Gautam S. Mengle

@NotMengele
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Journalist on the crime beat currently with The Hindu, Mumbai. Part time stand up comic. Amateur fiction writer. Aspiring shayar. I'm that guy other guys don't like because I don't laugh at their sexist jokes.
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We're all cool till we're on the dentist's chair with our lifestyle choices being evaluated.
I don't think there's a single picture or video of #IrrfanKhan where he isn't smiling genuinely and from his heart. Still remember how warm and soft-spoken he was when he had come to the Indian Express office while I was working there.
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Look at these three tweets. Sambit Patra and Ashoke Pandit tweeted about the ‘attack’ even before Republic TV broke the story! How on earth can this happen?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RifatJawaid/status/1253140779188359169

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“Look at these three tweets. Sambit Patra and Ashoke Pandit tweeted about the ‘attack’ even before Republic TV broke the story! How on earth can this happen?”

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This is our cat Squishy. Renaming him Arnab because he deals with all his problems by biting people.
Only a brown parent can recall how their house was like a military camp when they were growing up like it's something to be proud of.

4. By Sunday night, Palghar, lynching and "ShameOnUddhavGovernment" are trending as hundreds of Twitter accounts propogate the same fake narrative to increase traction.

Samjhe?

(4/4)

3. Within a couple of hours, the incident is given a communal twist, with the fact that the accused and the victims are of the SAME RELIGION being conveniently ignored. Those who try to clarify the truth are trolled and shamed.
(3/n)

2. Late Sunday afternoon, a sudden surge is observed on Twitter about the Palghar lynching case, which occurred on LAST THURSDAY, in which 101 accused are ALREADY ARRESTED.

(2/n)

Chaliye, chronology samjhte hain.

1. Early Sunday afternoon, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray starts getting appreciation for his handling of the Coronavirus crisis in the State.
(1/n)

Someday, when this is all behind us, we will sit together and laugh about how we'd fight and crib and stress over some really trivial things before we were locked up and subjected to WhatsApp forwards about NASA studies on plate-banging.