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Journalist @ThePrintIndia Ex- @MediaConfluence I @firstpost Print, @Network18Group l @TruthvsHype NDTV I @down2earthindia I @governancenow

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IDs checked, skull cracked, ‘dumped alive’ in mortuary — 3 Kuki survivors recount Manipur mob horror Read the story here: theprint.in/india/ids-checke… #ICRCPIIAwards @ThePrintIndia
IDs checked, skull cracked, 'dumped alive' in mortuary — 3 Kuki survivors recount Manipur mob horror

IDs checked, skull cracked, 'dumped alive' in mortuary — 3 Kuki survivors recount Manipur mob horror

A nursing student, construction worker, and petrol pump employee said they were singled out and attacked by mobs after 3 May Manipur clashes. One is still in ICU, others are badly injured.

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The third prize for the Best Article category went to Sonal Matharu @sonalmatharu for the article, ‘Kuki survivors recount Manipur mob horror’, which appeared in @ThePrintIndia. #ICRCPIIAwards
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I am humbled to receive 3rd prize from the Press Institute of India and @ICRC for my story on survivors of #Manipur violence for @ThePrintIndia I am indebted to the people of Manipur who shared their stories with me #ICRCPIIAwards tinyurl.com/26jtwjbr
Winners of PII-ICRC Awards 2023 announced - Press Institute

Winners of PII-ICRC Awards 2023 announced - Press Institute

The Press Institute of India (PII), Chennai, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), New Delhi, announced the winners of this year's PII-ICRC

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Replying to @sonalmatharu @ThePrintIndia @Laadli_PF
Congratulations , Sonal! 🎈🎉
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Anisa Draboo@Drabooanisa22 Oct 2023
Replying to @sonalmatharu @ThePrintIndia @Laadli_PF
Yay!!! Many congratulations sonal. Warm hugs. We must celebrate! I knew that it was just a matter of time.❤️❤️
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ThePrint's @SonalMatharu received the Laadli Media Award for gender sensitivity category. Read her #ThePrintGroundReport theprint.in/feature/delhi-un…
Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

At Hindu College, Zakir Husain College, Jesus and Mary College, and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, the demands of students for a queer collective are met with resistance, ignorance, indifference, and...

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Congratulations @sonalmatharu keep Shining ❤️
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ThePrint's @SonalMatharu received the Laadli Media Award for gender sensitivity category. Read her #ThePrintGroundReport theprint.in/feature/delhi-un…
Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

At Hindu College, Zakir Husain College, Jesus and Mary College, and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, the demands of students for a queer collective are met with resistance, ignorance, indifference, and...

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@Nootan9821 Oct 2023
Congratulations @sonalmatharu for Laadli Media Award . आपकी गुल्लक में ऐसे कई अवॉर्ड आते रहें♥️ आपके लिए दिल्ली से तालियाँ और सीटियाँ भेज रहे हैं हम। लोग। खूब मुबारक♥️🫶
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Congratulations @sonalmatharu for Ladli awad for this important, powerful & sensitively reported story. #ThePrintGroundReports team is the best theprint.in/feature/delhi-un…
Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

At Hindu College, Zakir Husain College, Jesus and Mary College, and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, the demands of students for a queer collective are met with resistance, ignorance, indifference, and...

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Delighted to announce that my work on queer collectives in Delhi University published at @ThePrintIndia has been recognized by @Laadli_PF awards. A big shout out to all the brave students across DU colleges who came forward and shared their experiences with me. This is for them.
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ThePrint's @SonalMatharu received the Laadli Media Award for gender sensitivity category. Read her #ThePrintGroundReport theprint.in/feature/delhi-un…
Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

Delhi University is the new battleground for queer students—stigma, suppression and suicide

At Hindu College, Zakir Husain College, Jesus and Mary College, and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, the demands of students for a queer collective are met with resistance, ignorance, indifference, and...

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UP: Wrong that Wright Brothers invented aircraft, ancient India had 'invisible planes'. Haryana: Rishi Kanada proposed atomic theory, not Dalton. Gujarat: Astrology & astronomy two sides of same coin. Proposed topics from states for new NCERT textbooks: theprint.in/india/invisible-…
'Invisible planes in 4th century India, rockets of Krishna's grandson': What states want in NCERT...

'Invisible planes in 4th century India, rockets of Krishna's grandson': What states want in NCERT...

Haryana proposes students be taught that Maharishi Kanada is father of atomic theory not John Dalton. YSRCP-led Andhra says need to 'not succumb to superstition in name of antiquity'.

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Families wait endlessly for the bodies of their loved ones. My colleagues @BhardwajAnanya and @PraveenJain2622 bring a disturbing account of the state of mortuaries in #Manipur
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‘Gruesome’ injuries, smell of rotting bodies in the air — Manipur violence leaves doctors ‘overwhelmed’ Ananya Bhardwaj @BhardwajAnanya reports for ThePrint Photos by @PraveenJain2622 theprint.in/india/gruesome-i…
'Gruesome' injuries, smell of rotting bodies in the air — Manipur violence leaves doctors 'overwh...

