Rohan Venkat

India may be the world's most populous country, but major shifts in its underlying demographics – and their massive implications – have gone unnoticed by many. On @CASIPenn's India In Transition, we present a new series on India's Demographic Dilemmas, by @Rukmini @dataforin.

Lucknow Digital Library has a surprisingly great and freely accessible collection of books. You just gotta login and so many scanned copies of rare books will be available to you.

@himganj153 Will have to touch base about Paris (and meet up in person when I'm there!) Do you read Paris by Mouth and David Lebovitz?

@RohanV Yeah, don't see anything in blog/article format. Unfortunately it's the same with Paris and London (two cities that I track good food in).

I haven't ventured into Instagram a lot, but watching a few reels, I understand how much of Delhi food information lives in video format now. There's a whole world of places I don't know about. It's a pity that none of it is searchable and catalogued in text form. The times.

Frontline is looking for a reporter in Bengaluru to cover Karnataka. Must speak Kannada, must have excellent English writing skills, must be comfortable with political, cultural, socio-economic reporting. Mail CVs to careers.fl@thehindu.co.in

This @puliyabaazi ft. @shivakjolad was fun to record. Shiva and his colleagues have painstakingly created district level maps of India over the last 150 years. Give it a watch. puliyabaazi.in/p/census-and-t…

This is one my absolutely fav profiles in the @thecaravanindia An absolute masterclass by @vinodjose on how to write a long form. Gets more relevant each year. Bookmark. Read.

1. India’s rich, incl corporates, are increasingly becoming rentiers than entrepreneurs 2. Both tax & corporate earnings data show the rise of rentier incomes rel to profits 3. Its perfectly legal but diverts “animal spirits” towards speculation from growth driving investment

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Newslaundry and The Hindu investigations have exposed the lies of the Delhi Police regarding use of Pellet Guns on protesters and parking a truck laden with stones to besmirch the peaceful protests. The lies relating to the truck were uttered in the Supreme Court before the Chief Justice of India. Delhi police denied use of pellet guns, though we now know that DCP sanctioned the same. Delhi Police place your version on affidavit before the Supreme Court. It’s time the actions of the Delhi Police are denied the benefit of presumption of “good faith”. An assumption of “bad faith” must be attached to your conduct with regard to CJP protests. Brilliant work by @Newslaundry and @ImAvdheshkumar @the_hindu @vijaita

Breaking: India, China will be targeted by upto 100% tariffs for buying Russian energy while Europe gets a free pass, admits US Senator "This bill is carefully crafted to make sure we are not hitting our allies and that we are hitting India and China"

A UP police inspector made a "heroic effort" in the line of duty while snatching and running away with a portion of the effigy of BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. Happened when Congress workers tried to burn Ranaut's effigy at party office in Lucknow.

Notice the timing of the Diary Entry at Parliament Street P.S- it was filed at 1.24 am on July 22, two days after the July 20 incident and hours after The Hindu reported that RAF used pellet guns at protestors. RAF made sure to document that it was done on the directions of Delhi Police. Also, Following the July 20 incident, the RAF withdrew shock batons, electric shields, pump-action guns, and the anti-riot guns, which fire pellets, from personnel deployed at Jantar Mantar. A review by RAF I-G General also highlighted “serious deficiencies” in RAF behaviour during the march, in violation of its principle of “sensitive policing”. thehindu.com/news/national/…

I spent time on the ground to find out what really happened after a truck loaded with stones appeared near the CJP protest. Here's my latest report for Newslaundry: A truck full of stones appeared near the CJP protest. We found out how. newslaundry.com/2026/07/28/fro…

As cops target ‘offensive’ posts, Jantar Mantar reportage and reels are disappearing newslaundry.com/2026/07/28/as-…

historically speaking, this is a first in terms of the scale of crackdown and people killed. an unambiguous turning point in Pakistan’s relationship with Kashmir. field marshal Munir has opened another front that will prove be to be very, very, costly. theguardian.com/world/2026/jul…

Young Muslims are ambivalent about the CJP. Yes, some of them showed up for the protests across India. But many chose not to. My colleague @safwatzgr and I explored this in some detail and took this issue to the CJP. Do read: scroll.in/article/109460…

A thread which includes our data stories on the larger context of the student protests

‘I was shot, but the police kept beating me’: Bihar youth recount police brutality in Siwan AK-47 fired, bystanders shot at without warning. @ZamanRokibuz_ reports on the extreme crackdown in Bihar on student protests @scroll_in scroll.in/article/109458…

Do watch: youtu.be/iPiyKwfY2yA?si…