Sunanda Vashisht ✓

@sunandavashisht · Houston, New Delhi · joined 26 Sep 2009

Explorer, Political Commentator, Columnist, Chronicler of our times.

242 889Followers

642Following

197 799Posts total

47.8KViews on collected posts

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Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht10h

There is a scene in Forrest Gump where Jenny reveals to Forrest that he is the dad of little Forrest. Gump’s first question is - “Is he smart?”. That line and that scene never fails to move me. Every time I watch it I cry buckets. Tom Hanks delivered a performance of a lifetime. 1.9K views · 30 likes · 2 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht15h

Peak leftist cinema in India saw parallel rise of Rajshri films and Navketan films. Peak NRI escapist cinema, saw rise of middle of the road slice of life cinema. For every Dilip Kumar there is Balraj Sahani, for every Amitabh Bachchan there is Amol Palekar, for every SRK there 338 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht15h

Contrary to most opinions, I have always believed that cinema and elections truly show the maturity of Indian masses. Both ensure that no extremes ever take over and no definitive conclusions can be made about India ever. What explains Hanuman Ansh and Mirzapur both doing 3.4K views · 31 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht17h

This so called threat is by yet another front of LeT called ULC. TKF seems to be taking a break for now. https://t.co/BwIQTflbA6 1.9K views · 6 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht18h

On Asha ji’s birth anniversary sharing this tribute I had written last year. Asha Bhosle: Just Another Working Woman https://t.co/lAZ88BB85o 2.8K views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht2 Aug

@sunandavashisht Brilliant article, one to think about and contemplate. When they said, data is the new oil, this is what they were talking about. How to manipulate and control the mind? 8.5K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht2 Aug

The task before policymakers, however, is not to suppress social media or diminish the freedom it has brought to millions. The objective should be to develop a regulatory framework that preserves the openness of the digital public square while ensuring that it operates in a 853 views · 16 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht2 Aug

Increasingly, governments from Canberra to Paris and Brussels are asking a more fundamental question: Who governs the algorithm, and in whose interest does it operate? Emmanuel Macron, while arguing that social media platforms have become addictive and harmful to young minds, 1.4K views · 15 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Sunanda Vashisht ✓@sunandavashisht2 Aug

My latest piece. Maybe controversial but a debate is the sign of a civilized society. The challenge before us in 2026 is, therefore, not whether social media should exist. That debate is over. There is no realistic path back to a pre-social media world, nor should there be. The 26.7K views · 89 likes · 45 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

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9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views1 945this account4 799median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.80%this account1.76%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.07%this account1.30%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 945	4 799	0.41×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.80%	1.76%	0.45×
Engagement rate	1.07%	1.30%	0.82×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

26.7K2 Aug

1.4K

853

8.5K

2.8K9 Sep

1.9K

3.4K

338

1.9K

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.54%2 Aug

1.59%

2.58%

0.02%

0.44%9 Sep

0.46%

1.07%

1.48%

1.92%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.30%.

What the audience does

Likes61.6%205 in total

Reposts19.8%66 in total

Replies5.7%19 in total

Bookmarks12.9%43 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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