barkha dutt
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Barkha Rani Jamke Barasti Hai. Emmy Nominated Reporter. Columnist @WashingtonPost. Editor, @themojostory. Argumentative! Yaaron Ka Yaar
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The female biker Sia has lashed out at the outrageous claims made by Kalyan Baisla the man who rammed his car into her bike in a chilling and evidently deliberate attempt to knock her off her bike. This because she asked his car to keep distance and alleged that he was drunk and intoxicated. The family has filed an FIR and now the big question for Gurgaon Police is why this man has not been arrested. A gym owner and Kabbadi player, Baisla is also seen in devotional music videos calling him the Maharaj of Uttarakhand and in other pictures standing with men who have guns- it’s not yet clear what the context for that viral picture is. But clearly he is connected and believes he enjoys impunity, will the police prove him wrong or allow his lawyer to indulge in victim shaming ?
barkha dutt354,700 views • 12 days ago
Rasika Dugal, outspoken as ever, says she would have said no to a movie like Animal because her biggest fear is that one day she will accept a project that will inadvertently promote misogyny. With Mirzapur and Delhi Crime, this has been Rasika’s moment in many ways. It was wonderful to have Rasika with us. She shared that the politics of every project she chooses is of utmost importance to her, not just as an afterthought, but as the very foundation of her decisions. Here's an actor who is deeply mindful of the ideas, values, and narratives she puts into her work, in an industry where choices are often driven by commercial viability, convenience, glamour, or pressure. More power to you and your tribe, Rasika Dugal . Cheering for you all always. WeTheWomen
barkha dutt8,405,314 views • 9 months ago
Shocking Victim Shaming by Naveen Bainsla, lawyer of Kalyan Bainsla, the man who rammed his car into a female biker, unable to answer my most basic question- if his client/"brother" is “innocent” as is being claimed by them; why did Kalyan flee the scene of the crime ? Nor could he explain why Kalyan tried to flee from police custody a second time , before being arrested in Rajasthan and charged with attempted murder If this is how lawyers talk no wonder that women think 100 times before filing FIRs and fighting legally. Simply appalling. Full coverage Mojo Story- and my full grilling interview of the lawyer here
barkha dutt214,398 views • 11 days ago
"Daaru Subah 7 Baje Kaun Peeta Hai"- claimed Gurugram Hit & Run Accused Bainsla's Lawyer to me; now those lies have been formally busted, with police revealing Bainsla was DRUNK, so were the others in his car & he chased Biker Sia for 2 Kms . Full coverage
barkha dutt175,777 views • 9 days ago
"Aaj Sab Bol Dunga"- Shehzad Jai Hind in his most honest, candid podcast on why he left the BJP, what he will do next, his take on Modi, BJP, Rahul Gandhi & CJP- and relations with @Tehseenp. Two hours of mazedar, hard core politics streaming now in full here
barkha dutt185,618 views • 12 days ago
I could’ve been killed” -Sia, the biker who was assaulted by a speeding car driven by a terrifying thug, in Gurugram, tells me. For the first time hear the horrific details of the Gurugram hit and run in a detailed testimony by the female biker. This was a deliberate attack- a clear attempt to murder “He chased me, he harassed me, I came back home and thanked god I’m still here” - Sia tells me opening up about her near-death encounter with local thug Kalyan Bainsla, bodybuilder, gym owner and politically connected star of devotional videos. After national outrage Bainsla has finally been arrested and charged with attempt to murder. “I will still ride, I will stand strong” SIA says - and she has all our support. Full coverage Mojo Story
barkha dutt138,026 views • 11 days ago
EXCLUSIVE- Where Abhijeet Dipke releases his scholarship letter from Boston University to Mojo Story to slam the whisper campaign around how his family funded his Boston Education & also addresses how Cockroach Janta Party - CJP protest was funded at Jantar Mantar & will fund itself going forward. Must watch in full
barkha dutt714,089 views • 1 month ago
On the ground at Jantar Mantar I ask Saurav Das of Cockroach Janta Party - CJP when there might be another round of talks with government , his response to PM Modi tweet on NEET Exam, the violence last night at Tolstoy Marg and what the path ahead is as protests take place in multiple other cities. More ground reports here
barkha dutt567,431 views • 2 months ago
Incontrovertible evidence of how Twisha Sharma was abused and maligned by her husband and his mother emerges on tape. Imagine a mother in law who asks her daughter in law about her sexual history, former partners, accusing her of promiscuity- and comparing her to a prostitute, while, her son, calls his wife a R##ndi . Who made this lady a judge ? I was truly chilled to the bone when I heard this audiotape - where Twisha Sharma’s brother, a serving major in the army confronts his sister's mother in law and takes her on for the constant harassment of Twisha. On April 22nd days before she was tragically found dead in the judge’s home, the family secretly recorded what may now stand as one of the most chilling windows into the cruelty Twisha endured inside her marital home. In the audio, accessed exclusively by Mojo Story, Former Judge, Giribala Singh can be heard brazenly defending her son against the complaint that he called cTwisha a “r*ndi” . She can be heard aggressively saying that it’s her right to know whether her daughter in law has had multiple partners in the past. And then- that oldest trope in the world- she questions her morality, accuses her of promiscuity and invokes parallels with prostitutes ( used in this context as an abuse by her) , language so vile, so dehumanising, it is hard to listen to without outrage. Full coverage
barkha dutt939,611 views • 4 months ago
RESCUE SUCCESSFUL !! We all saw and gasped at the miracle green house that withstood the Nepal flash flood as everything around it was washed away. Now the good news, the family the world watched precariously standing in the balcony of the house has been rescued. Exclusive pictures shared with Mojo Story by flood survivor Ganesh Shrestha who captured the now-viral original video His chilling message ? “More than 10,000 people are still missing.”
barkha dutt149,528 views • 28 days ago
Heavy rain and fear of fresh landslides means our driver Kaman Bhai suggests sleeping in the car tonight- as we inch forwards towards Rasuwa, the border with China. What was normally a 1.30 journey before the flood has already been 14 hours . I think of the families whom trekked down this path , in rain, driving on a motor cycle, or sharing rides, as they search for the bodies of their loved ones - many of whom have been carried downstream by the force of the flood. Ground zero for Mojo Story
barkha dutt130,805 views • 25 days ago
I was so horrified by the 'press confereence' of Giribala Singh, former Judge & mother in law of Twisha Shama- now an accused in a dowry death case, that i had to interview her and confront her with some direct questions 1. Where is her son? as an officer of the law- and her son is a lawyer - why is he absconding and will she urge him to surrender or is she hiding him? 2. Did she and her son taunt Twisha about carrying another man's baby? 3. How can she place in public domain the alleged assessment by Twisha's doctors of her mental health when that is strictly confidential between a doctor and patient? 4. Who is she to call Twisha's decision on abortion an act of cruelty - abortion is legal in India and its ultimately a woman's body and her choice within the framework of law 5. How can she conflate prescription medicines with drugs ? Where is her evidence on drug usage ? and how does she respond to the charge by Twisha's family that her husband was the drug addict 6. How can she as a woman and a judge indulge in the worst sort of character assassination of a young woman who is not even alive to defend herself against the smear 7. . Finally, detailed Whatsapp conversations show the living hell that Was Twisha's life. How does she respond to the allegations of dowry and harassment? This was an often unpleasant, but necessary exchange. Do share your feedback. thank you
barkha dutt566,867 views • 4 months ago