Siddharth ✓
@svaradarajan · New Delhi, India · joined 16 Feb 2009
Founding Editor of @thewire_in "I will converse if you, sire, will converse in the speech of the learned, but if you converse in the speech of kings I will not"
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@svaradarajan "Schools have been instructed that they must record videos and upload footage of all the activities and events onto Google Drives."
It is applicable to other Institutions like hospital etc,
Enjoy Amrit Kal.
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@svaradarajan Nonsense... Why subject toppers to panauti and bad luck
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least 75 government schools, designated CM Shri schools in the national capital, have been directed to light diyas on campus, and their teachers have been asked to visit Class 10 toppers’ homes with diyas and blessings, to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September
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Mob Violence Is Now Commonplace: Six Points From a Report Tracing Lynchings From 2014-2024 | @antarabaruah__ reports
https://t.co/e8TpjelNFV via @thewire_In
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In India’s defence establishment, as in other areas of government, candour is a luxury reserved for retirement. Speaking truth to power whilst in service, it seems, is simply not done – it’s far too risky.
Rahul Bedi writes
https://t.co/jytnUKlIzx
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Hard to deny the truth of this. A politically well connected goon who boasts about cracking someone’s skull and acknowledges committing violent acts gets mail in a jiffy. While the other, Umar Khalid, rights activist, scholar and advocate of peaceful political struggle, has been
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@svaradarajan Siddarth sb 👍 but will have 2 go much beyond. Your effort however is commendable.
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The Wire has given its Urdu site a redesign, easier to read Nastaliq font all around, and a cleaner interface!
https://t.co/ulVh8JcPtv
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This is why @the_hindu is a unique newspaper and I am proud of my association with it. Publications of its size have many, many moving parts and mistakes can sometimes occur. What matters is the promptness and sensitivity with which a media house responds, and The Hindu has been
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The Hindu has decided not to raise a bill for the publication on September 12 of the offensive front-page advertisement titled “What is Dera Sacha Sauda? (Facts vs Fiction)” in the newspaper’s Delhi, Mohali, and North India editions.
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This Durga Puja, Hindutva Has Found its Inevitable Target – Hindus, writes Saikat Majumdar:
“a strange Durga Puja looms ahead as the human collective in power seeks a costly correction to the Bengali Hindu symbolism of Shakti. Calls to avoid eating and selling non-vegetarian
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Energy Crisis Puts Bangladesh Government Under Pressure as Foreign Supply Disruptions Deepen Shortages
Disruptions to power supply from Adani's Jharkhand plant as well as on the gas front have sparked public anger and opposition pressure.
Jebun Nesa Alo reports from Dhaka
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Modi-Xi Reaffirm Reset in Bilateral Ties; BRICS Condemns Sanctions, Helps Iran, UAE Break Ice; Is Tata Sons Being Strong-Armed to List? https://t.co/CPeubbmy8k
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UP 69,000 Teachers' Recruitment Scam: Aspirants Talk About Their Struggles, Protests Since 2020
With @akanksha_kumar3
https://t.co/1ADLYqawxK via @thewire_in
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A recently-published paper in the journal The Lancet presents significant evidence on the excess mortality in ‘low-and-middle-income countries’ that could be triggered by the recent diminution of overseas development assistance from donor countries (not least the United States,
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The mark of a good host (like the Icelandic President) is to not impose one’s own food preferences on guests but rather to feed guests what they might like to eat. Bhaktas appreciating the Icelandic gesture don’t realise the equivalent would have been for Modi, who is
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Complaint filed with West Bengal Home Secretary regarding IPS Bushra Bano’s official video statement.
She began with Assalamualaikum, used Inshallah, ended with Jazakallah — and did not use Vande Mataram or Jai Hind.
A serving officer representing the Indian state should
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Right wing goon exposed !
https://t.co/MRR3yB39Dg
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Mr Amit Shah, We Need Answers From You on Police Brutality https://t.co/QoLqanjbRj via @YouTube
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When I hosted the President of #India for State Dinner on the first such visit to a #Nordic country, I also offered an all-vegetarian menu. More than 20 years ago! And in #Iceland where it is not easy to be vegetarian!!
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Who Will Police the Indian Police?
@TeltumbdeA writes:
“The police are the face of the state to ordinary Indians. And that face is often one of raw terror.
“People encounter the state through the policeman at the street corner, the police station, the barricade or the
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BRICS a ‘New Growth Driver’ But Differences Within Make Summit Declaration Elusive; BJP’s Sexualised Social Media Attack on Congress Backfires; A Day With Umar Khalid in Jail by @TheIndiaCable https://t.co/22xrEWHReM
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Looks more like a garish marriage hall for Bunty weds Babli
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Shutdown Capital for Road Traffic, Offices and Schools, is Fear of ‘Flash Mob’ Protests Driving Paranoia Over BRICS Arrangements? https://t.co/mD5IuAuyvI via @thewire_In
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There is nothing improper about a retired military officer accepting a civilian position with a religious institution but it is symptomatic of the relationship the BJP has cultivated with the armed forces and the way military achievements have been woven into its political
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Four Ways in Which the BAPS Disaster, Trying to Keep Women Away from Eiffel Tower, Hurts Modi, BJP and India
1. BAPS is tied closely to Modi’s political brand abroad
2. This has happened in the heart of Europe, in Paris
3. Indian diplomats have been promoting BAPS
4. BAPS
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US Judge Denies DOJ Bid to Drop Bribery Charges Against Gautam Adani's Co-Defendants, Again Finds Indian Orders Contradict Govt Claims https://t.co/aDFoiU04nb via @thewire_In
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Against accounts of the same size
53 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.
Median views6 283this account5 983median for 100K–1M
Reach, %0.95%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %1.67%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M
| Metric | This account | Median for 100K–1M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 6 283 | 5 983 | 1.05× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 0.95% | 1.49% | 0.64× |
| Engagement rate | 1.67% | 0.93% | 1.79× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
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
6.2K15 Sep
123K
37.8K
21K
171
195
27916 Sep
20.3K
5.9K
3.5K
14.4K17 Sep
326
174
408
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
2.66%15 Sep
0.42%
1.76%
3.67%
1.75%
2.05%
1.79%16 Sep
10.28%
1.26%
2.30%
1.31%17 Sep
0.92%
0.57%
0.74%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.93%.
What the audience does
Likes75.6%21 287 in total
Reposts16.3%4 584 in total
Replies3.5%991 in total
Quotes0.5%132 in total
Bookmarks4.2%1 173 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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