Supriya Sharma

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“Why aren’t you doing anything to bring me home?” How a father from Jammu fought to bring back deported son from Pakistan @safwatzgr reports on another family separated by leave-India orders following Pahalgam terror attack scroll.in/article/109198…

Government recorded that 12,242 children lost both parents to the Covid pandemic But it approved central aid for only 4,543 of them Even these orphaned children have not been receiving the aid regularly @tabassum_b reports scroll.in/article/109164…

This @scroll_in story on India casting Rohingya refugees at sea, reported by #VineetBhalla, has made it to the long list of the One World Media Awards - the only story from India on the list Support our journalism, sign up here: scroll.in/contribute scroll.in/article/108241…

Bengal’s communists have not won seats of late. But they still come up with ideas that influence the state’s politics. Making Zohran Mamdani-style campaign videos is their latest such idea. Spoke to the folks behind it to find out more. Link in next post

@Sourit_16 Hello. We published the series here: scroll.in/tag/Bastar-Kil…

@sharmasupriya Malini Subramaniam was supposed to write a field-based series in Scroll.in on the Maoist movement, I clearly remember an announcement on your website. But the series never appeared. Will it ever come or has been shelved?

Watch an extraordinary reporter talk about a story that should be getting more attention Malini Subramaniam on mass surveillance in Bastar villages: x.com/scroll_in/stat…

Virtually no ground reporting from Bastar in the national media even as Amit Shah has declared victory over Maoists. Watch this conversation with the one reporter who has been steadily on the ground. On mass surveillance and more: youtube.com/watch?v=zohN6I…

What does the Assembly poll mean for the besieged Miya Muslims of Assam? "We have no say..It is up to the Hindu community. We can only pray and appeal to them to elect someone who can bring peace to our lives.” @ZamanRokibuz_ reports scroll.in/article/109181…

Ever wondered why obesity and a host of other lifestyle diseases are on the rise in India? That's because our packaged food industry is getting away with many false claims We're investigating this. Help us by funding our work. CONTRIBUTE HERE: scroll.in/article/109155…

Hundreds of Tamil Nadu fishermen are stuck in Iran – many of them on their boats scroll.in/article/109178…

The war has triggered a surge in satirical content against PM Modi on social media. Censorship has only made it worse. Analysts say this is because many Indians are coming to terms with the reality of the “Vishwaguru narrative”. scroll.in/article/109176…

On Iranian resistance against US-Israel and what happens next Watch @ShoaibDaniyal in conversation with writer, anthropologist and Iran expert Alex Reza Shams scroll.in/video/1091654/…

We are reading about how the war in west Asia has caused LPG shortage and forced hotels to trim their menus. But there are some less obvious ramifications of the war which are equally serious and about to unfold. 🧵

From syringes to dental implants and dialysis kits, Indians will have to pay more for medical supplies as the West Asia war drags on @tabassum_b reports scroll.in/article/109161…

Why the LPG crisis is reviving pandemic fears among migrant workers “Any sincere government would have been thinking about rationing supplies and starting community kitchens at this time. But the government can’t be seen.” @AnantGuptaAG scroll.in/article/109156…

At least we had a virus to blame for Covid.

The little-known Gupta family came to control The Statesman + acquire UNI and its Lutyens land worth hundreds of crores – all in the last year. But behind the Guptas stands a mysterious financier who helped them get there. My story in @scroll_in: scroll.in/article/109154…

Through the National Company Law Tribunal, The Statesman acquired the UNI. The deal was valued at roughly Rs 75 crore. scroll.in/article/109154… But how did a distressed newspaper pull off this corporate miracle? @sighyush examined its balance sheets to seek answers.

On UNI and Statesman: @sighyush looked at the balance sheets of Statesman and found the distressed newspaper’s guarantee of Rs 20 crore to acquire UNI came from an anonymous unsecured loan. scroll.in/article/109154…

That this two-month-long protest by workers who cook school midday meals did not get more attention in the national media says a lot about our misplaced priorities WATCH @whatsthemahtta and @knowleena's report: youtube.com/watch?v=-d_X7O…