Shweta Desai

Jan 10, 2024 | newslaundry.com | Shweta Desai

For a better listening experience, download the Newslaundry appIn the early hours of 2024, Ayodhya town resembles a gigantic movie set from a modern-day Bollywood mythological saga. Bulldozers, excavators, and drilling machines whir at every corner. Thousands of labourers work through the night, building pavements, mounting customised sun-emblem streetlights, and adding last-minute touches to outer facades.

Nov 17, 2023 | gnet-research.org | Shweta Desai |Amarnath Amarasingam

IntroductionAmidst the flood of unverified and misleading claims on the Israel-Palestine war, India has emerged as an unlikely leading source of disinformation. Hindu nationalists in general, and supporters and members of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in particular, are among the top online profiles spreading fake viral videos and deliberate false information fanning Islamophobia.

Nov 16, 2023 | dailydot.com | Shweta Desai

In the early hours of Jan. 29, a police team dressed in plainclothes landed in Hyderabad to pick up Mohammed Khadeer Khan, a daily wage laborer, from his sister’s house, on suspicion of jewelry theft in his hometown of Medak 120 kilometers away. Two days earlier, a young woman filed a police report claiming a thief threw chili powder into her eyes and ran away with her gold chain on a dimly lit street in the evening.

Nov 16, 2023 | rb.gy | Shweta Desai

In the early hours of Jan. 29, a police team dressed in plainclothes landed in Hyderabad to pick up Mohammed Khadeer Khan, a daily wage laborer, from his sister’s house, on suspicion of jewelry theft in his hometown of Medak 120 kilometers away. Two days earlier, a young woman filed a police report claiming a thief threw chili powder into her eyes and ran away with her gold chain on a dimly lit street in the evening.

Jul 18, 2023 | newslaundry.com | Shweta Desai

When Shashikant Warishe received threats over his reporting, it didn’t frighten him. “Such warnings excited him to write even more challenging reports,” recalled his friend and activist Mangesh Chavan. “It gave him a kick.”Warishe, 48, had been a journalist for over two decades, recognised for his bold and relentless reportage that challenged the government’s big ticket development projects in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra.