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Samarth Bansal retweeted
i want a letterboxd but instead of movies is magazine articles. like what if i have a lot of thoughts about the latest Atlantic cover story... what if i reread a 1998 harper’s story and thought it was lit… there’s a great newsletter called Last Week’s New Yorker but it isn’t enough… let a thousand flowers bloom
Samarth Bansal retweeted
In India, a group of uncles plan to subvert the A.I. that is replacing them, in Pranav Bhasin’s mockumentary that celebrates the weirdness of regular intelligence. newyorker.com/culture/screen…
Samarth Bansal retweeted
Two men who punched a minor girl then dragged her onto the road, continued to hit her, and ripped her t-shirt got bail within 24 hours. Meanwhile, remand extended for two guys who waved the tricolour. 🤷♂️
#Breaking
Delhi Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court extends CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka’s judicial custody by 2 days.
Das and Ranka have been in jail since October 14.
@SauravDassss @AshutoshRanka @Cockroachisback @CJP_for_India
Samarth Bansal retweeted
I am so proud of my friend @AshutoshRanka who led the CJP protest. Of his courage, his conviction, and the model of citizenship he represents.
When another friend asked me “What are such people made of?”, I wanted to attempt an answer. So wrote this essay.
Link in next tweet.
Samarth Bansal retweeted
More people should read this story on Ashutosh's background and how he chose the path of public work.
Deeply personal & great writing by @PySamarth
I am so proud of my friend @AshutoshRanka who led the CJP protest. Of his courage, his conviction, and the model of citizenship he represents.
When another friend asked me “What are such people made of?”, I wanted to attempt an answer. So wrote this essay.
Link in next tweet.
Samarth Bansal retweeted
My father @TusharG was followed and taken to DN Nagar Police Station. Listen to the testimony of the driver who saw the state apparatus pick up a 66 year old unarmed descendent of India’s founders. “Bring my medicine” - his text to me. @RahulGandhi @SauravDassss @neha_aisa
Samarth Bansal retweeted
The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.
The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.
HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.
Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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Samarth Bansal retweeted
Hi all! Looking for writing grants or residencies for narrative nonfiction book projects. If you know of any, please send them my way 🙏
Samarth Bansal retweeted
Terence Tao now saying a number of things I've been saying for some time: 🔽 (Good, people will listen a bit more to him. But unfortunately, this won't change attitudes one bit.)
ALT Screenshot of a Fediverse (“Mathstodon”) post by Terence Tao, dated 2026-09-03. Link in next tweet.
ALT Screenshot of a Fediverse (“Mathstodon”) post by Terence Tao, dated 2026-09-03. Link in next tweet.
Samarth Bansal retweeted
This is a must read article: samarthbansal.com/friend-are…
After the protests, I have been having such a hard time pinpointing what has changed inside me, or people like me. This article just did such a good job of it, which I couldn't have done. Whatever might have been the outcome of the protests can be subjective and might become irrelevant in the long term.
But it surely told people like me, who had lost all hope about the injustices happening in the country: that things can still change. And that you can do your part. I have seen totally apolitical people coming out and talking about their POV. I might never have spoken up in a propaganda discussion among uncles, or in a WhatsApp group of relatives or friends talking nonsense. But now I believe that things can change, and now I can raise my voice. Many people who believed nothing would change now believe that they can also raise their voice.
@PySamarth
Samarth Bansal retweeted
Reads straight out of a movie - @AshutoshRanka’s story is one of grit and determination.
What does it take to not give up in the face of near certain defeat? It takes a winner
Thanks for sharing this account @PySamarth and inspiring others
samarthbansal.com/friend-are…
Samarth Bansal retweeted
Hope is rarely born from perfect circumstances—it is the quiet decision to believe that today’s pain is not the final chapter. Worth a read.
I am so proud of my friend @AshutoshRanka who led the CJP protest. Of his courage, his conviction, and the model of citizenship he represents.
When another friend asked me “What are such people made of?”, I wanted to attempt an answer. So wrote this essay.
Link in next tweet.
Samarth Bansal retweeted
"Myth-making stories of changemakers fall apart when you realise that people who change the world aren't made of anything different than the rest of us. They are simply the ones who refuse to look away'.
Brilliant profile of @AshutoshRanka by @PySamarth samarthbansal.com/friend-are…
Samarth Bansal retweeted
Beautiful tribute. Public life demands you to be able to develop the ability to thrive despite being misunderstood by everyone around you. Much of what happens behind the scenes is rarely seen until you achieve stardom.
This essay is about what happened before the protest: the choices, doubts, guilt, and years of unglamorous work Ranka put in when there were no cameras or spotlight.
Read here👇samarthbansal.com/friend-are…
Samarth Bansal retweeted
No one is more annoyed by the AI revolution than people who can actually write a sentence. Basically, having any ability to write now is suspect - you will get accused of being AI at some point. It feels like you are being accused of being a witch, of holding a type of rare magic that only the machines are now allowed to have.
