever. Incl the othering of women esp senior journalists.

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“I know enough women who are totally patriarchal, who are totally anti-women: who do nasty things to other women, and I have known men who have worked for women’s rights their whole life. Feminism is not biological: feminism is an ideology”. #KamlaBhasin

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5 years

Many have changed their tunes, softened the criticism since Modi 2.0, but not the fearless @RanaAyyub

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2 years

Thrilled to share the cover of my book. Releasing in July from @AlephBookCo . Promise to buy and gift and read? #liesourmotherstoldus #comingsoon #nonfiction

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4 years

Sadaf is one of the most strongest women I know. She's a humanitarian, she doesn't stay silent in the face of injustices. She is an insipration to every one of us. We do not need people like her to be silenced. We need them to continue to lead the fight. #WhereIsSadaf

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1 year

How ill mannered are Indian men? This guy next to me is half leaning into my seat. I had to ask him to sit straight. And he's looking at me like I abused him or something! Indian men need a finishing course in how to behave in public. So annoyed!

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5 years

Last night we went out for a quick bread omlette. It was around 2 am. As we waited for our food, a couple of policemen came by&started throwing their weight around. "It's navratra, why are you selling eggs?" What next? Surprise home checks for non-veg in our fridges?

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4 years

This will be an ongoing thread on high-paying writing opportunities collected from various sources. Below are mostly specialized publications that pay really well. Good luck! #PitchToThisEditor

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1 year

"A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life." ― Virginia Woolf

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4 years

The nastiest and loudest voices against #RheaChakraborty . Sisters. Ex girl friend. A female super star who calls #Rhea a “small time gold digger, druggie”. A female anchor. Congratulations, #Patriarchy ! You have done it again. Pitted women against each other successfully.

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4 years

She's nowhere near the protests, she's asking the media to show the faces of the rioters, and yet she's arrested, her family not informed. Her whereabouts have remained unknown for two days now. Her young children are alone and scared. #WhereIsSadaf @myogiadityanath ?

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3 years

I have a collection of TIME covers that goes as far back as the 1920s. Today I get to add one of my own to it & this is so special because it chronicles a critical juncture in our country's history&the role women played in it. #100_Day_Farmer_Movement #100DaysFarmersProtest

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1 year

Pls! Pls! Pls! Don't ever use the goddess analogy for Indian women. Like ever! That's where all the hypocrisy and misogyny stems from. That's the facade behind which all the ugliness lies.

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5 years

Conflict with #Pakistan will: 1. Shift pre-election narrative from jobs & farm crisis to national security. 2. No accountability for intelligence failure over #PulwamaTerrorAttack 3. More distress for the common Indian esp in Kashmir. #masterstroke

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3 years

I have burnt many bridges - domestic and international - over the last 21 yrs. It's cos of a thing called SPINE. I don't care about the names they call me - that's part and parcel of not being a sheep.

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2 years

I once watched a clip of an i/v of Ranbir Kapoor&Katrina Kaif when they were dating & where he insisted on answering for her. After a while, exasperated, she called him out. Making fun of a female co-star's anxiety - his wife's pregnancy - the dude is a poster boy of sexism.

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But I am still tweeting this out because I was not angling for an apology to satisfy my fragile ego. I am not a man. A wrap on the knuckle won't make this systemic problem go away. Indian newsrooms need to run their own gender sensitization campaigns.

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4 years

After the implementation of the NRC in Assam, 1.9 million people were found to be lacking papers for citizenship...69 percent of them were women. @kavita_krishnan @suchitrav @ForeignPolicy

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2 years

#journorequest I am looking to connect with journalists who work with human trafficking in India or those who might want to. This is with regards to a fellowship. Watch this space for more details on how to apply etc etc in the coming days. Pls also RT in your networks.

