Tarushi Aswani

Southern Asia

Journalist | Work @thewire_in, @foreignpolicy, @AJEnglish, @Diplomat_APAC, @abcnews, @the_hindu, @NikkeiAsia & more. RTs mean you MUST see this!

Articles

India’s Waqf Amendment Act Threatens Muslim Land Endowments

3 weeks ago | foreignpolicy.com | Tarushi Aswani

Politics India The Indian Parliament—led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies—passed a controversial bill last month that allows the government to determine how Muslim land endowments are governed.
What happens if you cross a border you cannot see

3 weeks ago | news-decoder.com | Tarushi Aswani

Veraval is a colourful, coastal city in western India’s Gujarat state; dotted with sand, sea and boats ready to set sail into the Arabian Sea. But for some, the colours of the boats, the roaring of the sea and the darkness on the horizon at dusk, send shivers down their spine. Many of those in Veraval and neighbouring ports of Diu, Okha, Porbandar and Jakhau have lost their loved ones to the gambit of the sea.
After Pahalgam, India Has a New Kashmir Strategy: Collective Punishment

1 month ago | thediplomat.com | Tarushi Aswani

In Indian-ruled Kashmir, homes allegedly linked to anti-India rebels have become targets, leaving innocent family members to pick up the pieces. Subscribe for ads-free reading KULGAM, KASHMIR: Ruqaiya Bano, 30, hasn’t slept well for almost a week now. The home where she grew up, in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Kulgam, was blasted by soldiers. Her hands and face are plastered with dust as she digs the rubble of her home with bare hands to scrape out what is left of her childhood.
After Pahalgam, India Has a New Kashmir Strategy: Collective Punishment

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Tarushi Aswani

4 hours agoRishikesh, India - May 03, 2025 Uttarakhand's Rishikesh, something bizarre happened. A video from the holy city goes viral on social media in which a bull is seen acting like a vehicle thief. Strangely, the street animal took the scooty and drove it a few meters in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
What Do the Ghosts of Pahalgam, Pulwama Mean for the Common Kashmiri?

1 month ago | thewire.in | Tarushi Aswani

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Indiani e pachistani sull’orlo della guerra con il Pakistan

1 month ago | internazionale.it | Tarushi Aswani

A Pahalgam, località turistica nel territorio indiano del Jammu e Kashmir, il 22 aprile è cominciato come un giorno qualunque, con una folla di turisti che puntellavano di colore la valle verde di Baisaran. Ma nel primo pomeriggio 26 persone sono state uccise e 17 sono rimaste ferite in uno dei più gravi attentati mai compiuti nel Kashmir indiano.
Despite Modi’s Claims of Peace, Kashmir Burns

1 month ago | thediplomat.com | Tarushi Aswani

Even prior to the deadly attack on April 22, Jammu and Kashmir had seen an uptick in violence – despite the government’s insistence that peace prevailed. Subscribe for ads-free reading PAHALGAM, KASHMIR: April 22 started like any other mundane day in Pahalgam, a major tourist attraction in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir: overpopulated with tourists, who dotted the lush green fields of Baisaran Valley with colors.
India-Pakistan tensions trap families in debt, poverty

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Tarushi Aswani

Diu, India - Boxes of sweets are being passed around as cheers and joy surround Rajeshwari Rama's brick house, insulated with tin sheets, in the Vanakbara village of Diu, a federally-controlled island along the India-Pakistan coastline near Gujarat state in western India.
After Stampede, Cops Roam New Delhi Railway Station, Trains to Kumbh Popular as Ever

Feb 17, 2025 | thewire.in | Tarushi Aswani

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Movies are Modi's new weapon

Jan 29, 2025 | unherd.com | Tarushi Aswani

BJPCinemaCultureIndiaMuslimsrestofworld Spend long on India’s highways and you’ll soon see them, vast and gaudy, their white-toothed heroes gazing out. Movie billboards, thousands of them, each showcasing some romance or spy flick as the trucks and taxis rattle by. Now, though, these Bollywood staples are joined by something new. There she is, her bob cut with streaks of white, atop a large pair of retro glasses.