OpIndia Scoops
Exclusive details: Here are some of the points that the Parliamentary Standing Committee, headed by Shashi Tharoor, raised with Twitter
Indian officials of the microblogging site Twitter were questioned by the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology on various issues.
Opinions
A letter from the Editor-in-Chief: A battle with Facebook and our overall struggles these days
OpIndia has been struggling for the past few months fighting too many battles on too many fronts, so we thought we would keep you in the loop
OpIndia Explains
Here is the truth about the land deal by Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra and how the allegations by likes of AAP are baseless
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra and its head Champat Rai bought an additional piece of land for the purposes of additional construction to facilitate pilgrims who would be travelling to Ayodhya
Opinions
Dehumanising ‘Sanghis’ and weaponisation of sex: Why the defence of the ‘hate sex’ audio by one of the women present is problematic
The entire idea is about dehumanisation of political adversaries. Once adversaries have been sufficiently dehumanised, all manners of crimes against them are justifiable.
News Reports
The Seeker: Meet the Indian man who helped find evidence for the Covid-19 lab leak hypothesis
The Seeker, an Indian with a profile picture of Bengal tribal art, helped find evidence for Covid-19 lab-leak hypothesis.
Opinions
Orphans of Bengal: Disillusioned. Resigned. Defeated. Broken
Media reported on democracy, finally triumphing over 'tyranny' and 'fascism' as Mamata Banerjee decisively defeated BJP
News Reports
7 seats with highest win margins and 7 seats with lowest win margins: What does it say about Hindu and Muslim consolidation in Bengal
While BJP increased tally massively from 3 seats in 2016 to 77 seats, the Hindutva undercurrent that most people had predicted fell flat
Opinions
William Dalrymple: Hate and hubris of the perfumed elite, and the Robert Clive-esque sociopathic display of racism in the face of death
William Dalrymple fled to Sri Lanka and posted a picture from there, calling it his 'Great Escape' from India.
Media
Feasting on the dead: Reuters’ morbid obsession with watching Hindus burn amid the rising COVID-19 pandemic
One photograph that we saw splashed all over social media was one that had an aerial view of a burning ghat in India by Reuters
Media Fact-Check
Hindustan Times publishes a misleading article by Congress worker Praveen Chakravarty: Has India inoculated only 7% of its population?
Hindustan Times today published an opinion piece by 'Data analyst' Praveen Chakravarty, who is a Congress party worker.