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2 years

All I want to say is that I have roamed the aisles of this bookstore on countless afternoons. Sometimes I even imagined my book being displayed there. That day is apparently here. ❤️ @Bahrisons_books @AlephBookCo

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1 year

So according to @sonalikulkarni Indian women are lazy, entitled, aggressive and demanding. They don't want to work& want to get their lifestyles funded by their partners. Am sure she'll next say: Streets are safe but Indian women lie cos they want to stay at home and chill.

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Whenever I went to visit my late gran in law Mahasweta Devi, she would be writing simultaneously in 3 writing pads. One could be a novel, the others probably short stories or articles. She made it look so effortless. It's not I realize as I stare at three thick files on my comp.

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3 years

And if you are a male editor reading this and you consider yourself an ally then pls do know that being an ally means taking more proactive stands than just giving a stern talking to the perpetrator. It's no deterrent. #threadends

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3 years

And yes I do also have three major international awards to my name, hundreds of bylines in some of the world's most prestigious publications. At 23,I was the youngest editor&producer at BBC World Service in London. I also worked many years as a correspondent for TIME magazine.

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4 years

Women March in Jamia to protest against police atrocities and draconian religious bills. Dec 17, 2019. #CAAProtest

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3 years

I'll continue to highlight mistreatment of women journalists in Indian newsrooms through my own experiences as a warning to my peers&for women who will come after me. I urge other women to spk up too. If you don't, you are doing a disservice to women who will come after you.

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3 years

In my hands finally. Thrilled to see they retained the headline I used for my draft.

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2 years

There were times when I wanted to give up. Writing a book while being a full time freelance journalist&mom + the Covid yrs was brutal. But I am glad I didn't&here it is. (book out on July 5..You can pre order here : ) Cover design by Bena Sareen.

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4 years

Urgent request: My father is admitted in Fortis hospital in Kolkata. We need two units of O+ blood. He needs an immediate transfusion. Can anyone help pls? My DMs are open. Grateful for any leads. @seagullbooks

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When you don't segregate your garbage - someone has to go through your stale leftovers to scavenge for the stuff that can be recycled. It's someone's job but we can help make that job somewhat dignified. Segregate dry and wet waste. Don't wait for an official diktat to do so.

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4 years

(Translated by Iqbal Abhimanyu) सदफ ज़ाफर को लखनऊ पुलिस ने 19 दिसम्बर को गिरफ्तार कर लि��ा है. वे प्रदर्शन स्थल से फेसबुक लाइव प्रसारण कर रही थी. अपने वीडियो में वे ये दिखा रही थी कि वहाँ प्रदर्शंकारी महिलाएँ और बच्चे थे, और आगजनी और हिंसा संदिग्ध, बाहर से भेजे गए लोगो द्वारा

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And then yesterday this guy began sending me bizzare msgs. Gaslighting me. Saying I self destructed. That I would be nowhere. I don't know what nowhere for him is but I'm 45 and I think I have achieved enough in my life without ever resorting to bullying team members.

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3 years

Look at the tone of the msgs. And the apology msg. These men don't even know how to treat women colleagues with respect. They treat them like they treat the women in their households - with open or hidden disdain.

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3 years

Woman card because I asked his boss if they would have treated a male journalist with my kind of credentials this way. Of course not. They never would. He apologized to me and made the other guy apologize too ( that's why I am leaving his name out).

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3 years

Beagles will do everything in their power to stop you from working and focus all attention on them. Those puppy eyes (sigh) @beaglefacts

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5 years

The Indian PM will spk at #UNGA today even as the oppression of around 7 million #Kashmiris continue. 50 days and counting. "Paradise calling to earth… hello is anybody there? Can you hear us?" @PoetsRTN @elleavivnewton #KashmirNeedsAttention #Kashmir

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50 Days and Counting - Poets Reading The News

By Nilanjana Bhowmick. In August, India stripped Kashmir's autonomy, cutting off internet amidst mass arrests. Will the UN intervene?

