Rana Ayyub
@RanaAyyub
Journalist. Author. Columnist @Washingtonpost . Words in The New Yorker, TIME, NYT, Guardian, Atlantic, Foreign Policy.
Pritzker Fellow @Uchipolitics
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The language and culture Prime Minister Modi wants Gen Z to emulate
But a five minute namaz on the road can get your home bulldozed
Excerpt from our latest BBC mini doc on life at the Cockroach Janta Party protests in #India#.
Doctors and healthcare workers of all ages pitched in. Politics aside, people built a community at Jantar Mantar.
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“Gen Z journalists … have now become the voices of 1.4 billion people in India.”
AJ+ spoke to @RanaAyyub about how India’s “cockroach” movement bypassed mainstream media – and Prime Minister Modi’s Hindu vs. Muslim narrative.
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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad holding a ‘sadbuddhi’ yagna at Jantar Mantar. Do they realise they are only alienating people/ GEN Z by trying to double down on these gimmicks
I might not have the time to attend parliament, I might not have the time to visit the flood ravaged Assam. I might tell the country to cut down on expenditure. But I have all the time in the world for self promotion on tax payers money
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If Godi media existed during the Jallianwala bagh massacre
Where mainstream media in India reinforced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rhetoric, India’s “Cockroach” movement fought back by creating its own independent journalism. Indian journalist Rana Ayyub explains.
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Since honourable Prime Minister has finally turned his attention to harassment and abuse
Since honourable Prime Minister has finally turned his attention to harassment and abuse
If anyone wants to understand the definition of Gaslighting, look no further
Sexual violence against women does not occur in a vacuum. It thrives in a culture that insists women must live within moral boundaries defined by men, and that when they dare to cross those boundaries, men are entitled to punish them.
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Prime Minister Modi, this girl whose future you are gravely concerned about, has some advice to offer
Journalist Rana Ayyub explains how India’s “cockroach” movement rejected Indian Prime Minister Modi’s divisive Hindu vs. Muslim narrative.
The playbook never changes. Umar Khalid, Sharjeel and others were made an example in 2020 and now protestors from Jantar Mantar are being booked for ‘abusive’ language. This is the Prime Minister who made two midnight reels addressing GEN Z just this week
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So many fawning, smiling journalists. Not one mike. Not one question.
India’s Gen Z just made Modi blink
“But the projection of Modi’s unflinching authority has been seen through. And governments rarely recover the aura of invincibility once it has been publicly punctured.” @RanaAyyub
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Latest for the Washington Post : A confident Prime Minister does not go about scrubbing graffiti off the walls and target instagram posts of 16 year olds. Gen Z in India has spoken and it has rattled Narendra Modi like never before
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Latest for the Washington Post : A confident Prime Minister does not go about scrubbing graffiti off the walls and target instagram posts of 16 year olds. Gen Z in India has spoken and it has rattled Narendra Modi like never before
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