'Gruesome' injuries, smell of rotting bodies in the air — Manipur violence leaves doctors 'overwh...

Doctors in state's 2 major hospitals, JNIMS & RIMS, say in majority cases, deaths have been due to firearm injuries. Moreover, hospitals also facing challenge of disposing unclaimed bodies.

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Recently I interviewed India’s fastest woman athlete @duteechand in Odisha. She talked about her struggles and achievements. She has won many battles and her latest one is with NADA. Read the full report for @ThePrintIndia Link- theprint.in/ground-reports/m…
‘Modi told me I’m the light’—Now Dutee Chand has no govt aid but she wants to run in Paris

‘Modi told me I’m the light’—Now Dutee Chand has no govt aid but she wants to run in Paris

Dutee Chand’s battles have taken her all the way to Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has faith that it will work out for her this time too.


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A clutch of court cases is fighting to challenge and change the status of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. The central battle is over who prayed where and until when Watch #ThePrintGroundReport by @sonalmatharu from Varanasi youtu.be/Cxp68QILZaY
Who prayed at Gyanvapi mosque & where? Court cases & claims by Hindus, Muslims

Who prayed at Gyanvapi mosque & where? Court cases & claims by Hindus, Muslims

Since 2021, a plethora of cases are piling up in the civil and dist...

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Rakhi Singh, lead petitioner in a case demanding daily worshipping rights for Hindus at Gyanvapi mosque, has been accused of being an outlier and a dummy by her co-petitioners. But she is in for a long fight. Watch ThePrint #GroundReport by @sonalmatharu youtu.be/ke9melRrrzU
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ज्ञानवापी मामले में महिला याचिकाकर्ताओं की लड़ाई सिर्फ मंदिर की नहीं- वे एक-दूसरे का भी विरोध कर रही हैं दिप्रिंट की सोनल मथारू @sonalmatharu की रिपोर्ट #ThePrintGroundReport hindi.theprint.in/feature/as…
ज्ञानवापी मामले में महिला याचिकाकर्ताओं की लड़ाई सिर्फ मंदिर की नहीं- वे एक-दूसरे का भी विरोध कर...

ज्ञानवापी मामले में महिला याचिकाकर्ताओं की लड़ाई सिर्फ मंदिर की नहीं- वे एक-दूसरे का भी विरोध कर...

ज्ञानवापी में हिंदुओं के लिए दैनिक पूजा के अधिकार की मांग करने वाले मामले में मुख्य याचिकाकर्ता राखी सिंह पर उनके सह-याचिकाकर्ताओं द्वारा भागने एवं किसी और के इशारों पर काम करने का आरोप लगाया गया है.

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In 2021, #Gyanvapi case, 5 women petitioners simply demanded a fundamental right – the right to worship inside the mosque. But today, the petitioners aren’t just fighting for a temple – they are also battling each other theprint.in/the-fineprint/gy… via @theprintindia
Gyanvapi women petitioners aren’t just fighting for a temple – they are also battling each other

Gyanvapi women petitioners aren’t just fighting for a temple – they are also battling each other

Rakhi Singh, lead petitioner in a case demanding daily worshipping rights for Hindus at Gyanvapi, has been accused of being an outlier and a dummy by her co-petitioners.

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1980 के दशक के वाराणसी को याद करते हुए कपूर कहते हैं, “मुस्लिम बच्चे भी RSS शाखा में जाते थे, मौलवी हमारे साथ मज़ाक करते थे और हम मस्जिद के अंदर आज़ादी से जा सकते थे.” दिप्रिंट की @sonalmatharu की रिपोर्ट #ThePrintGroundReport यहां पढ़ें: tinyurl.com/mvfumyc7
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A clutch of court cases is fighting to challenge & change the status of the #gyanvapimasjid in #varanasi. The central battle is over who prayed where and until when. Read my full report @ThePrintIndia theprint.in/ground-reports/m…

‘Muslim kids at RSS shakhas, Hindus played at mosque’—Gyanvapi now a saga of who prayed where

Gyanvapi domes make BJP member Harihar Pandey seethe with anger. He is 77 now, but is building a sena to take up cudgels on his behalf.

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Last year, Sambhal restaurant owner was arrested for selling chicken wrapped in nps with images of Hindu deities. Now, police has shut down restaurants selling non-veg for 2 mnths of monsoons without an order from the DM. Watch #ThePrintGroundReport youtu.be/xOlimeLHTvQ
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Anisa Draboo@Drabooanisa20 Jul 2023
Women become war bounties, and their bodies battlefields. @sonalmatharu, your report is one of the most important pieces of evidence, powerfully documenting brutality and violence against women in conflict zones. #Manipur
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The horrific #Manipur video is NOT FAKE. I spent hours with one of the women seen in the viral video. She described vividly what the mob did to them. The leaked video is forcing the women to relive the horrors of that day which they are trying to forget. theprint.in/ground-reports/n…
No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.

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