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मानवतावादी हैं, अन्याय के खिलाफ चुप नहीं रहती, हम सबके लिये प्रेरनास्रोत हैं. हम उन जैसे लोगो को खामोश करने की साजिश को कामयाब नहीं होने दे सकते, बल्कि उनके संघर्ष को आगे बढाने की जरूरत है. आप सभी ये पूछेँ कि #WhereIsSadaf और उन्हे जल्द से जल्द रिहा करने की मांग करे.

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But the passive aggressive vibes continued unabated. And I decided to step down to secure my own mental health as it was triggering past trauma. It was getting stressful. I don't work well in hostile environments. No one can. Or should.

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3 years

*A bit of personal news* I have received the 50th job rejection email today. That's just from the beginning of 2021. I am absolutely unhireable.

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फैलाई जा रही थी. वह टकराव से दूर रहते हुए ही मीडिया से गुहार लगा रही थी कि हिंसा फैलाने वालो का चेहरा दिखाए. इसी बात पर उन्हे गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया है, उनके परिवार को सूचना नहीं दी गई. उनके बच्चे अकेले और डरे हुए हैं. सदफ मेरे परिचितो में सबसे बहादुर महिलाओ में से हैं.

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3 years

I don't need certificates from men who have a quarter of my achievements. See the screenshot of msgs from his mad rant below. I am not revealing his name for a reason that I will write down below.

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5 years

Dear Mr. PM, instead of trying to cash in on chaiwallas and chowkidaars for political mileage and vain posturing, it would have been great if you had actually done something to improve their conditions. Like for eg. Enforced the implementation of minimum wages. (1/5)

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That Ram Sita ki jodi is still used to mean an ideal married couple is telling of our attitude towards women in India. Ram - who makes Sita walk on fire to prove her purity & then abandons her when she's pregnant & later takes away her children is the ideal Indian husband! 👇

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4 years

I struggled with this for a while but I will come out and say it. The @nytimes has a very problematic work culture. I have been burned by their editors before and yet as a freelancer, you learn not to take these things personally and pitch again.

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4 years

Definitely never seen two rainbows together. Or even such a bright one.

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#JournoRequest Are you a woman between the ages 19-60 who have battled/battling the costs of being a woman (imposter syndrome, perfection, mental load etc etc)? If you are she or know someone I can talk to --- I would love to hear from you here. My DMs are open.

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3 years

This is workplace bullying &women face it way more than men across the world. Needless to add it happens mostly to senior women professionals. Harassment in the workplace has different names and we need to talk about all of it. Please talk about workplace bullying.

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3 years

Job applications for reporting positions should not ask for sample pitches. Pitching is a lengthy process - it involves a lot of time and research and original thinking. It involves a reporter's time and effort. It's not free & that labor needs to be respected. #freelancegyan

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"She's currently only WORKING as a homemaker" - says Che; instead of the usual "she's just a housewife". So proud of this new generation who are learning new ways to talk. Housework is also work - and it must reflect in the way we talk about it.

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Lies Our Mothers Told Us was rejected by every publisher in town apart from @AlephBookCo . Really thankful that it went to them & through @PujKrishnan . She knew immediately what I was trying to do in the book. She saw the book as I saw it. That's a gift every writer deserves.

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3 years

Not sure who to credit this image to - but had to share it. Whoever is the creator - what a heartwarming image! #WestBengalElections2021 #MamataBanerjee

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I had recently joined @News9Tweets as a part-time consulting editor and my experience there was bizarre and toxic. From the word go they would try to work me over and beyond my hours - which I politely refused. Asking them to respect my hours.

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Why is this even an issue, again? It's Pakistan's wish who they want to nominate for the Nobel. It is @shahfaesal 's wish if he thinks it's a good idea. Is it troublesome because he's a Kashmiri? Just give #ImranKhan the Seoul Peace Prize and be done with it!

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Watching @shahfaesal defending his statement that @ImranKhanPTI should be nominated for #NobelPeacePrize on @BDUTT show. He went into such contortions to defend himself. Pathetic. My advice to this intelligent young man: weigh your words.Unscripted terrain is treacherous.

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The image below is not something to be proud of - it is a stark reminder how the world continues to fail women. Just flowers and chocolates won't cut it no more. Recognize her needs & the round the clock unpaid care she provides. Share her load. Set her free. #mothersday2024

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I didn't want an apology. I wanted action to be taken against a systemic problem so that it didn't recur with anyone else because younger women are often reluctant to take these issues up fearing for their careers and rightly so.

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Only actor in Bollywood who consistently uses her platform to speak out, protest. And not just when it suits her. Salute @ReallySwara

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#SwaraBhaskar ने दंगाईयों से की यूपी पुलिस की तुलना, #CAA पर फैले भ्रम को लेकर सरकार पर साधा निशाना

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I identified 6 kinds of people on Twitter (excl trolls) 1. Genuinely nice&kind 2. Literal (dont get sarcasm) 3. Unnecessarily confrontational cos some "how to get more Twitter followers" article told them to be so. 4. The explainers 5. The mansplainers 6. The advisers

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I am extremely envious of all the people who are joining fancy news teams across the world. I have not been offered a job in the last one decade! Now I have written it down - I am feeling sorry for myself. Send love pls.

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Finally @twitter labels this appropriately. And I agree with @SaketGokhale there should be a mechanism to ban accounts that repeatedly share misleading and dangerous content.

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LinkedIn bs of the day : some dude giving big gyan on how with great planning a child need not derail your career. He was back at it 6 months after his child was born. All thanks to my wife, he says..Bro doesn't see the irony. What about your wife-was she able to do the same?

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Women will never be truly free till they stop imagining/planning their wedding alongside their education. Never hear men say they've been waiting to do this/that for their wedding. But women do it all the time & there's no doubt men stand to gain more from marriage than women.

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Methinks these two are the most adorable beagu babies out there and I am not partial at all. 😛 what you got fellow #beagle parents? Show me your Beagle babies. @beaglefacts

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My mamma wrote a book. I don't know how. I, Gypsy, kept deleting her drafts along with my partner-in-crime Kuttush.

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We had no power for three days or mobile signals. We were locked in. When services were restored I came back to a strangely hostile newsroom. No one would interact with me. The guy I reported to won't acknowledge me or respond to my emails and msgs. This went on for two days.

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1 year

May 1. New Delhi. No AC. Blanket. Rain. (Recorded for posterity)

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1 year

What is a woman's sixth sense/intuition? and why most men don't have it? It is probably because men grow up free. Women grow up fearing everything around them. Obv their senses are sharper. Women's sixth sense is just a reflection of an inhabitable world made by men, for men.

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1 year

“The women of today are the thoughts of their mothers and grandmothers...They are active, capable, determined and bound to win. They have one-thousand generations back of them... Millions of women dead and gone are speaking through us today” ― Matilda Joslyn Gage

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Publication day. 😍 @PenguinIndia @chiraghthakkar @KiranManral @IamOnir

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

1 year

This is such a wonderful review. "This book reminded me that before being a ‘mother’, my mother is a woman who is subjected to subtle patriarchal oppression of family, which no one talks about because it’s ‘invisible’ to us.."

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How Many Of Us Realise Our Mothers Are 'Women' Too, When Speaking Of ‘Women’s Issues’?

This book reminded me that before being a ‘mother’, my mother is a woman who is subjected to subtle patriarchal oppression of family, which no one talks about because it’s ‘invisible’ to us, or maybe...

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

1 year

Blast from the past: When @iamsrk graced the cover of Time magazine.

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

3 years

The Beagle is esp partial to body pillows and silky duvets. @beaglefacts

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

3 years

The remote gig - although it paid peanuts - suited me because I was based in Uttarakhand for a while - researching a couple of stories for other clients. But owing to the Uttarakhand disaster over the dussehra break, I couldn't work for a few days. Duly informed everyone.

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

1 year

At the #DelhiBookFair today. Glad to see crowds in every book stall. Was also heartened to hear Lies was selling very well - and as an attendant told me "readers are coming and asking for it by title - that doesn't happen often." I am pleased as punch of course 😆

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

2 years

The workplace is made for men It is extremely hostile to women unless it's the so-called "feminine jobs" sector (beauty, life style, caregiving) I consider myself strong & resilient - but I have been constantly pushed out of workplaces too. (1/2)

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

2 months

@jitendra233333 I am cool with my child paying wealth tax. You have to earn what you inherit. That's how you build an equal society..So joke's on you.

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

3 years

In fact, bring another table altogether. The old tables are obsolete. #DemocracyDay #Democracy

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

2 months

The most feisty young lass I know. And the best brand ambassador for my books.

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

3 years

During which I sat doing nothing. Wondering what the hell was happening. It was then that I got in touch with this man's boss asking what was happening. He assured to look into it & later informed me that it has been fixed.

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

2 years

Out in the world today - and hopefully will soon be in your bookshelves and on your Kindles. 😄 @AlephBookCo

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

11 months

Pls read the post below👇 I had the CCTV video of the incident that happened with me too. But even though my neighbor was extremely aggressive with me - I chose to treat the video as proof for the cops rather than use my reach to make him viral. I was angry at his behavior…

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

4 years

@_sabanaqvi @RanaAyyub @BDUTT @ReallySwara @kavita_krishnan @MasalaBai @anniegowen @rohini_sgh @nehadixit123 @bainjal @sardesairajdeep @anuragkashyap72 @FarOutAkhtar @chatukhor @be_tatha @saliltripathi @seagullbooks @HRLNIndia @DColinGonsalves @geetaseshu

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

3 years

This is personal..deeply personal..when I wrote the last sentence - I didn't know I would wake up to the #UnnaoHorror . But at the back of our minds we always know. For @thedailybeast w/ @kavita_krishnan @MasalaBai @ranjanakumari @CSR_India @PallaviPareek

I Was a Victim of Sexual Harassment in India, Today I Rejoice

Indian women like me are celebrating after a court threw out a former government minister’s effort to punish his alleged victim for daring to accuse him of sexual misconduct.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

2 years

Signed some copies @Bahrisons_books today. While there, three people who had just bought the book came up to me to get their copies signed. That was a lovely surprise. Thank you everyone for buying, reading, appreciating and showering so much love on the book.

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

6 months

And she's here ❤️ @Laadli_PF @AlephBookCo

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

2 years

@Raksha_Kumar NDTV for me would always be @PrannoyRoyNDTV . I watched him mesmerized as a kid. His erudition as attractive as his modesty. I wanted to become a journalist to work at NDTV! Maybe he will find yet another pathbreaking institution. I sure hope he does. 🤞

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

5 years

On Apr. 24, I was illegally detained in a meeting room by @EFEnoticias India bureau chief and a woman he claimed to be a lawyer. They intimidated and threatened me with dire consequences if I didn't sign an arbitrary termination letter. @DelhiPolice @SushmaSwaraj @SwatiJaiHind

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

4 years

I learnt a lot at @BBCWorld . But the racism and sexism in those newsrooms can break you for life or help you grow a thick skin. I was deputed to Europe World Today as a producer as an emergency stand-in one evening (This is in 2000)

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

4 years

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ― Mary Oliver

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

1 year

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” ― Margaret Atwood

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Nilanjana Bhowmick

3 years

It's not unconditional love. It's unpaid slavery & abject cruelty..Whoever is glorifying this - be very ashamed of yourself. A mother is never off duty? And you take pride in that? Shame on everyone who thinks this is about frigging love!

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